#it's a you problem

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

idk if it's still considered "cringe" to be a Nerdfighter/fan of Hank and John Green, but man, if you think it's cringe, you need to take a long look at why you think that.

Nerdfighters are some of the most legit folks out there, and that is in no small part due to the mindset and attitude of compassion, kindness, a hunger to learn, a drive to help others, and a goal to make the world a better place in at least some small way that Hank and John have actively encouraged and cultivated over the last 16.5 years of their channel. Neither the Greens nor Nerdfighteria are perfect, but they all try, in my experience, and literally no one in the world is perfect, so that's all any of us can do.

I appreciate Hank and John and the Nerdfighters so much, and I'm so proud to have, even if it was often absently and from a distance, watched both the brothers and the community grow and develop since those first daily vlogs in 2007.

And if you still somehow think there's something embarrassing or "cringe" about being part of a community that on the whole so embodies and tries to live by the ideas that you can always learn and grow and it's never too late to start, the philosophy of "what we owe to each other" and how we're all in this together and therefore we should try to help each other however we can, the dream of repairing the world and leaving it better for those who come after us than it was when we got here, and the idea that each of us has inherent worth and value simply by being alive?

IDK man, that sounds like a you problem. Might want to consider why that makes you want to cringe at it. Just a thought.

Don't forget to be awesome, y'all.

[sapphire-weapon]

Between PS5 and PC, I probably have close to 500 hours in RE4 Remake, and I platinumed it on PS5 because I pretend the game is good. The truth is that it's a complete and utter betrayal 6/10 at best and is emblematic of everything wrong with modern game design. Capcom wasn't even trying to make a good game. Never EVER do this to someone.

shooting gallery sucks btw

[e-wills-afterhours]

This literally happened to me the other day. I got a long, rambling rant on one of my fics, clearly labeled for angst and drama, which is still a WIP, BTW. It was in another language. I popped that into Google Translate and it was a nasty remark about how it was the worst story they've ever read, and I wasted their time. When I commented back that leave hate-reviews is wasting more time on a fic they don't like, and therefore rather baffling to me why they'd even bother...they replied that they hate angst and drama, but the fic was very well-written...

Like...why, friend? It was clearly labeled? How did you not know?

What's the reason..?

I feel like some people need to relearn Genre Expectations... "Man, this tragedy sucks!!! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!!" well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. "Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!!" Well, yeah. If it had been gritty and dark, it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot

[pangur-and-grim]

also I got a tattoo partially re-coloured today and they bandaged me in veterinary wrap like I'm a sick horse

[kenapiece-main]

Can you believe I'm having to make this meme even after successfully finishing up taxes and applying to job

[scribefindegil]

being a writer leads to a genuinely helpful but also very stupid kind of mindfulness where you'll be having a sobbing breakdown or the worst anxiety attack of your life and think "okay, I really need to pay attention to how this feels. so I can incorporate it into my fanfiction."

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[snowstories]

My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

[xiaq]

Your first pride story was touching and all but you still married a man.

Yeah, bisexuals do that sometimes.

[thewordsarestuckinmyhead]

me when the plot won't plot like it should

[stealingpotatoes]

thinking abt the skywalkers apart au again <3

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[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Finally caught up with Apothecary Diaries. I can't believe they gave Maomao a gun.

[pinklavenderdoll]

[ered]

Here’s my take on the whole audio books vs. reading:

Oral tradition of storytelling predates written ones by millennias, and honestly, which one you like is just a personal preference.

The actual difference is

when listening, you have no idea how to write characters’ names

when reading, you have no idea how to pronounce characters’ names

hope this helps!

[creekfiend]

something that drives me insane on a relatively regular basis as a body jewelry understander is talking to people who have sensitive skin who are like "oh well I just can't wear any earrings without my ears getting inflamed" and I say "well what have you tried" and they say "well I've tried sterling silver and I've tried gold..." and it's like. ok. I don't know how gold and sterling somehow got spun by the jewelry industry as being especially good for sensitive skin but whenever I'm like "well have you tried implant grade titanium" they're always like "no....... but I've tried sterling silver... and it didn't work ..." like. I don't know how this narrative about sterling silver somehow got so strong but when they put pins in your fucking legs when you snap your leg in half are those pins made of sterling silver or are they made of implant grade titanium or surgical steel????????? HELLO. HI. YOU MIGHT BENEFIT FROM TRYING IMPLANT GRADE TITANIUM I AM JUST SAYING