#oh sorry work was trying to call

[tippenfunkaport]

That viral post that's going around about how people who write "book quality" mlm fic are too "normal" to publish and have real jobs so only "weird" people publish their "shitty" fanfic is so completely out of touch with reality and I am giving a massive side eye to everyone reblogging it.

Not only is it completely, easily verifiably untrue (you cannot enter any professional writing space without tripping over a dozen grizzled scifi writers who got their start by filing off the serial numbers and publishing their Star Trek fanfic even going back decades ago??? it's a whole thing?? plus how can you look at the mlm category on Amazon right now and say with a straight face that people aren't publishing shitty Spirk and Stucky fanfic??? Oh, honey...) it's also the perfect example of this kind of sneering elitism that true artists would never sully themselves by seeking profit, they do it only for the purity of the thing that always somehow leads back to, "no one should be paid to make art, actually."

The only reason you're seeing more published fanfic right now has nothing to do with the idealistic purity of your hypothetical government employee written smut of the past vs the debased scribbles of those awful straights of today and everything to do with the fact that a) self-publishing has created a voracious readership that wants a ton of content so it's become a viable, flexible income stream for many, especially disabled people b) anyone can publish now with self-publishing tools so there are less gatekeepers and c) lockdown got a lot of people into fandom and therefore writing who never tried it before.

And if you really think there's no "shitty" published mlm and no "book-quality" m/f writing out there that started as fanfic, then you are clearly not a reader so why are you even talking about this?

#love how they manipulated people into spreading that post by making it seem like a cishet vs gay thing #when the real message is OP thinks trying to sell your writing is cringe and 'weird' and 'normal people' with jobs would never #which would of course never have flown on the fandom website #so they played into the queer shipping is purer than cishet shipping puriteen thing #and it worked! #because my god people are gullible #this is the direct pipeline that leads to AI thievery #''normal' people write for the joy of it anyway so why do you need pay? you are just greedy and 'weird'!' #'oh no this isn't about who we get to call cringe and who gets to profit from art it's about um... #(quick what's a hated m/f ship?).. oh uh 'shitty' REYLO #and not our super pure uh... (spirk is still popular right? lets throw in that avengers one too to make it seem timely) stucky!' #I'm sorry if I have no sense of humor about this but the year is 2024 and people are still way too ready to sneer #about writers trying to earn a fucking living in the shittiest timeline #and i need you to look deep into yourself and ask you why it's so important to you to tell yourself that only people writing what you like #are 'normal' with real jobs and to vilify everyone else as 'weird' and 'shitty' #for trying to make an income during a financial fucking crisis #i would say sorry for ranting about this but I'm not sorry because wtf #write whatever you want #publish whatever you want #there is no moral fucking purity in what the content is #and one thing certainly doesn't make you more 'weird' or 'normal' than the other #like there is soooo much shitty mlm that started as fanfic??? #that post is 100% OP made up some guys to get mad about and called them relyos for the clicks #writing #publishing #writblr #writeblr #i wasn't going to tag this anything but you know what fuck it I'm mad #i had like 5 more tags but tumblr cut me off which is fair 😅 #fan fiction

[an-eldritch-peredhel]

You are the daughter of an angelic faerie and an elven king. You have grown up inside the only magical safe-haven of an increasingly apocalyptic land outside. You have wanted for nothing, essentially leading the perfect life, suffering and death playing little role beyond the abstract. Your father will never die, and your mother will never leave, but for tradition you are still crown princess and are educated as such. You love to dance and to sing.

You meet some kind of monster inside your mother's borders, a monster not of her or your making. It stumbled across you, dancing in the forest, bloody and travel-worn and weary and wide-eyed as it stares. You are stronger than it, but you run rather than lunge for the kill. You feel pity, more than fear. And something about him makes the part of you that you inherited from your mother sing.

He tries to follow you, for a year and a day. You are stronger, and faster, and stealthier, and you let him see you sometimes anyways. You are not convinced that he is not a monster, but nor are you convinced that he is.

Spring blooms again to the tune of your song, and you let him get closer than before until you run.

But you hear him speak for the first time. He is a speaker, and perhaps to him you are the monster. You do not run, and you do not kill.

