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[southwarkcofe]

That has been my story in Southwark; it has been transformational for me and, truly, I have encountered the Living God in this Diocese

The Very Revd Andrew Nunn reflects on his life and journey as Dean of Southwark as he says goodbye...

When I was a little boy, I loved hearing stories about London. The Nunn side of the family had only moved to Leicester because both where they lived in Romford and where my grandfather’s business was on the Strand were so heavily bombed they felt they had to leave. But Nanny and my aunties would tell me about ‘going up west’, walking in St James’ Park and seeing Buckingham Palace. To a child it sounded magical. For one Christmas present I was given a big book on London, lots of reading and sepia pictures – Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, the Bank of England. But I’m not sure it mentioned Southwark and certainly none of the family stories featured ‘South of the River’.

That’s not quite true. There were in our family photo album, pictures of my mum and dad at the Festival of Britain. Mum is stood there with Skylon behind her and the Dome of Discovery and of course the Festival Hall. So, they had been to the South Bank to catch a glimpse of what the future might hold, a brave and confident future, rising like a phoenix from the ashes of the war, in London, south of the Thames.

Being invited to come to the Diocese, to be Chaplain to the Diocesan Bishop, Bishop Roy Williamson, was a real thrill. I packed up everything from the vicarage I was in in Leeds and headed down the M1 to begin a new type of ministry for me, in a very different place. I had heard and read about the Diocese of Southwark, of course.  It always seemed to be the place from where the awkward questions were being asked, where radical and experimental things were being done. On arriving I wasn’t disappointed.

I love the scene in the film version of the ‘Wizard of Oz’, when Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, steps from her house which had just landed in Oz.  She leaves a black and white world for one that is in dazzling technicolour.  Those early audiences must have gasped in amazement as they saw the yellow brick road, the multi-coloured horses and the munchkins in rainbow hues. For me, entering Southwark was that kind of experience. It felt like a different world and a different church.

Twenty-eight years later and having done a number of different things, it still feels like that. Ok, so some of the things that were at top of the ‘Southwark Agenda’ in the past are now part of mainstream life in much, though not all of the church.  Women are there in all three orders of ordained ministry.  Racial justice is not just being talked about but being lived and we have a Charter to keep us on the right path.  LLF will deliver justice for LGBTQI+ people, eventually, and until it does Southwark will remain a safe pace for people like me.  But, and this is really important, in the Diocese of Southwark theology is still being done, liturgy is still valued and our churches continue to grow.

People keep asking me two questions – ‘What won’t you mind leaving behind? ‘What are you going to miss?’ The first is easy, the relentless emails and that ultimate feeling of responsibility that a Dean has to carry. The buck stops with you, and that does take its toll. Bye bye.

But what will I miss?  Everything, everything about Southwark, all that continues to make it so special, all that sets my heart on fire.

Bishop Christopher used as inspiration for so much that sets the overall agenda and strategy in the Diocese, the story of the road to Emmaus that Luke has in his Gospel.  (Luke 24.13-35) When the two friends look back, reflect on the experience that they have just had they say to one another

‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’

It was the encounter with the living God, with the Risen Jesus, and not least the encounter with him in the scriptures and in the broken bread at the table, that made their hearts burn with the flames of passion, the flames of the Sprit, the fire of love.  They were transformed by being with Jesus.

That has been my story in Southwark; it has been transformational for me and, truly, I have encountered the Living God in this Diocese in a way that I simply hadn’t before. It has been life changing and faith enhancing and all the churches and all the people as much as the wonderful Cathedral have had a part to play in that.

What am I most proud of?  Simply that we understand what inclusion truly means.  Sometimes it feels easier to exclude than include, but we have never gone down that path but instead opened our arms, our doors, our hearts to those who don’t always find a  welcome in church.  It may be challenging to be inclusive, but we have never shied away from it. Perhaps you are reading this because you have been included, I am writing it because I have been.  Thank you.

God of boundless generosity and ever open arms, thank you for including us in your inclusive embrace, and bless this Diocese of Southwark, where hearts burn with the fire of your love. Amen.

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[longlivefeedback]

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to mark multple works as source of my inspiration? I know that there is the option for 'Inspired by' for a fic, but, it seems that I can only mark one work as my source of inspiration, and not multiple works. So, if I want to show that my work "X" is inspired by work "A", as well as "B", and "C" - is there a way for me to do this?

Hi,

Yes, there is a way! If all the inspired works are on AO3, this is the way I did it:

Update the ‘...inspired by...’ option by pasting in the URL for work “A.”

Preview/Post the work. Work “A” should show up as “Inspired by...” with a link to it.

Edit your work again.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 with the URL for work “B”

So, I went back and forth the Preview and Edit pages and got this:

This is how the notes look when posted

There’s probably a more elegant solution somewhere. Feel free to reply to this post or send another ask if the method above doesn’t work!

[hjertetssunnegalskap1]

I was just rereading a davenzi fic (thousand spires. I would love to leave a review every time I reread it but that would be way too often. That fic is my comfort fic. Whenever I am down, sad whatever I reread it. It gives me a lot of strength. Don't ask why. I don't know. It's just perfect) of yours. And suddenly you get the ask if you ever want to write a davenzi fic again.

Btw now using this chance. I was always pretty insecure to leave reviews on fics, because my english is not very good and because I am insecure and never wanted to annoy anyone with my thoughts. But through you and your encouragement (you always answering every comment and the project you participated in to improve communication between authors and readers) I started to leave comments. I mean it's the bare minimum a reader can do for everything people like you do for us. But I also, as said before, am pretty insecure.

So thank you. For everything and I wish you so much success for your original story and I am looking forward to whatever, whenever you will share something with us again <3

This, wow, this almost made me cry. Thank you so much! ❤️ That story came from a very personal place, too (and I can’t really explain that, or why, to be honest), so it means a lot that you like it. I mean, it would mean a lot no matter what, but I’m just really glad you like that fic. 

Also... I’m so so glad you found you were inspired to comment on fics! I know how it is to try to write in a second or third language, and it can be scary. Also, I definitely know how it is to worry that I’m bothering others with my thoughts. The LLF comment project helped me to communicate what I thought about it, so. I think it also helped me relax a bit more when commenting and answering. It’s really cool that you noticed and that it was a good thing. I totally get it when readers don’t feel like commenting, too, of course, I just like to say that it’s okay to do what feels okay, basically.

