#Just be kind

[rockingtheorange]

I always just assumed that Taylor and Nick weren't commenting on each other's posts to keep the stanning / speculations / fanfic down to a minimum.

I can't talk for them on their decisions, maybe it's that, maybe not.

Yes, shipping culture exists and every actor playing any romantic piece of media will have to deal with it, but I'd like to say that not everything is about the impact they have on the public.

Nick, for example, has been a bit more private about his life in general (just open pinterest and search for his selfies from a few years ago and you'll notice the difference.)

As fans, we tend to assume many things but we never have the full picture.

Regardless of the reason behind it, their friendship and their health is all that matters.

If they want to show it to us or not it's their decision and we can only ask, never pretend.

#Just be kind #They're humans just like us after all #Let them be and do what they feel like doing #anon ask #taylor zakhar perez #nicholas galitzine #henry fox mountchristen windsor #alex claremont diaz #firstprince #rwrb movie #rwrb #red white and royal blue

[atiyasnake]

Broskies, my homies, my guys, fellas, pals, besties, brother in christ, my ride and die, strangers, peeps, my lovelies, ya'll. . . I write fanfic for the fun of it.

For the lil bit that my brain gets hooked on and what's to check out, twist around, make into something a lil different and new. For the source material that just Ahhh I want to enjoy more in dif ways. For the story ideas and tropes and scene ideas that pop up in my head at times where I'm in a rush to write it down or type it out. For the love I have of fanfic written by others.

I'm not a professional, I'm not a genius with words, grammar, rules on how to write stories, and characters, but I try.

I'm just a regular human being who decided to write for fun and share it with other people for the small chance that 'hey maybe someone would enjoy this'

I've got my own problems in life. My own faults and insecurities. I'm not perfect.

So like maybe. . . just be kind.

If you enjoy what I've written, I am super duper to the max ecstatic that you did. Like smiling like a fool and in awe that another person likes something I've made. And if you didn't, then I hope you can find something you do enjoy.

Like I said, I'm not perfect. I have different tastes and a different way of thinking about how I want to handle something in a story or event that happened in the show, etc. I might have made something full of what would be considered mistakes. (You'll probably find a few in this very post)

You might not like it. You might not even understand why I wrote it. You might think it's the stupidest thing someone could have written and that I need to fix it or even just delete it.

You have a right to your opinion.

I know there's fics and prompts and stuff I don't like. But I just keep on looking for something I will like, because I know that a human being made it. Another person out there wanted to write it, and they did and then decided 'hey maybe someone might want to see it' and other people do. Might not have been me, but it was for someone else, so I'll let them enjoy it.

But I didn't go out of my way to tell them I didn't like it. To tell them all the things I thought were wrong or didn't understand. I didn't tell them how I thought they should 'fix it'. I didn't go out of my way to make another person feel bad about something they created for fun and freely shared with others.

I didn't do that because that is not kind and is not the type of person I want to be. Because again, I am a human being.

So look for things you enjoy and make you happy. Be kind to the people who are sharing these things with you. Don't discourage and insult them. Only give criticism if they explicitly asked you to.

You don't know these people. You don't know what going on in their lives. Your words can have huge effects on a person. So make sure that it's a positive one.

Yes, some writing is bad. Yes, some may seem cringy, stupid, nonsensical. But there is no law in the universe that says everything must be perfect. It's OKAY if things are bad, cringy, stupid, nonsensical. Some people are just beginning in writing, some are very young, some may struggle with writing, some may just want to write a dumb fun crazy story. LET THEM.

Let them grow and enjoy what they are doing.

Let them be human!

#i know i dont write perfect and thats fine #but it hurt when ppl go out of their way to bring you down #especially when you already struggle #it can suck the fun and motivation right out of you #just be kind #look for things you enjoy and culitvate that #let others enjoy what they like #fanfic writing #fanfiction #writing fanfiction #vent #im trying really hard to just focus on those who have enjoyed my writing and been supportive #i want to write and actually finish my stories because i like writing them #i want to continue 'liking' to write them plz

[crookshankscrew]

people in HP fandom make hating Dramione their whole personality instead of just enjoying the ships they love

#Just be kind #dramione #And this is by someone who moved from Dramione to Drinny

[alittlefanatic]

I really respect you for respecting Clown's pronouns. Too many people just refer to them as he/him instead of he/they. I think that's really nice. 💕

Say it with me, neighbor!

