#hoping my writer friends see this

[newtstabber]

I do love prompt games

Masterpost:

Each day has a prompt, a song, and a trait of Eddie’s to inspire you!

Week one:

Oct 1st: Parents | Runaway - Sword | Youthful

Oct 2nd: Friendship | F**Ked Up Kids - The Maine | Observant

Oct 3rd: School | Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts | Combative

Oct 4th: Rejection | Arsonist’s Lullaby - Hozier | Lost

Oct 5th: Role Model | Slow Down - Ozzy Osbourne | Brave

Oct 6th: Crush | You Could Start A Cult - Niall Horan| Sincere

Oct 7th: Wayne | The Seeker - The Who | Warm

Week two:

Oct 8th: Rockstar | Times Like These - Foo Fighters | Confident

Oct 9th: Cowboy | Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi | Cavalier

Oct 10th: College | Loser Denial - Heyrocco | Determined

Oct 11th: Pirate | The Last in Line - Dio | Adventurous

Oct 12th: Soulmates | Eight - Sleeping at Last | Perceptive

Oct 13th: Monsters | Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden | Dangerous

Oct 14th: Roomates | Come As You Are - Nirvana | Impulsive

Week three:

Oct 15th: Ren faire | Knights of Cydonia - Muse | Committed

Oct 16th: Library | Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation | Curious

Oct 17th: Tolkien | Ramble On - Led Zeppelin | Intelligent

Oct 18th: Journaling | Twin Size Mattress - The Front Bottoms | Introspective

Oct 19th: Scifi/tech | Electric Eye - Judas Priest | Bewildered

Oct 20th: Cryptids & folklore | Bury Me Low - 8 Graves | Tactical

Oct 21th: Hellfire | Back in Black - AC/DC | Tenacious

Week four:

Oct 22nd: First concert | Triumph of King Freak - Rob Zombie | Eager

Oct 23rd: Mixtape | Nothing Else Matters - Metallica | Earnest

Oct 24th: Drama | His Kiss the Riot - Anaïs Mitchell | Magnetic

Oct 25th: Songwriting | Snuff - Slipknot | Melancholy

Oct 26th: Corroded Coffin | I Wanna Be Somebody - W.A.S.P. | Hopeful

Week five:

Oct 27th: Haunted House | Hunters Moon - Ghost | Funny

Oct 28th: Ghost Hunting | Seven Devils - Florence and the Machine | Frantic

Oct 29th: Trick or Treating | I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Skeptical

Oct 30th: Costumes | Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath | Loyal

Oct 31st: Scary movie night | Vampires Will Never Hurt You - My Chemical Romance | Protective

FAQ | Introduction | Playlist

[butterflysonnets]

yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

[dollypopup]

Not a question per say but I thought this was an interesting Reddit post and I know you've said similar stuff in the past (https://www.reddit.com/r/BridgertonRants/comments/1ibjy0z/do_some_polins_even_like_colin_bridgerton/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

Oh man, I was sick of the 'make Colin grovel/beg/suffer' nonsense all the way back in SEASON 2!!!!! It's a shame it continues to be all too prominent of a theme in Polin in general. (honestly, this is why I stopped reading and writing fics) but whoever the person who made that rant is, I wanna be friends with them! I feel like a lot of Colin fans have been outspoken about how unfairly he's treated in what should be his fandom, but because we're a minority in the fandom, we get pushed out by polin fans who just. . .don't like him? (Why they gravitate to this ship I will NEVER know) And the people talking about how 'Oh, they're not *really* Polin fans, they're Pen stans!' like. . .they're still the ones that went on Polin fics (including my own?) and talked about how Colin didn't deserve her? They still wrote so called 'Polin' fics with no pushback at all of Penelope abusing him and it being totally fine? They were all too happy to see Colin pushed to the wayside time and time again? Can't lay down with dogs and be surprised you have fleas in the morning, you know?

Like it's genuinely no surprise to me that Pen stans who hated Colin but still shipped Polin for the sake of Pen getting her prize became Nicola stans who hate Luke because they're mad that they didn't get together.

