Starry101

i need some of yall to stop and think; if your way of interacting with someone is based solely on how they make you feel, how much better you'll feel based on what you're looking for in this conversation/interaction, with complete disregard to how uncomfortable they may be with it, you're being kind of a dick. infatuation with an individual is not always flattering, but it's especially not when you're using them as a tool to make yourself feel better.

but then there's the other side of it, where the artist/writer might perceive themself higher in this hierarchy than another, and go out of their way to essentially treat their peers with "kid gloves" or act like theyre doing others a kindness by sharing their works. it's not a kindness, it's dehumanizing. youre treating your peers like charity cases, you're practically saying "i do not think you are capable of succeeding without my help."

so yeah

It is not hard to link to your Tumblr or Twitter with a vague message like, “If you’re looking for my other works or other ways of supporting me, go here: link.” I have had people buy me coffees after enjoying my fic and asking where to support me. I threw up a link to my Tumblr and people cared enough to follow it. They were fully understanding when I explained in the comments that they could not commission me and I could not link them directly to any donation platform, but they could go to xyz link to read more. And they did! Nobody has to put AO3 directly on the firing line.

Go ahead and commission independently. Just do it anywhere else except on AO3. And then don’t come crying to the community when you, personally, get a C&D from a massive corporation.

AO3 is our bullet shield. Tumblr will pull your shit down. Wattpad won’t fucking protect you. LJ and FF.net already sold our asses for one (1) corn chip. AO3 is trying to protect us, you goddamn lemmings.

If you cannot follow the rules that protect fanspaces, you do not belong in our fanspaces.

Do you have any headcannons about the crutches? I think he'd wack everyone's knees.

aww thank you! Haha Yhea He definitely steps on their toes (but purely by accident >:)"wink wink")

haha. Nah, but actually, I had a silly idea that Donnie builds the crutches and he puts like an emergency button and, I don't know, tissues and stuff in there (Idk how, but it's Donnie, I'm sure he could do it). And in addition to that, he builds in world-destroying weapons or like a gun in there, in case something happens and he needs to defend himself until his brothers arrive. And then it activates by accident or something...

Mostly just an excuse to put Leo in air jail, tbh.

Some more rottmnt stuff; rewatched the movie and had some feels.