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me as a writer
me trying to write a whole story about that one juicy fantasy my brain randomly came up with 🥲
I want you to remember:
The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.
Thanks to whoever tried, but I knew they'd never allow it.
Let's do it the old fashioned way. Spread it far and wide.
Dear Fandom readers - an etiquette fail
AO3 is not goodreads. It is not the NYT bestseller list.
You paid no money to read these stories. They are, in fact, a labor of love, done on the off time in the off hours of people who are writing for the joy of writing and the joy of the story.
Your ratings are not appreciated. Not by other readers, who don't know you from adam. Not by fandom-savvy passerby.
And not, in fact, by the author. Who again: Wrote this for fun. In their spare time - around work, around family and friend commitments. Around the rest of their lives. Fandom clout almost never "pays off" in any monetary gains, in any form of physical or financial security.
So please stop "rating" us on something we do for joy.
Today, a fellow fanauthor shared this with me. It was not on any story of my own, but they understandably needed a moment to go "wtf" and process it all. With their permission, I now share this with you.
You won't find this comment on AO3 anymore, by the by.
I have... a lot of issues with this. First of all being something that would be a C-grade in any US school system is not a "Good Rating" for most folks, but many of my issues would be the same even in this commenter had rated this a 10/10.
It boils down to this:
Why are you grading us on something we all are here to do solely for fun and personal enjoyment? Why does it have to be good?
Why can't it just be a labor of love and of joy to be good enough for you, dear commenter?
Do I, as a fanauthor, want to write well? Sure! I do want to write good stories. But I didn't ask random readers to grade me on them. Not in bookmarks that I can easily check, and certainly not in my comments section. And I never will want them to. Every author I've talked to agrees. Is there someone out there who might want this? Sure. Most likely, even! The human experience and desires are broad and varied. But in my experience, if they do exist in Fandom, they're the vast minority. So please:
Don't.
This is a very often a no-payment gift economy! If you make yourself condescending down to the people writing free works for you, you may find that there's suddenly no more writing for you to read! 👀
I know the culture of fandom has changed to the point that I am not up on what The Youth are doing and haven't been for awhile. That said. I am just a person who likes the same TV show as you. Talk to me like a person, not like a service provider.
You don't need to quantify joy. Joy can and should be just joy. If you like a piece of art, say you liked it. Use some superlatives, but don't ever put a number on it. You're only diminishing the ability to feel joy for yourself and the person who made the art you're trying to quantify.
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Book Banning is just another form of Bullying...
Needed to post this in light of what’s happening.
Great Armageddon, come now, claim my heart
A sky whale doodle to prep myself for designing the whale shaped star projector. Ever since I got my new laser cutter, I've been on a design streak :D I'm excited to share some photos soon!
Hi everyone, long time no see! Here are a few studies I did of my favourite childhood movie The Mummy (1999), hope you like them :)
Prints available here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ranranico/
Thank you for your support as always 💕
Saying "voting doesn't matter" might reach your younger peers online but it certainly hasn't reached Clangus Hargbarg who was part of the kkk in 1951 and still sends in his ballot. He hasn't missed a one.
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Reblogging again because this is will remain relevant until trans people are free to be themselves.
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#MAGA
Quite possibly the most astonishing thing my Grandfather ever said to me in the last years of his life was "Don't listen to me, I know I'm a bigot."
This was after going on a 5 or so minute rant about Black Lives Matter and the riots. He knew what he was saying was biased so I asked him why he would say he's a bigot.
"I know I don't know everything about what they got going on. But seeing them rioting like this makes me so angry."
"Are you sure they're the ones rioting?"
"What do you mean?"
"You almost fought in World War 2. Do you remember Kristallnacht?"
And you could see the wheels turning. But he didn't saying anything for a few minutes.
"Those crooked politicians in Washington would do something like that..."
"Or crooked cops who want to keep their jobs and keep being crooked."
"Yeah..."
They know their thought process is wrong and not all of them are so stubborn to not realize it or try to change it. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
Yara Eid, a Palestinian woman speaks out and calls out journalists for misleading language.
You can't minimise a 75 year long illegal occupation and systematic ethnic cleaning of an entire race, down to the last 2 weeks.
Just to reiterate, she's not just any "Palestinian Girl," the anchor specifically introduces her as "Palestinian journalist and human rights advocate Yara Eid." The anchor knew exactly who she was talking to and why, and I'm thrilled this journalist got her well-deserved air time.
Yara Eid has an instagram account and has been reporting daily about Palestine
I have been saying this for quite some time. You can be critical of the Israeli government and not be anti-Semitic. The Israeli government doesn't even represent everyone living in Israel if the recent protests are any indication. It most certainly doesn't represent every Jewish person living in the world, as evidenced by those calling for a cease-fire and aid. Scholars have been calling what has been happening in Gaza and the West Bank soft genocide for decades. And Hamas has only exacerbated the situation. They do not care about the Palestinians, they are using them as fodder in a Holy War. They do not represent the Palestinians any more than the Israeli government represents Jews living outside Israel. Make no mistake about what is happening in Gaza right now. Innocent Palestinians are dying because two factions hate each other and are using the Palestinians and each other to further their own agendas. And the West has let it happen by pushing this mythology that Israel's government is sacrosanct and can do no wrong. And the myth that being critical of said government in anti-Semitic. For. DECADES.
Romeo + Juliet (1996) Trivia: Shakespeare described Tybalt swordsmanship as “showy”. To transform this into flamboyant gunplay, John Leguizamo worked with choreographer John ‘Cha Cha’ O'Connell to create a flamenco-inspired style.
This is the new gender John Leguizamo invented that one time in case anyone was curious
John Leguizamo is one of the most underrated actors. I have loved him in everything he’s done (yes even Super Mario Brothers).
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