#these authors must be stopped

[tiptoethewordsgo]

we need more sunflower fanfics about them being idiots in love im tired of the ooc angst fics 💔

[keferon]

*clasps your shoulders gently and looks you straight in the eye*

Keferon. Please read Ninth by Kyn on AO3. I think you would love it very much. It has a large chapter count, but don't be intimidated, it's very easy to get into. It is currently unfinished, but is being updated regularly.

You are the seventh person that recommended this fic to me so ahahahaha yeah

I’m doing great Help I hate some parts of it but I love the other parts I’m spinning in the blender

…..I made the moodboard….

[dukeofthomas]

I need people to realize how horrible 'stalking/constant surveillance/breaking into each other's homes is how the Batfamily show love' is. Like i really need someone to just acknowledge how horrific saying this bullshit is.

Like even fics where they're shown as happy and healthy and with good ties, you've always got this thing where none of them have privacy or any boundaries with each other. Which is directly antithetical to actually having good relationships. And this invasion via hacking and stalking and breaking into homes is portrayed as a positive, good thing; it's just how they show love and care to each other, after all. But for some reason I just personally don't find stalking, lack of privacy or boundaries, and emotional manipulation funny, endearing, or healthy, and just end up disgusted at the attempt to sweep it all under the rug.

[arkashas]

(screencaps from hannibal 1.12 releves)

something something about freddie saying abigail is a very smart girl, then saying she herself is a very smart girl who grew up, which means the narrative is kind of positioning freddie as a representation of an abigail who got to grow up. and every attempt at abigail reaching out to freddie being put to a stop by people who wanna stifle her and act as her parental figures (hannibal, will, alana).

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

my best advice for people who want to stand up for human rights: stop looking for enemies to fight and start looking for friends to talk with

not only does this center your focus on the people who are actually affected as opposed to your own moral self-righteousness, treating more people as potential friends opens you to at least hearing out various points of view, prevents dehumanization and radicalization against entire groups of people, and actually allows you to start working on long term solutions

[nextinline-if]

so you know how on Spotify, artists can see what playlists their songs get added to? well, on itch.io, we can see the public collections and I love to look through to see if there's anything interesting and whoever said this is just - I love it. it makes me laugh every single time. I bestow this gem upon all of you:

[ID: A screenshot from itch.io of someone's collection of interactive fiction games. Their note says "twin brother abdicated so i flirted with his bestie"/ID]

[florbelles]

finished hera & started lady macbeth and we have got to start blaming women for shit again for real

[fisheito]

I title this piece,

in honour of an unfinished fic I'll never stop thinking about:

Oviparous by aeber

[rottmnt-residuum]

The Dialogue Gods Have Not Blessed the Update this Week (also im really not feeling it- mental stuff y'know? Anyway-)

(some of this is stuff y'all would eventually find out about later. And some you were supposed to infere from the dialogue of this update... :T ...choose wisely)

[mean-vampyre]

The tv shows should get cancelled because disgusting people don't deserve a legacy. "But it's my entire life I need--" fandom can outlive a cancelled show, go read fanfiction or wathever, let that man rot in the hell of being forgotten.

[jellycreamjammedart]

Just say you think cp is ok as long as the minors are fictional you fuckin pedophile

Normally I ignore hostile or pre-judgmental asks on the off chances I get them, but I'll make exception for this one because it seems like a good opportunity for some much needed nuance-- also because I get this person's disgust, I really do.

But you, my fella, must understand that this isn't about the morality or even lack thereof behind dark fictional content, at all. You must realize that wanting dark and taboo fictional content (yes including that one you mentioned) not being allowed to exist actually does nothing to improve or protect irl lives, much on the contrary actually. No, I don't think there's any possible moral reason behind fictional cp content (nor do I find it 'ok',) but once again, this isn't about morality.

Please take a moment to read this thread (it words this topic better than me) then think it over. Trust me, it's a better use of your time than annoying ppl online with words you can't even bother standing up for with your name/face.

