#sounds weird when written like that

[writingalice]

are you telling me people are actually silent when they read ? like they don't make dead squirrels noises as they read a really good fanfiction ? they don't cackle as if they were Macbeth's witches ?

no way. they lie.

#reading #readers life #readers problems #making noise as you read #sounds weird when written like that

[northern-passage]

one thing i find really difficult about navigating the IF space is the direct line of contact between readers and authors. we share the same space, and i think that plays a big part in this weird blurred line we have in this community and overall lack of boundaries.

for a lot of people this is a fun hobby and while i personally try to keep it... semi-professional most of the time, it's easy to get wrapped up in having fun on tumblr (or the forums, or reddit, wherever it is that you mainly post/interact) and have a lot of personal interactions with both readers and authors alike - which is fun! i like it more often than not, but i also think that's why a lot of comments in this space can end up being really entitled, over-familiar, and inappropriate.

it's no secret that most authors get really weird messages on here, and while this is also a problem on social media at large and not just specific to IF tumblr, it is still definitely a big problem in this community.

and to be clear i'm not saying that you can't be friendly with authors or readers (i've become friends with a handful of readers myself) and i definitely don't mean to imply that there needs to be a huge divide between us; that's silly - again, most authors are readers, most readers are authors, we’re just people on the internet sharing the same space. but all of us deserve to have our boundaries respected. this is my story, and we are strangers. as a general rule of thumb: if you wouldn't say it out loud to someone you just met, you probably shouldn't be saying it to a stranger online. especially anonymously.

#i also think this is why some criticisms get so messy in this space as well #authors should not always be in the same space as the readers/reviewers #and readers shouldnt be able to directly @ authors with their extremely negative reviews esp when it's subjective #(‘’i hate this’’ as opposed to pointing out genuinely harmful content or other criticism) #for everyone's sake #& on a kinda related note: speaking as someone who has been receiving targeted harassment for *checks watch* over two years now #some people really need to reevaluate the way they interact with certain media #i think IF feels very personal due to the interactivity and the customization of the mc #but not everything is written for you. and it's fine to just not like something #without sending weird harassing anonymous messages for 2 years straight to a stranger on the internet. lol #honestly criticism is another can of worms and that's not really what i'm talking about here #but i do think that's also part of the entitlement and overfamiliarity as well #so imo it's connected a little bit. something to think about #at the end of the day my advice to other authors about this is to know your limits and know when you need to extract yourself #and know that you don't have to respond to every ask #especially if it makes you uncomfortable #and im definitely not trying to sound like the authority here this is something i've struggled with as well #like i said it is hard to navigate #and authors can be guilty of this too. wanting to defend yourself or insert yourself into conversations where you shouldn't #i've done that myself #and i've also had other authors i dont know be way overly familiar with me in the past #all of this is just an unfortunate part of online community i think. but im trying to be more mindful about it #anyways. this post brought to you by the weird messages in my and my friends' inboxes lately #i just think you should not be telling authors about pesonal bodily functions in anonymous asks #as an example. lol #personal

[robotsafari]

i had a dream where something was off with riku’s shadow…

#beep boop you want fries with that #kingdom hearts #riku #(and ansem. in shadow form) #IGNORE THE MISTAKE OF RIKUS HAND AUUGHH I HATE DRAWING HANDS #riku wasnt wearing his dream drop distance outfit but i drew him with it because. well. dream LOL #its so weird like it wasnt even clear what world he was in #he was in some sort of tavern?? so maybe you’d think it was the kingdom of corona #liek the snuggly duckling but it definitely wasnt #i couldnt tell you why but trust me #it was kinda surreal that i actually had a dream about kingdom hearts. go figure #its like the hardest thing in the world to have a dream about a fixation im having #usually my dreams are trauma. and me dying. sometimes both. #and if it is about my fixation it’s usually me getting a bunch of merch of it and then i wake up and whoops i dont have it #or i just forget all of my dreams and wake up with nothing to think about. #so i like it when i have some cool bizarre shit related to my fixation happen #its funny because this sounds like something that would happen in either kh itself or someones fanfiction #i wouldnt be surprised if someone has already drawn or written about this #anyway gn i hope i have another weird dream about kh

[strangerhands]

mmmmm heyyy👁️. ive basically been gone from tumblr for over two days because ive been feeling like a shitty piece of shit. BUT. i finally saw dune part 2 and ohmygoddddd it was so so good. but yes. i was missing leto so bad the entire time. Father come back pls. i need you.

