Saraptor

because we all know the line is a classic for good reason but perhaps a bit too cliche

Oh. Oh no, I know what this is.

Well. That’s inconvenient.

Wait, why is…. Oooooh….

Okay, I know what this looks like. But… Oh man, who am I kidding?

Wait… Oh.

“Oh.” A blink. Then, slower, “Oh…”

“Wait…” Fuck.

What? Why would I feel that way when… Oh.

This is going to hurt, isn’t it?

“What the—“ Oh.

Everything aligns just right then. I’ve been a damn idiot.

“Oh my God!” … Oh my god…

Oh. Oh no…

My hands are shaking and suddenly I understand why my throat feels tight and my heart is pounding. I’m an oblivious fool.

Nope, nope. Not happening. … “Fuck.”

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It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't bother to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

hi guys! My birthday is the last day of June :D So I was thinking, for this month, I’m gonna empty my inbox and answers as much stuff as I can ! I’m also feeling like doing stuff like head canons or maybe 500w mini fic ! So please send me suggestions for that ☺️

I’ll also be posting some scenes of Sea, Salt and Sun as I said I would :D but tell me, would some of you be interested as having some of that transformed into Reader insert style ?

Imagine being Arlong's darling.

And he's punishing you at the edge of the docks. You're naked, bent over, getting spankings for whatever transgression he's set upon you this particular day.

(Maybe you're in a good relationship with him, and this is just a little CNC -- maybe not /shrug/ )

He warns you that if you try to "escape" him by diving into the water, his men will be allowed to take you as they please, and you can tell from all the hungry eyes looking up at you that they're ready, willing, and able.

You're good though, good for Arlong, good at enduring, good at being good. So you take it, knowing he won't break you, knowing that they won't either - whether you're loved or kept, you're his favorite, and he won't let you go so easily. So you endure, and you make it through the swats and smacks and spankings.

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(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)

So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,

and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing

but i also think:

“i write for myself, but i post for others.”

because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.

people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,

and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:

“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”

especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,

and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.

And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,

and then it’s like,

Underweight Sanji is always cold, right? And Zoro was a radiator BEFORE he got extra beefy, but now he’s a FURNACE. So Sanji often ends up cuddled up to Zoro during the little cat naps Sanji has started joining Zoro with while he recovers his strength and energy

(Plus the extra beef is a nice cushion on Sanji’s poor bones hehe)

And Zoro is being good! He’s not gonna make ANY moves on Sanji and he’s not gonna let ANYTHING maybe happen between them until Sanji is back on his feet. But he’s real bad at controlling his “in love with Sanji”-face and Zeff notices.

So every few hours Zeff goes to find Sanji to give him some nutrition, poor Zoro is always getting “caught” with Sanji wrapped around him like a limpet and is all ✋😳🤚 while Zeff glares at him as he gently wakes up his Eggplant for a smoothie or something

(Zoro thinks it very unfair no other StrawHat is treated so suspiciously even they also are lovingly cuddling Sanji all the time but don’t incur Zeff’s glare. Even when Luffy joins their cuddle time it’s still Zoro getting singled out!!)

this is so funny lmao hes being sooo chivalrous and for WHAT