#fanfic talk

[yummygender]

I love it when writers on reader x Loki fanfics with the relationship already there, makes Y/N essentially wearing the pants in the relationship.

A Y/N that’ll protect Loki no matter what.

A Y/N that is the definition of ‘Hel hath no fury like a woman scorned’.

A Y/N that even LOKI can get scared of sometimes.

Love it.

It’s my bread and butter of fanfics.

You put in a scene of a deranged Y/N flailing around and cussing at Thanos while Loki is holding her back.

“Easssyyy Love, h-he didn’t meant it…”

“LIKE HEL HE DID!!!!”

Love that.

I need that shit.

[doomsday-dj]

Alright i'll bite...

Can u share your top 3 reasons why you chose Rizzles for your fanfics??

I don’t think I can stress enough how much I did not choose Rizzoli & Isles.

This is not like an “I didn’t choose the thug life, the thug life chose me” thing except it kind of is. I am Rizzles Tupac. But seriously if you go back to like July of last year, before I started watching this show, I had never even CONSIDERED writing fan fiction. I did not write for fun. I did not think about writing for fun. Writing was completely not on my radar.

I have what I call my kitchen shows which I put on when I’m making dinner or doing the dishes. The key with these shows is that they’re not supposed to be very good. I had tried to do it with Bosch but that show was actually too riveting so I put on Rizzoli & Isles one day in search of a dumber procedural.

And then suddenly I was fucking hooked? And secretly started writing fan fiction? I was like midway through the third season when I started AGVK. True story I took my wife out for a date night and after a couple of margaritas and a beer I was like “I have something to tell you, I’m embarrassed but I can’t keep it from you any longer” and she probably thought I committed a crime or was having an affair for a second.

ANYWAY. This show really snuck up on me. I truly cannot believe how much of my waking life is spent thinking about a fictional cop.

But I do want to answer your question so I will tell you the top three reasons why I’m STILL writing Rizzles fanfics:

1) there is just so much to work with and so little to get in the way of it. They spend all their time together and have barely any men in their lives and that’s just so good. Like I don’t think there’s another non-canon wlw ship where they’re more married. Supercorp is so popular but I’m watching that show right now and had to go through SO MANY EPISODES where they didn’t even interact. I think OUAT has them interacting plenty but there’s more forcing them into romances with men? Idk I haven’t watched it. But Rizzles is just…they’re each other’s entire world. It’s great.

2) we are so starved for butch representation on television that literal super model and girly girl ANGIE HARMON walking manishly is among the best I can get. I cannot believe how gayly she landed this character, it baffles me every time I watch.

3) They’re both just so hot. Sasha Alexander couldn’t be more my type. Every time they put her in a sheath dress and a pair of nude stilettos I practically fall to my knees.

Bonus 4th reason: the Rizzles fandom is small but so friendly and lovely and receptive. I have a couple Supercorp fics planned and I know that fandom is way way way bigger and I’m excited to see what kind of reception my writing might get over there but I know it’s not gonna be as cozy as this little community we have.

As always, I hope you were looking for an EXTREMELY in-depth answer! Thanks for the ask.

[jonathan-samuel-smith]

TW bipolar discussion and nonconsensual kissing, mental health discussion

So about Saturn Girl kissing Jon without his ability to consent to it: I get that she isn't actively deciding to mind control the people around her, but she does have a choice in the matter. Her family wanted her to stay home until she could control her mind control powers, but she didn't want to and left. To me that's like if I noticed I was manic (not hypomanic) and didn't go to the mental hospital... Like I can't control my bipolar but I have the choice to stay away from others when it would harm them. That's not even a good comparison though because my judgement isn't clear enough to consistently do that when I'm manic, whereas she is at baseline and is able to think rationally. I wouldn't blame someone with bipolar because they have no choice, but I'm just saying the obvious choice would be to keep yourself away from others even if it's not fun for you. I feel like I can blame her, because she has a choice.

I do sympathize with her, but I really think she's hurting others disproportionately to the distress she feels stuck at home, and that's not okay.

If you look back on the events with the knowledge that she can't turn off her mind control, you see how manipulative she is, especially to Jon, and she does high-control group tactics: love bombing, isolation, guilt tripping, not letting him have rest alone where he would have time to realize he didn't want this.

