hollywritesinstardust

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Hey all,

Unfortunately this isn’t anything fun. 2024 has been rough. But this is I think more important.

If you live in the United States, you probably know about the political tumult and the very real threat to our democratic institutions. Nearly every large platform has come out with a statement endorsing one candidate or another. Oftentimes this represents a fundamental ideological difference that I don’t believe I have the type or size of platform to talk about meaningfully. But in this case, the Washington Post - one of our largest national newspapers - was prevented from publishing a political endorsement by its owner, Jeff Bezos. You may know Bezos as the ultra-rich and exploitative founder of Amazon.

As a result, reportedly hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the Washington Post have canceled their subscriptions. Nowadays, media outlets like newspapers make a significant amount of their operating budgets from subscription fees. Regardless of the percentage of budget that comes from subscriptions, the subscriptions also serve as an indicator of readership and reach. We know that the staff of the paper are not the ones who chose to pull this article and in fact it appears that many of them are as frustrated as their readers are. While wholly understandable to pull away and “punish” the paper for this decision, this punishes the staff of the paper and may threaten the ability of the Washington Post to operate with the kind of political independence and integrity that we want our reporters to maintain.

So here is the message I want to share: keep your WaPo subscription if you have one. If you already cancelled, please consider re-subscribing. If you were considering buying one, please don’t change your mind because of this incident. There are better ways to lodge our mass complaints in ways that don’t have a greater impact on the wellbeing of a well-respected paper and its staff than on the person whose actions we object to.

For example, we could start a challenge to refuse to engage with Amazon on the week of the election. Spend no money. Watch no Prime. Don’t open any Kindle files. Don’t even open the apps. Amazon is where most of Bezos’ wealth comes from and his financial wellbeing is strongly tied to its shares. His wealth comes from our willingness to use his products, and his actions can have financial consequences.

What do you think? Should we spread the word?

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Hi are you still taking requests for Psych?

Hi! I'm sorry to say but I'm not taking requests at the moment. I'm really busy IRL and don't have much time to write, so I'm prioritizing the requests I have and work on my own stories.

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I was wondering what's happening about your bones series?

Hi! It's still being rewritten. I've got about 15 chapters done, but they aren't all sequential. I messaged back on FFN in more detail.

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I have issues with the Winchesters series, but I simultaneously can’t believe there’s no fanfic for it yet

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Any Supernatural or MCU fans feel like taking a peek at my new fic?

Summary: Aspen Winchester finds a new home when she's recruited to share the supernatural world with the Avengers, but is she strong enough to keep her family when a supernatural threat closes in? Well... it's up to you, because this is a Choose Your Own Adventure.

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Wait what's a buildings fire evacuation plan if you aren't supposed to use the elevator to get down

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Waking up before 8 should be like going to a park. By all means, you are welcome at the park!! We know it can be very peaceful and productive for some people!! But we can’t mandate you go to the park, because some people just Can Not with the damn mosquitos.

It’s 6:40am, I’m awake for work but like hear me out

It should be illegal to have to wake up before 8am, that’s all 😭

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hi!! i just wanna say how much i love your stories! i started reading your stuff on Quotev years ago and honestly i’ve been in love w ur writing ever since! I especially love Holly Kirkland and your ‘It’s My Life’ series. i love it sm!!

which is why i have a question for you about that particular fic and OC. you ofc don’t have to answer it if you don’t want to. but i was wondering what kind of relationship Holly would have with Lance? I love Lance sm and i’ve always wondered how the two of them would get along if they were to ever meet haha💖💖. tysm for your time and for writing such amazing content for us all to read! 💖

Hi!! This is so sweet! I'm so happy to hear from you! Thank you so much!!

So, since I started IML when I was like 13, Holly was never really intended to have a romance with anyone, but I'm aware that a lot of my readers wanted her to end up with Zach or Lance. I'm rewriting the story now, so the plans are still in the air, but I can tell you what the plan was in the original version.

