time drags on i hate him for the time he’s gone

it's not about the Canon, that is not to invalidate any feelings that is to say we are fandom, our works are transformative because we take the bits and pieces of a something we love and we break it, take the pieces that speak to us a spin them into something that resonates, it's about the dynamics and the potential and putting characters we adore In Situations because the narrative failed them or it failed us, or for fun or for science or just because it's fucking hot, it's not that serious and it holds a certain gravitas

it's playing in the sandbox, pure and simple, beholding ourselves to Canon is the antithesis of Spirit of the thing

hi babe! tysm for coming to me for advice!

Ive made a few posts about writing tips or advice, but lately I've been realizing how important this one piece I will give is: read more. Read more novels, fanfics, etc. I pick up so much with styling and even character's thought processes so much more now than I ever did before writing fanfic. Read things outside your comfort zone and things that feel exactly like home.

Writing didn’t really start clicking for me until I became a better reader. Not like...academically, but like...noticing more. I started paying attention to how writers handle the inner monologue and inter workings of a character, how they move through a scene, how they let a character think without over explaining, how tension is built, how people seldom say what they actually mean. I pick up so much now just by reading. Like cadence, pacing, how emotions are layered, how to interweave 'my darlings' but not over do it (lol and yet I do this a lot, esp in my most recent fic a the cure for suffering which is probs why its not as easy of a read as my other fics)

For example, I just read The Handmaid’s Tale, and I can literally see its influence reflected in the introduction of Right Where You Left Me—the way she remembers, the way her thoughts move through her past and present at the same time.

THAT WAS NOT A SCREENSHOT YOU JUST SAW!

THAT WAS A PAINTING!!!

(‘Accidentally reported you’ scam)

So it’s just another day on tumblr when a beloved mutual suddenly DMs you (or a random stranger) claiming that someone impersonated you and has scammed them out of $900 be it art or crypto or because of content related to CP. They tell you they’ve accidentally reported you by mistake and that the only way to clear up this issue is to contact someone on discord. They even show a screenshot claiming your account was reported for fraudulent activity and action must be taken within 24hrs or else your blog will be terminated. You just need to contact the “official” report dispute discord account in a timely manner and clear everything up!

You panic! You don’t want to lose your blog so you immediately DM the discord account who begins asking you questions before ultimately asking you to change your email address to theirs so they can ‘fix’ the flag on your account. All is well, and you assume that the false report is going to be cleared up…Right?

Unfortunately no. That’s not what happens.

You get locked out of your account and now the scammer logs in as you and starts to send the same message to anyone and everyone they find. The same message that now you accidentally reported the receiver and you need them to contact the same discord account to repeat the same process over and over again and you yourself seem to have no way of accessing your blog to stop the phishing. But don’t fear! You can fix this! Just contact the real support email and let them know you’ve been hacked and give them any information they may ask to confirm your the real owner of the blog.

Here are things to keep in mind:

- There is no official report dispute discord account ran by tumblr that isn’t a thing and has never been.

- Any discord account claiming to an official tumblr report dispute staff account is a scammer.

- You do not need to ever contact Discord for a tumblr related issue no matter how official the screenshot looks.

- This scam can affect anyone, even your friends. Keep them informed and if you can contact them offsite to let them know they’ve been hacked please do so they can get their account back faster.

I don't though!