09/04/2026 • every time @softinvasions writes a villanelle about how sonnets suck i write another suckful sonnet*. metrical malpractice!

A food-item (Waffles, Peanut)

A color (Pinky, Hazel)

A real-life person (Marilyn, Paris)

A fictional character (Eevee, Simba)

A type of flora (Rosie, Willow)

Animal-like (Kitty, Gator)

A trait (Lucky, Buddy)

Something else

If you have more than one pet, choose the most applicable listed (ex: you have three pets named Cookie, Cream & Rocky, so you choose the “Food” option). Also, would be interested if you reblogged your pet’s name(s) in the tags and the reason why you chose it ^^

The sexuality of a police officer is cop.

The gender of a police officer is cop.

When you become the enforcer and protector of capital, you are making the deal to be slightly favored by the system over others like you, in exchange for being its servant. Your solidarity is with the system that you serve, even if it hates you.

Today I came across a discussion where people were mentioning different authors and the impact they've had on the fandom, and it gave me the idea for this post.

When I first joined the X-Men fandom on AO3, one of the first things I noticed was how blessed it is with incredibly talented writers and truly wonderful stories. So I started thinking about which authors have shaped the way I write and given me some of the most meaningful and joyful reading experiences — and I decided I wanted to pay tribute to them.

So here's this post.

I'd love for everyone in the comments to name the author who makes your whole world stop when they post a new story. The one whose name in your inbox can make you drop everything you're doing — whether that's a car trip or even giving birth to your first child — because you just can't wait a second longer to read it.

Of course, it doesn't have to be the only author you love (I have quite a few on my own favorites list), but the one who, when you read them, makes you feel like a kid on Christmas morning.

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📋 Rules: ✅ 1. Comments must include the name of the author who fits the description above. 🎉 2. This is a celebration, not a competition. Any discussion that judges another user's taste will be removed. 🚫 3. For the same reason, any discussion that judges an author mentioned in the comments will be removed. 💬 4. Each comment must contain only one name, but there is no limit to how many comments you can leave.

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I simply want the people who have given so much to this fandom to receive the recognition they deserve — and to take a long, shared dive into memory and nostalgia, hoping that the golden days of this fandom might one day return.

P.S. I know the colors in the image are all over the place and won't match, and the background is probably awful — but please cut me some slack. I'm severely colorblind, and this is truly the best I can do. 💙

I haven't seen people talking about this, but the pilot for The Ebony Witch dropped! the visuals are absolutely beautiful. honestly, it has the same magic as old disney (if disney was brave enough to give us a hot elf who's actually 50 cats in a trenchcoat)