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i'm over 5'5 / i wear glasses or contacts / i have blonde hair / i often wear sweatshirts / i prefer loose clothing over tight clothes / i have one or two piercings / i have at least one tattoo / i have blue eyes / i have dyed or highlighted my hair / i have or have had braces / i have freckles / i paint my nails / i typically wear makeup / i don’t often smile / resting bitch face / i play sports / i play an instrument / i know more than one language / i can cook or bake / i like writing / i like to read / i can multitask / I've never dated anyone / i have a best friend I've known for over five years / i am an only child

Yeet, anyone who wants

Thank you for tagging me @earlgreyci! I actually did this almost as soon as you tagged me and then I let it sit in my drafts for ages.

the game: highlight the phrases that are true

i'm over 5'5 / i wear glasses or contacts / i have blonde hair / i often wear sweatshirts / i prefer loose clothing over tight clothes / i have one or two piercings / i have at least one tattoo / i have blue eyes / i have dyed or highlighted my hair / i have or have had braces / i have freckles / i paint my nails / i typically wear makeup / i don’t often smile / resting bitch face / i play sports / i play an instrument / i know more than one language / i can cook or bake / i like writing / i like to read / i can multitask / I've never dated anyone / i have a best friend I've known for over five years / i am an only child

Tagging: @mandalorianbrainweasel, @trudemaethien, @softurl

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Hurt no Comfort for the fanfiction trope grading

B-/C+. Wrong author can kill it but sometimes I’ve got that itch for it. B- for writing it for sure!

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Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

D: Not my favorite. I avoid it if I can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something.

F: Hate it. Will immediately make me nope out of a fic.

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The wonderful thing about Tumblr as a community is that you can make posts which are tailored to cause emotional distress to people with extremely specific backgrounds, and we'll unite to make sure that post reaches those people.

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I'm so glad to see AO3 making it absolutely clear that none of these things are allowed to even be HINTED at.

Here's some of the language from the new post about AO3's police on commercial promotion:

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There is a wide variety of things that are not allowed under AO3's non-commercialization rules.

Any other language which one might interpret as requesting or having requested financial contributions, whether for yourself or others. This covers indirect references, euphemisms, or other language intended to get around the TOS. Some examples of this include:

Thanks for the coffee!

My ☕ username is the same as my username here

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You know where to find me if you want early or bonus chapters

Check out my Twitter to learn how you can donate to me since I'm not allowed to discuss it here

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Solicitation is not allowed, whether it's for yourself or on behalf of someone else.

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Jedi Teacher: Padawan Windu, that was amazing! How were you able to take out that rampaging rancor so easily?

Mace Windu, who has Force Shatterpoint which allows him to see where and when to strike: I just hit the glowing weak spot. It's not that hard.

Jedi Teacher:

(Mace Windu, holder of the rare Jedi skill called "Video Game Vision".)

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Let’s get movin’! 💚 A super cute finnrey commission I finished recently for @finnreyultd! Glad I remembered to post it before I missed @finnreyfridays!

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"should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics" i don't speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme

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When a fic doesn’t fit my head canons but it’s well-written

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the absolute state of being a star wars fanfic writer

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had to get this out before we collectively move on from coldplay ceo

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So I’ve been absolutely bewitched by a hopeless business could i write something inspired by it

I don’t really do anything with that pairing etc. anymore so go nuts

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i will write the longest most involved most niche fics for the same 3-6 people

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I think as a culture we have all forgotten that fandom is supposed to be fun.

It’s not that serious.

It was never supposed to be that serious.

Especially since most of the drama and hurt revolves around shipping.

All of the ships are fictional. Being canon doesn’t actually negate the fact that the ship isn’t real. 

No ship, or any aspect of a fictional universe, is important enough to treat another real life human being badly. 

It’s not that serious.

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death of the author yeah whatever but death of the fandom is so integral to enjoying legitimately anything like that is just a necessary step to take in ur head always. do not let them affect the text in any way exterminate them all with ur death ray. they r not real and cannot hurt u