#the author talks

[readbetweentherealms]

"Accidental hiatus" I fucking died btw. But it's ok I got better

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[stuckinmymind22]

still not sure how headcannons work but i will persist on pure audacity alone

[gentil-minou]

Everytime I see posts like this I get filled with such profound sadness

Cause you know who has the same brainrot as you? The same unhinged feelings as you after you've read the fic? The person who always wants to scream about the fic with you?

THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT

I never used to leave comments but since I got into the habit of commenting on everything i enjoy it's been incredible. Especially when the author gets back to me about it and we get to have a discussion of what other ideas they had. One writer replied to my comment with a 5 paragraph essay detailing the Floorplan of the building the characters lived in and it was incredible

Anyways this is all to say that if you find a fic that just makes you want to scream from the rooftops, leave a comment saying that to the author and maybe they will join you and you can scream incoherently together

[kurogxrix]

me when the READER in the X READER has a name:

like babe the fic ate but i do NOT look like an Aurora🙁

[transgayhawkeyepierce]

Everyone reblog with your most unemployable traits

[b0tster]

"ppl talk about firebombing a walmart then dont firebomb a walmart 😏😏"

walmart: gets firebombed

"um guys um excuse me this is baaaad this is morally wroooong violence is bad but only when people do it um wow this is so wrong yall need to stop encouraging thks wow um excise me im so disgus

[crispyliza]

I've got you all figured out fanartists

[bixels]

I watched Starship Troopers tonight.

[rosekasa]

ladybug makes the observation at some point that chat noir, at the ripe age of fifteen, acts like such a dad sometimes. like he'll comment about how she should really sit up straight while theyre chilling out after patrol, and he'll start bringing a pair of binoculars so he can birdwatch from their rooftop, and he'll do that thing where after she casually mentions she's been craving strawberies lately he starts bringing industrial amounts of strawberries for her every time they meet. and she just thinks, wow, this boy must come from such a wonderful family for him to be so cute.

so when he quietly admits to her one day that he hasn't hugged his own dad in years, in fact he's not even sure if his own dad really likes him very much, her heart shatters

[nibbelraz]

Prompt fill for @/Snowflake_Daze!

Mobei-Jun and Shen Qingqiu as friends! They love discussing about Shang Qinghua's hobby 🤭 (Hopefully, their neglected husbands can get along too...)

[readbetweentherealms]

Clasps my hands together. Twiddle my thumbs. So it's been a while, huh?

I took a little bit of an accidental hiatus for ... a year or two? Two years? Yeah. Anybody remember between realms? I remember between realms

And I'm thinking about revamping it! Again. I started this project when I was like 16, and I feel like it kinda shows? Not necessarily in a bad way, but the direction I was taking it in just doesn't feel reflective of who I am anymore. So I'm starting it over again lol

It's entirely possible that I Won't. Do Anything. So don't be surprised if my chronic writer's block is not actually suddenly cured. But I'm tentatively back babyyy

More miscellaneous thoughts under the cut

I'm gonna be changing a lot of things, including probably most of the plot! It wasn't that great anyway I'm gonna be honest But I love these characters. I want to keep playing with them. And! I'm gonna keep this blog, part of me is tempted to make another sideblog for a cleaner slate but it wouldn't feel entirely... genuine? Or something. I might cringe at my earlier work now, but it might be valuable to be able to easily look back at where this started. You know? You know

Some of the changes I want to make to BR include...

I want Darien to have a larger role. This is actually changing Back to the earlier idea I had, where he and Maxim are like, partners in monster hunting. I don't know why I changed that but I'm putting it back. I also want him to be older, like in his 40s maybe? It'd make more sense for what I want to do with him

I'm not sure about having Maria as the narrator. I might take from Leigh Bardugo's writing style and swap povs around or something, we'll see (I read six of crows and it did something to my brain hi)

A lot of ideas I had about religion have changed since I started BR! This will definitely be reflected. The specifics are ummm Personal but it's such a central theme in this story & its world that you're going to notice, and I don't really want to write a book that I don't agree with LOL

I want to lean more into the horror aspect of it, as well as just heavier themes in general. For a long time I was hesitant to make my writing Too fucked up because I was worried people wouldn't like it, but this is My Thing and I want it to be fucked up! I think it would benefit from not holding back. I might also make it funnier, though. These aren't mutually exclusive

What else. Fucking uh... those are the big ones. Other than that I just have a lot of little bits and pieces I'm not satisfied with anymore. Ya 👍

[anneapocalypse]

So, just curious how many writers and creators will have to be forcibly outed by relentless harassment before we acknowledge that "This queer characters was written by a cishet person and that's why they're bad" is not good criticism.

[almondcroissantsandink]

watching gravity falls for the first time at the request of my little sister and i just watched a tale of two stans and CRIED

[bababaka]

Yall need to interact with fanfiction author's more.

So. After the ddos attack on ao3.

I was encouraged to write more comments and make my love known to fanfic writers.

I dont really like commenting. Because im a bit shy and soooo lazy.

Now though. I am writing more comments. And dude. This is so heartwarming. Ya'll need to treat writers better. They are doing the lord's work.

Take for an example, couple of days prior, i was searching for something interesting to read, and found an oneshot quite compelling.

I read it. At the end of it, i was blown away by how good it was. It promised me something and it went beyond my expectations. But then i saw a crime, zero fucking comments!

At that moment, i wasn't feeling up to writing a comment. Because, normally i like to write huge paragraphs. But because im lazy i decided to be brief.

Next day, the author answered that the comment lift their mood for the whole day.

That warmed my heart.

Duuuuuuuude! Write comments! Suport the writers of the fics you like! No need to be something super elaborate. Just give your thoughts. Freak out. Ramble. Ask something. Make theories. Compliment. Make a joke about how you wished to give kudos every chapter but ao3 sucks(not true bby) and won't let you.

Truly. Just. Comment. It can make someone's day. And that is part of the apeal of writing fics. Interacting with people.

Just give love to fanfic writers yall. They deserve this and so much more.