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its truly amazing how, sometimes, when youve been sitting on a chapter draft for multiple years wondering why the fuck you hate it so much, the only solution is to scrap the whole chapter and start over

in related news, new chapter of payments coming soon

after that, possibly the next chapter of Bro (Time)

it's been a wild couple of years but i finally feel like im actually able to work on shit

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Benefits of reading Homestuck:

You unlock new kinds of shipping

Your sense of 'cringe' flies out the window

Everything is a reference (infinite serotonin for you)

You can like shitty stuff just for the fun of it

Downsides:

You are not allowed to speak of your interests to anyone ever

You can never get rid of the Homestuck

Neutral shit:

You will uncover several mental illnesses in yourself you were previously unaware of

EDIT: Absolutely insane work that this is my most popular post on Tumblr. It's still getting notes for some reason? I'm not mad in fact I'm really happy about this but man

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do you think dave strider had to deal with fuckass vent puzzles on his land too

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changing the subject, dirk...

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hey guys, know i've been gone for a while

i can't promise any updates, life is still crazy (and another fandom has consumed me, whoops) but i'm hacking away at some updates when i've got the time + motivation

other reason i'm popping in is to announce i'm temporarily turning off anon cuz like

i have to pop in here to clean out my askbox every single day because of all the spam asks

should be turning it back on in the near future!! i just wanna try and nip the problem in the bud rq

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A proposal

Sometimes, in fandom, we just want to write id-tastic fic that rolls around in tropes that might be viewed as problematic. But we don’t want to address the problematic side of things in this particular fanwork; we just want to roll around and wallow.

It is considered courteous to give readers a heads-up via use of AO3 tags. I propose a tag that signals that a given fanwork is for rolling around, not giving a measured evaluation of anything. The MCU has carved out a space for this sort of fic with the “HYDRA Trash Party” tag, for which I commend them. Trash Party is a bit too specific to cover all of the ground I’m thinking of here, though; I propose “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.”

For those of you not familiar with Arrested Development, Michael Bluth finds a paper bag in the freezer labeled “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.” He opens the bag, finds a dead dove, and reacts as follows:

[gif of a white man saying “I don’t know what I expected” in a deadpan manner]

The “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag would essentially be a “what it says on the tin” metatag, indicating “you see the tropes and concepts tagged here? they are going to appear in this fic. exactly as said. there will not necessarily be any subversion, authorial commentary condemning problematic aspects, or meditation on potential harm. this fic contains dead dove. if you proceed, you should expect to encounter it.”

(more at KnowYourMeme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-dont-know-what-i-expected)

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NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

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ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

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A young rat stands alone in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, 2006, is the day he is banging out the tunes.

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2009 a space odyssey

happy 413

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I think he'd wear the occasional dress to Hollywood events

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Okay, 1) Why did wikipedia decide to feature this as one of todays fun facts and 2) whose tumblr ass art is this isnt this a homestuck characterOkay yeah i looked it up it's homestuck. Homestuck mpreg on wikipedia good job everyone

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For reasons and also causes I have recently written the wikipedia article for mpreg and am trying to find an illustration for it. Do I happen to know any fanartists who want to release some (ideally sfw) mpreg art under a wikipedia compatible license* for eternal glory and wikipedia bragging rights?

*the short version is "anyone can do anything they want with your work forever as long as they attribute you". For the long version, look up CC-by-4.0.

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This is a reference to twilight or something

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