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My personal goal is to try and make fanfic binding as accessible to everyone as possible, so here are some resources on how to make a fanfic hardcover for under $25.

This is a barebones bind for the broke college students and such. Happy to field questions, too!

Here's a proposed budget breakdown:

Loosely organized thoughts:

Fanfic bookbinders often share typesets amongst each other. Never pay for a typeset for a fanfic.

You'll hear a lot about grain direction for your printer paper, but as a newbie on a budget without your own printer, settle for some nice 92 bright paper. If you like the hobby, splurge after but expect to pay at least 2-3x more for short grain paper.

Printing is a pain because some copy shops won't let you print intellectual property smut, and it's very expensive. You are better off bartering instead or looking for a free printer on Buy Nothing.

You know the thick paper wrapping that comes with online orders? It's a good weight for endpapers if you need to scrounge. Paper grocery bags or gift bags (birthday presents) might work, too.

Ask your local library to give you covers from books they are throwing out. Ask for outdated textbooks (those covers are built like tanks) or three-ring binders that are too busted to be binders anymore.

Obtain a used book that was mass produced (so your destruction of it does not impede anyone's access) and maybe even become a little vindictive with it.

If you can afford it, I recommend the Olfa SVR knife (~$10)

If you can afford it, upgrade your ruler to a t-square.

I really hope this resource is helpful! I want to stress how possible this is and encourage people to cherish what they love through art.

If you are interested in fanfic binding and have a little more disposable income, I have an affordable Fan Fiction Bookbinding Starter Pack that I carry on my site. I pack them myself and drop them 1x/month on the 15th.

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And now official Twitter accounts of the Israeli government are celebrating, saying he was the leader of a Hamas terrorist cell responsible for rocket attacks. It’s so fucking evil. Even when he’s gone they can’t let him rest.

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“Hey, did you know yesterday was National Hand-holding Day?”

“You’re keeping track of gimmick Earth holidays now?”

“Just the fun ones. You know, we’re pretty great at holding hands, but I bet we could be even better if we practiced more.”

“You’re such a dork.”

“I’m your dork though, right?”

“Yeah, dummy, of course.”

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GAG REEL | LOKI SEASON TWO

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okay NOW all the old notebooks are typed! and I'm even up to date on typing my current notebook! and I did do some organizing on my red-eye flight to South Dakota recently but I still need to do a lot more to get everything divided into actual fics, and then I will finally have a good idea which ones are actually almost done and which ones need more work but should still be bumped up the priority list. and I'll finally be able to do the "list all your WIP documents" ask meme, now that I'm not on Tumblr often enough to actually see it come around 🤦‍♀️

finally typed up my last old notebook (from 2020* haha whoops)! go me! now I just gotta...organize 7 or 8 years of that into individual fic documents so I can actually do something with them, haha that's going to be lots of fun. well also there's a lot in my current notebook that isn't typed yet but that's slightly less dire because...it's my current notebook.

*it is. extremely fucking depressing now to see some of the relieved stuff I was writing when Biden won in 2020

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extremely funny to me that harley quinns real name is apparently harleen quinzel, a name that sounds less real that harley quinn. they should do that with more comic characters. batman real name batthew manning. daredevil real name darius devilson. doctor strange real name. well okay that one doesnt count.

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“Loki c’mon, it’s not a real road trip without a selfie with something schlocky.”

“I’m not hearing a compelling argument.”

“Green is your color? Just stop being a party pooper and get my phone out of your pocket dimension.”

“Maybe next time you shouldn’t ask me to carry your luggage.”

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“Ah yes, bison, words my father could use to describe me if he bothered, but more likely what he thought after I fell from Asgard.”

“Loki.”

“What.”

“You’re not nearly as funny as you think you are when you say things like that.”

“No, I’m funnier.”

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Yoooooooo

So the government just defunded PBS and NPR which is fucked. That being said, the public can cover the damage if we orginize and donate.

Only about $1.60 of tax dollars per US citizen per year are spent on the public broadcasting budget. NPR and PBS offer beong able to make small monthly donations, some being 7$ per month or lower if you want.

If you want to donate 1.60$ per month to your local station, you can multiply how much funding they get from you by 12. If you do their monthly donation of $7 per month, your donation can equal the tax dollars of 54 people spent on public broadcasting per year.

If you want to donate to your local station, look them up by your town here to make sure your local stations get helped specifically:

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nope there's still one more notebook. I swear these things are multiplying

finally typed up my last old notebook (from 2020* haha whoops)! go me! now I just gotta...organize 7 or 8 years of that into individual fic documents so I can actually do something with them, haha that's going to be lots of fun. well also there's a lot in my current notebook that isn't typed yet but that's slightly less dire because...it's my current notebook.

*it is. extremely fucking depressing now to see some of the relieved stuff I was writing when Biden won in 2020

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Rainy day

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...well shit, a little of what I typed up yesterday was inspired by this cute fanart of Loki snoozing against Thor while Thor played a video game on the Switch, and...I apparently didn't save it. I mean, I probably reblogged it, but I just looked through my "fic inspiration" tag and it's not in there, and it's also not in the folder where I actually downloaded fanart that I wanted to write about, so I have no idea how to find it. I didn't write a lot for it, but if I'm ever going to get back to it, I kind of need the original image. which--who knows if I would've ever gotten back to it to begin with, but now it's going to bother me.

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finally typed up my last old notebook (from 2020* haha whoops)! go me! now I just gotta...organize 7 or 8 years of that into individual fic documents so I can actually do something with them, haha that's going to be lots of fun. well also there's a lot in my current notebook that isn't typed yet but that's slightly less dire because...it's my current notebook.

*it is. extremely fucking depressing now to see some of the relieved stuff I was writing when Biden won in 2020

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@marveltrumpshate auction 1067 (winner 1)

loki and verity high-fiving for @sofreakinmanyfandoms !! this was super fun to work on, sorry for the late upload!!

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By an anonymous artist for @unityrain24 's prompt in the Thor Gotcha for Gaza :

Fanart of loki, of his back. it is absolutely covered in scars (some from self harm, others from black order torture). perhaps some bruises. there is also a different-looking scar, that is black and veiny, from where where his chest was pierced and the blade exited by kurse on svartalfheim in thor tdw. there is also a brand on his lower neck/upper right shoulder area of the black order symbol.

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By an anonymous artist for @/scribbles_pen 's prompt in the Thor Gotcha for Gaza :

A young loki being happy around animals, or maybe helping take care of one