#im griping

[emachinescat]

What is it with fanfic sites and italics? Why do they hate italics with the same fervor and passion with which I love them? Fanfiction.net removes all spaces around italics and AO3 adds spaces around them. So no matter where I post, I'm having to go through and find all my italics and edit them manually one by one by one by one by one by one. 😭😭😭

(And yes I still cross-post fics to fanfiction.net because I grew up with it and even though it is clearly the inferior child when AO3 is on the table, I still have a special place in my heart for all its unintuituve, mostly dead, glory.)

[grimmjowjaegerjaquez]

also another thing i dont get with rival characters in shonen is like

they have this whole arc dedicated to developing their character and their relationship with the protagonist. usually ending with them havign a mutual understanding and respect for each other, laying the foundation for them to have a friendship.

but then in like... the arcs following that. its like, that development didnt happen at all. and they are just back to being the assholes they were in the first place. like, ok, let them have the same base character traits, but at least show that they are putting some effort into changing for the better. and at the very least, dont have their relationship with the protag devolve back into one based around hatred. like what????????

[kipsmh]

In my experience, part of difficulty transcribing thoughts goes something like this.

Imagine you encounter someone you don't mind. You notice that today they look especially awesome. Their hair is done up nicely, they're wearing a thoughtfully put-together outfit, they've got tastefully applied perfume, generally really dressed up

Altogether, they look awesome :]

You go in to greet them

You've observed all these details individually

We have a series of components!

Hair? is nice. Clothes? very nice! Perfume? smells nice!!

So let's put them together! Bake a cake!

Your hair smells nice today

FUCKKKKKKK THIS CAKE IS SHIT

What should happen is clothes + hair + perfume = appearance nice

an intended combination may be something like... "you look nice today" or "your outfit is nice" or possibly "hair looks great today" maybe even "is that a new perfume? It suits you!"

so simple so easy

however! now your friend is going to throw rocks at you, because... Instead of blending the components, parts remain unprocessed.

My brain catches on these individual pieces. :{ They detract from the original intended goal(polite compliment!!!) and instead become THING I DIDN'T MEAN AT ALL!!! WHY DID I SAY THAT!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEEEE

[adhd-ahamilton]

Why does nobody ever wanna talk about the 18th century, man? I’m reading this wiki article about the history of zoology and there’s paragraph after paragraph about the progress made and ideas circulating around in the 17th and 19th centuries but only a single sentence that references the 18th century. Surely something worth mentioning must’ve happened within that entire 100 year span...?

[shellofduality]

I really, really hate when people write Dean as a homophobic prick. And it's not even an AU. Are you even trying to model your character after SU Dean? Dean is not homophobic. Are you just choosing to ignore that or... what? I just don't get it. I have been watching the show for less than 6 months and I know Dean better than that. How could you have been watching all these 9 years and still can't write Dean as who he actually is. Are you even trying or are you writing about your particular Dean and not the Dean? Please let me know. I am so sick of starting fics only to discover that the author has no idea who Dean is or what drives him.