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no baby, it makes you write fanfiction to fix it

i think it is important to recognize the ways in which your favorite thing sucks. i think it keeps u normal

#fanfic #fanfiction #writing #lol

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I like that DS9 had a plot and I like that TNG didn't. TNG was about traveling to new places, finding weird shit, and thinking about it. DS9 was about staying in one place, having weird shit come to you, and dealing with it. Entire genocides happened in TNG and the crew had the appropriate emotional responses and left. DS9 can't leave, so they have to deal with the consequences in all future episodes. TNG is about strangers, and DS9 is about neighbors.

#star trek

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Thanks for the tag, @sunnylemonss <3 last song i listened to: Lana Del Rey's "Blue Banisters" is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in the last 10 years. So that. (I just love women supporting women, okay?!)

my favorite color: Deep dark teal, pthalo green, anything in that family. Mmmmmffff, let me just swim in it.

currently watching: Fallout. Two episodes to go, don't spoil me please! (Also, as a loving fan of Fallout, I'm impressed at how damn good it is!)

spicy, savory, or sweet: Sweet. Bonus points for adding a little bitter or salty to make it complicated.

relationship status: Married and cheesy about it.

current obsession: Biking to work. Starting my day with some fresh air decreases my morning crabbiness by a solid 25%.

last thing i googled: Sorry for the boring adulty answer, but I had to look up my employer for something to do with my benefits.

yo @bbyboybucket, @writethewolvesaway, @possumwoodpie, @lavenderpanic, @possuminabathtub, want to play? and anyone else who sees this and feels like it, consider yourself tagged and welcome!

#tag game

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What was I made for?

#bucky barnes #fanart #stunning

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there's a lot to hate but i think my least favourite thing about AI generated images is that now every time i see a really cool artwork on the internet, instead of childlike wonder i experience suspicion

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Being a Falcon & Winter Soldier fan who sees a lot of Supernatural content come across my dash from my mutuals is amazingly disorienting. Someone will start a multi-paragraph vent about how "Sam deserves to go to hell" or some such, and I'll be putting on my Sam Wilson Defense League hat and getting ready to FIGHT by the time I've realized they're talking about a very different Sam.

Please carry on, Supernatural moots, it's hilarious every time.

#for the record i have never seen a single episode of Supernatural so i don't know what's going on in these vents but i fully support you #supernatural #tfatws #sam wilson #mcu #sam winchester #spn

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ok… imagine a moon knight and daredevil crossover where dd has no issues fighting the invisible jackals because the dude cant see shit anyway. moon knight is like “you can see them??” and matt, not wanting to reveal his blindness but having no idea theyre invisible, is just like “yeah i can see of course i can see”

moon knight then assumes dd is an avatar of an egyptian god. bc what else? so, naturally, moon knight asks “what god do you serve?”

“jesus”

“what??”

“im catholic?”

“what???”

#daredevil #moon knight #this is killing me i am dead #lmao #marvel #mcu

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#stucky #steve rogers #bucky barnes #marvel #captain america

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— E.E. Cummings, Complete Poems 1904-1962

#stucky

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I just want one “we’re undercover at this fancy gala but it’s clearly still Captain America and Bucky” in Falcon & The Winter Soldier 

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Me: I don't write for validation.

Also me when my story on AO3 gets a kudos:

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write weird shit. Write indulgent au fanfiction and self insert fics. Write creepy horror scenes and random character crossover dialogue. Write in a different genre. Write that sex scene that you know won’t make the cut. Write about sentient furniture turning into werewolves that try to date your MC. Write whump or hero/villain fic. Write your kink. Write your worst nightmare. Write your delusions of power and fantasies of control. Write whatever the fuck you feel like. Write whatever comes to mind. You don’t have to share it with anyone (but you can). Your writing impulses don’t define your morality anymore than your reading preferences, and actually going outside your comfort zone will improve your writing skills (making a horrifying villain sympathetic requires good characterization). Even if it doesn’t improve your skills, that’s still something you created out of nothing. It’s still valuable. Don’t let purity culture kill your creativity. That’s how culture stagnates. That’s how writing stops being fun.

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A lil vent before bed. My workload is just… way too much right now. My department is very understaffed at the moment, so I’m teaching an overload AND doing a huge amount of admin on the side. (And so is everyone else.) Oh yeah, and I’m a part-time student too! I’m working 10-14 hour days every day just to keep my head above water. And there’s no relief in sight until we get new staff in June, because universities hire at the speed of molasses.

All this to say — I have such immense guilt about not writing faster. I think about my fics SO much. I want so badly to just write and play and be creative and have a social life and maybe even get back into painting. I love my work, I love my students, but dudes, I am drowning.

Anyway, this next month and a half is gonna be fun. Pray for Mojo 🤘

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