If you're lamenting the fact that you used to be able to shoot through a 500-page novel in like a day when you were in middle school and now you can't, it's worth bearing in mind that a big part of that is because when you were in middle school, your reading comprehension sucked. Yes, mental health and the stresses of adult life can definitely be factors, but it's also the case that reading is typically more effortful as an adult because you've learned to Ponder The Implications. The material isn't just skimming over the surface of your brain anymore, and some of the spoons you used to spend on maximising your daily page count are now spent on actually thinking about what you're reading!
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got curious how many people make their own icons, and how much is fanart versus original.
AUs & redesigns count as fanart!
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*SIGHS*
Another AO3 app that's pretending to be official when it's not (or at least isn't making it clear its unofficial.) They're using AO3's name and logo, and embedding ads.
There is no official AO3 app
Someone else is gathering your data, potentially your log in information etc and making use of it how they please. (They say they're not but their privacy policy says otherwise)
They are making money from the ads without the fic writer's consent.
They've also rated it Pegi 3 (which is ludicrous)
Please, even if you care about nothing else, for the safety of your data, please don't use this app. Certainly don't give it your AO3 log in details.
I've told AO3 that it's infringing on its copyright. I will be requesting they remove access of my work as I do not consent to my creative content being used to generate ad revenue for them.
I will be reporting it as incorrectly rated.
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pitter patter putter patter *you look down and see this*
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Someone may have already answered this about Marcille and half-elves, but I don't remember the source for full-blooded elf aging myself (I assume it'd somewhere in the Adventurer's Bible), so half-elf information is what I can add for you.
According to both in-text Dungeon Meshi Canon and the Adventurer's Bible, half-elves don't have *delayed* aging compared to full-blooded elves so much as they have less consistent, predictable, and *stable* aging. Marcille's age is somewhere in the late teens to early 20's range because her half-elf nature aged her slowly at some points of her childhood and quickly at others -- despite her expected lifespan being longer than a full-blood elf. Thistle being a teenager at age 80 could probably be a result of his full elf blood giving him a smooth, stable aging process in comparison to a half-elf.
The way races age is something that most characters in-canon find confusing and need reiterated a few times, so it makes sense that us readers and viewers will also need to double check ourselves and/or clarify things when it comes to this topic. I'm not even sure my own information about full elves is correct, I focused more on half-elves because I find Marcille's mortality-related motives to be compelling and unstable age rates to be fascinating from a worldbuilding perspective.
i dont think ppl understand that thistle is a good example of the “1000 year old kid” trope. it was used right, it makes such a good allegory to the adultification that happens with brown kids. everyone around him ASSUMED he was an adult and gave him adult responsibilities, and it backfired tremendously. but the thing is people in this fandom are so ship brained it flies past people’s heads so they do shit like ship him with an adult like laios or his brother.
he’s not a *literal* child but there is a reason why kui has deliberately drawn him several years younger than his first appearance lol. even his tallman form looks like a child, whereas short elves like fleki and otta look like adults as tallmen
remember, wrt full-blooded elf aging 80 year olds are equivalent to 16. if thistle was brought into the castle when he was 20, and delgal was 40 by the time the dungeon was made, he’d be 60 at most
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every time i start to feel cringe for being too deep in the hyperfixation i remember the intense depression i have waded through and have to remind myself that enjoyment is fleeting (so grab it with both hands), and life is for loving (so hold that love close), and if anyone thinks i’m cringe they must not be having a very good time (and i hope they can find a good time soon).
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People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see
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Instead of making fun of people who do things at an older age that are normally done younger ( like getting their diploma or GED, learning to drive, even learning to read ) how about you:
don’t
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when the whole house got the autism
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I was sad until I opened the Sims and made a dog called Chocolate Milk and I think you should look at him
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hey. HEY. artists. writers.
take your TIME
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Been hearing this is a problem again.
Don't be a dick in bookmarks, folks. And yes while I made this image, I'm giving free reign. Take it. Spread it far and wide. Because I'm hearing that some readers don't know that their bookmarks are visible.
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People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it
You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u
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