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[averlym]

4 on the angst list with Araleyn please I need them to suffer

4 : "but it's my fault, right?" (prompt list here)

[lisxdumbr]

The whole "if a person is mad at you it's their responsibility to tell you" thing just made me realize how fucked my situation is. Like just. woah

[cicadasides]

i'm really sad about the situation with my grandparents...i just wish things were different :/

[fragglerockopinions]

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[rosemarytales]

social interaction

[lucyvaleheart]

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[inkedlove]

so frustrating when you wanna be someone's friend and they just are not cooperating. I'M INTERESTED IN YOU AS A PERSON. PLEASE INTERACT WITH ME.

[comfycel]

ppl don't understand that we know connor sucks we know he's an awful human being and we wouldn't support him if he was a person irl but we also understand he's a product of his upbringing and he's delusional to the point he doesn't see the damage he's done so liking him as well as liking the rest of the roys doesn't mean we justify/ignore their actions, we just connect to the humanity they show in the show (lmao)

[burger-goblin]

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[sylhea-raemi]

and what if nero thinks of himself as a tool for the three magicians he knew for a decade. what if he only limits as himself as a pawn, what if that's why he so easily threw himself as a sacrifice to protect his friends.

[kedreeva]

Not to be That Guy but this isn't new. This has been going on 20+ years at least, because I remember seeing it way back in my early ff.net days, people only posting fic when they get x number of comments or faves or hits or whatever. It doesn't make it particularly exciting to encounter, especially as a reader, but it's not *new.*

Be upset by it if that's your thing, but the reason you're seeing it become more prevalent is because authors aren't getting engagement like they used to get. They're desperate for attention. Maybe there's some people who are doing it the other way around (writing fic to get attention on other platforms), but it stems from the same place: wanting attention.

And like you said, wanting attention isn't a bad thing. But it's not bad in ANY situation. It's human to want attention, to want validation, to want interaction, to want to be told your efforts at creating something were worthwhile (or that YOU are worthwhile). People may choose to go about acquiring this in unsavory ways if they can't figure out how to get it in ways you approve of, or they may want attention for unsavory things (like AI fic) but the wanting of attention isn't bad and it's not a somehow immoral or bad reason to write fic. It might not produce the same quality of fic, but bad fanfiction can be written regardless of how much someone loves something, and judging PEOPLE by the quality of their fic isn't cool.

Additionally, people have ALWAYS written fic for attention. I'm not saying everyone, I'm saying there's always been people who do it. And like I said, actually it's fine to do that. No one is forcing you to read those fics, or to follow that person, or to like anything they make. They're not doing anything that actually endangers fanfiction just by waiting to post chapters until they've gotten some attention. There's plenty of people not doing that, just like there's always been. They're not forcing you to do the same. Doing so doesn't legally endanger fanfiction the way asking for things like money would. Maybe it's annoying to you, personally, but that's not a fandom crime.

Are you also angry at artists who paywall their fanart on Patreon or similar? Because it's not really different. You could say they're withholding fan creations from the fandom until they get something in return (money). You could say they're not doing it because they love it, they're just doing it for money. Even though it's pretty well accepted (and I for one am happy any creator can make a living, or at least ease the burden of living, by creating stuff, if that's what they want to do). Fanfiction writers can't legally charge money the way artists can, but it's not so different to want something in return for effort.

Are you also mad that published authors write for money? That they don't publish their books unless they get a book deal and get paid? Is their writing worse just because they're doing it for their job, regardless of if they love it or not? Are you SURE that all fanfiction is worse if it's being done "for attention" rather than you judging fanfiction that's bad and blaming attention seeking as the problem? Are you SURE that's the path you wanna walk, when so many authors think their fic is bad and have imposter syndrome over the idea?

Are you SURE that the person posting for attention is a bad writer *because* they want attention? Or is it possible that they're just a bad writer and also happen to be sharing for attention?

Because I can tell you one universal truth about fanfiction.

EVERYONE shares it in public for attention. Everyone. If they didn't want it to be seen and enjoyed by others, they would just write it and never share it. I know PLENTY of authors that do exactly that- just write little fanfics for themselves and never share it. The only reason to post it in public is because you want someone else to be able to read it.

As much as you don't like seeing people hold fic hostage for attention, this supposedly morally pure stance that fanfiction is only good if it's written out of love and with no desire for attention and that the only good fanfiction is written like this is not really something I love to see perpetuated, either.

And honestly, if the fic is THAT bad, if you can't stomach the fic because "motivation shows more than you realize" then... does it really matter if they're holding onto chapters for ANY reason? If it's not a fic you want to read because their motivation wasn't pure enough for you, then you wouldn't be reading it anyway if they didn't do that, because their motivation would be the same.

And I'm adding for the record, I'm not saying you have to like it, personally. Just that it's been around much longer than you're implying, and that it doesn't have morality attached to it.

What do you mean by the contentification of fic? Just curious as to why you think it’s bad!

ok i warned you this might be a bit old man screaming at the sky but you asked i shall answer

i think this trend i have seen a lot on specifically twitter lately where people are like “will post the fic when i get x number of new followers!” or “x number of likes and I’ll drop the chapter” is an incredibly depressing indictment of how even creative spaces like fic writing are being overrun by what i feel is a capitalism driven desire to contentify and ultimately commodify your every hobby and interest (aka when people are like omg you crochet start a tiktok business but with fic)

there’s nothing wrong with promoting your fic - we all do it and we should all promo our work when it’s live - but i find it hard to stomach this new trend where people are effectively holding back their work until they hit certain follower goals or numbers of likes. it doesn’t make me feel like you’re writing for the love of it or for the love of the characters - more that you’re writing for the attention and the potential following it will give you.

and listen, there’s nothing inherently wrong with desiring attention, but this contentification of fic where it’s being used as a tool to build your online following makes me feel mega icky. promo your fic to your hearts content but if you’re going to be like will post this fic when i get 300 new followers!!! it makes me immediately distrustful of the motivations behind you writing fic. you know? you should write because you love it. not because it gets you twitter followers and you crave a cult of your own or whatever.

and my hot and controversial take is that you can tell who’s writing and posting fic because they want to gain traction on twitter (the above mentioned contentification) and those who write because they love the characters. motivation shows in your words more than you realise.

[ninjuice]

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[fragglerockopinions]

You're supposed to ask for help. If you don't ask for help you're never going to get help and you will be condemned for being useless and taking no actions to help yourself. If you ask for help. no one is going to help you. you are not allowed to wish that anyone help you or expect anyone to help you or you are a selfish piece of shit. you are not allowed to wish things were better. You're not allowed to ask for help actually because you are selfish and you didn't think about how others might feel being put in the vulnerable and intimate position of being asked for help. your friends did not consent to being asked for help or explained why you've been having problems and you should have thought about the way they felt before you forced them to read your texts asking them for help. I'm not even joking I should just kill myself because there is actually genuinely no such thing as getting better or getting help or being a good friend ?

[daumat]

going back to uni at Mens Lover Academy (university for the gals and the gays and anyone else personally harmed by being into men) to do my PhD on Why Boys Are Stupid

[lucyvaleheart]

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[gonzodangerfeels]

Those pesky adverbs