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I call upon the fan fic writing gods to bless you with the perseverance to finish one of your unfinished drafts. 

May your fingers dance along the letters upon your device with ease, may the devil of distraction stay far from you, and may your work not need much editing.

I pass this blessing upon every fan fic writer out there.

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“How’s your WIP going?”

"Have you made any progress?”

“How close are you to being done?”

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You gotta write for funsies sometimes. Everything doesn’t have to be groundbreaking. Like. Who cares if it’s a little silly it is made out of love

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Gabriel from The Mandela Catalogue and the background voice in the Asmodeus song from Puppet History both use FastHub TTS

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“…̷̺̳́͝y̵̙̻͑ǫ̴̅u̶̮̾ ̷̡̞͊w̶̦̦̓e̶͖̓̐r̵̟͝e̴̩̾ ̴̛̣͔̿s̷̻͑́ơ̴͓̺̏ ̸͔̒c̸͇̾̚l̸̗̞̑ő̴̙͇s̶̛̥͓e̴̩͑ ̵̱̯̈́͛D̶͔̄a̴̤͔̒v̵̺̀ḯ̵̲d̶̲̈́…̴̟͙̃ ̷̡͠ȳ̸͈͉o̴̳̙͂̿u̷̪̘͆͊ ̴̛̣̹̆h̴̜͗͑a̴̠͑͝d̴̮͚̃͑ ̷̗͌i̴̹͊t̷̯̳̋ ̷͙̓̔a̵̟̎̄l̴͓̭̄l̶̞̓̐ ̷̤̗͑f̸͕̚ḯ̶̡̕g̵͍̊̊u̸͖̭͛͠r̵̠̪̉̚è̵̫͑d̵̯̄ ̶̧̯̈́͗ò̷͖͛ų̵̏́t̸͇̘͂—̷͊͊ͅ”

“…you think aliens have a visual meter?”

I just had a That’s So Raven style vision of [The Individual] continuing TMC but Dave comes back and he’s just preexisting clips of jschlatt edited to be in black and white and there’s a png of sunglasses on top of his eyes

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

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Do you think Gabriel (as O’Brien) and Dave Lee explored each other’s bodies

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Given the current back-and-forth of allegations, screenshots, and alleged lying in various directions, my current take on the Alex Kister situation is as follows:

I do not have the time nor the spoons to keep up with this shit. I’m still in this fandom and I’m still writing for it. Writing Sympathy for the Devil is literally the only reason I didn’t kill myself last year. That is not hyperbole.

The world is falling apart and I just want to write about that cunty blond fallen angel.

If you’ve got a problem with that: I’m not forcing you to interact with me or the stuff I create, and you should do what’s best for you.

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Okay with the caveat that I have not personally verified this, but it does appear to be supported by google support threads and their abuse policy--

User sloan_spencer_author on instagram reports that another author they know had their Google docs access suspended for sharing explicit content.

I know that lots of y'all on f1blr use google docs, so I'd encourage you to back up your work locally (on your hard drive/an external drive). I don't know what a good alternative is--I've been using Proton Drive (since I already pay for a Proton email) and I don't see anything in the terms of service about prohibiting explicit content, so. Maybe that and Word or OfficeLibre? Man, I don't know. Our cyberpunk dystopia sucks.

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The redacted 🐑

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love this ship dynamic small guy and his tall monster

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I have to be fucked up cringe for a minute because im a silly fandom blog ig but this painting of "john the Baptist" by Leonardo Da Vinci has huge Gabriel mandela catalogue vibes to me

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Gabriel: you were so close, David…

[SFX: *rapid gunfire*]

Gabriel (but now it’s back to TTS bc he no longer has a VA): B I T C H W H A T T H E F U C K

I just had a That’s So Raven style vision of [The Individual] continuing TMC but Dave comes back and he’s just preexisting clips of jschlatt edited to be in black and white and there’s a png of sunglasses on top of his eyes

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I just had a That’s So Raven style vision of [The Individual] continuing TMC but Dave comes back and he’s just preexisting clips of jschlatt edited to be in black and white and there’s a png of sunglasses on top of his eyes

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when when you want to see content but you are the only one who can create it