Pronouns deserve to be respected! 🙏

It's not that hard to be nice and kind on the internet despite what people think. I think it's harder to be rude and disrespectful, if I may be honest!

Everyone on here is a person, which is weird to think about /pos, despite what internet anonymity can do, just be nice and kind and understanding! ❤️💙💛

#welcome home requests #welcome home #welcome home x reader #wally darling #wally darling x reader #pronouns #respect clown #its not that hard #just be kind #and understanding #id cry if i was mean

[needfantasticstories]

No need to post if you don’t want to, but wanted to say I really like this point. I’ve spent hours combing books and lore to try to get things right because you never know who will point out it’s wrong. For something that’s a hobby, that’s often too much work for casual fans/writers.

And personally, I like having my own takes on the character vs sticking to canon or the comic

I'll go ahead and preach to the choir, lol.

Your art has made me THINK. Has made me incorporate new ideas. It's been an absolute joy to watch you develop your Wing Bois AU and the thought behind the process and the JOY you're getting out of it is CONTAGIOUS and I feel like that's part of the fun, part of the point.

So yeah, I'll try and make sure I'm more considerate with tags, and once again MAD respect to all content makers and sharers. Let's PLAY!

More nonessential jabbering below the cut:

LU became more fun when I started to create my own fics rather than get mad about running out of ones to read. I learned fast that I have unusual tastes (specific flavors of angst) and that I wasn't alone, and that reading and collaborating with other authors is hella fun and teaches me a ton.

We all know how hard it is to "get into" this fandom. But that's supposed to be FUN, not a test. It's a million Easter Eggs we get to hunt. And we are SO SPOILED with a glut of content! It's AMAZING! (and with challenges like whump/fluff, or course there will be shorthand for characters and dumbing things down/glossing over and ignoring some dynamics and facts because we've only got a month and we need to write 28-31 fics! I only got halfway through)

I love squishy Hyrule as much as a good feral-enough-to-bite-a-man's-fingers-off Hyrule. Mine will eventually shove pottery shards into an enemies eyes when he's run out of other weapons, and then he'll cry in Legend's arms because I like it when he's both! And you can justify so much! Like what if he becomes squishy because he's gotten comfortable with having so many others who can help him chill for a change, and he discovers when he's relaxed for more than a few hours, for the first time, he is deep down kind of squishy and affectionate! Or that he hates it! It's fun to explore them. Each character version is a new dungeon to examine. Familiar isn't bad, nor is new. I love traumatized, I love not traumatized.

I'm guilty of having preferences, but heck, I've learned to embrace some of the angles I didn't like at first because I learned new details, or an author introduced a justification I could buy into and I loved it. I never would have shipped Rav and Legend, but I'm glad for all those who did so now I can enjoy MORE ships, depending on my mood or the direction of the story. And sometimes we make these boys a bit weaker than they are in their games because they're so stinking powerful, and we need them to question themselves.

#skip rambles #with such a big fandom comes a lot of opinions #just be kind #Can we steer this into a CREATOR APPRECIATION thing? #PLATONIC SMOOCH ON YOUR HEAD to all creators out there

[immortalbutterflycos]

Hi, I would really appreciate it if people would stop hurting my favorite AO3 Authors. Please and thanks.

Like what the hell guys? I'm tired. It's 2 am and I just found out that Greenie had to private their works?

I'm so sad and angry about this. I can't believe that it happened again and so fucking soon after what happened to Zar! What is wrong with you people???

Literally, all they've done is write things that make them happy and in turn, they've made a lot of other people happy too.

So what's the fucking issue here?

Is it that you think that just because you're on the internet suddenly your actions don't have consequences?

That your words can't hurt real live people?

And if you do this shit with the intention of hurting someone, then you need to go outside, touch some grass, and grow the hell up. Because guess what? The world doesn't revolve around you and your opinions! Crazy, I know.