#it was so good tho #like so cool i was internally freaking out about how cool things looked #the fight scenes🤌 #the environments/settings🤌 #all of the fuckin machinery🤌 #the acting🤌 #the everything🤌 #yum #also i dont find austin butler attractive but funnily enough feyd was the only time ive found him hot😭 yes i have issues. but like. okayyy.. #i watched it alone and i wish doing things alone wasnt seen as such a weird or sad thing like. theres nothing wrong with it #sorta vent-> #but basically ive been feeling like an annoying piece of shit so ive been staying off of here for the most part #because ive been convincing myself no one likes me and everyone in my life would be better off without me😝😝 #just tee bee ehch #and idk i was just feeling like ass and was doing nothing and when i finally would go to use tumblr i was already too tired to do shit #so i just went to sleep #and i was busy today #yesterday* #and ill probably be a bit busy today too but idk maybe hopefully ill catch up a bit #idk ya boys just been hating himself like usual but not as usual bc it was worse but it is what it is #i felt a bit better yesterday though #and also my new antidepressants ive been on havent been doing shit for me so im going back to a previous one i used to be on so yea #hopefully that helps soonish idk #i never vent on here so i feel kinda bad for doing so but i just wanted to puke my thoughts here #also since im already here complaining ive just like. not written at allllllll basically like i got into my head and made myself discouraged #so. that sucks. but also nothing out of the ordinary there #why does Everything i say sound so embarrassingly depressing and pathetic hhhhhhhgggggggggggggghhhghghg #anyways yea i was doing bad im still not doing good but hopefully will be a bit better so ill be back and caught up later today or tomorrow #idk if anyone gave a fuck or noticed but i just like complaining into the void so yea #talkin shit

[sugaroto]

I confused someone with my accent 😀👍yay I now know that I do in fact have one

#i was talking about something and the word started with π but I pronounced it as μπ #and μπ-word is the same as our teacher's last name #and i repeated the word with the π sound but it sounds weird #like i know its written with a π #its just sounds weird when talking fast #sugar uni life

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#tfw youre hanging out with friends and u throw out controversial take after controversial take #like its me hi im the hater its me #u wanna hear them? i mean thrm in in like the silliest way possible. its not that serious lol #i hated h4n solo growing up and still do. i dont think i like the writing of ne1l gaim4n and only liked the 1st season of g0od 0mens #i thought the 1st season of 0ur flag was fine and didnt really like the 2nd. i dont think anyone in l0rd of the rings is hot. especially #not 4aragon. leg0las is like whatever. sam is my favorite character. i also didnt like l0rd of the rings when i 1st watched it #the gathering was a watch party for that 1st movie and i like it way more now lol. also i dont like overt romance. i like the implication #of romance. if u kiss onscreen im like 99% of thr time not interested. also while im being a hater. i dont thibk steven king is a good #writer and domt like his books. i like the idea of them. wish they were written by anyone else lol. also im too dyslex1c to read physical #books :-( which no one vibes with bc everyone's a grad student overachiever lol. and back to back it all sounds like im trying to b #contrary but i promise its maybe just that i have weird standards. like i also hated movies about animals growing up. it made me mad that #those movies were trying to manipulate my feelings. like jesus child chill tf out. i would also randomly decide i hated lots of things and #characters. some of which i stand by today but most of which im like lol chill #so idk maybe i just have bad opinions. i also wander the earth wearing outfits that i pick out bc it feels like im playing dressup #and i have unhinged options abt narut0. sas and naru fall into the 1% of kisses i care abt lmao #and unhinged options abt bleach the show. idk maybe im just kinda weird. i also study organisms that most ppl look at as globs of goo #and i used to study bits of dirt. my brain was just build ever so slightly weird. not too weird. just enough that i have quote unquote #controversial takes ans im not afraid to say them in a room full of ppl who disagree with me bc its really not that serious lol #i dunno i just think its kinda funny i guess #im just slightly weird in the least interesting way possible #unrelated #also i don't yuvk other ppls yum im just like ay not for me i guess

[moregraceful]

put 712 of the worst words ever put in a google doc tonight BUT! it is 712 more words in the google doc than i had yesterday. this fic will be more than 2k, so help me god

