#this is not meant to dismiss ppl who like the more self insert style or the reader stuff or whatever | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

squirrelno2 · 1 year

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people with ocs you ship with canon characters I am begging you to stop selling your characters short in your blurbs. I promise there's more to your character than who you ship them with, and telling me "here's a character you know and love. they have emotions about somebody." and then not elaborating on the somebody is a surefire way to get me to go "oh this is the kind of thing where you pretend you're dating the character"

which to be fair. live your dreams. but I know that's not actually what every fic out there is like and as somebody who doesn't ship like that I would love to have an easier time finding cool ocs with compelling canon romances

#anyway yall make me want to start being like. 'here's some master classes in rapidly introducing ocs and making people like them'#like i know you guys can do better i just don't have the energy to poke through a million fics that aren't what i want just in case #this is not meant to dismiss ppl who like the more self insert style or the reader stuff or whatever #a friend of mine writes that. it's never gonna be my jam but I get it #but holy hell do any of you realise your characters can stand on their own? do you see the stories you've created? bask in them!#show other people you believe in the glory of your own characters and plots and we will come to you I promise

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