#fanfic writers are screwed

[3m3r4ldth3s1lly]

I KEEP SEEING PEOPLE POSTING THAT RUMBLE PACK MIGHT BE OR ARE POSTING A FANFICS EPISODE? IM CHANGING MY HANDLE ON WATTPAD IN CASE THEY CHECK WATTPAD AND FIND MY SHORTS WARS INFECTION AU FANFIC 🥰🥰

ALSO I APOLOGIZE BUT I MAY GENUINELY BURST OUT LAUGHING IF THEY FIND THE JONNY X DANNO ONE ON WATTPAD-

[my-castles-crumbling]

My new goal is to write at least 1,084,170 word of harry potter fanfic because the original series is that long and if I write more than that I can actually say I have written more about the characters than JKR and logically know them better than she does.

(Currently at 686,833)

[sundaynightlive]

Character Development (Steddie)

“If I were you… I would get her back.”

Steve snaps suddenly out of his trance—Eddie’s a pretty boy to look at. Dangerously so. In fact, half of this conversation has gone completely over his head, which is probably why he’s misinterpreted it completely.

“Hold on—pause,” he says, perplexed, “We’re not flirting?” They stop walking in unison, Eddie freezing out of shock, Steve anticipating it. Eddie looks at him, wide eyed, jaw going slack and then taught like he can’t decide which conveys his surprise better.

“I… what?”

“I was just making eyes at you,” Steve says, and then groans, pinching the bridge of his nose. “God damn it, I’ve really lost my touch.”

“No!” Eddie exclaims quickly, “Ah, no.” He’s flustered. Steve sees the flush in his face—he’s not trying to hide it. “No it’s… it’s working. I just didn’t think… you’re into guys?” Steve shrugs.

“Yeah.”

“Oh.”

They stand there awkwardly for a moment, and then Eddie bumps his shoulder into Steve’s and they continue walking, easing out of the tension.

“So… how long?”

“How long what?”

“Have you known?” Eddie clarifies, and Steve notices their knuckles are brushing between them. He gazes up at Rob and Nancy, who are blissfully unaware.

“Well… someone came out to me recently so I started looking into it, called my uncle—man, that was an awkward conversation.”

“Your uncle?”

“Oh—he’s gay—has a partner and stuff. They live in California and we visited sometimes when my parents still took me places, you know.” Eddie blinks at him, nodding his head a little bit, but doesn’t look like he’s fully comprehending anything Steve’s saying at all. Steve takes a turn bumping Eddie’s shoulder, thinking maybe it’ll jolt awake some of those gears in his brain.

Their pinkies hook.

“So… what was the conclusion?” Eddie asks, like he doesn’t already know.

“I’ve had nasty thoughts about Harrison Ford way too many times to be straight,” Steve admits cheekily, “He said I’m bi, I guess. It means—“

“I know what it means, Steve.” Steve grins at him, a little sheepish, and Eddie smiles back, something soft and personal. It’s an expression Steve hasn’t seen him make yet, even with all his damn theatrics. To be fair, Steve’s growing quite fond of those theatrics, premature as it might be.

“So, go on,” Steve teases, “What were you saying about me getting back with my ex?

“Hmm, I don’t recall saying anything like that,” Eddie responds.

“Oh really?”

“Really. In fact, that’s a terrible idea. Bad for character development.” Steve laughs then—fully laughs—a sound that must be revolutionary for the Upside Down. No one has ever laughed here, no way.

“Character development?”

“Indeed.”

[rockaberryx]

Ok usually I don’t say anything about vivziepop’s tweets on anywhere because I don’t think that I absolutely need to comment on them but oh boy I definitely need to now because this shit absolutely infuriates me.

First off no it is not that we’re homophobic that we think that the current state of helluva’s writing is like a bad fanfic. From what I know a majority of people who are frustrated with the show’s writing are queer themselves. And the fact that the main romance is now derailing the focus of the show towards it and its written so horribly.

