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Recently picked-up Internet-Pseud: Cal/ Calixte AO3: SolarianVoidTheAroAce (they/them/their & en/em/ens & he/him/his & fae/faer/faers) - Other AO3-Pseudonym: PrivateEyes4PrincipledThieves - I’m in my mid-20’s, attending college, Central European Time Zone - I’m aroace, I’m an agender-genderqueer guy (MIN-agender/ transneutral masculenby), experience alterous/ qp attraction - I’m mentally ill in a variety of ways, as well as AuDHD, I’m also physically disabled and have chronic (joint) pain without diagnoses as of yet, I occasionally use a cane and frequently wear support bandages/ joint splints, I also use compression stockings I’m used to chronic headaches, migraines, and cardiovascular weakness/ fatigue, as well as orthostatic dysfunction w/ pre-syncope - Header-Credit: https://www.tumblr.com/safety-pin-punk/709271436533121024/

[solarianvoidthearoace]

“Could you pull your F/O if you met them IRL? Be realistic/ Be honest!”

Honey, I’m pretty sure couldn’t even pull my Original F/O, the character I literally wrote to be with my self-insert!

(This post is most definitely, abso-fucking-lutely an excuse to ramble about my OCs and my novel, m’kay?)

So, The Cast(tm):

1. Jerome Jerry Esposito

32 y/o who didn’t get to have a normal childhood or teenage years

Leaving the nest (best friend’s Bachelor flat) to go abroad for college

Autistic, sometimes a bit oblivious, mildly ADHD; also mild misophonia

Color vision impaired; has problems telling green and light blue apart, orange and red can be a struggle too (Tritanomalia)

Has been living with his best friend (unrequited) ever since they were 19 and 20

He/She bigenderflux (technically, just bigender is fine tho) – the part that fluctuates is how femme he feels, the static part is him being non-binaryAF

Most definitely “hot goth gf” material

Is a man

Bisexual because he sees no point in calling himself pansexual, honestly

Aromantic and a little romo heart-throb, actually. Has been looking to find “the one” ever since she started college

Wants to find a life-partner to maybe even marry one day

Secretly has a fantasy about finding his alterous/ queerplatonic “the one” in a cliched coming-of-age story

Fiercely protective of her partner, helps them set boundaries

Is extremely patient to help Cal reclaim their sexuality/ sexual agency

She is a man, seriously. Jerry likes being called a man, calls herself a man, doesn’t matter her gender is 0% masculine. Man!

Got insecure about makeup and dresses/ skirts after multiple failed relationships all told him to “stop that”

Only his partner gets special rights to call him a girl/ girlfriend

Needs some love and encouragement for being who he is

Gets flustered easily when called “pretty” or “cute”

Considers a genuine “you’re adorable” one of the best compliments between relationship partners

Values affectionateness and cuddliness higher than hotness

Does enjoy getting called “hot goth gf”, though

Continuously complains how she should have gotten her feelings for her partner straight way sooner

Had a rough/ weird childhood growing up in a high-control environment (a cult, Jerry grew up in a cult)

Was even more monitored than his peers because of his mother

Has complex PTSD (C-PTSD) from long-term trauma

Jerry’s big sister got her out as soon as she could

Has been in therapy ever since, no end in sight

Got introduced to kink shortly after having sex for the first time (Elmo)

Hence very experienced with kink/ BDSM but recognises he doesn’t need that to be part of his relationships

Uses that experience for clear communication, establishing boundaries, and healthy relationships

Elmo’s only tolerated chosen family

2. Erasmo “Elmo” Maggio

Proud fag, mean gay, known to be easy with a reputation

33 y/o who also didn’t get to have a normal childhood, seeing as his parents kicked him out at 15 for being gay

Hasn’t talked to any blood relatives ever since

Chronic bottom, catty and bossyAF

Was Jerry’s First Time for everything except Jerry bottoming

Doesn’t do relationships

Doesn’t do friendships! (Only Jerry and a few regular sex acquaintances get to call him their friend)