This is the guy who let Brennan believe Booth was dead for his book material, and consistently needled Hodgins so that he could feel included in the group. He usually means well but sometimes goes about things in bad ways. Holly's never been open to talking about herself, can be pretty mean, and once she forms an opinion of someone, it takes quite a bit for that opinion to change. When he was just Booth and Brennan's psychotherapist, I planned for Lance to want to be friends, but Holly to be generally apathetic towards him.

Around the end of S3 and the start of S4, there's a lot of tension to go around. Lance let them think Booth was dead, and he knows that the team suspected he was the apprentice, and everyone knows they would have preferred for him to be rather than what actually happened with Zach. Gone is the apathy, and rather, both are frustrated and somewhat resentful of each other.

The plan was for them to gradually soothe things over during S4 as working in close proximity forced them to learn more about the other. Episodes like "The Princess in the Pear" would've shown they have common interests, and others, like "Mayhem on a Cross," would've shown common experiences. The through-lines of the Gravedigger and Booth's hallucinations would've also created some opportunities to communicate and build trust, so they would have finished S4 as friends.

I originally intended to end the story after S5, as well, with Holly parting ways with the Jeffersonian team to live her own adult life. As I'm rewriting, I'm not sure whether I'll do this or not, but regardless, their friendship was meant be an important part of helping Holly process anxiety and make decisions for herself independent of her found family. I don't have any concrete examples of this, but for example, imagine Booth and Brennan each urging Holly to choose a specific career avenue and Lance urging her to take a third option that she would prefer.

I hope this helps satisfy the curiosity! I really love interacting with readers and I'm happy to answer any other questions! If you want to come off anon, we could just DM about the show or story if you like, too. :)

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honest to god can’t stop thinking about this song about jeff bezos by philip labes (link takes you to his spotify). it’s such a good example of politically driven folk music.

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honest to god can’t stop thinking about this song about jeff bezos by philip labes (link takes you to his spotify). it’s such a good example of politically driven folk music.

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LMAO Davies instead of Moffatt but I’ll take it! Dreams do come true 🤩😂

I had a wonderful dream last night that Chibnall got the sack and Moffat took over Doctor Who again because he was too pained to see how his legacy was being drowned and I was so happy. And then I woke up 😫

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the angels in Supernatural are hilarious because they’re all

Angels: We are principled and dignified. We are cosmic beings too intelligent to be ridiculed by you myopic apes. Our morals and methods are shaped by millenias experience and wisdom. There is only one way and we will follow our commander to the death.

Castiel: *kills the angel in charge*

Angels: You have shown us a new way. Until now we could not imagine what this freedom of choice feels like. We are yours to command.

Castiel: uh that’s really not a good idea-

Angels: c o m m a n d u s

rinse and repeat whenever the showwriters needed more heaven/angel drama

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watching Squid Game like

*Squid Game spoilers below*

Me: if you hurt a single hair on 001's head- OH NO

Me: if you hurt a single hair on Jun Ho's head- OH NO

Me: if you hurt a single hair on Sae Byeok's head- OH NO

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my professors: for your first paper of the semester, write about yourself! :) it'll be an easy warm-up for you

me, with my self-loathing and depression: uh can i Not

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Me: *driving 60 in a 55 to keep up with traffic*

Locals: *doing 65-70 in the same space*

Trooper: *pulls ME over*

Wtf. Law is the law, I get it, but if you take that stance then the cops really should be pulling over everyone who’s breaking that law or at least the people doing so most egregiously (like the Honda that was going 70 in an active construction zone!), not only ticketing the drivers with out of state license plates.

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Y’know, in Doctor Who’s Gridlock episode, someone really should have pointed out that walking is still a thing

“ooh, a whole five miles in twelve years” you could have used your legs and gotten to your destination 11 years 11 months and 30 days ago, friends, and then still had time for dinner and some apartment hunting

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Literally me lmao

started watchinf firefly and Uh