Thank you so so much for this lovely ask, I want to hang it up on my wall so I can see it every day. You’ve really inspired me. 

❤️

[ao3commentoftheday]

I’m not 100% sure of the etiquette for “whisper” comments, so please ignore this submission if posting “whisper” LLF comments on a comment blog goes against the spirit of that type of comment. But legitimately, this is the most amazing comment I have ever gotten, on any work I have ever written. I was super nervous about posting this particular fic, because it was a lot of firsts for me in terms of published fic – first time I ever posted a fic with explicit sex, first time I ever wrote about ace-related stuff, longest fic I’ve ever posted, etc. I cannot even express how happy this super long, amazingly detailed comment made me. I’ve been in a bit of a writing slump lately, but legitimately, this may end up being what it takes to get me out of it. Thank you so much commenter – you’re amazing, and you’ve inspired me to try and write more on my WIPs in this fandom!

Comment text:

Just listened to the podfic and _oh the Feels_ and you just used that switching POV so, so well. That moment when it went from Crowley POV to Aziraphale POV and he was over the moon about sex with Crowley and it was just so _heartbreaking_ and just ‘How could you!?!’ and all the feels, all the feels, you laid out this story _so well_ with all the unreliable narrator and how they _think_ they have things figured out about what the other wants/is on about, multiple times and they are just _so wrong_ but also _why_ they think that way and also Aziraphale’s moment when:

[“…Two hundred years,” Aziraphale choked out, finally, to no one at all. “Oh, I’m the worst sort of fool, aren’t I.”]

and then on the flip side you also have Crowley going:

[“You– You’ve been letting me fuck you… all this time… because you wanted a cuddle?!” Crowley voice was a strangled croak, and Aziraphale thought he looked… oh dear, he looked horrified.

“Well, yes,” said Aziraphale, and then immediately tried to correct as Crowley noticeably paled. “I mean, no! I mean… Oh, I don’t know, Crowley – I’m terribly sorry.”

“You’re sorry?!” said Crowley. “I’m the one who– who– Oh, Satan, I need to sit down for this.”]

also I _love_ the way you and the podficcer had me cracking up laughing in this whole awkward, serious, laying everything on the table scene, that covers hard topics but is also funny and so, so touching and just so _Them_. Second hand embarrassment is something that really squicks me and I did not have that at all throughout this scene or any of the scenes and I just got to enjoy it in full and have an amazing time at it and it was all just so brilliantly done. <3

Also the internalised acephobia which played out _so well_ thought the story first we had Crowley pushing himself and then we had Aziraphale sort of taking a walk in Crowley’s shoes in this unexpected twist on things but it’s also completly from his own perspective. And then we have the club and I was sort of waiting and hoping for someone to gently take Aziraphale by the hand and explain things to this poor lost soul. Which on reflection is really funny because of the role reversal but also just being like 'I want to take this precious child and explain things to him right now.’

And then there was the moment when he 'figures it out’ and realises it was only with Crowley he liked it (sex/cuddles) and he starts mentioning of Love and okay, okay that could be seen as a step forward but I was mentally screaming at him that 'God Damn it Aziraphale if you start chalking this up to just being a 'Love is Pure and sex is better with those you love’ thing, so help me!! … I mean he wouldn’t be _wrong_ exactly but he wouldn’t be _right_ either. Someone _please_ explain Demisexual etc. to him already.’

And just _all the feels_ because the _readers_ know what’s going on but the characters _certainly don’t_ and it’s awesome the way they have to muddle thought feelings and confusion and misunderstandings and Crowley’s frustration at being 'married’ to Aziraphale being too painful close and too far from what he wants while Aziraphale thinks one thing and then realises that 'Oh. Oh I have been _such a fool_’ and Crowley’s horrified reaction to it all coming out that they have _both_ been letting the other use them for sex (or rather that _Aziraphale_ has been letting him use him for sex). And that whole final scene and all the scenes in between and the journey they took to get there and the hand holding that meant nothing but also _everything_ after the apocalypse that wasn’t and just :flails

This was _awesome_ thank you. <3 :D

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Link to fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22776961

[connordavidscamera]

Living, Learning, and Filming Ch. 1 |Connor Brashier

A/n: up until this morning, I didn’t have any inspiration for this chapter. That changed, obviously.

Summary: y/n and Connor are partners for their class final. Their topic of choice might get one or both of them in trouble.

warnings: none?

Word count: 1.6k

***

Week 1

“Brashier, I’m having a girl over tonight so I’m gonna need you to - whoa. What is going on here? You’re cleaning?” my roommate, Brian says, stopping in the doorway of my room.

I shrug, “It was looking too messy.”

“Too messy,” he repeats. 

“Yeah.”

“Okay… Who’s the girl?”

“There’s no girl,” I answer, putting the dirty shirts in my hand in the hamper by my closet.

“Well you’re definitely not cleaning for yourself.”

“Craigen, I don’t know what you’re talking about. My room was dirty, I wanted to clean it.”

“Because you want a girl in here,” he crosses his arms over his chest, coming further into the room. “What class do you have with her?”

I sigh, “She’s in my film class. We’re partners for the final.”

“And you want to fuck her?”

“Brian, come on.”

“You do,” he cocks an eyebrow.

“Why does it matter? She’s coming over tomorrow for us to start on our project.”

“Uh huh. And what’s the project.”

I know my face just got a little redder. “Falling in love in college,” I mumble.

He laughs and I don’t mean just those little haha laughs. I mean, he’s clutching his stomach, almost doubling over, he’s laughing so hard. 

“Falling,” he stops himself, still laughing. Dick. “Falling in love? Like with each other? Whose idea was this? What the fuck? Do you know anything about her?”

“That’s what I’m doing with this. I made her a bet that one or both of us will be in love with each other by the end of this project.”

“Ha! By the end?” he shakes his head, running a hand through his hair. “You realize she’s already got you fucked, right?”

I scoff, “It’s fun, Brian.”

“A game?” he questions.

I shrug, “Yeah. A game.”

“And if you do just so happen to fall in love with her? What then?”

“It’s not gonna happen.” “But if it does?” he persists.

“Then I lose.”

