#no one wants to be like addison cain

[olderthannetfic]

/765950159275409408 does this anon think het and slash fic exist in totally separate spheres and nobody reads both?? het guideverse is nothing new. there's het guideverse fic in the Twilight fandom. imagining that het fic readers/writers are all heterosexual themselves, or some mystical separate species who gleefully twirl their het mustaches as they trawl slash fic spaces for things to 'steal' and for no other reason, is completely ludicrous. hell, do they think only queer people watched Sentinel?

I understand worrying about the context collapse that happens when fic gets pulled to publish/when fandom tropes/premises like omegaverse get Addison Cained, but like. we're only playing into her hands and validating her feeble defense (which no one believed anyway!) when we treat het and slash fic like distant prehistoric island communities where never the twain shall meet. news flash: the hets are reading your slash and the queers are writing hetfic. I for one don't think we need to start new biphobic discourse about who is and isn't allowed to write guideverse. worry about serial number filer-off-ers if you want, but don't expect anyone to believe that's a uniquely evil het thing.

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I hope we're past the era when goofy-ass terms like 'bitextual' make sense.

[thelonelywiz]

DRASTIC TIMES.

“It wasn’t the city who was poisoning her after all. It was me.”

SYNOPSIS.

Detective KASPER MONTE makes a mad dash out of Los Angeles after pulling his sister out of the muck. Again. BLAIR MONTE, an infamous criminal, unfortunately can’t talk her way out of this one. The twins must drive across the country to a safe haven in the American Southwest, confront the dynamic they share, face their own identities, and find their place in the world.

States away in a holy rolling town in Missouri, DELIA WRIGHT struggles to break out of her shell and make the hardest decision of her life: run away for her and her daughter’s safety and threaten her tense relationship with God, or appease her abusive husband and keep up her good Christian lifestyle for everyone’s sake. 

Right on Kasper’s trail, Detective REX slowly unravels the twists and turns that is his friend’s past. Along the way, Rex encounters an orphan girl who’s seen more than she should, and as she tags along he must figure out what it means to have a family of his own, and if his mission is really worth it.

In this nonlinear NEO-NOIR film, one must either live with the consequences or learn to take some drastic measures.

NOTES.

Started: September 2022

Format: screenplay

Word/page count: 160 pages

Genre: neo-noir crime drama

Themes: identity, family, morality, the cycle of violence, love, hope

Content warnings: child abuse & domestic abuse (implied and on screen), transphobia & homophobia, gun violence & death surrounding guns, stranglation, child endangerment, on screen car accident

CHARACTERS.

Kasper Monte (he/him): The classic hard-boiled detective minus the attraction to women. Very overprotective of his sister and has at least two friends.

Blair Monte (she/her): The femme fatale that has so much guilt. She’s like Cain if he was a woman and also slayed so fucking hard.

Delia Wright (she/her): The housewife, Kasper’s parallel and Blair’s love interest. She’s like Carrie if she loved to be in her late 20s.

Detective Rex (he/him): Kasper’s foil who’s also a little in love with him. He’s a good person but not a good cop, but not for the reason you think.

Thelma Bell (she/her): A preteen in desperate need of a father figure. She’s like Ellie TLOU if she were mixed.

Addison Wright (she/her): Literally just a baby who loves her mama. Number one Tupac stan, she doesn’t mind that he swears.

FURTHERMORE…

This post is very unserious but this script is so unhinged I really can’t take it too seriously or else I will lose my mind /pos, the script is basically done. All I’m doing now is adding scenes and fixing typos. If anyone wants to read the script hmu…join me in the madness /hj

Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20EdHFqCd3UNkVCuMbLFy0?si=6e25dbe1c2234afa

Pinterest board: https://pin.it/24p3vhA0o

Tags: #drastic times

Taglist: @calenhads, @thelittlestspider, comment or write in the tags if you want to be added to the taglist :D

[possibilistfanfiction]

your latest rebloghad me snickering i never have understood the obsession with her. anything youve been listening to lately that you rec for someone looking for something new?

ok before anyone comes for me lmfao i do want to say that i generally find her music mostly fine, sometimes good, occasionally a song will make me absolutely feral for no discernible reason lol. i think she's an eco-terrorist basically but like... her music is fine & ppl being normal fans is... normal lol

what is BEYOND to me is when ppl will literally like... post abt her like she's their friend, or defend her music when like sometimes artists u like make mediocre shit! that's fine! lol like i have two lorde tattoos & i do think overall as a project solar power is beautiful & cool but was it earth-shattering like pure heroine or melodrama? no! which is fine! i don't need it to be! i also have no idea what lorde is doing day to day lol

also i will say i love pop. i love being a fan of pop. i think the world runs on pop music & it should! i named my dog after charli xcx! not everything i listen to (or consume in general) aligns with my personal politic of a free palestine & a free world! my ultimate weakness is drag race! so the level of insanity surrounding taylor swift (& beyonce tbh) by (at least in my community) gay white men (or gay men trying to perform whiteness / gain proximity to it) is just... bonkers! i could go on about this forever but i will not lol. [if u like podcasts tho, a bit fruity did an ep on the political power of taylor swift which is quite interesting. their episode becoming a woman with miss benny also talks abt gayness, femininity, & pop (in an illuminating way!!) -- check them out if u want!!]