Had Jerry dumped on him when he was just 20

They absolutely clashed while Elmo forced Jerry to attend therapy and take her medication

Jerry and him quickly figured out they could just as well fuck instead of fight

Sexual not-relationship not-friendship with Jerry ever since (Jerry totally calls him her best friend and Elmo can’t really be mad with her)

Cliche gay bachelor, known at all the gay bars/ clubs, proud of his reputation

Also a bit of a jock but not enough to be stereotypical of that

Is known to be into the rougher side of BDSM, his reputation is “has never and will never sub for anyone” with rumors saying otherwise

The truth is, Jerry is the only one Elmo would ever be submissive for and that’s exactly how they work

They started out with Elmo taking the lead, showing Jerry the ropes (pun intended) before they figured out the other way around works better

Is sceptical but supportive about Jerry’s whole shtick of wanting a committed life-partnership

Jerry’s best friend and brother and rock in life

Loves being underestimated as just a slut, is genuinely proud to be seen as easy

Calls people “nerd” as a mild insult

Actually has the highest education of the main cast because he originally wanted to be a certified nurse practitioner, then changed careers to managing the lab technicians (making him the biggest nerd)

3. Calixte “Cal” Küferbach

24y/o 4th semester college student who has to re-do a lot of courses, basically a 2nd semester

Severely AuDHD, struggling with life, generally an unstructured mess; also glasses

They/them agender genderqueer person, a bit masc-aligned, sort-of masculenby, mostly a lot of void tho

Got assigned as Jerry’s “buddy” through their college’s “buddy program” – a program to help exchange and foreigner students to find their footing

Jerry’s first friendship where nobody helped him connect (all other friendships came through Elmo)

Almost instantly aesthetically attracted to Jerry, awkward about it

Got the nickname “Cal” from Jerry (because “Cal” is pronounced nothing like “Calixte”)

Looks up to Jerry and admires her for having her life sorted out

Sees themself as “cringe-fail emo-wannabe (derogatory)”

Has C-PTSD from neglectful overbearing parents

First one to point out Jerry is “a hot goth girl, if you want to. Otherwise just hot goth.”

Physically disabled with joint pains, rheumatism, chronic pain; uses a lot of support bandages/ splints

Also chronic headaches and POTS/ CFS; occasional migraines

Chronic depression, severe anxiety disorder, avoidant personality disorder, misophonia

Sex-averse aromantic asexual

Admittedly has PTSD from past relationships and a bunch of trauma around sex

Massive trauma around BDSM

Genuinely supportive throughout all of Jerry’s attempts to find a partner

Is content if Jerry just stays their friend, that’s enough

Wants to find a life-partner to maybe even marry one day (doesn’t believe it could ever happen)

Is used to settling for less than they could have, scared to lose relationships/ friends

Secretly has a fantasy about finding their alterous/ queerplatonic “the one” in a cliched coming-of-age story

Feels like they’d drag Jerry down in the long run and that she deserves “better”

Helps Jerry overcome discomforts and test out boundaries

Happily let’s Jerry “try out” cuddling on the couch, sharing space, shared naps

Falls fast and falls hard (alterous/ queerplatonic)

Called Jerry “princess” once, as a joke, didn’t notice he hasn’t been okay about them ever since

Convinced they don’t have a chance even before they find out Jerry’s experienced with BDSM (which is Cal’s biggest trigger)

Insists their feelings shouldn’t hinder Jerry exploring relationships

Rather lists off all the reasons they are shitty and not right for him, than accept Jerry actually returns their feelings

Is very insecure even after Jerry chased them down to be with them

Has a few beloved plushies/ cuddly toys, most of which are comfort items when Cal has a breakdown of some sort

Learns Jerry’s given name only after they start their committed relationship (was willfully oblivious to it beforehand)

Honours the trust of getting to know Jerry’s given name by only rarely and only ever lovingly calling her Jerome

