#which is not great

[cantsayidont]

So, I don't know if this is true for everyone or just me, but the Tumblr blog export functionality has been broken since February, replaced with an "Export" button that does nothing. Are there any reputable third-party open source tools for backing up a Tumblr blog? (I don't need or want a cloud backup solution, just something that will let me export and download a local copy in the same manner as the now-borked blog export function.)

[diaryofamadsunwukongfan]

I've been binge watching Jujutsu Kaisen and realized that it has the same/a more fleshed out version of RW/BY's power system.

[yaoigoddess9158]

Trying to figure out how to secretly buy the fourth TGCF book without my parents seeing 😭🙏

[not-poignant]

Hi Pia

Just to be clear, will the old version of Fae Tales remain available on ao3 or will it be replaced with the newer edited versions?

I'd appreciate knowing so I'll know whether to download the older versions before their replaced.

Thanks x

Hi anon,

I've talked about this a lot over the years. But basically I have actually edited and tweaked all of my stories many times over the years firstly, so that's a thing that does happen and it's worth backing up versions (if you want to keep the typos and some of the continuity errors x.x)

Secondly, I will save the 'references to SAL' version of Game Theory, so that this version is always available. I'm still on the fence about whether I'll make the AO3 version fully original, I always said that I would, but that was before I made the decision to actually try publishing, and now I think I could probably keep both.

However, even if I do that, I get a lot of people saying they find Game Theory confusing - why was Augus defeated? What did he do wrong? What's the difference between Seelie and Unseelie fae? Etc. etc. Questions that got answered in SAL for some, and certainly get addressed in COFT and TIP, never get addressed in GT, and that's kind of an issue for a free serial that is meant to help people get interested in my writing.

Some people overcome that (or have no issue with it), but it really is the biggest barrier to folks picking up the series.

In that sense, I have considered adding extra scenes, and also removing the scenes that have been completely OOC for over 8+ years, like Gwyn masturbating early on in GT, or the spanking scene later on. Neither one fits Gwyn's character, and it's very quickly established after that - and then maintained for almost a decade afterwards - that they really don't fit his character.

Those inconsistencies might be charming for some, but they're actually really frustrating for me! I haven't been able to reread Game Theory for enjoyment for like 4+ years because of it.

So, will I fix those things to make GT have decent continuity of character and add new scenes to GT on AO3? Maybe. Will I keep the references to SAL? Maybe! This one's more likely, especially for the folks - the many of us - who love fanfiction and love AO3 and came to GT (including me) from fanfiction. There's always a transitional story for people who need it.

My biggest stumbling blocks are the character continuity issues.

Also for those who probably don't know, I've made some actually pretty big edits to SAL for character continuity re: Gwyn and Augus. Augus, in particular, has had some major reworking in that story (like 4-5 years ago).

Every single one of my stories gets edited over time, especially if I do rereads. Most don't get new scenes, but like... oof I'd say there's about 2000 extra words on Gwyn and Augus in SAL, and I remember I did an edit about 6 years ago which easily removed about 12,000 words.

No one's ever brought it up, so ideally the edits felt smooth and just made the reading process more enjoyable.

But yeah if you want old versions of anything I write, anon, save/download them.

But if I make big structural changes (removing scenes / removing chapters), I will make a back-up copy myself and host it on Dropbox or something for folks to download going forwards. But hopefully they try the edited version too :)

[moth-bells]

I found old ass ticci toby art and Im redrawing it cause I see the vision I had ldjghljglfg

[gaybabything]

Sometimes I'm like "Oh my god why am I scared of the dentist why am I so anxious it's so embarrassing." And then I remember that numbing shots don't work on me and that every time I've ever had a cavity (which is so, so many times) I completely raw dog that shit and push through literal drilling in my nerves and when you're 5 that is the most pain you've ever felt in your life but you have crippling anxiety and big kids don't cry so you don't say anything and-

Anyways I think my dental anxiety is justified

[st-guliks-fnord]

My primary reaction to Vampire the Masquerade: Swansong is “I know too much about Vampire The Masquerade for this”

[glacierruler]

:/

...

I really need to find a better church...

I just don't know if there are any

[naritaren]

I might be a little off tonight. My blood pressure dropped to a very dangerous level a little bit ago and it usually takes a bit to fully recover.

I am perfectly fine and recognized it happening and was able to get it back up to a normal level within about 10 minutes.

This is an "issue" I've had most of my life. I don't know why or what causes it. I just know how to deal with it when it happens.

But yeah. I might be weird tonight.

[allalrightagain]

Another day, another blood draw

[boneless-mika]

Has anybody who actually experiences suicidal ideation ever actually benefitted from being told “suicide is never the answer”? Because let me tell you, I certainly have not, but it has made me feel significantly worse so there’s always that

[thefirstcourtesan]

I would like to kindly remind the Leafs that home ice advantage is only an advantage of you can win games at home.

[foofygoldfish]

also when i say i'm back on my bullshit

[macbethz]

Well I like it but it’s not very well written. Also it’s a visual mess. The plot doesnt make any sense and the creators suck and its politics oscillate from mildly problematic to frankly baffling. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. However. the character

[artemisdesari-blog]

A writer friend told me something that broke my heart a little bit today; they're going to quit publishing their fanfic.

My instant thought was that they had been trolled or attacked or that something terrible had happened in their life because this person is so passionate about their writing. It wasn't any of that. Engagement with their works has been going down, as it has for many of us. Comments are like gold dust a lot of the time, and just looking through the historical comment counts on old fics on ao3 demonstrates this trend very clearly. It was not simply the comments dropping off which caused them to decide to stop posting, however.

My friend came across a discord server for their fandom (I should point out here that their fandom interest and mine diverged a couple of years ago, we stay in touch but don't currently read each other's posts because I'm not into their fandom and they would rather gouge their eyes out with a wooden spoon than read anything Star Wars) and specifically to share fic in that fandom. They joined, because we all love a good fic rec, only to discover that their latest multichapter fic, which has almost no comments and very few kudos, is being hotly discussed in this server as one of the best stories ever. Not one of these people has bothered to say this to them on the fic. When they asked, none of participants could see the point in telling the author of the fic they apparently loved so much that they love it.

This discovery has absolutely destroyed my friend's love of sharing fic. They share because they love seeing other people's enjoyment, and fic writers do that through comments and kudos/reblogs/likes because we don't get paid. There is no literary critic writing a blog post/article about how amazing the story is for us to copy and keep/frame. There is no money from royalties. All we have are the words of the people reading our works.

Those people on that server could have taken five minutes of the time they spent gushing about how amazing my friend's story was to other people and used it to tell the one person guaranteed to want to hear that praise how much they loved it. They could have taken a moment to express their opinion to the person who spent hours upon hours plotting, writing, editing, and posting those chapters. Instead, they deprived my friend of thing that keeps them sharing their writing, and in the process have killed their love of it. My friend now feels used and unmotivated.

I won't be sharing a link to their fic, they said I could share their experience but not their identity. I know they plan to post one final chapter. I know they intend to express their hurt at being excluded from the praise for the thing they created, and I know they intend to announce that as a consequence they will not be posting for a long while, if at all.

So please, I beg you, don't hide your love of a story from the writer. It's just about the only thing we have.

[larkiethings]

shaking my head while playing neko atsume so people know that I don’t support outdoor cats