#technical writing skills

[wesleysniperking]

my point of the post

This previous post is really about examining the broader message that the fandom’s consensus sends, and how it’s ultimately unhealthy. When people defend Zoro’s words from Water 7 as if they’re the ultimate truth, it creates a dangerous narrative. It overlooks the deeper issues Usopp was dealing with, like the lack of a father figure, which left him without the self-confidence he needed. Instead of acknowledging this, the fandom often criticizes Usopp for letting his “pride” get in the way, when in reality, he was struggling with suppressed emotions and a lack of proper emotional guidance.

The idea that Usopp was wrong and should have just fallen in line is harmful because it reinforces the notion that “might is right” and that questioning authority or seeking explanations is somehow disloyal. This mindset is not only unfair to Usopp’s character but also sends a message that suppressing emotions and blindly following others is the right thing to do. Usopp’s apology after Enies Lobby, then, feels inadequate because it doesn’t address the real issues he was facing or the unhealthy lessons the fandom has taken from this arc.

In short, the fandom’s consensus around Water 7 promotes an unhealthy message that doesn’t give Usopp—or anyone in a similar situation—the grace and understanding they deserve.

the post I’m talking about

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[thresholdbb]

what's the threshold theory

There was a post about how Tom is the only crew member who isn't really affected by the Borg, and there's a theory that he has so much luck because he saw the past and the future when he crossed the transwarp threshold. He saw the past and the future, all of time and space. There's some subconscious part of him that remembers that experience. In fact, Tom refused to play a part in Chakotay indulging Annorax's temporal incursions, probably because a part of him knew nothing good could come of it.

If we extend that same theory to Janeway, some of her wild luck with time travel and other crack plans starts to make sense. She doesn't verbally hate time travel until after the events of Threshold, since it happens in Time and Again without complaint. Janeway has an uncanny knack for time travel, as evidenced every time she deals with it. She hates time travel, but it might be because part of her knows exactly how to manipulate the timeline. She manages to avoid the "inevitable" temporal explosion in Future's End, saving both Voyager and Braxton. She resets the entire timeline in Year of Hell, and no one else followed her reasoning. She pulled it off flawlessly. In Relativity, she senses the incidents are all related, despite it being just one reading that connects them. By the time she's involved, she has a temporal incursion factor of .0036 and a time travel protocol named after her, even if that may just be Braxton's personal grudge. Then there's Endgame, where she intentionally changes the timeline. Up until this point, she has been dragged into time travel, but for the first time, she jumps in on purpose. How does Admiral Janeway know how to get them home sooner in a way that completely avoids the Temporal Integrity Commission? It's because she has seen all of time, and part of her knows exactly what needs to happen so she can get Voyager home and do it in a way that becomes baked into the prime timeline. Maybe she doesn't consciously remember what happened during her transformation, but the experience lives in her mind somewhere, guiding her decisions.

[starry-bi-sky]

more clone^2 memes because i think they're funny

[veneskaa]

the Acolyte is so incredibly prequel-coded to me in that it's communicating legitimately great and interesting ideas through some of the most mediocre pacing and dialogue possible

[averlym]

fairest of the fair

[goldenspringmornings]

another petty thing that bothers me about acotar on a technical level is that all of the characters sound the same- none of them have fun or unique speech patterns, nothing special to distinguish them from each other. like I really wish I could describe it better but it all just feel….. early 2000’s fanfic writers idea of “sophisticated” speech. idk if that makes much sense but it’s writing 101 that you can’t have your characters all sounding the same because it’s just boring, it makes your characters feel lifeless like the cardboard cutouts you’re trying to elevate them from

[c1trvswurld]

Someone write a 300k+ fanfic of jimmy and curly throughout the years of high-school and college till now that shows the complex nature of their dynamic and how there was always 'signs' of what jimmy could do but was always somehow enabled yet held back by curly because that's how codependent they are...

Pretty pleeease

[mummer]

okay folks i need to get real with myself. how do i regain the nerve to start writing original fiction again and start tackling an extremely ambitious project that for now only exists as clouds in my head. Genuine opinions welcome

[crossbackpoke-check]

it’s all the rest of what i want with you

connor dewar/brandon duhaime :: 8k

Summary:

“Brandon,” Connor says with a sigh. “There’s no baby in there.”

“Not yet,” Brandon says. Connor feels his stomach twist, almost like what he would imagine a baby kicking to feel like.

in these trying times of dewvorce, may i offer you 8k of pwp inspired by @stillfertile’s wonderful art which i had. several breakdowns about 🫶 anyway please enjoy!!!

[rollercoasterwords]

You have probably answered this before, but have you ever considered becoming a published author ? Your writing style is soo good

sure lol i’ve considered it but the older i’ve gotten & the more i’ve learned abt how the publishing industry actually works the less it’s become a priority… “author” was like my dream job as a kid but it takes a lot of time & money & connections that i simply don’t have rn 2 write & publish novels so! maybe one day i’ll give it a go but 4 now i’m more focused on writing & publishing nonfiction articles/research as part of my work…of course that is not something i will make money from lol but it’s what i’ve gotta do if i want a shot at building a career in my desired field so. current priority lies there…

anyway appreciate the compliment glad u enjoy my writing <3 let’s all hold hands & enjoy it 4 free…

[mellotronmkll]

I shake a magic 8 ball and ask it when I will feel like a real musician and it says never so stop fucking worrying about it and get back to making music

[lem0nademouth]

if everyone fucks up the technical, YOU HAVE MADE A BAD TECHNICAL

[knifekris]

every day i struggle to make choices

[thelaurenshippen]

in honor of the wicked trailer, I'm dropping this here in case anyone's never seen it before. cynthia erivo, queen

[sanguinewolves]

still thinking about why community fics are so well written on average like theres gotta be some kind of reason right? whats so different about the fandom compared to everything else

[izzyspussy]

honestly my real opinion on ai is not even from an ethical standpoint. my opinion on ai is that because it isn't actually artificial intelligence that is a misnomer it's not intelligent and it doesn't think it is therefore just plain not good at most of what we're currently using it for outside of like hyperspecific applications that i know nothing about and never will. it simply can't do the job man.