katherynefromphilly

[katherynefromphilly]

Your fame and excellence has made it to the tiktok people

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rbBedL/

Thanks so much for sharing! It still blows my mind that people talk about fanfic on social media videos (especially about mine, because TikTok wasn’t around when I wrote it, and also I don’t ever think of my story beyond being AO3.

I’m so glad I’ve seen fandom evolve from “friends who whisper ashamed about writing fanfic if you could even admit to it at all” all the way to “people making whole-ass videos listing fanfic recs”! Makes me so happy. :)

[katherynefromphilly]

Merlin and his ghosts

Last year work for a zine that I can finally post

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Or possibly ping pong balls shot out of your…. Well. If you’ve seen Priscilla of the Desert, then YOU KNOW.

When I tell you I snorted!

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bbc merlin - 04x03 The Wicked Day

charmed by his big blue eyes

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I will be attending the American Library Association Conference this weekend in Philadelphia! Here is my schedule!

Why Graphic Novels? Defending Graphic Novels Value in School in the Age of Censorship Friday, June 27, 2-3pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 118 AB

Signing in Oni Press Booth #418, Saturday, June 28, 10:30-11:20am

Freedom to Read Foundation President's Program: Fighting for Your Right to Read Freely Saturday, June 28, 1-2pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 107

Banned Together: Defending Diverse Stories in a Time of Censorship Saturday, June 28, 2:30-3:20pm, A Real Page-Turner Stage Booth #2435

Signing in the Hoopla Booth #939 Sunday, June 29, 11:30-12:30pm

Signing in the Oni Press Booth #418 Sunday, June 29, 2-3pm

[katherynefromphilly]

The Tears of Emrys

[katherynefromphilly]

Thank you op for the great resources.

Side note that outlining can happen even after you start writing — or when you’re finished.

Unless I’m writing a screenplay or script, I just start writing with my story idea in mind. When i get stuck, i then outline what i already wrote to get unstuck.

If you’re not comfortable outlining, then go ahead and borrow an outline from a favorite story in your genre. Don’t steal… I just mean use the pacing and scene breaks and stuff.

Deconstructing your favorite stories that way can really help newbies to outlining. I’ve had a bunch of writing coaches recommend it as a creative exercise.

Hi! Do you have any like, bare-bone list of resources for a beginner looking to dip into writing their first novel? I'm at the 'I have a vague premise and character ideas, but no plot' stage, so I spent a significant amount of time browsing through this blog and other writing blogs to see where to go from there, but quickly found myself overwhelmed by the sheer amount of resources and advice available.

I completely understand! When you're at that stage, everything is overwhelming. What I recommend is narrowing your focus on outlining. (I have a whole Outlining tag here!) Sometimes the only way to get idea to plot is following an established structure. You may not keep to your initial outline, but building it will help generate ideas on how to move forward.

There's many different approaches to outlining. I like the Save The Cat method the most, but finding the right outlining approach is also important. If you are more solid on your characters than your possible plot, you might try the character forward approach that The Right Advice for Writers lays out here. Often, if you can figure out what your character's inner struggle is, you'll be able to build a plot centered on having them confront and overcome (or be overwhelmed by) that struggle.

Find an outline process that works for you. Experiment with other forms if it doesn't. I really find writing it down and using flashcards to lay out ideas so that I can move them around is great for crafting a first draft. Good luck!

[katherynefromphilly]

10/10 accurate, wouldn’t you say so @lenetaylor ?

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

[katherynefromphilly]

Oh amazon you absolute sack of fetid ballsack sweat how very DARE you try to take away my Merlin.

[katherynefromphilly]

I thank you so much for the lovely comment, and a lovely brilliant day to you too @evelhak ! I think I want to take this opportunity to pass on this same sentiment to authors like @earlgreytea68 and @221b-hound and @astolat and so many of the other fan fiction authors I read, before I wrote We Begin Again, who inspired me to write through their brilliant works and series. I have many of them, plus many others, in my public bookmarks. Feel free to peruse and find even more wonderful authors. https://archiveofourown.org/users/katherynefrompfa hilly/bookmarks

Once I was so flabbergasted mindblown gutpunched obliterated because of a fic (series) that I couldn't tell the author for like a year or two? It was that brilliant. I couldn't even look at it again before I had let my delayed emotional processing run its course. Nothing I have read has ever given me as big of a hangover. Then I reread and finally got my thoughts going and words out.

