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[whatacartouchebag]

You daft cunts better learn where and how all of your rights were forged in fandom history or so help me you’re going to regret ever opening your stupid mouths to protest whatever pettiness crosses your stupid tiktok algorithm.

Our fandom forbearers did NOT suffer through Anne Rice, strikethrough, and other bullshit for fucking ACOTAR and Harry Potter fans to fucking ruin it for all of us by selling fanfiction. I am not losing novel length yaoi epics because some of you don't know how to act in fannish spaces and yes I do blame the booktokification of fanfic but I also blame those of you that treat fandom like content to consume and not a community to engage with.

#fucking gods i don’t want to know what’s happening on booktok to spur this post on #reading #writing #christ alive on a cracker #because sometimes fandom is a little fandumb

[whatacartouchebag]

tfw you finally recover from being sick for like three weeks only to be forced into another two weeks off because you gotta get some weird fuckin moles schlooped offa your damn body because the sun is a deadly lazer and you can’t lift your arms above your chest like fam i just wanna write

#irl Cart #soz for the silence y’all #i have been having a Time with this sickness #my ass was royally kicked by it #and then the doc today was like ''lmao yeah so it’s gonna be stitches and two weeks not just one'' #can u warn me earlier pls #i would like to Function™️ in this enforced time off

[whatacartouchebag]

First time hearing about the Wattpad purge but holy shit does that reek of the old fanfiction.net NC17 purge from years back. Just that this time around, there’s a side order of AI bullshit thrown into the pot as well to make it worse.

About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

#fucking yikes ™️ #writing #reading #AO3 #stealing a few of your tags because yeah same -> #but yeah they did the right thing to stop it for now #i've also locked my fics #and while i feel bad that genuine guest users miss out #i hope those users get signed up for accounts so they can fully enjoy the archive :')

[whatacartouchebag]

it’s been two and a half weeks now i’d love to not be sick anymore pls 🙃

#i want to breathe like the people again #least my throat isn’t on fire anymore #but my everything upstairs is so clogged up it isn’t funny #i’m a sulking Howl made of slime #irl Cart

[whatacartouchebag]

Had green eyes been watching the man, he would have caught the way fingers curled ever so faintly upon a cover, and lips pressed into a thin line as a jaw set.

“Before that...”

Qrow's voice as quiet as a thunderstorm across the distant horizon of the ocean, but Clover could already see the lightning that flickered ominously within the clouds.

Oh, how he could taste the lick of salt air on his tongue as the winds stirred.

“... you know who was hunting you that day.”

~~~

So this took more than a little time to come out oops. But we're finally getting into the meat of the plot now, and finding out a few more secrets along the way.

(they're also starting to work out what feelings are, shhh)

Gods but I've wanted to finalise and release these next few chapters for so long now, but especially this one and the next one when we get there. Enjoy ♥

#Fair Game #Thistles #Qrow Branwen #Clover Ebi #Cart writes #Cart actually writes #fairgameweek2024

[whatacartouchebag]

There was a sudden vault of movement next to him, and Clover darted his startled gaze back to the huntsman, who'd leapt easily up onto the railing like it were a mere balance beam.

With an ease borne of skill, hands took only a moment to steady himself where he stood before settling back into pockets where it was warmer. Red eyes surveyed the rest of the block about them, before he turned that smirk back down to the man.

“What are you doing?” Clover asked him, entirely deadpanned.

An easy shrug met his words. “Getting a bird's-eye view.”

The snort of a laugh tore from the brunet at the simple answer, and he shook his head at the idiot.

“You're going to fall, you show-off.”

Qrow bent lightly at his waist for show, still fixing that knowing smirk upon the man.

“Then someone better catch me,” he breathed.

~~~

Gods did this song grab ahold of me and shake me something fierce lmao.

A gift for the most amazing person in my life @renabe4life whom I love and adore so very very much ♥ Thankyou so so much for being such a wonderful bean in my life, just thought you should know ♥

#Fair Game #fairgameweek2024 #Qrow Branwen #Clover Ebi #Cart writes #Cart actually writes #gods but did this one want to run away one me again #hahaaa who could have predicted right?? :| #skdjhf don't look at the word count i'm ashamed #this isn't even the longest entry to fgw this time around #sweats nervously #but wehhhHHHH #Ren i adore you and i'm going to be a complete mess in the tags if i keep going here jkhdfjkd #but wehhhhhh you amazing i love you ♥

[whatacartouchebag]

ksjhdjkfh c'mere you I just wanna screech at you a bunch and flail at you and sob on you and and and 😭😭😭 I love this so much y'all have no idea

Gods I need to get my ass in gear and finish this one and I'm HOPING ha it's me attempting to write a short fic here that there's only a few more scenes to write before polishing it up and posting it hrgdjfh

BUT ANYWAY.

