you are made of dreams

I don’t have kids

I don’t spend money on nicotine

I don’t gamble my money away on sports

I’m not reliant on a chat bot for all my life functions

fem adam obviously is a chapstick lesbian with the BIGGEST comphet. like everybody can sense that she's into girls but she doesn't know it yet. she had a suuuuper big boy crazy era and she got out of it when she met blue (who in this universe is still a girl guys i don't believe in genderbent blue propaganda) and their talking stage is just baby's first situationship <3

and dont get me started on GANSEY guys she is literally knees deep in comphet😭 she's like the perfect popular girl everybody is a little in love with and blue doesn't like her at first because she thinks she's like super arrogant but still finds her gorgeous ughhhh bluesey is DEFINITELY femme x femme .

noah would also be a lesbian guys let's be real she's a skater she'd probably be a futch...

⟡ Has friends from every phase of their life who have never met each other and never will

⟡ Maintains relationships across decades with the consistency of someone who simply decided to

⟡ Collects people the way other people collect things, with genuine care and no particular system

⟡ Has a person for every situation and knows exactly who to call for each specific thing

⟡ Befriends the person standing alone at every event without making it feel like charity

⟡ Remembers the names of people they met once three years ago and asks about their specific life

⟡ Has a whole constellation of people who consider them their closest friend without comparison

⟡ Keeps in touch with people through years of silence by picking up exactly where they left off

⟡ Has an ex who is still one of their closest friends and it is not complicated even slightly

⟡ Knows someone everywhere they go in a way that cannot be fully explained

⟡ Introduces people to each other so well that those people forget the introducer was involved

⟡ Has made a friend in every waiting room, queue, and lobby they have ever occupied

this and also the only difference between fanfic writers and writers who sell their own original works as careers is that fanfics aren’t monetized. that’s all.

being a “professional” writer doesn’t mean your works are inherently better than fanfics. I’ve read so many fics that are more professionally written than some published books.

so many book romances begin because the characters find each other hot, and personality crushes develop (maybe) later (if we're lucky). bluesey did it the other way around. and that's why i love them so much.

it's also important to note that blue's personality is very much not stereotypically feminine. she is entirely self-sufficient and independent, and it's clear that she is in control of her feelings for gansey; if he were to be manipulative or dismissive toward her, she would simply walk away! she is perfectly okay being on her own, and she's not going to take anything from anyone just because they're pretty! and gansey is still down bad for her.

Write whatever you want.

Have fun doing it.

That’s literally it. There is no “show and don’t tell”. There is no “make it realistic”. There is no “fit in with the trends”. And of course, there is no “write as fast as possible to keep up engagement and please others”.

No.

Most fanfiction writers are not professional writers. This isn’t a job, we’re literally writing for shits and giggles. We don’t have a team of editors behind us to make our story perfect. Fanfiction isn’t about creating the most perfect plot with the most perfect prose and the most perfect pacing.

Fanfiction writing is for you first. To make your heart happy. Other people just get the benefit to also enjoy it if they wish.

That’s it.