#I'm just really tired

[shiyorin]

Two moods

[the-13th-battalion]

I've said it before but I'm gonna say it again, but louder

If you want a fic updated, the best way to do it is to offer support and love

This does NOT mean commenting, "Any updates?" or "Are you still updating this?" or something similar, or messaging something of the same lines like, "When are you updating this fic?" That's actually a way to push the fic update even farther back. That's demotivating and frustrating as an author.

We love writing our fics! And honestly I've never written a fic I didn't intend to finish, and I don't know any other authors who don't feel the same as me! All our fics are intended to be finished! What kills it, in my experience, is namely a lack of enthusiasm from readers.

Let me explain.

I write the fics I want to read. I write the fics I want to be canon. I write my heart. I share it because I want to feel a connection with people. I feel boosted and accomplished when someone shares the experience of my story with me. Even when it's only one or two people commenting on details they loved or sending me incoherent screaming, I am filled with joy and connection and I want to keep sharing!

So why are the "Any updates?" comments not the same feeling? Simple. No connection. They make me feel sour and disheartened, like the person only cares about getting more content and not sharing a story with me. What use is there writing a fic, spending hours and hours crafting a story I love, when all people care about is getting new content for their fandom?

I don't mean to sound pretentious or like I'm begging for positive feedback. I'm not, really. I'm saying that if you really want those updates, go back to that fic and leave a comment telling the author something you enjoyed. If you want fics similar to that one, even, go back and leave a comment about something you loved.

It takes thirty seconds to type, "I loved when (character) said (this thing) about (character). So cute!! Thanks for sharing!" This will earn you more chapters, more fics, and the undying love of your favorite fic authors.

Go forth and comment.

[twice-damned-birdie]

i am going to put my head through a wall.

[uozlulu]

Good morning to everyone but my body that kept me up all night last night because it's trash

[vertin-is-the-frog-guys]

hi guys :3

i'll be not doing stuff on this blog for a while

so dw if u see me randomly disappear

[soupsandstars]

Hulk sketches from today!

[snovyda]

Sixth air raid in one evening. And I don't even have the emotional capacity to feel ANYTHING about it...

[le-panda-chocovore]

JUJUTSU KAISEN LEAKS SPOILERS

I'm not not happy that she's back, I love her, I want all my babies to be alive and fine, but i'm just like... Why ??? How ??? Why now ??

It's been more than 200 chapters. It's been fucking years. I made up my mind, I mourned and grieved her, and I moved on. So it's just... Wierd, I guess ? To see her spamming like that ?

Idk, I think I feel like Gege was in a rush to finish the manga that he's just going to speedrun the fight, and he needed an OP character able to do enough damages to Sukuna to justify this, so ✨ SURPRISE ! She's here now !!! ✨

He confirmed she was dead and now what ?

[bbrooklynbabe]

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

operation "how much estrogen leeway do we have" has commenced and it's only been 2 days but i'm so frustrated my muscles are still acting like they've been through a marathon

[chishigure]

[carnage-cathedral]

I think it's just me. I think it's just me trying to justify my own dumb ideas

[streamofconsciousofatree]

So uh.. this was just gonna be a place to post about whatever I'm reading at the moment, but with every other social media site falling to shreds, I just might as well blog to get this off my chest.

SCOTUS passed a ruling today. Basically says it's ok, at least for small businesses or whatever, to hang "no gays" signs. de facto, at least. and it's got me feeling a lot.

See, there's a coworker of mine, in retail hell. A petite, middle-aged women whose really friendly. We chat a lot, and I adore our chats, but there's always a glimpse of uglier stuff lurking beneath the surface. She seemed, at least to a nominal degree, to be skeptical of mail-in voting when that was being talked about so much, anti-vaccine mandates. She seems to have that acceptable level of discomfort with people that use food and housing assistance, clinging to anecdotes about people abusing those systems. She accepted me when I came out as trans, which I admit I was mildly concerned about, but I feel I'm "one of the good ones" in a way.

I bring her up not because I think she'd be ok with this ruling, but because I feel there'd be a "...but-" after. Maybe I'm being a little uncharitable, but I bring her up because she's who I picture when I imagine the common person out there who isn't terminally online, who isn't rabidly anti-gay or fervently xenophobic or grossly chauvinistic or any of that jazz, but who still votes R down ballot. The common person who may not have fierce opinions on the culture war bullshit but is nonetheless firmly inside the conservative media sphere. The normal shit like Fox or... well whatever else is standard fair media for Xers.

My point is that I just want to grab someone like that, and shake them by the shoulders. I want to, in a way purer than words can express, explain to them just how sickening it feels to me. There's this weird sort of unspoken assumption that "well the big businesses are available everywhere now and they'll never start doing that" and that that somehow just stops segregation from happening again. Maybe that's actually the case, I don't know, but this is about more than that. That 'NO GAYS ALLOWED' sign isn't just a factual statement that I can't go do business there, it's a public, proud declaration of hostility toward me; proclamation in the town square that I am not welcome here—not just "here" as in the owner's storefront—but in their town, in their community; and it's an implicit demand: "Know your place, subhuman."

And I just want to ask them how that is any different to the song and dance they did sixty years ago, and why that makes it any more acceptable than it was then. I want to believe that when I ask those questions, I wouldn't already be seeing the cogs turning to crank out an extra layer of justification for that carefully crafted narrative.

[i-drop-level-one-loot]

Take as much time as you need! We appreciate you no matter what, your mental health matters 😌

Thank you. I'm struggling haha. I've turned off asks, not for forever, but just for a little while. I really enjoy writing but the struggle is real.

[uozlulu]

Woke up to Mrs. McMahon is Education Secretary and Dr. Oz is going to be in charge Medicare and Medicaid so I think I've just hit that plateau of everything's just so fucking weird already

[dantesleftball]

still poetryingtosurvive