He calls you "Tinuviel"

He calls you nightingale- a little songbird, plain and brown, with a lovely voice. They are your mother's creation, but he does not know this.

He calls you daughter of twilight- perhaps for your skin and eyes and hair, but perhaps because that is when he has seen you most.

He calls you singer- creator of the very fabric of the universe, skilled enough to deserve the title.

You are the most beautiful creature the world will ever see, the daughter of an angel and a king. He does not call you beautiful, or angelic, or princess. He calls you a singer, plain and brown, dark and distant as the approaching night.

He is bloody and travel-worn and weary and wide-eyed as you dare to step closer.

He called you nightingale.

You don't know what to call him, but you hope to find out.

#my writing #my headcanons #headcanon #silm fic #lay of leithian #beren and luthien #luthien #luthien tinuviel #beren #eldritch peredhil #second person pov #sorry but the vibes demanded it #big kudos to that one post that went #'luthien probably stopped for beren bc he called her nightingale acknowledging her skill instead of her beauty' #bc that was a big inspiration here #luthien gets a lot of my love but THE RELATIONSHIP IS TWO SIDED #BEREN MAKES HER FEEL LIKE HERSELF AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR SLANDER #also incredible vibes that luthien canonically worries beren is an orc at first afaik #like maybe problematic but. an eldritch demigoddess going 'you look like you're on my parents kill list of monsters. oh well' speaks to me #not pictured is beren trying to pull himself together w/ internal screaming bc 1) that *should not have worked* #he is as smooth as sandpaper. he is a vegan hobo bogman who talks to animals and is traumatized and hasn't showered in months #2) the Creature that is Looking At Him with its head tilted and eyes pinning and stalking closer with fangs and talons out #should be doing much more for his survival instincts and much less for his libido than it is #beren is certifiably Doing His Best and i love him #banged this out in 10 minutes in a daze of blorbo squeezing lets see if people like it lol

[hood-ex]

I have seen you talking about Dick & Dami's relationship and Dick & Tim as well,but what are your takes on Dick and Jason actually?

Like how you wish their relationship should be portrayed today and where are them missing when it comes to making those two acting like siblings?

Do you think in the past their dynamic was better?

How Dick views Jason and how Jason views Dick?

This is difficult to answer because there are like 8 different stages to Dick and Jason's relationship with various dynamics. They also view each other a bit differently depending on which stage we're talking about.

The way I would like their relationship to be portrayed today isn’t necessarily possible thanks to Jason’s integration into the family and acceptance of the no killing moral code. For me, their ideal dynamic is portrayed in Outsiders #44-46. And I know people are gonna find that regressive as hell but, tbh, that dynamic is far more interesting than the kinda awkward thing they have going on now.

Although, I don't mind that they acknowledge their brotherhood in a serious manner now. Like before they'd kinda be like, "Eh... I mean... we were adopted from the same guy but... brothers? Eh..." And now they're more firmly in the, "We're brothers," camp. So that development is interesting.

Character progression wise, it wouldn't feel right for for them to be super close in the way that, say, Dick and Tim are (unless we saw a lot of trust and relationship building between them), but at the same time, there is part of me that kind of wants them to have that older sibling bond (except Jason is closer in age to Tim than he is to Dick sooo actually let's just leave older sibling things to Dick and Cass... not that Cass is much older than Jason though so LOL this is why Dick has to lone the oldest sibling thing by himself... which is funny because Dick is technically no longer the oldest sibling, he's a baby brother now... except Dick and Melinda's relationship really hasn't progressed much sooo you could say they share blood but don't consider each other family yet, in which case, Dick is still the oldest... I mean, regardless, Dick is the oldest sibling of the Waynes... god why did they have to make all of this so difficult 😫).

