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RMH
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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Cosmic Funnies
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@tygermine
FUNDRAISER
Hi everyone,
My dad desperately needs a new van for work. Without it, he cannot support himself.
Anything you can spare will help. And for those earning USD or GBP, because of the exchange rate, a fiver will go a long way.
Meet Frikkie Knop, my dad. As we all know, pension does not go far these days. Being the busy body that he is, my father started his own co
NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.
I don't ever want someone to "struggle through" my fic. There are no prizes for completing unpleasant leisure activities. Normalize closing the tab the minute you're not having a good time.
Villain things I want to see more of
Actually funny. Not making jokes at other people's expense, not the butt of the joke, just villains that have absurd senses of humour and top-notch intentional comedic timing,
CHARISMA!!! Please, can we have more charming villains, villains that can sway a crowd, villains that get away with things because their too polite, too well-spoken, too funny to possibly to evil.
Respected. Villains whose villainous deeds have led them to success and made them widely respected members of society. To be clear, this isn't respected person who is secretly evil. No. I mean, the bad things they've done are the reason they're respected.
Let them win. Let them win because their plan succeeded. Not because the protagonists fucked up, not by pure luck. Let them earn their victories.
Supporters! Lots of them. The more powerful your villain is, the more supporters they are going to need. If the evil king is unpopular with everyone he's not going to stay king for long. He needs allies, lots of them, especially if he's a tyrant.
Knows how to play the game. Manipulative villains who say whatever they have to to get their way, chose their allies and enemies carefully, bribe and blackmail, play the victim, the hero, or even the innocent when it suits them. Make it hard for your protagonists to convince anyone they are a villain at all.
Cold Steel. Give me villains that don't get angry easy, that laugh things off, that kill because it's efficient and for no other reason.
Clever and creative. Strategists who always have a trick up their sleeve and problem solvers with personal flare.
Show other characters reacting with fear. Nothing rams home how terrifying a villain is quite like watching other powerful characters fall to their knees--fast--when they walk in the room.
Irredeemable despite their tragic backstories. For the love of god people, tragic backstories do not justify a villain's actions. You can have empathy for what they've endured while still expecting them to take responsibility for what they've become.
Unconventionally attractive. Take this however you want. I, for one, would like to see more tortured bad boys who aren't white and shredded. But also, villains whose attractiveness lies in how they talk, their body language and facial expressions, and their outfits. Why do y'all think smirking is such a popular word??
Love. Let them love their spouses, their children, their friends. Not in an abusive way either. Let them have healthy relationships with their still living wives, daughters, sons, comrades in arms etc.
Kind. Give me villains who tip well, who put their own garbage away even though the servants could do it, who remember their henchmen's names, who are good with kids, who donate to charity and not just for the tax incentives
So, I took part in the Sounds Like Dramione song fic challenge. Seems like y'all liked it!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25633723
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Artwork by the amazing @lalunaunita
So, I took part in the Sounds Like Dramione song fic challenge. Seems like y'all liked it!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25633723
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Artwork by the amazing @lalunaunita
[Podfic] Hero Complex By Tygermine, A Dramione Murder Mystery Fanfiction
I started a new miniseries: Hero Complex by the amazing and talented Tygermine (Dramione). It'll be updated daily.
You can find it onĀ youtube
On Ao3
Or on spotify
Summary:
Hermione is trying to keep her Menagerie from closing down. In an effort to stop this, she stumbles onto a murder, political games and a missing persons case.
The Three Laws of Fandom
If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.
If you arenāt able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.
Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.
The First Law of Fandom
Donāt Like; Donāt Read (DL;DR)
It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone elseās place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.
There are toolsĀ out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.
The Second Law of Fandom
Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)
Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. Itās not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. Itās not up to you to police fandom.Ā
If you donāt like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.Ā Ā
But you have no right to say to any creator āI do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.ā
Itās not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. Thatās censorship. Donāt do it.
The Third Law of Fandom
Ship And Let Ship (SALS)
Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.
Itās not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.
You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.
It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.
These three laws add up to the following:
You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasnāt to your taste. Thatās the height of bad manners.
Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.
Truer words were never written.
I made a subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/FandomHistory/
Iām hoping this will be a good place to post all those calls for survey participants for fandom research as well as a good place to ask oneās burning questions about where that one ranma fanfic was distributed in 1993 or what that bit of fandom jargon means.
Dramione RomCom Fest: The Sequel is LIVE!
Iām so excited to share the entries for the Dramione RomCom Fest: The Sequel! You can find the collection here. All the authors and artists worked hard on their entries, so please be sure to leave them some love!
I want to give a huge thank you to all of the participants! I had a blast hosting this fest and hope you had fun, too.
I will be promoting the entries daily for the next few weeks so stay tuned!
deck the halls, jingle the balls, and hark the sign-up call!
