[tetchyorchid]

Crochets with fuzzy yarn.

Can't find the stich I need to work into.

Stabs hook in the general area stich should be in and moves on with the pattern.

[tetchyorchid]

There is a style of writing in fanfic recently that I cannot describe perfectly but I think it's AI. They will say a statement.

Not a question, not an exclamation, but a statement.

Followed by a metaphor that isn't necessary, and a restating of the original statement. And the entire chapter repeats this formula.

Not once, not twice, but enough times that a 5k word chapter will give you no more information than the summary.

No plot progression, or even exposition, but detailed repetitive metaphors about increasing banal experiences, written out like deeply important moments.

Tell me you see this too, and I'm not insane please!!!!

[tetchyorchid]

When you see a boomer meme about your special interest with factually incorrect information but then realize they don't care about the topic or your rebuttal and it is just a prompt about the good ol' days and how some things were perfected years ago and don't need change...

[vexheart]

[tetchyorchid]

Can anyone explain why 'dead dove: do not eat' is so much more horrifying on an original work than in a specific fandom? In a Fandom it just means a dark fic but under an original work? I'm contemplating can I emotionally handle a fic that I may never be able to forget.

[tetchyorchid]

When it comes to BDSM in fanfic, I fine with pure fantasy, no safeword, psychic connections, it's fake. I can also appreciate "reality" with talks and boundaries and safe words, but for some reason, I cannot handle a "realistic" BDSM dynamic where they mention safety and then are just awful at etiquette and safety. Like no one is making you put in a safeword that you immediately invalidate with a gag, dude. I just feel like a cranky old person yelling about safety and communication into a void, it reads like a virgin writing porn, but while the sex is anatomically correct, the fucking dynamic is distractingly awful! These people make me scared of what they think the scene actually is!

[dr-dendritic-trees]

"This gentleman has... has traveled hard. Please see that he has everything he requires." "Cousin... what must I do?" "We have nothing but confidence in you and your crew." "We thank you," Maia said, accepting help he did not need. Maia had refused to allow Setheris to inconvenience the other passengers... by commandeering the ship,

This is my little collection of every decision Maia proactively makes in between being told that he is now the emperor and the sunrise seen where he actually acknowledges that he is the emperor.

What a telling collection of quotes.

The opening chapters of this book are SO information dense for a supposedly "slow-moving" fantasy book (its not, its just not violent).

[tetchyorchid]

Wait is there canon that Deadpool likes Spider-Man's butt or did we collectively decide as a Fandom that this is the case?

[iwontknowyouanymore]

this trend of shitting on peer-reviewed academic studies in favor of tweeting “we already knew this was happening” is so soul-crushing. not to be an elitist cunt, but we have got to open the schools again. people genuinely seem to have forgotten that their personal lived experience isn’t indicative of the larger population, AND IF IT IS…… then you need researchers to support these assertions from a relevant data pool instead of a blog post from 2013 💀

[whereserpentswalk]

Fuck hostile architecture, I want unhostile architecture. I want benches to be designed to be as easy as possible to sleep on. I want little places for pigeons to nest to be purposefully put on buildings. I want people designing public spaces to think about what they'd be like to skateboard on. I want "Please loiter" signs. I want people to be kind. I want...

[awritersbro]

We need cities that do not resent the fact that people live in them

[the-haiku-bot]

We need cities that

do not resent the fact that

people live in them

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[attenashe-deactivated20190606]

things that always make me happy: serial commenters. there are three types

1) reading a longfic chapter by chapter, leaving an increasingly emotional comment on every chapter, descends into keysmashes near the end: outstanding

2) read one fic by accident, clicked the author name, now working steadily through the backlog and commenting on everything, I wake up to an AO3 inbox full of enthusiasm: precious beyond words

3) the longterm serial commenter whose comment begins with I don’t even know this fandom but because they have followed me from somewhere else: stunning. humbling. magical.

[fineillsignup]

these are all *chef’s kiss* and I want to add one more: 4) left a comment a while ago, comes back and leaves another comment on the same fic, telling you that they’re coming back to reread the fic: angels. blessings. lifesavers.

[dancinbutterfly]

I owe all 4 my actual life

[aquilacalvitium]

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

[aquilacalvitium]

Please keep interacting with this post because when I come to tumblr to procrastinate, this shows up again in my notifications and guilts me into writing again

[tetchyorchid]

I struggle with Y/N fics so I been reading it as Yelena, and it has improved my enjoyment significantly.

[cookbookbutch]

So proud of AO3 for coming out <3

[destiel-news-network]

(Source)

This comes one day after the archive changed their status to “Omega” for April Fools’ Day.

[eva-stratts-pet-anomalocaris]

Claim your badge

[elikaruna]

what if i

[thememedaddy]

[xxx-sev-xxx]

Story of my life

[notagarroter]

reblog if you support unabashedly smutty fanfic

and the beautiful authors who give it to us.  you are a treasure. 

[the-haiku-bot]

and the beautiful

authors who give it to us.

you are a treasure.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.