#jason's like blerghhh dad always loved you best. but also hey we should work together bc you're a killer like me #and then jason's also like hey dick you were the most amazing thing i've ever seen and idk you're cool but i won't say that to you #and then he's also like hey dick i've got girl advice for you and i also need your opinion on my hair. oh now bane is trying to kill us #and then he's also like oh you got amnesia? i don't give a fuck about you and maybe i'll kill you #and he's also like oh you trust me? okay well... we're brothers and i'm gonna save you #and then dick's like oh hey kid call me if you need me. oh you died? i am literally devastated i'm so sorry #and he's also like wow you're very good at what you do but i don't trust you... okay but i trust the intel you're giving me sooo.... #and then he's like why the fuck are you dressing like me and killing people?? quit doing stupid shit!! #and then he's like jason what the fuck are you doing--let me help you!! #and then he's like kinda indifferent to jason but jason is still Ugh this family is stupid why am i here #and then dick's like ofc i'm gonna come help you if you need me but also this is awkward af and things are weird between us so bye #except not bye because i'm staying here to help you and your team #and then dick's like i'm being controlled by joker so i'm gonna kill yoooou #and then he's like eh i trust you and i'm gonna help you bc we're brothers but you literally wrecked bruce's car you numbskull #and then he's like you're doing dumb shit and i have to take you down but oh thanks for not letting the train kill me #and then they're both like meh we're doing shit w the batfam even though neither of us should be here rn #and yeah that's how it goes. that's. literally it. writers cannot keep their relationship consistent in the long term #Dick Grayson #Jason Todd #relationship analysis #anon

[themyscirah]

This is how this went right?

Parallax!Hal: I miss being a hero... wish I had my ring back

Kyle: oh well you can have mine then! That way you can have a second chance : )

Parallax!Hal: YES!!! A SECOND CHANCE TO PLAY GOD AND RESHAPE THE WORLD AS I WILL IT MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Kyle, now ringless: .................huh. im gonna be honest here I really didn't see that coming

#KYLE OH MY GOD #losing my mind at this actually WHY DID YOU DO THAT #kyle falling prey to hal's manipulation tactics (old man tears) #i cant tell i think this is supposed to be a tense emotional moment? maybe? BUT ITS JUST SO FUNNY IM SORRY #just wow #im honestly very split on this emotionally #because while i AM laughing part of me is like KYLE WHY DID YOU DO THAT YOU IDIOT meanwhile the other half is just like kyle.... <33333 that #was actually very sweet of you (ignores the 🐘 of kyles lack of belief in himself as a hero) #vs my thoughts about hal like THE FACT THAT THAT ACTUALLY WORKED. okay girlboss you really manipulated your way out of that one ahfisusish #versus like ollie did just shoot him.... maybe he was being genuine... he seemed genuine in many parts #anyways i think the answer is very much both for all of the above #like hal was telling the truth and he was hiding his intentions from kyle and trying to prey on him to get the ring #AND kyle was being naive when he gave the ring to hal but he was also showing his good heart by trying to help PLUS was very much in his #'denial of the call' phase of his hero's journey and dealing with issues surrounding having the ring #anywaysssss #kyle rayner #hal jordan #lanterns #green lantern #parallax #dc comics #blah #swishy liveblogs

[sant-riley]

MW3 SPOILERS FOR WHO DIES //

Yk what ever fucking since I saw Soap die in front of me, I have not had one moment of fucking peace y'all, this is fucking insane.

#the alarm at my job has no battery so i come in and it immediately starts BLARING and the keypad is dead so i cant turn it off. #security place calls and theyre like are you okay and im already on the verge of tears but im like yeah im fine #and i tell her hey the shit is low i cannot turn it off its not taking any input #and shes like oh okay uhhh try this #it doesnt work so shes like okay ill have to send u to tech support #i get sent over #wait time is 11 mins #before they called i called and texted my boss like hey bitch what the fuck!!! #got no answer btw #so the alarm turns off like 2 mins into the tech waiting room and i hang up and finally go inside after my ears r bleeding #boss finally gets back to me and shes like teehee sorry i was getting alcohol #michelle my suicide note is gonna have you and your business in big red bold letters #kayla shut up

