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The Tomb of the Red King

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Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

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the ny post is a total rag, but oh man, when they’ve got it…………..🤌🤌

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How To Draw A Horse - a comic by Emma Hunsinger

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baby I have beefs with people you've never even heard of

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Overheard two young women on the bus talking about books and one of them said "It's romance, but it's not cringe," and man, that makes me so sad. Because a. if it's a book aimed at women there's someone out there insisting it's cringe, and b. what is the point of stories if they don't sometimes make you feel a little unfit for society?

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The High Priestess and Queen of Swords

Your agent is very good at fending off things that might distract you from your work.

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BTW I updated Hustler's Blood -- it's here. Will post a real update post when I'm back on my desktop and not at an airport in Toronto.

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i saw a post on twitter by a european saying americans are fake for their random compliments to strangers and their general cheery demeanor and like no. no no no you don’t understand. if you get a random compliment from an american on the street about your outfit or whatever, that is 100% genuine. we mean it. we aren’t lying we are making a small but fleeting connection with you because our lives are shitty but the human condition is enduring. oh god i’m clutching my chest

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i still support his wrongs

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This would never happen to me, I wouldn't download a pizza to begin with.