#had some amazing writing too

[like-tears-in-rain-storms]

I'm almost done reading The Darkness that Comes Before by Scott Bakker, does that have any fans here?

[galehowl]

I'm sorry, but I can't get over still what a mess Grievous' backstory now is lol, and mostly because I haven't looked at it for a few years, and somehow things got even more jumbled since then.

The amount of inconsistencies and conflicting info is just staggering.

Like, at this point I would honestly respect whoever is doing this shit way more ( initially Lucas and Filoni lol ) if they actually just. Changed his story and stuck to it. No "ambiguity" that Filoni tried to slide in out of respect and likely knowing fans wouldn't appreciate the new writing, no nothing. I would also respect it more if I could at least see that they put ACTUAL thought into it, more than the apparent 30 SECONDS that turned him into a character a 2-year old created.

I'd still ignore it, sure, but at least they could TRY to do something interesting with the "new and "improved" lore".

Instead we got that atrocity, and then the weird sliding back into Legends lore with them picking out some pieces and adding them to his "canon", while trying to avoid actually just changing it back to what it was, despite it creating a ton of nonsensical holes in the story. Why.

One of the MANY, but more recent examples I've seen was the shuttle crash incident from the now Legends, which made sense there, but not only does it make little to NO sense in the new lore, they also try to DIRECTLY STATE THAT IN THEIR OWN NEW CANON MATERIALS. They literally write "but actually it wouldn't have mattered if the crash happened, if it was the Sith who orchestrated it, because he already chose to be a cyborg and would've ended up as one anyway". Okay, then. Why did you add this back at all in the first place. You could've just not done this? Why was it brought back from Legends into canon just so you can then repeatedly say "but this event actually doesn't matter and has no effect on the story or Grievous' character development".

Literally what is this fucking shit. Who is doing this lol. How is any of this even acceptable writing.

Just, ffs - either keep his new lore, remove all the Legends stuff from it, and actually at least TRY to make something out of it - there are SOME interesting ideas, themes and directions they could go with this! If they actually gave a single fuck!

Or bring back his Legends story, remove this trash, and polish and work on expanding the original instead.

Every time I see some new piece of media that focuses on him, I have a shred of hope that they'll start doing something, anything with him, but instead it's either more garbage, or we just get something that expands on nothing at all, really.

It seriously feels like he's just a hated character by the majority of creators there, who refuse to work on him for YEARS and would rather give Jar Jar and other minor characters more development and screen time than him LOL. Jesus.

[assblastergaster]

it’s actually crazy now that i’m thinking about it. with absolutely no side quests the story of veilguard is like 20 hrs long at most. that is SO SHORT. insane insane insane. we should all be on our knees thankful that they got any amount of good character writing in there at all. we really got dragon age 2 2

[seraphic-sibyl]

I should have been born a frog. I should have been born a frog. I should have been born a frog. I should have been born a frog. I should have been born a frog. I should have been born a frog. I should have been

[sga-owns-my-soul]

sorry to everyone i tell a fic idea to that they get excited about bc i'm so bad at finishing a fic but i can offer you the start of the 8 new fics i've started this week with 0 plans on how to finish them if you would like

[taegularities]

just thinking thoughts

[bizarrelittlemew]

For the fic trope ask!

I've just read two of your age difference fics, Out of my head and Throw away the oars, which is a fic trope I LOVE. But I was curious what your opinion is on age difference as a reader? 😊

thank you, it means a lot to me that you read and liked them!! 💖

okay so first of all, i absolutely love this trope as a reader too, so it's an A or maybe even an A+:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

i want to elaborate a little on this though because it's actually something i've been thinking a lot about recently. my impression is that it's sort of a divisive trope, where most people either love it or actively avoid it - like, it either speaks to you or it doesn't. for ofmd specifically, middle-aged characters finding love is a core part of canon, and a lot of people (me included) love it for exactly that. i can absolutely understand that many will see de-aging one (or both) of the characters in a fic as unappealing for this reason (and i am not here to argue that they shouldn't - don't like, don't read). then, why do i like it so much? well, there's the obvious aspect of personally finding older people hot. wanting to fuck that old man and therefore writing how a guy fucks that old man lmao. but there's also the thing that adding an age difference introduces just a liiiittle bit of sexy power imbalance and conflict, similar to lots of classic romance novel tropes. the fantasy of having a more experienced guy show you the ropes while making you feel safe and desired. when writing, i put a lot of thought into 1) the older person not taking advantage of the younger person having less life experience (and usually making them struggle with their feelings because they don't target younger love interests in general) and 2) not infantilizing or taking away agency from the younger person (they're still a grown adult fully capable of making their own choices). when i write fanfic/AUs, i see it as a playground for exploring the characters in all sorts of ways, and i think it's interesting to change things i find fundamental about canon (and wouldn't want any other way in the source material), and changing their ages provides so many meaty things and opportunities to consider.

also, i have nothing but respect for giving a character a huge pile of daddy issues and either making them go "lalalalala i do not see it (as it's staring them right in the face)" or "obviously the only way to deal with this is to fuck that old man" 😌

send me a fanfic trope and i'll grade it!