Now that the final part of the series is starting, I'm going to reread everything again and finally do my fan duty and comment every chapter. 😭🙏

Anyway I hope that @katherynefromphilly is having a brilliant day today and every day possible.

[katherynefromphilly]

It is SO FUCKING HOT today by the great spaghetti monster I am not built to handle 98 degrees at 50% humidity and apparently neither is my car air conditioning. Pardon me while I pull up AirBnB for somewhere cheap and nice to stay somewhere in ONTARIO or MAINE.

#ItsTooSunnyInPhiladelphia #PhillyGirlWhining #InColdWeatherYouCanLayerUp #ButTheresOnlySoNakedYouCanGet

[katherynefromphilly]

Drawing Merthur to forget real life problems✨

@greatscottimafangirl biggest supporter <3

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Heaven isn’t too far

Heaven is where you are

Had to draw Merlin and Arthur as Thumbelina and Prince Cornelius!

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Audio on needed for this one. :)

My mom called Merlin, Aladdin. Idk how to feel about that! But! With a friend of mine we are trying to start a Etsy Shop :D zero idea on how ti link it yet but enjoy the tiktok ig. Also one day i will figure out how to not butcher the quality :<

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Jimminy Christmas, Vanity Fair, you’re killing us here.

PEDRO PASCAL Vanity Fair | July - August 2025

[katherynefromphilly]

Bradley James, lovely people, is a gift to us all.

I have so many thoughts about this scene, and I finally managed to make the gifs to go with it, so here we go:

We know Arthur's going into the fight with the intention of letting Uther win so that the king can save face. But Uther makes this as hard as possible for Arthur, goading him and triggering him by saying stuff like "when I was your age I conquered camelot. I didn't inherit this kingdom, I won it" or "one day you'll be strong enough to take my crown, but not yet". And so as a consequence, at the beginning, Arthur fights him properly, with all the skill he has, letting Uther feel his anger. He quickly and efficiently overpowers Uther, throwing him to the ground.

But then, seeing Uther getting back up, desperate with fear of humiliation and almost hatred towards his son, Arthur's perception of Uther shifts. For maybe the first time in his life, Arthur sees his father for what he has become.

He sees the man he has looked up to all his life, the man he's always wanted to make proud more than anyone, the man who he always thought saw him as a disappointment. That man is now desperate, red in the face, lashing out like a panicked animal. And in this split second he turns from someone to be feared and admired to someone to be pitied. He is no threat to Arthur, he is no match for Arthur, and in this one moment Uther ceases to have power over Arthur.

So Arthur throws the fight, but even though the crowds cheer for Uther in the end, it is Arthur who has won. Uther may hold the sword to Arthur's chest, but they both know who is the stronger warrior, the better person out of the two. Arthur no longer needs his father's validation, because he has stopped looking up to him, has stopped fearing him, and instead feels only pity for his vain, desperate father who needs his own son others to feel small in order to feel powerful himself. The power dynamic between them has shifted and Arthur has defeated Uther more definitively than by the sword.

And Arthur doesn't feel pride or satisfaction at this realization, but a weird kind of sadness to see his childhood hero reduced to this, to see his father so desperate for the crowd's validation. Arthur can swallow his pride for the sake of his father (and you can see how hard it is for him) but Uther can't do the same for his son. It's in this exact moment that Arthur proves that he is truly ready to be king, that he is going to be a better king than Uther could ever dream of being.

Arthur and Uther fight | 3.11 "The Sorcerer's Shadow"

[katherynefromphilly]

I knew this was Light Yagami the very first second I saw it. Beautiful, just beautiful.

“azazel” light yagami 🐐