***

I’m walking out of my ethics class when I catch sight of y/n with some, I’m assuming, friends. They’re just walking out of the cafeteria, she’s laughing, her hand runs gently through her hair. I won’t deny that she’s pretty. Dangerously, so. I don’t realize that I’m still staring until she catches my gaze and waves, smiling with teeth. I don’t want to be rude, so I wave back and I watch her say something to her friends before making her way over to me. 

“Hi,” she says brightly, a much different greeting than I was expecting. Our last encounter, she left the room without a smile on her face, head down, watching her shoes as she walked. 

“Hi,” I respond, hands in my pockets. 

“Are you busy right now?” she asks, her eyes shining bright, popping against the eyeshadow she’s wearing, which compliments the too big, navy blue sweater dress that’s currently swallowing her frame. 

“Um… no. What’s up?”

“You in the mood to start filming?”

I hum, “I’d love to, but I left my camera at home.”

“I have mine in my dorm, I could start my part.”

“You sure?”

“Yeah. Come on, it’s nice out. We can go to this coffee shop down the street. I had a few ideas about what I wanted to do.”

“Which is?” I ask as we start to walk toward her down, I’m guessing. 

“I don’t just want it to be a plain subject with no interaction between the director and subject. If we’re going to do this specific topic, we have to do it a little differently than just saying ‘okay, action.’”

“Okay?”

She’s looking at her shoes again as she walks. “I was thinking something like an interview process. Just as an introduction. A kind of ‘who are you? Have you ever been in love?’ type thing.”

“I like it. And I think toward the end of the project we could do another one, same questions, hopefully different answers.”

She nods, still not looking up. “Yeah, hopefully.”

“You’re shoes are still there, you know?”

“What?” finally, her eyes meet mine. 

“You watch your feet as you walk.”

“Oh, um… sorry. I didn’t notice.”

“No, it’s cute. It just makes it hard to look at your eyes when you talk.”

“Well they’re nothing special. You’re not missing anything,” she chuckles.

“They’re pretty,” I tell her and her cheeks heat up.

“Thank you,” she says quietly. 

“So, this is the way to your dorm?” 

“Yep… do you live on campus?”

“No, my friend, Brian and I share an apartment a few miles from here.”

“Oh, does he go here too?”

“Yeah, he’s a business major.”

“Oh, that’s cool. That’s what I was going to do if this whole photography thing doesn’t work out.”

“Why do you think it’s not going to work?”

“Well there’s a lot of film going on recently. It’s competitive, I don’t exactly know how my work is going to fit into the equation, but that’s not stopping me just yet.”

I smile softly at the confession. “Well, I may not have seen your work yet, but I’m pretty sure you’re gonna make it.”

“Ah, says the guy who has already made his big break, traveling the world with Mr. Shawn Mendes himself.”

“You been reading up on me?” I muse.

“I thought if we were going to be working together, I needed to know who I was going to be spending my time with. Your stuff is really, really good. I can see why he hired you.”

“Oh,” it’s my turn to blush, “Well, thank you.” 

“So, the elevator’s broken. Has been for a couple weeks. They keep saying they’re gonna fix it, but at this point I’m expecting them to be working on it the day we come back from Christmas break. Anyway, you good with the stairs?”

“Well I don’t really have a choice, do I?”

“I mean, you could stay down here if you’d like.”

“No, I was kidding. I’m good taking the stairs.”

“Okay, then follow me,” she says, taking her keys from her bag. 

She’s a few steps ahead of me, and if I look up at just the right time I can - 

“Looking up my dress isn’t going to get you under it any faster, Brashier.”

“I - I wasn’t.”

“You were,” she looks down at me from her step and smirks. “You’re not very smooth, are you?”

“I wouldn’t say that. I like to think I am.”

She nods, “You might be a smooth talker, but your actions need a little work.”

I chuckle, “If you say so, sweetheart.”

Y/n scrunches up her nose, “Sweetheart,” she continues walking and I follow. “That’s condescending.”

“You’re really gonna make this hard for me, aren’t you?”

“Well where’s the fun in me making it easy for you?” 

I hum and press my body close against hers, holding gently onto her elbow as she reaches to unlock the door, “How about we save ‘sweetheart’ for the bedroom? Hmm?”

She scoffs and rolls her eyes, “You’d have to get there first, Connor. And right now? You couldn’t be further way.” she looks back at me and I glance between her eyes and her lips.

“You keep frowning and your face’ll stay like that.” I run my index finger over her bottom lip and her eyes flutter shut.

But she quickly opens them again, turning away from my burning gaze, “Two and a half months,” she mumbles. “God, help me.” I don’t think she meant for me to hear either of those things, but the proximity of us was currently my friend and I thank god she hasn’t told me to move yet.

---

“Okay,” y/n fixes the settings on her camera, looking through the lense every few seconds and then back at me. “I think we’re ready.”

“We just going right in?”

She nods behind the camera, “Yep. And… we’re recording. What’s your full name?”

“My name is Connor David Brashier. I am twenty-one, and a junior here at UCLA.”

“What are your hobbies?”

“I like filming, playing video games, and surfing.”

“What is it about filming that you like the most?”

“I like capturing the things that would otherwise go unnoticed. Those small things that no one thinks about until after the fact. Like at concerts, people are there and they watch the show, but they don’t see what happens behind the stage, they don’t see how incandescently happy they are to be there. I like giving that back to them. That feeling they had, the feeling the performer and the team had before and after the show.”

She’s smiling behind the camera and I can’t help but blush, looking down at my hands. “Do you see yourself doing this for the rest of your life?”

“Of course.”

“Even if it takes you away from your family?”

I have to think about it for a minute. “It doesn’t take me away from them. They’re always with me supporting me.”

“I like that answer,” she says, tugging at the bottom of her sweater. “And uh, last couple questions.”

“Alright. Hit me.”

“Have you ever been in love before?”

I look at her, hiding behind the screen of her camera and I can’t stop myself from smiling fondly. “No. Not yet.”

“Can you see yourself falling in love with someone?”

I take my time to answer this, because I know my answer, but I don’t want to seem too eager. 

“Connor?”

“Sorry,” I clear my throat. “Can you repeat the question?”

“Can you see yourself falling in love with someone?” she asks again.

“Yes. Yeah, I can see myself falling in love with you.”

***

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[funny-house]

aw damn tumblr cut off a part of the ask i sent- what it said was that i love your content! wether it's aesthetic posts or art!! it inspires me a lot!!

