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Shout out to the (many) times I got called an elitist gatekeeper for saying that the only real way to fully understand a work of fiction is to experience it firsthand and that summaries and reviews are not a replacement for that

the-lincyclopedia

Me, reading the first 80% of the post: What do you mean, "experience it firsthand"? How am I supposed to join the Hunger Games or go on the Odyssey?

Me, reading the final clause of the post: Oh, you literally meant that people have to read the book/listen to the audiobook in order to fully understand it. And people got mad. Oh dear.

marisatomay

To quote what a friend of mine said after she watched Jerry Maguire (1996) for the first time, having thought she knew what it was about because of its cultural ubiquity: “you miss a lot of a movie when you don’t watch it”

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Fic Rec Friday!

July 3rd, 2026

Happy July, friends!! Didn't read a ton this week - this heat is turning me into a slug. But still we persevere 💛

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Fandom: DC

Completed works:

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🌻never gonna give you up - clarakent Gen, No Archive Warnings Apply 2,396 words, oneshot Published: April 2nd, 2020

Summary:

Bruce finds out there's something different about parenting when it comes to traumatized omegas.

Rec: short and sheer sweet fluff. I am deeply compelled by omega!Tim and alpha dad!Bruce who doesn’t have the slightest clue how to handle how much he cares about his son <3

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🌻Frame of Reference - below21 ( @creamshiba ) background Bruce/Clark, No Archive Warnings Apply 4,820 words, oneshot Published: June 30th, 2026

Summary:

When Bruce and Clark announce they're dating, Jason immediately hates the idea. He knows exactly what happens behind closed doors when two people start dating.

He’s not going to let Bruce get hurt.

Rec: Bruce and Clark getting together and Jason’s trauma rearing its head is SUCH an underexplored genre imo. I love how much Jason feels like a scared kid in this one, and how much Clark’s earnest sweetness manages to feel like a threat through Jason’s trauma-warped lens. And bonus points for good-big-brother Dick, who has the patience to actually try and figure out where Jason is coming from.

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Ongoing Works:

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❀ 🌻 Elsewhere, Everywhere - MoonBoo Gen, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings 35,133 words, 11/? chapters Latest Update: June 29th, 2026

Summary:

Tim, stuck on comms due to a broken leg, is attacked by a familiar cowled figure in the Batcave.

The problem? Bruce is still out on patrol.

An alternate Batman stranded far from home should be nothing more than a temporary complication. Instead, Tim finds himself growing close to a Bruce Wayne who has a Dick, a Jason, but no Tim.

And some doors, once opened, are hard to close.

Rec: we were gifted with TWO (2) chapters this week and I am FEASTING. The tension between Bruce and Other Bruce over Tim is so well done and painful and satisfying - and good big brother Jason!! Everyone wants what's best for Tim and no one is going about it in entirely the right way!!! 😭💕

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❀ 🌻 Broken Wings, Open Sky - greenlimetea Gen, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings 4,178 words, 3/? chapters Latest Update: July 1st, 2026

Summary:

Fathers disciplined you. It was just what they did.

Damian has survived years by following the rules, keeping his head down, and shielding his brothers. Then another Batman arrives — one with a soft voice and gentle hands.

Damian is certain it's a trick. He just has to make sure he's the one who pays the price for it.

Rec: This one is still in the early stages, but I am SO looking forward to seeing more - Damian's life at the start is pretty brutal, and as of the latest chapter, I can taste our alternate universe hurt/comfort around the corner!! I can't wait to see the direction this story takes our characters in (and for them to get the softness they deserve) <3

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Fandom: The Pitt

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🌻But at Last Came a Knock - Vamillepudding ( @vamillepudding ) Jack Abbot/Robby, No Archive Warnings Apply 5,867 words, oneshot Published: June 27th, 2026

Summary:

“I’m sorry,” Robby says slowly, stiffly, “I think I must have misheard you, because I’m pretty sure I just heard you tell me that my mother, whom I haven’t seen in almost fifty years, came to my place of work today, the one time this week that I wasn’t there.”

