#this is specifically about:

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

hi just fyi, if you don’t like a character and you put them in your fic you can still make an effort to write them in character. if you really don’t like them, writing them in character will serve the purpose of you reading what you wrote back and hating said character. if you have to make up a new personality for them, you may not actually hate them, because that’s just fanon.

[determinedowl23]

So obsessed with when a Nintendo game releases and the fans just go “nah…… I could do it better” and make some of the greatest aus known to mankind

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

the tension between wanting to read other fanfic for inspiration and being so far into my AU/invested in the specific poly dynamics in my brain that I cannot comprehend monogamy/people setting fics in the ACTUAL post-canon setting

[neko-naruto]

I cannot stress enough that new cartoons need to get their act together for their theme songs, like, I'm sorry, but new theme songs cannot compare to the ones from barely ten years ago

[zombified-queer]

No, gay sex will not fix whatever's going on with the sentient architecture but I'm willing to give it a shot because, like, I mean...

She's looking kind of pretty with her windows and vastness and hallways and my god is that wainscoting?

[origami-butterfly]

What is in Will Wood's music that makes the gay podcast fans go wild?

[leseigneurdufeu]

Contaminating someone with a fandom and then they send you a message at 3 in the morning saying in all caps "[that character] DIED????" is a love language

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.

[goofalicousgooberface]

very big fan of when shows put wigs on actors and say ‘yeah. That’s him when he was younger fuck you’. No anti aging ai, no teen actor hired. Just. The same guy with a fuckass wig

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[punkitt-is-here]

transgender women who have an irrational hatred of men you GOTTA get over that. Come on now

[etchif]

One thing about mutuals is that they will get into the most random ass media

[angelicgarnet]

the way people online talk about autism is getting really weird, like do they know that neurotypicals still have interests? that someone being passionate about a hobby doesn't mean they're autistic? you guys know that right

[bardofavon]

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

[ottosbigtop]

I think we as a society should bring back brotps. I think we should be weirder about characters being friends the same way people are weird about ships. Make those two characters who interacted once or twice besties. Make it difficult for them to get rid of each other even if they want to. Go nuts