ANYWAY SORRY. some stuff i'm currently loving:

tierra whack's new album whack world. super funky, smart, heartfelt, she's the weirdest in the game & we are all better for it

BRAT ERA BABEY aka charli xcx's new singles. my favorite is club classics atm but B2b & von dutch (& the remix w/ addison rae) are summer bops. can't wait to be drunk on the beach listening to them

constantly going back to ethel cain's preacher's daughter, especially when i'm in nature w/ char. it's one of my favorite albums of all time; so fucking beautiful. hymns.

as the world's no1 bangerz apologist, & bc of jojo siwa being absolutely delulu & kind of iconic lately, i've been returning to 2013 miley for a laugh, & bc that album is so good. feels rly sad now? idk. her cover of jolene ate so hard no one will ever come close, sry

random but a cover of breezeblocks by taylor rae

honestly also whatever i loved II MOST WANTED lmao. it's gay. the only reason ppl are saying it's not is bc beyonce is on the track. it's gay i will die on this hill

lastly listening to a lot of lonnie holley

[angsty-prompt-hole]

My OC’s In Class

I was tagged in this a while back by @addisons-damn-dialogue and never got around to it due to a series of life events. I’m going to be doing this for the whole extended Dresden Crew since they are actually in high school for most of the story (and I don’t give the whole entire extended crew enough attention).

Kira: She’s the quiet, model student who always finishes her work early and usually spends half the class reading whatever book she checked out that week. After she gets her powers, though, she ends up cutting classes or leaving midway through a lot due to monster troubles. She somehow still manages to pass all of her classes.

Emily: Kind of like Kira, but she doesn’t have Kira’s book smarts and she has chronic severe anxiety, so she is ALWAYS worrying about whether or not she did something right and whether or not her homework will get done. Has had panic attacks over homework assignments. Kira usually helps her with the stuff she struggles with.

Pickle: It completely depends on who else is in the class with him. If it’s someone he’s really good friends with, he is absolutely awful because he spends the entire class trying to talk to them or pranking them. If you can manage to isolate him, he’s usually fine.

Cain: Cain is usually pretty well-behaved, but he is a drama kid at heart so he goes extra hard on any assignments that allow him to get creative, much to the chagrin of everyone else. If he shares a class with Emily he spends half his time being an “i fucking love my girlfriend” type of guy, and if he shares a class with Kira he usually just bothers her for the entire class because it annoys her.

Carter: It’s a miracle he’s passing all of his classes to be honest. He regularly skips all of the classes he hates, which is everything except for shop classes. In his shop classes he just dicks around with his friends and makes mechanical nightmares the likes of which his teachers have never seen.

Maxine: Maxine is usually well-behaved, unless Pickle is in the same class, and then it’s just total chaos and prank wars. They had to be forcibly seated on opposite sides of the room in one class because they would not leave each other alone. Their pranks kept escalating to the point where Pickle once hid Maxine’s entire desk. Both of them are banned from ever taking the same chemistry class ever again.

Maxwell: Unlike his twin, Maxwell is quiet and well-mannered, and he’s often the teacher’s pet. He’s a model student and is well-liked by everyone. He has decent grades. However, he is not immune to Pickle’s shenanigans, nor is he immune to his sister’s, so he still gets in trouble because of them sometimes if he shares a class with them.

Caitlin: Caitlin gets super bored in class because she’s the type to do all the work ahead of time and then just coast the rest of the semester. She regularly has to leave school to help her parents with stuff, though, so she kind of has to get all of her work done early. She is one of the only ones who can stop Pickle’s shenanigans dead in their tracks by virtue of her phenomenal ability to ignore his very existence.

Roxanne: She dropped out of high school, but when she was in class she was not a very good student lmao. She would regularly fight with her teachers, show up drunk or high, and just be a general disturbance and menace to society. She’s calmed down significantly since then and is working on getting her GED.

Tagging: I’m leaving this as an open tag, so if you see this and want to do it, go for it!

[fallout--alley--youth--zone]

Genderbent Gone Names

Sam & Caine = Eve & Lilith. Maybe Eve would go by Evie or some similar nickname, but Lilith only goes by Lilith (Lily if it's male!Diana trying to get under her skin). It keeps a lot of the symbolism from their original names, maybe even better symbolism--Lilith was Adam's original wife, but she was cast out and replaced by Eve.

On that note, Astrid = Addison. I considered just naming him "Adam", but that felt a little on the nose--Addison just means "son of Adam", so it's practically the same. Plus, the image of people sarcastically calling them "Addie and Evie" just makes me giggle tbh. And it's just old-fashioned enough to really fit Astrid's vibes, y'know (though that might be just me)?

Little Pete = Pandora, but everyone calls her "Little Dora". It's literally PERFECT symbolism--she's the one who made the FAYZ, after all.

Drake = Serta or Sarah. Look, I couldn't find any names that had the right vibe--that creepy, crawly, snake-like vibe--so I just took "certa" out of "lacerta" (Latin, lizard) and called it a day. But if that's too weird, Sarah works too.

Edilio = Edilia or Estefania. Edilia is good if you don't want to confuse people with all the new names, but I like Estefania because of its meaning--from Greek stephanos, meaning crown or laurels.

Diana = Apollo or maybe Artemis? Diana was the Roman interpretation of the Greek goddess Artemis: Artemis is a goddess of the moon and Hunt (and an eternal maiden), while Diana is a warrior goddess of the moon and fertility. Artemis has gained popularity as a boy's name in recent years, and such a name would foreshadow male!Diana's resourcefulness well, but overall I think Apollo fits better. It mirrors Diana's original name (Apollo is the god of the sun, music, & medicine), and better fits Diana's overall "image" (Apollo was known for his dramatic love life, lol).

Lana = Clark, because she was named after superheroes.

Dahra = Dabir, an Arabic name meaning "root, origin".

Sanjit = Saanvi, a Hindu name meaning "the Goddess Lakshmi". So she still gets to brag about her awesome name.