Through Jerry, they slowly regain a sense of security and agency around sex

Can’t believe they scored Jerry, because of what an absolute dream of a person she is; still insecure whether they can keep her

Casually asks Jerry how she feels about marriage, continues to tease her with the prospect of proposing (they fully plan on going through but teasing Jerry is fun)

Wholeheartedly encourages Jerry being a man in a dress, rooting for and supporting him with whatever he does for gender expression

Gets called “Jerry’s little nerd” by Elmo

4. Benvenuto “Ben” Fairwell

Yes, his parents think they are funny

No, Ben got over it through the years

Age somewhere between Cal and Jerry – closer to Jerry’s age, though

Nobody but Jerry, Elmo, and Cal knows Ben’s grey-ace

Proudly gay

Somewhat new to the city/ the city’s gay scene

Reputation similar to Elmo but not as extreme

Had a passive-aggressive bitch fight with Elmo for about a year (maybe longer)

Was intimidated by Elmo’s reputation and therefor rejected him

Elmo has been a bitch towards him ever since

Ben gladly returns the attitude

Is the “pastel pretty boi uwu” of Jerry’s group, almost looking “angelic”

Until he opens his mouth, because Ben’s nasty with his malicious tongue

Also glasses

Meets Jerry by chance, both their gaydar immediately ringing

They go on one coffee date

Ben admits he probably has a crush on Elmo, might catch one for Jerry

When he figures out Jerry is “the ominous dom everyone whispers about Elmo having”, he’s intimidated

Jerry takes Ben’s discomfort very seriously, patiently explaining his relationship and Elmo’s attitude

Ben feels bad for “wasting” their date by talking about Elmo but Jerry just tells him he can make up for it in the future

Gets kind of starry-eyed because Jerry is so gentle and definitely not after him for sex (definitely crushing on Jerry)

Takes Jerry’s encouragement to heart and resolves his “cat fight drama bullshit” with Elmo

Has a number of sisters so knows a lot about makeup and fashion and shit

Definitely in love with Jerry, still kind of crushing on Elmo, happy to have sex with either

Tempted to whack Cal over the head when they buy a pint of ice cream for him to share with Jerry

Most of a “blank slate” compared to the other three’s fleshed out characters

5.ish Aureliana Esposito (Lia Zanetti-Johnson)

Jerry’s half-sister

9 years older, so 41

Was a small child when her mother joined the cult Jerry grew up in

Escaped the cult as soon as she could

Went back to get Jerry out of there

She had met Elmo as a mental health nurse at a psych ward

Then sought him out, deciding he would be right to take care of innocent naive Jerry

Dumped a barely-an-adult naive and sheltered Jerry at Elmo’s front door

Left the country to get away from her mother and the cult

Changed her name to Lia Johnson to get rid of her baggage

Diligently sent Elmo money to take care of Jerry and himself

Financially carried them throughout Elmo’s career change

After Elmo and Jerry moved to a bigger apartment, the money stopped

Still sends Jerry nondescript postcards every few weeks

Found a nice Italian-American husband in the US and took his name

Has more siblings-in-law than she ever expected and has children of her own

Left Elmo a sealed envelope with an emergency phone, an explanation to contact her, and a letter to him

Might or might not have had ulterior motives for choosing Elmo (she absolutely did, but not even Elmo knows that)

[mclennonwasreal]

probably i just said it but i want to say it again:

- don’t apologise if you don’t know english.

- yes, english is the most common language on the internet but you are not forced to know it perfectly.

- your own language is beautiful.

- non-english people make a huge effort to write in English everyday on this website.

- support non-english people and don’t make them feel bad if they do not know English. 

- actually support all the languages.

- spread more language diversity on Tumblr.

thank you. 

