#Why write fic? We write fic to share.

[buckttommy]

I think a perfect example of not consuming media in good faith is people using the handful of incidents in 911 S2 as an example of "queerbaiting." Because, like. It comes from this (wrong) idea that things exist in a vacuum. Fandom exists in a vacuum, creation exists in a vacuum, therefore these two cannot comingle under any circumstances and either party is unaware of the other. But that's not true. Even in the "golden age" of fandom where that firewall existed between fan/creator that wasn't entirely true.

So then it's like, if both parties are aware of the others' existences, why can't the creators of this show make little nods to the fandom? Why must there either be malicious intent ascribed to the action OR no action at all? Why can't there be a middle ground?

Additionally, like, the little buddie-related "jokes" stopped. Post Season 2, Buck and Eddie (and Christopher)'s dynamic is treated with the utmost respect. And if the goal of queerbaiting is to continuously entice an audience, dropping a marketing technique just as it's starting to work is ... well, let's be honest, it's stupid and illogical; therefore, the presupposition that that is what took place/is taking place is also illogical and stupid.

So. I don't know. Nothing prompted this. There's no fandom discourse, and I'm certainly not trying to start any, but I've been watching Season 2 a lot lately and I think people's failure to engage in the show absent of any malicious or entitled intent is the death of unsterilized and genuine artist/audience engagement, and that is a modern tragedy. But anyways

#It's like. #Why write fic? We write fic to share. #Why is creating a TV show not the same? #We - we as human beings - create to SHARE. We create so people can see us and connect with us #even for a moment. #And failure to recognize that - failure to treat that as the natural artist/audience transaction that it is - is to spit upon #the artist and their intent #BUT ANYWAYS

[xjustakay]

y’all know that saying “writers are people, treat them like people!!” means you shouldn’t put them on a pedestal they didn’t ask to be put on, too, right……

#like… y’all know…… saying [insert writer here] is a big writer so automatically they’re *supposedly* more liked is also…… #how you say… impersonal and dehumanizing… #bc 9/10 times “big” writers are shooting in the dark just as much as anyone else #and just trying to vibe and have fun and share their work #very much NOT asking for people to put them on a pedestal and be weird about it #i promise it’s just not that deep #we’re all doing the same things like we’re all writing and reading and yelling about the same stuff #trying to have a good time however we can #all being PEOPLE not just the fics we write and share on our respective accounts #so yeah it’s not just about “when’s the next update” or “why did you write your own fic this way” comments #it’s also about weird unsolicited fan behavior that doesn’t belong and makes people uncomfortable + feel less like a person #just. food for thought. #shut up kay

[that-spider-fan-over-there]

Read a Twitter thread a few days ago how Katsuki, Izuku and Tomura are meant to be the pillars of hope and change for hero society (by Kikibats, go check her out, the thread is her pinned tweet), and that got me thinking about Tomura's birth name, so I looked up the kanji for his name (志村 転弧, for those curious), and I wanted to share.

(someone probably already did make this connection and worded it better but screw it we bail let's go-)

Kikibats' thread has mentioned what "Shimura" could have originally meant In-Universe, especially "Mura", so it's about a paragraph short, because I'm writing what it could mean in the story as it is (again, In-Universe):

So from the name Shimura Tenko, we have:

Shi (志):

"Determination, ambition, intent", which Tenko does have, arguably even more than Izuku has (I mean, running around barely sleeping while facing Gigantomachia for three months? spending four months in a tube and resurrecting by sheer anger?), but ambitious is after realizing his convictions and intends to carry on the League's. It can also refer to “will” as in willpower, the one trait AFO doesn't have, and the reason he was selected as his vessel.

Mura (村):

Mentioned in her thread, but "Village", could be an ironic spin on “it takes a village to raise a child”, since after his family's death no one was willing to take him in, and the one who did only did so to groom him into a monster. It could also refer to a heroic trait he has (yes, even as he was annoyed at Toya and Himiko when he first met them): taking people in when he thinks they're lonely, have been rejected, wronged by society and wanting to carry on their convictions, which leads to:

Ten (転):

a verb; "to shift", and sure enough, he's the one who created the Vanguard Action Squad with the purpose of kidnapping Katsuki, setting off the Kamino Incident and shifting the status quo of society. You could argue he has been since the USJ but no one really feared him until Stain came along. Tomura is also one of the characters whose goals and motivations develop the most through the story.

It can also mean "to turn", from changed from the sweet kid who wanted to play heroes with his friends, to a symbol of fear. And physically, he's the willing participant in Dr. Garaki's body experimentation and his body is constantly shapeshifted depending on his (and AFO's) mental state.

