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at least they keep falling in love in every universe on ao3

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so my friend has been making me watch babylon 5

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Thanks for the tag, @talshiargirlfriend!

Rules: List five of your favorite films in a poll and have people vote on which is their favorite.

I didn't choose any that have gone before because I know you'll vote for 'em.

Tag! You're it @more-better-words @trekbec82 @elenath9 @papercranesong @glitter-and-metal @saintzenni

Tagged by @flippyspoon and @introvertia — thank you, frens 💜

Rules: List five of your favorite films in a poll and have people vote on which is their favorite.

Movies you ask? I have never seen a single film in my entire life says my brain.

No pressure ✨

@iamstartraveller776 @deadheaddaisy @hjea @elisa74 @strze-lec @1lostsoul0fishbowl @ineffablecabbage @youandthemountains @android-and-ale @anretc

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by Louis Wain.

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Being a little too cold: brrrr i’m a little too cold !!!

Being a little too warm: i am going to kill the next person who makes eye contact with me.

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learning that constantly thinking about and analyzing and interpreting my traumas isn’t actually healing . and don’t get me wrong its made me a very effective communicator and emotionally intelligent person. but actually im supposed to be moving on and experiencing new things and happiness and stuff and not just compulsively reliving and recontextualizing the past. oops!

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Hnngh. The Audible "hack" is making the rounds again, with people claiming you can use your Audible credit to listen to a book and then return it "for free." While I am the first among many to say "fuck Amazon and we should gullotine Jeff Bezos," I need you all to know it's not Amazon refunding you.

It's the authors.

They take that out of our royalties. And that's after they take 80% of our royalties on sales we do make.

(Note: Also, do not assume that your credit is worth the price listing that Amazon shows. Amazon does not pay us the cost of the listing. ((WHICH THEY PICK, we cannot set our own prices on audiobooks and then that forces us to use the Amazon price for the rest of the market!!)) What we get is 20% of the credit's value, so my book might appear on Audible for $20-30. However, if you received an Amazon credit for one of those $4.99 deals, I'd get 20% of $4.99. Yes, it's fucked, it's all fucked. Yes, other audio retailers do the exact same thing. This is one of the reasons authors don't make half as much money as people think they do.)

This became such a big issue that they had to make it impossible to return books after a certain point without talking to a customer service representative, because people were using Kindle/Audible and Amazon's return policy "like a library," and some authors (myself included) were getting royalty checks that showed negative income.

At this point, I don't even know if the Audible "hack" still works (Amazon has made changes to protect authors from this kind of thing at a glacial pace), but I need you to know it's not Amazon that's refunding you. This isn't a fun little "fuck Amazon" thing. The way Amazon has it set up, it's directly fucking the authors over.

So, yeah. Obviously, if you download something and can't get into it, or if something pops up on the author's side that makes you not want to support them anymore, yeah, process that return. Yeet the bitch. But please don't use it "like a library."

It's really harrowing to see your predicted income based on sales and then find out you're getting one-tenth of that because of refunds. And it's not even because people didn't like your book. They're just using the wrong place like a library and fucking over your algorithm as well, because once you get too many returns, you stop getting promoted.

Try using a library. You can access places like @queerliblib for FREE provided you have a US library account that you've hooked up to Libby. It's a little bit of work, but once you've got a card number, you're golden.

Just, y'know, throwing it out there because I don't think people realize this is how it works. You're not taking something back to Walmart, and Walmart is eating the refund before dumping the item in the garbage. Amazon takes the refund, turns to the author, and takes it off our plates.

Note: this does not affect Kindle Unlimited. Flip through the end pages to give the author maximum pages read, and then return that bad boy so the author can get paid. But also, please, maybe think about switching to a Kobo+ account instead. It offers the same subscription-based membership without demanding exclusivity, so authors aren't locked into just Amazon the way they are with KU. (Royalty rates are roughly the same, but it's a better deal in terms of allowing broader market access.)

This has been a rambling and exhausted PSA from your local peddler of weres.

