#tired blogging

[garland-on-thy-brow]

I think it is silly that when I am tired, one of the first things that suffers is my ability to rest.

[wafflestheasianyenbear]

Me at midnight: yeah I'll go to bed soon. I just wanna finish something

Me at 2am: oops

[gemsiiie]

bro i made the most perfect noise combination ever you guys aren't ready for this:

freaking 8D your city gave me asthma + background noise of a rainy city (cars/city noises/storm)

i was gonna use this as background music to read but i might just fall asleep

[saccharinehell]

I did my best to be lovable.

[wowlookwhosspirallingagain]

i don’t want to live like this. i only exist at this point. all i do is distract my mind so i don’t kill myself

[thesecrethistori-an]

New setup for a new academic challenge! (I'm starting a PhD)

[blownawayy]

i want the world to stop for like 1 year so i can rest

[sofioopsies]

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[urlgray]

[sofiisx]

Like whyyy

[3m0g1rlyyy]

Sometimes i look at my $elfharm scars and think “Damn it wasn’t even that deep”

[mokeonn]

decided to warm up today by drawing my favorite image of all time

[clovelie]

i am nowhere near a good person, actually.

[vixensofdeath]

I really need a fucking break, or a gun

[wowlookwhosspirallingagain]

i crave being someone’s first choice so bad. why does no one ever choose me over others?