#the past six months have been so weird after posting over 200k last year (including the longest fic i've written since bandom) #i think i would have been fine continuing to post 1-3k one shots all year if i had not just had to request extended time off of school #but between that + having no idea if i have a regular schedule at the library + my nonprofit boss sending a harrowing welcome back #i'm like by god jason robertson we are going to take a couple of leisurely 7-10k+ strolls to get you a boyfriend or two this summer #well all that + being horrendously writers blocked on the other two longer projects lmfao oh my god #10k deep in one and every time i open the google doc a portal to hell opens up in my living room #0k into the other bc every time i open my outline another different portal to hell opens up in my shower #i get no rest. i get no peace. every morning i wake up and 5 more demons are- oh my god #bro my fucken train of thought just got completely derailed by spotify. i know i'm the last person in the world to know this but #3oh!3 and big freedia remixed rebecca black's friday?? and it's completely unlistenable?? girls what did you do #3oh!3 kill me bc no time traveler ever took their faces in hand and kissed them gently on the forehead and looked into their eyes #said ''please focus on coloradosunrise it will literally course-correct the trajectory of your career from frat house gimmick to #rowdy but respectable indie edm artists. you can remain true to your warped tour dirtbag origins but you HAVE to develop THAT sound'' #like the chainsmokers are a joke but i feel like THAT + ANGRY EMO GIRLS + THEIR TOTAL DISREGARD FOR MARKETABILITY... could have been THEM #when the piano drops?? hello?? i had so many mental breakdowns in college listening to that song they could have defined a generation #like who else is gonna get noah cyrus and ashe and gayle and olivia rodrigo's vision. only warped tour dirtbags. #me @ myself [so lovingly]: what are you talking about. how old are you #me @ myself: talk to me abt earth 2 in which 3oh!3 remixed i got so high that i saw jesus....and it whipped ass #also. i had to google how old i was. THREE TIMES last week. #the minute i turned 32 apparently i was like i'm in my mid-30s now the rest of this decade is NOT my business until i turn 38 #this post was supposed to be an uplifting reminder to myself to keep pushing forward and trying hard and to not let the rot consume me #but i think i just drove off a cliff like fully my god #i need listen to big freedia more she rules #fresno oilers.txt #another banner day in the tags with kasper moregraceful

[casiavium]

exhausted the music I like listening to so to pass time at work I've started listening to cast recordings of musicals I liked in high school. Which is fun because I haven't listened to them in a while but also not fun because I have come to the realization of just how much influence stuff like Heathers, Be More Chill, and fucking Hamilton has on my writing to this day

#also. 2010 musicals are weird listening to them again #why do they care sm about high schoolers having sex. why are there so many jokes about being gay and no actual gay people #I miss theater but now that I'm listening to be more chill specifically I'm like wow! this sucks #2010 musicals also liked joking about self harm suicide and eating disorders and I'm seeing some possible sources of why I hated highschool! #it's funny though when a character sings and I'm like damnnn. my link would say that. he has said that. fuck I made Link this character #the worst was listening to Hamilton yesterday and going oohh. that's why Ghirahim sounds like that to me mkay. #now I have to live with the knowledge that every time I've written Ghirahim has been influenced by #by third vice president of the untied states Aaron Burr in some roundabout way #also Hamilton actually is a really good musical. you guys were just mean. and my mom was a little too obsessed with it

[mechahero]

@outofthiisworld asked-🤔 THINKING FACE — what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms? oc details (accepting!)

Physically? It's stuff like tilting his head, fiddling with whatever he can get his hands on to keep them occupied, his eyes also move around the place a lot too because he usually can't stay entirely focused on one place and he's kind of used to doing that? He also kind of zones out a lot. It's not unusual to see him sitting, staring off into space. (He's usually fine though, don't worry.) His speech pattern is kind of odd, as well. At least, compared to "normal" people. So what sounds like a completely normal statement to him might sound unstructured and a bit longwinded to most people.

Additionally, if he eats a certain type of cookie and only this certain kind of cookie, he eats it with his pinkie out. He's not sure why. He's kind of always done that. And sometimes, very rarely in fact, he'll shudder. Just shudder. It's never because he's cold or internally, it's just something that happens to him. Again, he's not sure why because it's something that's always happened to him.

Internally, it's a little weird. He has to choose the soda bottle with the most bubbles he goes out of his way to avoid touching things that he thinks might feel gross and has to try not to hurl when he ends up thinking of the perceived sensation he thinks it might have anyway.

