#crabbs rants

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>person comes onto an ajw slander post and basically goes “sorry YOU were offended by the zoophile protag but I felt really seen by this book”

>looks inside

>yeah that tracks

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41% into KotLC. Im having fun with the school setting, but as a Voltron Fandom Survivor the name “Keefe” is giving me visceral flashbacks.

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AJW making his readers forget about that time he said a rape victim had “slut autism”:

Have you forgotten? Cause I haven’t. That entire Instagram post is such a mess. Just. Have a look.

I didn’t include all of them because a few are totally fine but hoooooo boy

Genuinely how do people like this dude

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8 months later and thinking about Eye of the Bedlam Bride STILL gets me like this

Chapters 44–46 live in my head rent-free and I am BEGGING them to leave

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I believe that everyone has the right to enjoy what they want to, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody and makes them happy. That being said, there are some books out there that if you tell me you like them I'm assuming you’re either 14 or you're lying.

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Me when I'm in a “thinly veiled fetish writing” competition and my opponent is Andrew Joseph White

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Minor pet peeve, but it annoys me when non-arc readers on goodreads rate a book five stars before it’s even out. Or really rate it anything for that matter. Like I was looking at the page for You’re No Better by Andrew Joseph White, and why are there 5-star ratings going back a year? If you haven’t read the book, don’t rate it. I don’t care if you just really love the author. You can give it 5 stars when it comes out.

All you’re doing is muddying things up for the people who actually DID apply to read it early and are trying to give their honest thoughts. Wait like the rest of us.

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Man, I really hate the notion of “but I’m not x so I can’t write x!” that exists in writing. It’s such a cop-out way of allowing yourself to continue writing narrowmindedly. Just because you don’t share in an identity doesn’t mean you’re banned from writing about it and doing it well.

Write that poc lead, or that disabled lead. And if it intimidates you, do some research. Not only will it teach you how to depict the character better, but you’ll learn a lot about people of the particular group you want to represent. The best way to fight intolerance is to simply get to know others. By writing diversely and outside your own identity, you’re challenging your own biases and making yourself a more open minded person.