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if you aren't following @tragedy-machine's pomeranian charles au, what are you even doing??

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heard someone say archive of our own should install a "dislike" button and I thought I should say this: no, there's absolutely no need for archive of our own to install a "dislike" button.

why? because archive of our own isn't tiktok or youtube or twitter/x where users can monetize their content. archive of our own is a nonprofit site run by fans for fans, which means every content — every fanfic — you see on archive of our own was made out of pure love and passion from the artists/authors.

ao3 authors write because writing about these characters is their happiness and passion. they write for themselves, but they were generous enough to share with you their creations.

they're not "content creators" the way tiktokers or youtubers or instagram models are. they don't "make content" for views and engagements that can be monetized.

so no, you don't get to "grade their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "say what you dislike about their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "dislike" works that are not made specifically to please you in the first place. you're just a guest in someone's house, a house in which they let you in because they were kind, you don't get to roam around their house and say what you dislike about their furniture. you don't get to roam around their house and say you "dislike their house".

of course, you can have your opinion about the house its host invites you in. but if it's a negative one and you find yourself not liking the house, the polite things for you to do is excuse yourself and leave without telling them you dislike their house.

and just because you personally dislike the house doesn't mean the house is "ugly" either. the house you dislike could be a favorite, most luxurious place to many others.

my point is, don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that you get to enjoy for free. don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that were made out of love and passion — things the artists made for themselves for fun.

it makes you look like an entitled jerk with main character syndrome. the universe does not revolve around you.

now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.

people are so used to contents that were made because it's a trend / contents like tiktok that were made with the main purpose of reaching high engagement and making profits that they forget sometimes things can be made out of love and be made just for fun. sometimes things are supposed to just be for people to enjoy, and if some people don't enjoy them, then they can simply leave without being unnecessary unkind.

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if it's good enough for you, then it deserves to be made. don't let anyone else decide if your story is worth it or not.

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Current work in progress.... I got some fun colored paper, and I wanted to try it out, and what better way to do that then draw Charles Rowland's face several times. It's also a great way to practice drawing expressions, seeing how Jayden has such an expressive face. I'm having a lot of fun with these. Four down, three more to go! :D

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Bro got a little too lost in the sauce

For Pom Charles’ godparent, the lovely @every-moment-a-different-sound ❤️

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Fae who is causing mayhem in London by stealing away pretty people, tries to lay claim to Edwin by using his name (Edwin should be more careful who he's introducing himself to).

Only it doesn't work because Charles (who's part-fae but no one knows it), has already claimed Edwin as his own without realizing it. (he did it the night they met. "You're stuck with me" and he meant it)

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i see your "payneland get together due to a curse that can only be broken by true love's kiss" and i respect it, but a fun alternative that's occurred to me is that about twenty years ago charles and edwin figured out that A) true love's kiss is a sort of all-purpose curse remover, very useful if you get yourselves into magic Situations regularly, and B) platonic kisses count if they are sufficiently loving and true. For example, if the parties involved are committed to spending eternity together.

so now whenever one of them gets cursed their first resort is a kiss. i think charles usually goes for forehead kisses (bonus: he gets to gently cradle edwin's face in his hands), whereas edwin tends to opt for a kiss to the back of charles' hand.

this works at least 70% of the time. in several cases they've done this for curses where the established cure is something else bc it's much easier than tracking down obscure counterspell components or waiting for the moon to be full, which has given them a reputation for being impossible to keep down with curses.

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Have a listen! Also for some other languages! XD

Ooh and another goldie...

me when i speak fluent english but it's still my second language and i missed the pre-school stuff

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AO3 is your oyster...

spin this wheel of fanfic tags. this will be the theme of your day tomorrow.

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Seriously. 

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Take 2, please reblog for spread

It’s by pages guys

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authors!!

quick question...

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Congratulations, youre body has taken on a new form! Spin this wheel three times. These words describe your new body

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You are made to live as a kind of house-pet for one week. You are well taken care of and loved, but you are unable to communicate to the person taking care of you that you are a person. What is your reaction?

Spin the wheel to find out which pet you will spend a week as.

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Ayup... and also the way these two are about each other.

Was rewatching Dead Boy Detective, as one does, and it’s honestly so crazy to me that Edwin is the one canonically in love with Charles when it’s the look Charles gave Edwin in the first few minutes of episode 1 (when they were hiding from Death) that made me go “ooooh so it’s going to be gay! gotcha”

(This one. This is the look)