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i’m not like an incest shipper (although like yeah me and 10k other people shipped wincest in 2013) but the more i see people absolutely losing their minds over the concept of fictional incest the more i laugh like come the fuck on now like this trope is quite literally hundreds of years old and we’re acting like it was invented by fanfiction writers. “richard siken condones incest” “ethel cain condones incest” you mean the artists who write about the rotten and the wretched and the unhealthy and the abusive enjoy digging into fictional relationships that are just that. have you lost your goddamned minds. do you ever read anything except for steven universe fanfiction. like could you handle a 12th grade english lit module on the god of small things.

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i feel like all fandom spaces would improve dramatically if more people learned how to enjoy non-canon ships which were never written as romantic without acting entitled to official validation or throwing a hissy fit over not getting something that they were never promised

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The prompt list for Kinktober 2023 is here! As always, we will be creating an ao3 collection, closer to the event. Prompts are just suggestions; feel free to mix or match any days, shuffle the order, or even do your own ideas. The main point is that you get out there and create something in the month of October.

This year, we have a bonus prompt list! Further information on that can be found in the google doc.

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Ao3 authors, please learn to not insult people and be “morally superior” in the tags

Instead of tagging “noncon is gross” or “not noncon because that’s problematic”, for example, just put “enthusiastic consent” or “consensual sex” in the tags. It makes things a whole lot easier for people to filter and know what’s going on.

I really don’t care that you think noncon fics are bad or whatever, I (and many others) will be more likely to read your fic about two boys who are deeply in love if you aren’t an ass about your morals in fiction :/

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Not people saying “Fandom has always been like this” in that vent post I made. No. It hasn’t always been like this. Fandom has NEVER been like this until recently and if you were in fandom pre-tumblr purge, pre-twitter, pre-netflix boom, pre-tiktok….then you would fucking know it was nothing like this.

We still had the drive to create. We still sold prints and charms and made zines…but it was never like this.

The introduction of streaming, binge shows that drop all at once, tiktok and vine RIP i still love u vine but you were the beginning of a particularly ugly era) creating this bite sized, quick paced ‘content’ era of creation and it bled out into fucking everything else.

Fandoms didn’t die down when the show ended or the season was over. You didn’t mass unfollow artist, writers or moots just because they changed fandoms. There wasn’t this need to please the algorithm in order for your posts to get seen by people and enjoyed.

Fandoms used to last YEARS. Star Trek is literally the oldest running fandom out there and you got people in there that could care less about the new stuff and still have been happily prancing through their fucking fifty year old fandom today. Hell, even SPN after all it’s fuckups and shitshows has a dedicated fanbase STILL creating tons of art and fic.

There is no patience anymore. No calm feeling of taking in fandom and friends at a pace that which doesn’t make you stressed and is still fun.

Do I blame fandom for this? Of course not, but people are complacent with it and start changing their vocab to accommodate and end up making the situation so deep it cant be fixed.

We call Art & Fic Content now, completely stripping the value of what it is to a level of consumerism instead of personal entertainment & community bonding.

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MS paint is getting layers and transparency support. This is the single greatest art news of my life.

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Fandom Problem #4269:

I think a comparison could be made between people who say that without religion nobody would have any morals and people who think that reading or watching problematic or taboo content makes people think those things are okay in real life.

People in general, religious or not, are innately social and MOSTLY want to do good for others. Most of us don't run around assaulting and killing people because we simply have no desire to. Otherwise, humanity would have already died out a long time ago. So when people claim that this is ONLY because of religion, I'm actually a little scared of them because they're basically admitting that the only thing stopping them from committing heinous acts with abandon is the threat of eternal punishment in hell and promise of an eventual reward in heaven. And this hasn't even stopped all religious people from doing awful things, obviously.

