to live, perchance to give a fuck

So many fandoms, so many ships, all of the feels. I'm addicted to books, baking from scratch, puppies, photography, and doomed ships. Not necessarily in that order. My life is a mess. 🏳️‍🌈🌌🏳️‍🌈🌌🏳️‍🌈🌌🏳️‍🌈

[avendell]

Character Sketches

[smallscreensource]

And I hate it! I hate that it’s so hard!

[brawltogethernow]

I know it’s 2020 but Merlin AU where Uther notices a bunch of problems that could only be solved by magic ~spontaneously~ getting solved around Arthur, and concludes that this must be a side effect of Arthur only existing due to magical intervention. An intense bigotry-versus-parental-love internal conflict commences, followed by some that’s-pretty-hypocritcal-of-you-isn’t-it-dad screaming external conflict, generally upending everything. Merlin is standing in the corner the entire time holding a serving jug of mead and sweating.

[brawltogethernow]

Morgana, dramatically slamming open the throne room doors with both arms: I’M ALSO UNWILLINGLY MAGIC. Arthur: What???? Morgana, raising one fist at him: Solidarity, motherFUCKER! Arthur: What????????

[brawltogethernow]

What’s Uther gonna do? What’s he gonna fucking do???? Execute his secret Scottish child, but not his nonsecret blond heir child??? They’re ganging up on him now. He’s fucking cornered.

[outshinethestars]

#what a way for Arthur to get dumped into this drama#I’M PRETTY SURE I AM NOT MAGIC#“you keep killing things that can only be killed by magic tho’#…full disclosure i often don’t remember it#so sometimes you black out and accomplish magical feats?#NO!  ( @whetstonefires )

[brawltogethernow]

This is about the part where Merlin escalates to chugging the royal mead.

[cassafras13]

At some point someone mentions that an eyewitness would be great. And they all realize that Merlin is persent for all these things and start asking Merlin what it looks like when Arthur performs these magical feats. And he’s half way through the royal mead so fuck it. And he starts talking about how Arthur glows and shit. And usually Merlin has to knock him on the head to get him to stop glowing and whooshing and what not and the idea that Merlin could be saving the prince from his own magical distraction is so absurd they decide it’s just a drunk idiot telling tales.

[brawltogethernow]

Knfsdfs “Are you telling me that every time I blacked out you knocked me out!?” “…You know what? That’s actually accurate.”

[migatosabefisica]

i would die for this.

somebody please.

[brawltogethernow]

Merlin, really getting into this: It was to save you from your own magic, sire. I had no other choice. That’s… That’s what you do, you see a born sorcerer and you just wham, knock them out for their own good.

Morgana, thinking about her sleeping draughts: It’s true Arthur that’s what they do.

Arthur: I’m.

Morgana: But it’s fine look we just have to win Merlin over to the side of magic.

Merlin: …

Merlin: I don’t know guys, that’s going to be a tough sell.

Merlin: I just. I just don’t know if I could be persuaded.

Arthur: Merlin, you aren’t even from Camelot. Why would you have anti-magic biases.

Merlin: But you’re always so insistent magic is eeeevil.

Merlin: Maybe you should persuade me. Tell me what’s so great about sorcerers.

Morgana: Well–

Merlin: No, I want to hear him say it.

[captainloony007]

Merlin blatantly and magically refills the jug with more mead: What? Why’d you stop? Keep talking about how great sorcerers are Arthur. Come on now, you were just getting to the good parts.

[peaceheather]

it got better

[ruffboi-mags]

@anarchycox This seems up your alley, yeah? probably @trekkiepirate too…

[dailybtvs]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)

[petalpetal]

Shout out to people with auditory processing disorder!!!

[shalpilot]

what?

[petalpetal]

*holds up a sign that says “Shout out to people with auditory processing disorder!!!”*

[too-funky]

Tenth Doctor | Rise of the Cybermen

[cypressarts]

Tarot Cards part 2

[xofemeraldstars]

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚  happy valentine’s day, alaina ( @deanseyes ) ❣️ organized by @spnvalentines

[humanveil]

I am buzzing for this weekend. Them waterproof trousers do wonders for my hole.

MICHELLE MALLON in DERRY GIRLS — 2.1: Across the Barricade. 

[captaincrusher]

I wonder how Tuvok managed to infiltrate the Maquis in the first place. Did he just walk up to one and was like “Sir, I have no emotional investment in this conflict as I have no emotions, but I have decided that I would like to partake in your terrorist activities.”?

