Full Offense But Sometimes Fandom Just Totally Make Up The Characterization Of A Character And Then Complain

ok can I b the love of someone's life now

Shapeshifters of the DSMP

and a bonus phil and human!techno bc i wanted to draw him big stronk arms

btw hey @quack-city sorry if you don't like to be tagged, whatcha think of my techno design m8?

Today the 4yo walked up to a couple of teens at the playground and said, “I know lots of ways to relax, do you want to know about one?” and they said yes so she lead them through a simple yoga session.

Y'all check on your law school friends. The bar is soon they are not okay

Every time AO3 makes an update, there’s a chorus of ‘and can we please please please be able to leave kudos on each chapter pleeeeease?!?!’

In theory, this is a nice idea. We’ve all smashed the kudos button on our favourite fics, bemoaning the fact we can’t give them all the love.

But ya’ll, kudos per chapter would absolutely fucking suck.

For readers, it would suck because it would compound the existing problem of making it hard to find fics that are good and not just long - not that a fic can’t be both! But there are plenty of Pulitzer-worthy one-shots out there that are buried way way down the list when ranked by number of kudos, because they’re beneath a bunch of 50/? fics where the author lost sight of where the hell the story was going 30 chapters ago, but their fic has had 50x the chances to be viewed so has more kudos. It would encourage authors to release their fics in lots of little chapters instead of a few longer ones/one-shots as they might otherwise have done (and as might otherwise suit the story).

And for authors it would especially suck, as it would compound the existing problem of people not commenting. Kudos are very much appreciated, but comments make an author’s day; but so few people bother, and frankly, it’s disheartening. Let people just click a button to show their appreciation for each new chapter? The hits:kudos:comments ratio would get even worse than it already is.

You can already ‘give kudos’ for each chapter of a fic on AO3 - by commenting. Hell you can literally write ‘kudos!’ It will make the author smile, I promise.

It's funny that fanfiction is considered a lesser form of literature because "anyone of any skill can write and post it" as if the same doesn't apply to regular books. Any rich asshole with too much free time and an underpaid ghost writer can slap anything they want on the market, and this was the case well before fanfic and webnovels were getting published. You're going to have to wade through a lot of garbage and mids to find a gem no matter what media you're trying to consume. Just because someone's charging money for it doesn't mean it's actually good.

anybody know where I can find this would very much like to see

can’t believe a mural featuring Minecraft YouTube Technoblade has made the national news for pissing off Conservatives. hope the artist is having an absolutely wonderful day holy shit

Fanfic writer reactions

I’ve done one of these before, but felt like doing another today. :) Thanks to everyone who made the gifs. 

When you post a fic and wait for a response

When your mutuals and buddies give it love

When it didn’t get the response you expected

When it gets more love than you expected

When another writer you fangirl over likes or comments on your fic

When a brand new person you have never interacted with likes or comments on your fic

When you get a negative comment

When someone tells you your story emotionally compromised them

When your friends post their own new fic updates

When someone leaves a negative comment on a work written by one of your friends

When you finish reading one of your friends’ updates

When someone leaves a long and detailed comment on one of your fics

When someone includes your fic on a rec list

"I'm what the murderers look like" says the clown that frequently asks Uber drivers to take him to sketchy train yards