I miss the Polin that were *both* ride or die for each other in fandom. Since S2 I feel like it's just Pen being an OOC girlboss queen and Colin being her footstool in way too much of this fanbase. God forbid he have any emotion other than full fawning over her. smh

I think we go through cycles in the fandom. Maybe we're in a new era of people recognizing how toxic Polin is/was/can be and people are calling out how weird it is that the fanbase seemingly hates half the ship. But idk, I feel like this is just another person who will be pushed off to the side because though what they said was true, people just don't wanna hear it. I will always ALWAYS stand by the fact that people can write whatever they want and deserve respect in fandom. I avoid any of those fics because I try not to say negative things to or about creators. But sometimes I so badly want to be like 'if you read this from his perspective, is it a love story, or is it a tragedy?' and like. . .most of the time, from his POV in these stories, it's a tragedy. And there's really not a lot of variety (most of the stories that countered the typical 'colin begs and suffers and grovels and is called an idiot' narrative have left) so it's all there is. And you just can't help but come to the conclusion that this fandom just. . .doesn't like him.

Which sucks, he's fantastic. Polin deserves love stories where they're both treated well.

[marlynnofmany]

Lookie what I got! The rarest of collector's editions, with only one in existence! (There's an @ symbol in place of a © on the title page.)

(There's only one because I fixed it after I ordered my proof copy.)

Someday this will be very valuable, for sure!

[buff-muffin]

I think it’s under rated as fuck how fun it is to comment on fanfiction. Like it’s soooooooo fun writing long comments on a fic talking about theories and ideas, wondering what characters will think about a plot point and gushing over little parts. It sooooooo fun. But the best part is when you keep doing this. Commenting on each chapter as it comes out and watching as the author recognises you or even has little conversations related to last chapters comment. It’s so fun being there for them because sometimes if you’re lucky you may even start influencing the story with your theories comments and ideas. And feeling involved and there. Excited even when your not even the author, is just so fun

I wish fandom could be more like this again, when it was a mutual exchange of ideas and excitement and not just consuming fanfiction like actual novels. Can’t we all squeal about our blorbos together?

[serendark]

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[coffeeshib]

Hi! I’ve recently visited your page again, after a longer tumblr break and saw your posts about people’s comments on your fics. It made me both sad and angry. Sad because they’ve managed to take away your joy for writing Supercorp and angry that people feel like they can type out any hurtful thought that goes through their head, for a thing that is absolutely free and made with so much passion and care. 😒🤬

For what it’s worth, I always loved the way you write both of them. AND the fact that you don’t ignore Kara’s trauma and struggles. “i’m spilling all my words (but you keep 'em to yourself)” will forever be one of my favorites. Thank you for the hours of joy and fun you have given us! I hope you know that for every entitled commenter there are ten times more people who love your works! 🫵🏻🤘🏻

ahh thank you so much, i appreciate this. i have to say, sc still has me by the neck, i do plan to finish that fic & maybe write some more but it won't be anytime soon. i had hoped that the fandom would calm down with the kara hate after the show ended but i was wrong, it still hasn't changed.

when you've been writing for sc for so long, the frustration builds up, & there have been many times where i felt like i needed to (& did) restrict myself when writing them. it stops being enjoyable when people are constantly calling kara 'stupid' & insult her in many different ways for not being the happy sunshine kara danvers who takes care of lena all the time.

personally i love reading & writing the reverse situation (lena who's being the patient loving one & also the shoulder for kara to lean on) because the show didn't give us enough of that. unfortunately, people don't respond well whenever kara is struggling with her issues & lena isn't the one who's being comforted.

i write what i like & that's what i'm always going to do, but this build up of frustration over the past years & always anticipating kara hate every fic/chapter killed the joy a lot.

i've seen some authors speak about this too & it's genuinely sad to see! people can like & dislike whatever but it's important to note that there are readers out there who don't realize that their personal feelings against kara also affect authors & their love for writing supercorp

[mebuku]

im in a sappy mood and just wanna say i love you all <3

[wylanzahn]

The Gift,

This is a poem I wrote for my friend's birthday, so here's this- "The Gift."

I recount when summer cooled,

The leaves began to burn away their verdant color,

Long roads I unraveled from northeast sanction, 

Alone to slow rolling, quickly emptied country,

Lands my family had called home-away-from-home,

Long since before I was born,

I remember the longing I felt in my heart,

To be so far away from everyone I knew,

Calling at someone I now rue,

But to my family I beckoned to their call,

And so I arrived in farthest shores.

It wasn’t long after I had arrived that my boredom crept in,

I should have brought more books I told myself,

When in dungeon darkest I felt no sovereign,

To this ugly place where there was no bookshelf.

