RarissimaAvis

(previously neverticklethesleepinghydra) A fan blog of culture, fantasy and science. Also, art and writings. (And maybe that game I’m addicted to) Art Blog | Instagram | AO3 | Ffnet | Ko-fi

[goth-queen]

[allshipsareok]

[zykamiliah-temporal]

i think we should bring this back (with some amendments ofc) if we ever needed an "internet etiquette" for the younger generations, now is the moment to remind them. purity culture kills fandom

as well as the three laws of fandom:

Don't Like, Don't Read (DL;DR), Your Kink is not My Kink And That's OK (YKINMKATO) and Ship and Let Ship

[sorcererofsolitude]

📣 Purity culture kills fandom! 📣

[atlinmerrick]

NO ONE LIVING hasn't been squicked out by something. There's over 7 billion of us, my delights and disgusts aren't universal. So I move on. Don't like the ship? Move on. Don't like____? Move on.

I am not an exception. Neither are you. I don't like it I move on and shut my gob about it because everyone everywhere is squicked out by something and they need to put the thing down and just…motor.

[rewordthis]

This but also:

Frames this entire post and hangs it over the fireplace.

[kariidraws]

[miilkcandies]

i saw a monster in the woods

[retinaofthemindseye]

[gnawing-suspicion]

[netherworldpost]

;)

[destiel-news-network]

(Source)

This comes one day after the archive changed their status to “Omega” for April Fools’ Day.

[anomalocaris-in-da-clurb]

Claim your badge

[elikaruna]

what if i

[transformativeworks]

For all the folks who have been begging pleading asking for these in the inbox - behold. User @elikaruna is here to save you.

The instructions on adding such things to your AO3 profile are in the news post (at the bottom) - just replace the url in the example with the url of whichever other thing you are putting there. And probably change the alt text.

[roboticnebula]

Pros of re-reading your own fic

a good time;

Has exactly the tropes you like and the characterization you want to read;

Gratification: yes you did finish a thing and yes you did do good;

just a very fun time all around.

Cons of re-reading your own fic:

Is that another TYpO

[feldfrog]

If a fantasy world has an ancient tree of wisdom, that means it must also have young trees that are dumb as shit. Just giving terrible advice like, "the evil wizard is kinda hot"'

[trungles]

I’ve been doing little comics in my sketchbook again and posting them on Patreon and Ghost. Enjoy!

[coyotette]

[tapacamino]

Absolutely crazy to me that the pro AI people nearly always think creative stuff is a chore that a machine needs to do instead of something that is actually fun.

[lyricwritesprose]

This is basically looking straight in the face of someone who is successful and good at their job and saying, "What if you could automate the parts that you enjoy doing though." It's like telling the It's Honest Work guy that they can arrange it so he doesn't have to go outside and experience the health of his plants or the richness of his soil. It's like telling a racecar driver that they can eliminate the need to go fast, or telling Yo Yo Ma that they can eliminate the need for tricky intricate fingering. It is the fundamental difference between a writer and someone who kind of enjoys the idea of seeing his name on a book or in the credits.

[anonbeadraws]

today's warm up: sometimes the view is inside

[ficauthor]

[hellpotter]

it’s not weird to find fanfiction from 2021, or 2017, or 2014 that you’ve never read and actually taking your time to read it.

it’s not weird to love it and comment and leave kudos because the author will probably still see it someday and it will make them happy.

it’s not weird to like said author’s work so much that you want to go look for other fics from them.

it’s not weird to go through the authors profile and look for other fics from the ships you like (or maybe some that you’ll give a chance because you liked the author) and maybe bookmark them for later.

it’s not weird to read these other fics and like them too and comment on them because you actually like them and you want to let the author know.

it’s not weird to read fanfiction from 5, or 8, or 10 years ago and actually enjoy and engage with it because it’s perfectly normal to relate to something that’s less than a decade old!

let’s stop treating fanfiction like they’re instagram posts that stop being interesting in 24 hours! fanfiction is NOT social media, fanfiction is art!!! and art doesn’t get old in one day, one year, or even a decade!

read fanfiction! write fanfiction! comment on fanfiction! let’s not let fanculture die people!!!!!

[mysteryteacup]

Context matters

Reader: comments with "Can't wait for the next chapter!" days or weeks after I last posted Me: Aw, how sweet! People still care about what I'm making!

vs

Reader: comments with "Can't wait for the next chapter!" hours or worse minutes after I last posted Me: *glaring at you like you're a spoiled housecat pretending to starve* I literally just fed you!

[byjove]

pictures of snakes that have just swallowed an egg never stop being hilarious and delightful

[broken-horn-of-equius]

Me: where'd my egg go?

Snake: i dunno

[corneliaavenue-ao3]

Reblog to give prev the power to write their fanfiction

[gnar-slabdash]

Reblog to give prev the TIME to write their fanfiction

[cutebutalsostabby]

Reblog to give prev the hocus focus to write their fanfiction.

[septic-dr-schneep]

Reblog to give prev the energy to write their fanfiction

[imsopopfly]

Reblog to give prev the executive function to write their fanfiction