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tag yourself in this list of stuff they’ve found in the hudson river. i’m the dead giraffe

Oof okay this is just me being a tad frustrated overall but:

I'm... pretty fed up with the situation on tumblr right now, not gonna lie. Yes this is about fics, and yes I do have the right to complain about it.

Because yes, I write for myself. That's absolutely true.

But I write everything what's happening in my head down for you, and writing takes a LOT of work. I would not be staying up late at night, typing sentences away on my phone or on my laptop if it wasn't for readers.

I would not be trying to make pretty sentences and come up with metaphors and check over grammar again and again and again if not for you.

I would not be editing my fics so much I almost cannot stand to look at them anymore to the point I question the quality of my writing if not for you.

Don't tell me stuff like "yes but we are reading it! There is no reason we should be forced to leave feedback" because that's not what I'm asking of you. That's absolutely NOT what I'm asking of you. I don't want to force you to do anything and in the end I cannot at all because I'm just a simple blog in my corner of the internet but it all boils down to this:

Give your writers exposure.

We work harder than you readers would ever know to get those stories you love out and it's so freaking hard to get it on paper. It takes so much energy and yes it also takes energy to comment, I understand.

But I assure you, taking the time to write a 20 word long comment is WAY less energy than the writer did to get 9000 words out with cohesive plot and creative writing.

So please, reblog. Reblog the fics you read. We writers depend on you.

if I may add a little thing to this

above you see a diagram that is the result of one of the mandatory questions I put in my personal taglist form. I put it in there out of interest, and since there aren’t that many people who have answered it the result is not what one would call scientifically sound due to the small sample size, but even so you can see a clear trend. more than half of exposure comes from reblogs. Take into account that I posed this question after a while of publishing my own writing on this platform, so in actuality some of the people who selected ‘was already following you’ (blue in the diagram) did in fact first find me and my writing through seeing a reblog by someone else (or by me reblogging their writing on my blog), so actually the real number would be closer to 60% or above even. 

and if you think ‘oh I don’t have a big blog with a large following so it doesn't matter’, let me say this: neither am I, but every pair of eyes counts. If you like a post you have seen it, if you reblog it for your sole follower then two people have seen it. Exposure is instantly doubled. 

And if that still doesn’t convince you, may I humbly suggest: a simple message in an askbox. ‘Hey I read your story [insert title] and I really enjoyed x’. Or something along those lines. It means the world to writers. 

I've been in both sides of this issue, both as a reader & as a writer.

As a reader I used to go out of my way to leave reviews on every single piece I read, even when I really disliked the author or didn't click with the work itself.

As a writer, I (and all of the other writers) were told to "write for myself!" by my former fan community so often, that I internalized their message--"You're not owed anything from us, write for yourself, don't look for support here"--and I started to do exclusively that.

I wrote purely for myself without care of they're being external readers. I stopped sharing my work for that fan community and began writing a completely different genre. I took down my existing fan work. I never stopped writing, I never stopped creating, and I never stopped doing it for myself. My writing improved. I began to share again for a new community. I had some work published. I continued to write for myself.

My inbox was full of messages from that former fan community for months.

"where did all of your work go?! I loved re-reading that one piece whenever I had a bad day! I'm so disappointed you're not sharing your work anymore. Will you ever write more/republish/give us back our free entertainment?"

...Excuse me?

I'm writing for myself. I'm not looking to you for support any longer. I no longer feel the desire to share with you.

Isn't that what you wanted?

Isn't that what you're telling writers when you claim they're selfish for expecting support for their work? When you tell them it's unfair to expect you to do more than consume? When you tell them you're not responsible for their validation? When you make ad hominem attacks about those writers as individuals because they were foolish enough to think the people reading their work for free might say "nice job" when they finished? Isn't that what you wanted when you introduced the straw man argument of ableism into creators' pleas of "reblogging would be helpful."

Isn't that what you mean when you say write for yourself?

Writers: you're not owed anything. Write for yourselves.

Fan communities: neither are you. Remember to support the things you enjoy.

susan is EVERYTHING

When I was a child I thought Susan was needlessly mean to Ross. Then as I got older I realized Ross was an asshat and Susan was the only one on the show that could see it.

A professor gave us an extra credit option: take a picture of yourself outside, doing something that you would not usually do. We were told not to take it too seriously. Here is my entry:

I maintain that sticking my head in the mailbox is not something I do on a regular basis.

Love that some of you are reblogging this. You looked at a picture of a guy with his head in a mailbox and went "yeah"

Can't wait to see if everyone did something like this or if they had a normal reaction. I will keep you posted.

[ID: a photo of a pale person wearing a black t-shirt and jeans with his head in a mailbox /END ID]

Hello to everyone asking for an update!

The professor has said that he will put all submitted pictures into a powerpoint to be shown in class tomorrow (Tuesday, March 9th). I am very much looking forward to seeing the reaction from him and from the rest of the class. I promise to keep you informed.

Update: the professor saved my picture for last. I was told that I had "truly embodied the spirit of the assignment" and that I had gone "above and beyond."