[langsandlit]

Probabilmente l’ho già detto, ma voglio ribadirlo:

- non scusarti se non conosci l’inglese

- è vero, l’inglese è la lingua più comune su internet, ma non sei obbligato/a a conoscerlo perfettamente

- la tua lingua è bella

- i non anglofoni si sforzano molto ogni giorno a scrivere in inglese su questo sito

- sostieni i non anglofoni e non scoraggiarli se non conoscono l’inglese

- sostieni tutte le lingue

- sostieni la diversità linguistica su Tumblr

Grazie.

[athenastudying-deactivated20220]

Wahrscheinlich habe ich es schon gesagt, aber ich sage es nochmal: 

- Entschuldige dich nicht, wenn du kein Englisch kannst. 

- Ja, Englisch ist vielleicht die am meisten gesprochene Sprache im Internet, aber du bist nicht dazu gezwungen, es perfekt zu sprechen. 

- Deine Muttersprache ist wertvoll 

- Leute, deren Muttersprache nicht Englisch ist, geben sich jeden Tag die größte Mühe, auf dieser Webseite Englisch zu benutzen

- Unterstützt Leute, deren Muttersprache nicht Englisch ist, und macht euch nicht über sie lustig, wenn sie kein Englisch sprechen. 

- Unterstützt alle Sprachen

- Setzt euch für mehr Sprachenvielfalt auf Tumblr ein

Danke. :) 

[chiefoftherevolution]

- ne vous excusez pas si vous ne connaissez pas l'anglais. - oui, l'anglais est la langue la plus utilisée sur Internet mais vous n'êtes pas obligé de la connaître parfaitement.

- vos langue maternelle est belle.

- les non-anglophones font un effort énorme pour écrire en anglais tous les jours sur ce site.

- soutenez les non-anglophones et ne leur faites pas sentir mal s’ils ne connaissent pas l’anglais.

- supporte toutes les langues.

- Parlez de plus de diversité linguistique sur Tumblr.

merci :)

[whumpadork]

Ik heb het waarschijnlijk al eerder gezegd maar ik wil het nogmaals zeggen:

- Zeg geen sorry als je geen Engels spreekt.

- Ja, Engels is de meest gebruikte taal op het internet maar je hoeft het niet perfect te kennen.

- Jou eigen taal is prachtig.

- Niet-Engelstalige mensen doen enorm hun best om elke dag Engels te schrijven op deze site.

- Moedig niet-Engelstalige mensen aan en geef hen geen slecht gevoel over het feit dat ze geen Engels spreken.

- Eigenlijk, moedig alle talen aan.

- Verspreid meer diversiteit in talen op Tumblr!

Dank je wel.

[misszinc96-deactivated20221009]

Probablemente ya lo haya dicho, pero quiero volver a decirlo.

- No te disculpes si no sabes inglés.

- Es verdad que el inglés es el idioma más hablado en internet, pero no estás obligado a hablarlo perfectamente.

- Tu idioma nativo es hermoso.

- La gente que no habla inglés como idioma nativo hace un gran esfuerzo para hablarlo todos los días en esta página web.

- Apoya a la gente que no sepa hablar inglés y no les hagas sentir mal si no saben hablarlo a la perfección.

- Apoya todos los idiomas.

- Apoya la diversidad lingüistica en Tumblr.

Muchas gracias.

[achingpineapple]

也许我刚刚说过，但是我想再说一遍：

- 你不需要为不懂英语道歉

- 是的，英语是互联网上最普遍使用的语言，但是你不必毫无差错地了解它

- 你自己的语言是美丽的

- 非英语人士每天都在这个网站上很努力地写作

- 支持非英语人士，如果他们不懂英语，不要让他们为难

- 实际上，支持所有语言

- 在汤不热上传播语言多样性

谢谢

[korolevaa]

я это по-моему уже сказал ну я хочу сказать опять:

- не извиняйтесь если вы не понимаете английский язык.

- да, английский самый популярный язык на интернете, но вам не надо её знать отлично.

- ваш собственный язык прекрасный.

- люди которые не разговаривают по английскому языку сильно пробуют писать по ему здесь каждый день.

