Lives of the Creative

i think some of you dont like narratives or stories or characters i think you just like fanfiction tropes

protagonists can and will be sexist, racist, insensitive, cruel, stupid, etc, especially towards the beginning of a story. these are called character flaws and they are a surprise tool that will lead to narrative fulfillment later

And sometimes "narrative fulfillment" doesn't mean "the character overcomes their flaws" or even "the antihero is punished for their flaws"! sometimes it means the narrative says "wow was that fucked up or what? anyway i'm rod sterling"

I don't think the current "depiction = endorsement" crowd will ever be able to understand this.

I know the "disabled villain" trope isn't good representation but y'know. I DO kind of get it. Sometimes my whole body hurts so bad that I could probably make an evil death laser. Sometimes things claim to be wheelchair accessible and are so incredibly inaccessible that I consider world domination just to fuckin fix it. I can see the appeal of becoming Evil And Scary to stop the stares. I am tired of being Polite and (ironically) Accommodating, answering "what's wrong with you?" over and over. Having minions would also be quite helpful.

what were the evolutionary pressures OP????

you know you're in a special circle of tv hell when you start hypothesising that maybe it was written bad on purpose

if you find yourself thinking "maybe the writing is this bad on purpose" just remember: it isn't. and it will probably get worse. not on purpose. it's not fucking bad on purpose.

Once again bringing up the fact that albinism is always tied to varying degrees of visual impairment. Disability is inherent in our condition and glossing over this (due to ignorance or not) is an act of ableism and fetishisation. Before you create an original character or any sort of fiction you ought to not stick to lazy research. Albinism affects real people, not just animals and social stigma because of our looks is only half of the story. Please do not contribute to a superficial understanding of an already rare and not researched enough condition, happy 10 years of international albinism awareness day.

No i havent outgrown it because i had great taste at 7 years old

“why don’t they teleport back” because they’re not on the planet where everyone can teleport anymore. try to keep up dumbass

Discworld AU where everything is the same except it's traditional for noble families to send their children to be educated at the Fools' Guild instead of the Assassins' Guild school

I mean to be fair they're a bunch of clowns already so how much difference would it really make

I love when you’re reading multiple fics by the same author and you start to spot all the phrases and adjectives they like to use

all politics about ai aside if you use it to create fanwork you're just a fucking dweeb

not to show my jock colors on this my nerd blog but the whole fucking point is that it's for love of the game. sweat over it or get the fuck out. i'm no gatekeeper but if you're using ai you're not even playing. you're trying to pave over the baseball diamond and make it a parking lot.

don’t go for realism in your art if it frustrates you, get weird, get blocky, get wiggly, just try and draw what makes you happy, not something that meets a standard

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