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[a-sentimental-man]

Fanfic tiktok is wild... I see so many people saying shit like "I could never read anything below 60k!!", or "What story can you even tell in under 5k words?" or "A oneshot below 10k isn't even a story!" or "I always filter completed fics by 100k< only!"

And I'm like...

A) which fandoms are you reading fics for where you have this kind of offerings on the regular?

B) have you heard of short stories? If you truly think every story NEEDS to be longform to connect with people, I sincerely feel sorry for you.

C) Average novel length is between 50k to 100k. I'm sorry, but CONSISTENTLY demanding fic writers to push out fics of that length is insane. Just think about it: YOU DEMAND AUTHORS TO PUT OUT FICS THAT COMPARE TO COMMERCIAL NOVELS IN LENGTH (AND QUALITY) AS A BASELINE.

Yall are wilding.

[a-sentimental-man]

so many people ask me why i don't stop subscribing to writers who've stopped writing for the fandom i subscribed to them for. listen man i followed them for a reason and the reason was i want to see more of their writing in the world. doesn't matter if they don't write for my fandom or not as long as they keep bringing out their fics to the world

[a-sentimental-man]

i think it’s really amazing how total strangers who have nothing in common but their shared love of a work of fiction will come together across distances and dedicate their time and energy working collaboratively to build an extensive, richly detailed fanon that completely fucking sucks

[a-sentimental-man]

Id like to think Hua cheng makes Xie Lian smile by changing forms [please consider supporting me on ko-fi !]

[a-sentimental-man]

Imagine being so zealously transphobic that elon musk says you need to take a break

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Sharing memories

My piece for the @tomarrybigbang! I had the pleasure of working with @a-sentimental-man for the second year in a row. Here is a link to their amazing fic: try to find you every time (think we've lived a thousand lives)

[a-sentimental-man]

I love having parasocial relationships with my mutuals like yea we don’t talk at all but that is literally my homie I don’t get how that’s hard to understand

[a-sentimental-man]

Aaaa I just read your andreil fic it is soooo gooodddddd I love the commitment to the canon dynamics like I just wanted some smut that actually respected Andrew’s preferences god thank you you delivered

ahhh thank you so much!! I love and treasure their dynamic so much, it makes me sooo happy when people tell me they like the way I write them ♥️

[a-sentimental-man]

Hey, stop scrolling.

Everyone who is reading this: I’m so glad you’re alive. I’m so proud of you. You are loved. I’m here. Don’t give up, we’re almost there.

Pass it on.

[a-sentimental-man]

when internet people are like “i love gothic literature but i hate anything that discusses incest, sexual violence, oppression, misogyny, abuse, torture, gore, murder, or death”

[a-sentimental-man]

hi its ly, the aftg zine guy. after the success of the mxtx gotcha for gaza projects and other fandoms running some, I'm looking for thoughts on running an aftg gotcha for gaza!

please spread the word if you can, I'll set up official things if there's enough interest from this tumblr poll. feel free to message if you'd like to help organize as well.

for those wondering what this entails: basically creators sign up to participate then people can submit prompts (this includes any ship, content, etc) by donating specific small amounts (ie $5) to specific palestine focused organizations, funds, etc! there would ideally be one week for creator sign ups, 1-2 weeks for donations, and then 2ish weeks afterwards for finishing creations. I participated in the TGCF one which sort of set this in motion and has good info about it and others actively happening!

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, a lot of metaphors, its me what do you expect, Sappy, Neil Josten Loves Andrew Minyard, Andrew Minyard Loves Neil Josten, Hand Jobs, set a bit before neil gets kidnapped, Soft Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Andrew Minyard Takes Care of Neil Josten, every time i set out to write porn it becomes sappy lolll, POV Neil Josten, Hopeful Ending, neil tries very hard to keep his hands to himself, and andrew helps hehe Summary:

“Stop looking at me like that,” Andrew said, words ineffectual as it only made Neil want to look at him more. There wasn’t a lot he wouldn't do for Andrew, except for this— if he couldn’t touch, he could look— and there was something holy in this, something precious in yielding himself to the only who had told him there was a way he could save himself. 

An interlude.

[a-sentimental-man]

some loser: humans are innately selfish creatures

my psych book:

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new andreiljean fic!! I am so obsessed with them you don't understand 🥹 gonna do my best to get in more fics for this rarepair hehe

[a-sentimental-man]

new andreiljean fic!! I am so obsessed with them you don't understand 🥹 gonna do my best to get in more fics for this rarepair hehe

[a-sentimental-man]

i saw the new memories episode and felt a Need to write some accompanying bkdk for it, so here she is!!

[a-sentimental-man]

Tumblr flagged this post as sexually explicit and it's literally just a trans dude in high fantasy art.

Make it make sense.