I don't like the JonDami narrative that Jon was an asshole for leaving Damian in the past or was running away from his problems, because in my view he was dragged into a cult and I can't blame him for that, especially because he was extremely vulnerable at the time. I also don't believe Jon would have left in the first place if he knew up front that he couldn't bring Damian to at least visit him.

Jon had been in a state of fight or flight for around 6 years (not just talking about the volcano because there was also his verbally abusive grandpa and their deadly adventures and being trapped in space, and then him struggling to survive on the streets and trying to find a way home after he escaped) and the first time he really got a chance to cool down was when he was talking with Damian. He really needs a long break, therapy, and medication because what he went through can't be treated with therapy alone as the stress has chemical effects in the brain that need to be adjusted.

The writers don't care about how Jon should be extremely hypervigilant and defensive and anxious. I guess that's just not brave enough for a superhero, nevermind that leaving the house and getting treatment for these things, learning to trust again, and letting people help you is so much braver than punching guys when you have superpowers. It's natural to fight when your fight or flight is activated in a protective manner, but doing the logical thing when every signal in your body is telling you not to is really damn hard. The only coward is DC for giving Jon trauma and not actually writing a traumatized character.

That all being said, Damian clearly doesn't see how Jon is being manipulated, probably because his head is full of self hatred & doubting & repressed desires to ask Jon to stay, and thinks he needs to go against his abandonment trauma by swinging the pendulum too far in the opposite direction in his speech. With his c-ptsd and abandonment issues I can see him becoming bitter towards Jon for going to the future.

That could make for a really complex fanfiction, don't you think? The conflict coming from their unique life experiences and traumas, and them learning to understand each other like they're always doing. This misunderstanding of intentions born not out of something dumb like hearing the wrong thing or being unclear in language, but from their different points of view.

My jondami au where Jon leaves the legion early is calling me lmao "Isaac we have more problems for you to fix~"

That being said I have no exclusivity to these ideas for writing.

[yonemurishiroku]

I'm not normal about fanfics

[confidentsalt]

Im sorry I kinda died, I hope that I get more time to draw🙃

(Yes I did take inspiration by lexintothenex)

Raymesis pfp for y'all to use since I noticed that there isn't that much fanart that you can use for that😋

Is your reading this far check out this fanfic RayxRo...

[madrabit]

Here is some art I did for @185northgower 's new fic in our shared BoJance universe!

[selkies-world]

Would you guys be interested in an analytical essay looking at the distinction between fanfic writing styles which make it identifiable as a genre of writing, versus the writing style of traditional books regardless of their genre or subgenre, and how it's the lack of understanding from authors about this distinction and the lack of knowledge about how to alter their writing style when moving from fanfiction to original fiction is why so many people hate on the "fanfic to published author pipeline" so much rn????

I'd also be looking at howbthe argument that many classic & popular books "are fanfic" is essentially untrue, and based on a misunderstanding of the distinction between fanfic and original stories are. In amongst it, I'd also be taking a look at how "retellings" of stories have caused people to think the line between fanfic and original stories is blurred, when it really isn't.

100 notes and I'll start writing this

[atlaskrr]

Stooop I'm reading a matchablossom hanahaki fic and 'that's the way I loved you' is playing on the radio agsvwgsgsysg8fuj

[fandomlovingtransgirl32]

I have questions: I'm writing a Tanleena/Taleena: (Mileena x Tanya) fanfic and I want to be as close to canon as humanly possible.

Since Mileena and Tanya are officially, officially dating now, do we know how long they have been in a romantic relationship for? Like for thousands of years, a few months or what? I mean Tanya is Endenian like Mileena and Kitana, so is she also over ten thousand years old? These are questions that I need the answers to.

[neliellamatsuki]

If my partner talks to me same way Luffy talks to Law in "Liberation" I'm gonna cringe but when I read it, ohohoho... it's so fucking hot. I'm screaming.

