We can't give up; that's the deal.

This blog is 99% Castle. Occasionally I'll post about other, not as cool things.

[miss-ute]

(inspo.)

thanks @procrastinatingalways :)

[everythingfox]

He’s wearing a batman mask

[ilovemushystuff]

Laura Main: Why ‘Call the Midwife’ Brings in the Christmas Spirit | Loose Women

Call the Midwife star Laura Main joins us on the panel ahead of the much anticipated Christmas special, which for the first time will be bro

🎄🎄

[everythingfox]

At least somebody’s dog enjoys them

[cuteness--overload]

@thisisscout：The best part of all of that is the dog checking on his "passenger" on each and every corner!

[skygirl5]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[veronicaleighauthor]

Edit Note: I'm really amazed by how much love this post got. Guess it just shows we're all in the same boat. I do have other humorous writing memes on this tumblr under the same tag, if you're interested. Never give up writing! ❤️

Edit Note 2: I can't believe this has reached 10000+ notes. Been on tumblr for almost ten years (different account) and nothing like this has ever happened before. Thank you! 😊

[skygirl5]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[skygirl5]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[gifs-by-renegadesstuff]

Favorite hug 🫂🤍

[clusterbuck]

[kawaii-pigeon]

Back in my day we KNEW they would never be canon.

We shipped anyway

Both ways up a hill in the snow

[nightowl1556]

This!

*Slams fist on table*

THIIISSSS!!!!!

[creativepromptsforwriting]

How to show emotions

Part V

How to show grief

a vacant look

slack facial expressions

shaky hands

trembling lips

swallowing

struggling to breathe

tears rolling down their cheeks

How to show fondness

smiling with their mouth and their eyes

softening their features

cannot keep their eyes off of the object of their fondness

sometimes pouting the lips a bit

reaching out, wanting to touch them

How to show envy

narrowing their eyes

rolling their eyes

raising their eyebrows

grinding their teeth

tightening jaw

chin poking out

pouting their lips

forced smiling

crossing arms

shifting their gaze

clenching their fists

tensing their muscles

then becoming restless/fidgeting

swallowing hard

stiffening

holding their breath

blinking rapidly

exhaling sharply

How to show regret

scrubbing a hand over the face

sighing heavily

downturned mouth

slightly bending over

shoulders hanging low

hands falling to the sides

a pained expression

heavy eyes

staring down at their feet

Part I + Part II + Part III + Part IV

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[skygirl5]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[skygirl5]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[valoisfulcanellideux]

About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

[tomboyjessie13]

Aww that sucks, and I just unprivated my fanfics a while ago to :-(

[writing-prompt-s]

Your Tumblr username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?

[juliuscaesarofficial]

[rylandsgrace]

#What if this is my last straw