it's like touching the sun

"it would be so good if it was good" will haunt you but "it's extremely good, except for the one or two parts which are so bad it's genuinely kind of insulting" will straight up drive you insane

this has been discussed before but reducing female characters to the girlboss braincell holder in the name of combating misogyny in fandom is ironically also a form of misogyny

people love love loooove to go on and on and on about whiteguy #135336843’s internal torment and the nuances of his writing and then when it comes time to talk about women it’s all um actually she can do no wrong and holds the braincell and babysits the boys like a mother hashtag feminism. i hope you fucking blow up

The most basic, intractable fact about mental illnesses is that you simply cannot willpower your way out of them. The only exceptions to this rule are the ones I have, which continue to disable me due to lack of determination and other grave personal flaws

“Why don’t you use ai” idk man beyond the obvious environmental and “this machine causes psychosis and encourages people to kill themselves” thing I think asking the equivalent of a solid D student who is also a pathological liar if they can answer my question/do the work for me seems pretty fucking stupid

the block button really does speak to me like the cursed amulet sometimes. thousands have been slain for minor acts of treason. all for the glory of my kingdom of course

@ fic authors what do you personally consider a successful fic? What’s the bar?

actually writing the fic down

#it's so fucking telling “antis” is a choice but racists and creeps aren't#this idea that sharing a taste in media means you have to excuse rotten behavior is garbage#and is one of the biggest reasons i feel disconnected with fandom#if fandom is lamenting people aren't doing that anymore#it deserves to die (via @aspartame-addict)

you can really tell when a guy character has become a tumblr popularboy because everything about him that can be wrung dry for overwrought angst is wrung dry for overwrought angst to the point of making him sound like a dog that's going to die at the end of a children's movie

despite it being sketchy and corporate noveria seems so cozy. something about this spacious, fancy hotel/office type space and a blizzard raging outside makes me feel really happy. all they need is a cozy fireplace somewhere and a little cafe where the team can do aprés-ski

i think people are starting to confuse class analysis with bioessentialism. like... no not all men do this, but Men as a constructed social class do do this. that's still okay to say. that is regular material analysis of the world around us.

the people at skyhold didn't even know you were about to be named inquisitor they just gathered around because they liked looking at cadash

the more girls you add to a story the more yuri situations you're able to produce.... something to consider