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The clang of the porcelain plate hitting against the metal sink resonated in the air. A's hands gripped the edge of the counter.

B's hopeful smile fell.

A: "...No. You don't look like her. You don't look like your mother at all. But..." A locked eyes with B, rage bubbling up. "... every bit of you looks like the man who took away everything from her."

#angst prompt #angst prompts #story prompt #fanfiction prompt #fanfiction prompts #story writing #writing prompt #amateur writing #writeblr #amateur writeblr #angst #writing angst #dialogue prompt #dialogue prompts #characters a and b #emotional whump

petr1kov

i really think we should all outgrow once and for all the idea that a character making a dumb decision is a plot hole. sometimes people are dumb. sometimes a character making a smart and informed decision is the real plot hole

themirokai

I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.

(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)

The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.

So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.

I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.

First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?

And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:

Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.

Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.

I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!

Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.

Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).

Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.

So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.

They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.

I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.

Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.

#wtf #i mean the stereotyping was already a massive turn-off but like... what if just anyone steals your fic and posts it there #this is so fucked up

thatgirlonstage

obsessed with characters being saved against their will. being knocked unconscious and carried away from a danger they won't stop trying to fight. being shoved through a portal somewhere far away and safe right before it closes. trying to self-sacrifice only to have the exact person they're trying to save swap their places at the last second. getting the only cure to the disease or curse bc the person administering it loves them too much to give it to anyone else, including themselves. being thrown to safety right as they had accepted dying. someone else they thought had gotten to safety running back to drag them out of danger. it's so fucking tasty

#luffy when ace died #and no this has nothing to do with the live-action i'm tslking about the og anime

promptsforthestrugglingauthor

Writing Prompt #2385

"And you love him more than anything?" The king looked down at his son, and then to the low-born archivist behind him.

"Enough to give up everything if I must."

jaded-stag

I keep seeing people making fun of using growled, hissed, roared, snarled etc in writing and it’s like.

have you never heard someone speak with the gravel in their voice when they get angry? Because that’s what a growl is.

Have you never heard someone sharply whisper something through the thin space of their teeth? Or when your mother sharply told you to stop it in public as a kid when you were acting up/being too loud? Because that’s what a hiss is.

Have you never heard a man get so blackout angry that their voice BOOMS through the house? Because that’s what a roar is.

Have you never seen someone bare their teeth while talking to accentuate their frustration or anger while speaking with a vicious tone? Because that’s what snarling is.

It’s not meant to be a literal animal noise. For the love of god, not every description is literal. I get some people are genuinely confused, but also some of these people are genuinely unimaginative as fuck.

#finally omg #i'm autistic and my first language isn't English and even I get it. Metaphors are concepts that you learn about in school y'know #the fact that people don't understand metaphors and analogies suggests pretty bad literacy levels ngl #if you want a dry clear-cut story without any metaphors just watch any run-on-the-mill car chase scene action movie and stop complaining #also to all the people that are like “metaphors are used more freely in English” - have you ever heard folk songs from other countries #most folk songs in my homecountry use so many analogies that if the song has a plot it's usually hard to decipher #like... i'm sure if anyone who complains about “growl” or “hiss” being used read a translation of a folk song their mind would explode #and yes “their mind would explode” is also a metaphor

generic-whumperz

In lieu of proper romance may I present to you- mutual awkward pining from protagonist and love interest who are equally afraid of expressing their feelings but act as if they are in a relationship anyway?

It ain’t much, but it’s honest work and the best I can do, take it or leave it.

#I like this tho #Truly the epitome of “it's complicated”#Ok but i'd like to imagine here that “love interest” doesn't refer to the Deuteragonist #So Deuteragonist is like 🤨🤨🤨 “is there something going on between you two?”#Cue awkward silence or awkwardly exchanging looks while they're literally cuddling one another #Both go “No???” and then both feel a little stab in their respective heart at how fast the other one denied it #Writing #Otp #Otp memes

insert-writing-blog-name

How new WIPs are born:

daily-prompts

Prompt 2222

What’s best for one of us is at odds with what’s best for the other.

#basically the plot of my wip that will never see the cyberspace #But instead of a couple it's a whole team of people

alivehouse

pisses me off so much how so many people seem to hate pacing and build up now like just in general

alivehouse

‘nothing happens in the first 100 pages of this book’ sorry everything in all media isnt blockbuster explosions back to back

batmanshole

i love making AUs for my ocs and then making AUs of those AUs. get put in scenarios idiot.

#;-;#same #i have 5 aus of a wip that has never seen the light of day

aye-write

my favourite thing about writing is slipping in totally innocent lines that will absolutely DESTROY the reader on a second readthrough

generic-whumperz

Yes 🥹

#:)

olive-riggzey

I made this to combat my current issue:

#...#ah shit if that ain't me #i've daydreamed of people shipping the characters in my non-existent franchise and me egging the shippers on with canon art on twitter #(and yes i know twitter is called X now but shh)#or people writing those long-ass character analysis posts on some of my own characters if my story was a real franchise #honestly the amount of times i've thought of different background “clues” or imagery that i'd put in my animated series that could (1/2)#indicate that two characters are romantically affiliated is astronomically high. If only I could actually animate lmao (2/2)#but the kicker is - i haven't even written more than like 10 pages for the story that i've been regurgitating for over 5 years

Thanks for rebloging my little thing about weather, I really appreciate it

It gave off a somewhat nostalgic, yet timeless vibe ^_^

#asks #thank YOU for the inspo!

headspace-hotel

i hate how you get desensitized to the cool stuff in your WIP if you've been writing it for a long time so when you read back over it you're like "this isn't as cool as i thought :(" but it still is! you just read it too many times

headspace-hotel

Gotta recirculate this post periodically just cuz

martinkhall

Just don't read the post too many times.

headspace-hotel

Oh god oh fuck

hobbybound

The weather makes me feel alive, in a way not much else does. I humorously call it "big weather", when the winds are blowing so hard the trees whip and the rain hurts your scalp. Most of all a hard shower of rain accompanied by powerful thunder and lightning, is big weather. That kind of weather makes me feel so small, nature showing for a moment that it still holds power I could not withstand. And I feel so small and so cozy, and I cannot help but look in wonder, my face split into a crazed smile because the world is doing the thing. The world is shoving the power it holds in my face and all there is to do is be impressed.

#Nice

arrghigiveup

#i've felt that way before tbh #not nowadays tho

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