#and continues to be a spark of joy!

[thelightningstreak]

Thank you @atlinmerrick for all your hard work to bring this project to life. I'm beyond grateful that my essay, "In Defense of Fanfiction," was accepted for publication in this collection. And I'm so excited to read the work of other contributors!

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Spark: How Fanfiction and Fandom Can Set Your Creativity On Fire

Spark is all about encouragement, permission, it's about firing you up.

Spark: How Fanfiction and Fandom Can Set Your Creativity On Fire hopes to help you believe that your fandom writing, drawing, podficcing – whatever you're creating right now – is, was, and ever shall be legitimate, important, and a fantastic way to expand your community, develop your skills, and above all help you find your voice in the world.

Spark's more than forty essays and interviews from best-selling writers Anne Jamison, Claire O'Dell, Diane Duane, Henry Jenkins, KJ Charles, Lyndsay Faye, Sara Dobie Bauer and many others discuss, encourage, and shout about how fic and fandom in all their glories can absolutely inspire you, set your creativity on fire – and change your world.

Click through to see the entire table of contents — who's in the book and the wonders about which they've written in Spark!

[alekasatics]

babygirl lost in the sauce (it's what she deserves)

[canisalbus]

Sorry but we were speaking about history in a part of one of my classes and when the Vatican came on. I had to draw the sad dog man.

Machete is now immortalized in my class notes. It’s in spanish by the way, which is kind of funnily appropriate considering latin is very close to spanish.

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[moregraceful]

EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!!!!! PAT SIELOFF IS PREGNANT!!!!!

1. Birthday cake from Sierra and Kelly; 2. Gritty soft serve ice cream cup; 3. Sign for Erik Johnson's 1k celebration; 4. Jersey Devil Christmas tree ornament.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hello

You spark joy

That is all

Good day

Marie Kondo can’t get rid of me now

[terrahlee-cup]

Guess who’s up at the ass-crack of why the fuck have I not gone to bed yet? It’s me! Yayyy! (My sleep schedule is so fucked please send help it is 6:30 and I have work it’s LIGHT OUT NO-)

Anywho, this is starting to become a trend but it’s time to talk about me LP boys. I figured I might as well talk a bit about the current time relationships between the turtles since the audio logs are about 8 years or so behind story-wise. I’m not going to talk about them all in one post because that would be a whole mess of formatting, so for now you guys get Leo and Raph.

Hoo boy, Leonardo “Anxiety” Hamato. The absolute fluffball. Out of the younger three siblings he has by far the biggest admiration for his big brother. He still follows Raph around like a baby chick at any social event where they are both present. Considering how much he has seen of Raph just Not Functioning Whatsoever you might think this wouldn’t be the case, but this kid has also seen just how much Raph has accomplished despite what he’s been through. Of course, Leo’s admiration also means the way he talks about Raph can result in some… incredibly confusing experiences for new friends. Leo doesn’t always remember that Raph can be hostile towards people he doesn’t know well. Raph may be kind but he is not nice and that goes double for anyone in their home for the first time. Oftentimes, because of how Leo talks about him, new people will be expecting the sweet older brother instead of the child soldier who grew up being the only protector his brothers had. It leads to some awkward conversations because Leo gets so fucking embarrassed when he forgets to warn people ahead of time. Someone help him lol.

Out of the younger three turtles, Raph is probably the most protective of Leo. The twins may be younger, but those two can and will (happily) stab a bitch when needed. Leo on the other hand will tolerate a bit too much bullshit. He’s a big baby /aff and hates confrontation, so whenever Raph’s with him messing with Leo means messing with Raph. There was that one time where a guy decided to kick Raph’s bad knee, though, and Leo absolutely laid into that dude. The kid has an impressive vocabulary as it turns out, much to Raph’s mortification and Splinter’s amusement. They all know who Leo got it from.

While the twins are off doing their thing Leo and Raph spend a lot of time together. They both enjoy gardening, and Splinter has pretty much given them free rein of the backyard. They’ll be out there for hours taking care of the plants and talking (gossiping, you can’t tell these two shit). When they aren’t outside it’s pretty common to find Leo playing games in Raph’s art room while his brother draws. There is so much body doubling when they need to get shit done, just so much. Oh, these two also have so much blackmail material on each other and it drives the twins insane when they never use it.

[starheirxero]

Please NEVER be normal about your fixations-

It's there, so we can be weird about it, and to make us happy-

MORE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM, MORE ABSTRACT CONCEPTS, MORE DIVINITY, MORE MECHANICS!!!

YES!!! YES!!!!!!!! YOU GET ME ANON YOU GET ME 100%!!! I WILL BE NOTHING BUT WHOLEHEARTEDLY WEIRD AND ABNORMAL AND STRANGE ABOUT MY FIXATIONS AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME RAAAAHHHHHHH 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[emberglowfox]

*logs into tumblr and my notifs are absolutely nuked* oh what the fuck *the shirt is getting notes again* oh okay lol real

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

later in the story I can totally see stunbolt as a guide to human society for other prisoners or diplomat

Bot: *sees giant abomination*"beast! What are they doing we need..."

Stunbolt:"It's a pet, they are called ant eaters. Their very peacfull and calm animals"

Bot:*looks at the Huge clawes, diformed mouth and tonge*".....what"

Stunbolt:"wait till you see the dangerous ones"

He may get that role sooner than you think ;)

[apricote]

i'm so bored of almost all my gameplays 👍

[babygirlsteddie]

i have clawed my way out of hibernation and posted a new chapter for the first time in months i feel invincible

[clawsextended]

a note: i treat memes like i would starters because in my experience plotting tends to fizzle out way too fast. so basically, memes are me saying ‘hey if you feel it, let’s do it!’ if not? just gimme a like. if you wanna save it on your blog for our tag, very welcome to rebagel it. but i always write memes with the intention of continuation, never the expectation. if you make one of my memes a thread — you’ve caught my vibe and i thank you!

[canisalbus]

been scrolling through your art today because the way your shapes flow is such an inspiration and i had a question pop to mind. Machete is part of a religious institution and seems to command some respect as an adult, what's his rank Like bishop, cardinal ect I found myself curious about it!

He's a cardinal!

[axemetaphor]

Previous Spooky anon —

I just wanted to say u did never finish it ✌️😔 I was so sad bc it was genuinely such a good fic n storyline, and I was like ‘aw man I hope they’re okay’ when I saw that it’d not been updated in like 5 years lmaoooo

((Wanted to clarify that I recognized ur old art style from the cover art while looking thru the desolate shadourge tag on here btwww))

Also wanted to say ur art is still so gooooood n has such a distinct vibe

Ok sorry I’ll leave u alone now teehee

hope its cool to answer this public (if not lmk and ill switch it to a private post asdfghj) but yeah that sounds like me lmao sorry i didnt finish it !! if its worth anything im 90% certain i planned a happy fluffy ending for them.

also wow looking thru the tag for the first time since i was like 16/17 is a blast there are So Many people in there now. it used to be like maybe 4 people. look at this new stuff!! what!! that's so awesome

and thank youuuu i pride myself on Doin Stuff Weird in a very specific way ~

[deathinfeathers-a]

//I will continue to be highly selective with the threads i engage with for a while longer, just as a heads up.

[ghwosty]

Going through my clothes to get rid of stuff I haven't worn in 2 years or more and found a shirt I got from my ex that I used to wear to sleep in..