#opinions needed

[yiiiikesmish]

uhh hey. so i need advice. i read this amazing fanfic a few days ago and it hadn't been updated in a while so i left a comment (i'll post the screenshot down below) being like i love this do you think you'll write more? (it hasn't been updated since like april or so) the response left me a little shocked and felt a little mean and i guess looking at what i wrote i could've written a more detailed comment on why i loved the story so much before asking for more but i guess i got too excited and didn't really think.

please give me your thoughts! especially all those of you who are writers please let me know how you would feel if you saw this comment!!

tags (writers i'm moots with/on tag lists with i'm so sorry if this is bad etiquette but please i need advice bc i feel awful and ik i was wrong i just need to know if i am severely in the wrong and this is an accurate response or the response was a little too much if that makes sense)

@daydreamgoddess14 @cevansbrat0007 @amathslutsguidetofandom @ronearoundblindly @anika-ann @mercurial-chuckles

[some1s-sista]

James still has to finish the copper piping but I couldn’t help myself from decorating!

I still have some green eucalyptus wreaths to hang, an actual shower curtain, not just a liner, and some final touches. But it’s close.

Would you like to use the bath house? Or is it weird that it’s separate from the guest house?

I’m thinking of painting the cabinet a light green as well. Break up all that white.

[blusical]

Hey Hockey fans! I wanna do a bit of research for an infopost I'm considering making. So here's a genuine question because I've been thinking about it for a while: When a player, especially one you've admired for a while, is revealed to be someone problematic (bigoted, abusive, or just a questionable history in general), how do you approach that (Especially when it comes to fanart, fanfic and just... generally posting about them?). Approaches can range from anything from ceasing about posting them (outside of occasional reblogs) or continuing to post them but adding a disclaimer. Additionally, what advice would you give to new hockey fans regarding such players? Hell, I'm actually interested in some advice as well, considering my own habit of posting problematic players (something I admittedly feel slightly conflicted about, especially as a young hockey fan who's still learning about the sport and it's culture).

Tagging for reach: @catboygretzky @hard4softthings @saucerfulofsins @sergeifyodorov @tapejob

[dokidokidraft]

(sorta nsfw)

Challenging Zenitsu to No Nut November only for him to come back a week into it begging for help bc he just can’t take it anymore. Fic material?

@kimyoudraft ur opinion shall be the final tiebreaker hurry up and comment/reblog so ik what u think

[clairelsonao3]

Any Writers tried BookTok?

As some of you know, at some point in the New Year, I plan to self-publish a romance ebook. Over the next few months, I hope to start putting some more infrastructure in place to promote it for when the time comes to send out arcs, etc. I already have friends and supporters on Tumblr and A03, which is a great start. But of course, everyone says BookTok is the place to be, especially for romance writers. But I'm hesitating for a few reasons, which are:

Will I get canceled? To make a long story short, the book deals with topics that are not only dark but could be seen as controversial -- and are liable to be attacked by people who don't care that the book is the exact opposite of what they think it is and simply like canceling things based on certain phrases in titles, blurbs or loglines. Tumblr and Ao3, with a few unfortunate exceptions, have been mostly, blissfully free of these people, but BookTok strikes me as someplace that might have a lot of them. Idk, maybe I'm wrong. And if someone does try to cancel me, will I be able to handle it by simply refusing to engage?

I don't want to and can't really show my face for mostly professional reasons. (I like my face just fine, just not for TikTok!) I can use my own voice and, like, my hands or, something, but face is a no-go. Will I be severely hurting my chances of getting any eyeballs on my posts?

Is the culture toxic or likely to harm my mental health? No amount of promotion is worth something that's going to traumatize or hurt me (see above about cancellation). And if my work and/or my characters are hurt, I'm hurt. I've encountered toxicity on social media before and have largely stepped away from it, with Tumblr being the main exception because the community here is so wonderful.

Will it be too much of a time commitment? I know they suggest posting once a day, which seems like a lot, especially if it involves creating and editing original posts. And really anything that's going to take more than, say, 20 minutes out of my day (unless of course I really enjoy it, like I do Tumblr) is too much of a time commitment, in my opinion.

