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beanghostprincess · 4 months

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Sanuso Childhood Best Friends AU in which Sanji ends up in Syrup Village because the Orbit has to stop there for a while. They send little Sanji to buy food on his own with a bit of money (or, just, do whatever until he has to meet the crew again. They're a bit careless with the kid) and he meets Usopp when he sees the younger kid trying to steal food from the market. Usopp gets caught easily and the stand owner tells him to go away. Usopp replies with something along the lines of "If you don't give food to the great captain Usopp I will just send all my allies to destroy your business!!!" but it doesn't work (quite obviously) and the guy just ignores him. That just makes Usopp start begging because he doesn't have the money to buy anything and he doesn't want to go to Kaya's again. Besides, he doesn't want to go to the people who usually help him out because it's embarrassing and he doesn't want them to know. It's better to just either steal from this guy or beg. That makes 9 y/o Sanji's heart ignite with a passion and strength he didn't know he had inside, and he approaches the kid, staring intensely into the man's eyes and saying (with the angriest voice a 9 y/o can make) "Food exists to help the ones who're hungry!! You don't deserve this job!!" and the man stares down at him (Sanji's literally shaking, poor boy) saying that food is business and nothing else. And if he doesn't have anything to buy it with, he can go fuck off along with little long-nose. Usopp is amazed by Sanji's bravery and heroic behavior. Sanji hands him some beris, starts listing some stuff he has on display, and buys it. The man just has to give him the stuff, after all, but once he does he looks at Sanji like he's about to murder the kid. Despite being visibly shaking, little Sanji turns around at Usopp, his tiny hands being barely enough to grab everything he's carrying. So Usopp helps him, and they get out of there as quickly as they can once the man starts shouting at them.

They run for a while until they end up finally far enough to not see the man. Usopp is catching his breath when he turns to Sanji. "That was great! I- I could've handled it on my own, of course, the guy was super afraid of me, but-" And then Sanji just- He starts crying so damn loud. Usopp is completely lost as to why he's the one crying, but Sanji is literally shaking like a leaf and Usopp doesn't know what to do. "What's wrong?! I- Did- Did he hurt you or-"

"It was so scary!!" He holds the food tighter to his chest and tries to hold back the tears. "And- And he was so loud- I- Why were you arguing with him, dummy?!"

Usopp is, uh, a bit confused by the change of tone and meaning behind the kid's words. But he keeps crying and crying and shaking and Usopp can't help but feel awfully lost. "And why did you come to help? I had everything under control, you know?!" He really didn't.

"Because I-" He tries to wipe the tears away but they just keep on falling. "I'm a cook. I don't like it when people treat food like this. Especially when people are hungry." That catches Usopp a bit off guard, Sanji calming down for a few seconds before the crying starts again. He really tries hard not to cry. Like a man, or whatever. But his lower lip is betraying him. "He was so loud." Usopp really, really wants to do something to help, but right when Sanji says this, somebody riding a bicycle passes right behind Sanji, so close and loudly it makes him jump and sob harder. He makes himself even smaller. "Make it stop!" And so, of course, Usopp, as the hero of the village and bravest pirate and warrior of the seas, he takes Sanji's hand and leads him somewhere the older kid can't see because he refuses to open his eyes. But Sanji asks anyway, with the softest and smallest voice ever. "Where are we going?"

Usopp squeezes his hand. "You're a cook, right?" He turns his head around to Sanji, but doesn't stop walking. A huge grin shows up on his face when he sees the kid nodding. "Then you're gonna have the privilege to cook for the great Captain Usopp!"

And-

Usopp swears to this day that he will never forget Sanji's laughter at that moment. "A captain?" And it's like all his worries suddenly faded away with the simplest of lies. Usopp doesn't know if he's being genuine or if he's making fun of him, but the kid's smile makes his hands sweat. "Then I better make a meal worth of a king!"

Long story short, Usopp takes Sanji to his home and lets him cook in his very lonely and depressing kitchen. While the kid works, Usopp can't help but stare at him with impressed eyes. Sanji, on the other hand, has never felt such a rush when cooking for somebody. Not ever since- ... Mom. They talk about that too. They learn everything about each other. Usopp tells Sanji about his dad being a pirate and his mom passing away not long ago. He tells him about how the village and his best friend Kaya help him out most of the time, but he refuses to keep being so dependent on them, even if he has to beg strangers. He tells him about all of the adventures he's had and how people call him a liar out of jealousy. Sanji often believes what the kid says, being the naive kid he is, but he's smart enough to always think twice and realize that, okay, Usopp's stories might not be true, but if they make him happy, then they make Sanji happy too! If his dreams are told in the form of lies, it's kind of like Sanji's wish to find the All Blue. And so he tells Usopp all of that too. He skips the whole, um, family thing to talk about his dream. He tells Usopp about wanting to be a cook because of his ill mom (something they have in common!!). He tells him about his abilities in the kitchen! He keeps saying he'll be the best cook in the east blue!

