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This is a fine line to me because I've definitely read fics that reiterate too much.

I already know this guy! I don't need to be reminded of all the minute details of his backstory! Especially if it's done right at the start of the fic instead of peppered throughout.

But you're right that also not pointing out why a scene is important or emotional doesn't help the scene.

there's a thing that mildly disappoints me in regards to fanfic, and it's the weird exposition thing. where since the readers already KNOW the details of character backstories, they're not really brought up in the story much, and you're left with scenes that are supposed to smack you in the chest, and you know they should because you know the character, but the text you're reading didn't... draw much attention to those details, so it's more like having dry spaghetti noodles slapped at you, they're brittle and do fuck all.

if you want a solid payoff, a good punch right in the feels, you need to reiterate the reasons for that line to hurt! you have a guy hating himself, have a moment of him shocked someone likes him, we gotta experience him hating himself for this revelation to be exciting! can't just vaguely gesture to it, expect the reader to fill in the blanks.

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I can't let this post go before correcting the morse code. Based on international morse, 'E' is one dot '.' while '....' four dots is 'H'. Also there's a B that turned into a T and PENITS is missing the S.

So the morse actually says: "AHHHHH FELL DOWN AND BROKE MY PENITS TODAY YEOWCH OUCH YOUCH!!!! SENT FROM MY TELEGRAPH"

I don't know semaphore but I assume those are correct lol

we could go back to telegraphs instead of social media. send your mutuals unspeakable strings of morse code at 4:30am

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"im going to see lilo and stitch tomorrow at the cinema so i can see how bad it is and laugh at it"

YOU ARE STILL GIVING THEM MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Autistic brain really is like, "you have to overexplain so there is absolutely zero chance for misinterpretation"

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How to vent about the same problem multiple times without people wanting to beat you to death with hammers

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I hate that thing some people do where it's like. "I left my wallet on the table to see if you'd say anything" or "I wanted to see if you'd wash the car if I stopped doing it"

Cause like

I dont know about anyone else

But I am perpetually hovering three inches above the strong subconscious belief that everyone knows what they're doing at all times except me, so if you change your normal patterns and I notice, then I will assume it is an intentional choice with a thought-out plan behind it and I will avoid interfering

And if I don't notice, because I won't, because why would I, because not much bothers me and if you don't say anything to indicate you are bothered then how would I KNOW

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the unholy trinity of piss-poor caretakers, tag yourself:

tomboy, meaning "this child is clearly queer but let's hope it goes away"

sensitive, meaning "clearly neurodivergent and often distressed but let's keep going until they grow numb"

mature, meaning "traumatized but let's ignore that"

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everyone says you can always restart. that your future isn't forgotten, just sort of misplaced. they name actors and singers and authors who started at 46, 59. they cite chappell roan's 10 years. they tell you to push and push, that some day you'll open a door and the truth will be behind it.

but what if you aren't a celebrity in sheep's clothing. what if you're just a normal person. most people aren't exceptionally talented or else talent wouldn't be exceptional - right? what if you're just another median person; not ever startlingly bad nor terrifyingly good.

you put the shopping carts back and you walk your dog and you write poems on the internet. you have grown a plant or two; killed a few others. you did okay, overall, and you've been okay most of your life. not valedictorian, but you were a smart kid. you had some hard knocks, but you got up again. your life is just - average. you probably will never sing onstage at coachella. most of the time you are at peace with that - someone needs to drive the speed limit. life isn't about extraordinary circumstances, it's just about building a life you love and figuring out how to live in it.

but you would like to feel as if you'd found "the answer." everyone else seems to have some kind of talent they are born nesting in - and meanwhile you just exist. is that why you cycle through crafts and hobbies and activities like a roulette wheel? are you waiting for the moment where it turns out - all this time, you've been a visionary. a genius. all this time, you were special. even you: someone who has-never-been.

crawling up your throat: something bitter and savage. not quite a feeling of wasted potential. after all, you need to first have potential in order to waste it.

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Me, allergic to nickel, wearing horrible quality earrings: "Huh. These don't even hurt much. I guess I found another pair I can wear without issues!"

*Takes the off for shower*

"Why did I get a feeling of intense relief all of a sudden? Oh well. My ears aren't itchy anymore and the swelling is going down, so I'm taking it as sign that my body is getting used to them :)"

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sorry for oversharing on tumblr.com do you still love me

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ugh. forget everything i’ve ever said. unless you thought it was smart or funny in which case remember it forever

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OCD symptom i struggle with but don't see talked about a lot: inability to trust your own memory and/or perception.

as an example: i put my headphones in my bag. i say im sure they're in my bag, but what if i imagined putting them in my bag? i have to check, so i stick my hand inside and grab them. but then i have to check *again* because what if i just so happened to have another object shaped and sized exactly like my headphones that i just forgot about? so i have to pull them out of my bag and look directly at them to fully confirm they were in my bag

this is a fairly benign example but this also happens with other worse scenarios for me and it's. not fun

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Can't express how stress free being open minded is.

Some lesbians use he/him? Oh cool.

Some people have people inside their head and sometimes it's fictional chars? Sick your brains like a pirate ship they're all working to run.

Some people like being treated like a pet dog? Bark bark bro.

Being fat isn't unhealthy but a perfectly normal type of body to have? Kinda beautiful how different we can all be.

Something doesn't make any fucking sense? Cool an opportunity to learn. And even if I can't figure it out it's cool we still have mysteries today.

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Congrats everyone 🎉 It got worse (for me specifically but godspeed to y'all)

Everyone is simping for the grunkles lately and it's become my personal hell because the more people make fanart of them the more they look like my dad