AWW !!   LISTEN  You are an even c00ler artist ok??it means so much because I love your stuff omg!! llf;jldifr   I’m so happy I have a good aesthetic, at long last

[fangirlunderground-blog]

Meta Monday

It seems so simple, right? Fanfiction thrives on community: readers rely on writers to create the stories we love, while writers rely on readers to let them know their work is appreciated.

But nothing is ever that simple when it comes to human interaction, especially online. Readers don’t comment, leaving writers to feel hurt and discouraged, even resentful. After putting so much of their time and energy into a story, it’s fair to expect that readers make the comparatively little effort it takes to leave a comment. On the other hand, readers struggle, too. Some don’t know what to say, while others do but are earnestly too anxious or shy to say it. And both are confused why their kudos—a word literally meaning praise—aren’t enough.

I wanted today’s rec list to help (and explain) both sides of this struggle. If you do find it helpful, be sure to let the original posters know, and check out my last Meta Monday on commenting for even more. 💛

Fandom - Commenting II

[USERSCRIPT] Comment as you read on AO3 by @ravenel, I saw [a post] about how it’d be nice to review fics on AO3 as you read. A little while back, because I was so in awe of the Clexa fic writers, I made this userscript (can install on Firefox by using Greasemonkey and on Chrome by using Tampermonkey) so that I could do just that. (Mirror Link)

Don’t feel guilty if you can’t comment on fics by @telesilla, @codenamecesare, and @cookiedoughmeagain, […] Look I don’t care why you don’t comment. But if you sit there after reading my fic and feel a sense of dread while looking at a blank comment form, then do us both a favor and just hit the kudos button. I want you to be entertained. I want you to walk away smiling or…idk turned on or, really, anything positive. If all you feel is guilt, how is that fun for anyone? (Mirror Link)

[COMIC] Fanfiction Isn’t Free by @jaciopara, Hi, I’m bitter about people not commenting on fics. I’m sad seeing all these authors get so discouraged because no one comments. It takes like 5 seconds! just do it!! Don’t know what to type? Me neither! Here’s some handy pre-written comments for you! (Mirror Link)

How do authors feel about kudos? & Initial Results by @longlivefeedback, This is the first real breakdown of our kudos survey. I’m starting this with the major takeaways, but you can find graphs and more in-depth discussion, including potential reasons, below the cut! (Mirror Link)

How do you comment on smut? by @ao3commentoftheday, The age old question: what do I say about “the sex”? There are a few routes you can take with this one, anon, and I think it comes down to a combination of the type of smut it is and how comfortable you are talking about it. (Mirror Link)

How to comment on fanfictions by @headcanonsfromremnant, Comments are the one thing that keep fanfiction writers going. I can’t say that often enough and it has been definitely true for me. But back when I’ve started reading fanfictions I didn’t really know that every writer really does appreciate comments and what kind of comments writers would appreciate. That’s why I wanted to make a post that might hopefully give some inspiration to those who never know what to say when commenting on a story. (Mirror Link)

LLF Comment Project by @longlivefeedback, This is an initiative organized by longlivefeedback to improve communication between readers and authors. Authors are often unsure of how to invite readers to comment, or specify precisely what sort of feedback they’re looking for, without feeling pushy or demanding. Many readers aren’t certain whether an author will appreciate a certain type of comment […] and so decide not to comment at all.

Other ways to support writers by @ao3commentoftheday, I want to support writers but I don’t have the energy to right now let alone comment. What else can I do?  (Mirror Link)

Passively devouring content is killing fandom by @saucywenchwritingblog, I’ve seen five different authors take down, or prepare to take down, their posted works on Ao3 this week.  At the same time, I’ve seen several people wishing there was more new content to read.  I’ve also seen countless posts by authors begging for people to leave comments and kudos. (Mirror Link)

Readers who don’t comment by @ao3commentoftheday, […] Readers who don’t comment aren’t a scourge. Writers that want more comments aren’t demanding. We’re all just human beings trying to get along as best we can. I think if we can remember that, we’ll all be better off. I don’t hate you if you don’t comment. But I do hope that, sometimes, you do. (Mirror Link)

Some recommendations for showing your appreciation for fic by @galacticprideandprejudice, I never know how to make this post, largely because I write fic and so I don’t want it to come across as a “do this for me.”  But I see my peers and friends routinely stating that they don’t know how their fics are being received and feel as though they are shouting their fic into a void and that it is wildly disheartening. (Mirror Link)

Why silent readers behave the way they do by @salt-of-the-ao3 & @undead-gay-trekkie, […] Sometimes I get the feeling that authors, here on tumblr or elsewhere, are stuck in a mindset of bitterness and resentment towards readers that don’t comment (”lurkers”). We talk endlessly about why they should comment, why it’s terrible they don’t, how sad and angry it makes us not to get feedback (I’m probably guilty of this, too). And those are all very valid emotions! But still, this builds a lot of pressure on lurkers witnessing that entire debate, which I think is detrimental. (Mirror Link)

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The Living Legends Foundation Announces its 2019 Annual Awards Gala, Phil Thornton Among Honorees

   Top Row -- Left to Right:

Dyana Williams, Sidney Miller, Hymen Childs, Dedra N. Tate

Middle Row -- Left to Right:

Frank Ski, Steve Hegwood, Maurice White, Karen Lee

Bottom Row -- Left to Right:

Phil  Thornton, Sheila Coates, Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew, DeDe McGuire

       (Los Angeles, CA – June 4, 2019) — The Living Legends Foundation, Inc. (LLF) today announces its 2019 Annual Awards Dinner and Gala.  This year’s event will be held on Friday, October 4, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at Taglyan Cultural Complex, 1201 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. 

      The distinguished honorees include Dyana Williams, CEO of Influence Entertainment, who will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award; Frank Ski, Broadcast Personality, V-103 Radio Atlanta, and Steve Hegwood, CEO and President, Core Communications, will both receive the Jerry Boulding Radio Executive Award; Maurice White, Vice President of Promotion, eOne Entertainment Group, will be presented with the Music Label Executive Award; Sheila Coates, founder and creator of BYOB (Be Your Own Brand), will receive the Entrepreneur Award; Dedra N. Tate, President and CEO, Unlimited Contacts, will be the second recipient of the Mike Bernardo Executive Award;  Sidney Miller, founder and Publisher, BRE (Black Radio Exclusive), will be presented with the A.D. Washington Chairman’s Award; Hymen Childs, Owner, Service Broadcasting Group (SBG), including K-104 Radio, KRNB Radio, Dallas and the nationally syndicated DeDe In The Morning, will receive the Broadcast Icon Award; Phil Thornton, Senior Vice President/General Manager, RCA Inspiration, will be presented with the Gospel Music Executive Award; and Karen Lee, Senior Vice President, W&W Public Relations, will receive the Media Executive Award.