It's nice having a friend. Usopp thinks Sanji looks really young for being two years older than him, and Sanji complains about Usopp being taller when he's younger. But it's nice, after all, to be with somebody who doesn't want to take anything from you.

Sanji's food is surprisingly good for a kid his age, and he's really glad Usopp likes it because he's been practicing for a whole year with the crew! Even if he makes the simplest of dishes, he's really proud of himself when Usopp won't stop praising him!

One thing leads to another, and when Sanji's crew finds him, they tell him they have to stay for a long while because their ship needs repairing and it's pretty grave. Sanji wishes he could say he's disappointed and sad, but he looks behind him at Usopp, and it kind of feels exciting to stay.

So they grow closer.

Sanji is always going back and forth between his ship and Usopp's home, but he barely spends time with his crew the days he stays in Syrup Village. Most of the time he even sleeps with his new friend! Sanji cooks for him and borrows money for them to buy the ingredients, explaining to Usopp everything that is to know about them. Usopp, on the other hand, is awesome at fishing, so they spend whole days at the beach trying to catch their food. It's the most fun they've ever had in their life. Usopp stops feeling lonely, and Sanji finally finds somebody who loves him for who he is. Usopp shows him beetles and insects and finds out that they make Sanji cry... He isn't proud of this, but sometimes (only sometimes) he places bugs on Sanji's way so he can save him. Sanji calls him his hero with the shiniest of looks, and Usopp just- He feels really warm inside. Sanji is always going to his crew to ask them about new recipes and things to learn while they're there, and he always makes them for Usopp because every praise about his food goes directly to his heart. They just keep on enjoying each other's company and many talents. Usopp even introduces him to Kaya! She's the cutest girl Sanji has ever met (not that he has ever met other girls besides his sister) and he's a bit jealous because it's obvious she likes Usopp, the guy just doesn't notice! If little Sanji isn't sure of who he's jealous of, that's something he refuses to think about.

"We're best friends." Sanji once says.

That gives Usopp the courage to respond with: "Then, when I become the bravest pirate of them all, you'll be my cook! You- You will, right?"

"Of course!" Sanji doesn't think he has ever smiled this much in the short period of time he has been alive. "Captain Usopp and the best cook in the East Blue- No! In all the seas!"

Loneliness is a word that now feels foreign to them.

But then, of course, Sanji has to go.

They promise to see each other again. They will, someday.

Sanji asks Usopp to come with them, though, but Usopp refuses.

"Come with me, Usopp! It's your chance to become a pirate!" (Don't let me go).

"I- I'm already a pirate, Sanji! Did you forget? I need to stay to protect this village from any harm and evil pirates that aren't like me!" (I'm so scared that not even wanting to go with you helps my legs move).

"But you said I'd be your cook!" (You promised).

"You'll always be my cook! And I'll always be your-"

"What kind of captain lets his cook go?!" Sanji yells, but he's the one crying the most.

"Sanji! Please! I- I'll do it. I'll sail someday and we'll see each other and we will be together but- But not now." The shame in Usopp's voice is obvious, and he can't tell lies from promises anymore.

"But I- What if-"

"I'll find you. The sea will bring me to you, don't worry! I told you I'm so good at fishing because I can speak their language, right? I'll just- I'll just send you messages through the sea! Just talk to the fishes and they'll tell you all you need to know. I'll always be with you!"

That, at least, makes Sanji laugh. "Liar. I know you can't speak-"

"But I'm not lying when I say we'll see each other again! Really! Believe in me!"

And Sanji has no other option but to believe.

Usopp tries to live years and years without regretting his decision that day, failing miserably. And Sanji keeps trying to talk to fishes even if he knows it won't work. He even asks some of them to save him (to tell Usopp they might not see each other again, at least) when he's stuck at that damn rock with Zeff, but they don't do anything. They don't even talk back at him. But he keeps believing for a while.