Likewise, people can enjoy reading about the most fucked up things imaginable, understand that they are wrong, and not approve of or have any desire to act them out in real life. If you're telling me you think someone's innate moral compass could be swayed as easily as reading a fanfiction, I'm mostly just worried about how weak your moral framework must be to think that you're never more than a few just slasher flicks away from going on a murderous rampage, and are projecting that same level of weakness onto everyone else.

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5 + 1 Fic Prompts

Romance/Fluff

5 times Person A woke up without Person B and one time they woke up together.

5 times Person A thought they were in a relationship with Person B and one time Person B finally catches on that their own pining is definitely not unrequited.

5 times Person A calls Person B by a pet name and one time Person B finds one for Person A.

5 times Person A and Person B correct people about their relationship status and one time they just accept it.

5 times Person dreamed about Person B and 1 time it wasn't a dream.

5 times Person A takes care of Person B and 1 time Person B returns the favour.

5 times someone refers to the co-workers as "work husband/wife" and one time they leave out the 'work' part.

5 times Character A thought things through like they usually would and 1 time they ditched the planning to be spontaneous for Character B. (x)

5 times people thought Person A and Person B are dating and 1 time they find out it’s actually Person A and Person C.

Enemies to lovers

5 times they were on opposite sides of a fight and one time they fought alongside each other.

5 times they told each other they would hate them and one time they finally told each other the truth.

5 times they thought they were complete opposites of each other and one time they realized how much they had in common.

5 times they disagreed with each other and one time they were on the same page.

5 times they thought the other one was the enemy and one time they found out they were not.

5 times Character A tells Character B 'I hate you' and means it at least a little bit and 1 time they say it and don't mean it at all.

Internet Love

5 times they tried to meet up and failed and one time they finally met each other in real life.

5 times they kept secrets from each other and one time they didn’t feel like they to anymore.

5 times they wanted to touch each other and couldn’t and one time they could finally feel each other’s touch.

5 times people didn’t believe that their relationship was real and one time everyone could see how real it is.

5 times they fell asleep on the phone and one time they fell asleep in each other’s arms.

5 times they said ‘I love you’ over the Internet and one time they finally said it in person. (by x)

(Found) Family

5 times they see other people’s family rituals and one time they create their own family ritual.

5 times they have to explain to people that they really are father and daughter and one time everyone can see that they are family.

5 times they look at photos from the father’s childhood and talk about his childhood memories and one time they create a photo album of their own memories together.

5 times the brothers saw how different from each other they are and one time they realize how similar they really are.

5 times the brothers competed against each other and one time they acted as a team.

5 times the brothers didn't feel like they could talk to each other and one time they confided in each other.

5 times the brothers made decisions without telling each other and one time they made the decision together.

5 times other people didn't see them as brothers and one time it was definitely clear that they are family.

5 times the child tried to give their parent another chance and one time they knew they had to let it go.

5 times the parent made difficult choices to save their child's ass and one time they realized their child has to experience consequences on their own.

5 times they tried to act like a normal family and one time they stopped trying.

Drama

5 times Person A has to save Person B and one time Person B returns the favor.

5 times Person A sees a new scar on Person B and 1 time Person tells Person B about their own scars.

Misc

5 times Person A couldn’t keep their mouth shut and 1 time they are left speechless.

5 times Person A makes Person B laugh and 1 time they make them cry.

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Sometimes an ao3 tag is kept alive by a single person posting drabbles about an extremely niche incest ship and I think that that's magical.

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The number one funniest example of people inventing bullshit reasons ships they don't like are "problematic" that I've ever seen was people calling Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister "like siblings".

Fam.

Have you forgotten the number one most notable trait about Jaime Lannister.

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I saw some #discourse go by about how adults shouldn’t be in fandom writing about younger characters because it’s uncomfortable and gross to younger people to have adults ‘thinking about them’ in romantic/sexual terms.

1, This is not a restriction that any writers in any other venue have to deal with, wtf, or the entire YA genre would be banished; 2, Excuse you, children of Tumblr, no one is thinking about you.

