꧁⎝ 𓆩༺lovi༻𓆪 ⎠꧂

She was beautiful. Intricately woven in the image of God.  His mighty hand was upon her life— holding it like a treasure. He treated her as if she were a precious gem. She was not, she was low, unworthy of such kindness— but He was kind wasn't He? The essence of Love, loved her... She couldn't fathom it, still can't. He thinks she's lovely but she wondered what there was to love about her. He said, "everything." And even if it didn't make sense it healed something inside her she didn't know was broken.

Par 1 of Everything | Part 2 - See Your Face

This is the heart of a girl who loved a man who's face she never saw.

But she wasn't blind, and he was real, and in fact not a man but God.

Fanart used is not mine found on Pinterest.

Not all of the people reading your x reader fics have white skin

Just a gentle reminder before you write characteristics that assume whiteness and exclude your black/indigenous/poc supporters-specifically in 'x reader' works.

I love and appreciate writers, but this is a recurring avoidable issue (going on for decades now).

"your dusky pink nipples" "your face turned just as red as his" "he could see the blush on your face" “your cheeks furiously blushed” “your ears burn bright red” “The look in your reddened face” “your knuckles white with effort” “bruised purple against your light skin”

Describing the physical feeling instead of the visual change helps include your readers while also elevating your writing IMO.

Anyone can say "Your cheeks turned red with embarrassment" or "Your face flushed" but wouldn't you rather say "A burning heat rushed across your face, from your neck to the tip of your nose, prickling right underneath the surface. You look anywhere but him, hoping your newfound interest in the buildings ceiling tiles will ease the fire tightening beneath your skin" And instead of the other character pointing out that the readers face is red, they can point out the obvious flustered facial expression/body language.

If you want your reader insert to have white/fairskin, then just label them white!reader or put the mention in the warnings/summary.

↪I have reached out to writers I favored/supported before and sometimes I have been met with severe hostility and defensiveness. I often wonder if people are doing this purposefully or for some reason think only white people read their fanfics (?)-if that's the case then be upfront and label your reader inserts as white!reader or something PLEASE. It’s gotten to the point where I feel like black women and other POC aren’t wanted or considered in these fandoms because it comes off like that in your writing. If you need a different motivation, just know you're missing out on more interactions, reblogs, and a bigger reader base. I don’t know why white is the default for so many writers in unspecified x reader/reader insert fics-the people on your blog following, reading, and supporting you aren’t all white and fair-skinned.

I am not talking about OC fics or fics where race/skintone is x specified in summary or warnings. This is specifically about unspecified "x reader" where whiteness is assumed as the default

I can't stand when I am reading an X-Reader fanfic and y/n cheats. I don't mean angst where y/n is cheated on (which doesn't really matter because I read that type of angst). I mean we are the cheater whether it's random Joe Shome, who we are dating or in a relationship, and we cheat on this person with the character the fic is about. This includes us being the other woman the character.

I don't mind being cheated on by the random Joe. I love fic that is angst to fluffy. But not me doing the cheating. I don't know, maybe it stems from my hatred of being in the wrong in general fic or real life, or perhaps it's just because I despise cheating. So no, I don't want to kiss the character the fic is about before my wedding, no, I don't want want be emotionally cheating with the character because my boyfriend is busy with things, and no, most certainly don't want to sleep with them when I already have a relationship.

I don't care that it fantasy, I don't like cheating, period. But that's just me. Some people like it, I'm just not that person.