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hey,  i  just  wanted  to  confirm  because  now two  separate  people  mentioned  it  to  me.  did  noor  actually  make  a  vague  post  about  me  "copying"  her  fic  on  her  quotev  account/in  iaptbap  proper?  i  know  she  complained  about  me  on  her  tumblr,  which  is  whatever  because   maybe  twelve  people  would  have  saw  that.  however,  if  it  was  on  her  100k+  heart  fic,  that  definitely  was  setting  me  up  to  get  harassed?  genuinely  uncomfortable  to  think  about. 

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Batman #130 - “I Am a Gun” (2022)

written by Chip Zdarsky art by Leonardo Romero & Jordie Bellaire

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i  only  recently  learned  about  this,  but  wow,  that's  noor  telling  her  fans  that  i’m  "so  weird"  just  two  days  before  she  asks  me  to  remove  my  fanfic,  and  "sweetly"  tells  me  she  appreciates  my  critique  +  that  i  indirectly  helped  her.  might  be  wrong  but  i  believe  the  dictionary  term  for  this  is  “fake  ass  bitch.” 

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very specific situation that happens to me and my partners a lot

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this  is  genuinely  vile. 

people  discussing  and  denouncing  noor’s  behavior  is  not  "hate"  that  should  be  ignored  because  you,  personally,  are  over  it.  iaptbap  had  at  least  a  several  hundred  thousand  fans,  and  because  noor  cowardly  deleted  her  fics  and  socials,  no  one  could  inform  them  of  what  occurred  on  the  main  website.  unless  they  specifically  search  for  noor  on  tumblr,  they  will  not  discover  that  she  groomed  a  child  and  fled  after  being  outed. 

i’m  so  sick  of  people  treating  this  like  it's  the  drama  of  the  week.  if  you  want  to  move  on,  whatever,  no  one  cares,  but  don’t  treat  this  like  we’re  all  obsessive  and  gossip-hungry.  there  is  no  time  limit  for  how  long  grieving  fans  can  criticize  her  until  it’s  “too  long,”  especially  when  there  is  so  much  more  to  discuss.  telling  people  to  “move  on”  from  talking  a  child  abuse  case  is  so  fucking  disgusting. 

and  what  do  you  mean  by  justice?  what  justice?  do  you  guys  think  victims  of  abuse  outing  their  popular  “good”  abusers  don’t  receive  any  hate?  do  you  believe  that  coming  forward  about  your  abuse  is  not  inherently  traumatizing?  almost  every  week,  a  new  fucking  jerk  treats  star  as  if  they  aren't  a  human  being  affected  by  the  words  they  type. 

even  though  it's  relatively  simple  to  send  a  message  to  lavenoorawareness  and  receive  their  approval,  way  too  many  of  you  can't  do  the  bare  minimum.  you  decide  for  yourself  what  a  victim  should  feel  and  use  them  like  a  faceless  puppet  in  your  arguments.  star  is  real  life,  breathing,  human  being,  and  their  abuser  deserves  to  be  raked  through  the  coals.  noor  should  be  remembered  for  the  abuse  they’ve  caused  and  the  coward  they  are.  that  is  justice. 

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i’m  sorry,  but  it  really  irritates  me  when  people  pay  lip  service   to  "supporting  noor’s  victim"  but  say  noor  might  not  be  guilty,  which  implies  that  star  is  lying  or  misrepresenting  the  situation.  i  can't  emphasize  this  enough:  if  what  noor  did  was  defendable,  she’d  defend  it. 

noor’s  fanbase  gave  her  immense  power  over  the  situation,  unlike  star  who’s  anonymous.  people  would  have  believed  her instantly  if  she  had  said  "star  is  lying"  even  without  a  shred  of  evidence.  if she said she  had  an  explanation  or  proof  she was  innocent,  she’d  be  given  the  floor. 

but,  you  and  i  both  know  why  she  didn’t  want  to  acknowledge  star’s  doc.  instead,  she  decided  to  blatantly  lie  about  the  incident,  claiming  that  people  were  mad  at  her  for  not  being  a  groomer.  after  the  victim  commented  and  reblogged  her  post  with  screenshots,  she  removed  the  comment,  locked  the  comments  on  her  fics  to  prevent  her  fans  from  spreading  the  word,  and  deactivated  all  of  her  social  media  accounts.  instead  of  properly  apologizing,  she  chose  to  chastise  her  victim  for  "falsely"  classifying  the  situation  as  grooming.  do  you  sincerely,  genuinely  think  these  are  the  acts  of  an  innocent  person?