If other people in fandom are older than you, by definition, they have been your age. When fans write about younger characters, we’re not peering through a keyhole at young people now and creeping on them.

We are drawing on our own experiences, thoughts, feelings and memories of what it was like when we were that age.

No one has the right to ask older writers to cut themselves off from their own past just because young’uns don’t want to acknowledge that people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, all of them, were also young once. I’m 41, but I remember vividly what it was like to be 14. If I write a high school AU, it’s about my high school experience, even if I were to set it in the present day and decorate it with some (probably comically out of touch) Stuff The Kids Are Into Now. If I write a high school AU with sex, it’s because I remember that too! I’m not thinking about kids today, why would I– I have my own experiences to draw on. And honestly, sometimes there are things about being young that you don’t really understand until you’re much older and have some perspective– and that’s worth writing about.

If someone is genuinely a creeper, you’ll know, because they’ll ask you questions about you. But people who aren’t even directly interacting with you, who are just expressing themselves in fiction, are not a threat to you, and it’s not creepy for them to draw on their own experiences and their own past to write about younger characters.

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Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

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Hugs

A warm embrace.

friendly hugs

hug around the waist

hugging while twirling around

comforting hugs

side hugs

hugging and gently holding the other’s head

pulling someone into a hug

hugging while walking

eye-to-eye hugs

hiding their face in the other’s neck

clinging to each other

hugging while lying down together

group hugs

hugging with head on shoulder

tender embrace

‘not wanting to let go’ hugs

hugging from behind

bear hugs

hugging with hands in each other’s pockets

cuddling

hugs and kisses

hugging and jumping up and down together

familiar hugs

hugging with height-difference

gentle hugs

hugging with patting on back

piggy back hugs

quick hugs

hugging while slow dancing

one-sided hugs

hugging while straddling the partner

long-lasting hugs

‘picking them up’ hugs

hugging while grabbing butt

cuddle pile

Hand-holding|Kisses|Touching

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make 'em swoon

eyes meeting from across the room

reaching out, grabbing their hand

a subtle wink

licking their lips

a hug that gets deeper

"hi" *raspy voice*

falling asleep on each other

coming back for another kiss

pressing their foreheads together

smile that makes their eyes soften

brushing away their hair

putting their hand on the other's neck

holding them close by their hips

pulling them on their lap

smirking in a way that suggests more

drawing with their fingertips on their skin

hugging them from behind

a kiss pressed to the neck

lips brushing against their ear

whispering to them like they're alone in the world

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my instagram explore page loves showing me those like erotic dark romance novel tiktoks and i really have to wonder: why do all these straight women desperately want to fuck a mafia boss

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it's actually so funny how challenging it is to write bona fide graphic, horny smut. like people don't give smut writers enough credit. you are constantly running out of words to describe the same 2-4 body parts and same 4-6 motions. you are constantly attempting to do interesting and dynamic things in the prose with this extremely limited set of words. you are looking at your prose for the nastier bits and wondering if it actually sounds hot or if it just sounds goofy. you are then toning down your prose and then wondering if it now sounds tasteful or if it's just boring. you do ctrl+F for the word "cock" and there are 37 instances of it in the doc but you hate the 1-2 acceptable synonyms so there's nothing much you can do about it

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Now, researchers have put a nail in the coffin of porn addiction. Josh Grubbs, Samuel Perry and Joshua Wilt are some of the leading researchers on America’s struggles with porn, having published numerous studies examining the impact of porn use, belief in porn addiction, and the effect of porn on marriages. And Rory Reid is a UCLA researcher who was a leading proponent gathering information about the concept of hypersexual disorder for the DSM-5. These four researchers, all of whom have history of neutrality, if not outright support of the concepts of porn addiction, have conducted a meta-analysis of research on pornography and concluded that porn use does not predict problems with porn, but that religiosity does