So, that said, I would love to hear from anyone who has experience with BookTok, especially writers of romance and ESPECIALLY writers of "dark," edgy, and/or controversial romance. Should I just try it for, say, a few weeks and see how I like it? (I have never used TikTok before, ever, so it would mostly just be getting a feel for it). Is that even possible?

Thank you for any opinions, anecdotes, or nuggets of wisdom anyone can offer!

[sphinx-myth]

While i hate present holidays. The fucking signs i get

Last year i got a glass ball with a cat in (before i knew i was gonna become a witch and polythiest) and shadow work and witchcraft and tarot for free.

This year imma have a new amethyst crystal ball. The holder is 3 bastets. That was not the statue i intended to recieve for her but im seeing a pattern. I also got witchcraft and demonology. I got the mooncycle too. My fucking birthstone. Unfortunately the world seems to love giving me white sage which i cant use as far as i know.

Ive been seeing lady hecate more. Bastet and lady hecate. I grew up loving egyptian history..

I also got and apollo and i think a diana statue, a book on cloud spotting. A goblet. Bastet and artemis have goblets already. This ones green. I got a few ither witchy things too. I dont hide the fact i love mythology and am a witch BUT MY MOTHER DIDNT KNOW ABOUT ME NEEDING A STATUE FOR BASTET (AND IM GETTING ONE OF GAIA) AND I PLANNED TO GET A AMETHYST CRYSTAL BALL AND A HOLDER .

The books were in a giant list and she had so many to choose from. Owls. The last kingdom ect. SHE CHOSE THE CLOUDSPOTTING AND DEMINOLOGY and 1 other normal book.

I hate her usually but she really does know me too well. And its a second year i get a gift of witchcraft and cats.. both bastet and hecate revieved altars this year (so did many other greek ones and 2 norse like the twins).

Should i take this as a sign atp guys..

(Oh also did a poem on ra,gaia and i think 1 other earlier this year + grew up loving nature)

[devynconstance]

Another renfaire outfit option. I absolutely love the top, buuuuut it's way to close to my skin tone. It's a thrift flip I did a while ago and I just can't wear it when I know the shirt disappears the further I am from someone so I was thinking about attempting to dye it a darker brown. Unfortunately, I've never dyed anything before so the likelihood of it turning out good is kind of slim. Plus I have no idea what it would do to the flower pattern that's already on it so theres that to consider too.

[therainroguedoodles]

I'm experimenting and need opinions!

For my drops series, I currently just have a post for them with their profile written out, like so:

However, I decided to try and use a wiki-style format for their profile, so each post would look like this (the main doodle and then the profile image):

[atari-phantom]

GENUINE QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

Help me settle this debate I'm having with a friend.

[sofancydancy]

I need opinions, please...Should the splatter remain? Or keep it clean? I am doing the entire Caravaggio image, but I'm not trying to post it all until the end... The main reason I wanted the splatter is because I wanted to play around with the idea that this could be Astarion after climbing from his grave. Any thoughts, please? lol

[morphyandlaya]

Am I crazy or does this look like Astarion if he were a fucking Fae (and not traumatized)?

Not the human man, like the little image at the top, which is apparently from a D&D book. saw this on YouTube, lost my shit. I am needing a second opinion. 

Reminder: 

[abstractdiagram]

Tomarry darlins!

So I posted a scene last night but I’m debating an edit. I had Tom attack Harry and be soundly put in place. The problem is that I left witnesses. Today it feels like that’s totally out of character for Tom. He’d never let people see him so mad that he’d attack with witnesses. He’d wait to be alone, even if that pissed off, or he’d send someone else to do the attack. His status is too important to him for an ass-whipping to just happen.

Should I edit that bit and make it unwitnessed? Should I leave it and tie it in later somehow?

[sunset-peril]

Opinions from the Crowd?

Give justification/propaganda for your preference if you want, I can't make up my mind about how exactly Rinkū's rampage over Sonia's assassination (TotK) took place.

A) Rinkū had somehow pack/loyalty bonded to her (not mate-bond because he's got a mate and he knows Sonia is Rauru's) and her demise triggered a vigilante reaction in him (he was at/near the site where Ganondorf killed her). This instinct is what the breeding program of the Divine Beast era aimed to exploit, and is why the belief is that Wolfbred's only purpose in life is to serve the Queen to the death.