fucking  abhorrent  how  so  many  of  you  cling  to  the  hope  noor,  a  groomer,  will  return  with  an  explanation  or  apology  that  magically  fixes  everything  just  so  you  can  read  some  shitty  disney  fanfiction  again.  how  you  shamelessly  imply  that  star  is  lying  because  they  "ruined  a  good  thing"  by  exposing  your  favorite  writer.  because  your  comfort  comes  second  to  the  fact  a  child  was  traumatized. 

stop  living  in  denial.  read  another  book.  let  iaptbap  die. 

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kaomoji text part 2 — dm/ask for credit or removal.

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Moonbows

A moonbow, also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow, is a rainbow created by moonlight rather than sunlight. It's formed when light from the moon refracts and reflects off water droplets, like those in rain or mist, creating a visible arc of light in the sky. Moonbows are generally fainter and less colorful than regular rainbows, and they are much rarer due to the need for specific conditions like a full or near-full moon, clear skies, and dark skies.

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Weirdly Healing Things to Do When You’re Feeling Creatively Burned Out...

Write a fake 5-star Goodreads review of your WIP—as if you didn’t write it. Go ahead. Pretend you're a giddy reader who just discovered this masterpiece. Bonus: add emojis, chaotic metaphors, and all-caps screaming. It’s self-indulgent. It’s delusional. It’s delicious.

Give your main character a Pinterest board titled “Mentally Unstable but Aesthetic.” Include outfits, quotes, memes, cursed objects, and that one painting that haunts their dreams. This is not about logic. This is about ✨vibes.✨

Make a “deleted scenes” folder and write something that would never make it into the book. A crackfic. A ��what if they were roommates” AU. The group chat from hell. This is your WIP’s blooper reel. Let it be silly, chaotic, or wildly off-brand.

Interview your villain like you’re Oprah. Ask the hard-hitting questions. “When did you know you were the drama?” “Do you regret the murder, or just the way you did it?” Bonus points if they lie to your face.

Host a fake awards show for your characters. Categories like “Most Likely to Die for Vibes,” “Worst Emotional Regulation,” “Himbo Energy Supreme,” or “Best Use of a Dramatic Exit.” Write their acceptance speeches. Yes, this counts as writing.

Write a breakup letter… to your inner critic. Be petty. Be dramatic. “Dear Self-Doubt, this isn’t working for me anymore. You bring nothing to the table but anxiety and bad vibes.” Rip it up. Burn it. Tape it to your mirror. Your call.

Create a “writing comfort kit” like you’re a cozy witch. A candle that smells like your WIP. A tea that your characters would drink. A playlist labeled “for writing when I’m one rejection email away from giving up.” This is a ritual now.

Design a fake movie poster or book cover like your story is already famous. Add star ratings, critic quotes, and some pretentious tagline like “One soul. One destiny. No chill.”

Write a scene you’re not ready to write—but just a rough, messy outline version. Not the polished thing. Just the raw emotion. The shape of it. Like sketching the bones of a future punch to the gut. You don’t have to make it perfect. Just open the door.

Let your story be bad on purpose for a day. Like, aggressively bad. Give everyone ridiculous names. Add an evil talking cat. Write a fight scene with laser swords and emotional damage. Just remind yourself that stories are meant to be played with, not feared.

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it's so funny that noor was all like "i can tell if you wrote your fic as if it's an anime" and proceeds to write her book with childish cartoon humor (it reminded me of those lame nickelodeon kids shows) and adult animated shows.