But it was around the third day of my miasma,

That I met the postman, a charming fellow, if not a bit queer,

Of this small little beach town my family resided,

He was the hap-happiest and always filled with cheer,

To lie to you now would be for me to say I enjoyed his presence,

Although in my lonely set and unfit sear I was full of drear,

And at first I found him kooky, wacky, and loopy.

It was during one of his routine visits,

When of course he was at his most cheerful,

And I, having not woken up but thirty minutes before,

Was ay my gloomiest.

He smiled and greeted in his unusually festive tone,

For it was not later than mid-October,

Yet he had the cheer and pizazz of someone in the midst of Yuletide,

I beckoned him off and told him I was merely admiring the mid-day sky,

He asked if I had seen any crows sailing on the celestine side,

I looked at him most curiously,

I retorted back I had indeed seen crows that morning,

He smiled and told me something most incredible,

For in these months when the cool air begins to rush in like the tide,

These few months the crows that have yet too leave their roost,

Those few who chirp and sing are compelled to speak,

And those who hear such speech of crows are said to find true bond,

Man’s true best friend, he said matter-o-factly,

And with a chuckle he turned away, straying back to his original path.

A strange fellow, a strange fellow indeed,

I wandered on the ideas that he penned, 

Was it lunacy indeed, I contemplated to myself,

Perhaps, but there is no way in knowing until one does truly know.

In the evening hours I wandered out of bed,

I walked around the grounds of this hollow home,

I heard something rustling in the tall grass of this marshy place,

Not only that but something seemed to shine in the grass,

Shimmering in the light of the overhung moon,

And as I approached I heard sweet chirping,

It was a crow indeed, and in it’s beak a silver spoon.

At first it was startled and began to scamper off,

But as I waited and tried to coo it back,

It slowly turned, eyeing me up and down,

And whilst I was undoubtedly tired from the day previous,

I could unmistakably tell you now what I heard it sing:

Friend?

Friend?

Friend?

Friend?

Friend?

Friend?

A tear began to swell up in my eye,

As silly as it is to believe,

As pajammed as I was,

As sad and alone as I was,

Here was someone who needed a friend,

Here was someone who just wanted to be seen.

I reached in my coat pocket, 

As it was chilly out that night,

I felt a small thing graze my finger,

I felt it’s cool metallic surface,

I took it in my palm,

And I tossed it into the air,

Where it landed in the tall grass,

And for a moment all stood still,

Only the wind moved,

Rocking the weeping willow,

Before the crow snatched at the coin,

Feeling it in it’s beak,

It almost seemed to smile,

Dancing back and forth,

In joyous chorus did it sing:

Friend!

Friend!

Friend!

Friend!

Friend!

Friend!

I think often of the time I was there,

Of my little crow friend who spoke to me,

Of it’s joyful cries,

It’s little rocking back and forth,

And how for a moment I had a true friend once again.

I sadly had to leave not long after that chance encounter,

Driving back, all six hours by my lonesome,

But I will never forget the gift,

The gift of the crow’s friendship, 

Which meant the world to me.

La Fin.

[jen-with-a-pen]

If people aren't comfortable reblogging fics to their blog (which I am not, due to a personal history of being doxxed and humiliated to my irl friends and family), are comments sufficient enough engagement or would you rather that reader not engage with your work at all?

I feel like that came out sounding passive aggressive but I truly mean it as a genuine question and am just not sure how to rework it to sound less snarky! I see this discourse on and off from different fic writers and respect both opinions and think everyone should be able to curate interaction with their fics as they see fit.

Hi, anon.

I've been thinking carefully on how to respond to this. I can tell you're not trying to come off as snarky– which i say as someone who can't read tone for shit most of the time and whose own tone can come off aggressive or bitchy when I don't mean it to be.

I'm gonna address your ask as thoroughly as I can, if that's cool. Sorry if it's a long response. I'll put a cut in so I don't interrupt feeds ✂️

First, I want to pose a question to your question, which I mean genuinely with no spite whatsoever: why are you on Tumblr if you're not reblogging or don't even reblog?