    The Chairpersons of this year’s Awards Dinner and Gala are husband-and-wife team Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew, Partners, Chew Entertainment. Award-winning radio personality DeDe McGuire, of the syndicated show DeDe In The Morning, is returning as host.

     The LLF continues its mission to honor the best and the brightest in the ever-changing and evolving music and entertainment industries. The foundation’s core mission is to honor pioneers and professionals who have broken new ground in the areas of broadcasting, recorded music, marketing, retail, publicity, publishing, digital, creative, and philanthropy.

     “The Living Legends Board of Directors is proud to continue its tradition of recognizing the greatest in the music and record industries,” says David C. Linton, Chairman of the LLF. “We continue to raise the bar and celebrate the unsung heroes of our industry who have helped to lay the foundation for black music, black artists, and black executives of the 20th and 21st century. We remain steadfast in our efforts to raise much-needed funds to assist the less fortunate among us. We look forward to another exceptional event and year.”

    In 1991, record industry pioneer Ray Harris had the vision for an organization that would not only salute the achievements of black music executives but would assist them in their time of need. During the same year, Harris worked with record executives Barbara Lewis and C.C. Evans and radio programming legend, the late Jerry Boulding, and founded the Living Legends Foundation.

    Over the years, the organization has recognized and honored more than 100 distinguished leaders in music, radio, retail, and media. Past honorees include, in alphabetical order: Brenda Andrews, Larkin Arnold, Clarence Avant, Lee Bailey, Big Boy, Jamie Brown, Troy Carter, Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew, Keith Clinkscales, Kenny Gamble, Jack “The Rapper” Gibson, Tony Gray, Ethiopia Habtemariam, Jeffrey Harleston, Denise Brown Henderson, Esq., Stephen Hill, Leon Huff, Cathy Hughes, Don Jackson, Hal Jackson, Larry Jackson, Cynthia Johnson, Varnell Johnson, Quincy Jones, Larry Khan, Morace Landy, Vicki Mack Lataillade and Claude Lataillade, Miller London, Michael Mauldin, Rushion McDonald, Kendall Minter, Esq., Jon Platt, Gwendolyn Quinn, Pat Shields, Eddie Sims and Belinda Wilson, Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Ruben Rodriguez, Aundrae Russell, Herb Trawick, Charles Warfield, Dr. Logan H. Westbrooks, Tyrone Williams, and numerous others.

     The LLF is a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization and has been funded primarily with corporate contributions and individual donations. The 28-year-old organization has expanded its mission to assist those who have served the music industry and who have a confirmable need. This assistance is provided in a manner that maintains the dignity of those who may receive financial help. Many former music industry employees worked during a time when 401Ks and retirement packages were not available—and even today, in this era of downsizing and mergers, the industry’s lack of long-term career stability has become more commonplace. Proceeds from the event will enable the LLF to continue to aid those in need, as well as fund the Living Legends Foundation Scholarship Program, which helps the educational pursuits of the next generation of music makers and marketers at three HBCUs.  

     The LLF Officers and Board Members include Chairman David Linton, Chairman Emeritus and founder Ray Harris, President Varnell Johnson, Vice-President Jacqueline Rhinehart, Recording Secretary Pat Shields, founder and Treasurer C.C. Evans, and General Counsel Kendall Minter, Esq. Board Members include Vinny Brown, Sheila Eldridge, Marcus Grant, Tony Gray, Ken Johnson, Barbara Lewis, Miller London, Sidney Miller, Kathi Moore, Jon Platt, Gwendolyn Quinn, Sam Weaver, and Colleen Wilson.

     The Living Legends Foundation Advisory Board includes a list of distinguished entertainment executives, including Monica Alexander, Don Cody, George Daniels, Brad Davidson, Michael Dawson, Esq., Skip Dillard, Kevin Fleming, Shannon Henderson, Jay Johnson, James Leach, Vicki Mack Lataillade, Gail Mitchell, Azim Rashid, Lionel Ridenour, Kevin Ross, A.J. Savage, Vivian Scott Chew, Phil Thornton, Brian Wallace, Irene Ware, Tyrone Williams, Buzzy Willis, and Tony Winger.

   For tickets and sponsorship information, please contact Pat Shields at 310.568.9091 or thelivinglegendsfoundationinc@gmail.com.

      For additional information on the Living Legends Foundation, please visit www.livinglegendsfoundation.com.

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[teamattorneylex]

LLF's Current Affairs Quiz at LEGALEAGLE LAW FORUM

LLF’s Current Affairs Quiz at LEGALEAGLE LAW FORUM

ABOUT LEGALEAGLE LAW FORUM LEGALEAGLE LAW FORUM is a LAW FORUM based at Nagpur, Maharashtra for the purpose of promotion of legal education and awareness. It is a platform where budding lawyers disgorge their ideas and efforts to encourage legal activities, inspire young law students and help further by bringing various law sources closer to them.LEGALEAGLE LAW FORUM envisages to facilitate the…

[dailyrapfacts]

Roddy Ricch's 'Live Life Fast' album cover is inspired by Nipsey Hussle's 'Victory Lap' cover

Roddy Ricch’s ‘Live Life Fast’ album cover is inspired by Nipsey Hussle’s ‘Victory Lap’ cover

“The marathon continues,” Roddy wrote on his Instagram story Roddy Ricch announced early Wednesday (Dec. 1) that his sophomore album Live Life Fast will be dropping on Dec. 17. It’s his follow-up to Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial. The “Start Wit Me” rapper took to his IG page to show the similarities in covers between LLF and the late and great, Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap. “I love you…

[illidria]

Chapters: 38/38 Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fallout (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Olivier Mira Armstrong/Major Miles/Captain Buccaneer, Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang Characters: Olivier Mira Armstrong, Major Miles, Captain Buccaneer, Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, Karley (Fullmetal Alchemist), Henschel (Fullmetal Alchemist) Additional Tags: Crossover, mention of rape, typical violence for the Fallout Canon, LLF Comment Project Summary:

The people in the Wall are a weird lot, hoarding more weapons than the Brotherhood and being more accepting than the Railroad. And yet, they manage to look at you twice as menacingly as either of those... A Fallout/FMA:B Crossover-fic, focusing on the Briggs crew.

