Cool Sideblog

a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.

Even if views DID do something, if 100 people read a story but only 1 left a comment and 10 left kudos/likes, I would assume "wow everyone hated that." Even just saying "I loved this" or "I like how you wrote (character)" will make an author feel like real people are actually enjoying their work.

the sooner people understand x reader as a literary device and not a blank slate for you get mad at for not actually being a blank slate, the more fun we’ll all have. the reader-insert will never be a perfect empty canvas. even without character and world motivation it’s just the sheer fact that these things are written by imperfect humans—some of them do it better than others but all of them will leave their dirty filthy thumbprints on ur precious mirror of a entryway, that’s literally just how creation works. it will never perfectly include everyone, it’s not meant to, they work exactly the same as other characters—the degree to which you relate to them will depend on the story, what they do, and who’s writing it (and you who’s reading it, of course).

I just think its weird we live in a world where graphic murder depicted on television/internet is fine and shows glorifying serial killers is okay but showing a tiddie or a vagina is as bad as telling Jesus to fuck himself

And showing a penis usually only happens in a comedy context, or briefly and in shadow in a romance, and having an erection *at all* makes it automatically an X rating even if no one's touching it.

it was a stroke of genius to give James T Kirk a bitchy flip phone in the 60's, truly amazing to watch him slam it shut like a pissed off socialite girl in 2000's teen shows