Secondly, I can guarantee to vivzie that there is way more queer media (plus fanfics) out there that is just way better written than hb and that’s a fact. (Also blitz and stolas isn’t the most amazing queer representation that vivzie thinks it is. Same with angel from hazbin as well)

And thirdly, vivzie is 30+ years old. And she’s pulling the “if you don’t like it then you’re homophobic” excuse. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2023 😀.

This basically shows to me that vivzie cannot handle fair and constructive criticism at all so she is just gonna let the show’s quality continue it’s downwards spiral and end in such a disastrous way that would make star vs’s ending look like the ending to gravity falls in comparison.

I HATE IT HERE

[louisapennyfeather2021]

What if when Ao3 is down, it was a horror film type of thing where the last fic you read/the current fic you're reading came to life and you had to fight it off/hide from it until Ao3 was back up and running?

Tag yourself for how screwed you are.

[eastontheomlette]

[burntcherries-silencedcanaries]

POV: When your favorite author responds to your post, and you want to sound casual, yet you’re torn between fangirling and fainting at the idea, you might end up embarrassing yourself.

I feel so embarrassed; I sounded really awkward, and now I’m left in a pit of shame. 🥲 The worst part is that this is a super popular writer in their fandom, too. How am I supposed to read their works without being reminded of this???? 😭

[jaykorianddickkoriforlife]

I love how you can plan a scene in your head, and how you want the story to go, but midwrite a scene comes out nowhere as you type, and we just accept it and alter everything just for adding that random scene you never planned at all, and it makes everything so much BETTER!!! It's like our brains just say, "Here, let me surprise you with this random present that will make your story so much better. You're welcome."

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

the worst thing that can happen now is that the duffer brothers make byler happen and byler is endgame, but they make it really bad and not even byler shippers enjoy watching it because it sucks

[shadezilla-writes-stuff]

I'm posting my original fiction one shots on a03 now : ) hope you enjoy my silly OC stories

[mapofthemazeinthemirror]

One-shot series banners reveal!

Sci-fi/fantasy one shots inspired by one of my favourite book series. I started working on this series in February and the first instalment is pretty much ready, I just got distracted writing other things 🫣

This is probably not the order they’ll be posted in, except Bound, which will be first.

[littlebirdygirlywriting]

It’s genuinely unnerving to me that I can’t always tell if something is AI.

In fact, I can almost never tell.

I really don’t want to reblog or interact with AI fics, but I have absolutely no idea how to tell if something is AI or just inexperienced writing.

Having said that, please let me know if I reblog anything AI written! It is a genuine mistake, I assure you. Please give me a way to correct it.

[icekingnicekingville]

where are my present tense lovers at? sorry i just enjoy fun and whimsy

[akhillasmyth]

“Out of character” is only real when other people write the character wrong; when I project my introversion and autistic traits on the character its cuz he is cuz I said so

[megankoumori]

In defense of a "Wicked Stepmother":

Sarah's Stepmother in "Labyrinth", named Irene in tie-in media, only gets about a minute of screen time before Sarah rushes off to her room in a soaked snit. Fanfic writers usually turn her into an evil bitch and even the manga sequel, "Return to Labyrinth", has her cold and abusive to Toby, her biological child. But here's the thing...

I think Sarah's mother gets a bum rap.

Dressing nicely for an evening out and having mild conflict with a teenager does not a Lady Tremaine make. And as someone who actually lived with a narcissistic, manipulative, emotionally abusive stepfather, I can tell you that Irene doesn't even come close to wicked step parent territory.

Backstory first. It's never spoken of in the film, but clues in Sarah's room tell us that her real mother is a stage actress who abandoned her and her father for another actor. Sarah idolizes her mother and tries to emulate her with play acting. Sarah's father met and married Irene sometime after Linda ran off, and Sarah, who thinks her mom walks on water, resents the hell out of Irene for taking her place. A place that Linda abandoned for another man.