He likes the idea of filing his nails but hates the noise that comes with it, as its enough to have him shudder in disgust. Listening to music or videos does not help in the slightest, as he claims to be able to hear the nail file over them. He also sorts his pens by colors he likes and their importance, with glitter pens being sorted near the top and reserved for what he sees as very important documents or things to write. Stuff like that.

#//i might have misread this but i hope not? whoops #//sorry for the wait on this! i had to look over info bits i had written down for this #//i have so many things written out for this but i'm not trying to post a long list so here's a kind of formatted version #//i'll probably make a whole post about the stuff he does some day down the line lmao #//like the talking thing isn't all the time but it's noticeable enough for it to sound weird to people who weren't his family members #//it's like it makes sense to him when he's thinking about it but when he says it it sounds weird you know? #//he's so #//gesturing to him #//i love him and his weird little habits!! this could have been longer but oh well lol #why are you botherin' me? {answered memes} #hidden depths: {info} #outofthiisworld

[autistdazai]

three possibilities with the "you can go to neither heaven nor hell" line. either ryuk made that up for some reason (boring answer), christianity is canon to death note (why) or no one goes to heaven or hell but ryuk did riddle algebra to make it sound like light in particular wouldnt. weird line all around

#death note #tbh every line of death note sounds like it was written by a separate person #it has such a particular style to it #characters go on weird tangents for like. absolutely no reason all the time #at first it sounds like. huh wonder when thats gonna come up. and it never does #lowkey in love with it

[spaceshipkat]

idk i have thoughts about the finale but atm im not sure how to word them beyond hmm? (my tags are full of spoilers so don’t read them if you haven’t seen the finale yet)

#i need to think a bit more #and this is gonna sound weird coming from me but i wouldn’t have minded more angst? #i love angst when it’s written with a narrative purpose #like i was deranged after the end of s1 #it’s why i thought s2 would end with them separated but in love and have to fight back to each other #that angst would pull people into s3 with as much fervor as the angst after s1 pulled people into s2 #and i would have had SO much fun exploring that angst in fics #as it stands now? idk #i have another canon divergence fic in mind #(well it’s the last chapter in im starving darling but whatever) #but that angst. i just. hhhhhhhh. #like i said. complicated feelings. #and maybe i wouldn’t have minded seeing Ed and Stede have that conversation about opening the inn #it felt unfinished from Stede’s end #we spent all of ep7 watching him love being The Pirate #and then we don’t even get a conversation bw him and Ed where they talk about retiring to be innkeepers? #where Ed asks Stede to choose him over fame? #look don’t get me wrong i had such a blast with this season and loved every minute of it #but (and i’m gonna be a broken record by saying what i’ve seen others saying) it felt rushed #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #tagging those bc of my tag rambles

[ciucalata]

title: and your eyes look like coming home (1/6)

pairing: buckingham; background steddie

rating: G

summary: in which a bad date, getting drunk at brunch and some perfume forces them to finally talk about their feelings.

Closing the door behind her, Chrissy toed off her running shoes and took out her earbuds, smiling as Evie’s meows followed her to her room. Once she set down her phone and earbuds, she finally bent down to pet Evelyn before she could start literally screaming for her attention.

“We already saw each other half an hour ago, baby,” she giggles, scratching the cat under her chin. “And I also gave you food then.”

Evie meowed once again, bumping her forehead into every part of Chrissy she could reach: her knuckles, her knees, her shins. Chrissy rolled her eyes fondly at her while shaking her head. “I am not picking you up. I am still sweaty from running and your fur will stick to my skin. Robin is spoiling you too much.”

“That’s not true.”

Startled, Chrissy lost balance and almost fell over her cat hearing the voice behind her, but she managed to regain her balance quickly thanks to years of cheerleading. With a hand over her chest, she turned towards a smiling Robin.

She was standing in the doorway, her hands playing with the strings of her too big hoodie. It would have all been normal if it weren’t for the face splitting grin she had on her face. Chrissy knew that seven am was too early for Robin to either be awake or have such a big smile on her face. Something wasn’t right. Chrissy just couldn’t understand what.

Evie meowd loudly at Chrissy for not giving her attention anymore and left her for Robin, who happily bent down to pick the cat in her arms. Evelyn immediately started purring, rubbing her cheecks on Robin’s chin.

Traitor, Chrissy thought, trying and failing not to be jealous of her own cat. God, how she wished she could cuddle up with Robin like that. She didn’t let her thoughts wander further than that as she stood up, turning to face her roommate.

“Why are you so happy this morning?”

