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theybecameanimagi replied to your post “I was not prepared for all the Keyleth hate. w t f …”
I’m convinced fans don’t know how to agree to disagree. Everything must be a battle.
everything on tumblr (in fandom in general) is black and white. there is no inbetween and it’s so annoying
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“It actually surprises me that the Potters are even a pureblood family....”
I think both "half-blood" and pureblood" are fairly subjective terms. Harry’s kids have 3 pureblood grandparents and 1 muggleborn grandparent. To many people, this would be enough to be considered pureblood. But someone like Lucius Malfoy wouldn't consider Albus Potter to be pureblood enough. And someone like Walburga Black probably wouldn’t consider Lucius pureblood on account of his half-blood great-great-great-great grandmother.
You’re exactly right! It’s subjective bullshit. Even Voldemort was a half-blood. ESPECIALLY Voldemort was a half-blood. I’ve talked about this before, but Edgelord Voldemort didn’t really gaf about blood prejudice. He cared about immortality, dominance, and power. He used the existing pureblood prejudice (I call it purism in my head but maybe there’s a better term?) as a platform to gain an army so he could seize power. That’s it. And all the ‘purebloods’ are scrambling to prove their lineage...even Umbridge and that necklace. It’s malarkey.
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“It actually surprises me that the Potters are even a pureblood family....”
Also it's very possible that with pure blood wizard who don't have any muggleborn parents are also meant. Meaning pure plus half makes pure
Yes! There was a lot of manipulation and twisting (see above). The important thing for me is that it doesn’t seem like the Potters gave a single eff on earth about their pureblood status, or lack of it, or whatever.
@theybecameanimagi replied: I think the anon forgets, too, that a lot of those pureblood families aren't as pure as they let on? The Black family tree shows that people who marry Muggles/Muggle-borns are just disowned. Same for Squibs. I think a lot of those families just cover up cases were their lineage is 'tainted.' I think the Potter family was just so quiet and kept to themselves so much, bigger families like the Malfoys and Blacks just... Didn't pay attention if the Potters occasionally married Muggles? 1/2 2/2 and then you get into cases where you have to wonder, do a lot of those families stop considering a family to be pure blood in once in, like, 200 years only a few Muggles, even if it's one or two, marry into the family? Ron says in COS a lot of wizards *had* to start marrying Muggles or they'd have died out. (Also: Hi! I am finally getting back into Harry Potter again!)
Agreed! Every wizarding family has Muggles married in. Many wizarding families carry prejudices. (If not muggles, then werewolves and giants. Ya feel?) Every wizarding kid who lives in a pure- or half-blood house benefits more than a Muggleborn because they have access to magic during the holidays.
What's your thoughts on artists taking commissions and having online shops for their art vs payment (or the lack of it lol) for fanfics? I feel like there is a fan culture of fans wanting to pay for good art or get it on a shirt or phone case; and yet fans expect free fic even though it can take months to write? I've got so many mixed thoughts on this and you're always so articulate and I would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.
Oh, I have multiple thoughts on this!
First of all, people try to get art for free, too. Not necessarily on products like phone cases, but they’ll try to commission artists for icons and banners and whatnot without being willing to pay them.
But artist do have an easier time, because they are allowed to charge. Fanfic writers cannot legally charge for their work. That disparity leads to the general impression that art has monetary value while fanfic does not. And that makes it hard for authors to even do things like a tip jar, which skirts around the idea of payment for a product and turns it into thanks for a service.
So, let’s talk about the effort that goes into writing fanfic for a moment.
Right now, I’m working on the next chapter of Under Cover of Darkness. I actually started the process back in August, when I spent a few hours outlining how I want the rest of the story to go. I’d write down a few notes, come to a tricky spot and think for a bit, work my way around it, and keep going until I came to the next tricky spot. Sometimes I asked for outside opinions.
Then I started writing the actual draft on Tuesday. Every night since then, I’ve spent 2-3 hours working on this story. One night had to spend all the time figuring out a solution to a problem that had occurred to me when I was outlining. Plus, I’m constantly editing and polishing the earlier bits to keep them in line with changes that are made and to tweak poorly written sentences.
By the time I post this chapter on Tuesday, I will easily have spent over 15 hours--probably closer to 20--making sure it’s as good as I can get it. That’s a lot of time and effort poured into something that I will turn around and post online for free. And since it’s chapter 6 of an ongoing story, you have to also factor in the time I’ve spent working on previous chapters, because of course that was technically planning work on this chapter.
I don’t mind that I can’t charge for fanfic, because I understand the copyright concerns. I actually prefer to provide it for free, to everyone, instead of only to those who can afford it. (Disclaimer: yes, artists post lots of work for free too.)
What I mind is the capitalist attitude that only things I’ve paid for have value. I mind the culture that says I’m begging or demanding or think too highly of myself when I post a link to my ko-fi.
