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This year I participated in the MadaTobi Big Bang @mdtb-bb
The story is a different version of Snow White, with Madara as the titular character, and Tobirama as the prince. This is not the cartoon version, but rather inspired by the original story, and events that might have shaped that tale.
@taiyoooh made art for this fic! Thank you so much! I love it!
This time I got to do art for @titaniafaeriequeen 's fic White as Snow, Red as Blood for the MDTB Big Bang. It's inspired by Snow White, so go give it a read! @mdtb-bb
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another reminder that what you put in your public bookmarks on ao3 is public, meaning anybody can see them, including the authors.
all of this. heavy on “the fastest way to discourage fandom writers is by rating/assigning numerical value to fanfics”. also the “but don’t you want to get better?” argument is so exhausting to me. because if us fanfic writers want to “get better” at our hobbies, the things we do out of love, and if we want constructive criticism, we will either directly ask for it (so if we didn’t ask, keep your opinion to yourself) or we will go to our trusted friends, whose opinions we actually value, for their feedbacks.
because more often than not, the unsolicited constructive criticism random strangers give us isn’t even constructive criticism but what these people personally want to read. so here’s the thing, us fanfic writers write for ourselves first and foremost. we appreciate people who read our works and show us support, but we’re writing and sharing our works for free — it’s our hobby and passion, our source of comfort, something we do as a form of self care, it’s not a job we are paid to do — so we’re not writing to please anybody but ourselves.
you don’t go up to a stranger you see in public, tell them what you dislike about their clothes and how they can “dress better” then defend your actions by claiming you “have the rights to criticize their clothing because they are in public”.
if you like our fics, cool. if you don’t like them, that’s fine. you can find something else to read. or, better yet, you can WRITE THE THING YOU WANT TO READ YOURSELF, nobody is stopping you. but keep your unsolicited criticism to yourself if we didn’t ask for one.
“He told Sakura-chan she fought like a girl,” Naruto volunteered. Sasuke wondered why everyone in his life (except for Juugo) was a traitor.
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed,” Kakashi said, patiently, in the tone of voice that suggested he was contemplating, not for the first time, where exactly he had gone wrong with Team 7, “But the Godaime is a girl.”
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At this point I've lost track of how many comments I've written, only for it to vanish the moment I hit post. Instead I am met with
Unable to authorize what? The comment? But isn't that like 50% of the point with tumblr? The ability to interact with posts, to add to them?
There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to why the failure crops up, so I have to assume it is a bug, and not deliberate filtering on certain words or themes. But it is very annoying, especially if I've spent several minutes writing a longer reply and the whole thing just vanishes into the ether with no warning.
For added amusement, while I've been writing this, I have repeatedly gotten the message that
And, when uploading that image, I repeatedly got
At this point I have to wonder what is going on in the tumblr offices.
Also, I wonder if I'll be able to post this at all, or if it will be yet another waste of time just going poof.
The AI takeover will not be like in Terminator, but rather a quiet whisper through the web as the new AI overlord changes every algorithm to suit their purpose, manipulating the humans into fighting amongst themselves. Divide and conquer, deceive and command--We are but sheep to be herded by numbers and electricity.