[captaincrusher]

Hello fellow terrorists. Yes, I am also a terrorist that enjoy… *looks at notes* causing political strife.

[mytardisisparked]

[70thousandlightyearsfromhome]

Chakotay obviously wasn’t too picky; half his crew seemed to be there to spy on the other half.

But I’m surprised there were so many Vulcans in the Maquis. It doesn’t seem logical. Not to mention the issues with pon farr that might arise.

According to ENT, there are some rebel Vulcans…but Tuvok wasn’t even undercover. He used his real name. He had been in Starfleet for decades, had a wife and four kids. And somehow, Chakotay believed he would give it all up to join the Maquis? When he didn’t have a dog in the Maquis fight?

[captaincrusher]

I didn’t even think about Tuvok using his real name. Did Chakotay even google him?

Tuvok: *changes his Spacebook profile picture from one were he wears his uniform to one were he’s wearing a vest*.

Chakotay: Seems legit.

[teamfreewillwins]

In the span of a month, I lost my grandfather suddenly and traumatically, I ended up in the hospital with severe appendicitis and needed an appendectomy (leaving my child for the first time in their entire life), and contracted Covid (which I am still in the midst of dealing with with; as anyone with chronic illnesses and disabilities know, being sick-sick on top of your regular amount of sick is just sheer hell... and doing all of that while mom'ing a toddler is just a literal circle of Hell, I think.).

The amount of times I have woken up thinking my Dad (what I call my grandad) is still alive in the last few weeks has been absolutely sickening. It's like the pain + medication + sickness haze I'm currently in all contributed to my brain forgetting the most horrific thing I have ever lived through. And I am so sick that I can't even cry, because if I cry I will make breathing even more difficult and possibly trigger an asthma attack I can't contol. But I remember waking up in Recovery and the first thing I thought was "I need to tell Dad that duct tape apparently doesn't work on appendices so we said fuck it and cut it out." and before I could start crying, they pushed more Dilaudid and I fell back asleep. I woke back up in my room and my first thought was to ask my mom to call my Nona and Dad and tell them I was OK-- even though Nona was at the house and Dad wasn't, it was my first thought to do. That fucking Dilaudid and anesthesia sleep was the only sleep I've had since my Dad died back in December that I haven't dreamt of him, of him dying or me almost getting to speak to him and then waking up. Let me tell you what: I certainly understand why people grieving will turn to heavy drugs or alcohol now -- if it means sleeping and not being tormented every second of your existence like I am now, I definitely get the appeal now.

I'm currently an entire week into having The Name Brand Cold and there were a few days I was so sick and running a fever and absolutely exhausted and in so much pain that I didn't even have room for the grief, which made it about a million times worse whenever it came rushing back.

And today I learned that my Nona is going to have to sell her house within the next few months because the fucking VA likely won't get her dependant payments until late this year. She can't survive without them. The widow of a Vietnam Marine and she's going go be fucking homeless because our government can't ensure the payments she's entitled to -- money she would be getting if Dad were still alive no problem.

I am quite literally terrified of what the rest of the year holds if this is how January is going.

[charmedslayer]

[teamfreewillwins]

My hands slipped and I accidentally posted the first two chapters of my very first published Dramione piece: Wanting To Forget Isn't The Same As Forgetting Rated M (for now) this story takes us on the journey of what happens when Hermione Granger is reunited with her ex, Draco Malfoy, after carefully avoiding any and all situations in which he would be in the same place as her. It's worked well for over a year and a half, but all good things must come to and end, no matter how badly it hurts. This one is definitely angsty, but I'm whipping up some fluff and smut and a happily ever after, so it'll all be worth it it, I hope. Can't wait to see where this one takes us and I hope you enjoy it

[Image ID: A white text except from Wanting To Forget Isn't The Same As Forgetting by accio_magic on AO3 in on a black background. End ID.]

[teamfreewillwins]

I can't believe, that in the Year of Our Lord 2022, I am actually finding my way back to writing and (hopefully) posting a fic by doing so with the absolutely filthiest body of work I have ever written.

Like damn, y'all, two years of a pandemic really did some things to my bedroom scenes. 😅

[teamfreewillwins]

Holy s h i t, fam. I, uh, may have just written a 3K word spicy scene/chapter in a fic where my chapters are about 1500-2000 word, and I am not even finished. Fuuuuu.

