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wishing I could freeze time so fanfic writers could write all of their slow-burn enemies to lovers and gay porn and fix-it fics and all of their WIPs and prompts without having to worry about life and other responsibilities

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Superhero Tag Game

Tag game

I was tagged by @mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea (Thanks for the tag)

Name however many (or few 😁) of your top superheroes and tag however many (or few 😋) people you want. 10 most frequently named ones will be included in the set for Superhero Day in @mcuchallenge

My heroes:

Rocket Raccoon

2. Tony Stark

3. Loki

4. Yelena

5. Harley Quinn

6. Daredevil

7. Wolverine

8. Quicksilver

Tagging anyone who wants to try this!

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Get to Know Your Author

Tagged by @mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea and @scottxlogan - thank you both for the tag!

1. How many works on AO3? 21

2. Total AO3 word count? 124,473

3. Top 5 fics by kudos?

Controlled Chaos (Loki/Tony)

Set after the events of Loki, where Loki returns to his original timeline, giving everything he’s ever left behind another shot. He certainly did not expect his brief departure to cause a rift between the Avengers— but he’s not complaining when it effectively brings him closer to a certain brown-eyed genius who keeps his mind off what he’s lost.

Fifth time’s the charm (Ludwig Dieter/Vanderohe)

The whole team (sans Martin and Cummings- seriously do we even consider them part of the team?) pulls off the heist like they should have on the fifth loop. This is a story of where they go from there because time loop is canon and Vanderohe and Dieter deserve a happy ending.

Life in Technicolor (Logan/Peter Maximoff)

DOFP, but Peter tags along and sleeping arrangements are a tricky thing. It ends up working out (probably) for the best.

Two Halves of the Same Whole (Logan/Peter Maximoff)

Soulmates. The foreign concept crashes into Logan with almost startling clarity. Definitely something, or rather, someone, much more trouble than they’re worth. Then again, Logan usually feels the same about most things. Especially if he sits on the other end of the equation.

I Like The Way (Logan/Peter Maximoff)

“Thanks mate,” the speedster laughs, shaky, hands curled into fists and braced on Logan’s chest. He doesn’t let go until Logan does, snorting and clapping his shoulder and telling him to be more careful. There’s a scant of longing more salient than the last. Stay. It seems to say. Logan’s heart flips a little helplessly. He turns to leave anyway.

4 What fandoms do you write for? *check list and thinks it through* I mainly write for Marvel and X-Men- they are also the fandoms which I see myself continuing to write for at this point. Other fandoms I've dabbled in include JW, AOTD.

5 Do you respond to comments? Yup! I happen to love comments.

6 Fic with the angstiest ending? Zilch, and it's probably going to stay that way.

7 Fic with the happiest ending? Literally all of 'em.

8 Do you get hate? No hate and I'm hoping it stays that way.

9 Do you write smut? Yes, but don't expect lots of it. For me, writing smut is like pulling teeth.

10 Have you ever co-written a fic? Can't say I have, no.

11 All time favorite ship? I go where the hyperfixation takes me and it's gotta be Logan/Peter right about now.

12 WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Well, I don't want to jinx things! I'm hoping that I finish all my WIPs!

13 Writing strengths? Keeping the relationship between characters as organic as I can and transferring feelings into writing the best I can.

14 Writing weaknesses? Being too much of a perfectionist that it sometimes hinders the creative process.

Tagging anyone who wishes to try this out! <3

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i think people get so used to their own creative work that they forget how amazing it is so i’m making this post as a reminder You are the only person capable of making art the exact way you make it. nobody else on earth can do that. there are always going to be those little habits and intricacies and details that simply cannot be replicated whether it’s in writing or painting or textiles and you make life all the better for it i love my friends’ art i love art from strangers im trying to love my own art I LOVE YOU!!! THE PERSON READING THIS!!!!!!! YOU ARE A PART OF THIS WORLD NEVER EVER STOP MAKING THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT IT

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Don’t get attached to unpopular ships because you will run out of fic and die

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Im sorry but it is so funny how people outside of tumblr view us. Like why are the tiktokers treating tumblr like some professional ass website you need to do extensive prep before you begin posting on. And the follower farming advice is so fucking funny to me when this is the website where people actively hate getting new followers

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It occurs to me that there are people who weren’t on this website in 2012 and therefore never saw the magical gif that you can actually hear:

It’s been over five years and that still impresses the hell out of me.

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super simple low-effort ao3 summary methods that are 1000% better and 1000% less annoying than just saying you suck at summaries:

copypaste the first few lines of the fic. u already wrote ‘em. let ‘em be their own damn hook

if ur feeling fancy & don’t mind showing ur hand a bit, copypaste the first few lines of the fic that u feel are esp. Important or Interesting - the ones where u first start getting into the real meat of things

state the main tropes! theyre probably already in ur tags - just say them again - maybe as a full sentence if ur feelin fancy. or with a joke if ur feelin Extra fancy

ask a question. pose a hypothetical. eg what happens if u take [character] and put them in [situation]?

make an equation. [character] + [thing] = [outcome]

just write like a one-sentence summary of what the fuck is going down. just one (1) sentence. doesnt matter if it doesn’t cover every important aspect. or if it sounds bland. any summary sentence is gonna be miles better than “idk i suck at summaries”

just…explain the fic like u would to a friend? it doesnt have to be a polished back of the book blurb. it can just be “[pairing] coffee shop au, but like, still with murder, and also i made everyone trans. enjoy”

just stick a meme in there

honestly who cares

just put literally anything but a self deprecating comment in there & ur golden

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from your friendly neighborhood librarian:

all books are good books.  you are not a “lesser reader” if you only read manga or comic books or a “better reader” for reading academic heavy texts.

reading is reading no matter what it is, be it a graphic novel, a romance, a classic, an audiobook, a picture book, a cookbook, fanfiction, fucking whatever, read what makes you happy

reading is supposed to be fun and don’t let elitism sap any joy out of it

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there’s wip (active development) and wip (stuck in development hell) and wip (oh you’re not even getting funding for this one)

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people who don't experience hyperfixation don't know what it feels like to hyperfixate so much on something that it becomes not only your subject of obsession but also your source of happiness and literally the main reason why you still keep going; literal source of strength and life.

shoutout to my favorite fictional characters, favorite people, favorite ships, favorite movies, favorite tv shows, fanfics and archive of our own

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“Authors should not be ALLOWED to write about–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“This book should be taken off of shelves for featuring–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Schools shouldn’t teach this book in class because–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Nobody actually likes or wants to read classics because they’re–” you are an anti-intellectual and an idiot

“I only read YA fantasy books because every classic novel or work of literary fiction is problematic and features–” you are an anti-intellectual and you are robbing yourself of the full richness of the human experience.

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when a mutuals struggling but you know you can't say anything to help so you just like their post and hope they know they're not alone

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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

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the suffering never ends