Until someday a gorgeous pirate asks him: "You're not in any crew, right?" Because she apparently wants him to go with her. And he would. He really would. But he owes too much to Zeff. So much he can't give it up. Not even for a girl, even if it hurts.

Her question is more painful than denying her the pleasure of being her cook, though. Because he has to respond with: "Huh? I- No. Had a captain once, though... Not that it matters now. Just- Not anymore."

When Luffy asks Usopp to come with him, he can see the shape of their long-lost best friend in Kaya's eyes. She always knew there was more between them than what they wanted to admit, but then again, they were just kids, so she couldn't really know at the time. Usopp hates having found out so late about it, but now this is a chance he won't waste. He can accomplish his dream and fulfill his promise at the same time!

And they do find each other, earlier than Usopp was actually ready for. Sanji drops a glass of wine when he sees him. Usopp basically trips and falls over the table and makes Zoro's food fall on his lap. Sanji's eyes never move away from him.

There's a long silence and a few weird looks being shared between the rest of the crew, but Usopp can't help but smile. He's extremely scared of what Sanji might say.

"I told you I'd find you, didn't I?" He tries to sound confident, but his voice falters.

Sanji can't stop smiling. "Took you long enough, captain."

Nami almost chokes on her food. "CAPTAIN?!" And the other two share the same startled expression.

But Usopp doesn't look at them. He's still over the table. It definitely looks ridiculous. "You- You're taller."

"And your hand is ruining my Quiche Lorraine." Sanji groans. "Could you not-"

"I'm sorry! I- I'm sorry. But don't speak to your captain like that!"

Nami interrupts him. "I thought you were lying when you talked about this guy!"

Oh. So he has talked about me. Sanji pretends he isn't forcing his heart to slow down.

So he just smirks at the redhead. "To be fair, madame, even if he tends to lie a lot-"

Nami rolls his eyes. "No shit, I figured."

But Sanji keeps going looking at Usopp. "Even if he does, he also keeps his promises."

By the way, you have to imagine them like this:

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taffingspy · 9 days

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RS3's story problems these past few years is a great example of "boring characters cannot carry a good plotline"

#spy's talky things #a clannie is going through egwd in timeline order atm and so i am once again stuck thinking about these things #like the plot points of egwd/zamorakian civil war/fort are all fine #(barring a few character-specific plot points that suck ass + the presentation of those plot points leaving a lot to be desired)#the characters are so ungodly boring. like i just do not give a shit about any of them #and the characters we had lost a lot of development in the ending of edwd and instead became flat #there is a sincere problem if the player characters is saying ''i couldnt have done this without you all :)''#and i watch the scene like ''who the fuck are half these people''#great characters can carry a dogshit story but a great story cannot carry boring characters #you know... is it any wonder lorehounds who like to write essays are still on board with the lore #while those who wrote fanfic/drew fanart have fallen off #one is fact oriented and the other is character driven #i love writing a good essay in the tags <3 #add: to everyone reblogging this and adding their own tag essays please by all means keep it up <3

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messysketchyobeyme · 1 year

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"I'm obsessed with you."

The soft clacking of your keyboard abruptly stop as your fingers freeze in the air. You peel your eyes away from the screen to look at Asmodeus, who was sitting across from you.

He's leaning forward with his chin resting against the palm of his hand. He twirls his pink, glitter pen in his other hand, no doubt to show off his freshly manicured nails. They're purple and sparkly today. A bold choice.

His fingers stop momentarily. "Utterly obsessed," he says before resuming.

You glance down at his paper. It's blank.

You return to the essay you had been writing. "I know," you say. You've been struggling with Seductive Speechcraft recently, so it's imperative that you ace this assignment. You don't need any more distractions.

Asmodeus sighs. It's long and dramatic, practically begging for you to pay attention to him again. You refuse to take the bait.

He sighs again. It's shorter this time, more irate. "I wish you were half as interested in me as I am with you," his tone is so sickly sweet that you barely notice he's whining.

You continue typing, but you know better than to ignore Asmodeus entirely. Bad things could happen. "Why?" You ask, only half paying attention.

That must have hit a nerve because his next sentence is high-pitched and curt, "Because it's not fair!" Asmodeus slams his pen down before reeling himself back. He clears his throat, returning to his honeyed persona, "I mean, I don't think it's fair that I am so hopelessly in love while you get to be all cool and unfeeling."

