Wow. It's Bright.

This blog is a safe and welcoming environment for every adult who is not an asshole. Multifandom blog, but you can pretend I'm a single fandom blog by filtering out most of my tags. Fic and fiction writer. they/them/their, wow/wow/wows, or whatever gender neutral pronoun you want to use. // Also even though I barely talk about politics and even less about war on this blog, somehow people on Tumblr are saying all kinds of crazy shit about my opinions, so let me make this clear: The people on the side you care about deserve justice, respect, and dignity. So do the people on the other side. If you think that caring about justice for one group of civilians means wanting revenge on or injustice for another, you are wrong. It's a simple as that. Go find another hobby that does not involve people's lives. // That said? Fuck Putin.

[wowbright]

Fic: Out of Eden (Klaine AU, Glee)

Fic Summary: As a gay Mormon, Kurt Hummel has decided to go the rest of his life without falling in love. But toward the end of his two years as a missionary in Germany, Elder Anderson moves into his apartment—and Kurt’s best-laid plans fall apart.

Continue on AO3

Acknowledgments:

Thank you to @gleefulpoppet for the beautiful art!!!!

There are many other people who deserves thanks for beta-ing and generally encouraging/putting up with me, including @jazzypizzaz, @redheadgleek, @snarkyhag, @klaineship2, @disbear, @coffeegleek and @perfectanomaly.

This story is based on my Mormon!Klaine tumblr posts. But it's more coherent and, dare I say, better?

[dogposts]

he's in love, she's not quite sure yet.

[madawhatever]

“Before the writers started working on the first season, I wrote a list of six things on the wall that every episode had to do.” - Mike Schur (x)

[raptorlily-deactivated20191105]

#ladies and gentlemen #a showrunner who knows what the fuck he is doing (via @stillscape)

[wowbright]

Another helpful YouTuber I recently discovered and thought might help others is Clean That Up.

This hydrogen peroxide pretreatment for pillows actually does work. He's not lying:

Of course, I did not have enough on hand for all our pillows, so I tried regular old Shout triple action stain remover. That has worked great for other thigs, but did NOT work here. What DID work was a few tablespoons of Oxy-type cleaner dissolved in 1 pint boiling water, allowed to cool, and then sprayed on generously and allowed to sit.

[endiness]

[queerautism]

Hey so as the economy continues to get worse in the next few years, gambling companies are going to go extra hardcore predatory as people become more desperate. Yes, even more than they already are. You have to promise me right now you're not going to fall for it. No gambling, okay?

This is going to be especially bad with prediction markets and sports gambling, and it's already really fucking bad. But it also goes for loot boxes, blind box collectables, trading card games, and ESPECIALLY gacha games.

[sewickedthread]

And for AI trading apps/programs. Which is gambling in another form.

I have seen so many ads for these (I am _not_ their target audience).

[kittydealer]

u/Fine-Dog-9874

[ao3commentoftheday]

Hello.

On the subject of AI, I have a confession to make: I use it. Not to write for me, but to help me check for inconsistencies, to brainstorm ideas, to write outlines, to give me a couple of lines when I've been stuck for hours, to be my beta reader, if you will. Generative AI is bad? Yes, but it also a useful tool if one isn't lazy. I don't ask: write me a story. I go with my story and ask: help me with continuity. Look, this paragraph is clunky, how do I make it better? The demonization of generative AI is fair, but to be honest, I also understand people who use it. Maybe they're afraid of writing themselves, maybe they're insecure and don't trust their prose. Maybe they have brilliannt ideas but they need help to make them become fics.

To me, this is very much connected to my last ask where I was talking about how we don't have enough mentors in fandom to support the influx of people entering it.

All of the things that you're asking AI to do used to be done by a beta reader (or more than one!). A fandom friend (or even a random stranger who volunteered) would read through your work and help you with those issues.

Betas are amazing. They can help with grammar and spelling. They can regionalize language. They can provide sensitivity reading if they're from a marginalized community that you're writing about and aren't a member of. They can track canon, help with research, even just be a sounding board to discuss ideas with.

And sometimes, they're just a cheer reader - someone reading your story and telling you how awesome it is because they love it just as much as you do.

I understand turning to AI if you 1) don't know beta readers exist or 2) don't know how to obtain one. The need for that kind of support doesn't go away just because you can't access it.

But for anyone out there who needs this kind of help and wants to avoid Gen AI, you can write a post on your blog, add it to an author's note, check out resources like @needabeta or - if the time of year is right and you have the funds - place a bid on beta reading services during @fandomtrumpshate

Beta readers are often involved in fandom events like big bangs and exchanges, and if anyone is looking to host such an event, it's a great way to get people involved who aren't writers or artists but would love to help out.

