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Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

#fandom things

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9-1-1 3.09 | 7.04

#kelly watches 911

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I support women's rights but also women's decades long revenge plots

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me: oh man I'm gonna get good sleep tonight, I'm so tired

local meteorologist: you know that severe weather threat we said seemed pretty unlikely? oops.

#I am one county away from a tornado watch until 4am I am not impressed #I have a lot of weather-related anxiety so this is cool

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If it's casual...

#rwrb

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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#important things

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2.12 Chimney Begins - 2.09 Hen Begins - 2.16 Bobby Begins Again - 7.04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered

Tommy's family arc

#kelly watches 911

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“source?” divine intuition, gut instinct, and cryptic symbolism from my dreams

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Thanks for the question, Anon!

For me, I only go braless at home, even if others are there.

-submit your poll!-

#if I’m not at work or out in public there’s no fuckin way I’m wearing one #I hate bras so much I will take every opportunity to not wear one

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Leverage S04E14 The Boys Night Out Job.

#kelly watches leverage

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idk if im actually bi or nit but i have an 8 am class tomorrow cant worry about that

#laugh tag

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some of tommy before, during and after the kiss

#kelly watches 911 #never leaving this moment tbh

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You ever just read the line “Somewhere, a man and the only man he has ever truly loved are celebrating fifty years together. Somewhere else, a girl falls in love with her best friend and finally kisses her. It feels like the whole world goes silent when two people tell each other they love each other for the first time, even when it does not think that those people should be together.” and scream?

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“when i was a kid, i would get these headaches, and i went to the doctor, and they said that i needed glasses. i didn’t understand that, it didn’t make sense to me, because i could see fine. and then i get the glasses, and i put them on, and i’m in the car on the way home, and suddenly i yell—because the big green blobs that i had been staring at my whole life, they weren’t big green blobs. they were leaves on trees. i could see the leaves. and i didn’t even know i was missing the leaves. i didn’t even know leaves existed, and then… leaves!” —dr erica hahn on realising you’re gay, grey’s anatomy

#kelly watches 911

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#fanfiction #video