[sskk-manifesto]

(´･ᴗ･ ` )

[junos-office-drama]

So, uh, if a fanfiction author posts a lengthy screed calling other fanfiction authors and readers:

jealous

fragile

immature

neurotic

pathological

having "decidedly low standards"

"champions of mediocrity"

"up-and-coming hoes"

"cowardly"

"unconsciously parasitic, invasive progeny of the social media mindset"

And also calls those other authors' works:

"of lesser quality than my own"

mediocre

"immature 'content' "

"social-transactionally-fueled, artificially-boosted schlock"

"junk fic"

I might, just might, have an idea why that person also feels the need to complain about "the alienation I've experienced on this website lately."

(It might be because the call is coming from inside the house.)

ALSO: IF YOU REBLOG THAT SHIT AND IT ENDS UP ON MY DASHBOARD, I WILL FUCKING BLOCK YOU.

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT FELLOW AUTHORS LIKE THAT.

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT READERS LIKE THAT.

[greenerteacups]

Hello! I wanted to let you know how amazing your fic is, it seems my life now revolves around Friday mornings. I think it may be one of my favorite series ever, not just fics, your stuff is better than most published works I have read. I really could go on and on. Suffice to say, thank you x1 million for just putting this out there for us.

I had a couple curiosities! Is it ever hard to restrain yourself and just post 1 time per week? Or is that necessary for your creative process?

Also, your fic is rapidly growing in popularity, do you ever get worried about how that might change your audience?

Thank you again for the amazing thing you've written, I feel super lucky to be reading it in real time because I know this is going to be one of those legendary classics.

Thank you so much! You're wonderfully kind, I really appreciate it, and I hope I can live up to your expectations!

Weekly posting: Posting once a week is actually something I started for my own sanity — posting it regularly/serially is better for audience response, so there's a natural incentive to do it, but it also gives me more time to write ahead. And having all of a book prewritten in advance is really important for me creatively, not only so as to avoid the possibility of cliffhangers, but also to feel immune from the pressure to change the story based on what audiences want.

Growing audiences: Oof, it's been wild. I've been sort of boggled by the response to my little fic; it was entirely unexpected and the most I can do is work hard to deserve it. For the most part, an increasing audience has been a wonderful, wonderful thing, and I've been so grateful for everyone who's been offering support and praise. I'm seriously insanely lucky. My only point of frustration is that, in general, as a fic grows, readers seem to perceive increasing distance between themselves and the author. For instance, people in my comments have increasingly started to address each other instead of me, or have left comments seemingly without the expectation that I'll read them. But when someone comments on the fic, they're still sending that message directly to the author, and I think that some people might... well, they either don't know that, or they don't care. Like, the audience/author distance might be greater than it is for a fic with only 300 hits, but it's not like I'm a showrunner, or some other media production bigwig who'll probably never see 99% of the feedback generated by fans; it's still my pet project that I read basically every scrap of feedback for.

And sometimes (rarely — most of my comments are just so wonderful, and I don't want to sound ungrateful, but) people do say weird or unnecessary things. One comment for the last chapter read, "if krum dies im gonna drop this fic ngl," and that just irritated the hell out of me. Like, if that's your opinion, cool. Your reading habits are none of my business, and I sincerely encourage everyone who needs to take a break from Lionheart — or, hell, even loses interest — to go find something that sparks joy instead. Reading fic should bring you pleasure. No hard feelings, swear to God.

But my frustration with that comment, in particular, was: you do realize that you've sent that message directly to my inbox, right? You realize that was the first thing I read when I opened my comments section after a long afternoon of writing? Someone directly informing me, the author, that a narrative decision (which, either way, I already made about 4-5 months ago) will lose me a reader? And how does this person expect me to react? "Oh, no! I have to go back and rewrite 90,000 words of the story — God forbid I lose you, Single AO3 User Who Left No Other Comments! How can I live with myself if you're not here??"

It's just a bit frustrating. And, to the point — I say this politely, with respect — but if you seriously can't handle seeing characters die, then maybe don't read the fanfiction that's rewriting a series where very many characters die. Just a thought.

[tiressian]

love shoko and also missed opportunity i reckon, not having the character inspired by House MD possess even an iota of that feral man's personality are two truths i cradle in my shoko enjoying hands

[thief-of-eggs]

what if i put some angst into my perfectly good fluff wip??

what if i turned this cutesy lil fic into something emotionally devastating??

what if i took a character who deserves the most happiness in earth, and completely shattered them??