Writer and Book Wyrm

Fascism thrives best in the cesspool of hopelessness. They want us so confused and hopeless that we give in. When you give in, you don’t fight back.

If you wait for life to look good to do the things that bring you joy; life will still be bad - you will just have less joy.

As someone who has struggled with my mental health a lot for the last thirty years, I know this struggle firsthand. And changing this belief system - the one where you spend all of your time expecting bad things so you won’t be surprised when they happen - it’s the hardest work that I have ever done. And I’m not perfect; I still have setbacks. I still experience really real fears about the state of the world and the US, in particular, because that’s where I live.

But I made a vow to myself that I will not let the choices of others ruin my life. When I made that vow, I was thinking of my parents - but it applies to the state of the government right now, too.

There are still flowers in my garden, and ripe tomatoes, and it’s almost pick-your-own apples season, and I have plans with my friends to go to as many cemetery ghost walks as we can find this October.

I still deserve to live. I still deserve to laugh. I still deserve to love. I still deserve to be as happy as I can be.

Here’s the thing.

I read a lot of scripts.  A lot.  From professionals to aspiring writers to complete newbies.  Features and pilots.  Specs and treatments.

And 8 times out of 10 the fan fic that I’ve read over the last, oh, 15 years is leagues better than this stuff.  It’s more inspired.  It’s more compelling.  It’s genre bending and creative and heartfelt.  It’s well-paced and intense and funny and sexy and meaningful.  It’s smart and thoughtful and good.  It’s novel-quality.  Better than, sometimes.

Rare is the script I don’t want to put down, but how often have we stayed up until 3am to get to the last chapter of a 100k fic? And it’s not even a fan fic author’s day job.  This is what they do on the side.  In their spare time.  For free.

So my point is, fan fic authors, you’re good.  You’re good writers and great storytellers.  I know it doesn’t always feel like it, especially if you’re one of the authors who’s not a BNF and doesn’t get the notes/hits that a few do.  And  because some people still view fic as “not real writing.” You guys know the shit that gets made into movies.  You’re better than that.  So be better than that.  If writing is what you think want to do, then just know you’re already doing it.   You’ve already started.

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Tagged by @meghawhopp <33

Last song: Down by the River by Borislav Slavov from the Baldur’s Gate 3 Soundtrack (or more specifically the cover of Down by the River by Nerissa Ravencroft)

Favorite color: Blue and purple!

Last movie/TV show: Seinfeld, I’m currently on season four!

Sweet/spicy/savory?: I have a huge sweet tooth, so sweet things

Relationship status: Single

Last thing I googled: I searched up the show “Arthur” because I was trying to find that one meme where Buster was like “You really think someone would do that, just go on the internet and spread lies?”

Current obsession: Fragaria memories and tears of themis mostly^^

last song: la vaguelette (furina story quest cutscene song!)

fave colour: lavender, mauve, ruby, black

last show/movie: à la belle étoile (sugar and stars)

flavour: sweet, sour or savoury depending on my mood! and i absolutely cannot tolerate anything spicier than chinese curry

relationship status: single but i think i might be crushing

last thing i googled: how to explain celestial mechanics

current obsession: genshin (see also: furina lore), ocs and ado

my last song - champagne problems by taylor swift

favourite color - red, maroon, teal, basically any shade of red

last show/movie - taylor swift eras movie

flavor - sweet and savory! i have an average spice tolerance ig

relationship status - single and i hope it stays that way

last thing i googled - jollibee opening hours

current obsession - taylor swift ( super obvious ), r1999

tagging 9 wonderful moots: @staretes , @kazemiya , @i-probably-sleep-too-much , @rainswept , @mirrorballie , @oveloof , @astrinityy , @strawberrylabs , @realkavehgf

my last song: bewitched by laufey

favourite colour: periwinkle (oddly specific but its a shade of pale purple-blue it's really pretty)

last show/movie: last show was link click s2 (not finished with it yet hhhh)

flavour: sweet, i have such a sweet tooth lmaooo

relationship status: single and i'm convincing myself i'm happy that way-

last thing i googled: .........ao3

current obsession: genshin, hsr and orv!!!! + conan gray and laufey's music..... also 'your turn to die' it's such a good game

tagging.....(wah i need 9 people?? stress stress stress) @dumbificat @lee-hakhyun @miyu-wren @creativename87 @floraldresvi @demonlike-judge-of-fire @i23kazu @studyin-scarlett @kopidense

My last song: Sculptures of Anything Goes by Arctic Monkeys

Favourite colour: You know that shade of iridescent bluey green on peacock feathers? That.

Last show/movie: Watchmen :)

Flavour: sweet for sure I have a massive thing for sugar

Relationship Status: technically single but it’s all relative really. (Translation: me n my friend keep flirting with each other and it’s confusing as hell ahahah)

Last thing I googled: also ao3 lmaoo

Current obsession: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Oh my goodness. What a book… have written five gay little fanfics on it because I have issues. Also Alt-J, though I’m only really obsessing over An Awesome Wave.

