sometimes literary analysis does feel like taking a hit of cocaine and i think that’s a fair thing to say
me seeing a post with too many words: nope not reading that
me seeing the same amount of words but this time in the tags: ohohoho !
there’s people that hate spam liking and i respect that but i simply love to see it. i see 99+ notes and it’s one single person and i’m like go! go! go! go! godspeed!
Bitches be like “I’m gonna hold off from writing this idea to let it settle and develop a little bit more” then never write the story
I’m bitches
licherally cannot explain to adults these days that im actually so cool with the idea of being "just an employee" somewhere as long as i am paid enough to live comfortably and i also like the job. "but dont you want to be rich?? dont you want to always be striving for more???" like that sounds EXHAUSTING and i like having friends so
at the risk of sounding like a raving lunatic, i think one of my favorite trekkie memes/posts is that one where someone comments on a screenshot of tos and asks if sulu is texting, because it PERFECTLY encapsulates star trek's strange little place at the intersection of pop culture and the tech world:
like listen... 55+ years ago a bunch of actors had to use a mix of existing habits and wild imagination to come up with what they felt would be believable movements and muscle-memory for someone using completely unbelievable tech a few hundred years in the future. like tv had less than ten channels and the screen was a foot across, and they had to go "ok how would someone who's used to a tiny wireless gadget with a screen hold it and use it? how would they talk to a computer? how would the computer sound when she talked back?"
and over half a century later our own tech has surpassed the clunky retrofuture gizmos in so many ways, no doubt inspired by it, that now someone two decades into the 21st century sees an actor in the 60s holding some tiny rectangular plastic prop in both hands and immediately recognizes it as "oh, sulu's texting!" now THAT is a called shot. hell, that's putting your money on a roulette wheel in a casino that hasn't been built yet. i LOVE it. it's so star trek. sulu is absolutely texting.
Here you go hun, best of luck!!
GORGEOUS
Gonna start querying my queer YA witch book about Lake Superior next week, who has the doginahouseonfire.jpeg handy?
If anyone is wondering: yes, in fact, I did write Like a Hinge Like a Wing, a 50k+ word whump fic, purely as a procrastination method and for the serotonin and confidence boost ✌️
Gonna start querying my queer YA witch book about Lake Superior next week, who has the doginahouseonfire.jpeg handy?
the og teen titans but with no context :v
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2005–2008)
Sokka
You ever venture away from your dash and into the tags and just get filled with instant regret
fun idea, reblog this post and tag who the blorbo in laws you have associated with the last person to rb person are.
Hey, comic fans, if I wanted to read some good Dick Grayson runs to get to know the character better, what’s a good starting off point? I’m looking at Nightwing (1996) to start but I’m curious if there are good recs for other places to jump in on.
There are many new friends on the archive, and many are young and have only known social media, which is why I wanted to say something!
Ao3 does not have an algorithm! It isn't a social media site, it's an archive.
Posting fics on Tumblr isn't the same as posting fics on Ao3
Ao3 is like a giant virtual bookshelf, and everyone is able to add their own stories to the bookshelf, all stored with different tags and different fandoms. Works are automatically sorted by newest to oldest, but filters, looking at bookmarks, and using the search function can change that.
Certain works are not pushed to the top like social media posts. More kudos and reads don't push a single work to more viewers by some algorithm. Unless otherwise filtered, works will be at the top of the page based on how recent it was posted.
Smaller fandoms get less views, less kudos, less bookmarks, and larger fandoms get more simply because of the number of people inside the fandom.
Ao3 is a giant virtual bookshelf- there is no algorithm, and there is no man behind the shelf pushing certain books forward.
Happy reading, and if you'd like to have more people notice a fic, why not share it with them! Send a dm to a fandom friend and it might turn into one of their favorite fics!
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Hey, Maybe If You Hate Something A Lot, You Should Just Not Engage With It
It’s Okay To Just Dislike Something, You Don’t Have To Make Your Loathing It Your Entire Identity
Fandom Should Be Fun But It Seems Like It’s Making You Miserable; Maybe You Should Step Away
or how about this banger:
Just Because I Think You’ve Gone Overboard With Your Frothing Hate Doesn’t Actually Mean I’m A Fan Of The Thing In Question
I don't know if there's anything more frustrating than having the shape of a story in your head but being completely unable to pinpoint the right POV for it.