A last post, because it is finally finished :D

Thank you to all that’ve supported this piece of fanfiction and a virtual hug to all those that send me their thoughts or comments about it! You guys inspired me to keep it up and finish this fic :D

Thank you all :D

[cristalknife]

On Comments, feedback anxiety on both the writer and the reader’s side

 If one could look into  my WIP draw, or take a glance at the fics I’ve actually posted, it becomes clear misunderstandings based on miscommunication is something I seem have a thing for. In all honesty is more of a lifelong study and recurring theme I keep stumbling on or consciously walking into. Preface: I am only human and mistakes can happen, but usually I try to handle the detailed label (also referred as Read the Tin or as written on the tin) of major warning with my writings that is usually missing in any other aspect of life, sort of a lovely user manual/preview so one could know to walk away before getting invested or worse triggered. 

Or at least know exactly what they signed up for.

Is it perfect? No but at least it’s there, as a writer I did all I could to avoid unpleasantness, the rest it’s up to the reader’s discretion. Which leads me to the heart of this post: comments, feedbacks, criticism, politically correctness, manners and the anxiety they produce in both the writer and the reader. 

The picture is big so I’ll divide in sides, but remember that people are made of multiple sides, and sometimes those sides are at odds or outwardly warring against each other. That’s pretty average for any irrational human being with emotions.

From the POV of an overthinking anxious writer:

1)  Ao3′s Kudos are sort of like a watered down thumbs up, after about 4-5 fic posted (or ~15K words of stories out there to be consumed), they became the kind of anxiety triggers feeding thoughts of why so many people/guests left a kudo but the story wasn’t good enough to warrant the time of a comment/review 2) Comments are lovely reminder someone found something in your words that made them react so strongly they felt like sharing that reaction with you was worth their time. 

2.1) Comments are also the cause of anxiety about their content before you have the courage to read what they says...

3) Criticisms and feedbacks can be a wonderful tool to improve your writing for the next story. But not if they are laced with insult, personal attacks in that case they are the kind of black hole that pushes people to stop writing all together, or at least stop sharing what they write. 

4) single emoji (♥), 2 char long (<3) comments takes years of effort and a lot of conditioning to remember to slip in reader mode and appreciate the effort it took to stop and do even that, instead of allowing doubts to gnaw at the back of your head with waaaiiiiit that’s all? was it good? was it bad? arrrghhh what does it even mean??? 

5) Statistics and numbers, those are the evilest of the most buggering things and the most vile tempters that will push you to compare your stories against others (a futile exercise in frustration and pointless reason to shred one’s own self confidence to the tiniest of pieces for literally nothing)

5.1) Especially when you have two writing mind frames: 

 writing the stories you want to read (and usually it is either a niche where you’ve already consumed all you could find so you write it because duh, more content might ignite back the fire please, or you haven’t found yet someone to say it how you want to read it) vs what I simply call 

 exorcism writing (the kind of free therapy exercise when something is bugging the heck out you and not leaving your mind so you put it down to words and then let them fly free, instead of trapping them on a diary you’d just return to read and start the vicious cycle all over again)

5.1.1) and your exorcism stories become more popular than the stories you want to read, because at the end of your raw ranting exorcism you managed to write something that would end up falling within mainstream tropes. Which just makes you sad because those were not the result of love and planning and endless hours of writing and editing that you put in your other stories.

6) I’m not writing fan fiction to be an educator, it is possible that my day job is being an educator, but unless I’m there writing textbooks, as a writer it is not my responsibility to teach the reader something that has to be authentic, realistic and a good practice. I’m just here to tell a story.  Or are you really telling me that you watch superheros movies and series and expect them to appear outside your window? If you just laughed then why are you looking at fanfic smut with the expectation of finding a more interesting and alternative way to have a sex ed lesson? If you subscribe to the school that a story has has to make sense... Let me ask have you ever read some of the greatest literature works like Frankenstain, Moby Dick, The Hobbit, Journey to the center of the Earth, Alice through the looking glass, Aeneas, if you did and subscribe to “fiction as to make sense” then please please enlighten me I’m rady to sit back and hear all the points you can make how any of those are realistic representations of how things go. If you  says that those are just stories told oh so long ago... Lets pick more recent ones, the Harry Potters books, Goosebumps, Twilight, The Shadowhunters Chronicles, 50 shades of , all those are listed as fiction  which yes sadly too many used as a portrait of theme touched in there as realistic because the story was not set in a fantastical world and made the mistake of treating a work of fiction as a documentary... Sorry people I’m a writer, choosing the right words matters, words meanings and definitions matter please  learn to think critically, and learn your words, there is a difference between fiction and documentary  6.1) At the same time it might be that I am the kind of writer who loves to add factually authentic things in my writings, someone who actually had spent hours and hours on research to make sure that what they have been writing is not utter and complete made up rubbish, and that’s ok too. I do not expect readers to assume it is correct or that it is purely made up, and if someone is curious they could use the comment to ask a question, I’ve never turned out a curious question, even when it was difficult to answer it