“No reason,” Robin replied too quickly and Chrissy narrowed her eyes at her. “Maybe I’m just happy to see you?”

Chrissy felt herself flush at Robin’s words, her mind going blank in a second. She opened her mouth to say something, anything, but when no words wanted to get past her useless brain, she turned around and forced out a laugh. She knew Robin wasn’t flirting with her. She had seen too many times the lovesick gaze Robin gave to Vickie at parties, had comforted her too many times when she got her heart broken by other girls and, of recently, had listened too many times to Robin waxing poems about Nancy. She knew this meant nothing but her poor heart still skipped a beat happily.

The silence was stretching out too far for it to still be comfortable, but Chrissy still didn’t know what to say to that. God, she used to be good at flirting, she used to love it, especially when it was playful. But when it came to Robin, she was out of her depth. She couldn’t playfully flirt back, because it would be too real for her. So in the end all she could do was act awkwardly till it was too much for Robin to handle and she took over worh her rambling.

As if on cue, Robin started talking about her plans for today.

“Actually, I woke up this early because Steve called while you were out running. Which made me panic because I thought he was supposed to be running with you. I almost put down the phone and ran out after you to make sure you were safe before he told me that you were out with Lucas, instead.”

Chrissy hummed to let her know she was listening while she was looking through her clothes, trying to pick out the outfit for today. “Yeah, Steve sent me a message last night telling me that he had something to do this morning and he sent Lucas in his place. Which was really nice. Lucas is way more talkative than Steve so we talked almost the whole time. He’s really a sweet kid.”

“I’m glad you had a good time,” Robin said and Chrissy turned to smile at her. It was the worst idea she ever had because while they were talking, Robin somehow made her way towards Chrissy’s bed and laid down on it, surrounded by her pillows and comforter, with Evie happily sitting on her chest. She looked so soft, Chrissy felt almost sick with longing. She turned back to her closet, willing her tears to not make an appearance. She didn’t want to cry about not being able to touch Robin’s hair in front of her.

“Thanks. You should join us next time.” She had no idea if her voice came out normal or not, but Robin didn’t comment on it, so she must have done at least a good job at pretending she was okay.

Robin’s laugh filled the room and, despite the stab of pining it brought, it also made Chrissy smile. “Not a chance, Cunningham. We both know exercising isn’t my forte. You’d have to carry me the whole way in your arm if that ever happened. Anyway, the reason Steve called is because he invited us over at their place for brunch.”

“That’s nice,” Chrissy said, finally deciding on a baby blue dress she hasn’t worn yet this summer. She took it out of the closet and turned around to show it off to Robin.

“Oh! I love this dress. It always looks amazing on you.”

Chrissy flushed once again, but she didn’t try to hide the blush this time. Instead, she smiled at Robin and thanked her.

“But isn’t it too much for bruch with just Steve, Eddie and the others?” Robin asked, smiling down at Evie while she kept purring on her chest.

“Oh, this isn’t for brunch. I already told Steve last night that I can’t come.”

“Oh?”

Chrissy put the dress down on the back of her desk chair and turned towards the shleves with her shoes.

“Yeah, I have a date today. And I wanted to get her some flowers before we met for lunch.” The giddiness Chrissy felt all week for this date was buzzing under her skin but, with Robin so close to her, it almost felt wrong.

“Oh.”

Chrissy waited for Robin to say something more, but when the silence stretched on and on, almost turning back to awkward, Chrissy frowned. She turned to face Robin once again, only this time the other girl was looking away from her. She was looking at the ceiling and biting her lip so hard, it looked painful. While Chrissy was searching her expression trying to understand what made her look like that, Robin suddenly sat up, Evie making her disapproval heard by meowing as she jumped down. Chrissy felt like something wrong happened as she followed Robin with her eyes from the bed fowards her bedroom’s door, where she stopped once again.

“Robin?”

Robin turned slowly towards her and when their eyes finally met, she smiled at Chrissy. This one felt even more wrong than the last, but Chrissy couldn’t figure out why.

“That’s amazing, Chrissy. You’ll have to tell me all about it later, okay?” Chrissy nodded, feeling like she missed something, and Robin nodded back. “I’m going to sleep some more before I’ll have to meet the guys for brunch. Have fun on your date.”