- поддерживаете других, и не оскорбляйте их если они не умеют разговаривать по английскиму.

- на самом деле, поддерживаете все языка

- позвольте большему количеству языков существовать на этом сайте.

благодарю. 💖

(извините за грамматические ошибки; русский не мой основной язык)

[mastreworld]

Jag har antagligen sagt det men jag vill säga det igen:

- be inte om ursäkt om du inte kan engelska.

- ja, engelska är det vanligaste språket på internet men du är inte tvungen att kunna det perfekt.

- ditt eget språk är vackert.

- icke-engelspråkiga personer gör en stor ansträngning varje dag för att skriva på engelska på den här sajten.

- stöd icke-engelspråkiga personer och behandla dem inte nedlåtande om de inte kan engelska.

- faktum är att du bör stödja all språk

- försök sprida mer språk-variation på Tumblr

Tack.

[shadowsinger11]

Вероятно го казах, но искам да го кажа отново:

- Не се извинявайте, ако не знаете английски.

- Да, английският е най-често срещаният език в интернет, но не сте длъжни да го знаете перфектно.

- Вашият собствен език е красив.

- Хората, които не говорят английски като роден език, влагат огромни усилия да пишат на английски всеки ден на този уебсайт.

- Подкрепяйте не-англоговорящите хора и не ги карайте да се чувстват зле, ако не знаят английски.

- Всъщност, подкрепяйте всички езици.

- Разпространете разнообразието на повече езици в Tumblr.

Благодаря!💕

[cherub1010]

prawdopodobnie już to powiedziałem, ale wspomnę raz jeszcze:

- nie przepraszaj, jeśli nie znasz angielskiego

- tak, angielski to najbardziej rozpowszechniony język w internecie, ale nie zmusza cię to do znania go perfekcyjnie

- twój własny język jest piękny

- osoby, których językiem ojczystym nie jest angielski, podejmują ogromny wysiłek, pisząc w języku angielskim na tej stronie

- wspieraj osoby, których językiem ojczystym nie jest angielski i nie sprawiaj, że czują się gorzej jeśli go nie znają

- wlasciwie, wspieraj wszystkie języki

- rozpowszechniaj różnorodność językową na tumblrze!

dziękuję

[irondadgroupie]

I’m going to use “official language” for this, anyone who knows Finnish knows that spoken and written are completely different

Varmaan jo sanoin tämän, mutta haluan sanoa uudelleen

- Älä pyydä anteeksi ettet osaa englantia

- totta, englanti on internetin yleisin kieli mutta sinun ei ole pakko osata sitä täydellisesti 

- Oma kielesi on kaunis

- ei-englanninkieliset ihmiset tekevät suuren teon joka päivä kirjoittamalla englanniksi tälle nettisivulle

- tue ei-englanninkielisiä ihmisiä äläkä loukkaa heitä, jos he eivät osaa englantia

- tue kaikkia kieliä

- Levitä kielten moninaisuutta Tumblrissa

Kiitos

[beebeebombam]

ฉันอาจจะพูดไปแล้ว แต่ให้ฉันได้พูดอีกครั้งเถอะ :

- อย่าขอโทษถ้าคุณไม่รู้ภาษาอังกฤษเลย

- ภาษาอังกฤษเป็นภาษาที่พบเห็นได้เยอะที่สุดในอินเตอร์เน็ท แต่คุณไม่จำเป็นต้องรู้ไปทั้งหมด

- ภาษาของคุณสวยงามในตัวของมันอยู่แล้ว

- คนที่ไม่ใช่คนอังกฤษนั้นต้องใช้ความพยายามอย่างมากในการสื่อสารด้วยภาษาอังกฤษในทุกวันนี้

- จงสนับสนุนพวกเขาและอย่าให้พวกเขาต้องรู้สึกแย่ที่ใช้ภาษาอังกฤษได้ไม่ดี

- สนับสนุนภาษาทั้งหมดด้วยใจจริง

- ช่วยเผยแพร่ความหลากหลายของภาษาให้กระจายออกไปในทัมเบลอร์

ขอบคุณ

[beautiful-basque-country]

Segur aski jadanik esan dut, baina berriro esan nahi dut: 

- barkamenik ez eskatu ingelesez ez jakiteagatik

- bai, ingelesa interneteko hizkuntza ohikoena da baina ez duzu perfektoki jakin behar.

