let me cook

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 a part of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

Watching a 90's and early 2000's show is waiting with baited breath until a male character gets SA'd and you get to find out if they're gonna play it as a joke or never acknowledge it as a problem.

haaate being an autistic adult with impaired social skills cuz i feel like an unsupervised 9 year old. i push past my anxiety to try and socialize with people and it's just like "hi. what is your favorite bird. do you want to be friends?"

Just finished the show and OH MY GOD it does for me SO MUCH. I might actually go insane.

about 90% of fanfiction takes place in a utopia where men are thoughtful and unsure of their place in the world

The popularity os slash and male writing done by a majority of female fanfic writers isn't actually internalized misogyny like some comments suggest, it is a scapist way of exploring relationships and psychological stories without the ever looming presence of the patriarchy, it's projection done in a controlled environment, much like most slash exclude homophobia altogether. It's a safe space, that's what it's for. So, yeah, it's not called fanfact, dude.

Guy who never feels like his problems are “bad enough” to be taken seriously: what if I hurt the character so horrifically that everyone around them could not possibly deny the severity of their pain even if the character themself tries to downplay it.

[image description: the marge simpson "it's true but you don't have to say it" meme]

hey guys if you don’t like robby i’d advise that you not watch The Show About Robby

i swear it’s like you take a bite of the sandwich you ordered with extra pickles and then spew all over the table like “UGH THERE’S PICKLES IN THIS” i am going to kill you