[dittolicous]

yknow, as like... a demi person on just like this side of being ace, its really tricky articulating my feelings on shipping as interaction with media without feeling like im bothering others

cuz there is a totally valid 'ugh not everything is about shipping!' stance but at the same time, i feel like maybe a good deal of shippers arent necessarily *ignoring* every other element or incapable of grasping themes or the like, but looking for the aspects *not* found in their favorite medias...

hence why, yknow, tragedies get fluffy aus or fix-its, cutesy stuff gets darker reimaginings, fantasys get coffee shop aus, modern stories get fantasy dnd aus, and things like say shonen series - which usually dont do romance at all or very well but have friendships down pat - get shipping!

(and maybe theres something to be said about modern media treatment of romance that many find lacking so even romances might not meet expectations...)

so of course, if they find all other elements fulfilling, i would say turning to shipping for fanfics is relatively harmless so long as they clearly know what theyre getting into and arent belittling the media for being something it was never meant to be or harassing about ships

for me personally, i turn to shipping a lot because... well i am actually a romantic at heart and would like to find love, and there can be such compelling love stories between strongly built characters! im not going to expect canon stuff to be about it, i just like exploring the things canon wont and probably doesnt need to to tell a well written story of its kind

[notalostcausejustyet]

A pull from my deck, because visual interest.

This one is for both @adverbian and @voluptatiscausa because good lord do y’all really get me to put what I learned in therapy through its paces lol. In the best ways possible of course! Saturday morning coffee thoughts.

Let’s talk about online spaces, finding community, and productive ways of working through things.

The internet is vast. The cosmos, but in digital form. It is also, so very, very small. We somehow took the inimitable and unquantifiable collection of humanity’s existence, stirred in some programming, and created community. Through art and storytelling and the sharing of self, we find people from all over the world and can say “oh, there you are”. We find shared experiences and new perspectives. Dovetailing interests and wonderful new knowledge. There’s so much talent out there. So much brilliance. We gather around our digital cafe table and share peices of ourselves. Commiseration, absolution, acceptance. We get to look at another human being and tell them “I see you”. We get to be seen in return. The load is lighter, and healing is easier when the work is shared. The act of extending grace and acceptance towards others makes it easier to do so for yourself in the end.

For me that looks like writing, spending time in that online space with other writers, finding inspiration their work, or them finding inspiration in mine. It’s an intimate and vulnerable thing. You take a piece of yourself and reframe it around a story, a piece of poetry, some meta-analysis of another work. You hold it out and hope that someone sees an echo of their own experience. It’s cathartic and healthy and you’re constantly learning new things about yourself and other people. Sometimes it hurts, because it’s a wound that hasn’t healed yet and admitting it to yourself, showing that to others is frightening. But you can’t heal in the dark. So you write about it, and turn on the light.

This is a lot of deep thought for Saturday morning coffee, but I’m incredibly grateful for the online community I’ve found in the past few months. I’m thankful that I can still write, that I am writing again. I’m still astounded that writers that I admire tremendously think so highly of it. More than that though, in offering of myself to others, I’m finding healing for myself. It’s one day at a time and the work of growth and knowing and finding healing will never be done. And that’s ok, it’s as it should be. One step at a time, into the sunlight.

[doomsday-dj]

14. Write and share the first sentence of a new fic. Just that.

Please :)

This has got to be the hardest one on the list lol. At first I thought it was a prompt for a sentence from an unpublished fic and then I saw "write" and "new" lol. I guess I could have cheated and picked a WIP but I DIDN'T because I am SO HONOURABLE. Here we go: Blood pools in Jane’s mouth as she runs the tip of her tongue along her teeth, a quick and dirty inventory she repeats twice before hocking a glob of thick red spit into the sand.

[jonathan-samuel-smith]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35647900

How all of Jon's girlfriends realised that they weren't actually dating Jon: featuring 1 boyfriend

By Silver_Athena

Yes I've read this and I loved it! Another fic rec from me. I see how my last answer relates to this! I might reread it right now... But then again I am distracting myself from my own writing...

[acroagoraphobe]

GUYS I MIGHT START WORKING ON A DEACON X AARON MATTHEWS (OC) AU FIC WHERE DEACON IS A SPY IN THE INSTITUTE AND AARON IS A COURSER ASSIGNED TO PROTECT THE "FIELD RESEARCHER" (COURSER A4-33)

[fruityfrogee]

I just realized I can't solve every love triangle with polyamory. It made me really sad.