every atom of me and every atom of you

There are many people who don’t share this sentiment, but I have an appreciation for when a fanfic is so separated from canon that it could’ve easily been its own original novel, and yet the author was only ever going to put that much energy into it if their favourite characters got to be there

I think there’s a difference between “the author stripped the media of everything it had to replace it with something easy” and “the author thought up a concept they really really like and are bestowing it upon the character like a medal”

it's the opposite of sanding off the serial numbers. like you really invented a brand-new AU just to put your blorbos in. you built an entire world just for them to play in. it's like rat park but for blorbos. i love you so much i invented whole new situations just for you. beautiful

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Every adult ever: "Omg how come Lyra is such an insolent brat who lies all the times?" Every adult ever: "Hey by the way your aloof uncle ? He's your dad. And that mysterious rich lady ? That's your mom. And the Master of the university you grew in as a refugee from a socio-political scandal that we've hid from you ? He knows a prophecy about you and DESTINY !!! And Ma Costa ? Yeah she breast fed you. And you're boring teacher Malcolm ? He KILLED a man who threathened you when he was a kid and also a fairy breat fed you also lol during the deluge that almost sank Brytain. And God is a little angel bitch. Yeah. Good luck kiddo"

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.