7) Just because I am writing about something, it doesn’t mean I support it...  Again those are stories, not a scientific report on a lab experiment, I can write about abusive relationships, doesn’t mean I support them, I could write about self harm or depression, doesn’t mean I am encouraging those behaviors, in fact those usually come with a Trigger Warning, why? because a reader should have the option to walk away from what should be just a moment of pleasure and relax, not finding themselves triggered because I didn’t want to spoil the surprise of what was going to come in a story posted on the internet... 8) This far I’ve personally chosen to not push for comment, no beg necessary, I decided years ago to be the kind of self centered bad ass who writes for themselves, who’s not going to dangle the promises of more chapters in exchange for comments, I dislike the practice, and I find too exhausting shouting left and right hey hey I’ve written this read it read it... So I do get why my stories do not have such a large audience, it doesn’t help I’ve actually posted way less than what I’ve written over the years. I do welcome comments, though I have no clue on how to respond to short ones, or a single emoji/<3 to all chapters to those I end up answering only to the most recent one of that person and thank for their support. Longer comments are easier to answer because it gives me something to say back or comment/thanks for, though it becomes weird for me when someone speculate on future developments in what they wish to see, and since I’ve recently adopted the policy of posting only completed stories (even for the chaptered ones that will not be posted at the same time, the number of total chapter is not an estimation it is exactly the number of files I’ve divided the story into for reasons) because I do know whether something of that sort will happen or not, and I don’t want to put someone out of my story if they are too invested in see what they imagined happen... Though as I do write stories I’d like to read I’m quick to encourage aspiring writers to feel free to take that what if and work with it, just to please mention that my story inspired theirs and that I’d love to see what they come up with. Constructive criticisms, I do not have a beta for most of my works, I do not work too well depending on other people’s time, I confess even in the past I received criticisms that were not constructive if we push the boundaries and call those criticisms rather than just plain old complains, which is sort of the reason why I stopped explicitly encouraging communication. Because I do expect respect, you don’t know anything about me or what I believe in, you might make some guesses from my profile because I haven’t been shy and pretty open on them, but I won’t accept being personally attacked or talked to in a disrespectful manner just because you didn’t like what I wrote. I have no problem accepting criticisms, as long as they are criticisms and not just whining. You cannot come to me with “I hate your story” and leave it at that, you already took the time to express your opinion instead of simply walking away, the least you can do is explaining why... Otherwise I seriously don’t get why you wasted both of yours and more importantly my time and energies... From the POV of a spoonie reader who barely has the energy to read: 1)  Ao3′s Kudos are a life saver that allows you to show your appreciation (even if you are allowed only one as registered user) with only a click (and some times even that click takes so much out of you) instead of relegating you to invisible reader, barely visible number (*coughs*ff.net*coughs*)  or forcing you to make a story a favorite/followed 

2) Comments are the source of anxiety, because you might want to show support but would they get that or would it sound strange? will the author understand that a a ghsafdgsakdjfh (read: key smash) happened with excitement and love and you’ve no other words to express it? 2.1) also trying to put your support in words when you are in your pj cozily being a blanket burrito and reading from your phone in bed because there’re no more spoon left for the day it’s hard 

3) The author asked for R&R, or welcomes comments and constructive criticism. You loved the story enough to spend energies to

point out things that were plain plot hole or downright inconsistency or lose ends, pointing out botched translations from your own mother tongue and offering correction that were not google translated, in ao3 case pointing out lack of some appropriate tags, which would have 1 improved your story’s visibility and 2 allowed the reader to choose whether they wanted to read it or not both points that would have benefit you as author...

Only for the author to react: 

- badly with a why are you such a nitpick hadn’t anyone told you that you should just stay silent if you have nothing nice to tell me? - Excuse me you’re the one asking for my opinion not my adoration, I gave you exactly what you asked for, if you cannot handle your work being nitpicked or the holes in your plot being publicly poked then there’re fabulous people called Beta reader who will give you the needed dose of though love in private get one..

- badly with a don’t like don’t read -  legit reader’s counter point is  I wouldn’t have read it if you had given me a way to know then what I discovered now  [personal addendum, on a not that well low energy day it takes me less about 3 mins and half to read 1.5K words don’t came at me on your 1k long story and tell me I could have stopped reading when I noticed it wasn’t that good for me...I was done with it before I could get any warning]

- dismissively because a meet cute  clearly is an AU  - Bless your heart if you need me to point out to you that there is a difference between an Alternative Universe (AU) and a Canon Divergence and the fact that   meet cute is a trope  which in fandoms usually implies different circumstances within the fandom’s canon world  of the first meeting between the characters in the main relationship but doesn’t automatically include different premises for the character example: 

in canon: characters from a magical supernatural fandom one a wizard with magic, one a fighter with superhuman speed and holy weapons, in their first meeting the fighter saved the wizard’s life. 

in a meet cute:  a wizard and a fighter with superhuman speed and holy weapons meet in the middle of the forest where the fighter was hunting for food failing miserably and the wizard took pity on the fighter and offered to share their dinner, if the fighter dared to step inside the wizard’s home

in a No Power/Human AU meet cute: where there is no magic, one of the two is a barista who uses flirty coffee jokes lines to call the other’s person order, and finally discover they are an accountant so instead they start using math puns to get the accountant’s attention. 

Those are all valid stories but as an author don’t came at me believing that just because you mention a trope that is enough to distinguish between the 2° and 3° examples, or that having mentioned the trope gives you the standing to look down at me if I do have my own reasons that you do not know about  for wanting to read only stories like the second pitch and get upset but still tell you in a polite way that there are missing tags in your story, especially when you’ve falsely advertise your 3° like pitch as if it was a 2° one and I get upset and let you know about it and do so with the curtesy of signing it with my name rather than leave an guest/anonymous comment 

- shrugging off issues with the tags with a Oh but I’m bad at tagging  -

then I have 3 things to say to you buddy one) that’s not an excuse if you haven’t learnt how to do it yourself get a beta, get a friend, read more and compare what your story tells with a similar one and how that one is tagged, there’re ways Ignorance is not an excuse; 

two) you can’t claim you’re bad at tagging but then refuse to listen when someone is pointing out to you more tags for your story, dud learn how search engines work, searching by tag is basically having a filtered search, the more tags your fit your story the more venues your story can appear in reader’s search for something to read... which means visibility for your work, are you really telling me that you dislike to have that and would prefer less people reading what you post? then sorry but I think you’re doing it wrong and should get a diary instead, not post them on the internet.

addendum: still claiming to be bad at it after having posted over 40 stories and all posted in recent times in the span of a couple of months, just suggest you lack the intelligence to learn how to do things. Which only encourages me to never ever get close to your works, certainly to never promote or share them if not actively discouraging my friends from spending their time on them.

three) and guess what?  there is a frikking I'm Bad At Taggingtag for that too!!!

As a reader I might be ranting in this post, but the long effect of those is a growing apathy and increased unwillingness to spend my energies for commenting unless I’d really really really really liked or loved a story, or I have something more than a one liner to share, which while I intellectually know it might be unfair to let the whole pay for the disrespect of few, my own survival instinct is glad I’m not spreading myself even thinner...

truthful disclaimer: in all fairness it has been my experience, that those reactions usually come from authors with already quite few stories or a decent word count out there. 

New authors are still very much enthusiastic and happy about even the smallest crumbs of recognition or encouragement, which in return is lovely because it recognise that my own time and energy as reader are worthy, that it does take effort to share an opinion or encouragement or suggestion.

