#I can write whatever trope I want

[cakeinthevoid]

I figured it out. Carrie and Willow are going to be my go to OCs for any given whump prompt. Hardcore whump? Let us reflect on Willow’s time with the institute >:) Caretaker fluff? Hurt comfort? Homeboy Carrie got us covered.

[dem0batz]

I’m so tired of seeing constant criticisms of dark romance and dark romance love interests. Just enjoy what you enjoy and let others enjoy what they enjoy. Like some of y’all are so cruel and mean for no reason to people who are just minding their own business.

[sneakyboymerlin]

It’s 2025 and people are still putting posts that absolutely SHIT on rare pairs in favor of their popular ships in the rare pair tags. Keep that shit out of rare pair tags! We don’t care to see you talking about how your ship is better! 🥱

[drinksglue]

A thing that bothers me is that a lot of pro-ship people are not pro-fiction, and a lot of people who call themselves pro-fiction are not actually pro-fiction.

Without getting into the hypocrisy of people who are pro-ship but not pro-fiction, there's a need to engage in a little bit of healthy gatekeeping here.

I've seen "pro-fiction" folks who understand that sexual topics in fiction are fine, even defending the especially gratuitous stuff as you'd expect, but then they still have their hang-ups about the use of non-sexual tropes that they find distasteful, and I've seen "pro-fiction" people call others "braindead" for being in fandoms they dislike.

So let's set the story straight.

Pro-fiction means all fiction. If you, at any point, claim a certain trope or theme shouldn't ever be used in fiction because it "might offend someone", then you are not pro-fiction. If you insult people for liking a piece of media or being in a fandom that you don't like, then you are not pro-fiction. You are only using the label because it makes you look good.

And for anyone who might be considering replying to this post with anything along the lines of "Yes, except---" then instead consider not doing that. There are no exceptions. Fiction is fiction. I will block you. Have a great day.

[lynx-sunfall]

Ranboo in the stream in my background as I'm writing fanfic to try and get tired: it's like yaoi that's trying not to be yaoi, but it's definitely yaoi

Me: wait, wasn't this a chaotic cooking game? Why are you talking about yaoi???? What did I miss while writing and not listening??

[anantaru]

the anantaru village is so close to hitting 30k, i need to brainstorm a big event because i haven't done one in so long and you guys deserve it 💓

this is us guys

[icewindandboringhorror]

I'm so heavily anti-advertising that all pitches sound goofy silly to me/I can never take them seriously, so I have no idea how I'll manage to to advertise my game even if I do finally finish it soon-ish lol...

[trekkele]

but oh hey if we’re talking about fic tropes that annoy us and feel genuinely out of character, that one “character finds out Jason is alive (pre red hood) and doesnt tell Bruce” is mine.

[cloud-somersault]

when people make posts about what they want to see more of in fics, i'm kinda like 🧍‍♀️ ....what is the expectation, like what does that do....

other than other people agreeing and being like "YEAH i'd love to see that too!" like what else does it do......

[followerofmercy]

Came to the devastating realization that most of my fandom bitching is just "I don't like writing that misses the point of everything important about a character." Scalding hot take, I know.

[the-dragon-hearted]

Being an asexual multishipper when your handed a love triangle be like:

Couple A & B: I love the vibes. Immaculate vibes. Incredible tension. Sex? Idk, just keep that tension going. Hate/love each other forever. Give me a fight scene where they keep complimenting each other. That's the SHIT! Give me an argument and then earnest apologies. Mutual respect folks but also that tasty hate/affection. I don't care if it's not healthy I WANT IT -

Couple A & C: Sweet, precious, wholesome folks. Cuddle each other if you must, wonderful. Make each other breakfast. Never change. Kisses? Sure, but have you imagined them dancing to the radio, smiling softly as they plan what to make for dinner? BECAUSE I HAVE -

Couple B & C: MMMMMM so tell me more about the asshole with a heart of gold trope. Yep. Yep give me that protective nature. Yep. Wonderful. I need you two to go through hell together holding each other's hands the whole time. Fucking? I could care less, just keep holding hands in the fires of hell please. That gets me.