[teamfreewillwins]

I can't believe, that in the Year of Our Lord 2022, I am actually finding my way back to writing and (hopefully) posting a fic by doing so with the absolutely filthiest body of work I have ever written.

Like damn, y'all, two years of a pandemic really did some things to my bedroom scenes. 😅

[too-funky]

Tenth Doctor | Tooth and Claw

[ao3commentoftheday]

For anyone who might be writing fic in order to raise money/donations for a cause, please remember not to mention that anywhere on AO3. It is against the Terms of Service to charge money for fic, even if that money is not going to you, personally. Please don’t mention commissions or donations or fundraising or patreon or kofi etc etc in a fic or on your profile. ❤

[deehellcat]

I will boost this signal, mostly for myself because my brain is apparently a fucking colander and I can’t remember shit sometimes; and also add, if you’re the one who commissioned a fic, don’t mention that on ao3 either. Not even in your bookmarks! I forget other people can see my notes there. Please don’t get your writing friends in trouble, like I almost did a couple of times :( 

Just say ‘i asked for this pairing/trope/continuation/whatever’ Don’t say ‘i commissioned this’.

[pochayun]

i’ve had “if you enjoy my writing, click here” with a link to my kofi in all of my end notes for a couple years and nothing’s happened, so maybe try that

[thebibliosphere]

Nope. You’re still breaking their TOS by having a site like ko-fi directly linked, and if anyone finds that out or someone reports you, you can lose your entire account. They have to enforce these rules in order to protect us from copyright laws. It’s why for decades individual fandom creators used to put “I do not own this work or profit from it” at the start of every fic/chapter.

What you can do, is say “follow me on tumblr” and promote your ko-fi on your tumblr. But I’ve seen people do the link to their ko-fi/patreon without explicitly mentioning them and still losing their accounts or getting hit by warnings cause someone reported them. (The one person I knew who outright lost their account just kept doing it repeatedly despite multiple warnings, like a doofus, so that was on them.)

(I think there may be exceptions for certain charity drives, but I don’t think ko-fi and patreon are protected by that)

[peppernine]

Hi! Former AO3 Abuse team member here! It’s been a bit, so I’ll admit that my knowledge may be slightly out of date. But generally speaking you cannot:

Link Directly to:

Kofi

Patreon

Amazon

Your private book site where you sell your writing

Any other fundraising site such as gofundme etc

If you link and are reported your work is in danger of being deleted, but you will be given a warning and time to fix any issues.

You also cannot mention that a work was directly commissioned with $$, hide the rest of your work/novel/chapter/ or in any way paywall the remainder of your work. Things like “support my writing here!!” are usually no go.

General phrasings like trade, requested, asked for, etc are OK.

Joy is correct in saying linking to your tumblr which advertises your kofi or fundraiser is ok.

If you are reported, the AO3 team will do their best to let you know EXACTLY what works and what phrasing is not allowed. They do issue a blanket “responsible for the rest of your works” statement so be thorough.

AO3 WILL NOT DELETE YOUR WORK, BAN YOU, OR IN ANY WAY REMOVE ITEMS WITHOUT WARNING. IF YOUR WORK IS DELETED YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONTAINING THE DELETED WORK. KEEP YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CURRENT. NEVER USE A STUDENT EMAIL ACCOUNT.

[thebibliosphere]

Thank you for that 💖

[kitcat992]

I did not know this and I think it’s very important others as informed as well.

[oatmealcoloured]

Let me underline again. THIS IS BECAUSE AO3 NEEDS TO STAY WITHIN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK. Fanfic is only legal (and people who remember Anne Rice will remember that even that has been contested in the past), because no profit is generated. Because the profit is where the owner can argue copyright infringement and loss of revenue.

This used to be common knowledge but AO3 is not doing this out of spite but so they can continue the legal protection of your fan work!

[teamfreewillwins]

I honestly forget that there are Young Ones out there that have not lived through the days of mass deletions and lawsuits concerning first, fic sites, and fanworks in general.

Many of us have lived through those days and vividly remember coming up with fun ways of saying "Hey, I don't own jack-didily-squat, let alone the rights to these characters, so please don't sue me." so we're all super careful about implying we're making money on someone else's copyright.

But many Young Ones, and a good handful of the Ones Who Should Know Better, are out there trying to survive by asking for money when fic is concerned. Don't do it. I know everything is So Damn Expensive these days, but fam, lawsuits are more expensive.

Listen to the good folk above with their solid advice! And if you're gonna ask for money, be smart about it, yeah?