#and that was back in the livejournal days

[raincitygirl76]

I was on LiveJournal back in the days of Strikethrough. It was scary. And an LJ mutual who was an incest survivor had her account taken down, because she'd talked about her experiences and tagged for them. An actual survivor of pedophilia losing her support system because of supposed anti-pedophilia crusaders. It was truly fucking Orwellian.

i didnt realise ao3 was started in response to lj deleting account relating to p//edophi|ia and they explicitly support the posting of such works yikes

[summonerluna]

I don't know how to exist in a new fandom. I am so freaking awkward and anxious and have spent so long in ffviii where I have close, *deep* friendships, and at least recognize a lot of other active fan's usernames, and feel (with a few exceptions) accepted here.

And now I have this new fandom and want to flail and scream at how much I love some of the fic and art generated and finally understand from the *other* side of things why people say they feel a little unhinged if they do that.

[fiveht]

Some notes on some stuff

An update on creative pursuits:

I can now honestly admit that part of me never thought I'd be able to say this, BUT! Adore part 3 is now completely written. Let me be clear, at no point did I give up on hoping and wanting to finish it, but for a while in the past year it felt like an absolutely insurmountable task that I would never wrap my brain around. I want to give myself some time to sit with it, so it's not getting posted yet, but I will give a tentative, rough estimate of late March or early April for the first chapter. Surprise surprise, it's the longest instalment yet, at over 60k words.

Concerning binding and other transformative works:

I've had a few inquiries about binding Adore verse and I don't think I've answered most of them (sorry!), so I'll just say this:

I give blanket permission for anyone to create a binding, podfic, translation, or artwork of any of my stories. I don't even mind if you don't ask me first, as long as you tell me about it once you share it. In the case of bindings, I'd love to be sent a copy, if at all possible. In the case of any other works shared in online spaces, I'd just like for you to include a link back to the original work on AO3. And for translations, I'd prefer that it be kept on AO3 itself, because I really am not a fan of other fanfic hosting websites. If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot me a DM, and don't be shocked if it takes me several weeks to respond, because that's just how I roll.

[secondbeatsongs]

when you're into the Big Ship™ in a Big Fandom™, you have the luxury of having an OTP - a real One True Pairing, where you can read about just them for ages, and you will never run out of fics, and everything is perfect and beautiful and nothing hurts

but when you go to a smaller fandom, you'd better pray to whatever god you worship that someone else in this room ships the same thing that you do, and that if they do, they're writing more than late-night crackfic, because you're on thin fucking ice!

and how small is your small fandom? is it less than 100 fics? maybe even...less than 20 fics?

welp, then it's time to make peace with that god and either open up a text document or learn how to ship everything, because it's swim or drown babey! and your ship is sinking fast

anyway all of this is to say that after hanging out in small fandoms and shipping less-common pairings for a while, going back into a Big Huge Fandom™ is wild because suddenly it's like...wait, why didn't I ship these people again? I don't remember. why was I only sticking to one ship in this fandom?? boring of me, honestly. these guys should make out.

[abrandnewshadow]

2008 livejournal discussion about f.t.willz

both posted by anon in 2008. and where tf did they get that idea

I liked this persons case below

and some relevant comments here

[piratespencilart]

These two have been one of my favourite sorta niche One Piece ships for years and I'm so glad the live action did them justice. :)

[littlebreadrolls]

bertie wooster: fanart comparison, 2013 vs 2024

I was sketching bertie wooster today, and I suddenly remembered that my teenage self had drawn bertie wooster too

and that my teenage self had even submitted that drawing to a LIVEJOURNAL COMMUNITY called indeedsir (back in the days when livejournal communities still existed).

so i dug through my old computer files to find the old fanart and

yeah. 10 years. wow. it went by just like that.

the sages were right. the years really do start coming and they don't stop coming.

[mirror-and-mind]

This is the thing I'm talking about if anyone hasn't seen it.

This would be for the Mononoke series from 2007, NOT the Ghibli movie.

[lith-myathar]

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[nimoy]

i was an acdc freak for most of the beginning of my life and was like majorly obsessive (they were literally like. my world revolved around then basically) over them/they were like, my main special interest probably from ages 9-15 and i hardly listen to them anymore but these last few days theres been an omen lurking. i read brian johnsons new(ish) book during a time of great weakness and remembered that unfortunately this dick and balls butt rock band that none of my friends like bc theyve all evolved their tastes past middle school are like, actually my boo boo bears.

[zombeesknees]

i was confused as to why my dash was suddenly full of LOST -- specifically the "Pilot", which, truth be told, really IS a helluva pilot, regardless of what came after -- and then I realized yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the premiere.

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

I’m sorry but that boomer woman commenting on Georgia Tennant’s Staged post with powerful thirst is living rent free in my head

The entire British press: Wow look how cute Michael Sheen and David Tennant’s friendship is!! Wow, they’re such close friends, look at their bromance, they have such ✨ chemistry (no homo,) they’re totes obsessed with each other in an super heterosexual platonic way!!1! ^_^

Irene: Lol they fuckin can I watch

[overlyspecificmcrmemes]

ao3 being down hasn’t bothered me too much because i have unholyverse pdf downloaded onto my phone so ill be good for at least 48 hours but once im finished rereading it again for the millionth time i may have to resort to livejournal bandom

[ghoulangerlee]

posting that rite here rite now fic gained me some new followers, so like hi! im lee, im in my 30s, i like to write silly little fics. i do write stuff abt the ghouls but i really enjoy tossing copia into the pile and seeing what happens with that.

other than that i play video games, dm a three+ year long d&d game, and teach myself italian in my free time

i think that's it, but i love new friends and i love writing things for people so if you wanna drop in my ask or dms and chat im for that! my pinned post has links to where you can find all my fics too :) but if you peruse the my writing tag on my blog its all there as well!

[thecolorsfucked]

trying to build distress tolerance and one of the coping skills mentioned is an old proana trick to retrain ur brain about hunger

[rubber-garage]

We’re like pioneers or something