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and the sun still sets the same // ch. 5 - javid

It feels wrong. It feels wrong that David is here, but he’s not David, and that feels… different. Jack feels something crack deep in his chest. Does David even want to be here? Does David feel like he has to change for Jack? Why does David feel like he has to do anything for Jack? Does Jack want David to want to change for him? The moment the thought crosses Jack’s mind, he feels a twinge in his gut. Jack doesn’t want David to change. Jack wants David just the way he is. Jack wants… Davey.

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Send me a ship name and I'll build a mini-playlist of 5 songs for them.

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Are you ok or are you thinking about that fictional character again?

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A writer friend told me something that broke my heart a little bit today; they're going to quit publishing their fanfic.

My instant thought was that they had been trolled or attacked or that something terrible had happened in their life because this person is so passionate about their writing. It wasn't any of that. Engagement with their works has been going down, as it has for many of us. Comments are like gold dust a lot of the time, and just looking through the historical comment counts on old fics on ao3 demonstrates this trend very clearly. It was not simply the comments dropping off which caused them to decide to stop posting, however.

My friend came across a discord server for their fandom (I should point out here that their fandom interest and mine diverged a couple of years ago, we stay in touch but don't currently read each other's posts because I'm not into their fandom and they would rather gouge their eyes out with a wooden spoon than read anything Star Wars) and specifically to share fic in that fandom. They joined, because we all love a good fic rec, only to discover that their latest multichapter fic, which has almost no comments and very few kudos, is being hotly discussed in this server as one of the best stories ever. Not one of these people has bothered to say this to them on the fic. When they asked, none of participants could see the point in telling the author of the fic they apparently loved so much that they love it.

This discovery has absolutely destroyed my friend's love of sharing fic. They share because they love seeing other people's enjoyment, and fic writers do that through comments and kudos/reblogs/likes because we don't get paid. There is no literary critic writing a blog post/article about how amazing the story is for us to copy and keep/frame. There is no money from royalties. All we have are the words of the people reading our works.

Those people on that server could have taken five minutes of the time they spent gushing about how amazing my friend's story was to other people and used it to tell the one person guaranteed to want to hear that praise how much they loved it. They could have taken a moment to express their opinion to the person who spent hours upon hours plotting, writing, editing, and posting those chapters. Instead, they deprived my friend of thing that keeps them sharing their writing, and in the process have killed their love of it. My friend now feels used and unmotivated.

I won't be sharing a link to their fic, they said I could share their experience but not their identity. I know they plan to post one final chapter. I know they intend to express their hurt at being excluded from the praise for the thing they created, and I know they intend to announce that as a consequence they will not be posting for a long while, if at all.

So please, I beg you, don't hide your love of a story from the writer. It's just about the only thing we have.

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This isn't how life is supposed to feel

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what is your number 8 song on your on repeat playlist?

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what do the 4 people who always like my posts want for christmas

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so cool when you find out your mutuals are mutuals with eachother. you guys know eachother? sick

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hey ,,, please draw crutchie!! i miss that guy like more than anything fr…uksies come back

me asf matthew duckett the accurate crutchie u are...

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the newsies script is something that can be so personal

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kill the publicist in your head they are not going to old yeller you if you post a fic chapter after months of not updating

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affirmations

-they should kill me

-they are going to kill me

-im scared because they are going to kill me

-they are going to kill me because i am scared

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Hey, I've got questions about your stance against ai

In writing, ik you are against Ai "writing your fic"

But are there ways ai can be used in writing fics that you are okay with?

Like obviously saying "Hey chatgpt, write a (insert fandom) fic where (insert plot) happens" then just copy pasting it, is wrong

But what about getting ideas from ai? Like prompts, or titles (like i did with 1 fic) or having ai re-write like a sentence to make it sound better or other stuff

tbh i don’t think it’s good to use AI like that for anything related to the creation of art. the brain is a muscle, and in order to hone your skills, you need to step out of your comfort zone. i for one hate titling my fics, but i’d rather struggle & then come to the satisfaction of finding a title on my own than asking a bot to spit a title back at me. plus, i’ve titled over 50+ fics, so that skill is strengthened with repetition.

(plus i’m pretty sure chatgpt is regenerative, meaning that if you send it your fic to give a title to, it can use your work as data to write other people’s fics :/)

prompts are even worse tbh. fandom thrives from conversation. if you’re looking for something to write, explore certain tags and post in them, i promise a real person will have an idea you’re interested in, and maybe you can make a new friend in fandom by talking about that idea together.

also, using AI for rewriting is probably the worst thing you can do. again with strengthening the muscle of your mind and honing the skill. you need to reread your work, reach out to others & maybe get an editor/beta reader. you can and should find writing blogs written by real people, and read books to find writing that intrigues you. that’s crucial to the human experience.

of course, i don’t mean any offense when i say this. i can’t stop you. but i for one would never turn to something non-human to aid in something i consider very human & vulnerable, and i don’t think you should either.

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they were SO boyfriends here i went insane a little bit like okayyyyy alrrr lets flirt during the life threatening situation

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He’s pretty when he lies.

More than pretty, perhaps. There’s a stunning quality to it that takes Daveys breath away- and it’s more than Jack simply having the goddamn audacity. It’s this glimmer the boy gets in his eye, no matter his expression, as if he’s casting a spell merely with his voice. It’s a far too compelling sound to Davey’s ears that slowly eases his thoughts to quiet and his gaze to fall deep into Jack’s, encourages him to simply nod and agree.

And the worst part of it is that Davey doesn’t think Jack has any idea. Jack knows he’s a liar, and he knows he’s pretty in a sense, but Jack can’t seem to understand how damn persuasive he really is in a way Davey can never be. Davey will always need his words, need something he invents to be his backup, but Jack- can get away with things, with a glance and a smile and a glint that only Davey seems to know is one of a false diamond.

And Davey decides right then, at least for now, that he hates it.

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Happy Birthday Dallas Winston ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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jack kelly is a dog because if he doesnt have something to chase, he will bite instead. davey jacobs is a dog because he never got the chance to be angry before it was trained out of him.