I haven't been in this fandom for very long. Literally maybe only 6 months. And already I've seen so many people get beaten down by others to the point of leaving the fandom altogether. I'm so fucking mad right now and I don't have anywhere to put that anger and it's so frustrating.

How dare you ruin this for them. Don't you fucking get it? Writing is one of the purest forms of expression. These people are pouring their hearts and souls into their work and they are creating fucking masterpieces! They are turning their pain and their thoughts into pieces of art and all you can think to do is criticize? To be cruel to them because it doesn't fit your tastes?

Fuck off.

Zar didn't deserve this and Greenie sure as fuck didn't either.

I hope that they both end up okay in the end and if they never put their work out there again I wouldn't blame them. Would it break my heart? Yes, absolutely. I love their works. I love their writing. But if it comes at the cost of their own mental health, then I don't fucking want it.

And Greenie, if you see this, I'm so sorry love. I know we haven't spoken to each other and I don't know what exactly went down for you to make this decision, but I hope you know that for what it's worth, in spite of everything, in spite of the people that forced your hand, you have my support and my love.

Please take care of yourself. You deserve the world. <3

#the marauders #marauders era #a black mass over highway ninety #greenvlvetcouch #wolfstar #sirius black #remus lupin #i'm angry #vent tag #vent #ao3 writer #ao3 author #ao3fic #be kind #just be kind #dead gay wizards

[biblicallyaccuratewetowls]

divisive thought here, but can we stop sexualizing Aziraphale and Crowley? I personally don't like it because they were the first cannon asexual characters I ever saw in media. I felt seen for the first time in my life and it gave young ace me the hope that I needed, to know that we are real and not just on the internet. Y'all are human beings with free will and can do whatever you want, but please remember that it hurts some of us when you sexualize the only representation we get. Idk if to call it ace erasure but when I have to go hunting for the asexual crowley/aziraphale tag on Ao3 it makes my heart sink a little.

-Love a passionate media loving apothiace person

#asexual #good omens #acespec #archive of our own #ao3 fanfic #asexual awareness #asexual awareness week #ace erasure #y'all have free will but please just keep us in mind #for the love of all things holy let the smut die #divisive opinion ik #you don't have to agree you have free will #just be kind #harrassment=blocked and reported

[sweetestdesire]

I cannot for the life of me believe that I’m having to make this post once again. Sending me anon hate is one thing, but trying to slander someone else just because you may not like them? That's just fucking shameful. Say what you want about me, but I don’t fucking tolerate that kind of immature bullshit when it comes to my beloved friends.

Taking the time out of your day to send someone a hateful message is already ugly all in itself. Words are extremely powerful and maybe, I hope not, you already felt how deep they can cut. So don’t fucking do it. There are so many different horrible outcomes to this, and for what? So you can feel all high and mighty because you bullied someone anonymously to the point where they lose interest in their passion and hobbies that brought them the most happiness? There’s absolutely no reason for this kind of behavior.

We have to remind ourselves that our favorite blogs are human, too. At the end of the day, we’re all just people on the internet sharing the same space and the same interest. As a general rule of thumb: if you wouldn’t say it out loud to someone you just met, you probably shouldn’t be saying it to a stranger online.

If you’re receiving anon hate and need to talk about it, I’m always here and I love you. And if you send hate, anonymously or not, you’re a fucking coward and I genuinely hope you have a horrible day.

#just be kind #the world needs it

[noodle-shenaniganery]

Sometimes, I think it’s really important to remember/understand that you (general you, not talking to anyone specific) will not be able to connect to everyone’s experiences. And that’s okay.

Specifically in the context of autism, there’s the crucial truth that autism is a broad, chaotic spectrum. People who have low support needs will never be able to fully understand what it’s like to have high support needs, people who can speak will never be able to fully understand what it’s like to be nonspeaking, etc. So please, don’t say that you do because sometimes you have bad days, or because sometimes you lose the capability to speak. Autistic individuals that are more marginalized than others oftentimes face the worst of the violence and discrimination. They deserve to not have their struggles minimized by autistic people who don’t understand what it’s like to be like them.

