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Anyone really like being tagged in writing memes? I need some folks who enjoy it so I know who to tap. ;)

(don't have to be following me or or anything, it's just nice to have a place to grab urls from when I have a meme).

#writing memes

illmadekn1ght

thank god for posting. i love posting. let’s all hold hands and post together forever. into the sunset

hersurvival

prof-grace-aspen

You should read PERSOPOLIS. You should, quite frankly, go visit a country with actual Iranians, Arabs, Muslims and other Middle Eastern people living there.

You should actually humanize these people, not pedestalize them.

Like, nothing will expand your brain quite like visiting Dubai. Not just good things, although there are SO many…but the neutral and bad things too. Because the world is actually complicated, and it’s not possible to divide it into “good countries/people” and “bad countries/people”.

Dubai is beautiful. It was built with what’s basically slave labor. Hearing the call to prayer played over loud speakers all over the city was incredible. The city is able to afford desalination of ocean water to supply drinking water because oil is cheaper than fresh water. Dubai operates under Sharia law. I saw women in everything from “western” clothes to full burqa in a Sephora buying makeup, and even the women in burqa had cool shoes. The women in burqa were accompanied by male family members and didn’t shop alone. There are amazing sights to see. There are prayer rooms in malls and mosques all around.

It’s COMPLICATED. They are people just like you. Some of them are kind. Some are cruel. Most are a mix of both, just like you and me.

#persopolis

thefloatingstone

When you're an aeronautics engineer and you have to instruct a middle school teacher on how to build Ikea furniture.

ussjellyfish

I love the randomness of the kudos email. It’s the fic I wrote this week. The one that’s 13 years old. The one that I don’t remember what it’s about or even what fandom it is.

Thanks lovely readers. <3 your taste is mysterious and wonderful.

#hahaha I have never hit 5000 notes before but this post #this will do it #good work tumblr #I love you kudos email #and readers

myriapoda-1306

Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's in MY power to make that underrated thing a liiiittle less underrated by engaging with it!!

brynnmclean

"I'm bad at commenting on fics" okay, but you know you can get better at it though, right? You know you can start with something as simple as "thanks, I like this!" and you'll still probably make a fic writer's day? You do know that it's in your power to "get better" about it, right? If you want to?

Do you want to?

brynnmclean

Also "but I want to write a GOOD comment" is a block that you are placing in front of yourself. You are creating that pressure.

The amount of writers I talk to that are happy for anything genuinely positive in this current day and age of AI slop and varying levels of awful bot comments.

Are you going to actually write that long "perfect" comment or would it help to instead focus on sending a small bright spark of happiness to a writer? To start there and build up to a longer comment later if you can? What I think I'm trying to say is that commenting can be a muscle that you train, if you feel like it. Or a habit you can form, if you feel like it. You can do better, if you want to. You can start small, too.

I see so many posts on here that are writers seeking community and/or mourning the shift in fandom from leaving feedback to passive consumption. And I really don't think it has to be like this.

brynnmclean

This post is getting a decent amount of notes and I hope folks don't misunderstand my intentions here -- I meant for this to be encouraging to readers who want to leave comments on fics.

I've heard people say things like "I'm sorry I'm bad at commenting" or "I want to comment, but..." and I just want to respond with this: please recognize that even a small comment like a string of heart emojis or "I like this a lot" is precious these days when writers are enduring either silence/lack of responses to their work and/or an influx in bot comments that say awful things or are commissions scams. I see so many posts on my dash about the difference in fandom responsiveness to fic over the past few years. A lot of writers wish for feedback. Readers, you do contribute to fandom communities. You can help fandom grow if you participate in it. And comments do not need to be huge or detailed to make a difference.

westiec

I have a frequent reader who only ever comments in emoji hearts

I have another who always comments :DDDDD with an absurd number of smiles

I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH AND GENUINELY AM FILLED WITH JOY EVERY TIME I SEE AN AO3 EMAIL FROM THEM

it's as simple as that <3

brynnmclean

#comments are awesome to receive #and unlike kudos you can give as many comments as you want (via @encyclopika)

Hi, just want to pull these specific tags forward because I think they make a really great point, especially when it comes to longer, multi-chapter fics! You can only leave one (1) kudos on a whole fic, regardless of if it has multiple chapters -- and since more writers are locking their fics to only be seen by folks with AO3 accounts, that rules out any additional guest kudos.

I've seen posts about leaving "second kudos" comments or even "why can't I leave more kudos, AO3!!!" and those kind of comments are a delight to receive, speaking personally, because they tell me that readers are STILL HERE enjoying my chapter fics. It can be hard to know that anyone is reading new chapters, if I don't get new comments and if a reader left their allotted kudos when an earlier chapter was released and read.

TL;DR, receiving kudos is lovely, but limited!!!! And I think a nice, easy comment to leave on a fic you enjoy is "second kudos"

brynnmclean

I hope everyone who is liking and/or reblogging this series of posts goes out and comments on fics. I saw a post today about a newer ugly AO3 commenting bot out there and I really strongly feel, now more than ever, that it is important that we support fic writers by leaving positive feedback. We can encourage each other to keep creating. I'm tired of the world too, man, but we can give each other some light.

ayshela

do i always leave brilliant comments, like I want to? Fuck no, my most common comment is "I love this so much!" Was it hard to remember to start leaving that on every fic i read that I was happy to have spent time reading? Yes, but every one of those authors spent more time writing that fic and worrying about posting it than i ever did on a simple comment. There have been a few that I have gone back to, a few that I have hunted down again, and yes I have left second comments there telling them how important their work was to me. Yes, that's valuable. But what's dramatically undervalued is fandom coming to their creators and simply saying "thank you for creating this" or "I liked this" or just "!! <3"

Our creators are out there leaving pieces of themselves open for casual consumption. We need to be less casual about it. And that's a learned skill you can start at any time.

iliothermia

🌟✨☀️ Lumen ☀️✨🌟

iliothermia

I’ve reprinted this drawing for the first time in years for Pride month, if you’d like one they’re here!

acecroft

Star Trek: Discovery | 1x14 The War Without, the War Within

#michael burnham #star trek: discovery

luchsyy

Been practising my BG skills lately! process pics under the cut

my-dailydreams

rhera

A Simple Favor (2018) - Old Acquaintance (1943) - Squid Game (TV 2021–2025) -Morocco (1930) - Now and Then (1995) - Victor/Victoria (1982) - She's the Man (2006) - Killing Eve (TV 2018–2022) - School of Rock (2003) - Sylvia Scarlett (1935) - Lullaby of Broadway (1951) - Flashdance (1983) - Annie Hall (1977) - The Hot Chick (2002) - Yentl (1983) - Notting Hill (1999)