Finally, “Ko” (弧):

The kanji for “arc”, which is admittedly very vague and it could mean nothing, but.

It could refer to the arc he goes through.

From a kid playing with those others ignored who wanted to be a hero, to being groomed into the Symbol of Evil('s puppet), which eventually unravels once he becomes powerful enough to fight Izuku, resulting in the reveal that in spite of all what he’s been through, he’s still that kid willing to extend his hand (well, in a metaphorical way) for those who want/need someone to rely on. Someone who wants to be the LoV's hero.

A bonus point, since we (readers and watchers who like to read the raws/watch subbed anime) use "Ko" we usually think of "子", the kanji for "kid", this one abandoned by a complacent village. And remember since Izuku wants to offer him a hand, a crying lonely child in need of a hero. With AFO taking control of him, while Izuku (and most of Class 1-A) trying to save him, wouldn't it be neat to see Tomura choosing to take Izuku's hand, especially someone whose identity was forcefully defined by a touch of death?

Would be fit for his arc to come full circle, wouldn't it?

#Boku No Hero Academia #BNHA Spoilers #MHA Spoilers #Shigaraki Tomura #Shimura Tenko #spider.posts #Again check out Kikibats' thread on TWT it's a very fun read #idk what compelled me to see Tenko's kanji today but ykw I don't regret it. I might see what are the other character's later #also I looked up on the wiki to see if I got the correct kanji. fun fact: ''Shigaraki'' is literally death grip's tree funeral #''ki'' is tree and the kanji is in Yagi Toshinori's name just his is read as ''gi''. now I wanna write parallels and foils they share #makes me wonder even more why don't we see more sweet and angsty fics with Toshinori and Tomura are right there #screw DFO I wanna see the other side that is Toshinori adopting the hell out of Tomura more than ever- #i'm going off topic so Imma wrap up the tags #thank you for reading this post. have a nice one! :D

[loguetowns]

what is even the point of reposting fanart without credit and consent

#like idk why some people are incapable of protecting artists #can't we just keep one place on the internet safe for artists to share their art without people tryna repost without credit or consent #esp when said artists HAVE A TUMBLR #if you like the art sm then just rb it??? directly from the creator?? #you repost it for what???? clout??? on tumblr???????????? of all places????????????????????? #i call out enough people on instagram for it #tumblr is just nerds nerding out together #this also goes for people who use fanart as fic banners without consent #you would not like people using excerpts of your writing to promote their own work so like ?? ? ? ??? #so let's be kind ya? #¡! ❞ [ chat ]

[thevioletcaptain]

Toes in the Sand

11k | Explicit | DeanCas

Almost three weeks ago, Jack brought a newly-human Cas back from the Empty. Dean's been trying to get him alone ever since. Or;

A post-15.19 fix-it fic featuring human!Cas, kid!Jack, a whole lot of Dadstiel, and two doofuses continuing to take their sweet time even after Cas’ love confession.

The beach is buzzing with scantily-clad summer travelers, the sand golden-warm as the Gulf of Mexico stretches out forever under a bright blue sky, but Dean is barely aware of any of it. It could be storming for all he knows. There could be an escaped rhinoceros sprinting across the sand. He wouldn't notice, because every last fraction of his focus is trained on the middle-aged former angel sprawled out on a threadbare beach towel a couple dozen feet away.

He's gone a little gray at the temples. He's wearing gas-station sunglasses and a pair of candy-pink swim trunks printed with bananas. In Dean's humble opinion, he's the hottest thing that's ever been on this beach.

[keep reading on Ao3]

#deancas #destiel #deancas fic #destiel fic #imogenbynight #cass writes things #cass writes fic #posted on nov 5 babeeyyy #fluff #kid!jack #human!cas #beach vacation #i wanted to think of a new title which is why i didn't share a rebloggable version last night... #but alas #i can't come up with one #and time's a wastin' #so here we are #[EDITED VERSION - this was originally 8.9k words & had a mature rating - it is now 11k and explicit]

[hwaitham]

i hope u lot are having a great sunday n that you were able to enjoy a treat or some company or listen to ur fave song to sweeten ur day n i Hope u are resting n eating n rewarding urself for all ur hard work okai :^) if u haven’t heard it yet 2dai i wub u i am so proud of u n even if u already have heard it . well . u deserve to hear it again ! ! 🐾⭐️

