Thought of u when i saw this. Dont know if he actually said it, but its a good quote lol
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I love ideas, and story tropes, and headcanons. But what I really love is the fanworks that explore these things. The idea, the trope, the headcanon…those alone don’t give the work value, for me. What I love is your unique perspective.
I would never tell the story the way you would. We all have completely different lives and experiences and values. You’ll think of things I’d never think of, and beyond that, you have skills I don’t have. Your craft has developed differently. The way you structure your story or render your art…it’s unique to you. No one else can do it your way.
I love seeing creators leverage their individual skills, the culmination of their lives up to the point of creation, to bring forth a wholly unique work.
It doesn’t matter to me if there are 500 bedsharing fics. I’ll read yours because it’s yours. It doesn’t matter if a thousand people have drawn a bridal carry. Yours will delight me because it will show me you.
You don’t need to have a completely unique idea. That’s impossible. What you need to do is put the effort into developing it and creating a finished work. That work will be yours, a work only you could have made, regardless of the original idea.
“There’s already a fic about…” Doesn’t matter. There isn’t already your fic about it.
Show me your art. Show me your craft. Create something.
pro tip:
stop feeding your compulsion to actively seek out content that you know is upsetting.
stop visiting tags that upset you (you should probably blacklist them)
stop visiting blogs that you’ve blocked, and/or that you know is going to post about stuff that upsets you.
stop hate reading.
I know from experience that it can be addicting because getting angry about stuff is just a good of a distraction as any. but it’s such a pointless, self destructive, and avoidable source of negativity in your life.
Stop. Reading. Content. You. Hate.
U H A V E A T R A S H B L O G
this is the most hardcore comeback ive ever seen
Give me someone who has some fucked up tastes in fiction, but is kind and respectful to real people, over someone who only ever ships the healthiest ships and stans the purest characters, but is rude and cruel to real people, any day of the week.
Your goddamn fictional preferences don’t show what kind of person you are; your actions do.
It’s not a hard concept to grasp.
All the people I’ve met who ship hardcore mindgames/ abuse/ sex-pollen/ noncon/ chan/ cross-generation/ torture fic… are absolute sweethearts who will go out of their way to help other fen, who will support others going through crises, who will tell people, “that relationship sounds abusive – here’s what you can do to get out, and if you’re not willing to give up on it, here’s the techniques you can use to claim the space you need within it.”
It’s almost like reading abusive filth about corrupt perverts gives you a sense of awareness of where the lines should be, and how important it is for people to be compassionate to each other – because we understand what kind of things can happen when people are not.
That.
I’ve had the same experience. And honestly – I’ve mentioned this before, but when I was younger, some of the most important conversations I had about what consent is or what abuse looks like came out of fandom, and specifically, discussions around pieces of fanfic. These weren’t conversations I was having at home, or with my IRL friends, and they sure as hell weren’t conversations I was getting through school.
Wow, it’s almost like reading and talking about fiction plays a crucial role in exploring ideas and moral questions. 🙂
I also know fans who are there solely for the sweetest and healthiest of fluff who are absolutely wonderful people. But the small subset who believe that anything that is not Cinnamon-Roll Pure is not just something they want to avoid, but something that should not be allowed to exist – I’m wary of those folks, specifically because of that black-and-white approach. It seems it’s a short distance from, “Your ships must be the purest of the pure, or else they are Bad,” to, “Your ships must be the purest of the pure, or else YOU are Bad.”
don’t 👏 let 👏 the 👏 fandom 👏 ruin 👏 the 👏 thing 👏 for 👏 you
Fanfiction Club: The Rules
This idea came to me when I woke up first thing this morning.
Brilliant.
I love Internet grammar I love how “you what mate” is an incredulous question but “u wot m8” is an invitation to fight I love how straight people are different to Straight People I love how smol is so much smaller than small I live how thiS, tHIS and THIS are all different in my mind i luv how dis spelling make sarcasm I love how haha, lol and lmao are completely different emotions I love how….. This…. Makes everything… So much more dramatic???? Tone is so hard to convey in writing u go lil buddies you go
Got a message about some more reposted art that featured the blog’s URL so not sharing BUT:
If anyone else sees my stuff (or the stuff of folks you know) reposted on tumblr (insta, facebook, and other things have other channels to deal with reposting) I appreciate letting me know so I can investigate for foul play— That said it literally only ever happens with my Zelda fanart, lol.
Please discourage reposting and theft (as in printing products without an artist’s permission) among your friends if you see it happening.I do not encourage witch hunts and ask that you please PRIVATELY message me if you see anything like this. It’s no one’s business by mine and the reposter’s anyway. I like that people can reblog and add ‘@’ credit if the OP failed to do so, and honestly that’s fine too.
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