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

the desire to do comms vs my inability to remember that i got a message FIGHT-

#its like 'oh a message! i will respond later' #and then later never comes cause i have no damn object permanence Or working memory #then its like... what do i even say #'hi sorry i ghosted your simple question for two days i forgot you messaged me' AGH #or especially lately #i mean to do things and then i get a New piece of distressing information about the way my life is going #which then consumes my thoughts and leaves no room for anything else #ahaha thanks! ill claw my eyes out now!! wow!!! FUCK! #trying to keep up the things i enjoy is. so tough rn #but ill flounder w/o em so! hard work that i am mostly failing at but i Keep Trying #yes i wanna do comms. yes i wanna draw. yes i wanna talk to people. can i? mmmmm...... #can't wait for this chapter in my life to be over. goddamn. #ive been in a perpetual state of intense stress since early childhood #but my fucking duck things lately have been taking the cake #absolutely unprompted #oh no this is turning into a vent post Look Away #well my mother called again last night and was all 'im getting you a car' #and uh. i started physically shaking while profusely thanking her (lying through me teeth) #GIRL!!! I DONT NEED A CAR THATS TOO MUCH RN!!! #she's always mentioning how the collective We are tight on money #and that rn i need to focus on making decisions and getting a job ill hold for like. a month #and then she slams this down outta left field??? thats so much extra stress i dont need right now??? #now i gotta worry about parking and maintaining it and gas money i dont have And And And- #i cant exactly tell her Dont Fucking Do That bc then she'll blow up in my face and call me inconsiderate & ungrateful again #me and my stepdad dont have the fucking TIME to get one! and then she was like 'oh i can always come down to help' #please dont. do not do that. i cant deal with you in person right now that sounds hellish #anyway. case in point #cant even think about messages and stuff i Want to think about bc all this bullshit is taking up my entire mind #metaphorically slamming my face into a brick wall till theres nothing left. aaaghhahsbkjadadj #its too much its Too Much everything is so much and its too much and can i be let be for two fuckin seconds please

[whumpy-wyrms]

i have a confession everyone. i am actually scared of caterpillars

#this came out of absolute nowhere but i just saw a video of caterpillars and got jump scared #i’m shaking in my boots #🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛 #AHHHH #THEY’RE SO…. #BIG AND ROUND AND HAVE GUTS THAT GO EVERYWHERE IF THEY’RE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON OR EATEN BY A REPTILE #AND THEY’RE WIGGLE AROUND AND WRINKLY AND HAVE SO MANY LEGS #AND THEY HAVE WEIRD TEXTURESSS #AND THEIR EYEBALLS WIGGLE #OR SKMETHING #I SAW A SPECIFIC CATERPILLAR ONCE AS A KID AND IT FUCKING SCARRED ME #just looked up brown caterpillar with eyes and got jumpscared again oh shit oh fuck it’s so fucking gross and scary #anyway it’s called eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillars #specifically the brown ones because that’s the one i saw as a kid #and they do this weird defense mechanism by trying to mimic snakes by sticking out a disgusting orange thing from their face and wiggling #their head back and forth and it’s fucking scary it genuinely scares the shit out of me #so i guess their defense works LOLL #BUT EWWW SORRY FOR BEING HATEFUL TOWARDS CATERPILLARS BUT THEY ARE THE ONE (1) INSECT I CANNOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR #I LIKE SPIDERS! I LOVE TARANCHULAS AND OTHER BUGS #but caterpillars… it sounds like a shitpost but i’m being serious. i literally have no other fears besides needles and caterpillars #just had to get this out there

[remythologise]

2023 fujoshi wrapped

you got baited 24 times

you debated the difference between queer-coding, queerbaiting and censorship in the comments section 4 times

you revisited fanfiction for 7 hit ships from the 2000s

you got blocked 5 times for tagging paragraphs of old man yaoi ship meta on unrelated text posts

you played 585 hours of video games for a combined total of 10 minutes of gay subtext and/or sex scenes

you judged a BL manga or light novel by its cover 948 times

you told 39 friends to watch 3 gay tv shows that are 'actually really really well written and enjoyable and not just gay' and 0 of them did

