#(we don't)

[danielecheni18]

NO JUZGUEN TAN RÁPIDO. NOSOTROS NO... AMERIQUEST HORTGAGE COMPANY

[craetor]

What's the goal here?? (Rough sex)

[hangmanbradshaw]

we really don't talk enough about Jake calling Bradley 'son'

[aamtreeanalogy]

i've been a devoted follower of the "let the elders do the talking" agenda for so long, that i just prefer it when others talk.

[imjustanasshole]

"[character] wouldn't act like that"

oh really? have you fucked them? have you personally had sex with this character? have you engaged in so much sexual intercourse with this fictional character that you can assure me they would or wouldn't act a certain way in a sexual setting? have you ever even seen them in an explicit sexual setting in canon?

i don't fucking think so, smartass

[mermaidsirennikita]

this week, the internet discovered that authors do in fact use pen names (guess what: almost every romance novelist does) and that some authors choose to be anonymous

and while I keep seeing the concern that "what if authors go anonymous to avoid boycotts" I have to say that

a) it is impossible to get around this unless you literally choose to never read an author ever unless you can know their identity, which is your right; it's just also an author's right to choose anonymity for any reason, and there is no ethical way to get around that as a reader

b) you should be able to tell whether or not the content of a book crosses lines for you without knowing the author's identity, nine times out of ten

c) expect more authors, especially in romance, to choose anonymity in the future—potentially to get around censorship, to sell better in international markets resistant to American authors at the moment, to sell better in American markets (sadly) hostile to Canadians, etc, and, I think most significantly, to publish explicit work while maintaining a sensitive career (I'm thinking librarians, teachers, government employees—this is already a thing, I just expect true anonymity to become more favored)

d) also, it's just fine to get published anonymously if you simply want to

[burnt-by-marigolds]

Brain: It feels so good to have written that long and rambly and not exactly coherent post about personal stuff and/or our hobby and put it into the limbo folder to marinate there forever and a day longer, it helped us regulate, it helped name our feelings, now it's easier to focus on other matters, and who knows, maybe someone can even relate and we'll be able to connect–

Me: Brain, we didn't post it.

Brain: We need to post it?