It's funny bc i actually have seen kids cartoons do humor so exceedingly well. And then there's noor's writing

i  suppose  it’s  because  i’m  so  deeply  influenced  by  anime  but  i  actually  think  it’s  really  cute  when  fics  mimic  anime.  it  reads  to  me  as  amatuerish,  sure,  because  i  wrote  like  that  when  i  was  younger  but  i’ve  seen  both  otome  visual  novels  and  professional  light  novels  do  something  similar.   i’d  definitely  take  reading  characters  tilting  their  heads  cutely  and  sweatdropping  any  day  over  mc  talking  about  monkey-nose-piss  water  parks  lmao 

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Noor's humor was so corny 😭😭 i hated tyrian's arc so bad, because of how cringe she was, and how tyrian (literally a love interest i was dying to read about) had practically no relevance in HIS arc. And that's when i knew IAPTBAP wasn't shit. I just liked Jasmir's arc tbh. And the humor in Jasmir's arc's rewrite was so bad </3

i love to see more people finally bash her humor in the book. It was so cringe </3 if i heard about goddamn abby lee miller one more time, i would have lost it

i wanted to write a comment that i really didn't like the way she handled tyrian's arc (and that i didn't find jasmir and mc's 'witty' banter funny at all in a constructive criticism way) but i knew she would send people to jump me 😭

also your book Heroine's Guide to Witchhunting is so scrumptious. I luv the mc sm, she's so cutesy patootsie <3333

augh,  iapbtap’s  quirky  millennial  +  gross  out  humor  does  not  appeal  to  me  in  the  slightest.  not  everything  has  to  be  pretty,  and  i’m  the  first  to  argue  it  shouldn't  be,  but  i  don’t pick  up  romance  books  to  read  about  the  mc  eating  bugs  on  a  carpet  ride  or  descriptions  of  her  “smell  fish  fart”  breath.  it’s  not  funny,  just  crude.  the  closest  thing  that  got  a  laugh  out  of  me  was  rampion  calling  mc  “fabric  softener”  and  that  joke  definitely  lost  its  charm  after  the  seventh  time. 

AND  ABBY  LEE  MILLER.  GOD  I  HATED  EVERY  BIT  OF  IT.  and  noor’s  defense  of  it? 

okay,  so  you  consciously  wrote  your  protagonist  to  be  wickedly  unlikable  by  having  her  unknowingly  make  light  of  child  abuse  by  encouraging  us  to  stan  an  abuser  and  referring  to  her  as  a  skinny  legend.  a  flaw  that  no  one  would  point  out  because  only  we,  the  audience,  are  aware  of  abby’s heinous  crimes.  then  we  have  to  suffer  through  these  ‘jokes’  throughout  the  1000+  page  book.  and  then  you  get  upset  when  people  don't  like  your  protagonist  and  call  us  sexist. 

sure,  jan. 

and  thank  you  so  so  so  much  for  liking  hgtwh  mc! my  face  split  in  the  widest  smile  upon  reading  this  hehe.  i’ve  been  agonizing  over  getting  her  right——this  is  a  character  whose  head  you'll  be  living  in  for  hundreds  of  chapters,  and  i  need  to  strike  the  right  balance  between  creating  a  good  fantasy  for  the  readers  to  embody,  a  protagonist  appropriate  for  the  story  i  want  to  tell,  and  an  interesting  character  the  readers  will  want  to  see  develop.  i’m  sure  i’ll  make  mistakes  one  day,  but  knowing  that  at  least  someone  out  there  appreciates  my  silly  little  guy  as  much  as  i  do  gives  me  a  lot  of  comfort.  she’s  my  sheila  <3 

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Hi! I believe I’m the one who wrote the ask abt racism in Tyrian’s arc and I wanted to expand a bit. I’m a hafu and I’m one perspective; I’m not the supreme reference for black issues, but this was prominent enough to make me uncomfortable. 

I can’t say for sure that Noor is racist. I don’t know who she is or what she does or what she believes. But the choices she made created an arc with racist rhetoric. Noor claims that Tyrian’s arc was MC’s ‘Recovery Arc’ (which was poorly done even without the basis of it being in a prince of color’s tale. MC’s condition is literally made up, it doesn’t align with any realistic stress/trauma responses which makes it sooo perfunctory).