Also, to everyone who is worrying about whether or not I got my head out, I was gifted with a very small head, and while I got out just fine I would NOT recommend this if you have a large head or even a normal sized head.

Hey you guys should make this into a meme.

Hows this?

Perfect

Hey instead of a Harry Potter world there should be a lord of the rings world where it’s super immersive and you’re given a sword when you enter the world and giant spiders chase you and the elf actors eat dirt and offer you some

can we befriend and/or flirt with the giant spiders asking for a friend

It’s you’re adventure you can do whatever you want but watch out!

HI, THIS EXISTS, IT’S CALLED EVERMORE PARK, IT’S IN PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH

it’s more of a DND park but it’s fantasy and characters give you quests and when you finish quests they give you a tarot card with the characters on it

The town functions as a real-time story with a plot and everybody has backstory and movie-quality makeup and shit 

Guys I’ve been and it’s fucking unbelievable

OH MY GOD

BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST BUCKET LIST

Nothing says 'vicious hunter' quite like loudly watching a pigeon from the comfy vantage point of a sofa and hitting yourself in the eyeball repeatedly with your own tail

Simply devastated that this now has 13,000 notes and no-one knows that my little idiot cat is named Poo

Important that you all know that our living room has been filled with packing paper for 3 months because it's the only thing Poo will play with these days

It's the worst part of my life

Necromancers, zombies, spirits and ghosts abound in our final Hallo-Reads reclist! 

I went to my first beekeeping class today! Our instructor told us that beekeeping in the city was texhnically illegal and then told us all the ways we could get around that 🌻🐝

Bee gay, do crime 🐝

It really is this way

my LGBTQA+ friend group call that mixed fruit

And my mentally ill friend group call that mixed nuts

being LGBTQA+ and a mentally ill friend group call that trail mix 

Every episode of the Mandalorian further confirms that Yoda’s species is actually a race of ravenous nightmare gremlins and being a kind, empathetic, noble pacifist was 1000% a choice.

#some human criminal: “I don’t know about you ‘Master Jedi’ but some of us just have urges that we can’t fight!”#yoda: “know what I think everytime I see a child do you? hm? ‘food’. Yes. ‘Easy prey’. ‘Helpless and unprotected it is.’#’'Eat the child do I? No. Feel the urge to eat? Yes. Base instincts we all have…learn to master them we must.”

So my sibling (a lesbian) doesn't watch Doctor Who. I sent them pictures of Doctor Who characters and asked who they were; here are their responses.

"Bottom."

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"Gay, dead inside but very cheerful at the same time. Watched a five year old eat a cockroach once and has never been the same since."

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"Tall bastard. Kind to children. Probably wears crazy socks. Probably has had a crush on Bill Nye."

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"Why is his face shiny?"

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"Whiny. Hair makes me want ramen noodles."

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"Probably paints his nails. Likes sweaters. Will drop kick an alien 90 yards. Probably gay (I see ur earring king)"

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"Kinda whiny but valid. Wine aunt. Really just wants a subway sandwich. Give her the subway sandwich."

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"Precious. A child. Must be protected. Could kill you in a second. Angel."

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"Fancy public toilet."

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"Something an elderly smoker coughed up into the sink."

Part one . Part two . Part three

So my sibling (a lesbian) doesn't watch Doctor Who. I sent them pictures of Doctor Who characters and asked who they were; here are their responses.

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"NO BRAINCELLS WHATSOEVER. Wses too many emojis."

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"She needs some self care... girl find urself a face mask, hydrate bitch."

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"Precious grandad. Absolutely clueless. Has just found out he's actually been Bisexual His Entire Life."

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"Went to 7-11 to get a slurpee but got abducted by aliens before he got there. Still wants the slurpee."

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"Very nice. Gives candy to children and kicks transphobes."

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"BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL!"

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"Plays dungeons and dragons religiously. Trans. Very smart. Loves corn chips."

Part one . Part two . Part three

So my sibling (a lesbian) doesn't watch Doctor Who. I sent them pictures of Doctor Who characters and asked who they were; here are their responses.

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"Wife."

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"Crazy old bastard. showed up to my 12th birthday party uninvited, got immeasurably drunk, and threw up on my front porch."

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"Partially chewed milk dud."

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"Top."

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"A coyote whose fur has all fallen out. has been spotted in the desert and mistaken for the chupacabra."

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"Hhh, pretty. Very soft but can and will stomp on my foot on purpose."

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"Precious babie. soft. deserves everything. subscription button clicked, notifications on."

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"TOP! Also the moon makes me think she could have been a werewolf at some point."

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"Gay dad that makes jokes about having a toe fetish. punches nazis."

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"Gorgeous. Stunning. Either has no braincells or all the braincells, no in between."

Part one . Part two . Part three

So a few months ago I jokingly pitched a visual novel style murder mystery game where all the characters were designed after alcohol. It would be called Booze Clues. I’m now learning how to make a visual novel style murder mystery game. 

I am excited!

I’ve been seeing some WASP NEGATIVITY lately so just a reminder that insects are important and interesting whether you find them “cute” or not. Which btw wasps are cute actually but anyways… (also sorry for the US-centrism)

And now for the grand tour!

summer party small talk