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(Going off of the initial Japanese release dates as to which generation was current at the time excluding remakes that came out during that period. For simplicity's sake)

For example I turned 10 in 2007 so I would be starting in the Sinnoh region! Bonus if you tell me your partner Pokémon 👀 doesn't have to be one of the three starters!

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y’all ever read a fanfic that you cannot believe an author just wrote for free?? what an honor it is to read a piece of someone’s soul they shared out of nothing but love for a piece of media. what a privilege it is to be allowed their talent because you share an interest!!

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i cannot emphasize how much fandom interactions are important and how i feel deeply grateful for the people who encourage to spread love. i appreciate people who reblog and comment or send asks to their favorite blogs. i am grateful for people who create appreciation blogs (like bouquets-for-fandoms and plushies-for-fandom). i appreciate people who make spotlight posts for underrated creators. see these kind of things are the pillars of the community. it not only gives a shouout to the creator/blog but makes them feel welcomed in the community and encourage them to do more of what they love. so truly, thank you to everyone on this site who makes people feel seen.

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Guten Morgen

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in seriousness though, cannot fully express the extent to which I am fundamentally disinterested in the question of what characters "deserve"

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person in fandom: eeeyikes!!! i hope im writing this character in this short little fanfic right >_< eeekkk what if my takes on my meta are all wrong and everyone will Kill me!!

guy in professional comic industry: okay lets mischaracterize every single character that appears in this comic for 50 or so issues

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What a wonderful piece of media! Surely the fandom will be literate and normal

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این نیز بگذرد

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Having one of those days (weeks months) where I hate everything I draw and write and just want to quit because what does it even matter.

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This is a slow fandom zone

None of that "Oh no they bomb-dropped all the episodes in a week 1 month ago, I'm late!" "The tag hasn't been active all week is the fandom dead?" "I only got a hundred shares the first hour no one cares about my art"

Slow down

Take a deep breath and slow down

Fandom is YOU. And me and everyone. If we doodle stick figures for a show that ended 30 years ago we aren't "late" or "doing too little", we're playing dolls in our own time and having fun with works of art that mean a lot to us

You can literally watch and engage with something that aired in 2004 as if it aired yesterday

If the tag hasn't been active for 14 months guess what? If YOU post there, it isn't dead. Literally you can talk about anything you want whenever you want there is no weird law against watching things that people aren't actively talk about

Let's be deranged about stories together

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Define "had sex" in whatever way seems fitting to you. We assume most people don't know the exact number; just make your best estimate.

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We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

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when the fanart is a series of images and the last panel has a completely different art style to make the ending really *hit*

I love that shit.

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Alternative cover for my fic, Albus Potter’s Day Off, feat. Scorpius Malfoy

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a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.

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don't judge a fic by its stats

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it's important to pause and remember sometimes that the story is more important than the word count

don't let an arbitrary number get in the way of telling your story the way you want it told

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writers who make playlists before writing anything scare me. how are you setting a mood for something that doesn’t exist yet. are you conjuring it. are you a witch.