She makes the excuse that her story didn’t have the capacity for anything beyond a healing arc, which I am going to charitably assume is fair. She’s not being paid to write, and writers who write for fun aren’t required to constantly give their all. However, it’s the only black prince and one of the only princes of color in this story. Anton, a non-main character, had a more realistic and compelling arc about friendship and trust with MC. Aurelio, a character Noor has claimed to not have thought about at all, had more of an impact on MC than Tyrian ever did. Ty’s arc was literally him taking care of the MC and having his inner conflict solved offscreen. He’s truly treated like a step-stool so MC could speedrun healing from her trauma and go off to 'more important tales'. Noor claimed she’d write about Tyrian in bonus chapters, but that isn’t what anyone wanted: Not me at least. I wanted Tyrian to be important to the story that I cared about as a whole. What am I supposed to surmise from this? That Ty simply wasn’t important enough to be featured in the main story, or to be written with care the first time around?

All of this is to be expected—black characters are sidelined all the time, black people have been excluded in reader insert fanfics for as long as I’ve read them. It becomes a general critique, and sometimes a writer truly doesn't understand the racism internalized in culture. HOWEVER, Noor claimed to be writing a leftist and progressive story. She had BLM on her world issues journal, so I and many others expected her to care about black issues. She didn’t have to write about complex black social issues, she literally just had to write Ty with the same care as the other princes. And she didn’t.

It truly gutted me after I read it. So much that I messaged Noor about how Tyrian’s arc was lackluster. I don’t have the messages between me and her bc Quotev nuked them, but she literally told me that all the research she did was through a couple TikToks complaining that Tiana was a frog for the whole movie. Which is bizarre, but with all this context about her poor research in other arcs, I’m not surprised. I remember feeling like she was talking down to me, like I didn’t understand the issues with Princess and the Frog. It really made me feel dejected.

I fell off the iaptbap train after that arc. I can’t say if this would have been better if she completed what she said she would or not, but seeing how she dealt with Princess Mononoke, I doubt she’d have portrayed it well.

That's all I got I just needed to put my thoughts somewhere

i’m  so  sorry  you  had  to  deal  with  noor’s  insufferable,  condescending  attitude.  i  truly  suspect  she  genuinely  hates  her  audience  because  god,  the  way  she  talks  and  acts?  thank  you  for  sharing  your  thoughts  with  me and another sorry  for  the  long wait,  dearie!  i  immediately  wanted  to  respond  to  this  one,  but  i  needed  to  get  my  other  asks  out  of  the  way  first,  as  well  as  muster  the  resolve  to  reread  tyrian’s  arc  again.  i  finally  have,  and  oh  boy.  oh,  boy,  do  i  have  thoughts!

i  received  a  few  different  asks  about  the  ableism  regarding  the  arc  and  i’d  prefer  not  to  repeat  myself  so  i’m  going  to  solely  focus  on  tyrian  and  my  problems  with  how  he  was  handled.

okay,  a  small  rant  first  because  i  didn't  mention  it  in  your  previous  ask  about  tpatf,  but  noor  gets  information  about  the  villains  wrong,  and  it  drives  me  crazy.

first  of  all,  dr.  facilier  is  not  a  forceful  villain.  it  is  explicitly  stated  that  he  'can't  conjure  a  thing'  for  himself,  only  granting  the  wishes  of  others,  a  subversion  of  the  fairy  godmother  trope.  what  makes  him  appealing  as  a  villain  is  his  ability  to  scheme  and  manipulate  others  out  of  their  money  and  power.  forcing  the  mc  to  become  a  frog  is  the  exact  opposite  of  his  character.

hey  noor,  if  the  witch  doctor  can  forcibly  turn  people  into  frogs,  why  doesn't  she  just  do  it  to  everyone  and  take  over  new  orleans?  did  you  not  consider  the  ramifications  of  this  change?  of  course  you  didn't,  because  you  don't  give  two  shits  about  the  film.

and  where  the  hell  is  lawrence,  prince  naveen’s  servant?  he’s  completely  removed  from  the  arc,  but  mc  makes  no  mention  of  him,  merely  that  dr.  facilier  uses  a  cloning  spell.  which?  no?  the  blood  is  used  to  disguise  lawrence  as  prince  naveen;  he  is  not  a  clone.  you  would  know  this  if  you  rewatched  the  damn  movie,  yoU  HACK——

cough.  sorry.  i  just  care  about  these  movies,  and  it  irritates  me  when  people  can't  do  the  bare  minimum  and  revisit  the  source  material.  okay,  now  we'll  discuss  tyrian.