#respectively: 1) my new boss is goofy. and I enjoyed it. 5 stars. would get baited relentlessly again #2) literally like. is anything queerbaiting but supernatural and maybe parts of sherlock. up for debate. anyway I still can't believe #someone called GAME OF THRONES queerbaiting. I'm still reeling from that. #3) Oh You Know. #4) I can't believe I found out paragraphs of tags annoys people. sorry for being alive on the Paragraphs of Tags blogging website I guess. #(this is because they now show up in notifications I know. I have been trying not to post like. Personal Lore as much like I used to. #trying to keep it related!!! :( sorry for annoying people... it's just how I've always blogged...) #5) disco elysium is the joke here but the hour count really. let's be real. bg3 #6) I do have a pretty good accuracy rate on whether a BL is going to be good based on the front cover art alone honestly. you can just tell #7) AND THIS IS ONLY ABOUT DEADLOCH AND IWTV WHICH I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE SO MANY OF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED #do NOT get it twisted. 6) is about THOSE two shows. and also black sails eternally #kira for ts #bored at work. ama

[schoolsoutmp3]

If the new student midwives are not gay for ecah other, then what's the point?

#call the midwife #Tim should be gay as well #I think one of them should try and flirt with him and he's like sorry this will not work #and she's like oh thank god Nancy has been telling me just how single you are and I wanted to make her stop

[strawberry-cowmilk]

I had one of my most insane work experiences today and now I'm sure nobody in retail is safe from the rude 9-12 year old kids not just employees of stores like sephora

#nana talks #there was this girl who looked 12 at most but was probably younger with really heavy makeup and two bags from different beauty stores #and I work in a sweets store so she wanted a certain chocolate with hazelnut filling but the name she said is a coffee flavored one #so I told her I'm sorry but it's coffee and she showed me a tiktok video where the woman in the video was eating a chocolate #she wanted that chocolate but again it's coffee flavored there is no hazelnut filling in it #I politely told her she's free to try the chocolate but she called me a liar and demanded that specific chocolate with hazelnut flavor #like I'm sorry but I can't magically change the flavor #no she would not accept a different actual hazelnut flavored one she really wanted the one in the tiktok video #I told her as politely as I could to either leave or take a chocolate she would like to try because I got customers waiting #I don't got time to argue with her or take her insults #she left eventually but oh my god that was a crazy experience

[nostalgia-tblr]

actually it's Extremely Problematic that the first two Thor movies semi-successfully attempted to disguise themselves as Prestige British Period Drama when over-production of those in recent decades has led to catastrophic levels of habit destruction for the once-common Jane Austen that our parents often encountered in the suburbs and left out bowls of milk for, and to watch those films at this time of year, when many rural communities are preparing in trepidation for the annual Christmas Day Charles Dickens Adaptation hunts -

#another post that got away from me as i was writing it #sorry i guess #blame me still trying to work out why everyone calls them films 'shakespearean' despite the shocking lack of dick jokes #this time it went 'they talk weird; they dress weird; anyone who isn't british is pretending they are - OH IT'S A FAKE BBC PERIOD DRAMA' #yeah fuck it imma post this one i'm freein it from Drafts where it should perhaps have stayed but as i said fuck it

[krisget-thebanana]

So if Sayu x Near and Soichiro x Mello are both existing pairings, does that mean someone starting to ship Matt and Sachiko is all it would take to create the holy trinity of Light’s pain and suffering

#i don’t know how i came up with this i’m sorry #death note #what even is the shipname for sayu and near?? i’v been calling it sayunear but that feels kind of boring #sayunear #near x sayu #sayu x near #soichello #mello x soichiro #soichiro x mello #imagine you’re kira after the timeskip and instead of L’s successors trying to kill you they just start dating your family #and if you even try to complain your words get twisted and you get accused of being kira #“oh you have a problem with me dating your sister? is it because i’m working on the kira case and you are kira?” #it’s pretty much a lose/lose situation for him #shitpost #top ten worst posts i’ve ever made

[olive-evilo]

It’s sooo late and I need to go to bed like rn because I have work early tomorrow and whatever else (please remind me to never work a day shift after working an afternoon shift) but good god. I need to play vtmb again or I’ll go insane.