You pause, trying to think of a synonym for the word potion. "I'm not unfeeling," you say. You return to your work when you remember that the word elixir exists.

"I know," Asmodeus starts writing on his piece of paper. You silently commend him for finally starting his school work an hour after meeting you in the library. "But don't you think we're destined to be together?"

"No."

He puffs out some air. "But you're the only human--entity--" he corrects himself, "that my powers don't work on. The only person that I want but can't have. Don't you think that means something?" He twists the cap of his pen around.

"No."

Out of the corner of your eye, you notice that he has doodled his and your name in large, swoopy letters surrounded by a dozen hearts. You shake your head.

Asmodeus sits back and crosses his arms. "Oh, you're such a bore," he says. He lightly kicks you underneath the table. You don't retaliate. He pauses, waiting for you to respond. When you don't give him that satisfaction, he grabs his D.D.D. and starts tapping away. After a minute, he asks, “Do you mind if I take a selfie? I haven’t updated my story in two hours.”

“Go ahead,” you say. You take a short break to look up a word in your textbook before you continue working on your essay. At this rate, you should be done within an hour.

He hums, but doesn’t move. He’s still typing on his D.D.D. with a bored expression on his face. A few minutes of silence only filled by the quiet sounds of your keyboard and the whispered chattering of the other patrons followed. Asmodeus frowns. He doesn’t look upset per se, but...

You flex your fingers over the keys. “I still like you,” you say. You close your laptop, placing it away in your bag.

Asmodeus perks up. His eyes sparkle under the harsh library lights. “Really?” He whispers. He puts his phone down.

You laugh under your breath, “Yes, really.” You sling your bag over one shoulder. “Do you want to go get some coffee?” you ask, holding your hand out, “All of this work has tired me out.”

He nods and intertwines his fingers within yours.

#Obey Me #Obey Me Asmodeus #Obey Me MC #Asmodeus x Reader #Fanfic #Instead of writing my essay #I am writing about writing an essay

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tatumrileyslover · 5 months

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If my college essays were fanfic, I’d have them all done by now

#how tf am I struggling to write a 2k essay when I breeze through that when it’s fanfic #tbosas #tbosas x reader #the ballad of songbirds and snakes x reader #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games x reader #the hunger games #the hunger games fic #tbosas fic #the ballad of songbirds and snakes fic #fanfiction #scream fanfic #scream x reader #scream fic

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lazuliquetzal · 10 months

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i want to hear the sports anime manifesto

Okay short version:

My life was a sports anime for a bit, and watching sports anime makes me nostalgic for those days.

Medium version:

The typical shonen sports anime deals with themes of camaraderie, ambition, and the intersections of camaraderie and ambition, which ALWAYS hits me right in the chest.

I'm not an ambitious person by nature, but--you know that one poem floating around on here, the one about the moth that wants nothing more than to fly into the flame, and how it would be nice to feel that kind of all consuming passion? Yeah, that's the feeling I get from sports anime.

And often, for the Team Sports anime, you'll get characters who have nothing in common except that they Love the Same Thing--a friendship/rivalry/(romance) formed on the basis of a shared interest. That's sweet as hell!

And they're super predictable and low stress for me. Very easy to watch! Total popcorn shows. Also I like listening to people infodump about their passions. Someone loved their Sport so much they wrote a whole-ass story about it, so yeah, eat that shit up.

Long version:

The Socioeconomic Inequalities of High School Sports

In high school, I was on a crappy underfunded soccer team (with a healthy dose of sexism) and due to [sports league division reasons] the schools we played against were almost exclusively private schools.

I cannot describe how existential it is to be wearing a hand-me-down formerly white-turned-disgusting-gray uniform that's at least five years old when playing against a team that gets brand new windbreakers every season.

(If you've read AAB, YES this is where my obsession with the windbreakers comes from.)

(Hilariously, the guys team got windbreakers but we didn't.)

(I am not over the fucking windbreakers.)

But anyway, when you're constantly losing to private schools you get this fucking complex about it.

This should come as no surprise but like. People with the time and resources to practice their Thing get good at their Thing.

Playing pick up soccer at the park is practice. Playing rec league soccer is organized, repeated practice.

Playing competitive club soccer is all of that, plus a coach who knows How To Coach and What The Sport Is, plus you get morale-boosting uniforms and the chance to play with and against other skilled players. So you're exposed to a lot more, and thus, you learn a lot more.

Competitive club soccer is also Expensive. Rich kids get good.