first,  noor  doesn’t  get  a  pass  from  me  for  refusing  to  properly  adapt  the  film  because  she  didn’t  have  to  do  the  princess  and  the  frog  then.  she  herself  admitted  that  and  should  have  just  adapted  a  few  disney  films,  but  no  one  was  holding  a  gun  to  her  head  and  forcing  her  to  do  more.  sure,  she's  a  fic  writer  and  doesn't  have  to  produce  high-quality  work,  but  it  doesn't  excuse  her  decisions.  and,  hey,  i’m  a  fanfic  writer  myself,  and  i  can  tell  you  exactly  how  i’d  handle  her  situation.

she  wants  a  recovery  arc?  fine. 

this?  cut  it  out.  instead,  the  bookkeeper  flatly  refuses  to  let  mc  enter  the  next  story,  and  she  takes  on  the  role  of  caretaker.  during  the  fairytales,  we  are  naturally  more  invested  in  the  princesses  instead  of  any  world  building,  thus  a  filler  arc  between  the  tales  is  ideal  for  this  type  of  exposition.  here,  we  can  discover  more  about  the  book  tower  itself,  strengthen  the  bond  between  mc  and  the  bookkeeper,  and  expand  our  understanding  of  mc  by  learning  more  about  her  past.  now  instead  of  having  it  in  the  main  storyline,  noor  can  include  the  princess  and  the  frog  as  a  side  story  and  take  her  time  properly  adapting  it. 

oh,  but  noor  wants  to  include  tyrian  in  the  main  storyline?  doesn't  seem  like  it  because  she  chose  to  shove  him  aside  and  concentrate  only  on  mc,  but  you  know  what?  we  can  have  that  too. 

there  is  a  common  adage  in  musical  theater  that  goes,  "if  you're  too  emotional  to  speak,  you  sing,  and  if  you're  too  emotional  for  words,  you  dance."  sideways  cites  this  in  his  video  about  the  failure  of  the  live-action  mulan  movie.  he  continues  by  saying  that  if  you  are  going  to  adapt  a  musical  but  remove  the  music,  you  must  substitute  the  musical’s  musical  sequences  with  equally  emotional  scenes.

this,  in  my  heart,  is  true  for  any  adaptation  of  a  work  that  removes  pivotal  elements.  since  the  majority  of  great  stories  are  written  so  that  each  component  fits  together  like  a  puzzle,  anything  that  is  changed  must  either  serve  the  adaptation  or  be  replaced  with  something  equally  worth  while.  otherwise,  your  audience  will  be  left  with  empty  scenes,  and  you  don't  want  that  to  happen.

so,  how  do  we  adapt  the  princess  and  the  frog  but  keep  tyrian  as  a  human?  easy,  give  mc  and  tyrian  a  different  curse. 

we  transition  into  the  princess  and  the  frog  at  the  end  of  mc’s  recovery  arc,  where  she  falls  asleep  and  wakes  up  in  a  1920s  jazz  club,  with  dr.  facilier  sitting  opposite  from  her.  we  learn  that  facilier  is  sentient,  but  she  manages  to  persuade  mc  into  believing  she’s  innocent,  merely  concerned  for  her  wellbeing.  they  have  a  light  discussion  until  facilier  makes  an  irresistible  offer:  granting her  true  heart’s  desire.  perhaps  to  see  her  beloved  miriam  once  more?  or,  to  freely  love  without  worrying  she’ll  be  shackled  to  a  wall?  to  go  back  in  time  and  make  sure  she  does  everything  the  right  way? 

i’m  not  sure  what  mc’s  wish  will be,  but  whatever  deal  she  strikes,  it  must  go  horrifically  wrong.  she  was  blind  to  her  gifts,  so  she  got  what  she  wanted  and  lost  what  she  had.  we  discover  tyrian (and possibly the other princes)  has  also  been  impacted  by  whatever  curse  has  been  placed  on  mc,  and  the  two  of  them  must  journey  together  to  find  mama  odie,  the  only  person  who  can  break  the  spell. 