#it’s so fun and I need to try out some of the other vampire clans aside from tremere #it’s just that Wisena is my beloved. my silly. my special loser girl. #I need to develop her tzimisce au more too. she deserves a little fleshcrafting. as a treat #sometimes I combine my her with my Redfall ocs since that’s my other top media and it’s so fun. #if you were to swap them Wisena would love Redfall. very cute. Ronan and Parker would not like LA though. Parker doesn’t like cities #or vampire politics. she’d be someone’s ghoul. and anarch aligned #Ronan would be a Brujah if going by game limitations but in the broader vtm system he would likely be Caitiff #not entirely sure tho I’d have to think about it more. sorry for rambling my friends I’m just tried #oh Ronan would also be anarch. Parker wouldn’t be his ghoul since he doesn’t like the ghoul dynamics but would know/work with her boss #or whatever they call it in game. master or domiter or something idk #tig talks

[lusalemaart]

dooo tle. scrible.

#i. am on my seishin shit rn. seishit. i. cannot stop. thinking about him. #oh my god. so far im keeping up with posting my shit. woah. mostly bc ig locked me out actually but. whatever #....sittin on a mountain top well above the clouds i dont feel lik e im about todrop hanging in the palace i dont harbor any malice imma be #n up in the slums imma been up in that palace im INFINITY sacred geometry living SIM PA LY universe aligned i feel the SYNERGY #thats why they call me temple PRIEST mother FUCKA #....i...dont think you trusyt. in. my . self righteous su #i #cide #i. cry #....... #when angels deserve to DIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE #I digress #muroi seishin #shiki #alright back on my unpriv grind aaaaaahhhhhh #seishin muroi #must i try anymore i really dont want to render i just want to scribble #i really do. im tired. #actually im not done i have more thoughts. sorry gotta talk a lot. but. #i just love seishin so much. i love sunako being like HMMM sobota seems perfect. i like the authors works. i bet hes all fucked up. #judging by the way he writes he sounds AWFUL and DEPLORABLE and REVOLTING to the EYES #and then she sees him for the first time and is just like Oh you're just a Guy. You're just a regular old Dude. #makes you wonder just what exactly his published works look like #love that. emo little lad. #on the outside i am fine. on the inside i am... god why have you forsaken me.

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

kissing her licking her etc

#sorry it’s the middle of the night and i’m trying to do work but the thought of her is so distracting #nakdshdjshdh #oh i got an appointment scheduled to see a general doc soon and i bet they’ll hook me up to her again :) #then they’ll send me to a cardiologist or smth #idk if it’s my heart exactly anymore tho. i was having trouble breathing earlier. like my throat felt like someone was choking it #but it went away by the time class ended so i was like. eh. can’t be that bad #but i still get chest pain and i stood up earlier and was like wouw my heart oughhh but eh i got shit to do lmao #so much fun tho #i was thinking of housesitting for the next few days and i might still but i would be w/o a car or the internet. which i smth #but i would have access to a shit ton of manga (including dn) and two kitty kitty cats that are sooo cute #and if i downloaded everything i could do school w/o much distraction which would be so useful #but again. no car no internet. u can still call 911 w/o internet if need be but ambulances cost money #so if something happened i would be majorly screwed but whatevs might do it anyway it would be kinda useful for schoolwork u know? #i’m rambling bc it’s late and bc i’m procrastinating. i would give my apologies but it’s kinda a character trait atp

[lizbotw]

i found a folded schedule and campus map from 2014 in a book at my university’s library today. almost a decade it went untouched. my heart hurts i love life

#the pages it was between were in the chapter i needed too #sobbing #i didn’t even want to move it but i had to so i could finish working #i had to find a certain section for my prof and there weren’t any copies online #my dumbass crawling all over the shelves trying to match the letters + numbers on the call tag i found online #all the check out stamps in the front say 1999… 2001… i could cry #when i saw that i kind of just stood in the bookshelf aisle like. oh wow #in 1999 someone was just like me #except scanning and pictures didn’t exist so they had to take it to their dorm to read and had to keep coming back week after week to renew #it because they were so obsessed with writing about it for their class and couldn’t let it go #+ fighting with everyone else over the singular copy available #and then the next semester there was someone else and then… #TAKING OICTURES W THEIR PHOJE *** SORRY I NEVER REREAD #i just needed to get smth rq from the book so i left it behind after but it was so bittersweet :( like me n u are forever connected… ilu #yes i took the papers i found for. reasons. they are my treasures now