#𓈒 ۫ 𝓹𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓮 𐂯 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼 ₊⠀ೀ #u’re doing great :D surviving is an arduous task in n of itself so the fact u r living to see another day is something worth praising ! ! #u will be okay . and i will be okay . . and we will all be okay ♡ and it’ll be great ^__^ #now to listen to my own advice . . waaaaaaufh ; ; #sorrie for being so not interactive but i will be back tomorrow ! to bother u all n love on u all :3 after writing m last final wahooo ! ! #ppl to text back n fics to read n reblog n fwiends to check up on oooo i am Excited ): <- frownie face only bcos i miss u all dearly . . ): #also i will go thru m ments n inbox ): im rllie srrie to hav not responded quicker but the time simply ran away frm mi . . #but truly thank u so much sending mi litl msgs ): sharing art that reminds u of mi ): #sending selfship questions bcos i alwys wonder why anyone else but m’self wld be interested in that 🥺 ! ! #i wub u i wub u i wub u i wld die for u !♡ #okies . now baibai . see u tmrwwww be nice to each other be nice to urself do good iluavm ^__^

[skibasyndrome]

So one thing I've always loved about uni/studying/learning new things is when you have different subjects or different tiny dots of knowledge and slowly, as you learn more and more, those tiny splashes of knowledge are becoming less isolated, and you realize that it's all connected and - at least with my subjects being in the humanities - you sort of “unlock” this new perspective on a certain aspect of the human condition. And like, that's fun enough and - if I'm being honest - probably my favorite thing about studying already as it is, BUT NOW, now that I've finally gotten back into writing as a hobby this is just ANOTHER dimension for me to expand that knowledge into and to use that knowledge for. And I am absolutely living for it. So happy to be back on my bullshit and so happy to be at a place in my life where these two passions of mine fit so seamlessly together and one passion benefits from the other and vice versa

#god I love that I get to do this #to be less vague: I am taking this course (and a lecture as well) on the aesthetic and philosophy of night darkness dream and imagination #and like that is already SO up my alley you don't even know #but besides getting to learn about the influence of those themes on literature of the 19th century now I also get to practice it you know? #I mean I've always had this fascination for and this... predilection to write about vampires or ghosts or “dark” themes like that #and I just continue to do that now but like???? ugh idk I feel so? /seen/ when I learn about the way people used to do that and still do an #that it's something so... essentially human to be interested in? #which of course technically I knew bcs we have all this media abt these themes. but something about learning /why/ we enjoy these themes an #/why/ there is somehing so very cathartic about engaging with them? something so freeing and so subversive about doing it? #like I love learning things that make me understand myself and my motivations more deeply. also on a creative level #and idk... this is all probably a very jumbled mess but I wanted to share my joy with you in case anyone read up to this point <3 #simon.out. #yes this is about the potential wilmon vampire fic I am plotting out rn and yes I am going to be absolutely unbearable about it #vampire wilmon

[ironhusband]

Dear writers,

I know how important comments are - believe me, as a writer myself I absolutely do - but I would like to notify you that sometimes a simple kudos can be all a person can do to show their love. My brother loves fanfics, even saves passages of them onto his phone - but he has crippling social anxiety to the point where he’s afraid to even bookmark or mark for later a fic. It doesn’t matter how much I reassure him writers love comments of all kinds - he’s simply too anxious.

So everytime you - understandably - despair over the ratio of comments to kudos you get (or maybe you even don’t get comments at all), just remember there are people like my brother who love you from afar and are simply too nervous to tell you themselves.

You have more fans than you know. Keep writing. It’s a blessing for everyone.

#ramble rumble #idk why this was important for me to share but like sometimes I see those posts of like #‘writers love comments!! don’t be afraid to talk to us’ and it’s true and all but with my brother it’s just truly #not gonna be solved by a post. and like sometimes I myself get sad by lack of comments so I. I know there’s at least one writer who needs to #hear this. keep writing. you’re making someone’s day even if you don’t know it #writers on ao3 #writers on tumblr #ao3 #writing #writblr #fanfiction #fanfic #social anxiety #writers #fanfic writer #writing love #writer love #also redears should know: sometimes when a writer doesn’t answer your comment it’s because of that too #we love all comments and treasure them I swear but some of us are really nervous about saying ily to online strangers #that being said if you like a fic comment! it is loved and appreciated and if you don’t have anxiety on my brother’s level #truly no reason not to

[singsweetmelodies]

different anon, but there are so many (okay, not that many) fics where charles used to be with pierre and ends up with max, or pierre is pining while charles gets with max that i just really like when it's max->charles <--> pierre. something about how lestappen only has racing (if that) but pierre and charles have a relationship that developped beyond racing and they maintain the effort to keep it going despite increasing engagements. it's about pierre being chosen and not having to fight for validation or love.

