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YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 APPRECIATION WEEK

day seven: free choice -> yellowjackets season 3: a meme summary (insp)

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YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 APPRECIATION WEEK

day six: song association

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Hey, you reblogged that AI post and I was surprised to see something so mean on your blog. "If you cant write unassisted, fuck you, youre a disgrace to the community." Is that really something you want on your blog?

Just in case this isn't a spam message:

Posting AI-generated content to a platform intended to be an archive for writers is not appropriate use of the platform. On a platform intended for human creation, it is rude and inappropriate to clog search results with AI-produced content which often plagiarizes the work of human authors.

Use of generative AI is also horrible for our environment, leading to massive waste of fossil fuel energy and water. We should not be doing damage to our planet for the sake of generating (robot-produced, often plagiarized) fiction, especially when the joy of fiction comes from the creation and emotion of real people.

Rather than giving a prompt to a generative AI, people should consider attempting to write their own work, or asking another writer from the fandom if they would be interested in writing it. Anyone who is capable of typing a prompt into ChatGPT is capable of writing a story. The first attempts may not be amazing, but that is true of any skill, and anyone can improve with time and practice - and while ChatGPT may give you big returns in your time, it doesn't give you practice, growth, or creativity, which is where the joy of writing should come from.

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A long time ago, when I was in an elementary school - I think it was around 2005 - you could just make yourself a blog. For free. In fact, you could have as many blogs as you please. It was a service from one of the most popular websites here. And boy, did we have a lot of those.

It was before I have learnt about fanfiction.net. It was way before Ao3. It was the place where the fanfics were born for us.

There was a popular fanblog for one of the most beloved franchises in my country. It even won an official contest for the best fansite. And it hosted their own contest for "a character's diary" type of fanfics. We were to write new stories and post it, first person POV, and they were choosing the best in their category.

I won in one and I was there, writing, for... not sure how long, but at least a year, having great fun. But it's not about me.

Thanks to that, I've found another blogs with fanfics. One of them - with a story exclusively of my favourite characters.

And I just want to say - it was one of the most formative experiences of my life.

I loved this story. I loved this story so much I was using all of the prepaid card money on my Nokia to read even a small glimpse of the newest update when on vacation and away from my PC (let me remind you, it was 2005!). I actually became friends with the author and we are in contact to this day.

This fanfic was so, so important for me.

Was it good? It was a story written by middleschooler for another middleschoolers. But for me it was the best. Was it popular? No, it wasn't. I mean... it was 2005. The "popularity" in today's terms wasn't really reachable for us. Why was it so big for me? Because it was about my favourite blorbos! For us, back then, it was the whole world. It was our happy place. It was my happy place.

What I want to say is - you never know, if something you write, however small, won't become this Very Important Thing in someone's life. Maybe not one of the milestones, but a comfort fic. A thing you remember when you get sad. Something significant- even for one person.

I don't know if anyone else remembers that blog and the story it held. It is long gone.

But I can still, 20 years later, recall all the names of the OCs.

That's the power you hold.

Keep writing.

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Favorite Otps/Pairings: Brandon Walsh & Andrea Zuckerman   (Beverly Hills, 90210)  “You never cease to amaze me, you know that? Thank you, sir. I do my best.”

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Brandon + Andrea + Kisses

+Bonus

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River + The Doctor + text posts pt. 20/?

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The BAFTA Film Awards (2025)

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DAVID TENNANT I BAFTA Film Awards 2025

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Sometimes I see people say that a book reads like a well-written fanfic (derogatory) and I'm like oh, y'all really don't understand what I'm into. You're saying this has a heavy focus on character development, a slight overindulgence in commas that leads to an almost lyrical rhythm, a few too many fragments so the narration feels more natural/lived in, a couple too many metaphors (though I can never have enough metaphors), just enough world-building to buttress character arcs, and a nice dash of good-old fashioned fanservice? And that annoys you?

Do y'all just not like fun anymore?

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EXACTLY GOODBYE

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I will never understand

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those kids who had to cuddle stunt doubles will never be them

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#reasons are everywhere [insp. by DawnGlen] DARYL DIXON - THE BOOK OF CAROL 1.01 L'ame Perdue // 2.04 Le Paradis Pour Toi

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TWD: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol 2.05 Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir Stills