And this understanding should go both ways, too. Different people will have differing experiences, and so they will need different communities. Autistic people who have high masking capabilities and are experiencing burnout will not be able to relate well to autistic people who can’t mask much/at all and wish they could. Those two groups need different communities. This isn’t to say that those two groups should never interact and ignore each other, as that never ends well, but having different struggles means that you will find comfort in different groups.

:)

Have a nice day, and lets be kind to one another, yeah?

(If I said anything that’s wrong, hard to understand, ignorant, or that you simply disagree with, please let me know! This also goes for anything important that I may have left out. Oh, and any grammar mistakes I may have made.)

#I don’t quite understand why so many seem to have problems with this #maybe I don’t have as many problems with this because I’m already used to not being to relate to others well #lower levels of empathy and all that #autism spectrum disorder #asd #autism #actually autistic #autistic #be kind #just be kind #nonspeaking #nonverbal #masking #low support needs #high support needs

[thewanderingpalomino]

saw this yesterday and it makes me kinda sad. like, people are really wondering why he doesn’t smile in his pictures? since mlwtwb came out, the amount of people i’ve seen making fun of his teeth, calling alex’s smile “an ick”, ect. is ridiculous. can people just be nice? it’s really not that hard, i promise.

#alex walter #ashby gentry #mlwtwb #my life with the walter boys #cole walter #team alex #team cole #nikki rodriguez #jackie howard #be nice #don’t be a dick #just be kind

[puppetmaker40]

All of the above. I have been saying versions of these for years. I am always willing to admit when I am wrong or made a mistake. My parents did the same and I learned by observing.

#Phrases #be kind #just be kind

[radfem-roses]

Team "Be Kind" everyone!

#this never happens #ableism #tras are mras #trans activists #womens sports #i will bring this tiny sample #out again next time someone says #just be kind #or some other crock of shit

[chloerichards]

"Living my best life. 💯"

#just be kind #just be yourself #good vibes

[kassil]

Planescape had a point

First, a little bit of explanation for those unaware: Planescape was a setting for 2nd edition AD&D. It is, arguably, one of the most uniquely creative settings ever devised for a D20 system, but that's probably just my love of it and how weird it could get coming through. The important part right now is that it had the Factions - philosophical groups that struggled to manipulate the nature of the multiverse, because belief can alter reality for the Outer Planes.

When it was a new-ish setting and I was deep into it, of course I thought the louder and wilder ones were cool. You know how it is, right? But there was one faction that, these days, absolutely 100% speaks to my very heart - the ominously named Bleak Cabal. You'd expect them to be nihilists with that name, and to a degree they were, but what made them different is that, where everyone else is looking to enforce their philosophy on the multiverse and prove that it's the real truth, the Bleakers looked at everything and went, "Well, doesn't seem to be much of a point to any of this, does there? Hey, buddy, you look hungry, want some soup? And you, gentlefolk, I saw you sleeping in that alley, I've got a spare room you could set up kip in for a bit so you can stay dry."

The Bleakers looked at the multiverse, decided there's no grand meaning or ultimate purposes, and concluded that you should be kind. Everyone's going to be going through the worst of it sooner or later, and it's better to hold out a bowl of hot soup and a warm blanket when they do than it is to mock or belittle them. The world's on fire and in the trash bin, why make it any worse when you don't absolutely have to?

As an elder Millennial, I really like that. The world's on fire and filled with awful things, so why not be kind if you can?

#ad&d #ad&d 2e #planescape #bleak cabal #bleaker #D20 #nihilism but not #just be kind

[sweet-bazzle-bean]

Hey fam, let people be upset. I loved everything about the ending, but I completely understand why folks are devastated. Just let them be. A list of gotchas on how they are wrong to be upset mere hours after their favorite character died is uhhhh not gonna help anyone.

#Ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #Just be kind #I really don’t get it man #Just be fucking nice to people #Will probably delete

[welp-heregoessomething]

I wanna bring that supportive drunk girl in the club bathroom energy to every day.

#happy thoughts #positive affirmations #just be kind