oh my god, anon, YES. i was reading your ask nodding all the way through it like 🙏‼️ you are SO correct, friend!! in fact, this is something @boxboxbrioche and i have discussed at length - how we'd LOVE to see a fic where the "standard" (and in our opinion sickening, sorry, lol) trope of pierre-pining-for-charles-who-loves-max is INVERTED. let's have max pine for charles who is perfectly, beautifully happy with pierre!!!! because exactly like you said, anon: lestappen don't have any sort of relationship outside of racing, and even in racing, it's... they're friendly coworkers, at best. not friends. (charles has repeatedly said that pierre is his only real friend on the grid!!)

pierre and charles, though - they're genuinely friends and they genuinely love each other's company. like you said: they make an effort to stay close despite increasing engagements and hectic lives. they make an effort for each other - and if that isn't love, then what is? (not whatever charles and max have, that's for sure.)

perhaps i'm a bit petty, and too much of a pierre girl at heart - but oh my god, i HATE the way pierre tends to be portrayed in charles/max fics. either he's an asshole, or he's not even there (lol) or there's this whole idea that he might love charles but he can never have/deserve charles. i'm sorry, but to me that's BULLSHIT. charles has chosen pierre over and over - what more do you need? in short, anon, i couldn't agree more with you when you said "it's about pierre being chosen and not having to fight for validation or love." you are so so so SO right for that take 🙏 i am right there with you, and i crave a fic where it's never even questioned that pierre is the one who charles chooses. and it's max who has to fight for scraps of validation/love (because let's be honest, this is the most accurate portrayal, anyway!)

maybe briony and i will write this fic one day 👀❤️ but until then: thank you SO much for sharing your thoughts, anon, and i think i can safely speak for briony too when i say that we both agree COMPLETELY and you are 100% correct 🙏❤️

#asks & answers #anon #darling piarles anons 🥰 #OOOOOHHHHH the charles -> max -> pierre depiction in fic is something we have ranted about SO MUCH #like i said: we agree with you COMPLETELY; anon #why on earth is pierre the one who has to fight for validation and love!! NO!! #he's the one who charles chooses unconditionally ffs #*i* think it would be super cathartic to write a fic where MAX pines hopelessly for charles who is happy and in love with pierre #(also i have a thing for outside POVs on a happy piarles relationship 👀 i LOVE it) #so yeah! perhaps this fic is coming to you from briony & katie circa 2026 #🤣😭 xD #anyways. LOVE YOU ANON!! tysm for sharing your thoughts <33333

[novelconcepts]

i don't make resolutions, but if i did

it would be to finish this fic

(and to be kind to myself for however long it takes to actually do so)

#i'm finishing it if it kills me #i know i've been writing this makeout scene for 3 weeks but baby that can't last forever #if we want to get deep and dark and serious for a second i do think a lot of my struggles to write lately have to do with engagement #and how incredibly low engagement has been on the last few things i've written #which like. is what it is. i'm not entitled to anybody's time or comments or kudos. #but when you write stuff you're proud of and it feels like it's barely getting read it's hard to keep momentum. #this isn't intended as a woe is me or whatever it's just kind of like. there. hovering. #happens enough times you start to wonder if it's you. am i just writing for the wrong fandom/ship? #(too bad if so. they're in my bones i'm writing for them and no one can stop me.) #but yeah. if you ever wonder if authors do care or notice about hits. comments. kudos. buddy i am here to tell you #not only do we care and FLOURISH we also notice when those things drop off and readers vanish #and it is a giant bummer. and sometimes makes us wildly paranoid about why that might have happened. #so if you liked a fic today--not even one of mine. just. anybody's. share it. comment on it. #kudos at the VERY least (cuz frankly kudos is there to be an 'i got to the end and this was nice' feature. #so when you get 500 hits and only like 30 kudos? it feels like 470 of those people hated your work) #anyway. that got out of hand. lil' too raw lil' too honest. happens when you let yourself ramble at 11:30 instead of sleeping #to sum: let your local fic writer know if they've made you happy #and as we go into 2024 i am swearing to myself that this fic (and probably several others) are getting finished #come hell. high water. or dishearteningly low engagement numbers. #(and then maybe we...actually work on something original. cuz why not. new year same old me but i'll do my best.)