- zeure hizkuntza ederra da.

- ingelesez ez dakitenek ahalegin handia egiten dute egunero webgune honetan ingelesez idazten. 

- lagun iezaiezue ingelesez ez dakitenei eta txarto ez sentiarazi ingelesez baldin ez badakite.

- hizkuntza guztiak benetan bermatu.

- indartu hizkuntza aniztasuna Tumblr-en.

Eskerrik asko.

[hattytheyee]

قبلا هم اینو گفتم اما میخوام دوباره بگم:

-اگه انگلیسی بلد نیستید عذر خواهی نکنید.

-درسته، انگلیسی رایج ترین زبان تو اینترنته اما مجبور نیستی که کامل و بی نقص بلد باشیش.

-زبان خودتون زیباست.

-افراد غیر انگلیسی زبان زیادی هر روز سخت تلاش می کنند که رو سایت انگلیسی بنویسن.

-افراد غیر انگلیسی زبان رو حمایت کنید و برای اینکه انگلیسی بلد نیستن تمسخرشون نکنید.

-در واقع از همه زبان ها حمایت کنین.

-تنوع زبان ها رو تو تامبلر ترویج بدین.

Was low-key nervous as hell writing this in my native language lol

[nerveguns]

Here’s another version but in the Arabic I know:

المحتمل أََني قُلت هذا الكلام من قبل ولكن اوريد أنا أقوله مجدداً :

-لا تتأسف إن كنت لا تعرف اللغة الإنجليزية

-نعم، اللغة الإنجليزية لغة مشتركة علي الإنترنت، ولكن أنت ليس مفروض عليك أن تعرفها تماما.

- لغتك جميلة.

-الذين ليسوا الانجليزيين يقومون بجهد كبير لكتابة الانجليزيه علي هذا الموقع.

- إِدْعَم من ليسوا الانجليزيين ، ولا تجعلهم يشعرون بسوء لأنهم لا يعرفون الانجليزيه.

-في الواقع إدعموا كل اللغات.

- إنشروا تنوع اللغات علي تامبلر.

شكرا 💝

Wow, this was a bit hard for some words.

[livinthe2060dream]

Poate deja am spus, dar vreau să mai spun încă o dată.

- Nu te scuza dacă nu cunoști engleza

- Da, engleza este cea mai comună limbă de pe internet, dar nu trebuie să o cunoști perfect

- Limba ta este frumoasă

- Vorbitorii non-englezi se străduiesc în fiecare zi să scrie în engleză pe acest site

- Sprijineste vorbitorii care nu sunt englezi și nu-i descuraja dacă nu știu engleza

- Acceptă toate limbile

- Susține diversitatea lingvistică pe Tumblr

Mulțumesc. ☺

[think-queer]

Okay, this might be an unpopular opinion, but if you want to combat the spread of misinformation then you have to let go of any belief that people not talking about an issue means that they don’t care. The only way to reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation is to research claims before you spread them, and there is so much information constantly being thrown at people through social media and the 24 hour news cycle that it’s impossible to fact check every claim. The same can be said about AI generated images, if you look closely then you can notice certain tells that something is AI generated but no one really has the time to analyze every single image that crosses their path.

If we expect people to talk about and spread information on every social/political/economic issue that occurs then the result will be that people will spread misinformation/disinformation because they will not have the time or mental capacity to research every single thing that happens on Earth just to make sure that they aren’t being fed incorrect information.