And the only way we’re going to make it culturally acceptable for authors to have a tip jar is if authors start doing it more often. To that end...
If my work has touched you, or made you laugh, Buy me a coffee?
Rose?
How I feel about this character - She is the love of my life and is to be protected at all costs.
All the people I ship romantically with this character - Nine in a mutual pining way, Ten in a we’re totally in a relationship but we’re awkward and it’s complicated and we’re not yet shagging way (though I make exceptions in fic for plot reasons) and Tentoo as the ultimate OTP of OTPs #verymarried #alltheshagginginPete’sWorld
My non-romantic OTP for this character - Non-romantic also meaning non-sexual and only platonic? In a best buddies sort of way? I love pairing post-JE Rose with parallel Martha. I think they would be a really interesting and deep and complex friendship and would complement each other so well.
My unpopular opinion about this character - Tentoo is the best happy ending she could get and they both die at an extremely old age together in Pete’s World and while she never forgets the other Doctor, she doesn’t want to be back with him after JE and is mature enough to realize that he isn’t free to love her because of the Curse of the Time Lords and his burden of the universe on his shoulders.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. - I wish they could have worked in the TARDIS coral into the JE scene somehow and that much later on we got even five seconds of them being incandescently happy in some way. Maybe 13 observes them with their kids and TARDIS or something through a dimensional window. Idk. I just want it solidified in canon that their happy ending was “just the way it should be” to quote that missing scene and there’s no question that Rose got the life she deserved and worked so hard for.
Thanks, friend!!
Ask Me About a Character!
16, 20!
16: What would your characters be for Halloween?
I really don’t know. I’m doing these for FANA, and I feel like they’d get a kick out of costumes that went together, but not like... the super traditional couples costumes? But I can’t think of what they would pick. Or maybe they’d do something different... I don’t know.
20: Post a brief excerpt.
Melody Pond [...] held up a wallet the Doctor immediately knew held a piece of psychic paper. “I just wanted to thank you for coming when I called.”
“Oh, that was you?” the Doctor asked, even though he’d figured that out.
“Yes, that was me. Psychic paper is more reliable than super-charged mobile phones in certain parts of the universe.” Melody pursed her lips and looked at them. “I suspected, when you made that crack about archaeologists, that I might have gotten you even earlier than I realised. You don’t know who I am, do you?”
The Doctor and Rose exchanged a look. “Should we, Doctor Pond?” Rose asked.
Melody flinched at the title. “First of all, please call me Melody. Hearing you call me Doctor Pond is…” She shook her head. “It’s just weird.”
From chapter 23 of Forever and Never Apart
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8. Dream crossover?
ok, so I know there are a few, but I really love (and may someday write) a Ten x Rose Hogwarts AU. Also I know the fandom is dying the longer it’s off the air, but I would love more Agent Carter crossovers. Rose and Peggy, Wonder Woman and Peggy, Supergirl and Peggy... While we’re there, Supergirl and Wonder Woman, OH WAIT someone who has a time machine needs to be in this. How about Peggy and WW getting their Steves back thanks to Ten and Rose? Perf. K, someone write this. lol
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Fandom Asks
@theybecameanimagi replied to your post “Never have I ever... Harry Potter? I know you're a DW writer, but from...”
I've wanted to write a slow burn seventh year Jily fic for ages! But I also want to put a fresh spin on it because it's been done so many times before? I'd have to actually have an idea on how to make it stand out from the other 1000 seventh year jily fics. It's on my bucket list. High fantasy marauders! That sounds amazing!! ❤️
Yes! James is technically the crown prince, but no one knows because before he was born, there was a prophecy that made it sound like he might be the one to end the war with Voldemort. So he and Lily--daughter of landed gentry--are switched at birth and she’s raised as the princess, while James comes to the castle as a youth to become a knight.
And of course, he’s hopelessly in love with her and she doesn’t want anything to do with him.
And there’s a Quest.
I really want to take it out and polish it up into original fiction.
Never have I ever... Harry Potter? I know you're a DW writer, but from our conversations, I'm extremely curious what you'd do as a Potter fic writer.
Oh, well actually...
Greater Than Power (WIP, abandoned, Book 7 fic started before the book was published and abandoned when it came out. Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione)
The Fundamental Things (Harry/Ginny prompt fic. I don’t remember what the prompt was, but this is pure fluff.)
And then I really wanted to write a James/Lily seventh year fic about them falling in love and everything that brought them together finally, but I never got very far with it.
OH. And for my second NaNo, I got about 30K into a high fantasy marauders’ era AU before I got really sick and stopped working on it.
Send me an ask about whether I’ve written a thing [ship, trope, dynamic, category of fandom, etc.] and if I’ve written it, I’ll link you. If I haven’t written it, I’ll tell you how I would write it if I did.