Lightning round! Dekka = Derek, Brianna = Brian, C. Jack = C. Jaqueline, Quinn = Quinette, Charles "Orc" = Charlie "Orc", Howard = Hannah, Albert = Alberta, Mary = Matthew, John = Joan. Taylor, Duck, Hunter, & Orsay's names stay the same since they're already gender neutral; minor characters all stay the same gender.

[bondsmagii]

OH MY GPD YOUVE SEEN THE LINDSAY ELLIS VIDEOS top three favorite wack moments of the whole situation go

how the fuck can I choose like the entire thing was just... so wild from start to finish like. what in god’s name. literally the entire situation was insane. I can’t pick one thing without having to disentangle it from like, 80 other crazy things and I feel like your man from the It’s Always Sunny picture. you know the one.

I can however tell you some of my personal favourite parts. I don’t know if they’re Most Wack because literally the entire thing is Most Wack, but I need to shout out the following: 

explaining the concept of wolf sex (and the disproven alpha/omega theory) to a literal jury 

the fact that Lindsay paid voice actors to read out excerpts of the book and then Addison Cain tried to sue her for using parts of her book outside of copyright and Lindsay shut her down because it was creative fair use

the fact that somebody wanted to be known as the person who invented this trope? and lied about it? and then tried to say they invented the heterosexual version? my goodness.

the “that damn baby” saga which resulted in Cain genuinely stating that Lindsay and her friends had threatened her child

the fact that in the followup video Lindsay didn’t list her Patrons because apparently they all risked being sued as well if she did

not one, not two, but three courts had to sit this case.

listen I know there’s a lot to be said about horny men and writing but I feel like horny women can really hold their own as well because it was one hell of a horny woman who landed wolf sex in a federal court of law and I think that counts for something.

[asexualbookbird]

I didn't want to talk about January because I'm still missing my friend, but I ended up reading quite a bit so it feels weird not to.

BOOKS

The Goblin Emperor by Kathrine Addison (DNF, but I want to come back to it, I don't think it was the right time for me)

The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon (⭐⭐⭐)

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine (⭐)

Hexed by Kevin Hearne (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Down Among The Sticks And Bones by Seanan McGuire (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Beneath The Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (⭐⭐⭐½)

OTHER MEDIA

MBMBaM (im up to ep 340)

Calico for switch (def recommend for a low key calming time!)

Lupin on netflix (pls watch this)

Witcher 3, Hearts of Stone (I finished the base game and one dlc and aaaaaaaahhhhhhh)

FOOD

brownies

meatballs

mozzarella sticks (x2)

challah (x2)

challah bread pudding (x2 but Binx ate the second one and smashed our favorite dish)

SAUSAGE ROLLS

burritos (my fave burrito place closed and im trying to be okay about it)

chocolate chip cookies

lemon pound cake

chocolate mousse

fried chicken

dumpling filling but in lettuce wraps

January.....was a Month.......I'm tired and sad and doing my best. I also cut my hair and accidentally gave myself a baby mullet but its okay because im not going anywhere!

I have a small stack of books I'd like to read soon, but who knows if I'll actually do that in February since I hate being told what to read even if it's me who's telling me to read. I'll make a post about BRICK revealing what book it is soon, I've been waiting for a good weather backdrop for photos.

Stay safe, wear your masks, and eat the rich ✌

[eenslaved]

Erotica Ebooks Review

Publishing this post that has been in my Drafts for a long time...I meant to post it years ago now but then the Tumblr Porn Ban was announced and well....here we are.

I posted here about several ebooks I recently purchased (with much gratitude to  a reader’s surprising and wonderful gift!!). Now that I have finished reading them, I wanted to share my brief reviews of each.

Nineteen Weeks by William Vitelli: 5/5. The D/s dynamic here is F/mf for the most part. We get a welcome glimpse of Anthony and Eileen from Elicitation/Evocation, and I rate it 5 stars just for being able to see more of Anthony’s view towards Eileen.

Dark Night of the Soul by Kitty Thomas: 4/5. I liked it! Hot and humiliating, with good internal conflicts. More sex scenes.

Her Master’s Teacher by Lily White: 1/5 stars. I didn’t like this one, though I know there are plenty of readers this book would appeal to. It’s not terrible at all, but personally I just found the relationship and the sex and the kink overall boring. I prefer writing and reading about dubious consent; this one tripped too far over the line into abuse for my personal tastes.

Born to be Bound by Addison Cain: 3.5/5 stars. Dark romance. Noncon/rape. Good dark fantasy stuff, but I’m a romantic at heart so I wanted more of that. Addison Cain usually treads that line very well for me, but in this story, the miscommunication frustrated me.

Papa’s Little Pain Princess by Zoe Blake: 4~4.5/5 stars. Zoe Blake writes extremely hot and humiliating Victorian ageplay. This was more of the same (this is a good thing), and I liked the tender and erotically romantic playfulness in this book. It was shorter than expected though, and I wanted to see more of Winnie’s life in the household. The first half of the book goes into some detail in the initial scenes, but once Winnie is in her new household, the scenes are much shorter when they were ripe for deeper exploration.

[stina-is-a-punk-rocker]

disney’s ‘the hunchback of notre dame’, early 2000s kid nostalgia, and other midnight musings

“What the fuck, Stina? I thought this was a blog for book reviews!” you say.

“Books, amongst other things. Hence the -ish suffix,” I say. “And all my mediocre ‘reviews’ are hit-or-miss in terms of engagement, so I’m pretty much free to post whatever the fuck I want.”

I toss my head. My hair whacks me in the face.