I get it, anon. We use the tools that are available to us. But here's another potential tool if you're interested in branching out?

[notwritinganyflufftoday]

Sometimes it's scary to post a message asking for beta readers, you are putting yourself out there, you have no idea who might respond to your message (if anyone at all) and nowadays a lot of bots are muddying the waters.

I definitely recommend searching a beta reader within the fandom you're writing for rather than someone who knows nothing about it.

And when you don't immediately get a response, ask again. This comes from a person (me) who is now two and a half years into dating the girl who replied to my 'I need a beta reader' post that I was debating to reblog that day.

Sometimes I wonder where our lives would be if I hadn't reblogged it or if she had skipped past the post.

Fandom is a community of people with shared interests. It's supposed to make it easier for us to become friends, hang out and talk for hours.

Not a single AI tool in the world is capable of giving (fandom) writers/artists/creators what they actually need.

Connection.

[wowbright]

Never gotten into rug tufting, but I have a tufted rug I'm trying to repair and found this person's YourTube channel. Wanted to share because if I was into tufting, I'd probably watch all of Sam Made That's videos. So if you're into tufting, it's worth checking them out:

For my repair, I'm actually using Roberts 6700, which they don't review here, but is what I found to be most often recommended for repair/glue replacement:

Step-by-step guide to replacing the backing on a tufted rug [Updated 2021

AAT Bond is preferable and probably more durable (see video below), but only available in larger amounts, so not the best for one-off projects.

Wish me luck, because I've failed to remove *all* the old glue and am pretty much certain the entire rug would fall apart if I tried.

[misqueue]

[omnibus fic] Chase Down All Our Demons

All the @come-what-may-challenge drabbles and ficlets collected into a single chronologically arranged one-shot for ease of reading/downloading.

Chase Down All Our Demons

Glee | Kurt/Blaine | M | S6 Canon diverging after 6x08 | angst, introspection, communication, healing & learning, mild kink, mild sexual content, S6 fix it | ~3,200 words A patchwork of moments to make sense of Kurt and Blaine’s story in Glee Season 6. Diverging after 6x08 "A Wedding" in which they don’t get married.

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[celereesticks]

Week 1 prompt: Dare

Laurinn moodboard edit/gif based on the song Double Dare!

I'm planning to do all 9 weeks but we'll see how it goes...

[naamahdarling]

Everyone congratulate Fancy on her innovative and very effective fighting style! 🫯

[boybeetles]

The main reason I’m pushing for people to stop using the term ‘pedophile’ and instead use the term ‘child sexual abusers’, is because since all discussions of child sexual abuse focus on this idea of an evil person who is just out to get kids because they are sexual attracted to them, it makes it hard for kids who where sexually assaulted by people who don’t fit that description to realize they were sexually assaulted.

It didn’t register for me until recently that my experiences of being forced to strip naked multiple times at the mental hospital to be ‘checked’ when I was 14 was sexual assault, because the people who did it were nurses/doctors who clearly didn’t find me sexually attractive but instead used it as a form of humiliation and control towards children they deemed as ‘unruly’ and ‘uncooperative’ (ie. children who asked to be treated like people). I thought only people who fit into this idea of a child attracted pedo could be child sexual abusers, so I thought my experience didn’t count.

Stepping away from the idea that there is a pedophile boggieman and instead highlighting that anyone can be a child sexual abuser will help more people realize that their experiences are sexual assault.

[mousidy]

my stepfather would openly sexually harass me and my siblings at dinner while also loving the fantasy of killing pedophiles. whether he personally found our abuse sexually gratifying was frankly irrelevant to whether it traumatized us. whether he would be considered a pedophile or not doesn't change that he committed sexual abuse of children

I think in his mind there was a type of horrible person out there who does horrible things, and because he didn't think of himself as fitting that category, his actions could not be judged

[beyondlifeanddeath]

[rare-pair-summer]

☀️ Rare Pair Summer is officially here! ☀️

We're so excited and hope you are too! Whether you’re writing, drawing, reading, reblogging, commenting, or cheering from a beach chair, we’re so happy to have you here. Feel free to chat on this post!

Week No. 1 Bonus Prompt: What if they accidentally become each other's safe place?

AO3 Collection [here]. Rare Pair Community [here].

You can find more prompts and games under the cut!

🦀Main 11 Prompts [here]. 🌴Rare Pair Spinner Wheel [here]. 🎲"Roll Your Story" Prompts Game [here]. 🌈Readers! A bingo for you! [here].

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge!

X

[nancyvana]

I have been doing physical therapy for my legs, and these are great tips!

[quiltsinfilm]

2 quilts in It's Alive (1974)

Thanks for the spot!