As I've stated in other replies to the post I made a few weeks back, from the way I see it, Tumblr is literally built upon the foundation of sharing creations and content. There is no dead-set algorithm here like there is for Instagram or TikTok. Sharing is, quite fucking literally, caring here. We are able to form communities of all sizes because we share things. Reblogging is essential to the upkeep, and quite frankly the existence, of fandom and communities. Without sharing, our communities crumble and become ruins. We are actively seeing this as we speak: many mutuals and authors I follow are starting to quit writing due to passive, demanding consumption patterns and 0 engagement.

I know you probably know this, but I thought I'd restate it for answer's sake.

To answer the meat of your ask, I will pull from both personal experience and mutuals' experiences and input.

In my own personal opinion, if you are solely commenting on fics and are not engaging in anything else (no likes, no reblogs, etc.) then I personally think that Tumblr is not the site you should be on and, frankly, you should go sign up for AO3 if that's all you're going to do.

And I mean this earnestly. If all you want to do for engagement is commenting, then AO3 needs you because sharing does NOT affect authors nearly as much over there as it does here. In fact comments on AO3 are the literal equivalent to reblog on Tumblr: we don't get any and when we do it's like finding an oasis in a never ending desert.

Now in terms of what mutuals and other authors have said on the matter, it seems the consensus is that commenting without reblogging is a case-by-case basis. I'm going to quote a mutual of mine here:

"...if someone is commenting on my work but not reblogging… I'd say it's case by case. If it's just MY fics they aren’t reblogging, then it'd be a problem, but if they don’t reblog ANY [fics] I'd be more okay."

Another mutuals also put it this way:

"... I feel like there *is* both sides in this sense; yes comments are nice and engaging even though they aren't the preferred and most helpful way to boost writers..."

I feel like both of them put it into words where I struggled to. I will also say that I do agree with the point being that if you're not gonna reblog ANYTHING– no art, no content, no photos, no other fics, nothing– AND your profile adheres to the guidelines set forth in basic Tumblr etiquette (not looking like a bot and not a minor) then sure, comment away.

The verdict, in summary with my opinion and mutuals': it depends on your behavior and your interactions with other works and content.

I hate the word content but I couldn't think of another one.

But, my question still stands: why are you on Tumblr when you don't even participate in the basic fundamental function of this site?

I also wanted to take the time to address the other part of your ask regarding the doxxing and people finding out your identity.

It has been very widely known for (close to) two decades now that Tumblr is the place where you can have an anonymous identity. Truly. I've been on here for the collective half of the last decade and have been on the Internet for a little more than half my life, now, and Tumblr and fandom are literally the biggest and best places where you can be someone else. You can be completely anonymous.

The common denominator, however, is you.

The amount of information you have on your blog is what you choose to put on it. If you state your real name, your state and city, have one of those (imo stupid) carrd things or whatever, then honey– and I mean this in the nicest way possible, truly– that is on you. I know for a fact (from good and bad experiences) that you have all of the power in the world to annonymize yourself while still maintaining yourself on the Internet. That make sense?

A couple of mutuals made very excellent points regarding this:

"...I have a best friend irl who has Tumblr and is so close to the fandoms I'm in, and she doesn't know I write here. I am anonymous on here. I'm suprised she hasnt connected the dots because my aesthetics are the same in real life..."

"...I personally think its pretty easy to be anonymous on tumblr. Especially since usually all we ask is you have that you aren’t a minor at the top of your blog..."

"...it's really easy to be anonymous on the internet [...] you can be an ENTIRELY different person on the internet..."

From that last mutual, I'll paraphrase and go off of another point they made: the fact that you do want to participate and comment negates your ENTIRE arguement because someone– anyone– can find you and your blog through said comment(s).

Your digital footprint is what you leave behind. So if you have your city and state and grade and real name and all this other shit in your blog or carrd or whatever, then you are the only one who is responsible for having put said information out there.

Hell, I've been mutuals with some people going on 2-3 YEARS at this point and the only other things they know about me is my state, general city vicinity, my cat, and what I do for a living. That's it. And we span from early twenties to married with a kid or two.

We are in charge of what we share and I implore you– as someone with a certification in legal information technology– to please educate yourself on your Internet privacy and digital footprint. Please take the time to think about your actions and the information you have online. I STILL do this to this day, even after getting certified and being on the Internet for half my life.

I am sorry that you've gotten doxxed in the past. Truly, I am. It's a horrible act and I hope you never have to experience that again. Please know I am not being dismissive of that nor trying to blame you for said acts.

