Where did all the footnotes in history books go? Why am I sitting here like where are your sources, young man? Does your mother know you published a book without a traceable bibliography? You should be ashamed of yourself.
There is no valorisation without work. Labour power is quite a special commodity: its consumption furnishes work, hence new value, whereas means of production yield no more than their own value. Therefore the use of labour power furnishes a supplementary value. The origin of bourgeois wealth is to be found in this surplus value, in the difference between the value created by the wage-labourer in his work, and the value necessary for the reproduction of his labour-power. Wages only cover the expenses of that reproduction (the means of subsistence of the worker and his family). […] Supposing the capitalist and the wagelabourer were fused into one, if labour truly managed capital, re-oriented production in the interest of everyone, if wages were equal and fair, etc., and value logic continued to operate, it would not go beyond capitalism: it would be a (short-lived) worker-led capitalism
— Gilles Dauvé, Eclipse and ReEmergence of the Communist Movement - Chapter 1: Capitalism and Communism
So the rest of this was written for Endnote's regarding my recent first chapter, so if it sounds phrased oddly, that's why. And not spell checked.
UNFILTERED SPOILERS FOR SAID FIC BELOW.
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Writing Caine was interesting, considering he's still in a high role (principal), yet still hovered by higher up's (most of this chapter was written before episode 6 so THE COMMITTEE wasn't an inspiration for the school board, as obvious as it may sem). I feel like I got his personality down pretty close, and hope to set up his own shortcomings more directly if the chance ever comes up.
Gangle feels underutilized to me for this chapter. Now I know it's not a huge deal due to (SPOILERS), but that doesn't make it feel any less true to me. You don't get a lot of her personality here, and while I intend for this to be read by fellow TADC enjoyers, I'd hope anyone going in fandom blind can find some enjoyment by reading this as such (though to be honest anyone going fandom blind should prob have a wiki up for visual/name reference but that's just me).
The best we can really see of her here is the final scene she has alongside Jax. You can chalk it up to Jax being the POV here and therefore not letting her have much of a chance to shine, and while that may be accurate, this work is still about THEM. TOGETHER.
Ribbit's character wasn't super hard to pin down for me, and BEFORE ANYONE COMPLAINS NO HE'S NOT GONE FROM THE FIC. I won't go into any more detail than that, but trust me frog enjoyers you will get to see more of him… eventually. I did concept him actually dying at the end, but I don't enjoy out-of-the-blue "shocking for the sake of it" in my fanfiction so you all are were saved from that.
If Ribbit is vastly different in canon (IF we actually get to see a flashback of the frog) then I will do jack shit cause this is alternate universe. Some elements may carry over, but I wouldn't hold my breath over it. For voice headcannon imagine Rigby from Regular Show. That's it that's his voice.
Oh boy Ragatha, poor girl got put through a lot both in canon and likely in here too! The little jab Jax does about her being a doll isn't meant to be a dig at Bunnydoll shippers mind you; I appreciate all ships, but I do have preferences (I mean, your reading a Ribbun fic so-). I see Jax and Rag's relationship as something else entirely which will be covered within this fic, but I can't spoiler it of course, so you all get to work with that.
Pomni… I'm gonna be honest she's a bit undercooked in this chapter. And that's cause I'm pantsing (look it up what it means if you don't know) a lot of this work and sadly Pomni just didn't fit with what I had in mind for other characters. Any role she could have played I wanted another character to do instead, so she got a bit shafted in terms of importance. Things may change, but I can't gurantee much for any of the Pompom enjoyers.
Zooble feels too antagonistic here. Now it IS all Jax's fault for making them act that way here, so I can't expect to get an honest view of her personality, but it still sucks. She is fun to write though. Really fun. Also if the tag's didn't give it away yes their gonna play an equally big role to Jax and Gangle. Not as much of course, but they will be there.
The references this chapter were a bit low, and trust me I would include more if I felt it could be more natural to slot in, but I don't wanna put them above the actual story. I'm not gonna point them out for every chapter unless I think it's too obscure for most to get, or if it's more of a homage than anything else. For this first one though Yeah sure let's go!
"I contemplated long and hard about it…
…For about two seconds. "
This is a Randy Feltface reference. More on how the joke was phrased than the actual word-for-word in this case, but I think it's funny.
