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I need everyone to know there's an on page musical scene in Long Live Evil where a former cheerleader and ex-theater kid sing their villainous hearts out to a roomful of fantasy nobles.

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I can behave normally around books

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“The enemy wasn't men, or women, or the old, or even the dead. It was just bleedin' stupid people, who came in all varieties. And no one had the right to be stupid.”

“It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.”

“[The pamphlet] was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.”

“The four lesser apocalyptical horsemen of Panic, Bewilderment, Ignorance, and Shouting took control of the room,”

and one I always think about:

“I want to eat chocolates in a great big room where the world is a different place.”

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some of you think ‘nuanced’ only means ‘morally grey’ and I’m here to tell you that actually straight up good characters can still be nuanced and unapologetically evil characters can still be nuanced. the character doesn’t have to be an anti hero or morally dubious to have depth. they don’t even have to feel sorry about their crimes to have depth.

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Oklahoma is attempting to pass a bill that would ban explicit romance novels. Authors, narrators, and sellers could all face fines of up to $100,000 and up to 10 years in jail for each instance.

If you live in OK, call your representative and tell them this bill should not be allowed to pass.

This is likely a test case. Republicans will try to pass it in OK and if it passes other states will likely try to pass similar laws.

In the meantime, get physical copies of books you like. Download those pdfs. Archive your AO3 stories and keep them on a physical hard drive. (Storing those files in the cloud could be problematic in the future as the company managing the cloud service can see what your files are)

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sometimes i think about how wre and yws are somehow similar yet completely different, so here’s the blorbos in donghua yanshen’s outfits

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Sarah Rees Brennan really came up to the podium to say "no relationship goes harder then the bond between a reader and their poor little meow meow" and then delivered

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The Aristocats (1970) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

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Marius Valerius stole my heart, or maybe it was experiencing his story and the Cobra’s through his eyes. This character belongs to Long Live Evil by the amazing @sarahreesbrennan. I have hope that, eventually, just like Key, he too could wear a small gem with the Cobra’s mark <3 yes yes yes yes (?).

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The thing I love about Long Live Evil is that the main character is a jock who likes to be mean to people who hurt her sister and then she spent four years sick in the hospital so when she gets sent to the fantasy universe her favorite books take place in she 1) establishes herself as a villain because finally she’s in a body that can kick ass again instead of feeling helpless and 2) starts treating everyone there with the same lack of regard as to their being Real People as she’s been on the receiving end of for the entire time she’s been sick. Like truly a balm for my soul and my own personal issues regarding like. Niceness and lack thereof in the face of repeated dehumanization.

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Acknowledging that “critical thinking” means “thinking about things in a thorough way from different perspectives” and not “finding every flaw in a thing and fixating on it until all the joy is gone” is so liberating.

It’s supposed to be about intellectual curiosity, not about finding ways to devalue things that aren’t perfect or that we personally dislike.

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Finished binding Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know! It came out to a whopping 880 pages: I printed directly onto a5 paper and used a double fan binding method so it'll fit right in with the officially published danmei

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You have absolutely no idea how much I relate to Charmain Baker

I too just want to sit around, read all day, eat food, and ignore the concerning amount of laundry I have to do as I lounge peacefully in my magic house

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I'm going to have to say this multiple times, but you do not have to use Generative AI to create background characters, locations, or plot ideas. There are hundreds of writing generators out there lovingly crafted for free by folks who want nothing more than to give you tools for writing. Please just search for them.

You do not have to use the Unethical Thieving Machine That Burns Down A Rainforest to help you write. There are so many resources out there that will strengthen your writing, not weaken it. You owe it to yourself to do better.