#but jfc ???

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

The worst of The Emails is when someone asks you the wrong type of question

The type of question that reveals that there is a fundamental misunderstanding on what you do or why you do it

Not only can you not answer the persons question, they will see that you are doing something wrong in not being able to answer it, and you will see that they are doing something wrong in asking it, and then you have to do a whole bunch of grown up communication between two (now very grumpy) people one of whom is going to be wrong.

And sometimes that person is you.

[galedekarios]

PLAYER: "Gale alone? How so?"

[shadowsandjasmine]

not these mfs asking if this fanart of azriel rescuing elain from hybern is actually a fanart of gwyn because they don’t remember az rescuing elain but DO remember the off page rescue of gwyn. and then DOWNVOTING THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW YOU THE CANON TEXT OF AZ RESCUING ELAIN!

so y’all just admitting you’ve only read ACOSF then.

[shootingstarpilot]

me, staring down the three-inch-long cockroach on the kitchen floor: you are a miracle of evolution and i respect you for it. i do. but i need you to be a miracle of evolution outside my apartment.

[frnkiebby]

on no~🎃

[itstimeforstarwars]

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[ditch-lily]

[valkyri]

And still going strong 🥲

[epersonae]

Finally an article about AI water/power use (Washington Post) that has some facts and figures (and a link to an actual paper on the subject!) - and IT'S NOT GREAT

One hundred word email composted by ChatGPT? Same energy cost as running 14 LED light bulbs for an hour.

Training the models? Also energy/water intensive:

Training [Microsoft's] GPT-3 has the same water cost as producing 100 pounds of beef, nearly double the amount an average American eats in a year.

Some helpful graphs showing the difference in water usage by (US) location, citations from various utilities in different places, and at the end a link to the paper by UC Riverside researchers.

[roprot]

those two dudes on Forbes have the cringiest hate boner for RoP

[spicynectarines]

i watched Banana Fish for the first time.

[virtualflesh]

i was already crying about the big three being fucking awesome this episode and then bakugou holy shit 😭😭 studio bones out their heart and their souls into killing the fuck out of bakugou! 😭😭😭 and mitsuki and masaru?? yeahhh we gotta commit group suicide yall that was it for me 😭😭😭

[cilil]

To both the people wondering how my trip is going and the people wondering where today's drabble went: I got lost on the road🫣 (not even my fault, road was blocked TWICE)

[quinloki]

Canon Characters vs OC vs x Reader

Disclaimer: This is just my two cents, and my perspective on things, and I'm not trying to lay down the law for everyone. I needed to just put this to words though, in order to sleep.

I was thinking about this because of a post I saw, and some, we'll say, kind of useless comments associated with the post. Mean-spirited stuff.

Normally, in one ear and out the other, but the vibes just kicked me off down a rabbit hole of sorts an I wanted to try to put some of my thoughts to words.

First, some style vibes:

Canon x Canon Canon/Canon stories are, to me, like reading an episode of that show. I'm sitting down in front of a TV or whatever, and I'm experiencing the story As A Viewer. I like this style because I don't really have to expend much energy and I just kind of roll with whatever's happening. Generally some sort of 3rd person perspective.

OC x canon OC/Canon stories are like being on a carnival ride. I'm sitting in a car on a roller-coaster, and maybe the OC is sitting next me. I'm experiencing the story more deeply than strictly canon stories, but my connection with the OC is no deeper than say, my connection with Katniss Everdeen when I read The Hunger Games. Sometimes 3rd person, sometimes first person.

Reader x canon Reader/Canon (or Reader x/ OC) is like putting on a VR helmet. I don't get much physical input about the "Reader OC" because I'm experiencing the story through their eyes. I don't expect the reader to be me, but there's a bigger feeling of immersion to be had. Some description might happen cause it's relevant to the story, and it's still a type of ride, I can't jump the rails on the roller coaster, after all. (Even with a VN you still follow the tracks). Sometimes first person, sometimes second person (I'm partial to 2nd person perspective, but that's just me).

I love Fan Fiction, I love it. All of it, and man even more than anything, what I love is that I'm going to dislike 80% of it. Because that 80% was written for someone who is not me. (Hell, that number's probably closer to 99% if we're looking at ALL fandoms, but I digress).

Second - The VENT:

What got me the most in the post that prompted this, was someone saying "Bring back the Mary Sue OCs!" and then they went on to describe something more detailed, and I just -

Look, respectfully, fuck you.

The point is, you're not going to be happy no matter what. Whether it's "mary sue" OCs, or x readers, or alternative universes, or a ship you don't like, you're going to find something to be unhappy about.

Cause people have been bitching about all styles of fan fiction since the first "You've Got Mail" chimed in 1991. And until 1998 and ff.net you really had to hunt for it, and until 2007 and Ao3 the idea of tagging a fic for any reason wasn't really a thing. Every click was a surprise! \o/

I just have seen the same song and dance a dozen times. It's exhausting. People become okay with OCs and decide x readers are the enemy, and before that OCs were *all* Mary Sues and cringe and people who made OCs were the enemy, and before OCs people who wrote even a little OOC were the enemy, and people who wrote AUs were the enemy, and you can write fan fic but it HAS to be Canon Compliant, and everyone MUST be in-character at all times - "They would not fucking say that" was the enemy.

Look, just please - please - in any capacity, stop it with the "All X style of story telling is crap" mindset. There's over a dozen different ways to do x readers alone. I know 20 x reader writers and I don't think any of us have the same style, preferences, or vibes.

I've had a lot of comments along the lines of "I thought I hated x readers, but I really loved this." on a few different fics I've written. Sometimes it's not the style of the fic, sometimes it's the style of the writer, and my Brother In Christ - you're going to have to read some awful shit to shuffle through the thousands of writers out there to find the vibes that resonate with you.

Ostracizing entire swathes of fan fic because you need something to be "The Enemy" so you can lift up something else, and then bitching you can't find anything new to read seems like a personal problem.

And I know y'all are scrolling by TONS of posts that don't interest you, every day, as a matter of course. So don't give me that "clogging up the tag" BS, because we deserve to be here same as anyone else in the fandom.

[the-gay-phagenda]

please god change dab’s hair back MR AND MR DANANDPHILGAMES PLEASE IM BEGGING

[dreamytfw]

Felt annoyed. Might delete later uwu