The first time I watched Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame was been circa 2006, in the ‘movie room’ of my preschool, huddled around a CRT TV with the rest of my five-year-old classmates. Not much about the film particularly stood out to me at the age.

Fast-forward fifteen years later; I’m cooped up in quarantine, hundreds of thousands of miles away from that first viewing. I’m living my best life, rejoicing in my introverted tendencies and having a laugh at the expense of all the suffering extroverts. I haven’t moved from my bed all day, except for the bare necessities, and I’m bingeing YouTube videos. All is well.

I discovered Lindsay Ellis’s channel quite recently- embarrassingly enough, through her videos on Omegaverse and the whole Addison Cain fiasco. I stumbled down the rabbit-hole of her channel, and here I am, a few dozen videos later, and I find her one on this film.

Which, of course, led me to want to re-watch the film, with the eyes and mind (supposedly) of an adult. And it went far beyond and above my expectations.

The film is dark, much darker than the average Disney film of today- not just thematically, but the graphics too. Except for the first parts with the Festival of Fools and the last scene, the rest seems to have a dark filter put over it all. Obviously, given its themes (I’m pulling these out of my arse; I’m a STEM major and I have zero to no knowledge about film) of freedom and equality, acceptance of those different from us, corruption and lust- all that good shit, in other words- you can’t exactly have sunshine and rainbows. But it’s such a stark contrast from what I’ve been accustomed to from Disney; Frozen has Hans about to decapitate Elsa, but the background remains bright and light; Simba sobbing next to Mufasa’s body in The Lion King is heart-wrenching, but a few scenes later, we have an anthropomorphic meerkat-boar duo singing about eating bugs and farting and all that classy stuff, so it’s not as traumatizing.

The themes are a lot more on-the-nose than a lot of other kids’ movies (forgive me if I err, I am aged and forgetful)- cue la Esmeralda saying, “What do they have against people who are different, anyway?”- you get what’s essentially the same ‘accept others regardless of their differences’, ‘prejudice is bad’ morals from, say, Zootopia, but having given the main characters fursuits makes it less obvious than in this movie.

(Or maybe I’m just a dumbass. I have no elaborate notes for this; I’m high on sugar and deprived of sleep so I might be spewing bullshit.)

Admittedly, the resolution is a bit… unrealistic. The citizens of Paris = sheep, essentially; they go from throwing fruit in Quasimodo’s face because the guards started it, to helping defeat them. Maybe there’s something about mob mentality in there, but I find it hard to believe that people who showed up to watch Esmeralda burn to death were suddenly totally cool with not getting what they didn’t pay for. But then again, this is a Disney movie, and you can’t make kids too cynical too early on. Let them have their innocence and ‘people will be with the heroes in times of peril because humanity is inherently good!’ before they realize that humanity kinda fuckin’ sucks.

The characters are some of the most human from those I’ve seen in Disney (other honorable mentions: the main characters of The Emperor’s New Groove, Moana, Tangled, Anna from Frozen). Quasimodo’s the main character (lol DUH, will I ever say anything not obvious?), and he’s so lovable, but not without flaws- he’s biased against gypsies in the beginning because Frollo’s the literal scum of the earth. To borrow from the K-pop fans’ dictionary: UwU he’s so pure!

Esmeralda sparks a bit of controversy because she’s another POC leading lady from a Disney film of the 90’s (a list including Jasmine, and, sigh- Pocahontas) who’s markedly more sexualized than the white Disney princesses. It’s not something I particularly noticed nor cared about until I saw it being brought up- I mean, the woman shows a bit of cleavage and then dances for a couple of seconds- but. I’m just putting that out there.

She’s an empowering heroine without having to belt in in your face (not me making a dig at Naomi Scott’s Jasmine from the Aladdin live action film), and I also love how her role in taking down the Big Bad doesn’t have to do with her ‘power of seduction’ (the scene in the animated Aladdin film where Jasmine kissed Jafar truly traumatized me as a kid).

Phoebus is… well, he exists. Kind of a Regulus Black archetype, but not exactly. The guy on the bad side who turns good and all is forgiven. Well, at least it’s not the ‘her love made him a better man’ trope. And he is a good guy. Even if he did spend a considerable amount of his adult years on the side of the bad guys.

Systemic oppression? Nah, it’s one or two corrupt baddies. But again, it’s a Disney film, we need everything to work out for the good guys in the end.

Let’s get the gargoyles out of the way. To reference Lindsay Ellis’s video (she’s a lot smarter than I am and breaks this down better than I ever could): yes, the comedy’s oft ill-timed and inappropriate… for an adult audience. And the primary demographic of Disney films, especially princess ones (obviously Esmeralda isn’t a princess, nor does she marry into royalty, nor is she included in the group of princesses in the dumpster fire that is Ralph Breaks the Internet, but I had a book imaginatively titled ‘Disney Princess Stories’ as a kid that included Esmeralda’s story alongside Belle’s and Ariel’s, so I’m calling her a princess), are kids. And kids love fart jokes.

Additionally, I have a theory-that-is-not-really-a-theory-but-a-pretty-obvious-thing-that-happens that the gargoyles are figments of Quasimodo’s imagination, and the, at times crass and ridiculous things they say are just the voices in Quasimodo’s head (THIS IS OBVIOUS, STINA, YOU HAVEN’T STUMBLED ACROSS A STARTLING NEW REVELATION); maybe what he imagines normal townspeople to act like.