here,  we  can  omit  almost  all  of  the  film’s  content  but  replace  it  with  a  compelling  storyline.  now,  we'll  get  an  enemies-to-lovers  arc  with  tyrian  and  mc  instead  of  endless  pages  of  just  sitting  in  a  room  together!  it’ll  be  much  more  difficult  for  her  to  fix  him  with  a  couple  speeches  when  he  won't  listen  to  anything  she  says,  because  he’ll be  rightfully  pissed  at  her  for  making  a deal  with  the  shadow  woman  and  involving  him  in  it.  like  in  the  original  film,  mc  and  tyrian  are  going  to  grow  as  people  together. 

and  i  really  can't  stress  that  ‘together’  part  enough.  see,  you  pointed  out  something  very  important  here:

Ty’s arc was literally him taking care of the MC and having his inner conflict solved offscreen. He’s truly treated like a step-stool so MC could speedrun healing from her trauma and go off to 'more important tales'.

first,  i  love  love  love  that  you  mentioned  the  way  noor  ignored  tyrian’s  internal  conflict  because  its  just  plain  bad  writing!  unlike  vanity  or  a  short  fuse,  mental  illness  is  not  a  character  flaw.  although  it  may  create  a  flaw,  such  as  extreme  distrustful  paranoia  brought  on  by  panic  disorder,  mc’s  recovery  is  by all means  an  external  conflict.  it’s  a  plot  development  giving  the  fic  conflict  and  drive,  but  we  aren't  really  delving  into  a  theme  with  her.

so  please  tell  me  why.  tell  me  why  noor  decided  it  was  a  good  idea  to  ignore  tyrian’s  character  growth,  which  is  the  true  heart  of  the  film  she's  adapting,  in  favor  of  focusing  on  the  mc’s  external  conflict.  any  writer  worth  their  salt  would  immediately  advise  you  to  invert  the  two.  the plot should come second to the themes! like,  you  couldn't  think  of  a  way  to  develop  tyrian  other  than  delivering  him  the  moral  lesson  directly?  "i’m  too  lazy,"  isn't  an  excuse  for  poor  writing!

second,  as you caught onto, this  method  of  using  black  characters  as  “stepping  stools”  with  tyrian  is  a  combination  of  the  disposable  black  girlfriend  trope  and  the  magical  negro  trope. 

for  those  who  don't  know,  the  disposable  black  girlfriend  trope  is  when  a  black  character  is  introduced  as  a  "stand-in"  love  interest  before  the  non-white  protagonist's  real,  white  endgame  love  interest.  think  simon  garnette  from  the  good  place,   amber  from  invincible,  and  angela  from  boy  meets  world.  not  a  relationship  the  audience  is  intended  to  root  for,  but  rather  a  side  dish  to  the  main  course,  and  at  worst  a  roadblock  you're  meant  to  hate.

in  contrast,  the  magical  negro  trope  depicts  a  wise,  patient  black  character  who  aids  the  white  protagonist  by  using  their  magic  or  special  insight.  there’s  little  to  no  exploration  about  their  past  or  character,  and  they’ll  never  save  the  day  on  their  own,  because  their  entire  character  will  revolve  around  helping  the  white  protagonist.  not  heroes,  but  servants. 

both  tropes  involve  these  character  acting  as  merely  plot  devices  to  help  further  develop  the  white  protagonists. you’re  not  supposed  to  empathize  with  them  as  human  beings  because,  to  a  white  audience,  the  less  human  a  black  character  is——whether  from  removing  their  autonomy,  emotions,  or  strife——the  more  desirable  they  become.  and  more  importantly,  you  get  the  points  of  depicting  a  black  character  on  screen  while  discarding  them  to  help  prop  up  the  more  important,  more  vital  white  characters.  it’s  the  illusion  of  representation  without  the  actual  work  behind  it. 

naturally,  we  can  all  see  a  problem  with  noor’s  decision  to  exploit  the  sole  black  prince's  magical  talents  to  help  the  mc,  then  plan  on  never  bringing  him  back  into  the  main  storyline.  you  could  substitute  tyrian  with  any  of  the  good  princes  while  keeping  the  magic  food,  and  almost  nothing  would  change.  a  complete  and  total  waste  of  a  character. 

and  then  she  has  the  audacity  to  say  it  simply  couldn’t  be  helped.  ooo,  i  should've  cussed  her  out  when  i  had  the  chance—— 

finally,  i’ve  only  seen  one  other  person  mention  this,  so  i  saved  it  for  last  since  it  truly  surprised  me.  uhm,

