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Is this by any chance the AMAZING pretzelduck who posts EVEN BETTER fics based on pro wrestling? 👀 Cuz I'm tryna follow. If not pls ignore me lmao

It is!  Hi!

I’m not on tumblr particularly often but this is me!  :)

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tag yall self

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I know that quarantine is giving many people time to write/draw a lot of stuff and that's really amazing! Seriously, the fandom content is keeping us sane during these times! But I'm going through the opposite, that is, quarantine murdered my ideas and I know that happened to a lot of people.

So friendly reminder to everyone who isn't able to produce content: It's okay. We're in this together. It sucks that we can't do something productive when we have a lot of free time, but please don't be hard on yourself. This is a very stressful time already, so please don't make yourself more anxious if you're having a writer's/artist's block.

Take care of yourself and stay safe! I love you all! 💛

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ME

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You’ve heard of lemons and the Citrus Scale? Well, what about KINKTOMATO?

KINKTOMATO is an important concept in fandom. It’s a humourous re-spelling of YKINMKATO - Your Kink Is Not My Kink (And That’s OK). This is the idea that if you don’t like a particular kink or ship etc, that’s fine but you don’t need to attack or shame the people who do. Just leave them alone to enjoy their fics and art in peace and ask that they do the same in return. 

KINKTOMATO is the “you do you” of fandom. It’s the “whatever floats your boat” of leaving other people alone. It’s an easy and judgement-free way of hoping that your fellow fans enjoy their content as much as you enjoy yours and understanding that different folks like different strokes. 

Having preferences is human. Having squicks is totally normal. Everyone has NOTPs or lines they don’t want to cross. But fandom is a large group of diverse people with varying tastes and interests and backgrounds. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Ship and let ship. Don’t like? Don’t read. Your kink is not my kink, and that’s okay. 

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yeah a lot of ppl r bad but we also find art in the night sky and tell stories that r passed down from generation 2 generation and we fix each other’s necklaces and save each other’s lives and hug and love rlly hard. the world is scary but there is so so so much good. i promise.

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I write my fics out in Google Docs and then paste the text into Ao3 when I'm ready to post it. Does anyone else have the problem of pasting with italics? If there's a word in italics next to punctuation, Ao3 will add in a space for some reason and it's kind of infuriating.

One of the AO3 translation volunteers (Min) created a Google Docs script to handle issues when copying from a doc into AO3. It’s really easy to use

create a copy of this google doc. It contains the script that will do all of the HTML formatting for you.

Delete all of the text from the document.

Write or paste your fic/chapter into the document.

Go up to the top menu and click the new menu option Post to AO3, then choose Prepare for posting into the HTML editor

Note: because this is an apps script, you’ll need to give it permission to run the first time. 

The script will automatically mark up your document with the required HTML that you can then paste into the AO3 composition window. \o/

To revert your text back to normal, just go back up to that menu and choose Remove HTML. It will look like regular text again. 

Once you have the doc, you can make a new copy of it for each new fic you write and that way you’ll always have that script available when you need it :)

For other cool stuff, read this post from @ao3org - which is where I found this script in the first place ❤

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“i’m sad and idk how to feel better”

“i don’t know what to draw”

“i always mess up”

“BUT I SUCK”

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trying to write a comment on an awesome fic is really hard

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Your whump word(s) of the day

“I don’t care that you’re a grown man, take a nap. That’s an order.”

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Special Valentine’s Day: James/Q

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i’m so sorry that i have led you into such peril

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If you’re trying to decide whether or not to write that self-indulgent fic that only you will like?

If you’re trying to decide whether you should read that favourite fic for the 17,000th time even though you have the whole thing memorized?

If you’ve never read/written fanfic before, but you think you want to try it?

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This is your casual reminder that yes, your wip is worth writing. You’re not wasting time. Creativity is never a waste.