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why would you ever outsource fun to chatgpt? are you stupid? you can make mediocre shit by yourself too.

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This is for all the unsung fic writers; the ones who don’t make the must-read lists, the ones who don’t get recced, the ones who don’t get hundreds of kudos, the rarepair writers out on the peripheries of fandom, the ones who toil away quietly for the handful of people who read and love them. You matter - you’re a writer too, and don’t you ever forget it. :)

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What do you mean being weird about virginity/innocence. Sorry serious question, not sure how that ties into all of this.

shoutout to wednesday for being able to eloquently answer this for me because i feel like i've said every word to ever exist today:

Whiteness has been framed through centuries of colonial violence, racial coding, and media and politics that profits off of perpetuating the narrative of whiteness as safe and browness as dangerous.

Propaganda tells you that racism is a slur, not a system–actually a part of the overarching systems of colonialism, patriarchy, and capitalism: Patriarchy teaches that women should be soft and submissive.

Colonialism decides that white women are the softest—and most worth protecting. Imperialism labels brown men as threatening or hypersexual. Capitalism turns all of that into a product and sells it back to you—repackaged as romance, kink, or porn. And worse, it keeps these systems in place by profiting off the harm they cause.

If the fics you read/write/ share center a fragile, innocent, white-coded reader being loved, protected, or sexually dominated by a brown man they perpetuate a fantasy built on systems that have justified slavery, genocide, imperial conquest, and racial hierarchy.

Purity-coded whiteness isn’t just about who gets centered. It’s about who gets marked as worthy. It comes from a long, documented history of white Christian morality. Even if you’re not religious, you’ve absorbed it through media, language, and stories about what femininity and desire are 'supposed' to look like. It’s the idea that: whiteness = innocence; femininity = submission; desirability = fragility; virginity = value Like, the reader is 'too good.' Her softness is erotic, silence makes her special, purity makes her desirable. OR her virginity is something novel for him to fixate on.

He ‘shouldn’t’ be the one to ‘take it’, she ‘deserves’ someone else. OR he’s feral bc of her purity, he can’t help himself when he learns she’s never been ‘tainted’ by another dick. Purity-coded whiteness has roots in Christian colonialism, where white settlers saw Indigenous, Black, and Brown people as sexually ‘wild’ and in need of control. It’s shaped by Victorian femininity—the 'angel in the house' ideal, where white women were supposed to be obedient, sickly, and pure. It’s repeating the fetishized tropes that a brown man is sexually aggressive, violent, dominant, one-dimensional aka they aren’t humanized as a character.

That’s reserved for the white-coded character. The stoic, rough-edged brown man who wants you, fucks you, softens just for you. Joel as “Daddy” without history. Javier as “Latin lover” without culture. Frankie as “shy but filthy” without substance. It centers white innocence paired with brown dominance, reinforcing a radicalized hierarchy that feels familiar, even if it’s not intentional.

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This is your reminder to Click for Palestine today!

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This is your reminder to Click for Palestine today!

And donate directly to UNRWA you have the means!

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“We’re in a fanfic drought” Tell the writers you like their work.

“All Tumblr ever does is write oneshots now” Tell the writers that you’d love to see them write longer things.

“Nobody updates their fics anymore” Tell the writers you love the fic and want to see more of it.

Tell the writers.

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Maybe if people updated more we wouldn't turn to ai

You’re a pathetic, impatient loser. Fanfic writers owe you nothing, and their writing is their own, not yours to do with as you choose, you entitled brat.

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I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, but more people should read incomplete/unfinished/in-progress fanfics.

I've noticed this huge trend where creators on tiktok and tumblr who will be explaining how to use Archive Of Our Own to new users and they always say "and make sure to scroll down and click completed only" or how people will go out of their way to mention they only read completed fics 'because they were traumatized when they forgot to check the dates and didn't realize this fic hadn't been updated since 2012'.

The thing is - I think by not engaging with and/or actively avoiding writer's WIPs readers are potentially adding to the aggregate of abandoned works. Now this obviously isn't the case for all abandoned fics, anything from major life events, to loss of interest, to getting busy can be a reason for a fic getting abandoned - but at least on some level I just know that writers are quitting while they're ahead when they aren't garnering any response or feedback because reading WIPs has become unpopular. If you're worried about reading something that hasn't been updated since 2012 then you can use the date updated function to sort out old fics.

Anyways, support your favorite fanfic writers by engaging with their WIPs.

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Write 👏 that 👏 queer 👏 fic 👏 🏳️‍🌈

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hihi!! i love your stuff, its so cute!!!!! may i request writing themed dividers? and if possible could they have like a dark academia color palette? ty!!!

hi! thank you, I'm so happy you like them! and yes, I'd love to work on some writing-themed ones! 💖 I have a couple that may work here as well!

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Being inclusive with your reader insert fic is a kindness. It tells people of color (poc) that you are considering someone who does not look like you in your fic. It shows love and dedication to our craft. It tells poc that they belong here too and they can see themselves in your story.

Poc aren’t look for activism in fic, we know fandom isn’t that serious, but we should be able to have that same level of escapism when we turn to fic and fandom. We belong here too. This space is for everyone, not just one group of people.

Just to give a few examples of how simple it can be: say “skin warmed” instead of blushed, say “cradled your head” instead of running fingers through hair, say “angles yourself to kiss” instead of standing on tiptoes, use italics to indicate Spanish to take out a throwaway line of “you didn’t understand Spanish” things like that. Small changes that do not impact the fic at all but make a world of difference in inclusivity!

And for anything you can’t/don’t want to change, simply add warning in the beginning. Things like hair descriptors, anything reader might wear, some backstory for reader (especially involving family or where the story is set), readers job, things like that. A lot of times just having that heads up before the fic makes a world of difference!

And one example of kindness we as writers always worked to change: until recently (just a couple years ago) it wasn’t common to label the gender of the reader. But those who aren’t female asked writers to label it so they know which to read and which to avoid, and now it’s common to label the gender/pronouns of the reader. So it is possible! It just takes effort! And I’m a writer myself so I know it can be done!

We can pretend to be a bartender or a bounty hunter or an actress or anything else. But we shouldn’t have to imagine we’re a white one.

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