Tagging: (ooh stressful I don’t actually uh remember many of my mutuals usernames so AAAHH)

@sorrowandchartreuse @atleasttheyvegotstars @thinkanamelater @emmyllou @glowinggreeneyes-e @peacocksapphire @uygfiug @gethisshithumptyfuckingdumptied @thatgordongirl

Last song: I don't really listen to music much, so I don't know.

Favourite colour: I don't have one specific favourite, but I adore warm colours & also green. I have one green skirt that I made myself that I absolutely adore, but it was dyed by some red socks recently, and now it's a lot less green :( Oh, and also I really like combining orange and yellow, specifically a warm yellow

Last show/movie: I'm in the middle of watching Star Trek: the original series, still so that, I think. The last movie I watched is one of the Rathbone Holmes films, but I'm not sure which.

Flavour: Sweet too, but I also really like sour things. I used to bring lemons to school to eat & I really enjoyed how horrified people were. Definitely part of the reason I brought them in the first place.

Relationship status: Single

Last thing I Googled: The last thing in my search history before tumblr is AO3, but the last thing I googled would be 1 mile to km. Which was to better understand what was going on in the fic I was reading.

Current obsession: Sherlock Holmes & snails, as always, those are my big long term obsessions. Also, currently, between two short term ones, I think the next might be kiwis (the bird) but I'm not sure. The obsession with penguins is dwindling I think, I still love them but don't want to spend all my time on them anymore.

Tagging: @rainbow-person (I like your new profile pic, when did you change it?) @r2y9s-notartblog @somethingintheforest @milquetoast27 (love your account btw, also I just found out you wrote fanfic??? I'll read some of your fics tomorrow) @loki-lock @not-equippedforthis @ineffable-idiot-666 @amypihcs & @dontfuckmylifewtf

Last Song: Boys will be bugs by Cavetown (I heard it was famous among the trans and listened to it, I agree, it’s good)

Favourite colour: Sunny yellow if I have to choose but as a kid I always wrote rainbow and I think that’s still true

Last show/movie: DS9 I think, I have decided to watch it from the beginning and not just watch the Garak episodes lol

Flavour: sweet definitely

Relationship: also single

Last thing I googled: where to get potassium iodide for a chemistry experiment

current obsession: you expect me to choose one?? Most recent I guess DS9 and by extension Star Trek, definitely still feeling Good Omens and always Sherlock Holmes

Last Song: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles by Engelbert Humperdinck (Ive only listened to like two of his songs but i already love him)

Favourite Colour: Probably purple. Ive always found is soothing and just genuinely nice to look at.

Last show/ movie: The original Dragon Ball, cause despite me being a fan since middle school, ive never seen of single thing about it

Flavour: Sweet. I love sweet things they give me life

Relationship: Single forever babyy

Last thing i googled: What all the different types of imagery are for English homework

Current Obsession: Oh lord i dont even know. We all know Sherlock Holmes is gonna be up here, but then comes the absolute curveball of DBZ and Godzilla

Last song: Gollum's Song from the Lord of the Rings lofi album

Favorite color: Green, a deep forest green esp

Last show/movie: I'm rewatching House and it's so good but so Yikes 😬

Flavor: Salty

Relationship: I've been with my partner for over a decade

Last thing I googled: gelatin dessert history. I wanted to know if Cogsworth could have actually gotten stuck in a jello mold in Beauty and the Beast. (Yes)

Current obsession: Izzy Hands. Not even OFMD as a whole just the little hairy guy.

Last Song: Bacchanale by Camille Saint-Saens (I like classical music while I cook)

Favorite Color: Green. Incredibly versatile color. You can be bright and fun, poisonously neon, mysteriously dark. Endless possibilities.

Last Show/Movie: Godzilla vs Kong

Flavor: savory

Relationship: been with my queer platonic wife for over a decade (known each other for 22 years)

Last thing I googled: Who owns the copyright of King Kong?

Was curious if he was part of Toho. He is not.

broken but not destroyed

They know each other and THEMSELVES only in the context of their work, and they have never truly talked (maybe not even thought) about what they, as individuals, want. That didn't matter much when they were working!

They have lived for their work for 6000 years, and that's shaped them and their relationship in deep, profound ways. The thing is, they have no idea how to exist without it, and they are dealing with it in very different ways!

Many humans feel adrift after retiring from long careers too; some feel melancholic and purposeless, others hop manically into new hobbies to fill their newly acquired free time. I think we see this in the show too!

Aziraphale and Crowley have lost the very framework their relationship has been built with, and the breakup had to happen, so they can learn who they are outside of it.