Jax's fourth wall breaking isn't inherently a reference, but Ferris Bueller & Deadpool are the two I would say influence them the most.
"Hmm… Yeah, I suppose I am worried for nothi-Jax looks it's Caine!"
Toy Story, of course. This was a late addition reference when I was writing and I'm not sure if it lands super well on Jax falling for it, but I felt it was funny enough to work.
"Mhm! Imagine if we skipped to right now instead! All of that effort just- just gone! Now that would be lazy, and anyone who would do such a thing are as such!"
There was a whole super prose-heavy, Ultrakill inspired piece that was meant to go right before this, but I felt it was a bit much for the scene at hand. Maybe I'll post it if anyone's curious, cause I'm still proud of it in spite of it being scrapped.
"Your gonna give Luffy a run for his money in the tear department if you keep that up Crybaby. Fix that." / "…That's the golden ticket here," I say as I choose some items for my tray, "which you unfortunately didn't get from a Wonka bar."
I'm lumping these two together since their the most direct references, considering Jax outright says them. Luffy One Piece, Wonka Bar Charlie's Chocolate Factory.
"I've told you not to do that."
I would have made this more specfic if it weren't more convoluted in doing so. But this line was taken from "I told you about those stairs bro!", which I think is from Homestuck? But don't quote me on that.
"What did I tell you to do?" He chastised.
I lift my head from the table so my response wouldn't be mumbled. "…Be more careful."
"And what did you do?"
"…Chucked her mask."
Gravity Falls, Episode 1 Season 2, Scary-oke. A little more expanded on, but otherwise the reference.
BANG!
"Boom baby!"
Emperor's New Groove baby! I had this reference in my head for a while, and I think it's great.
And that's the last of the references I can fully remember putting in intentionally!
"The mistake of the theorists of the labour movement was as follows. They often described capitalist social relations in terms of a foundational fracturing: the separation of peasants from the land generated a propertyless proletariat. However, the class relation is not only established through a foundational fracturing; it also confirms that fracturing in every moment. Capitalism realises the fracturing of social existence as the “unity-in-separation” of market society, an interdependence of everyone on everyone else, which nevertheless reduces individuals to isolated atoms, facing off against one another in market competition. This is especially true for proletarians, whose very survival depends on competing with other proletarians, and who therefore face the most barriers to collective organisation (as we have argued elsewhere, it is not the eventual decline of working class identity, but rather its emergence despite these barriers, which needs to be explained)."
AO3: How to insert images/links into the notes of a chapter
hey y'all!! a friend of mine asked me a little while ago how I put images/links into the notes on ao3, so I'm just going to post a tutorial to help anyone who needs it.
First, click edit chapter on the one you want to insert the image or link in (or just add chapter), and go to the main body paragraph box. It'll automatically be on HTML, so click on Rich Text. It should look like this.
We’re going to start with links first. You should have the link copied, so click on the link icon (circled in red). This will then pop up:
Paste the link in (you can also change what text will show to others by typing something in text to display, but I won't do that for this example. If you want further explanation, just ask me and I'll do another post!) Click save once you have the link pasted in the URL box. The link should show up in the paragraph box like this:
So far all you've done is add a link to the actual chapter. To add it to the chapter notes (either beginning or end) just click back to HTML. The link should now look something like:
Now, you don't need to worry about the <p> and </p> just look at the text starting and ending at the <a and </a>. Copy that text and paste it into either the beginning or end notes exactly how it is.
Bam! And that's how you add a link! Basically all you do is first add the link through Rich Text in the main body box, and then click back to HTML. Copy what it turns into and then paste it into the notes!
Pictures/photos work the same!
Click the picture icon once you're in Rich Text and paste in the picture link/URL. You can change the dimensions of the actual photo here, too. Click save, and the photo should come up in the big box. You can also change the dimensions here too by moving the corners/sides.
Once you've done that, click back to HTML and copy what it turns into. Paste it into whatever notes box you want and click save/preview chapter! Bam! You're done! It'll show up as just the photo once you post/save as draft. It will stay as a link when you're editing, however.
Why do people use endnotes over footnotes, do they just not want people to read them? Who thought making me constantly flip between the front and back of an article was a good idea? Please come out, I just want to talk, I promise.