And then we have Judge Judy Chrissy Teigen Frollo. This dude is the embodiment of pure evil. He’s bigoted and rapey and abusive and one of Disney’s most successful villains- even better than Mother Gothel, who previously held the crown. It’s rare that a villain genuinely terrifies me, especially a cartoon one. Frollo, unlike your typical fairytale antagonist who wants power/fame/fortune/to overthrow Olympus, is far more sinister; driven from deep-rooted hatred instead of plain greed. He’s so much closer to people in positions of power and authority even in the modern world, and that element of reality makes him so much better as an antagonist instead of a literal sheep who hates carnivores (seriously, Disney, enough with the twist villains- they’re not working out).

Also, Hellfire slaps. In fact, the entire soundtrack does.

Speaking about Hellfire, I love the contrast between that and Heaven’s Light; how Esmeralda is viewed by Frollo (an object to possess, “Destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of hell; or else, let her be mine and mine alone”) as opposed to Quasimodo (someone with free will, “I dare to dream that she might even care for me”).

Another argument brought up, and admittedly one I had as a child was, ‘but if the whole point of the movie is acceptance and love as opposed to lust, why didn’t Quasimodo get the girl?’ Which, years later, I realize is an extremely misogynistic way to look at it. As Princess Jasmine said four years before The Hunchback was released, she is not a prize to be won. Quasimodo is Frollo’s antithesis; he lets Esmeralda choose, and she chose Phoebus. And Quasimodo accepted that, because he is good and kind and sweet and loving. Severus Snape, take note.

On a sidenote, I’m always kind of caught out of left field when the plot in films moves really fast- I’m really not a movie-watching type; I prefer to read, and books usually indicate how much time passes from one main plot point to another, and there are little slice-of-life, filler parts that tie in to character development and moving the plot forward, but at a snail’s pace. So, whenever I’m watching a movie and it’s one important event after another, I usually haven’t had enough of a refractory period to process it.

Let’s pretend that I segued smoothly into the next part of this (already tedious and long drawn out) review.

The Hunchback is the darkest film I’ve ever seen come out from Disney. Re-watching it as an adult made me pause every so often and wonder why the hell I wasn’t traumatized by it as a kid. I mean, the whole movie kicks off with Frollo about to throw an infant down a well. And then there’s that horrifying shot of the stone renditions of the Israelite kings on the church walls. Frollo falls to his death into fire. I mean, good riddance, but still. I guess it’s because the kids’ shows of today are awfully censored and polished so kids don’t have nightmares forevermore.

Update: tried to watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2. Exited just as fast as I clicked on it. Disney sequels really ain’t shit (yes, I’m looking at you, Frozen 2).

[christinaroseandrews]

As I was scrolling through the dumpster fire, I came across your review for 'Born to be Bound'. I loved it! It was an absolute delight to read with some of the best burns I've seen in a long while. If I had the funds to purchase books, I now know to not buy that particular one. Thank you for suffering through the incessant, hoity-toity babble to warn the rest of us.

I get by on limited income, books are a luxury I can rarely afford. Fanfiction fills my need to read and consume written stories. And now I can't unsee the asexual erasure in the A/B/O tag on Ao3. I'm moderately pissed off at myself now.

I'm a disgruntled fanfiction writer. I will do what I do best. Say, "I can fix that." Then write it into existence. I'm going to add an asexual Alpha/Omega couple to my current A/B/O fanfic. I'll use a popular ship that is a minor background pairing.

On a related note, how do you keep your sanity alive reading badly written books for a living? Are magical abilities granted to editors? Like, does some higher power descend upon you saying, 'Congrats! You're strong to survive the trials of terrible wording inflicted upon the English language. Take this level up and go forth!' ?

Hi!  I’m glad you messaged me. Nice to meet you!

Awww! I’m blushing from your praise. That was only for chapter 1 and there are 10 chapters in this, so I’ve got a lot more to go through. I’m hopeful it will get better. 

I really understand not being able to buy books. That’s pretty much me all the time. LOL I’m a disabled, chronically ill person who can’t work a regular 9-5 job so I do other stuff to pay the bills. There’s a few ways to be able to read original fiction for free. The first is that a lot of authors will offer books for free as reader magnets. The second is that publishers of all stripes will send out ARCs of books to people with the understanding/hope that they will review the book. This is how I get most of my more recent releases. Finally there is reading from the library. I’ve been utilizing both Overdrive and Hoopla. And fanfiction is a wonderful thing. A precious thing. I am 100% here for fanfic, especially since I still write it myself. LOL

Don’t be pissed off that you missed the lack of ace rep on the tag. Be proud of yourself that when it was pointed out your first thought was “How can i fix this?” Because that speaks volumes about you as a person. And you’re a good doobie. I think it’s awesome that you’re going to add more asexual rep to the ABO tag. We need that. There are not nearly enough characters on the Ace spectrum and it really runs the gambit. I’m a demiromantic/bisexual myself. There needs to be more Ace rep out there. Good on you!

So you want to know how I keep my sanity when reading bad books?

So here’s the thing, most of the books I edit aren’t badly written. They really aren’t. Even those that if they were published in the form I got them in would be called “badly written” have potential. They’re unpolished. They have flaws. They need work. And it’s my job to help the author get their book into the best shape that I can.

Also most books, even Addison Cain’s Born to Be Bound have something good about them. Something. And one person’s yuck is another person’s yum. This book happens to be hitting a lot of my yucks and there’s some structural, logistical, and tonal problems with the book. That being said, I can say that from the one chapter I’ve read I wouldn’t have guessed that the story started its life as a Batman fanfic featuring Bane/Original Female Character. So she filed the serial numbers off well, I guess.

The other thing that keeps me sane is a philosophy I have about editing/life. No effort is wasted if you learn something or help someone else to learn. I wanted to be a teacher before I hit some pretty big obstacles and had to switch gears. And in my heart, I still want to help make the world a better place. And if that means that I help others create beauty, then that’s a good legacy for me.