There's a reason why the "Powerhouse School" is a thing in sports anime, because it's a thing in real life. People with leisure time and money get to invest in their sports development, and everyone else gets left behind in the dust. It's basically a microcosm of capitalism.

The underdog sports story is (quite tragically) bootstraps propaganda. All you have to do is be really good and work really hard and have A LOT OF PASSION to get good at your sport! The cream rises to the top! This is a meritocracy! Let's ignore all the other factors that go into an individual's development as an athlete!

(My brother got scouted for club soccer as a kid. He actually went to tryouts and got offered a spot and a scholarship and everything, but there's SO many hidden fees after the initial registration. Uniforms, equipment, travel and accommodation, tournaments, plus like, the time sink, so we never signed him up. And equipment-wise, soccer is one of the cheapest sports you can play--just imagine the price for something like baseball or hockey.)

In sports anime, there is no reform. There is no revolution.

But sports anime isn't really about that. It's about the narratives we create when we convince ourselves that we deserve to win.

(You know what I mean. Every billionaire is convinced they're some sort of heroic underdog. The same exact kind of 'working your way up' narrative.)

Sports anime is like, the uncomplicated power fantasy of playing the game. It's a world where you are rewarded for your hard work, because it's narratively satisfying. It's a world where it's safe to want things, because you have the exact same chances as the private school kids.

I used to be an obnoxiously competitive child. Then I got all my competition beaten out of me by 3 straight years of constant losing in my clownagerie of a high school soccer team (affectionate). I am going to admit that experience made me a better person and I would not trade it for anything, but I also had to like, relearn how to want things. And maybe real life is not as equal opportunity as the world of sports anime, but I think it's good to want things.

Of course, the winner-loser dichotomy makes sense in sports because of the inherent nature of competition, but it doesn't make sense in stuff like society and economics because that's like, competing over the right to live. That's where the capitalism metaphor ends,

Does sports anime actually go into the socioeconomic inequalities of sports? No. Of course not. Giant Killing never got a season 2.

But it is something I think about when I write sports anime fic. Even if it's not the point, it influences my characterization. The ego of a prodigy character in a shitty sports program is different from the ego of a prodigy character in a rich kid sports program. I am obligated to my amateur attempts to capture the complexities of the high school sports environment in my fanfiction because I am fucking insane I had a specific high school sports experience and they do say to write what you know.

#MEG I SWEAR TO YOU I WILL READ TANGERINE AT SOME POINT #I have so many thoughts about sports anime which is tragic because sports anime is not that deep #it is never that deep #part of the reason why I got so sucked into Daiya is because of the powerhouse school setting #and the fact that Eijun was so obviously lost because he never had that kind of organized system before #people give Seidou a lot of shit for 'not helping Eijun' enough but genuinely it's because he has NO CLUE how to reach out #I poured so much brainpower into Eijun's backstory in my brain it's embarrassing as hell #*shaking fanfic authors by the shoulders* YEAH THE CUTTHROAT COMPETION SUCKS BUT YOU DONT FIX IT BY SENDING HIM TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL #I also am the only person who understands Miyuki Kazuya (exaggeration)#everyone gives him shit for the Nabe thing and look. yes he was wrong.#but I was once in that same exact situation and responded exactly the same way #Daiya no Ace is not about friendship #it's about Ambition #and people tend to make Eijun the sweet sentimental sunshine friendship guy #but he has JUST as much cutthroat ambition as Miyuki #that's why they work. that's why they understand each other #there's a whole essay I could write about Misawa but it's basically just chapter 18 of AAB #anyway if you want to watch a sports anime that does the Healthy Ambition and the Friendship Thing in the most wholesome way possible #watch Haikyuu. it really is the perfect sports anime.#shame the fanfic is 99% ship because the sports aspect of it is SUPER sweet #asks #jumpstrike #I'm answering jumpstrike but Tav I hope you see this too #lazuli talks #sports anime

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rollercoasterwords · 1 year

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hate 2 be the bearer of bad news but i fear that discourseposting about how it's misogynistic that wlw ships don't get as much attention in this fandom is neither helpful nor productive....no yeah cause like fanfiction is a hobby and not a commodity....no so yeah so it's like when you start assuming that there is any baseline of deserved or owed "representation" then u are approaching the issue with a consumer lens....mmhm no yeah so like if u genuinely feel the need to do something to bring more attention to wlw fanfic u can either share recs for wlw fanfic u like or u can write it urself....yeah no exactly and when u position the creation + consumption of wlw fic as Morally Superior u are inhibiting ur own ability to approach fanfiction as a community space....