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Let’s make some fruit salad!

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OH FFS

The Annotated Pratchett File is also a godsend.

It’s not a Discworld joke unless you read it, don’t parse it as a joke, and then carry on with your life for ten years until someone stops you to say something like “It’s a pavlovian response because the dog ate a pavlova” and you scream Terry’s name with enough indignant rage you hope it rattles the pillars of the multiverse so wherever his soul is he’ll hear it.

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imagine the following:

the central character(s) of the most recent fanfic you completed are summoned into your room, in the physical and mental state they were in at the end of your fanfic. they are made fully aware of the following:

they are a fictional character

whatever happened to them in canon was the result of their original author's writing.

whatever happened to them in your fanfic was the result of your writing.

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This dog was documented chasing a 'Kakao Maps' street view camera around a small South Korean island, it is featured in more than 1000 images of the island.

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I almost feel sorry that they probably won't return so I can't point and laugh a bit more... sigh. That's my fun done.

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Got an engineer on the flavour train now!

Lil somethin' somethin' for @1lostsoul0fishbowl 😁

The sun was setting, the twilight a dark amber. It was a color that bore a striking resemblance to Karveth's mouth, his lips stained a shade that had no analogue in any nature, regardless of the planet. And Monica was absolutely not going to laugh at him for it, even if the sight, coupled with the intent, purposeful concentration of his expression, made her want to until her stomach hurt.

His probably did after all those popsicles.

But he gave no sign that was the case, his head bent over the PADD in his hands. She watched him for a moment, then asked, "What are you doing?"

He tapped the screen one last time, and handed it to her. He'd created a three axis graph, plotting a series of items across it.

Lime. Orange. Strawberry. Cherry. Pineapple. Grape.

She wasn't going to laugh. God help her.

"So, um…" She cleared her throat carefully. "According to this, lime was number one, huh?" He nodded. "But you didn't like grape?"

"Not particularly."

"Good to know." She handed back the PADD, and looked at him, with his serious antennae and stained lips, and she was defeated. She laughed, wrapping her arms around him. "You are silly and adorable and I love you," she said.

"This was serious research," he informed her severely. The corner of his mouth quirked anyway.

"Very serious," she conceded, still grinning. His smile grew, seemingly involuntarily.

"I love you too." And they kissed, and it tasted like summer.

"You have no idea what you look like right now, do you?" she asked when they parted. His brow furrowed.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh sweetie," she laughed. "Popsicles have side effects."

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"Trip Tucker's nearest and dearest roasting him like a Thanksgiving turkey" 🤣🤣🤣

Fanfic Writer Emoji Ask

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

🛠What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

Have fun, wifey! 🩵🌼

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😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

Any of my NSFW stories. Because I'm never sure if they're any good, either as actual stories, or as porn. 😅

Oh, and this. That was a weirdass mashup fever dream. 😆

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

Any time a character is given reassurance by a friend or loved one. Absolutely love that.

Also any time Karveth starts waxing poetic. 🥰

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

Trip vs anybody, honestly. Versus T'Pol, Malcolm, Karveth, his parents, his children - doesn't matter. Trip Tucker's nearest and dearest roasting him like a Thanksgiving turkey always makes me laugh.

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

I feel like I am very repetitive in my themes and feels and phrases throughout all my work, but of course, I can't currently specify how or in what way. 😅

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

Probably under Under a White Sky (OG and Special edition )? I dunno, I don't really feel like I do wild rides.

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Uhhhhhhh… I'm pretty good at happy, fluffy feels!

🛠What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?

Ellipsus!

That's it, that's the only one.

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

I do! Or I have, at least. As far as most popular… well, how are we gauging popularity? Mine as the most kudos, and Rounding the Bases has the moat comments, so… either of those?

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

Gimme gimme gimme

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

Hmmmm...action, angst, slow burns? I especially suck at slow burns, I just don't have the patience for it!

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

....yes. 😆

I make very vague, undetailed outlines and then just kinda see where the story goes. Sometimes (frequently) it surprises me!