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"fuck it we ball" is for stress about the future "it is what it is" is for stress about the past and "this too shall pass" is for stress about the present thank you for coming to my TED talk

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I saw an otter briefly hop on top of a babirusa at the zoo and when the stranger standing next to me heard my camera shutter click he turned to me with this look of immense relief, put his hand to his chest, and said in a dead serious tone “oh thank christ someone caught that on film”

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what the whole "please comment on fic you like, it will encourage more writing" vs. "fic writers shouldn't be writing for engagement and validation" debate fails to really grasp, for me, is that comments shouldn't be boiled down to "engagement and validation" in the first place. by which i mean: comments aren't payment for a service, they are communication and connection. they represent the audience reaching back.

i don't write just for myself. are you kidding me? the point of storytelling, to me, is to present certain narrative arguments and produce or encourage an emotional response to them. That communication is essentially useless if there's no endpoint, no listener. To me, there is no point if I'm not communicating with someone. When I write, I am talking to a reader. If you've read anything I've written, then I was talking TO YOU.

you are well within your right to consume fic as ~content~ and withhold your "payment" out of a sense that the writer should be satisfied at having created anything at all in an unresponsive void. but please be aware that it feels really good when you talk back.

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welcome back @therealjacksepticeye glad u remembered ur password

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with every new episode my love for martin grows stronger

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Wake up babe, new Doctor Who snog chart just dropped. (insp.)

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@posthumousvigor here’s an anvil drop you suggested! It didn’t work i’m afraid

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I wanted to do a couple of scenes of boys nerding out about V’s new body and now i have a whole dozen, help😭 a little WIP

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if we're drawing big cats you know what I gotta do

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Guy freezes his hair and it stands tall.

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Guy freezes his hair and it stands tall.

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Any setting where the elves have weaker booze than the dwarves isn't committing to the bit

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