Only researching claims that set off a red flag or seem incorrect doesn’t actually do much to prevent misinformation, because there are plenty of claims that will seem correct on the surface or that will align with your view of the world that you won’t think to research. You have to research every claim if you want to avoid misinformation, and you can’t research every claim made by someone online.

The only solution is to accept that some people aren’t going to talk about certain issues, not because they don’t care, but because they have chosen to focus on other issues for the time being and don’t want to talk about an issue that they don’t know much about. And we really need to stop treating that like a bad thing. If you spread yourself too thin then you’re not going to accomplish anything. It’s actually good to have people devoting themselves to learning about and fighting a specific issue, that’s how progress is made.

[fuckyeahbiguys]

[fuckyeahbiguys]

We’ve waited a year to reblog this. Happy Bread Anniversary!

Because it’s important to celebrate the little victories in life. 

[feenyxblue]

No, no, no!

This is April 19 on the Julian Calendar.

The real bread day is on April 7th

[aaa-battery-not-rechargeable]

a very fucking special shout-out to aros who have been the token "weird queer" friend amongst a queer friend group, only to have the novelty lost and find yourself left when they all decide their romantic relationships matter more than you, or your aromantic worldview becomes off-putting because they don't (and don't try to) understand what amatonormativity means.

i have many qualms. this happens to a lot of aros, and it just speaks to the infantilization of aro folks (and ace too!) when all we're seen as is the weird one who doesn't feel love, there for the amusement of "normal queers" and then cast out when they find something more interesting.

if your friend group did/does this, it may mean they weren't truly seeing you, or doing their best to be actual allies to aro and aspec people.

it's the gay best friend trope all over again. everybody loves the gay best friend because it's trendy to have one and not treat them like a person outside the stereotype.

and it fucking sucks. ive been there.

it's not your fault you're not "palatable". let them choke.

[marsinout]

happy birthday🎉✨💥

[berlynn-wohl]

someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

[berlynn-wohl]

this is directly related to this post I made about how fanfic authors now are treated like content mills, and not like valued members of a creative community who thrive on interaction. for the past decade, we've watched the fandom ecosystem disrupted over and over, as NSFW fan artists seek safety by putting their work behind paywalls, and self-conscious fic readers squirrel away their feelings in invite-only communities

an easy way to do your part to fight against the evils perpetrated by social media is to leave a comment on a fanfic you love

[berlynn-wohl]

but don't take my word for it -- here are some responses that my fellow authors have left on this post:

[mrlarkstin]

The fact I had a fic that was fairly beloved and NO ONE commented on it because it was all being done in a fucking book club server made me want to scream.

I haven't updated that fic in two years now.

[maxima-priscus]

I cannot express enough how imperative it is to show the writer how much you love their work. The comments don't have to be novels themselves - even just an "I loved this so much!" Or keyboard smashing works wonders to keep the writer going. Please, we need to bring back supporting writers and artists now more than ever!!!

[et-in-arkadia]

this is such incredible advice for creating any kind of art i have to put it over here to remind myself

[dduane]

And this goes for writing too.

There are stories that only you are qualified to tell best: that only you are able to tell. You are uniquely positioned in spacetime to do this job because of your life detail, your upbringing, your reading, your thinking. No one else can tell your stories just the way you do, no matter how good a writer they might be.

And inside you somewhere are characters desperate for your attention; desperate for your intention and your work to breathe life into them. They need your voice raised to tell their stories. No one else can do it. You are their only hope.

Waste no more time worrying about whether your take on their stories will be good enough. You have more important things to be thinking about. So go get on with it. :)

[milkcryptid]

do people have no shame anymore?

[asifiweregoingtowrite]

[dduane]

...This. :/

[zexreborn]

The tags mention that some people are using character.ai, which is a service that lets you chat/roleplay with bots (and create your own bots). That means that the human author of that fic wrote half of the ‘posts’ in this exchange himself, in his own words, came up with the premise and the opening post for the roleplay. Based on what I know to be the strengths of c.ai, he probably also generated 10+ possible responses to each post and chose the one that best fit the RP and edited for clarity and consistency. He also edited the whole thing together into a prose format suitable for fanfiction.