She couldn't help it. He looked like David Bowie.

Let's look at her first alledged transgression. She won't let Merlin into the house. Instead she orders him into the garage. Heartless, we assume because we all love dogs and only the most soulless of monsters don't. But slow down. She didn't leave him out in the rain. She put him in the garage. Furthermore, Merlin is an Old English Sheepdog. Is he a nice dog? Sure, but he's also a breed that's notorious for being high maintenance and hard to keep clean and right now he's soaking wet and filthy. Irene isn't being cruel, she's trying to keep him from ruining the carpet.

So now Sarah and Irene are in the house about to have their confrontation. "Sarah, you're an hour late..."

Sarah lost track of time. Sarah is the one who screwed up. Irene has every right to be frustrated. For all we know, she and Robert were supposed to see a movie or meet someone and Sarah's tardiness wrecks their plans. Note, please, that while she is frustrated, she's not even yelling. My mom would have screamed bloody murder and then held it over my head for weeks.

"Your father and I go out very rarely..."

"You go out every single weekend!"

There is no way to confirm who is right on this. I will say Sarah is the one prone to hysterics and exaggeration, so it's not looking good for her.

"And I ask you to babysit only if it won't interfere with your plans."

I ask. Irene asks. She doesn't demand, and she doesn't expect Sarah to give up her previous plans.

"Well how would you know what my plans are? You don't even ask me anymore!"

Sarah, you were LARPing in a park by yourself. Furthermore, with the storm you would have gone home anyway.

"Well I assume you would tell me if you had a date. I'd like it if you had a date. You should have dates at your age."

Irene doesn't want Sarah to be a Cinderella stuck at home every night. She wants her to go out and have a social life. This is literally the opposite of the bedtime story Sarah tells Toby later.

Also, "I'd assume you tell me..." Irene might not be wording it in the best way here, but she wants Sarah to communicate with her. She wants them to have a relationship.

Then Robert enters the scene. "Sarah, you're home. We were worried about you."

WE were worried. As in both he and Irene. You think that's the reason she was waiting on the porch? Because their sixteen year old daughter is an hour past when she said she'd be home and now it's raining and getting dark?

It's not like she'd ever talk to a stranger.

Sarah runs up the stairs in a snit, not even acknowledging her father and leaving Irene dismayed. "She treats me like a wicked stepmother in a fairy story no matter what I say." Her voice isn't angry, it's hurt. She's making an effort to reach Sarah, but nothings working. She can't break through the tantrums and the anger and the hero worship of Linda.

Sarah is a fantasy junkie. It's all over her room. Her books are all fairy tales. Her dog and her teddy bear are named after figures from Arthurian legend. But she's wrapped herself in a different kind of fantasy, a toxic one. One where Irene, well meaning and kind, is one of the evil stepmothers from her fairytale books, while Linda is good and virtuous like one of the dead moms at the beginning. Except Linda isn't dead. She's shtupping a costar.

Part of Sarah's coming of age and maturity is rejecting Jareth, the stand in for her mother's lover and therefore finally rejecting following her mother's selfish path. We see her finally let go of Linda by putting her picture and clippings in the drawer. Hopefully, the next morning, after she picks the confetti out of her hair, she'll finally be able to start over with Irene.

[marvelavengersstuff]

I felt the same way when I finished my story. There were some commenters that were super sweet, but there were others that were just plain mean.

It’s like, I’m sorry, is this your story? No. It’s mine. I can do what I want with it. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. I will not cater to the haters.

They should be grateful I even posted it because I didn’t have to. I wrote that story for me. I didn’t write it for the kudos or the bookmarks or the favourites. I wrote it for me.

Please, for the love of god, please don’t be this person. No matter how long it’s been since an update, no matter how many unfinished stories are sitting on their account, no matter what - do not be this person.

Not only is it insanely rude, but you also do more damage than you think be being such a self-entitled ass about something someone created for free and for fun. “This author” can see what you say.

RIP decency indeed.