#punctuation matters

[jamiemarsters]

Just saw a meme that was a pic of Faith with the caption "Take your clothes off Buffy".

I literally said, out loud, "Wait… why does Buffy have my clothes?"

So, that's where I'm at today… in case you were wondering…

[guess-ill-dye]

HELP I was talking to my friends online in a group chat and was wondering if we had any homework for the holidays and said "Temos de fazer alguma coisa nas férias" wich without the interrogation thinguie (?) Means "We have to do something on the holidays as in like socialising AND THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT 💀 I MEANT "DO we have do to something in the holidays?"

MORAL OF THE STORY DON'T FORGET PUNCTUATION IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN AWKWARD SITUATIONS

[sparingiscaring]

You encounter two Billy's at a crossroads. One path will lead you to your destination, and the other to your doom.

One is Billy Mae, a creature who can only tell truths. One is Billy Nas, a creature who can only tell lies.

You can only ask one question to one Billy. Your question will be answered in the form of an Arm & Hammer selling pitch.

What will you ask to the Billy's?

[80ssonglyricmeditations]

I keep searching for an answer I never seem to find.

[tonys-denial-exe]

This playthrough we are following the REAL MC, Ellipsis, as no character fails to mention them. I have guests Ifrit and Clay voice acting with me this time 'til Midnight at least.

[lulubelle814]

[shimmer-me-glimmers]

[swagspren]

The reason I love Elend so very much is that like he was set up to be a coward. He is in a position of privilege, doesn’t have any particular strengths, and is generally Out of The Loop. But when it is time to make a decision he just Risks His Life. no plan at all. And then he Keeps doing it. It wasn’t a one off he is just like that; he is gonna go into a Koloss camp as a regular dude based on convictions alone. Then he spends all of book 2 being like “I feel like I don’t belong in the crew,” but buddy you do!!! You are fucking crazy!!!

[fitnessgeekandcoffeefreak]

It's 105* outside.

Thankfully, it's 66* in my Studio.

(say a little prayer that this wedding cake I'm working will hold herself together!)

[ponytailzuko]

going through the tags of that post of how people sort through fanfics is baffling to me i didnt know people were this picky. "over x amount of words" i click on shit that is literally 0 words and just people posting fanart on ao3 idc. one sentence drabbles. "no second person" i read homestuck so moving on. "if that work says 'im bad at summaries' i wont read it" have you ever read any fics for a tag with 100 works or less.

[beauzos]

i love selling codestones

[ophelliate]

little snippets from the mutant mayhem official script that i enjoy

screenplay's found in this article that micah retweeted. read away!

[nomairuins]

i like overthink everything now it makes me feel so dumb. i used 2 be able to just talk 2 ppl but nowadays every single thing im like Is that actually going to make them hate me. Yes probably. and then i just dont respond which makes ppl hate me. this is how it is

[pitske]

So Mangle's my favorite FNaF animatronic/ character (withered Bonnie being second)

while a big part of that is just that I adore their design and how messed up they look, for mangle specifically it's the backstory that makes me love them even more.

Now, I am NOT as familiar with the actual FNaF lore as I used to be when I was 11, but Mangle got "destroyed" by kids which is, you know, pretty sad. Back when I was 11 the most popular way this was talked /theorized about is that some demon kids just straight up decided to do this to mangle just because they could.

And that is cool and all

but personally, I am much more fond of the idea of this being a type of “love changes” situation. You all know that set of pictures with the stuffed bunny, right?

Basically that. The kids, that came to Mangle's cove, just had some fun trying to play with mangle and, of course, the kids will play intensely with toys, they like a lot.

So when mangle just kept getting more and more disheveled and broken, the kids no longer saw the appeal and/ or were scared because she looked so different.

The idea here being

the tragedy of Mangle being changed against her will and forgotten about or being left behind is all good, but the idea of Mangle loving the kids just as much and also having fun ,but being changed anyway and THEN discarded is actually my favorite thing ever, and I need to draw that.

Just imagine you bond with these kids, and you're okay with them drawing on you or literally removing your limbs and just one day they don't show up anymore, and it isn't your fault at all but THEIRS and you can do absolutely nothing about it, and you just have to sit and think about this every single day while you're all alone in the backroom of the pizzeria.  (okay, lots of "and"s here) Imagine seeing one of the kids that used to play with you look at you nervously and be scared when you wave to them and back away or hide behind their parents- I am crying OMG Mangle must've been so devastated YOU SEE WHERE I'M COMING FROM, THOUGH, RIGHT?! JUST OMG THE LOVE CHANGES PEOPLE THING BEING AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL EFFECT YOU CAN SEE AND THAT EFFECT LEADING TO PEOPLE LEAVING YOU I JUST- RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH (additionally, I don't think Mangle ever started hating the kids for doing this. I think she was just very sad that they no longer wanted to play with her at all, no visitors etc.) The best possible outcome for this post is somebody informs me this is actually cannon and I just straight up did not know /hj

[not-poignant]

how do ao3 authors generally (or you specifically!) feel about readers pointing out small spelling/grammar mistakes? i sometimes tack it on to a comment i’ve already written, but am not sure if it’s helpful or a breach of etiquette or something.

Hi anon!

I imagine every author feels differently. I'm generally fine with it, as long as it's something I can fix in like a minute (so a typo, a grammatical error). If it's something bigger like a continuity error that's going to take hours / days to fix then it's like 'I do not see it and I would like if you also pretended not to see it' lmao

That being said, if a reader only comments to correct grammar and doesn't talk about liking or enjoying the chapter, it can sometimes feel a bit pedantic, or like they're not even enjoying the process. So it doesn't hurt to just...also say you're enjoying the chapter at the time lol. If you're tacking it on to comments you've already written, for me that's perfectly fine and really helpful! I usually fix the error ASAP even if I don't reply to the comment immediately.

It's also completely fine if someone wants to reach out to me privately to point out a grammar/spelling/punctuation thing but don't want it to be seen in the comments! I've had people reach out via Discord or through the Ask system here so I can go and fix something in a chapter. So for folks who feel a bit like maybe they shouldn't (though it is okay!) you can try reaching out privately too.

Different authors feel differently about it! I overall find it really helpful, especially in things that are the easiest for me to miss (like substituted names which editing software won't pick up, or a dropped word) - but all of it's helpful if it makes for a smoother reading experience for everyone.