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Do you guys remember how Thomas played JD in a production of Heather's?

WELL I FOUND A VID OF THE ENTIRE MUSICAL

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May I suggest a treasure hunt for fun lil rocks?

What should I do today, guys? Physically possible suggestions only.

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THE MISCONCEPTION ABOUT COMMENTING ON FIC

I’ve read all kinds of posts both from writers and readers lamenting about comments on fic. Authors are upset when they don’t get any, readers don’t know what kinds of comments to leave, etc. And it finally clicked in my brain why I think a lot of people don’t bother writing comments. 

And this is what it boils down to:

Writers do not want praise.  We just want to talk about our story. 

I can’t speak for everyone obviously - but I think the majority of writers don’t care so much for the “omg you’re a brilliant writer!!” comments as much as we just want to hear your thoughts on the story. Even if it’s just your thoughts as you’re reading of “oooh x happened! I can’t believe y said this! What’s going to happen now that z has happened?!” We literally just want to talk about what we’ve written like you would with a friend about a tv show. We’re not out here demanding praise like some entitled narcissist. 

While praising our writing skills or writing style is appreciated, it doesn’t need to be said on every fic and every chapter that you read. If you regularly comment on someone’s work that’s telling enough that you like our technique. Readers shouldn’t feel pressured to have to praise a writer’s abilities every time they want to comment. 

In the grand scheme of things, talking about the fic/chapter is actually more helpful to us writers instead of spewing praise. It’s the same with artwork. As nice as it is that people tell me “wow your art is so pretty!” it’s a LOT more useful to me to get comments like “I love their expressions!” or “the lighting on this is gorgeous!” because then I know WHAT people are liking about it. If no one ever comments on my backgrounds, I now know what to improve. If most people comment on liking the expressions, I now know the strong points of my art and can use it to my advantage to make even better art in the future. 

The same goes for fic. If multiple people tell me they liked a certain part of the story I now know that things similar to that are a hit. It’s feedback I can use to improve the story and give my readers more of what they want. Without that I have no idea what they like about the fic.

Talking with a writer about their story also gives them inspiration!! Nothing gets us more in the mood to work on a fic than to have people wanting to talk about it. A lot of times just talking about one of my fics with someone will give me that push to continue working on it. Getting a comment that just says “great chapter” or “you’re a great writer” doesn’t do much to motivate us to continue that particular fic. But if you talk about the story and the characters it gives us motivation to continue working on it, may even give us ideas for future chapters. I would hope that those of you with “comment anxiety” find this approach so much easier than trying to praise the writer every time you read.

So that fic the author hasn’t updated in forever that you’re dying to read? Talk to them about the fic and the elements of the story! It will make the writer want to talk to you about it and will get their mind thinking about it, hopefully inspiring them to continue where they left off. Fics that are left in silence are more likely to be abandoned or even deleted because nothing feels worse than putting your heart into a story to have no one say anything about it. 

TLDR; Writers do not want praise, we just want to talk with our readers about the story itself, and these are the kinds of comments that inspire us to keep writing more. 

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I use it to my advantage, of course. The hero is morally “right”, so of course they can’t hit a pregnant woman. It’s just plain facts. I raise the child, it’s a slow process so the hero thinks I’ve given up. After 17 years, my child falls in love with the hero’s child. I have an insider. At their wedding, I poison the hero’s drink. People just think they had a bit too much to drink so I’m fine, I can party. I win.

You finally came up with a plan to get rid of the hero. You would go undercover and fall in love with his civilian identity before breaking his heart and killing him at his emotional lowest. A couple months later, you have experienced a complication in your plans. You’re pregnant.

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HAHA OMG

Janus/Remus Stans: wanting more content of their boys

Thomas:

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Truly I do not deserve rights

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Love how we’re just sitting there for so long expecting Lightning McQueen to sprout or something

just made the best non-looping gif i think

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I’m not freaking out you are

I’m not freaking out you are

I’m not freaking out y-

TS tweet 09/02/21 : (thread)

Even though I've been going non-stop, I've been dealing with pretty bad mental health recently (quarantine and life's not been kind) but I'm getting my second wind, and yesterday's shoot gave me renewed confidence for this Sanders Asides that's been pretty intimidating to me.

I'm gonna be getting some safe help to make the episode happen, and the season finale is being worked on at the same. I'm riding this wave and frickin loving it. I'm just incredibly excited for you all to see more of this story we've had bottled up for so long.

Also, once again, HUGE thank you to our patrons & supporters, because, without your help, the staffing we're doing right now to streamline our future work process couldn't be done, and neither could the filming possibilities we're looking at for these upcoming episodes. 💜

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head empty, Roman in skirt thoughts only @thatsthat24

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I FINALLY FOUND THIS EJCNSJDSN

i just heard a bouncing noise and then that was followed by my dad saying

“oh no my potato”

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But

But that’s not a plate

You walk into my home and I offer you this plate of snacks:

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HELPBDFGFFGGFFDGDF

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Heathers AU where the only thing changed is that JD loves milkshakes instead of slushees

So Freeze Your Brain takes place at a Dairy Queen and Heather Chandler really wants Dilly Bars instead of cornuts

when she dies she just screams “DiLLy BaRs”

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Won't you please tell me what we've learned

I know it sounds absurd

Please tell me who I am, who I am, who I am, who I am

'Cause I was feeling so logical

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I'm gonna throw this here because cursed ideas should be shared. After seeing his brother getting these cakes, Remus makes one for poor Roman because he can be a good brother sometimes, but it looks like a butt. He gets a cake that's a cake

He appreciates it really...

[Do Not Repost This Art]

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Evan: *says literally anything*

Jared: is that a sex thing