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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

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Dear Fandom readers - an etiquette fail

AO3 is not goodreads. It is not the NYT bestseller list.

You paid no money to read these stories. They are, in fact, a labor of love, done on the off time in the off hours of people who are writing for the joy of writing and the joy of the story.

Your ratings are not appreciated. Not by other readers, who don't know you from adam. Not by fandom-savvy passerby.

And not, in fact, by the author. Who again: Wrote this for fun. In their spare time - around work, around family and friend commitments. Around the rest of their lives. Fandom clout almost never "pays off" in any monetary gains, in any form of physical or financial security.

So please stop "rating" us on something we do for joy.

Today, a fellow fanauthor shared this with me. It was not on any story of my own, but they understandably needed a moment to go "wtf" and process it all. With their permission, I now share this with you.

You won't find this comment on AO3 anymore, by the by.

I have... a lot of issues with this. First of all being something that would be a C-grade in any US school system is not a "Good Rating" for most folks, but many of my issues would be the same even in this commenter had rated this a 10/10.

It boils down to this:

Why are you grading us on something we all are here to do solely for fun and personal enjoyment? Why does it have to be good?

Why can't it just be a labor of love and of joy to be good enough for you, dear commenter?

Do I, as a fanauthor, want to write well? Sure! I do want to write good stories. But I didn't ask random readers to grade me on them. Not in bookmarks that I can easily check, and certainly not in my comments section. And I never will want them to. Every author I've talked to agrees. Is there someone out there who might want this? Sure. Most likely, even! The human experience and desires are broad and varied. But in my experience, if they do exist in Fandom, they're the vast minority. So please:

Don't.

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Autumn 🍂 Fall ! 🎃 My favorite time of the year❣️ Can you find Tribble?

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Autumn 🍂 Fall ! 🎃 My favorite time of the year❣️ Can you find Tribble?

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Love when Rodney snaps his fingers 💙

Rodney McKay + snapping his fingers for @cassiope25

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Beautiful.

the parting glass

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I don't understand why people who promote Due South don't include both Rays. The show didn't begin with Ray Kowalski! And true fans should speak up when they see that Ray Vecchio is being ignored.

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Aww, best of everything to them.

shout out to the literal fan fiction happening a few blocks from my apartment. there has been this halal meat market on the corner for like 19 years that the owner’s son just inherited and directly across the street this woman opened a kosher grocery store and since day one they’ve had this very friendly fake rivalry, playing it up for the customers, it’s always been super goofy and light hearted. so turns out last night she proposed in the middle of the afternoon rush in the meat market and he said YES and she’s moving her store to the adjacent empty storefront on the left so they can have a JOINT GROCERY STORE it is so fucking cute I wish them the happiest marriage ever

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Ooh, I love it❣️

I don't know. I just wanted this picture to exist, so I made it.

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Baby no

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Idea by my beloved @agaywithcoffee

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Those people are blind! Rodney is so sexy ❣️

That awkward moment when someone says they don't find Rodney McKay attractive

And you’re like

And then you’re like, just look at his face! Is this the face of an unattractive person?

Just look at his ARMS, and shoulders

The way he somehow makes condescending behavior sexy…

Not to mention the way he fills out a suit (hnnnggghhh)

And then they’re like, “IDK, he just isn’t that sexy”

And you’re like

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I know I’m gonna love it. 💙💙💙

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagan Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Music, Dubious Science, Falling In Love, SGA Saturday Prompt Challenge, Romantic Fluff Summary:

Dr Weir gave John a conspiratorial grin and there was really no way he was ever going to say no to this. Not when he felt like … not quite so much that he’d come home, but that home had marched right up to him, slung an arm over his shoulder, and said ‘mine’.

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This is perfect. Makes me smile so big. I’ve never wanted to join a book club, because it seemed to me that the women all wanted to discuss “important” books. I hate that. I want to read for fun.

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Rodney butt❣️