I also have a good support system and invest in self care. That can be reading a good fic, watching something fun, or even playing a game for a little bit. I also don’t edit constantly. I take breaks. Edit for an hour, take a 20 minute break. This keeps me more focused and allows me to not get dragged down. Plus it works better for my disabilities since that’s a thing.

Additionally, I 1000% agree with the maxim that any problem in a book can be fixed in the editing process. It just takes a lot of work and a lot of suppressing of the author’s ego and the author has to be willing to do that. That last one is the toughest, because these books are their babies. Their children. It’s hard to hear that their child isn’t perfect. And editing can feel like an attack if you aren’t used to it. I do a lot of hand holding. I make sure that they know that just because I’ve found something I need to change that it isn’t a reflection on them. The only time it becomes a reflection on the author is when they have been told something is a problem and they choose to ignore that anyway because it doesn’t fit with their vision. I’m a pretty hard core editor. I tend to give it to my clients straight. And I think my clients know that I honestly and truly want them to succeed. Because I do. Honestly, a well-edited successful book is like a huge piece of advertising for me as an editor. Like straight on. I want my clients to succeed because then I’ll succeed. It’s a very symbiotic relationship.

Now there are books that I’ve edited that are absolutely horrible. Books where I’ve gotten them in the copy edit phase and I’ve wondered why the acquisitions and content editors are letting this subject go to press. But in the end, I have to remember what my job is. When that happens, it’s the self-care route again.

But seriously, most books have something good in them. It’s a question of finding it and drawing it out.

[duhragonball]

Updated the damn fic again, and I rewarded myself for posting Luffa #133 by cooking myself an omelet and watching this:

So, my omelets are turning out pretty good, except they keep coming apart in the center when I try to fold them over.   I’m not sure if that’s because they need more time to cook or what.    But I’m out of eggs, so I’ll have to go to the store before I can try aga-- Oh, right the video.    About the wolf sex.

I think the thing that surprised me the most while watching this whole thing was that much of the underlying tropes of the A/B/O genre are unoriginal.   Lindsay Ellis refers to “bodice rippers” in romance stories, which sounds a whole lot like the sort of rough, I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-consensual style of nookie in these Omegaverse stories.   Even the term “alpha” got used before wolves had anything to do with it.  

The overlooked point of the lawsuit, which Ellis clarifies in the end, is that this whole thing should have been about the chilling effects of DMCA takedowns.    If you publish a story and someone files a bad faith DMCA against you, websites like Amazon and YouTube have no obligation or incentive to investigate, or to treat you fairly.   Your only recourse is to sue the person who filed the DMCA claim, but this just assumes you’ve got deep enough pockets to do that.   Meanwhile, filing malicious DMCA claims is really easy to do, and any crank or megalomaniac can use them with almost no risk of consequence.     

From what I can tell, Addison Cain seems to genuinely believe she owns some piece of the Omegaverse pie.   Like, she was the first one to do M/F pairings in that genre, so she thinks she “created” a subgenre.   Or the idea of the M/F A/B/O stuff being violent and “dub-con”, she seems to think that’s hers as well.    That’s like saying Neil Armstrong invented stepping on the moon because he was the first guy to try it.  

I’ve been involved in fanfic for a lot of years, and the main thing I’ve noticed is that most people aren’t looking to innovate.  My biggest gripe with slash is that every slash concept I run into looks exactly the same as all the others.   Someone sees a fic about Legolas and Aragorn and they just do the exact same thing, only they make it about Loki and Hawkeye.    I guess that comes with the territory, since fanfic assumes you’re using someone else’s characters and situations, so I guess borrowing other concepts and tropes isn’t too outrageous.  

Still, it seems like there’s always people in this world who want to stake some sort of claim.   Superwholock is a pretty good example.   I don’t think any single person ever claimed to invent Superwholock, but lots of fans took pride in it, like it was some great institution, like merging those three things together was some sort of accomplishment.     But it’s not.    There were just these three really popular TV shows, and a lot of people expressed their appreciation for all three in the exact same fucking way.    There’s not some magic connection between Supernatural, Dr. Who, and Sherlock, just a bunch of fans who saw no point in separating them.    It’s not an original idea, it’s the taking of three original ideas and assimilating them into one simpler idea, an idea about conventionally attractive white men being handsome.  

Omegaverse reminds me of the Gor novels, which were set on this other planet where, get this, you can make women do whatever you want and they’re all totally into it.  Someone just figured “Hey, I’m going to write a story where I can indulge my pet kinks, and I’ll do some worldbuilding to make it easier to explain.”    Sexliking isn’t an original idea, but every once in a while somebody comes along who wants to believe that their sexliking story is special.   That it blazed a new trail.    Addison Cain apparently thinks she blazed a new trail by putting women in these Omegaverse situations.    I get the impression that she only declared war on this other author to protect her own ego more than anything else.    Once there was a similar work to her own out there, she was suddenly confronted with the possibility that she wasn’t quite the trailblazer that she thought she was.   But if she filed a DMCA and made it stick, then she could at least pretend that the law was on her side.   

I’ll make this about Dragon Ball for a second, just to stay on brand.    One of my favorite bits from the dub is when Ginyu is recruiting potential new members for the Ginyu Force, and he has a bunch of scrubs call out their names while they pose, and one guy impulsively calls himself “Captain Strong” and Ginyu gets upset with him because there’s only room for one captain in the Ginyu Force.   It’s completely petty and dumb and it fits Ginyu’s character perfectly.   He loves theatrics, but don’t you dare try to upstage him.  