YOU.

skjdhjksd I hope you know just how much I love and adore this piece so much. The warm colouring, the soft and subtle textures, the little details about both of them that have only been sideways mentioned in writing that you just grabbed with both hands and how you made everything look amazing. You nailed their personalities right off the bat and I love it.

Thankyou so so so much you goober, they look gorgeous and I wanna eat this right off the page ♥♥♥

Day 2 - Trinkets | Tattoos

It's late but shhhhhh...

This lil scene goes along with a certain someone's fic that is still in the works :D And I am obsessed, y'alls have no idea. Well, maybe the writer has an inkling of an idea but hey >w> Ahhhh I had so much fun with this! So thanks for writing more wonderful words that make me wanna draw, @whatacartouchebag

Oh but I love all the ways you write these fools finding one another, and can only hope to draw it in as many ways.

Just thought you should know ♡

#Cart writes things that make me feel things part 2 electric boogaloo #<- THANKS I JUST LOST MY SHIT jskhkjfhJKHDFJK #real talk tho i wanna finish this one so bad #because i promise some fun shenanigans and these two only being moderate disasters about each other #not complete disasters however #that would be the Day Six fic which is coming out in a few hours dohoho #wehhhh i just wanna squish you so hard you goober ♥♥♥ #skjdh alright outta the tags before you get any soggier self #Fair Game #Qrow Branwen #Clover Ebi #fairgameweek2024 #wehh i lied i love you mwah ♥

[whatacartouchebag]

At this point, I’ve been doing the writing thing for decades now, but each and every time I send a written piece into the world, it’s like tossing a part of your soul into a void and watching it wither.

We do this out of pure love. We do this completely in our spare time. We have hectic, terrible lives outside of what we write.

But it’s all made worth it when people tell us they liked it. Recited a favourite line. Screamed at us in text. Keysmashed in our inboxes. Even just a little heart, or single word, or simple thanks.

Makes us feel like that little part of our soul found a tiny echo in all that blackness, you know?

#writing #reading

[whatacartouchebag]

“Well, that's another day done,” the huntsman said as thumbs tucked themselves into belt loops. “Think we've earned that cold drink by now?”

Clover could only offer a gentle laugh in response as the two of them headed further down the street towards their lodgings.

“Think we've both earned that shower by now,” he countered easily, lightly airing his shirt out for effect. “Don't think I was prepared for the humidity today.”

Qrow snorted softly, eyes tracing the treeline in the distance. “You'll get used to it eventually.”

~~~

Day Four for FGW and I am currently sick as hell so apologies if there's anything amiss with this one.

#Fair Game #fairgameweek2024 #Qrow Branwen #Clover Ebi #Cart writes #Cart actually writes

[whatacartouchebag]

I missed the chance to super boop so

BAP🐾

^^ exactly how the surprise boop to the inbox feels after the event's ended lmao. wehhh thankyou so much!! ♥

#umbrellanest #get booped idiot #tumblr

[whatacartouchebag]

No FGW fic for today or tomorrow sorry. Next one will be out in time for Day Four 💚

#Fair Game #fairgameweek2024 #Cart writes #or in this case hasn’t had the sodding time to lmao

[whatacartouchebag]

It still didn't stop those lingering feelings from the night before to come creeping back into him, and he glanced briefly to the side. About how he...

Those brows furrowed lightly as he pressed lips into a thin line, the sound of the man's laughter trailing back to him into the bustle of the hanger.

He... really didn't want to think about the feeling that settled under his skin just so.

Well. Perhaps he didn't envy him so much after all.

~~~

Day one for Fair Game Week! A reminder that all my fics are locked to registered AO3 users ♥

#Fair Game #fairgameweek2024 #Qrow Branwen #Clover Ebi #Cart writes #Cart actually writes #posting this at 5am before work because i ran out of time last night lmao

[whatacartouchebag]

they were writing yaoi poetry in the trenches in ww1

#gODS #the LAUGH i just let out #LotR

[whatacartouchebag]

Oh god, why didn’t you just let him through?

#skhdkshd #birbs

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#a Good Post

[whatacartouchebag]

Loving reminder from your land history auntie:

North American golf courses have had 50-100 years of arsenic and mercury based fungicide and herbicides applied to their soils.

Do not eat anything that has been grown on a golf course or downstream from a golf course. I know it sounds cool and radical, but you are too valuable to poison yourself with heavy metals.

Protect each other, turn your local golf course into a pollinator garden, not a sex forest or community garden.

#reference #signal boost #plants #flowers #food

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