But it all comes down to you at the end of the day. In general, it's you, your actions, and the consequences of your actions. And if you happen to be a minor, then I strongly urge you to rethink your decisions and maybe step away from social media and utilize critical thinking in order to asses your situation and who you surround yourself with, both online and offline. I wish I had someone to tell me that when I was 14– fuck, even when I was 18.

And I mean it when I say AO3 might suit you more than Tumblr. If any fandom site has more capabilities to be anonymous than Tumblr itself, it's AO3.

Anyways, I think that's all I have to say for you. My DMs and ask box are always open and I am open to more commentary on the matter and related ones so long as it is civil and respectful. I refuse to stop having this conversation.

Thank you for listening ❤️

[lululawrence]

hello! may i ask for page 82? thanks for doing this, sending you love 🖤

hi, lovely! thank you so much for sending me a number :D i hope at least one of these fics is able to hit that spot that you are most needing filled right now.

page 82 of my bookmarks include...

If the Surface Begs You Home by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird

Harry is a mermaid from the underwater kingdom of Mercadia who is a little too fascinated by life above the surface. He's kicked out of his home after he winds up pregnant, and has to figure out how to make his way in the world.

Louis is the darling of the small neighbouring seaside village who came home after university to take over their local library, and can't seem to stay away from the mysterious pregnant mermaid his friends introduce him to.

Be with me so happily by BriaMaria / @briannamarguerite

Harry Styles may have had his doubts at first, but by the time the gates to the elephant sanctuary came into view he was one hundred percent positive. Louis Tomlinson hated his guts. Like hated, hated. Like loathed-him-on-sight hated.

From what Harry could tell, he hadn’t even done anything close to insulting enough to warrant the disdain that was Louis Tomlinson’s default expression whenever he looked at Harry. It really wasn’t fair. Especially since he’d been lusting after the man from the second he’d laid eyes on that pretty, pretty face with those pretty, pretty eyes.

Or ... the one where Harry Styles has a bad reputation and a heart of gold, and Louis Tomlinson wishes he wasn't so enchanted by boys who looked like Disney characters and wore shirts with bumble bees on them.

[aka Louis is the director of the Styles Elephant Sanctuary and really doesn't want to babysit his funder's spoiled lay-about son for two months]

No One Else Will Do by Awriterwrites, dimpled_halo / @a-writerwrites, @comebackassholes

Harry visibly takes a deep breath. “I’ll do it. I’ll...help you through your heat.” He looks more determined now as he stands up straighter and his eyes look at Louis more intensely.

“Yeah?” Louis doesn’t mean to sound so surprised but he’s sort of in a state of shock. He’s never been with an alpha before, and the fact that his first time is going to be with Harry— his best friend— well, he couldn’t really ask for anyone better if he’s honest.

  It takes Louis' early heat for Harry and Louis to figure things out.

Choose one of my 103 pages of bookmarks in AO3 and I'll give you a random selection of fics from that page!

[izzibeeb]

being invested in a play your friends are in is so embarrassing. like yes I eat lunch with you every day and we’re in the same classes. but also now you have the same face as Blorbo From My Shows. don’t worry about it and can I borrow your script for no reason at all please

[scarefox]

[rpmemegraveyard]

Never threatened to feed people's writing to A.I, just poor wording on my part.

Cool, you're still a fucking loser for going 'oh, (mun) doesn't interact with everyone' to another party who raised their concerns after being told by said mun 'no I won't make an AI for my character'!

Fuck out of my askbox, dude. You could've kept your mouth shut and interacted with c.ai without causing a stir. When has ANYBODY in that rpc even alluded to making character ai for their characters for public consumption? Cool, apologize all you want, but my points still stand. I think the ask itself at the very least made people aware of this possible threat, and again. It is possible a dipshit in another rpc has made this threat to indie writers in a different scenario.

AI has no place in the RPC.

[recallback-art]

oh yeah ftr, there's been talk floating around of a potential deal between tumblr and mid/journey and that's obviously bad news for me here. nothing is official yet and iiiii will probably keep posting until it is either debunked or confirmed, but be aware that i'm gonna delete this blog if its real.

if you'd like to help out small creators like me so we can keep our blogs here, email tumblr via contact us and tell them exactly how bad this is. be calm, be clear, and be serious so they take things seriously. k thaaaaanks sorry for the doom and gloom