Throuple A & B & C: Those shenanigans are incredible. The taunting? The inside jokes? The shared glances at each other? MORE! MORE OF THEM. I DON'T CAREEEE ABOUT HOW THEY'D FUCK HOW DO THEY GET IN THE CAR? Who holds the door, who climbs in first, who drives? Who prefers highways? Who's the nighttime driver?Who's got the radio? What are the games they play on road trips? Give me the gossip sessions where they catch each other up, PLEASE -

[bmpmp3]

lemme tell you im starting to get a little sick of when im complaining about when a show or movie is writing a major female character with not as much depth as her male cohorts or she's written oddly plot device-like for a main character and people always tell me "oh but it's intentional, we're seeing her through the eyes of the male main character and he has a crush on her so he doesnt see her flaws" because like

FIRST of all yeah i get it but its hard to write that trope interestingly to me at this point without a lot of work put into subversion so intentionality doesnt make it any less boring

SECONDLY half the time people say this about ensemble cast stuff and like why is the random dude suddenly designated as the most perspective of all perspective characters when it comes to this specific woman. why dont we get to see the other characters perspectives on her too?

AND THIRDLY do people view women they have crushes on as bland plot devices without lives of their own enough irl that this is so universal in writing? isnt the point of having a crush wanting to hang out and know more about your crush, know about their likes and dislikes and all that. am i missing something here

[lesbiangiratina]

Not very fond of people like waving off testament’s gender as just a Gear Thing but well at least it becomes funny when people apply it to gears as a whole. Like yeah i can agree with that. It has nothing to do with being a gear tho theyre all just transgender

[cynic-says-stuff]

I am going to fight the person who decided that the "grumpy adult who reluctantly takes in a child" trope had to be between a grumpy man and a child. Where are my grumpy women :/

[pumpkinrootbeer]

listen I have to speak my truth I have to #bereal with all of you who write sibling relationships where the youngest was raised by the oldest as a younger sibling raised by my older sibling. I do not think of them as my "Mom" or my "Dad", I have not nor will I ever accidentally call them dad. I don't celebrate them on mothers or fathers day, I don't want to call them mom or dad because they're not. my mom or dad?

And everyone who grew up in a similar situation is going to have different feelings on it, hell I have complicated feelings on it. (They're not my parent but they're the closest thing I'll ever have to a parent but they are Definitely Not My Dad but also I am their kid ect and so forth). but it's like this weird thing I see where the only way people can grasp a concept like "raised by a family member" is "they must think of them as Parent™" when that has never rung true for me.

Especially because we aren't that far apart in age so this idea that this person who you also tell to kys and send penis memes too is my parent is weird like no they're my Sibling. Yes they set my bedtime and made me dinner and checked my hw but they're also the person who I rebelled against our parents with.

And I think a lot of it stems from this idea in fandom that "found family" means "nuclear family" so people can't really grasp non traditional familial relationships like "raised by older sibling." A huge part of why this rubs me the wrong way is this idea that the "dad/mom" is the Bigger more important relationship so that's got to be what they Want to call their sibling when. no. Like you don't need a Dad and a Mom and the 2.5 kids in your family dynamics sometimes you just need yourself and your weird older sibling who convinced you to eat a entire sheet of construction paper per day for an entire week because you need the fiber.

[uh-oh-its-bird]

Am I the only one who gets a little squinty whenever an fic writer makes one and only one of the people in a previously gay ship genderbent, seemingly for no reason than to make the ship straight?

To be absoloutley clear, I am NOT talking about fics where a character is trans / its written from a gender perspective (ex: how would character a being the opposite gender impact the narrative and character dynamics) / etc.

I'm talking about when it's literally just a ship fic but the gays are straight now. Nothing else is remotely different or out of place they're just straight for some reason. And it's ONLY the gay ship, everyone else is still the same gender.