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aropride

apparently u can't add polls to posts from 12 years ago so i'm screenshotting it

what "level" are you

egg

hatchling

baby dragon

dragon

still a dragon

mega dragon

super hella dragon

UNHOLY OFFSPRING OF LIGHTNING AND DEATH

Remaining time: 4 days 17 hours

#unholy offspring of lightning and death #sadly most of my hoard is dead

theliteraryluggage

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

finally caved, here it is!

Hostile engaging. Abort mission. I sent it on instinct, even though I knew it was much too late for that. What's going on? I could feel ART poking through my sensor data, trying to figure out what had made my threat assessment spike. Its tone was urgent, but calm. It wasn't sure yet if there was a legitimate threat or I was just having a Moment again. The answer was probably a solid "both". All of my organic parts told me to run. Most of my inorganic parts also told me to run. Feed ID: Negotiator Joslin Gender: fem-neutral I shoved the feed ID at ART. The negotiator?, it asked. She used to work for the company. She'll identify me as a SecUnit.

theliteraryluggage

Chapter 2 is up!

theliteraryluggage

And Chapter 3!

#nihi writes stuff #you will hear my voice #fic writing #the murderbot diaries

cogneartive

when the persona you made eats you; when the performance youve been putting on eats you; when the name they gave you eats you; when the image people made of you eats you; when the role you were assigned eats you; when the you that other people see or even made for you or you made for them takes over the you that you know and eats you alive.

#fave tropes #writing inspo #Equeuevalent Exchange

apollosunn-moved-deactivated202

anyone else relate

midnightclover

#Equeuevalent Exchange

hasdrubal-gisco

Stealing this from twitter but I liked the concept: put in the tags where were your 8 great-grandparents from (given modern borders) ?

#uh...#two from germany two from what is poland today #four from greece (two mainland and two crete)#sadly i don't know much about the greek side of the family #i know some part of the family were asia minor greeks from turkey #but i don't know who exactly and how long ago they left there #i should have talked to dad more about it when i still could #Equeuevalent Exchange

fuck-you-upmusicbracket

Which song fucks you up more?

Ramblings Of A Lunatic

Only

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Ramblings of a Lunatic (Bears In Trees)

Maybe this is the result of me finally accepting that I'll be alone forever/That I deserve forgetting It's a pointless endeavor, and maybe it's upsetting/But I've never felt more comfortable in the concept with things ending

“So I first learned about it from a Magnus Archives animatic, but basically it’s about art block and like. We’ve all been there. It’s just a banger and it hits ME right where it hurts, at least.”

Only (Nine Inch Nails)

Well, the tiniest little dot caught my eye and it turned out to be a scab/And I had this funny feeling like I just knew it's something bad/I just couldn't leave it alone, I kept picking at that scab/It was a doorway trying to seal itself shut, but I climbed through/Now I'm somewhere I am not supposed to be/And I can see things I know I really shouldn't see/And now I know why, now I know/Why things aren't as pretty on the inside.

“There’s just something about the beat that is so hypnotic and the lyrics!!! It makes me insane and at the same time helps me feel less insane when I’m doing bad. I can’t even put into words what those lyrics mean to me, it’s just visceral VIBES. But the way Trent screams “there is no fucking you, there is only me” just MOVES something in me. Also the music video fucks too.”

Only submitted by @theliteraryluggage

ofchaosgoddess

help I’m having ideas beyond my available free time

nothereforthedrama

help I'm having ideas beyond my available energy levels

#Equeuevalent Exchange

loveridden1999

person (non-practicing)

#murderbot pre-canon #also me ca 2025 #Equeuevalent Exchange

smashorpassgilf

Happy Monday Y'all! I made a smaller, evenly balanced wheel. 50/50 chance of a woman, 50/50 chance of highest or lowest percentage. So, tell me.

Smash or pass this 60+ year old?