Itās the 554th of March 2020, and once again itās time to slip into your favourite zoom-friendly pyjama bottoms and grab your stash of Nerds and Kit-Kats because Merlin Holidays is back in town for Round Eleven! So clear your calendar and get ready to give and receive a wonderful Merlin-flavoured gift these holidays. The schedule for Merlin Holidays 2021 is as follows: Sign-ups open: Monday 13th September, 12pm UTC (Convert to your timezone) Sign-ups close: Friday 24th September, 12pm UTC (Convert to your timezone) Assignments out: Wednesday 29th September Fanworks due: Wednesday 1st December Posting begins: Monday 6th December Things to consider when planning your sign-up:
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Sounds Like Dramione 2021 - Reveals
The time has finally come to announce the authors and awards for this yearās edition of
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Before we go any further, the admin team wants to thank each and every person who submitted a piece for this competition and the members who took the time to read and vote. You have all been heard, and voting was so tough that we wound up with multiple tied categories. Without further adoā¦
All You Need Is Love - Best Romance
Winner - The Long Way Around - @fractured-fiction
Runner-Up - Cambridge Blue - @charlipetideiā
The Sweetest Thing - Best Fluff
Winner - Knee Socks - @purplesugarquillsā
Runner-Up - I Open at the Close - @faeorabelā
Killing Me Softly - Best Angst
Winner - Penance - Frumpologist
Runner-Up - After All This Time and Always - @excluded-narrativeā
Best Intimate Moment - Elastic HeartĀ
Winner - After All This Time and Always - @excluded-narrativeā
Runner-Up - A Life Worth Living - @kmd0107ā
Runner-Up - Coloured Perceptions - @justalonelywriterā
Runner-Up - The Long Way Around - @fractured-fictionā
Sex & Candy - Best Smut
Winner - The Long Way Around - @fractured-fictionā
Runner-Up - I Really Really Hate You - Maurauve
Whatta Man - Best Draco Characterization
Winner - The Mona Lisa Conundrum - @aetherioswritesāĀ Ā
Winner - Where The Lost Socks Areā¦ - @tygermineā
Runner-Up - After All This Time and Always - @excluded-narrativeā
Runner-Up - I Really Really Hate You - Maurauve
Runner-Up - Penance - Frumpologist
Brown Eyed Girl - Best Hermione Characterization
Winner - Coloured Perceptions - @justalonelywriterā
Runner-Up - The List - MGL_Dramione_Lover
Thatās My Story - Best Use of Prompt
Winner - The Mona Lisa Conundrum - @aetherioswritesā
Runner-Up - Cambridge Blue - @charlipetideiā
Runner-Up - I think weāre alone now - @emotionalsupporthufflepuffā
The Perfect Fan - Fan Favourite
Winner - Coloured Perceptions - @justalonelywriterā
Runner-Up - Cambridge Blue - @charlipetideiā
Runner-Up - The Long Way Around - @fractured-fictionā
Whole Lotta Love - Best Triad
Winner - Perfect Picture - FirewhiskySoul
Runner-Up - Caught In Between - BlackCatKitchen
Friends In Low Places - Admin Favourite
Winner -Ā Cambridge Blue - @charlipetideiā
Runner-Up - The Long Way Around - @fractured-fictionāā
CHECK OUT THE ENTIRE SOUNDS LIKE DRAMIONE 2021 COLLECTIONĀ
All banners can be found in thisĀ Sounds Like Dramione 2021 Album
Sounds Like Dramione 2021
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32958001
Thanks to everyone who voted. This year yielded some tough competition...
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A reminder that this is what censorship leads to and that it wasnāt all that long ago when purity culture was going after ships that antis would consider to be ānormalā today.
Also I thought Fiction Alley was that one archive that Msscribe got shut down with her shitstirring
This is what people tend not to realize when they complain about the Ao3 not havng all the bells and whistles, not offering a way for fic writers to make money, hosting content they donāt like,etcā¦.AO3 just isnāt those things. Their whole existence and purpose is like a preservation site or a museum. Nothing stops you from hosting your content elsewhere and even if you never donate AO3 will be a place where your work will be preserved and protected that is itās function and itās a necessary function.
By all means host your work somewhere fancier where you can make money but try and value AO3 for what it is, a place where anyone fan fic writer āfor better or for worseā can host there content and you will never be asked to remove your content for censorship reasons no matter what trend is currently rampaging through fandom.
As an aside, AO3 legally cannot offer a way to make money, because they are a non-profit organization. This is part of the reason why theyāve been largely left alone (and also the lawyers they have on retainer to fight those Fair Use issues like the one in the Twitter post) and why they will suspend accounts for mentioning commissions period. AO3 can get in legal trou le if they were allowing people to market themselves.
I canāt stress enough how you should not ever, ever mention, hint at or otherwise infer that a fic was commissioned on AO3. Iāve seen accounts get warnings even without a direct Patreon link.
Even if I felt comfortable with the idea of making money off fanwriting (which I donāt because I Was There, Gandalf and itās still blowing my mind to have this flexibility) I would still rather have AO3 be my main hosting site than to support Wattpad and their lack of fucks to give about the rampant plagiarism.
Fascinating, and important to know.Ā
I think I am officially Fandom Old. I am so worn out from the arguments on who's the top or the bottom (who cares), what is allowed to be written (anything you want, bejeebus), what is Problematic (I know, just tag it), what other people Should Do (they Should live their lives free of judgment). There isn't a Right Way to do things. Tag your stuff appropriately, don't read stuff you don't want to read, and leave other people (me) alone.
There is nothing quite like the freedom of having gone through all of the Discourse and come out the other side into the promised land of Not Giving A Fuck.
The three keys to the promised land areĀ āBlock, Unfollow, and Do Not EngageāĀ
yeah sex is good and all but have you ever woken up to an ao3 email saying someone commented on your fic