THIS  IS  CREEPY AND HARASSMENT!?!?!

i  cannot  describe  the  sheer  agony  i  was  in  while  reading  through  all  of  this.  not once! not once does tyrian ever state he’s comfortable with mc’s romantic advances! mc  herself  acknowledges  she’s  acting  disgusting  but  it’s  handwaved  off  that  it’s  because  she’s   mentally  ill  and  experiencing  love  potion  withdrawals.  which is hardly justifiable when no  one ever  challenges  her  gross  behavior!  if  anything,  you’re  meant  to  make  you  feel  sorry  for  her  because,  well,  look  at  how  much  she  hates  herself!  she  just  help  but  do  all  these  disgusting,  immoral  acts.

i’m  sorry,  but  why  is  it  suddenly  acceptable  for  mc  to  assault  tyrian  by  kissing  him  without  his  consent,  but  phillip  and  florian  are  prime  evil  for  saving  their  lover's  life?  oh,  it’s  okay  for  mc  to  constantly  harass  tyrian  with  romantic  advances  because  he’s  in  love  with  her?  that  is  textbook  incel  shit.  i’m  sure  we  can  all  understand  that  if  this  was  a  male  mc  absolutely  none  of  this  shit  would  fly.  fuuuck  iaptbap  mc,  all  my  homies  hate  iaptbap mc.

princess  tiana,  baby,  i  am  so  sorry  that  woman  got  her  nasty  mitts  on  you.  thank  the  heavens  noor  will  never  write  another  disney  princess  again. 

[melocherie]

people  will  say  how  iaptbap  was  so  good,  one  of  the  best  fics  on  quotev,  and  then  i  look  back  at  the  writing  and  it’s 

[melocherie]

ohh  btw  since  it’ll  likely  take  years  for  me  to  get  to  some  of  the  witches,  i’ve  decided  to  work  on  each  witch’s  playlist!  just  so  you  can  get  a  little  sneak  peak  at  their  personalities  since  i’ve  changed  some  quite  a  bit hehe.  once  they’re  done  i’ll  link  them  in  the  fic’s  footnote  <3

[melocherie]

hello melocherie! i just wanted to check in and say that even though i completely forgot that i had hearted your book, i throughly enjoyed the first chapter of heroine’s guide to witch hunting!! after a quick skim of your tumblr i realized that i really enjoyed your analyses as well, and it made me realize exactly why i didn’t like certain things about… well. anyway. so thank you! i’m glad it wasn’t just me being nitpicky :’) i’m looking forward to the work you put out next, whether it be the in-depth analysis you mentioned or continuation of hgtwh! have a nice day or night, and remember to take your time! i hope everything works out smoothy from now on ^^ i have only the best hopes for you and your work!

ps. sorry for any mistakes! i don’t use tumblr nearly enough, haha ^-^;;

aww  you  are  just  the  sweetest  thing,  anon!  thank  you  so  much  for  taking  the  time  to  send  me  a  message   (   ♥   )  i’m  so  grateful  you  like  hgtwh  and  my  criticisms  of  noor.  i’ve  held  back  my  opinions  on  her  for  many,  many  years  and  it’s  so  vindicating  being  able  to  share  them  and  knowing  other  people  felt  the  same. 

and  just  for  you  here’s  a  sneak  peek  of  the  next  chapter! 

 isekai  murder  speedrun  any% 

[melocherie]

im not sure if the whole lavenoor situation is like done and dusted with, but honestly there was always some parts of the story that rubbed me the wrong way. like how elsa's genderbent was weirdly fixated on sex and erotica, since he was a KID. bcus wdym you found an erotic novel laying around? IT MAKES NO SENSE. WHY WOULD AN ISOLATED CHARACTER HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH STUFF?

