#serenity-searcher

[critter-of-habit]

Hey there, I love your clexa afl picture and since there is a prompt for Clexa pride week that is about artists collab/inspiration I was wanting to ask if you would mind me doing a fic inspired by your clexa afl picture

Go for it! Just link back/credit to the art when you post it, thanks :)

[fratboykate]

You’re glad people renember there were sides because one is trash and one is yours? Which one was yours again? Was it viewers because that’s the one I interacted with the most

Lmao it was

[runawaymarbles]

How does ordering those fics turned into books actually work? You pay then get the files to print yourself? I’m really tired and feel like I’m missing something and also kinda interested

@serenity-searcher Lulu is a self-publishing site, and Lulu Xpress (xpress.lulu.com) does print-on-demand: you provide the interior and cover files-- or you can use their “cover creator” tool-- and then you can order a bound copy (or multiple copies) of your book. There’s a list of acceptable page sizes on their website. 

The important thing about printing fanfic, especially someone else’s fanfic, is to make sure that you don’t actually list it for sale. (This is an option through Lulu, but not Lulu Xpress.)

Back when CreateSpace was still a thing, they’d give you a free bound copy of your nanowrimo novel if you won. This is basically the same thing.

I’m not sure if that answered your question?

[100hearteyes]

What sort of help would be needed with the audio clexa stuff?

Ok so, we need at least six voices: two narrators (so production can be faster), Clarke, Lexa, Octavia, Raven, and Anya (Bellamy - EDIT: already have one! - and Lincoln might be necessary too), I'd say two people for editing/mixing, and someone to talk to the authors of fics we'd be asking for permission to adapt. My plan was to have Clarke and Lexa always be the same voice, but that could change if we do fics where they have other accents. So it might bring the team up to as many as 10 people (I actually had an initial count of 12 tasks at first but some can be done by the same person).

[thedeadflag]

Really interesting and informative post about trans fetishisation. Is there a difference between a trans person and intersex person? Or is it the same thing under different names?

Two different things. They can overlap, a person can be both trans and intersex for instance, but they’re distinct. 

It’s waaaay late and I should be asleep, so I’ll keep it brief to the point of simplification, perhaps. 

A trans person is generally someone who is not the gender/sex they were assigned at birth. For instance, a doctor looked at me when I was born and declared me male, a boy. I’m a trans woman, so I’m female, I’m not what I was assigned at birth. This is inclusive of non-binary folks, of course, who are often not what they were assigned at birth, either in full or in part. 

To quote Intersex Human Rights Australia, “Intersex people are born with physical sex characteristics that don’t fit medical and social norms for female or male bodies.”

Both communities are negatively impacted by cissexism and the rigidly enforced gender/sex binary, though intersex folks have a number of unique experiences related to the specific form of oppression and erasure they face.

Within the scope of g!p works (and other similar forms of art), however, both trans women and some intersex folks’ lack of representation are often used as justification for the fetishization we receive. I’ve seen plenty of people write g!p works, claiming it’s to offer intersex representation, when it couldn’t be further from the truth given that’s not representative of intersex realities. Same as how it’s not representative of trans woman realities in general. There’s a lot of misinformation due to people conflating our bodies and our realities with the porn we’re fetishized through, and since there’s little to no actual accurate representation, people base their ideas of us and our bodies off of that fetishsitic porn.

[femininenachos]

Hey whats a good way to spread my clexa fics around i mean there are some incredible writers in this fandom and I’m not that level but what better way to improve other than practice and feedback from a wonderful fanbase

It’s all about shameless self-promotion. :)

If you have the ability to make moodboards or graphics (or you know someone who can), that’s probably the quickest way to get greater exposure for your fics on Tumblr. In my experience, visual posts tend to gain better traction since people are generally more inclined to reblog that kind of content.

So you could promote your fics by doing a post that includes:- a moodboard or graphic- a summary of the fic- maybe a short excerpt below a ‘read more’ cut- link to the fic on AO3 / Fanfiction.net or wherever else it might be posted - tag it as Clexa, Clexa fic, Clexa fanfic, Clarke x Lexa (there may be other tags that people actively follow but those are probably the main fic-related ones)

It might then get picked up and reblogged by a popular blog or even get on a rec list. 🤞

[queerinterruptions]

so whats the focus of your doco? I'm trying to write something about the queerbaiting because that seems to get overlooked a lot by various article sites but it's slow going digging through all the bad stuff that happened.

Hey there! So my doco and thesis don’t really focus on queerbaiting, but more on Clexa fans, queer theory, time and an analysis of GIFs. Are you writing something for school? Happy to help you out with resources, or to chat through some of your ideas if you like? Feel free to DM me :) 

[pillowprincesslexa]

Never mind just saw the post that you’re clexa through and through

they’ll have to rip clexa from my cold dead hands and even then I won’t let go