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*booktok voice* Do you want to read a gay story about two guys who speedrun enemies to lovers, go against their designed nature by being together, who become unstoppable fighting side by side to much dismay of the gods who created them? Do you want to see one of them eaten alive by the grief for his lover when he dies from a godsent sickness? A book about someone fighting so hard for a chance at eternal life that he doesn't notice he is throwing away the precious time he has got, filling it with agony? Well, in the  2100 BCE poem of Gilgamesh-

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Fanfic is a free hobby.

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

Some of us need it.

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i think all quiet on the western front and the lord of the rings are in direct conversation with each other, as in theyre the retelling of the same war with one saying here’s what happened, we all died, and it did not matter at all and another going hush little boy, of course we won, of course your friends came back

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"Don't be a Job Hopper" 1940s Disney WWII propaganda poster

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I’ve discovered my new favorite gimmick account on twitter lmao

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they spent billions on this

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Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (2025)

written by Deniz Camp art by Javier Rodriguez

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A reader of bad comics is reminded that good comics exist

*breaks shackles*

Easily my favorite series in the absolute universe.

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reblog if ur mom is smart and beautiful

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WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this post contains the images of deceased persons. This post also contains images relating to aboriginal and south sea islander slavery.

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I’ve been seeing a lot of American-centric historical posts and I wanted to add in some information about Australia.

AUSTRALIA’S SLAVERY STARTED *BECAUSE* OTHER NATIONS ABOLISHED IT.

Keep reading

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i think there's something really wrong with me

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🗣️SAVE A HORSE!!!!!!

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HAPPY SBR ANIME JOJO FANDOM 🙏🙏🎉🎉

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googling shit like "why do i feel bad after hanging out with my friends" and all of the answers are either "you need better friends" (i don't; my friends are wonderful) or "your social battery is drained, you need to rest and regain your energy levels" (i don't; i've got tons of energy, it's just manifesting as over-the-top neurotic mania). why is this even happening. it's like some stupid toll i have to pay as a punishment for enjoying myself too much