Maybe there’s a lesson there.    We all have our captaincies.   Is that a word?   We all have our captain’s rank.    Something we each claimed for ourselves as a thing that makes us special, and it’s easy to get jealous when we think that’s being threatened.  There’s a lot more captains out there than we want to admit.   I see a lot of cars on the road with those “13.1″ stickers on the rear window, and it took me a while to figure out that it means they ran a half-marathon, and they should all be proud of that, that’s a big deal, but I’d hate to think any of them believes they’re the only one.      Pretty much every idea is derivative in some way, so if you manage to make a name for yourself with your Coffee shop/Only One Bed story, please don’t get upset if someone else does the same thing.    

[handlewithkara]

I wanted to say something like “the saga of the melodrama in the omegaverse fanfiction trope turned published wolf porn authors community continues”. But I feel this would be genuinely unfair to the community when it seems to me that it’s really just one person who is going ham on everybody else. Addison Cain gives me so many flashbacks. (especially the bit where she complains about Courtney Milan)

Even if you think this topic does not interest you, this video is very well worth a watch. Spoiler alert, even ao3 gets namedropped. 

[surejaya]

Strangeways

Strangeways by Addison Cain

“A thrilling ride that will leave you on the edge of your seat! I need MORE of Phi and his... shall we say... unique physiology. Ten thousand stars!!!" -USA Today Bestselling Author, Myra Danvers I have been chosen. One moment I was leaving work, the next I was entertaining a silvery-green alien intent on knowing me fully. Their invasion of our world nonviolent, seamless. They dress as human men, eat in human restaurants, vote, pay taxes, and are controlling every last one of us. I don’t understand how no one else can see what I see? That their beauty is a trap. They have come here for the women, intent on creating life partners—through seduction, mental manipulation, employing muscular bodies capable of fulfilling any female desire. Shaping themselves to our wants. Until we’ve each been claimed, marked, and changed. Assimilated. We don't have a choice. They can make us like it. They can make us desire them. They can make us do anything they want.

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[ivymiariauthor]

One Society, My Society, Sobre Dios playlist

Here is my playlist for my wip ‘One Society, My Society, Sobre Dios’

For you — Delaney Bailey MEAN! — Madeline The Person Tired — beabadoobee First Love / Late Spring — Mitski God Must Hate Me — Catie Turner Monogamy — Leith Ross Down! — Mico No friends — Mazie Best Friend — Laufey She — Dodie I can`t handle change — Roar A Burning Hill — Mitski Heart Like Yours — Williamette Stone I wanna be a boy — Addison Grace Lowkey as hell — Waterparks Just a Kid — Noah Vela I Guess — Mitski The Fruits — Paris Paloma So My Darling (Acoustic) — Rachel Chinouriri Burned Out — Dodie The Gold (Phoebe Bridgers Version) — Machester Orchestra, Phoebe Bridgers Telephone — Waterparks Risk — Mega Mango Prom — Ethan Bortnick Boggle — Mega Mango Every Single Night — password:password Hard Times — Ethel Cain Prolouge — Chase Petra Ava — Famy Starkissed — Rani Adi Mary On a Cross — Ghost Passerine — The Oh Hellos Help Me — Rainbow Frog Biscuits Just Take My Wallet — Jack Stauber`s Micropop Family Line — Conan Gray Blurt — Mega Mango Star Love — Late Night Drive Home Everybody Wants To Rule The World — Tears for Fears I Know The End — Phoebe Bridgers Expired — Jenny Nuo Atlantis — Seafret Astronomy — Conan Gray Jacob From the Bible — Jake Wesley Rogers Love/hate — Matt Van Fat Funny Friend — Maddie Zahm Running Up That Hill — Meg Myers

[bibibibuckleykinard]

Another prompt for your fic month, because it's too hilarious to pass up: 52) “There’s a herd of them!” with roblivion (or future family, whatever floats your boat). I admire the heck out of you for doing this challenge btw. I hope you're having fun with it! :D

@zippywafflebuns for you lovely, I hope you like it!

This was inspired by my niece and nephew who drove me mad this past week lol

“There’s a herd of them!”

If you had told 26-year-old Aaron, that in ten years time his small family would have grown into what it is today, he probably would have thought you were crazy, yet here he was four kids later. There was Seb, who was 10, the twins Addison and Oliver, who were 7, and Evlyn who was 3. All of which kept both Robert and Aaron on their toes.

“Right come on the lot of you,” Aaron replied ushering the twins and Seb out of The Mill, Liv following closely behind holding Evlyn. Aaron locked the door joining the five of them in the driveway. “We have to stop over at the garage before we meet Dad at the Pub.” He explained.

“I want Daddy,” Evlyn said reaching out for Aaron.

“Come here, Peanut,” Aaron said taking her from Liv.

“I see how it is, no love for your auntie Liv,” Liv replied.

“I love Daddy!” Evlyn said grinning clinging to Aaron

“I love you too,” Aaron replied patting the little girl softly own the back. “Addison and Oliver, take auntie’s hand,” Aaron told the twins as they headed towards the garage.

“Daddy?” Evlyn asked as they made their way closer.

“Yes, Evlyn,” Aaron asked.

“Why are we going to the gawage?”

“Because that’s where Daddy’s car is, Uncle Cain had to work on it remember?” Aaron explained.

“Oh yeah,”

The six of them made their way towards the garage, Aaron noticed Robert coming from the Pub.

“Dada!” Evlyn screamed out into Aaron’s ear, Aaron closing one eye to cope with the loud scream.