[hamartia-grander]

I love posting a new chapter and not seeing a single comment for days it definitely makes me wanna keep sharing my work with people

#*Rattling the bars of my cage* I know ur reading my fic why do you never comment anything I thought we were friends #To be clear I'm still gonna write shit. I just don't wanna share it if this is how y'all gonna act. Fr do better. #Fanfic #Fanfiction #dbh #Reed900 #Dbh memes #detroit become human

[trpiaep19]

writing a chapter hasn't been this fun for a very long time. guys I'm fully back and you have something to look forward to!!!

it's all lies, darling

#im writing this instead of sleeping and it shows #but whatever we die like allison and the next chapter might be actually out by the end of the week #i just needed to share this #i don't know why i didn't write lason before #they're so much fun and their friendship is so precious #plus nolan and corey being difficult #chapter sneak peek #wip fic #it's all lies darling #mason hewitt #liam dunbar #theo raeken #nolan holloway #corey bryant

[imwritesometimes]

I think the most damaging aspect mentally, as an author, of knowing ppl are creating private discord servers to rec fic to their friends is that for a while now I've had this very suspicion. I'll see groups of usernames leave kudos all over my works for various fandoms but they never, ever, even on a single fic, drop so much as an 'I enjoyed this! Thanks!' But I know they're passing it around in a discord server I'll never see and talking about liking it.

It's demoralizing and I just wish ppl understood that. I don't expect someone to read my fic and be inspired to create sistine chapel levels of gratitude posts/art/comments. But a simple 'hey this was good!' let's me know 'hey ppl like what I'm doing and it's worth it to continue to not just write but share!'

#write/draw/create for YOU gets real fuckin old to hear when no one talks abt why we SHARE #we share for feedback ok. plain and simple. if I JUST wrote for me nothing I ever wrote would get edited 40 times over #or plotted for weeks at a time #or have 3 drafts in a notebook before ever making it to a word doc #it would just be in my brain for me rotate like a rotisserie chicken and that's IT #so yeah create for you but holy ppl we're sharing for COMMUNITY. sorry ppl don't comprehend that anymore #your walled discord group is NOT community. it's you grabbing a piece of cake and LOVING it but not bothering to tell the baker thanks #idk I just wasn't built like that.... show a little fuckin gratitude. it's online for YOU. it's not online for ME. it's already on my lapto #least you could do is drop a 'hey I liked this so much I recc'd it to my friends!' #and that's it. that's my rant for the day. #if you want to continue to have fic to read you need to practice gratitude...... #erin explains it all #fic #fanfiction

[james-p-sullivan]

if you don’t like what i write then what i write isn’t for you

#like that’s it #that’s the bottom line #you don’t get to come at me and vilify me for writing something you don’t want to read #you simply pass it and read something else???? #i don’t understand the point of hate reading something #why read something that’s going to purposefully upset you? #why go into something when you know full well you’re going to hate it? #your life is going to be so much better when you start consuming things you actually like #and guess what #i like smut fics #i like writing them #i like reading them #i like taking about them #i like sharing them #they’re fun #it’s a really fun way to get into a characters head #strip them down (literally lol) and make them super vulnerable #can you do that without smut? #yes of course you can #but that’s not what i want to write or read 😈 #but honestly so many people fighting for justice are just cyber bullies lmao #like bruh we had assemblies about people like you 😂 #sulley speaks #fan fic talk

[terrifique]

every week i am reminded that there is no freak-free zone within this fandom

#people are being online harassed on tumblr for writing fic #people on twitter are getting doxxed and mass reported for sharing opinions #why are we monitoring and surveilling people we don't like/agree with in 2023???? #no one should be allowed to watch this show if this is how they're gonna act #please find something constructive to fill your time with instead #its well past the point of getting weird #text #me

[smallblueandloud]

at some point do i just start. posting the almost 10k i have of the aos ds9 au despite the fact that i'm pretty sure it's never going to be fully finished?

the format/tone lends itself pretty well to a bunch of tiny chapters so i think it would be fun to post it that way...?

#i would still love to finish the 3rd chapter of the dog park meetcute au because like. it's basically done? #so i'm probably going to wait for that one #but the ds9 au is like less than 2/3 of the way done and it's probably never gonna get much further #i don't like having unfinished wips up but like. you're a candle in the window also exists and will also probably never be finished :( #that fic is my baby so i'm sad about it but it's the truth :( #sb and l rambles #sb and l is writing #aos ds9 au #i just!! AAA i have so much drive to write/share writing these days and NO TIME AT ALL #this is why we write oneshots. i say having fully planned the ds9 au to be a oneshot even though it again is [checks notes] 10k