If he made the bot/character himself, he also wrote a personality description, backstory, scenario description, and wrote some sample posts to give the AI the tone he’s looking for. If he wanted to go the extra mile he also spent some dry runs rating the posts the AI made in a practice roleplay, which gives the bot better idea of what tone he’s going for.

And, again, half the posts are his unadulterated prose.

Some other tags also say that the author spent several hours writing this and considers it to be a rushed job, which based on what I know of c.ai is pretty plausible. Creating something like a piece of fanfiction using c.ai as a collaborator could take dozens of hours, depending on how much effort you put into it.

This is one reason why I think the ‘generative AI’ label is much too broad to be useful for anything. Clearly, making a c.ai bot and using it as a roleplay partner is qualitatively different than merely ‘prompt engineering’ a two sentence prompt for midjourney. (It’s possible to use midjourney in a creative way, of course). I like using the term ‘collaborative AI’ for stuff like this.

But whatever you want to call it, it’s really hard to maintain the fiction that no human effort or artistic inspiration was involved in such a fic’s creation.

[sigmaleph]

In addiion to that, the situations described in the tags range from 'this was written entirely by chatgpt' to 'i used chatgpt for proofreading' to 'chatgpt helped me with the title/translated a few words from a language I don't speak'

Not wanting to read entirely-chatgpt-written fic seems reasonable to me, sure, it's generally a very bad writer (unless it got much better recently? I have not tried anything recent). it does not make sense to treat this as equivalent to the case where a single sentence was translated by AI.

I don't think it's helpful to bundle all these cases under the same 'Created Using Generative AI' tag unless you think AI is ritually unclean.

[junk-thunder]

"is sex with angels monsterfucking" forum thread shut down by moderators after 300 pages of fierce debate, 26 banned accounts and 8 doxxed members

[virtualgirladvance]

"would the angels consider us bestiality" Follow-up thread created and instantly closed with the forum going into lockdown temporally

[loveless-arobee]

Writing tip:

Every character can be made infinitely more interesting by making them an allosexual aromantic.

[loveless-arobee]

Writing tip:

Every character can be made infinitely more interesting by making them an allosexual aromantic.

[loveless-arobee]

Writing tip:

Every character can be made infinitely more interesting by making them an allosexual aromantic.

[loveless-arobee]

Writing tip:

Every character can be made infinitely more interesting by making them an allosexual aromantic.

[anniespositivity]

You do not talk too much. You do not expect too much. You do not care too much. You do not ask too many questions. You do not need too much attention. You are not too needy. You are not too much to handle. You are perfect the way you are. If people make you feel like you are too much, they are not worth your time, your effort or your love. You deserve better than that. Your heart and soul should be protected at all cost. You simply are not too much in any way, my love. Always remember that.

[byjove]

being on my period makes me feel like a wounded forest animal trying to find a warm dark small place to die

[dopaminerjic]

just blocked a bunch of terfs, and as op may well be aware already, they’ve been rbing the unedited version of this post. on the brighter side, you can now hover over several radfem blogs and see some variation of this

[byjove]

Yeppp. That’s why I had to add the banner. Blocking them is like whack-a-mole.

[byjove]

…..ok

[haiyuki]

my bf found the image so i can explain it now

my mom would write bible verses on like anything when i was younger so this happened

[byjove]

OH THATS REALLY FUNNY

[paperandpencilsandskips]

[vintagewildlife]

TERFs are literally incapable of respecting personal boundaries. If I say I don't want you following me, maybe don't. And when I assert my boundaries by blocking you, you rant about me, saying I'm "mean" for asserting my boundaries. You're no better than those creepy guys who won't leave me alone at the bar. TERFs are fucking creeps. Stay the hell away from me.