#much more to say on this but.#UGH #trying 2 decide whether it's worth it 2 write an essay #i am just getting so so sick of seeing the same discourse over and over again that does nothing valuable except virtue signal :/#and it's all couched in such progressive language that it SEEMS good and useful #but ultimately reinforces consumer dynamics in fanfic + fandom spaces #ranting and raving #txt

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mothsakura · 5 months

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exhibiting roadkill behavior rn (i cannot keep writing because i have plotholes to fix, i cannot fix plotholes because i cannot keep writing, i cannot draw because i want to fix plotholes and therefor cannot draw before they are fixed. i have nothing to post. i DO have something to post but that requires for me to write out the RC au lore first as it will make more sense with context.)

#i love making aus and stories but creative writing has never been my strong suit #i can write a whole ass essay for school tho so if you guys need an essay to finish i got you (I AM JOKING OMFG I AM JOKING)#(DO NOT MAKE ME WRITE YALLS ESSAYS I ALREADY GOT PLENTY OF ESSAYS TO WRITE DURING SCHOOL!!!!)#i wish i got the “good at writing” trait ...#like imagining a story is no problem but writing is messed up!! how do ya'll do that!!!!#do not let me ever write a fanfic if i try to do that in the future.#maybe i should've made comics instead #would be easier #but also i did try to make comics and it was a pain in the ass!!

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baejax-the-great · 1 year

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Sometimes I think writers are more prone to the "If I'm not perfect at this on the first go, and if I don't get incredibly popular immediately, it was pointless and I quit forever."

I totally get that impulse. I have it, too.

Writing, like anything, requires practice and time. I think this is difficult to internalize, because unlike art, the difference in quality is not immediately obvious to your eyes. Two chunks of writing side by side just look like two chunks of writing.

I think I was writing for three years before I felt like my writing was noticeably better than my earlier stuff AND I had started writing much more quickly. That is a long time to wait to see improvement. Moreover, that improvement wasn't reflected in my AO3 metrics at all, because I had gone from writing a more popular ship to a less popular one (and from there a rare pair, hah!). If popularity had been my goal, then improving my writing was far less important than writing ships and tropes with wide appeal.

I started drawing in 2020, and I'm still terrible at it (which absolutely reflects my lack of dedication to practicing). I think for me, the difference was I had never picked up a pencil with the intention of drawing something, so that first monstrous picture I made wasn't discouraging at all. I was surprised I was able to make anything that looked remotely like a person.

Most of us have been writing in some form since we were children, even if that writing was never specifically fiction, so we feel like we should be automatically better at it than a 30yo who picks up a marker for the first time and can't draw a straight line. But writing a story is a different skill than academic writing, and much like drawing, if you don't practice it with some regularity and intention, your improvement won't be that noticeable.

This is not meant to discourage people by saying you have to write for an hour a day if you want to be any good at it. I don't believe that. My point is more that when nobody likes my fail-drawings, my reaction is pretty much, yeah, not surprising. I'm drawing for niche fandoms and I still have a ways to go before my compositions have any sort of universal appeal. Popularity and "success" (whatever that means) was never the point.

I could choose not to post any of my drawings until I'm an expert some ten years from now or whatever, but I don't really mind if my flops are out there on the internet. I drew them with love.

Writing is much the same. And if the love is there, others who share that love will find you.

#do I just wake up and write essays now?#on random shit?#is this who I am?#on writing #fanfic #also I think everyone underestimates the effect of having a large following #like we all know this intuitively on tumblr #if nobody reblogs #nobody sees it #and the more people following the more liikely a reblog etc etc #ao3 is the same in that user subscriptions will get you readers immediately after you post #even if you switch fandoms #AND there is some number of people who are reluctant to try authors until they hit some arbitrary metric #so if you have user subs you are not only getting them reading BUT more likely to pull those randos by seeming popular out the gate #not to mention whatever rec'cing happens behind the scenes #popularity is a fickle beast with so many components and I wish people didn't use it to hurt their own feelings when it came to writing #anyway it's a hobby who gives a shit if you suck at it like write the words it's fun

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wqnwoos · 3 months

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i need to write something before i go insane

#i am not talking abt fanfic sorry guys #i have 3 essays in mind i want to write and also i need to journal or something and also need to finish a poem i started recently #hana’s babbles

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circuses-and-childhoodtrauma · 1 year

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I am Rhys Montrose’s number one fan he is so silly and sexy and I love him

#rhys montrose #he is the moment #you season 4 #you netflix #goldrose #supposed to be draftin an essay and instead I am writing goldrose fanfic

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valeovalairs · 7 months

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Procrastinating on school is a bad idea, especially when you have a 1200 word essay due on Tuesday and you’ve only written one sentence, but I’ve been staring at it for so long and I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing or what to do that I might just stop

and write fanfiction instead.

that sounds like a good idea.

