#hyperventilating to see this post!

[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!

To anyone who sees this post, please consider supporting this publication by checking out the book or signal-boosting with a reblog. Help us share the joys and legacies of fanfiction and fandom!

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!

[flying-cat]

people who undermine the importance of izuku and katsuki's relationship throughout bnha because of "annoying shippers" or because they just don't like katsuki are insane because their relationship is literally so? important??? to the entire story???? katsuki is the deuteragonist of bnha. he was one of the first characters to show up. he was the first other person to know about OFA. so much of the manga is spent showing his development. if you deny his character development and relationship development ("relationship" does not always mean romantic relationship) with izuku, you are quite literally denying a massive part of the series. the manga starts with them and ends with them. you're allowed to dislike him but if you dislike him so much that you, in turn, start hating how izuku is a "punching bag" or a "doormat" for the entire series because he doesn't stay angry and vengeful at people even though a massive part of his character is that he's compassionate and kind even to people who aren't to him or used to not be, and you seriously think that that makes him weak, and you just start to dislike the main two characters of the series, i think you should. idk. stop reading, probably. read the revenge fantasy shit that you obviously want to read. there are like seven million manhwa available to you where the character gets the revenge you so desperately want to see.

[anigst]

Mignon (PV)

[megamindsupremacy]

I need more leaning into that whole “Jason was raised by wolves” thing. Make that boy feral. I know I’m not the first person to have this thought but Jason when he gets to CHB should be just off the shits. I can allow him being normal at Camp Jupiter because of the enormous pressure he was under to act proper as a son of Jupiter. But once he’s at CHB he has none of the memories and all of the instincts of a dude who was raised by a) his sister b) a pack of wolves and c) a child army. The venti attack him on the bridge and it’s like a flip switches in his head and he goes straight for biting Dylan in the arm and then trying to rip him apart with bare hands.

[0809sysblings]

I think us Milgrammies with very stigmatized disorders should be given extra daily voting opportunities as compensation for having to deal with the awful takes by many of the fans when discussing the cases and characters

[fluffyhellspawn]

OMG :DDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hello to the new followers!!! ahhh this is so unreal

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

I gotta say thee funniest hollywood trope about women is when labor comes on just like a heart attack. most heart attacks don't even come on like a heart attack.

[chilapis]

Last post before I crash and no-one hears from me until I return from my first final the morrow’s eve (a changed man no doubt) but there’ll never be anything funnier to me than consistently being viewed as a composed and calm saviour by peers while I’m, actively and uncontrollably losing it.

[siflupe]

⁺ ⛧ ﹒ jurgen leitner ? — ˚ 🕯️  ⌢




“ stupid idiot motherfucking jurgen leitner god damn fool book collecting , dust eating , rat old bastard , shithead , idiot , avatar of the whore - ”

＞＜﹐ lupe , loop﹐🦇

🕯️﹐any / all + 17 + aroaceapl + abro ﹐★

﹑likes - tma , homestuck , lego monkie kid , persona series , drawing , figure skating , fanfiction﹒⟡﹒⤿

⛧ ﹔🥀﹒dislikes - bigots , wasps , needles﹐ıllı

！About you/info - pls save me from the self - inflicted suffering that is called “ drawing my characters reference sheet “﹒🪦

” - biggest clown in the circus , laughed out of town , cowboy motherfucking jurgen leitner ”

[skunkes]

do not let cheye put on barbie as "background noise" he'll spend the entire run time going fullscreen frame by frame on every scene with ken in it instead of working

[thethingything]

trying to work out if I'm shaky from medication side effects, random symptom flares, seeing extremely triggering content completely untagged, or some other unknown reason

[princessconsuelapark]

Now and Then by The Bootleg Beatles // 5/12/2023

[lemuel-apologist]

it's so incredibly clear how many people have never spoken to a trans teenager in their lives outside of trying to fight one. zero compassion or understanding on these motherfuckers. dear god.

[lago-morpha]

I want to let the social anxiety win and disappear sometimes. Some more than others

[shamemp3]

even tumblr memories know youre obsessed with me are you not embarassed

SHUT UPPPPPPP and you rbed that so fast why? 🤨 perhaps you have post notifs on for me ? 🤨

[binch-i-might-be]

:/