[abimee]

@mrswhymrhow literally practically everyone I told about wanting to write from the age of like 9-16. I had various teachers and random fuckass adults tell me to focus on art instead of writing and it felt like a WHO ASKED YOU? moment every time

[nat1nonsense]

I wrote this long before Ashton and Fearne became A Thing, pinky promise!!

This old fic of mine has been getting a lot more attention lately, which is odd considering I posted it a year and a half ago, but I’m not gonna complain!! I’m still very proud of this one honestly, it’s by no means perfect and there are plenty of things I would change if I had written this more recently, but even still, for a 6.6k word, almost entirely fluff, fanfic? It does it’s job well, and I’m proud of it

Anyway. I’m reposting it again because it’s been getting a lot more attention. If it continues to get more and more attention, maybe I’ll start writing and posting again <3

[bumblingbabooshka]

[TUVOKTOBER: Day 9] Ballet with the Captain.

[fluffle-writes]

I wanna. Pick them up in my mouth and shake 'em around like a dog obliterating a squeaky toy

[pastelpousay]

Hiya!!!

Just wanted to stop by and say that I hope you’re doing well and that I love Rina and your Hadina ship and your art so much!!! You’re super duper awesome and I love the fic you’ve been writing too!!! ☺️

Hihi!! :D

Thank you so much!! I’m doing just fine, I hope you’re doing good as well!! 💗

I Really appreciate your support for all my Hadina Shippy stuff and I’m glad you like my art as well!! Ik it may not seem like it but I really do appreciate it a lot it encourages me to keep going :3 so thank you smm again!! 💗

ALSO IM SO SO GLAD YOU LIKE MY FIC AS WELL 😭😭 ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW THE WRITING IS. ik the writing isn’t exactly the best at some points but I try 😭 I’ll get better I promise and my updates take me a while but I’ll try and update again soon enough when I get the energy and time to. (Probably gonna get started on that today if I can)

I also really really like the fic you’ve been writing too!! You’ve done a really amazing job on it I can’t wait to see more from you!! 💗 I think you’re super duper awesome as well 😼‼️

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

My gf is the GM of a cool little ttrpg group I'm in, but she's been busy this week and the session was going to be cancelled

I couldn't deal with losing the weekly game night, so I asked if I could GM a "beach episode" (which ended up being a holiday episode actually since I've now written it)

I've never been a GM before. I want to, desperately, but it's daunting. So I figured a holiday episode would be a really good start!

It's two days before the session. I've never been a GM. Never planned a session. I got the idea while procrastinating my job and immediately asked my gf if I could. I didn't think it through.

Consequences of my actions

But I actually kind of wrote down what I want to do and it's been very fun, and I have another day to finalize this plan

[ramenwithbroccoli]

Mój przyjaciel. Co oznacza 17? Prześladują mnie twoje przypadkowe bazgroły. Czy ktoś... był z nią "romantyczny"?

answering this in english since it touches on the Janka lore 💥💥💥

although the comic idea was there more for the laughs, there's a significant difference between Giewont and Janka when it comes to relationships with people. The first one used to be a hard worker but got betrayed by humanity. They're wandering around, with no place on this earth, scared of what being around people will do to her. Forming meaningful connection is hard and they're not even sure if they really want to do that.

on the other hand we have Janka, designed to look nice, to be amiable. she's always there to listen. she knows your favourite songs and brightens your day. she can't leave you unless you get rid of her yourself!

i think it's an idea that would need some more exploration. people who are lost or lonely or angry or searching for whatever feeling they need in their life try to find a thing to bestow those feelings upon. and sometimes it ended up being Janka. whether or not the feeling was reciprocated or not, or if they've seen her as an object or as a person - that's a question for another time

[r0semultiverse]

Hebiichigo didn’t need to die to further develop Metal Lee’s character. I still stand by this.

Kagura also didn’t need to die to further the story!

[junowritings]

Heyya everyone hope you're all having a good evening~ <3

Working through some requests atm and between juggling this, work and a couple new games I just wanted to give a heads up that I can start taking requests for Baldur's gate 3!

Ngl this game has me in a chokehold at the moment with the sheer amount of stuff to explore and I'm having the time of my life running around and making a fool of myself as I go so hey why not write some drabbles while I work my way through it?

Still pretty early into the game but I'm more than happy to write for any BG3 ideas you'd like to send my way~! Would love to hear everyone's experiences with the game too and their Tavs I love hearing ya'll's thoughts~!