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david lynch telling people in 2017 that you should accept trans people or kill yourself. he was so real for this.

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If you’re queer was the first label you identified with the one you’re currently identifying as?

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Thoughts, anyone? Even if this was a real person getting 'help' to write a 'better' comment - do i just thank them? Do I tell them not to do that?

Not just because "it weirds the author out", although it does set my teeth on edge (I know I have a rabidly anti-AI stance that the average writer probably doesn't share). But mostly because I'm concerned they fed parts of my writing/my author's note etc. into the ai to generate the comment, and i'm trying so hard to keep my work out of the art theft machine. I recognise this was probably done for extremely benign reasons (presumably a person wanting to come up with an extra nice review!!) but.... God I just really don't like where this is going.

Robot or No Bot?

hey to anyone currently more on AO3 than I am, I received a very nice but also extremely suspiciously vague and oddly worded comment on a fic of mine and I can't decide if it's a bot or not:

this was posted by a registered user (registered since 2019), but their profile is completely empty, no bookmarks, no nothing - which isn't that unusual i guess but. The wording is just. So odd. It has nothing to do with the content of the story, which is mostly what tripped me up, and also just how weirdly formal it is? I don't know

I'm thinking it's either a bot or someone using chat gpt or other AI to write their comment for them. it's SCREAMING chatgpt. right??

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honestly its funny when really long standing fandom is starved of new content, because people start dissecting the source material in really specific ways. not in analytic way, because that was done long ago, but like in "desperately using microscope to try find very last scraps of meat" kind of way.

what i mean is that at some point i saw lotr gif set that was like "frodo + looking to left"

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Robot or No Bot?

hey to anyone currently more on AO3 than I am, I received a very nice but also extremely suspiciously vague and oddly worded comment on a fic of mine and I can't decide if it's a bot or not:

this was posted by a registered user (registered since 2019), but their profile is completely empty, no bookmarks, no nothing - which isn't that unusual i guess but. The wording is just. So odd. It has nothing to do with the content of the story, which is mostly what tripped me up, and also just how weirdly formal it is? I don't know

I'm thinking it's either a bot or someone using chat gpt or other AI to write their comment for them. it's SCREAMING chatgpt. right??

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arkady was so hot i'll never forgive the americans for not doing a single interesting thing with him. i deserved to watch him covered in blood

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“Another one? Cal, you have a very bad habit of picking up strays.” - Greez Dritus

STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER (2019) STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR (2023)

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aus aktuellem Anlass

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The way you draw Merrin makes me want to explode shes so pretty

thank you! and that's so cal-core of you

(commission info // tip jar!)

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i’m so sorry for the typo. justice for wuthering heights.

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Surprise! Tumblr just got turned into an epic fantasy RPG, just like [your favorite appropriate media franchise]. And the Tumblr RPG's plot needs to have all of its characters covered, in roles both large and small.

That means that you are assigned to a stereotypical RPG role inside our new fantasy world. Spin this wheel to find out what you are now doing for a living.

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Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats  🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?  🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love 🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that? 🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis 🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help? 🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love 💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now?  🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis 🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both?  🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before 🎲 ⇢ what stops you from writing more in your free time?  🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings 🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual? 🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now 📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?  🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character 🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project? 🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on ❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best? 🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity 🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh  🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work? 🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate 🥝 ⇢ do you lie a lot? what's the most recent lie you told? 🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately  🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing?  🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing 🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises? 🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here ☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username? 🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them 🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them 🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it 🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

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The Beacon - a Rebelcaptain Secret Santa Fic!

merry christmas my dear @incognitajones! i hope it was full of peace and wonder and that you were able to relax, see some loved ones, and give and receive some very special gifts! this is my very special gift to you, my friend! i hope you enjoy my interpretation of cannon-verse different first meeting! i had (and am having) so, so much fun with this prompt and i hope you have half as fun reading it!

many many thanks goes out to @quarantineddreamer for the near-constant encouragment, relentless sprints, and lovely key-smashing. also, as always, my lovely, lovely friend @justwandering-neverlost is the one to thank for the lovely moodboard! thank you so much, my love, for lending your talent to making this gift all the more special! <3

PREVIEW

He had fought well, injured as he was. Had fought with the skill of someone who’d obviously had formal training, but had also fought with the scrappiness and ruthlessness of someone who’d obviously had to fight for their life before. And yet… he had spared her when pretty much anyone else would have shot her dead the moment they’d gotten the upper hand. Just as she had tried to do to him.

“You coming?” his (certainly not pleasantly) accented voice comes echoing from the gloom he had wandered into. She’d been trying to place that accent, but had so far been unsuccessful and she certainly isn’t going to just ask. He halts in his progress, turns back to look at her questioningly. A single shaft of silvery, shivery storm light bands over half of his face, throws his sharp features into stark contrast. He throws his hand out in a ‘what’s the hold up?’ sort of gesture that sends a rush of hilarity up her spine. He’s acting as if this had been the plan all along.

This is such a terrible idea. She couldn’t, shouldn’t, trust this strange man to not try to kill her, abuse her, or any number of other horrible things, anymore than she could trust a rancor to not tear her to shreds. Couldn’t and definitely shouldn’t rely on this man who obviously had a screw or two loose to help her like he seemed so intent upon doing.

People don’t help. People are not kind— or at least not kind for nothing. There’s always a catch.

read it on ao3!

tagging @therebelcaptainnetwork