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LIKE TO CHARGE REBLOG TO CAST LET'S GET THIS FUCKER EXPLODEDED

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I haven't purchased a HP item in close to a decade - I use the books I already had as doorstops or to prop a laptop up for meetings nowadays.

There is NO "death of the author" with JK Rowling - she controls and continues to profit from her IP, and uses that money to fund hate groups.

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Deleted scene from season 11

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thomas better than me if i had a pretty blond man calling me tommy i would’ve taken him back to my penthouse and freaked it

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best use i’ve ever seen of this meme

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say what you will about jensen ackles but in 2005 he made the active decision to pitch dean’s voice lower not because he felt like dean’s voice was naturally low but because JDM’s voice was low and he thought dean would try to talk like his dad

he’s the ultimate dean studies enthusiast. he said dean is a performer from day One.

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more of these because i still miss them and i eternally will

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So retro TMR, but the Grievers are axe-murderers?

Someone make this happen, please! 🥺🙏

1980s slasher summer camp newtmas

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Guys, there's a whole community on Tumblr, several Discord servers, and plenty of events on AO3 (not to mention loads of wonderful fanfic and gorgeous artwork!).

We're still around. 😅

I wish the Maze Runner fandom was alive 😭

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authors!!

quick question...

also can you remember where you first uploaded your first ever fanfic??

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Exactly what this person said in the tags — it's weird to crap on Susan's potato salad (fic) if there are hundreds of people at the potluck (AO3) that absolutely LOVE it.

'ao3 needs a like and dislike button'

what you need, my algorithm-rotten minded friend, is a grip

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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EXACTLY!! 💯

I remember coming across a few weirdos during my FF.net days who'd describe everything they disliked about fics they were reading.

It was uncool as fuck then and it's uncool as fuck now. 🤷🏻‍♀️

The only difference is that people are SO used to instant gratification nowadays that they don't understand the work that goes into the free content that they consume.

EDIT: I've seen someone give an unfinished Marvel fic a low rating because the writer (whose father had literally just DIED) was on hiatus.

It's insane to me that you've genuinely got people going "soo... I know your dad just popped his clogs, but I'm going to rate this fic 5/10 because I don't have an update yet 😤😤" with zero awareness of how entitled they're being.

heard someone say archive of our own should install a "dislike" button and I thought I should say this: no, there's absolutely no need for archive of our own to install a "dislike" button.

why? because archive of our own isn't tiktok or youtube or twitter/x where users can monetize their content. archive of our own is a nonprofit site run by fans for fans, which means every content — every fanfic — you see on archive of our own was made out of pure love and passion from the artists/authors.

ao3 authors write because writing about these characters is their happiness and passion. they write for themselves, but they were generous enough to share with you their creations.

they're not "content creators" the way tiktokers or youtubers or instagram models are. they don't "make content" for views and engagements that can be monetized.

so no, you don't get to "grade their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "say what you dislike about their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "dislike" works that are not made specifically to please you in the first place. you're just a guest in someone's house, a house in which they let you in because they were kind, you don't get to roam around their house and say what you dislike about their furniture. you don't get to roam around their house and say you "dislike their house".

of course, you can have your opinion about the house its host invites you in. but if it's a negative one and you find yourself not liking the house, the polite things for you to do is excuse yourself and leave without telling them you dislike their house.

and just because you personally dislike the house doesn't mean the house is "ugly" either. the house you dislike could be a favorite, most luxurious place to many others.

my point is, don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that you get to enjoy for free. don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that were made out of love and passion — things the artists made for themselves for fun.

it makes you look like an entitled jerk with main character syndrome. the universe does not revolve around you.

now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.

people are so used to contents that were made because it's a trend / contents like tiktok that were made with the main purpose of reaching high engagement and making profits that they forget sometimes things can be made out of love and be made just for fun. sometimes things are supposed to just be for people to enjoy, and if some people don't enjoy them, then they can simply leave without being unnecessary unkind.

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Minewt week 2025

Hello! Kestis here, once more as your host for the event this year.ヾ(＾ ∇ ＾). It's now 2025 and while is still not time for Minewt Week yet, I'm preparing some stuff to make the event better for everyone this year around.

Considering the number of other events going on in the fandom and the goal being making Minewt Week better this year, I thought about making this post to see the best time for the event this year, as well as get your input on the prompts you guys would love to see.

That being said. I'll leave a Google form below that I would appreciate everyone interested could fill out so I can gather as much information as possible and hopefully bring you guys an update in the following months. Since I'm planning on doing the event during the summer (June-September.)

Thanks everyone for your help! And see you guys soon. (･･)ﾉ