4) The author might never know how that day I posted that single emoji, or two character <3,  it was one of those bad days when even opening a small water bottle to swallow down the painkillers was too much, when using a finger to scroll down the page to reach the end of the story had wiped out more energies than I could really afford and yet I still pushed myself to leave a sign that I was there and appreciated their story

5) readers should be allowed to have the “if you thought writing was hard, try commenting other people words” tag...  because sometimes especially on older platforms (yes ff.net I’m looking at you) as a reader I can’t find the energies to wipe up something to say so I become a silent invisible reader. And sometimes it’s really that I am able to stand only stories with certain characteristics, personally for example I do not have the emotional fortitude to read more a certain amount of Work In Progress at the same time across multiple fandoms because my brain can’t recall all the details and I might not feel to rereading the story from the beginning every single time there is a new chapter... 6) Maybe it’s because I’m way out of my teens, maybe it’s because even in my teens and before stories were my safe place, my escape, I do not expect things to be factually correct in stories, but I am a logic driven person, I will see those plot holes and I might even poke through 'em if I find your story good enough that I feel it would be a pity not pointing those things out. You cannot tell a classic vampire story (not the twilight kind of sun sparkling vampires but the sun burn me to ashes kind) and have your group of vampires prancing about at noon of a clear summer day without some sort of reason for that to work. I promise you, I’m not picky, I will accept ridiculous reasons like they were standing under and umbrella covered from head to toes and none of their skin was exposed to the sunlight, but do put the effort to give me a reason why I should believe it was intentional, or do not cry and complain if I do decide to point out dude you’ve normal vampires that are sunbathing and did not become piles of ashes that’s not plausible... 7) Stories are just that, something to listen to, they don’t have to have a moral for them to be worthy of being shared, they don’t have to be a mirror  of your thoughts, or they could be a mirror of your beliefs, and if I am commenting on them I’m commenting on the story itself not your connection to it. And I do need you to advertise in advance if there’re things that might be triggerish, because what might be  just a mental exercise of stepping outside your shoes, if not done might result in me walking into a panic attack while maybe I was just recuperating for one and trying to find comfort or a distraction. While I as a reader cannot know you author and where you come from, unless you want to make an ass of u and me do not assume you know where I am or what path I’m walking in my life as a reader.  8) I despise people telling me what to do, especially if I didn’t ask for an opinion... If someone (who doesn’t have an economical or authorative position over me) demands me to do something the chances I’ll be do it, especially if I was going to do it before, become nil instantaneously. I’ve been running and lurking in writing circles and fanfictions for closer to three decades at the time this is being written, and from the very beginning I found disgusting and deplorable the practice some authors adopted of bargaining reaching certain numbers of comments/kudos in exchange for the next chapter. I can respect an author saying I don’t want to get this or that, but the final result is that most likely I would walk away without commenting even if it would have been a story I would have otherwise supported. There’re few authors I do know personally, at least superficially through other channels, that have this kind of disclaimers and I still comment. But that’s because I have an appreciation and will to support the person themselves who also happened to be authors. 

[longlivefeedback]

Are you guys still collecting data on fics that use the LLF comment template through the tag? I’ve been interested in seeing any data you may have collected!

Hi Anon,

I am (taking the liberty of) interpreting your ask as more of 'will you be analyzing the data from the LLF comment template' and unfortunately the answer is: no, not anytime soon :(

This blog is run by two mods and is technically/officially still on hiatus. We've both been caught up with irl stuff and 2020 has been...well...2020. However, I've been trying to get back into the fandom swing of things recently and thought that one of the easier things to tackle is to clear out the inbox of this blog somewhat.

I've had minimal communication with the other mod about LLF (don't worry, they're still around, we just haven't talked much about LLF) and as the LLF comment project is much more their baby, I'm not sure what their plans are for it.

Still, like you, I'd be interested in seeing if we can see anything from the existing data but unfortunately I think I am lacking in the programmatic hard skills to get the data from ao3 and into something like an excel sheet that I can then analyze.

If anyone out there has the know how on how to get the data from tags from ao3 (some webscraping technique or something maybe?) and is interested in working on an analysis of this, I'd be happy to help out and/or work with you on this - feel free to send in an ask if yes :)

In any case, thank you for your ask, Anon, and if things change and inspiration strikes, we'll be sure to share any results or analysis on this blog!

~ Mod dragonling

[philinda-ao3feed]

by suallenparker

His mother Elaine ran the most successful matchmaking business in the US so after her sudden death, Phil Coulson desperately wants to keep her legacy as the “Queen of hearts” alive. To do that, he needs to find the perfect suitor for Princess Melinda May.

This story is part of the LLF Comment Project

Words: 2409, Chapters: 1/15, Language: English

Fandoms: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Skye | Daisy Johnson, Victoria Hand, Maria Hill, Lian May, OC: Anna Janovčik, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons

Relationships: Philinda, Phil Coulson/Melinda May, backround fitzsimmons

Additional Tags: alternative universe, plot inspired by a movie, Matchmaker AU, royal princess au, happy end guarantee, Romance, Phil's mother is dead, so grief, Grief, Humor, Matchmaking

[ao3commentoftheday]

I've been receiving backhanded comments lately. "I liked this, but I hated your main premise." "It's a shame you never finished this." "I'm enjoying this but you characterized this wrong." "This was as the summary promised but I wanted a different ending." It is so discouraging to get excited about receiving a comment and then read, "Your fic was good, but not completely good enough." I didn't ask for constructive criticism in the author's note or tag, so why do they feel entitled to give it?

Same anon who mentioned backhanded comments. To clarify, I tag everything in the fic including what type of ending it'll be and what the warnings are, so I don't think it's a matter of setting unclear expectations. I also try to give people the benefit of the doubt but it's still so discouraging something that says "I liked it but you did this part wrong". I used to respond to all comments but now I'm just not motivated to respond or even write more.

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*hugs* Take a break. Give yourself time to recharge your batteries and find happiness in writing again. Don’t force yourself to reply to comments that you find difficult to reply to. It’s okay. 

When you feel inspired to write again, consider using the LLF Comment Project to guide your readers away from the comments that demotivate you and towards comments that will motivate you to write more. They probably have no idea the kind of impact their words are having and would feel sorry if they did. Give them some guidance so you can both be happy in the end.