#My brain hurts #why did we chose such a difficult topic #Why am I taking this CLASS #It was entirely optional #1200 words for an essay is hard but 10k+ words on a fanfiction is easy peasy #The current chapter I’m writing is already 2k words #school #high school #i want to cry #when the APs start APing #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #I’ll be so much happier writing fanfiction #But my essay #I’m going to TRY to work on it a bit more

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kiragecko · 7 months

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Okay, Les Mis fans.

I am dealing with the painfulness of hope, and grudgingly choosing to love myself. Accepting that the world can be awful, but it's worth it to believe in things getting better. Y'all have the BEST fic with those themes. Can you guys give me some recs?

Modern AUs ONLY. I'm not strong enough for the source material, and period fic ... tends to acknowledge canon too much.

I usually end up reading Enjolras/Grantaire, but only because that has the highest chance of Grantaire and Eponine's issues being both acknowledged and respected. I'm way to aroace to actually care about the romance, but I do enjoy the underlining friendship (and antagonism) in their relationship when its done well. I love friendship.

Building on the friendship bit - the other characters should show up. Ignoring all their relationships to focus on the romance is very uninteresting to Geckos (me).

Someone who knows how to write kids having Gavroche show up as a side character is amazing. Let's not focus on that kid's awful life, but having one of the characters making it a bit better means a lot.

Bahorel is pure joy. I love how you guys write him. So great!

Enjolras being obsessed with justice is necessary. Him being a balanced human being is far too OOC for me. Autism being implied ... no. I don't want him to be implied to be autistic. I want him to be written by an autistic person who feels no need to acknowledge WHY they relate to him. (This isn't necessary. It just improves things, in my opinion.)

World Ain't Ready, by @idiopathicsmile is my favourite example. But it's been a while, and I didn't understand bookmarks back then, and I don't remember what else I read.

Can y'all help me?

#les miserables #les mis #fanfic #fanfic recs #my les mis fandom essay:#les mis attracts the type of people who intimately know how awful the world can be #and who still hope for a better world #these fans then go out and write fanfic from that perspective #and it is the most thoughtful empathic fanfic out there #I am not attracted to the pollen of canon #only the honey produced from that pollen

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yourebeingsilly · 7 months

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for scientific purposes exclusively i would love to eavesdrop on aziraphale and crowley discussing stephen sondheim’s “assassins” over dinner after premiere

#one might think this is oddly specific #i however have a reason to be thinking about that #the reason being my academic essay on assassins which i wrote for uni last year and am trying to adapt for a conference now #which was and stays one of not many academic papers i’m proud of writing #now that i’m thinking about it (again)#maybe this would do as a fanfic idea #ineffable husbands #good omens

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lloydfrontera · 1 year

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all that being said, silurian and javier dating??? since uh fucking when?? i'm not upset at the idea actually but like??? did i miss something???? did i skip that paragraph accidentally??? i don't remember?? that being a thing?? the tragedy of silurian wasn't that she was killed off for javier's man pain but that she was a courageous young girl who sacrificed her life for that of her people when they were betrayed by someone they trusted

there wasn't any need to make her be romantically involved with the main character because her dying was tragic enough just for the fact that she was a good person who didn't deserve that

not just because she was javier's girlfriend lmao

#the greatest estate developer #the greatest estate developer spoilers #i talk a lot <3 #silurian namaran #unless i am wrong and that was a thing from the beginning but I doubt it because I reread the namaran arc so many times #to write a fanfic that i never ended up posting and i am certain i would've noticed any hint of romance between silurian and javier #if only to make lloyd a little bit jealous about it but i didn't so i have to trust my gut that this is a new development #that i will have to keep my eye on because it's so easy to fuck it up #my girl silurian was perfectly fine being single why did they pair her up what' up with that i will need an essay with cited references pls #tged

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katyspersonal · 9 months

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Idk why you get hate when your blog is one of the most honest i have come across and your lore posts are so meta that i don’t even think most bb youtubers have discovered what you have lol. Y’all just got jealous haters.

