I Have My Own Fun

Oh wow! Thank you so much for such a kind compliment, @cest-toi-qui-vois! 

The Stitch and Regina paintings were a lot of fun to make. @sgtmac7 is a talented writer and a dear, dear friend and I loved making those for her. 

A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written.

AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence.

Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same.

There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that.

I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it.

If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene...

Title: Neverland At Night [Art] Link: Click Here To View and Comment Artist: VictoriousPeep Find them on: -Bluesky: -Tumblr: victoriously-wicked

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NOTE: there were TWO fics written for this piece of art. Please be sure to read and comment on BOTH!

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Title: Dreamwalkers Link: Click Here To View and Comment Author: sgtmac Find them on: -Bluesky: -Tumblr: sgtmac7 Rating: Teen and Up Warning(s): Graphic Depictions of Violence Words: 50k Summary: In the aftermath of the S2 finale, an exhausted and shaken up Regina, who is finally confronting her violent life choices, teams up with the Charmings and Hook to save Henry from a malicious Peter Pan who wants little more than to defeat the notorious Evil Queen and steal Henry's heart for his own. While reluctantly assisting Emma with her magic, Regina and Emma form a bond first via whispered conversations they can only have late at night and then later within their shared dreams. Connected not only as desperate co-mothers desperate to find their child, but also as damaged kindred spirits wanting to start over - maybe even with each other. Together, they will go on an intense journey of sacrifice, love, redemption, friendship, hope faith and family. AKA a rewrite of the S3 Neverland arc wherein magic lessons, late night conversations around a campfire (in and of out dreams) and the shared love of a very special child brings two damaged women together in a beautiful way they never saw coming.

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Title: Neverland at Night Link: Click Here To View and Comment Author: oblivcns Find them on: -Bluesky: oblivcns -Tumblr: oblivcns Rating: Mature Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 5k Summary: When Henry is taken to Neverland by Greg and Tamara, his family rushes to the island to rescue him. While treading through the jungle, Emma and Regina begin to form a bond that nobody was prepared for.

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why? because archive of our own isn't tiktok or youtube or twitter/x where users can monetize their content. archive of our own is a nonprofit site run by fans for fans, which means every content — every fanfic — you see on archive of our own was made out of pure love and passion from the artists/authors.

ao3 authors write because writing about these characters is their happiness and passion. they write for themselves, but they were generous enough to share with you their creations.

they're not "content creators" the way tiktokers or youtubers or instagram models are. they don't "make content" for views and engagements that can be monetized.

so no, you don't get to "grade their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "say what you dislike about their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "dislike" works that are not made specifically to please you in the first place. you're just a guest in someone's house, a house in which they let you in because they were kind, you don't get to roam around their house and say what you dislike about their furniture. you don't get to roam around their house and say you "dislike their house".

of course, you can have your opinion about the house its host invites you in. but if it's a negative one and you find yourself not liking the house, the polite things for you to do is excuse yourself and leave without telling them you dislike their house.

and just because you personally dislike the house doesn't mean the house is "ugly" either. the house you dislike could be a favorite, most luxurious place to many others.

my point is, don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that you get to enjoy for free. don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that were made out of love and passion — things the artists made for themselves for fun.

it makes you look like an entitled jerk with main character syndrome. the universe does not revolve around you.

now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.