hmm.  i  actually  don’t  find  it  strange  to  depict  children  as  having  interest  in  nsfw  content  within  reason.  there’s  a  difference  between  sexualizing  a  child  and  a  child  character  exploring  their  sexuality,  and  noor  clearly  modeled  espen’s  discovery  from  her  own  experiences  of  being  exposed  to  adult  content  as  a  young  girl.  not  to  mention  that  some  children,  regardless  of  age,  enjoy  sexual  content.  this  could  be  due  to  any  combination  of  purity  culture  demonizing  sex  and  thus  leading  to  children  obsessing  over  it,  sexual  abuse,  hypersexuality,  or  just  plain  curiosity.  unless  the  author  is  obviously  just  perving  on  their  child  character,  i  don't  see  anything  wrong  with  depicting  real  people.

if  there  is  one  aspect  of  espen’s  character  that  i  dislike,  it’s  noor’s  treatment  of  his  sexuality. 

it’s  important  to  note  that  she  is  asexual  and  i  am  not,  so  please  take  this  with  a  grain  of  salt,  but  i  always  found  it  odd  that  she  picked  a  character  she  knew  many  people  had  headcanoned  to  be  lesbian/asexual  and  then  purposefully  reworked  them  to  be  a  horndog  straight  man.

she  ranted  about  how  you  shouldn't  solely  headcanon  characters  who  are  cold/unemotional  as  ace,  which  i  agree�� with,  and  it's  fine  that  her  elsa  isn't  queer,  but  explicitly  making  them  interested  in  sexual  content  because  she  disliked  the  asexual  headcanons is…?  i  understand  she  was  hoping  to  demonstrate  how  stoic  characters  can  still  be  sexual,  but  straight  sexuality  is  the  norm.  purity  culture  is  it’s  own  separate  discussion  but  even  then,  it  has  always  been  acceptable  for  a  man  to  be  horny.  instead,  if  she  yearns  for  good  asexual  headcanons,  shouldn't  she  be  the  first  to  write  the  princes  as  asexual?  only  jasmir  is  on  the  aspec  spectrum,  but  i  don't  think  his  queerness  is  properly  explored  in  canon.  yes,  his  trauma  from  sexualization  is  discussed,  but  i  don't  believe  his  subsequent  disinterest  in  romance  and  sex  receives  the  same  amount  of  attention  (admittedly,  i  may  be  wrong  about  this.)  otherwise,  creel  is  the  only  other  ace  character,  and  i  don't  think  any  of  the  characters  from  mc’s  hometown  are  significant  enough  to  count as  meaningful  representation.

imo,  the  easiest  solution  would  be  to  introduce  anna,  the  character  whose  life  was  saved  by  platonic  love,  as  asexual  instead.  anna,  who  is  fiery,  passionate,  and  a romantic,  is  an  excellent  example  of  how  you  can  be  asexual  while  still  holding  love  in  your  heart.  it  would  also  be  far  less  infuriating  if  anton  already  had  a  complex  relationship  with  love  and  sexuality,  rather  than  having  him  be  lectured  about  how  society  should  allow  men  and  women  to  be  friends.  way  to  go  girl,  you  really  cured  anna’s  crippling   loneliness  from  becoming  an  orphan  and  being  isolated  from  her  remaining  family  (fuck  mc,  all  my  homies  hate  mc.)

[melocherie]

Hello, this is the anon who wrote the one ask about Noor copying Midnight Library, Tatami Galaxy, and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry about the long ask, I really hope it wasn't a bother! I felt so vindicated going through your blog and seeing your story that I felt the need to say something but now I got cold feet haha..

I just wanted to add that it was incredibly brave of Star to come out and speak on what had happened. I'm so sorry to them and to authors like you who were targets of Noor's narcissism, willful ignorance, and abuse. I want to say that I support all of you in your future endeavors. May you find healing and peace in what you love most. And may your spite and determination and courage bring you to greater and better things <3

oh,  anon  dearie,  you’re  fine!  i’m  sure  you've  seen  it  already,  but  many  others  have  sent  asks  far  longer  than  yours;  please  feel  free  to  send  more  if  you  have  anything  further  to  discuss.  i  genuinely  appreciate  anyone  who  wishes  to  continue  the  discussion  since  i  think  it’s  critical  that  noor’s  problems  are  thoroughly  addressed  now  that  there’s  no  fear  of  being  silenced.  i  sent  your  ask  to  star,  and  they  told  me  they’re  grateful  for  your  well  wishes.  likewise,  i’d  like  to  thank  you  for  your  sweetness    (   ♥   )