stevie

writer. reader. pretender. dc | jaydick. icon by cliff chiang. she/her/they. you can also find me off topic.

[stevieraebarnes]

No Brakes This Time, I Slit the Line

jaydick | T+ | 8k words

Here it is: the F1 au I've been working on for years. Finished with the help of @justtoarguewithyou and the @jaydick-week WIP bash 🎉🎉🎉

[zebra11235]

I love AO3 and all its wonderful, generous, gorgeous, hilarious writers.

[seto-kaibae-deactivated20150923]

Twinkle Twinkle fucking why

Can’t I draw the other eye

What the fuck’s up with your nose

Fuck those folds in all your clothes

Twinkle Twinkle fucking shit

Fuck this art, I’m done I quit.

[damnanime]

Little artist, please don’t cry, I’ll help you draw that fucking eye.

If your features seem rather whack, Flip the canvas and drive them back.

If traditional is more your trend, Then notice sempai Wilhelm Bendz!

If all this seems a total waste, Then fucking cheat with cut and paste.

Making art’s a no-rules fight, Beware my power, Green Lantern’s light.

[seto-kaibae-deactivated20150923]

This was a fantastic addition

[thepl4gued0ctor]

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[jan-liliten]

op turned off reblogs but also i respect that they turned them off for a reason but i still want the post here so i removed their name

[nat-20s]

out of curiosity, how many books have you read this year

0

1-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21-25

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31-35

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45-50

over 50

Remaining time: 9 hours 42 minutes

[why-i-love-comics]

Wonder Woman #34 (2026) DC Pride variant cover by Fatima Wajid

[villainwithacrush]

[luna-azzurra]

Unpopular opinion but reading a lot does not automatically make you a better writer and i'm tired of pretending it does. Reading makes you a better reader. Writing makes you a better writer. They're related but they're not the same thing. You can read every book ever written and still not know how to be honest on the page. That part you have to earn separately and it costs more.

[wearwind-ao3]

I mean, I see what you're saying, but it doesn't meaningfully change anything in what that advice is getting across. If a person is already a writer, you'd have to willfully ignore the point to understand "be a better reader and you'll be a better writer" as "you don't need to practice." It's more if a "as you read, you will come across approaches, perspectives, and techniques that will inspire you to test your craft in new and exciting ways, so fill your cup if it ever feels stale or stuck."

Writing's an act of love. If it ever gets choked out by fear (of failure, inadequacy, clichè, etc), and clarity and honesty feel out of reach, the easiest way to dig it back is not to beat yourself up over inadequate skill, but to find that love in other stuff. Reading is writing in the same way firewood is flame. The spark happens in your mind.

[wearwind-ao3]

also because I just saw someone being like "I don't wanna read and imitate other people, I wanna write like myself!" and had feelings about it:

girl. I am holding you so gently right now. this is abject loneliness that you're subjecting yourself to. reading other people's thoughts doesn't take away from your own perspective, but what it gives you is the words to express yourself so that you will understand you. It gives you the literary vocabulary (images! symbols! metaphors! comparisons! pacing!) of your culture/s of choice, and shows you how use them to make sense of what you feel and what want to say, and then express it in a way that other people will understand you too. Literature isn't a rally where there's one voice blaring out for others to listen, it's a conversation. You're writing to be read. You and your readers will need a common language. You acquire that language by reading widely. And then not only do you get better at expressing your feelings to others, you find others who feel the same, and suddenly the world's a greater and more beautiful place where you can go, "you too?! I thought it was just me!"

I promise this is not taking one whit of your individuality away. You might be exposing yourself to all of those outside influences but the I in the centre, the mind that decides and interacts and feels, that's the voice that will always be unique. You just gotta channel it in a way that can be understood.

If you wanna write: read. Please.

[zekieins]

又是一年520

[alcoholicanarchist]

[haveyoureadthisdcfic]

I'm never gonna make it 'til the end, I guess

Have you read I'm never gonna make it 'til the end, I guess?

Yes, previously

Yes, now that you've recced it to me

No

Remaining time: 4 days 12 hours

Authour: @isuredolikeechidnas (APOLOGETICINSECT)

Subfandom: Batfamily

Media: Comics (specifically Post-Crisis)

Relationships: Gen (Cassandra Cain-centric)

Year: 2026

Rating: Teen

Warnings: None

Summary:

“Damn.” Steph says. Then: “I know you said you didn’t want this, but… my seventeenth is next year. If you want, you could come? I mean, it’s not gonna be a big deal, but you’re my friend.” “When is it?” Cass says. “I’m getting out the invitations early.” Steph says. She laughs. “Next February. You just missed it.” Cass will be dead by then, by Lady Shiva’s hand. She nods. “I think I’d like that.” (OR: Five conversations Cass has about family in the run-up to her death, and one her family has about her, afterwards.)

Submitted by @gnomewithalaptop

Submitter's comment:

SO SO GOOD. amazingly angsty character study based around Cass's suicidal thoughts in the year leading up to her fight with Shiva

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[stevieraebarnes]

Just dropping a quick line to say I’m really enjoying Slender Days! Provokes such great visuals. Was so happy to see the updates 😘

Oh yay! Thank you so much friend! I surprised myself that my inconsistent prodding at the fic yielded the chapter I was most stuck on 😅 Thankfully the final chapter is already in better shape, whew. I'm so glad you're enjoying the visuals; I've had a fun time living in creepy land haha. And thanks for sticking around with this one. You're the best!! 💕🎉

[asynca]

Write that one-shot. Those 3 chapters will be the best 10 chapters you ever wrote

[jamqyu]

long time no jasey toddie 🫦❤️‍🔥🏍️

[bookwyrminspiration]

a red string of fate can be a leash. if you're enlightened

[toddsolondz]

destroying and betraying yourself for nothing all by yourself, handsome?