#but i need to rant

[roselilianhale]

I always knew Edward was dramatic but I never realized just how dramatic he was. Midnight Sun has been a good book but my gosh Edward is such a drama queen. Like sometimes I'll this is funny and other times I question his thought process.

[ncityzen]

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[psalacanthea]

fucking infuriated rn ngl. i can't believe ppl think this is GOOD news

no! just removing the sub-minimum wage for disabled people is NOT a good thing! It's not a good thing! WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MAKE IT A GOOD THING. Do you know what happens to low-functioning people when they nix the sub-min wage?

They get FIRED.

If they're LUCKY, someone in their life has the money to get them into a social program or SOMETHING, but most of those are just daycare. They don't help them learn skills, they sit them at a fucking table with baby toys and coloring books and then ignore them. Yes. They need a support person to do a job, and yes it takes them a long time, but they are learning skills and progressing, being a part of society instead of being ignored and hidden from it.

They're not improving the system. They're pretending to Do the Right Thing. It's vastly different and it's infuriating. The ONLY way this will be a good thing if it comes with sweeping changes to disability support for the most impacted people.

But it won't.

because that's expensive

[thatchristiandoll]

Real

[honeypleasejustkillme]

i thought i was at my lowest but holy shit it gets lower

[macskasbacsi]

they mean so much to mee

[frownyalfred]

hey just for the record, if you’re on r/ao3 and keep running into these kinds of comments on bookmark related posts — it’s not a good take. calling someone’s writing “slop” and saying it deserves criticism for being bad BECAUSE it’s posted publicly might seem like a nuanced take, but I promise it isn’t.

yes, sometimes us writers get a little too obsessed over a cryptic comment or bookmark; no, that doesn’t actually mean the solution is to say whatever you want in them because authors “deserve” your honesty. 

I know we’re in a touchy time for readers and writers, but comments like these are NOT kind, refreshing, or nuanced. they’re just kind of mean and discouraging.

[milesofstars]

dick grayson in fanon: sweet silly older brother, pretty but stupid, favourite child, happy robin, basically batman 2.0 but a nice person, his brothers are more skilled and could outpace him but they love him anyways, goody-two-shoes, good relationship with batman, responsible eldest child, mentally stable and supportive

dick grayson in canon:

became robin so he wouldnt commit first degree murder

like all of his appearances young justice season 1 are about how hes a maniac and a genius

leader and strategist of the teen titans

actually Murdered the joker

considered an equal by the worlds most dangerous and deadly mercenary

was literally fired by batman and only really continued working w him because of jason and babs

managed to keep up with angsty new-to-the-job batman

has had so many arguments with bruce its a miracle he hasnt cut him off forever (hes tried though)

can take down the entire teen titans if he wanted despite being the only one of them with no superpowers/abilities

was the definition of angsty teenager

inherits his insane paranoia from bruce

a thread away from breaking the no-kill rule, give him a rest

hes literally feral guys i mean cmon

[zorangezest]

thanks for listening

[bamsara]

I think that one thing people fail to understand is that unsolicited literary criticism coming from an online stranger who is reading with no knowledge of what the authors intended goal is, is not going to be received the same as say: the authors beta reader or friends who know what the authors intended goal and has the sufficient knowledge and input to help the author reach that desired outcome.

"But I'm only trying to be helpful" How do I know you have the knowledge and literary skill for you to be able to actaully do that when we don't know each other and you are essentially a stranger to me? Are you applying this criticism based out of personal biased experience and desire to see the story or characterization be driven in another direction or tweaked, or do you know the author's intentions for the character? If the story is incomplete, are you basing your criticism of a character on the incomplete narration with only partial information available of them or are you building up a report until the story's completion? Did the author provide you with the information needed to make a fully informed criticism?

Have you discussed with the author what their plans are or are you assuming them based off the narration, especially if the narration is proven or implied to be unreliable or missing key points of the plot? Are you unbiased enough to help them reach their desired outcome for the characters and story regardless of your personal feelings towards the characters/antagonists and setting? Can you handle being told your specific input isn't wanted because you're a reader and/or have no written anything relating to their genre or topic? Do you understand and respect that the author's personal experiences might influence their writing and make it different than how you would have done it personally? Do you understand if an author only wants input from a specific demographic relating to their story?

If it's for fanfiction or other hobby media, are you holding a free hobby to a professional standard? Are you trying to give criticism because you feel like the author has produced 'subpar job performance' of their fic? Are you viewing their work as a personal intimate outlet or something that must conform with mass media? Are you applying rules and guidelines when the fic is shared for simple sharing sake? Is your criticism worded appropriately and focused on the parts where the author has requested input on rather than a general dismissal and or disapproval?

Have you put yourself in a place where you assumed you have the input needed for the story to evolve better, or have you asked what the author needs and what they're having trouble with? Can you handle having your criticism rejected if the author decides their story doesn't need the change and not take it as a personal offense against your character? Are you crossing that boundary because you think you are doing the author a favor? Are you trying to be helpful, or do you just want to be?

I think sometimes when people hear authors go 'please don't give me unsolicited writing advice or criticism' they automatically chalk it up to 'this author doesn't want ANY constructive feedback on their stuff at all' and not "i already have trusted individuals who will help me with my writing goals and- hey i don't know you like that, please stop acting so overly familiar with me'

[mizukkay]

[lyriumsings]

the biggest issue mako, asami, and bolin have is like they have no character arcs lmao everything is just about romance in the first season (actually the second one too bc mako for whatever reason never feels the need to have korras back when that’s all he did towards the end of season one when she was missing but whatever). they aren’t growing and learning and changing youre sort of just watching them be shitty people? which would be fine if that was the point but it doesn’t feel like that’s the point it feels like they narratively dropped the ball with them lmao

[zorangezest]

doodles i accumulated while watching transformers prime

bro the poor bots in this show and their horrible fates. remember how skyquake got murdered and resurrected and then left to roam the shadow zone as a dark energon zombie for the rest of the foreseeable future