It is far not the first time I've heard explanation that people are just jealous, really :') 👍 Like... That Alfred-chan (aka Clod Frollo) simply hated me and was jealous and latched onto the first chance to justify the unending wish to remove me is painfully apparent at this rate. Inventing up bigotry, harm and opinions that were never there to get the chance to declare someone you hate a "witch" is the oldest trick in the book! If you convince people the person is bad and harmful, you are automatically justified to treat them however you want.

It might be my lore, because they were really mad at the fact that I write essays on multiple occasions? Like, they try to paint it as me "having no life" or "being mad", but. dude. dude you are projecting. If the only way you could write essay on a topic you care about is abandoning all your chores and needs and/or getting mad at someone, then I have bad news for your intellect? :/ This is a very common attitude from people that cannot say anything interesting on their own and just post the same two-sentence brainlet takes about how much male characters/fans suck or how their [LGBT headcanon] is the only true interpretation and everyone who disagrees can't analyse media. 🤔 So how can they feel better about not having as many interesting headcanons or good theories? They've picked the low-effort way - to attempt destroying the value of "lore essays" by painting them as a bad thing! I will be real tho - they've gotten like, two asks about their headcanons in a lifetime (both about the same character, ironically) and shown that they CAN post something good when they want to, so eventually it is the matter of choosing low-effort way. Destroying is easier than creating!

It could also be freedom, and honesty, like you said. Some people's only trump card is being """good"""! Some people think if they put 'transphobes DNI' in their bio and regularly seek to call out bigotry that isn't here they are automatically a good person who is now allowed to stalk, harass, be toxic in general and push even genuinely innocent people under the bus. But I do not have to compensate for lack of personality and latch onto any ideology or activism - I am already a pretty awesome and interesting individual on my own. 😎 Not to mention how they have to put on the hard show of fighting "for the common good" to keep their following engaged, meanwhile I still have very genuine and deep support even despite my honest fuck-ups (forget the fabricated accusations!). I don't have any other theory than them knowing (maybe subconsciously) that by surrounding themselves by witch-hunters ideological soldiers, they've trapped themselves in the situation where if THEY fuck up - their "fans" will turn on them, if not cancel them. Building following based on ideology instead of shared interest (or one's own unique radiant personality, like mine 😎) is the worst thing you can do to yourself. Because... guess what? Correct, because that sort of people eats their own.

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I'd appreciate no more personal asks like this for some time, because I genuinely start to feel guilty talking about myself so much (in my personal blog.... hmmm logical...). But again, kids, remember - you must make your worth with cool shit like talent, great personality traits, positively encouraging others, etc and not in ideology and making up witches you could "defeat". That person has the capacity by having some nice ideas, being able to craft stuff, drawing. They could easily win all the supporters they've lost back and outgrow me by LARGE merit if they apologised, admitted mistakes and committed to cultivating positive emotions, discussions and content. It is basically so easy and it is so much cringe to take so many Ls because of jealousy and obsession?

#personal #ask replies #/drama #honestly? positive emotions are STRONGER #they're harder to create yes #but the last time i got pissed at a bad g3hrman take for example?#i combated it not with vaguepost but with creating a very wholesome poll about him that everyone liked #i am slowly turning into local toxic positivity freak i know but:#my depressed ass found it more helpful to react at the takes i hate by nurturing my takes #hate a ship? post headcanons about a ship you prefer instead!#hate a character? utilize their 'awfullness' in a fanfic or fanart or boost the character you do like #hate a take? write an essay with your counter-take without vagueblogging #why waste time and energy on a person you already 'defeated' instead of rebuilding what you've lost to do that?#my friends told me there is a demand for 'moral victory' too because i still enjoy my videogame and mutuals #and like that's against the rules i guess? hell if i know anymore #like... okay keep convincing yourself that you are harming me for 'a good cause'.#because admitting how much of a mess you've made and how untrue your accusations were would crash the narcissist won't it?#i tend to make enemies whose whole problem is them figuring out they misjudged me but they NEED to stay in denial #that person literally never admits their mistakes - not in regards to people nor in fandom/headcanons stuff #even though doing so would only paint them in a good light #dude. duuuuude. being 'always right' just makes you look like a prick. admitting mistakes attracts hella more simps trust me

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