“The last one to Dad is a rotten egg,” Seb told Addison and Oliver before letting go of Liv’s hand, he bolted towards Robert, the Twins closely behind chasing after their older brother.

“Kids,” Aaron began yelling but stopped, seeing there was no use.

“I won!” Seb yelled out tapping Robert on the arm stopping by his dad. “You lose, I win! You lot are rotten eggs.”The young boy teased.

“No, we’re not!” Addison said, mad. “You cheated!”

“Did not!” Seb replied.

“Did too!” Oliver added. “You took off before we were ready.”

“It’s not my fault you guys are snails!”

“Dad!” Addison said to Robert.

“Seb, be nice to your brother and sister,” Robert told the older boy.

“But they’re being sore losers.”

“Or maybe, just maybe you’re being a sore winner,” Robert replied.

“Dada, Dada, Dada, Dada, Dada, Dada,” Evlyn chanted as her and Aaron got closer.

“Evie, Evie, Evie,” Robert mimicked. Evlyn reached out for Robert, Aaron leaning forward for Robert to take the toddler.

“Have they been driving you mad?” Robert asked Aaron.

“Always,” Aaron replied with a smirk, “Liv included.” He added, Liv poked Aaron in the ribs causing him to jump, he batted his sister’s hand away. The group made their way towards the garage to be met by Debbie and Cain.

“Oh, there they are,” Debbie replied making her way out the building. Addison ran up and hugged  Debbie, “Hey pretty girl,” Debbie replied playing with the girl’s ponytail, “You driving your dads mad like I told you?”

“Yup,” The girl replied proudly.

“There’s a herd of them!” Cain jokingly exaggerated making his way out wiping his hands on an old towel.

“Very funny,” Aaron replied.

“Who said I was joking?” Cain replied.

“Ignore him,” Debbie replied. “He’s in the dog house with Moria.” She added. “Apparently, he thinks it’s okay for Isaac to fight in school…”

“What brings you here?” Cain asked quickly changing the subject. Debbie smirked.

“We were on our way to see Mum,” Aaron replied, “I just wanted to see how the work on the car was going.”

“We’re still waiting on one part,” Debbie replied. “It should be in today.”

“Can I work here with you guys?” Seb asked Debbie and Cain.

“Seb,” Robert replied.

“What?” He questioned. “you, Dad and Mom said I should get a job.”

“No, we said chores to earn the money you’ve been asking for,” Aaron replied. “And we were thinking more along the lines of helping out at home or even at the yard or the haulage.” He added.

“But the garage is cooler,”

Aaron shook his head.

“What do you need money for anyways?” Debbie asked. “You’re 10.” She added.

“Shoes,” Seb replied.

“£150 pair of shoes to be exact,” Aaron added. “Expensive tased like his dad.” He explained.

“Could always say it’s your time of the month,” Liv jokingly replied. “That usually worked when I wanted money.” She added.

“What?” Seb asked confused.

“Liv,” Aaron warned.

“Right,” Robert replied. “With that… We should get going,”“Yeah,” Aaron replied.

“The last one to Nana Chas’s is a rotten egg!” Seb yelled running off

“Cheater!” Oliver yelled back, him and Addison ran after him.

“Don’t run,” Robert yelled after the three.

“See ya,” Aaron said as him and Liv followed the rest.

“Bye, “ Debbie replied, smiling.

“There really is a herd of them,” Cain told his daughter as they watched the ‘herd’ of them leave.

Catch Up (x) (x)

[authorkristinstone]

May Update and some babbling

This post contains a small spoiler at the end, which is highlighted in case you want to be left in the dark about everything concerning the Living and Breathing in Flint series.

I’m not sure if anyone is actually interested in these Update posts, but since I don’t upload much else (tell me if you want me to reblog things from my favorites since I follow a few great omegaverse blogs here on tumblr), I feel like it can at least work as a reminder, that I’m still alive and plan on working/writing again. Well, “plan on” is maybe the wrong term, since I am writing the whole time, but I feel like nothing is good enough to actually pursue the idea further.

Right now I’m working on a piece that was actually planned (and partially written in German) in 2013 before I was even part of the ABO/omegaverse community. Back then I started mapping out the skeleton of Flint and the various parts and neighborhoods. Yet, I feel like I can easily convert it into an Alpha/Beta story. Omega would not work with the female main character’s living conditions, so it will be another piece for passionate fans of mine. 

I’m saying “passionate” because I noticed that the stories about Alpha/Omega couples received much higher attention than for my latest one, “Second Best” which is kinda sad, but understandable. Like many of you wrote in the comments under my last story, Betas don’t get the spotlight very often and are mostly doomed to be the funny side character, the literary equivalent to the “friend zone” in my eyes.

I also have a book recommendation because I sometimes get asked about what I read as well. Currently I am part of a facebook group “Omegaverse Readers Unite” founded by the amazing Addison Cain, who should be known to most of you as the author of the “Born to be Bound” series, and there I stumbled upon a fantastic writer called Nora Ash. I’m devouring her books from the “Alpha” series and can only recommend them to anyone interested in M/F omegaverse books. You can find them easily on Amazon.com

A few weeks ago, I posted a request for plot ideas or such and I actually received a very nice plot idea. Unfortunately I can’t thank the person directly since they submitted it anonymously. The idea was wonderful and so, so sweet. I can only thank you again for helping me out.

Nevertheless, I will not write it immediately, but I saved the plot in my plot bunny document and I will definitely work on it at a later point in time, since I feel like in the lore of Flint, I will need to publish other works first to avoid “time hopping”. I want to upload mostly consecutively to avoid confusion.

(SPOILER ALERT!!!! At some point there will a reform to end the Hunt.)