Then she left just as soon as she appeared, leaving behind a very confused Chrissy.

part 2

#ellie scrie #buckingham #robin buckley #chrissy cunningham #sorry if some parts sound weird but I haven’t written in years so it’s all rusty #idk how it turned into this mess when jt was supposed to be just fluff #anyway enjoy!!! #fic: and your eyes look like coming home

[technicolorxsn]

idk what it is but I must give off vibes that tell repressed people they can be weird around me lmao

#got a rly long rant from someonr about a game he wants to make and GOD it sounded so amazing but he kept stopping and going #'sorry thats probably really weird' or 'sorry im totally rambling too much about this dumb idea from when i was a kid' and its like NO #im genuinely so upset it doesnt exist it sounds so fucking cool #and this dude hasnt written down almost any of this!! wtf!! #he also ended and said i was the only person he ever told about it and that not even his brother knew :(( #which is so sad its so cool!! and he was so passionate!!! #wondering if i can bug him for more details n draw some fanart....... but that might be too much

[sleepknoot]

"Giving your canon muse the same pronouns you use or making them trans is making them into a self insert. :/"

If you're a cisgender mun and you write your canon muse as cisgender, you're making them a self insert. Especially if they're the same gender as you :/. See how some of ya'll sound? Lmfao

#A self insert character is when a character is a self insert. #The weird ''anti-woke'' people have been popping up in the RPC and some of the shit they say is as asinine as you'd think. #''There's nothing wrong with writing a white muse unu'' As somebody who has written an entire family of white OCs for more than a decade... #Never has anybody come into my ask box or DMs giving me shit for writing my white OCs. #MUH VICTIM COMPLEX. I'M SO UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN WE'RE NOT ABOUT MEEEEEEE. LGKJLFKJGLKDFJGLKDFJG. GET REAL. #You know what that shit sounds like? ''THEY'RE NOT PUTTING WHITE PEOPLE IN TV OR MOVIES ANYMOOOORE'' #as if there aren't tons of white cishet actors still in multi-million dollar movies and popular TV shows where they're the main characters. #Goofy goofy goofy #zombert.txt

[passer-ine]

Found this from who knows how long ago, from out of an old notebook from school

#i remember this too :) #it was a joke between me and my friend #our science teacher said PNG as a sound instead of as letters which sounded really weird #and i had just been doodling a bunch of Rouxls Kaard do bam i drew that #i think he would actually have really good pronounciation but just straight up makes up spelling #like when he writes its fucking incomprehensible but he can say words that look like biblically accurate angels in written form

[elftwink]

been reading fanfiction at the front counter at work as of late because our fiction selection that's available to read online is sparse, there's only so much academic non-fiction a man can read especially when he's just blindly in the catalogue looking up random keywords in the hope of finding something even mildly interesting, and i haven't been able to get out to my local library to fix my library card that doesn't let me log in and possibly has no associated email to access their ebook collections. and i can't do anything at the front desk that doesn't look work-related so i've been downloading pdfs of fics and emailing them to myself to pass the yawning void of hours between the 3 whole patrons who are there during the semester break.

anyway im telling you all this because i sent a few to myself and all but one (1) fic i was like oh my GOD he Would Not Fucking Say That. but i had nothing else to do not even work related tasks so i read them anyway. woe is me. i will learn nothing from this and do the exact same thing tomorrow probably

#good idea generator #they werent even bad in fact one in particular was infuriatingly well written #i just didnt like the characterization choices. and they committed one of my pet peeves #which is so unreasonable but it's using a shortened form a characters name (usually in dialogue) #and spelling it differently than the character's actual name. like adding or changing letters #this is such a non-issue but it INFURIATES me especially when the character doesn't even get referred to by a shorter name in canon #i know this sounds like nonsense im trying to think of an example #ok like. some c/r fic authors will shorten 'jester' to 'jess' and i HATE that #it should OBVIOUSLY be 'jes'. where did the second 's' come from. who the fuck is 'jess #when i read pjo fic i used to like straight up leave fics if they spelled a shortened version of 'percy' i didnt like #and once i read a fic where someone referred to nico as 'nick' and it made me so fucking furious #fucked up that you made someone call him that at all but the LEAST you could do is spell it 'nic' #and before you say anything i do NOT care if the other letters are necessary for the name to follow pronunciation rules #names do not have to do that and this is a written medium. i already know how to pronounce it #its the normal way you'd say the first or last part only of the character's name which i already know #this also annoys me in original fiction but fanfic is also usually adding the nickname which makes it feel more unnatural #like its weird if characters refer to each other formally in the source material and inexplicably much more casually or closer in fic #but the spelling is the main thing. i have Problems