B) Rinkū had somehow pack/loyalty bonded to her (not mate-bond because he's got a mate and he knows Sonia is Rauru's) and her demise triggered a rescue reaction in him (he was not at/near the site where Ganondorf killed her, and somehow was lead to believe she was merely kidnapped) This instinct is what the breeding program of the Divine Beast era aimed to exploit, and was morphed into a "follow the Queen's orders at all cost" instinct in them that created the belief that Wolfbred's only purpose in life is to serve the Queen to the death.

C) Rinkū was not pack-bonded in any way to Sonia or Rauru (he was only bonded to his mate and pups). However, while trying to protect Rauru and Zelda from Ganondorf, bit (or otherwise came into contact with) either Ganondorf or Puppet Zelda and was infected with Gloom. Because Rinkū's pups were not infected with Gloom, they didn't express the violent warhound behaviors that Rinkū did during his rampage, which meant the breeding program artificially added that trait in when they modified the Wolfbred in an attempt to recreate that "perfect" loyalty to the Queen that Rinkū appeared to display.

[ariana-maryse]

y'all gimme your opinion(s)

I've been in a pretty severe writer's block for a loooong time (obviously) and it's made writing requests basically impossible for me.

i was planning on redoing the blog, anyway, but i was gonna wait until i got caught up. i don't think that's going to happen tbh. so i think i might purge the request list, and set it up to where i open requests for a brief time, and only for characters i feel inspired for at that time. does that make sense?

so it could be like requests open until a certain day, then closed. or a select number of spots open. but still, only for certain characters. i feel like it might help.

anyway, what are your thoughts, readers?

[mmorgan317]

So, me being the dork that I am, I have started a fanfic for Will Trent. And because I’m a glutton for I don’t even know what, here is a little bit of it. Tell me what you think:

“Why can’t you just admit that you don’t love me?” Will cried out with frustration and anger in his voice, but something else entirely in his eyes.

“What do you want me to say, Will? That I think you’re broken, that you’re a useless human being, and that Paul was right to pick on you?!” Angie yelled back, equally able to match his anger. At this point she couldn’t even remember what had started their fight. Probably something stupid that they were using to air their own insecurities. You know, business as usual for them.

“It would hurt a hell of a lot less than your continuing refusal to let me in after over twenty-five years!”

Angie was left speechless, unable to continue their fight. She knew what his dyslexia had done to him over the years, so she understood all too well just how much she was continuing to hurt him by not letting him in. Tears sprang to her eyes, but she quickly blinked them away, refusing to show them to Will.

Across from her, Will let out a heavy breath. She couldn’t tell if he was trying to hide the shudder she heard in it, and she honestly wasn’t sure she wanted to know the answer. Either he was and he was feeling too much and he couldn’t, or he wasn’t and he was doing the one thing he had been practically begging for her to do for years - he was letting his guard down. No matter which way she sliced it, Angie didn’t want any part of that cake.

“Screw this,” she said aloud, not even really sure what she meant by that but knowing that she wanted out of this house, and headed for the front door.

She had almost made it when she heard Will say, “Angie, wait,” then felt his hand grab her arm. Even now she didn’t know if it had been instinct, anger, momentum, or a little bit of each that had sent her fist flying towards his face, but in the end the result was the same. Will’s head snapped to his right as her fist connected with his cheek. He recovered quickly, his left hand going to the spot where she’d hit him as he straightened and looked at her in surprise. Knowing what hell he was going through or had gone through growing up, she had never once hit him.

A huge part of her wanted to apologize for the line she’d just crossed, to try and erase the hurt she’d just caused, but she couldn’t. Not knowing what else to do, she ran to her car. She made it to her apartment before she finally let herself cry. She hated that she knew this, but she knew that eventually Will would forgive her for this transgression. What she didn’t know was if she could forgive herself.

TBC

[a-reader-and-a-writer]

What are everyone's opinions on Reader Insert vs OC vs a Named Reader Insert?

Trying to make a decision for a new series I am working on....