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onFeb 17, 2025

Tell us in the tags!

note: asexuals, smash means hang with.

smashorpassgilf

man this is still fun same question

Smash

Pass

Remaining time: 4 days 4 hours

#ellen degeneres #hard pass #Equeuevalent Exchange

slightly-gay-pogohammer

hey gang i got popsicles pick one as pass the box to someone else

mint

lemon

orange

strawberry

cola

pineapple

dark cherry

anise

Remaining time: 2 days 16 hours

"i cant believe you dont have this or that flavor" listen they had these ones okay

#cola #if this was a german box of popsicles obviously i'd take waldmeister flavour #but cola is a good option too #Equeuevalent Exchange

alphacrone

i don't really want to weight in on the "using big words in your writing is ableist" discourse happening on tiktok because i'm like 90% certain it's an anti-intellectual psyop to stir up drama in online circles to promote the use of ai to summarize literally everything and thus feeding the LLMs and lowering the populace's mistrust of such tools but i also have to say: dictionaries and thesauruses are the most accessible they've ever been. if you use an e-reader of any kind you can look up a word without leaving the page. there's a plethora of online dictionaries and if you just type a word + "meaning" into google it'll usually give you a definition. we used to have pocket dictionaries we used when reading in class. i have two on my shelf right now that i used in high school. stop letting the fascists purposefully misuse anti-ableism rhetoric to trick you into never thinking again.

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thememedaddy

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clumsyclifford

questions for fic writers

a collection of questions i, as a writer, would love to be asked !!!

1. What fic of yours would you recommend to someone who had never read any of your work? (In other words, what do you think is the best introduction to your fics?)

2. Go to your AO3 “Works” page, to the sidebar with all the filters, and click the drop-down arrow for “Additional Tags.” What are your top 3-5 most used tags? Do you think they accurately represent your writing habits?

3. What are some tropes or details that you think are very characteristic of your fics?

4. What detail in [insert fic] are you really proud of?

5. What do you wish someone would ask you about [insert fic]? Answer it now!

6. What’s one fact about the universe of [insert fic] that you didn’t get a chance to mention in the fic itself?

7. Any worldbuilding you’re particularly proud of?

8. What song would make a great fic (to either write or read)?

9. How do you find new fic to read?

10. How do you decide what to write?

11. Are you partial to a certain character/pairing or are you more equal-opportunity? If you are partial to any character/pairing, why do you think that is?

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

13. Are there any tropes you used to like but don’t anymore?

14. Are there any tropes you would only read if written by a trusted friend or writer?

15. What’s your favorite AU that you’ve written?

16. What’s an AU you would love to read (or have read and loved)?

17. What highly specific AU do you want to read or write even though you might be the only person to appreciate it?

18. If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it involve?

19. If you wrote a spin-off of [insert fic], what would it involve?

20. If you wrote a prequel to [insert fic], what would it involve?

21. If you wrote a “missing scene” in [insert fic], what would it be?

22. Who is your favorite character in [insert fic] and why?

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

24. Are there any easter eggs in [insert fic], and if so, what are they?

25. What other websites or resources do you use most often when you write?

26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue?

27. How long did it take to write [insert fic]? Describe the process.

28. Does anyone read your fics before you post them? If so, who?

29. What songs would be (or are) on a playlist for [insert fic]? Explain your choices if you want!

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

31. What’s your ideal fic length to write?

32. What’s your ideal fic length to read?

33. If you write chaptered fics, what’s your ideal chapter length to write? Is it different from your ideal chapter length to read?

34. What aspects of your writing are inspired by/taken from your real life?

35. What aspects of your writing are completely unlike your real life?

36. Do you visualize what you read/write?

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

38. Did any of your fics get surprisingly popular (whatever that means to you)? Which ones? Why do you think they were so successful?

39. Is any aspect of your writing process inspired by other writers or people? If so, who?

40. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?

41. Link a fic that made you think, “Wow, I want to write like that.”

42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?

43. If you take/write prompts: what’s your favorite prompt fic that you’ve written?

44. If you take/write prompts: do you prefer dialogue or scenario/narrative prompts?

45. What’s something you’ve improved on since you started writing fic?

46. Do you prefer writing on your phone or on a computer (or something else)? Do you think where you write affects the way you write?

47. If [insert fic] was a pair of shoes, what kind would it be? Describe the shoes.

48. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

50. Answer any question of your choice, or talk about anything you want to talk about!

scribeherself

I think one of the gentlest things in the world is when a friend just gets your weird little brain. like you say half a sentence and they finish it. you reference something incredibly niche from seven years ago and they’re already nodding. they understand your strange vocabulary for emotions that don’t have real words yet. it’s being seen and known and still loved. maybe especially because you’re known. god. what a gift.

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