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lots of ppl would have to die

#mdzs

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to be clear, each time this happened I think I did a perfectly fine job writing the character. It's just that 1. some people will dislike a character no matter what 2. some people can't handle complexity 3. I'm a little freak so my definition of sympathetic isn't everyone's

one one hand, I find it really hard to write characters I don't sympathise with, which I fear means everyone comes out as too nice

on the other hand, I've written a lot of fanfic where I got comments about "what an asshole" a character I found to be right and sympathetic was, so I guess I shouldn't worry too much either

#jau rants #I have to ask my partner to review most of my personal texts/emails to make sure I don't come off as cold #so perhaps it's no surprise that my characters too come off as cold/assholes

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When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up that not all adults experience “a calling”. That many of them never find particular purpose in a career. That sometimes, their job is just what pays the bills and they have to seek satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere. 

Because as an adult, this pervasive notion that there exists a perfect path for everyone, that people should love what they do, and that work is meant to function as a vehicle for fulfilling a person’s grand life destiny is not only inaccurate for many of us, it can be toxic.

The ideal is so ingrained that I have to remind myself constantly I’m not a failure because I don’t adore my job, and because I’m not rocking the world with my work. That is okay. 

Sometimes, work is just work. There isn’t always a perfect career path, magically waiting to be discovered. There might not be this THING you were born to do. Sometimes, you discover that what you really want to be when you grow up is “paid”.

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Reblog for larger sample size. Feel free to indicate in the comments your generation, approximate region of residence, your length of experience with fan fiction, or when/where you first encountered these terms.

#I've always seen it as a degree of spiciness? #where's this gender thing coming from?

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one one hand, I find it really hard to write characters I don't sympathise with, which I fear means everyone comes out as too nice

on the other hand, I've written a lot of fanfic where I got comments about "what an asshole" a character I found to be right and sympathetic was, so I guess I shouldn't worry too much either

#jau rants

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*SIGHS*

Another AO3 app that's pretending to be official when it's not (or at least isn't making it clear its unofficial.) They're using AO3's name and logo, and embedding ads.

There is no official AO3 app

Someone else is gathering your data, potentially your log in information etc and making use of it how they please. (They say they're not but their privacy policy says otherwise)

They are making money from the ads without the fic writer's consent.

They've also rated it Pegi 3 (which is ludicrous)

Please, even if you care about nothing else, for the safety of your data, please don't use this app. Certainly don't give it your AO3 log in details.

I've told AO3 that it's infringing on its copyright. I will be requesting they remove access of my work as I do not consent to my creative content being used to generate ad revenue for them.

I will be reporting it as incorrectly rated.

The only email address I can find is [email protected] which is included in their privacy policy, and [email protected] as their developer.

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As requested, I have examined my fondness for terrible characters, and I have concluded that I like them because they're terrible and I'm not sorry.

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Spring herbivores 🌸

AfternoonFika

#dinos

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Havelock playing with slightly too sticky post-it notes. I love the image.

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The Patrician stopped and prodded at one of the drawings.

‘There’s a piece of yellow paper stuck to this one,’ he said, suspiciously. He pulled at it. It came away from the drawing with a faint sucking noise, and then stuck to his fingers. On the note, in Leonard’s crabby backward script, were the words: ‘krow ot smees sihT: omeM’.

‘Oh, I’m rather pleased with that,’ said Leonard. ‘I call it my “Handy-note-scribbling-piece-of-paper-with-glue-that-comes-unstuck-when-you-want”.’

The Patrician played with it for a while. ‘What’s the glue made of?’

‘Boiled slugs.’

The Patrician pulled the paper off one hand. It stuck to the other hand.

‘Is that what you came to see me about?’ said Leonard.

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The older I get, and the more on fire the world seems to be the more I feel comforted and SEEN by Sir Terry Pratchett and Discworld.

Not because all the books are inherently comfortable so much as because they feel like someone taking you by the hand and saying; “I know. I’m just as angry about this bullshit. But we can hold hands. But the sun still rises. But hope is still important. Hope wears steel toed boots and smiles with pink and bloody teeth and will make you laugh and will make you cry. It’s not okay. But we’re in the shit together, and some day it’s gonna be less shit.”

This got away from me.

What I’m saying is, I’ve got a shovel.

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He deserves better

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my second prompt for the SVSSS gotcha for gaza! @ shrmn_88 on twitter requested to see su xiyan and tianlang-jun being the parents to binghe they totally deserved to be.

here they were teaching their like 7yo child knife skills, because you gotta start young with these things

gotcha for gaza is still on by the way! there’s just a couple days left so go donate while you can! (info at @SVSSSAction on twitter)

#svsss

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No see results option, I'm forcing you to perceive yourself. rb for more results plus

#100% online #not because i'm cool online #because I am so deeply uncool irl

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Most annoying NMJ or JC take is when someone that dislikes them is like "oh you're a fan of him? *scoff* Well obviously you've only seen cql, where he was super watered down. In the novel he's a dislikable asshole and that's the objectively superior canon I'm working from instead of your woobified fanfic." Meanwhile your main canon is novel canon and you genuinely find novel Jiang Cheng and Nie Mingjue complex sympathetic characters.

#mdzs #listen nmj's actor was amazing #loved the tears and big hair #but yeah he was a fantastic character in the novel already #some people just have no taste and stan jgy too hard

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NEW VERSION. :)

#they are all excellent #it was so hard to picl

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(tired and mildly inconvenienced) i'm gonna pop god's teeth out with a spoon

#love the way you're saying it #also omg what's wrong with all of them seriously