Rec: Tbh The Pitt is one of those rare shows where I love it so much that I feel pretty much no inclination to go looking for fic for it. But sometimes one of your favorite authors drops it straight into your inbox, no looking needed! This fic hits the bittersweet notes so perfectly - the relationship between Abott and Robby feels true to character, deep-rooted and loving without sanding off their unhealthy edges. Abott's perspective is so well written and lines up with how I think he sounds in a way that I rarely see in the few fics I have poked my nose into, and without getting into spoilers, the situation with Robby's mother is handled with a painfully realistic maturity that's going to stick with me for a long time to come 💛

#fic rec fridays #fic recs #batfam #the pitt

nondelphic

every writer has That One Scene that lives in their head rent-free but they can’t write it yet because “the vibes aren’t ripe”

batbetbitbotbut

what I'm gathering is that writing is like having a head full of avocados and you don't know which one will ripen next or when but you have to keep poking them forever because if you miss it you feel rotten and your brain turns to mush

#YEAH

userautumn

i love fics that feel so... grown. fics about adults that were written by adults who have years of life experience under their belts who pour that into their writing. fics where you can tell this is a person who has lived through a marriage or a divorce or a child or children or parent death or any number of Huge Life Events because the way they write with an emphasis on the highs and lows of the human experience rather than an emphasis on tropes (not throwing shade) is just so. oh man, it's just so fucking good. if my blorbos are grown men, grown women, grown people, i love it when they feel like grown people, not just extensions of the (young) author's imagination. (still not throwing shade). you know?

hirilelfwraith

Occasionally you do need to just let fantasy be fantasy. "Why are the mountains around Mordor in a square, mountain ranges don't work like that" well you see there's an evil god who lives there hope this helps

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unforth

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

cryptotheism

Don’t you have to read good books to be a good writer?

You need a balanced diet of Peak, Dogshit, indulgent tripe, top 40 shit, almost-peak, niche peak, and experimental avante garde shit.

i-am-a-fish

fuck, I just realized that if I spend my life being too intimidated to make art then that means I don't even get to make bad art. I end up making NO art. that's way worse

chaumas-deactivated20240115

we’ve done the “performance artist sits motionless while the audience is invited to Do Stuff to them” enough times now and it always goes the same way I think we should probably stop doing it

chaumas-deactivated20240115

My objection is that it boils down to a weird game of consent chicken. Like, maybe in 1964 it seemed really shocking and novel, but any metro art gallery is probably within walking distance of a kink club where someone has laid out riding crops and flails and invited strangers to touch/bite/whip/strip/finger/fuck them and will be very sad if no one does. Of course there is nuance, but the kinkster can be understood as consenting and eager and capable of ending the scene.

What about the artist? They provide you with riding crops and invite you do Do Stuff to them without predetermined boundaries. To some extent they probably do want someone to do something edgy so the critics have something to write about. But the tension comes from the audience not really knowing what the artist actually wants to happen. It’s essentially a dare to discover what the artist considers an acceptable part of the piece. Of course it gets out of hand almost every time—it’s basically an exercise in bad kink negotiation.

eisenkrahe

Yes!

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stormbreaker101

I LOVE COLLABORATIVE SOTRYTELLING I LOVE CREATING THINGS TOGETHER I LOVE "YES AND"ING WITH OTHERS I LOVE "NO BUT WHAT ABOUT-"S I LOVE HEARIJG MY FRIENDS' IDEAS I LOVE BOUNDING OFF OF THEM I LOVE ART I LOVE STORIES I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT PASSIONS AND SKILLS REQUIRED I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT MEDIA IT TAKES I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE

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murderofsomeone

I need to make something really elaborate and cool (doesn't move

skarchomp

i think one of the more damaging parts of learning i was gay was seeing tumblr posts about what is and isn't acceptable queer behavior and not learning until years later that it was not some official rubric handed down through time by the lgbt community elders and instead it was just the personal opinions of some weird 23 year olds who had a lot of followers

skarchomp

if they had just said "im personally uncomfortable with genderbending art" and not "genderbends are inherently transphobic" maybe my coming out process wouldn't have been staggered by longer than id like to think about

waitingforthesunrise

don’t you love when you’re casually reading a random poem and suddenly come across a line that burrows into your bones and becomes the definition of your heart for the next 17 years

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an-na-ko

Lyra, my beloved cat of 13 years, passed away this year on Father's Day. She's been by my side through very difficult times and was my little rock of steady and unrelenting love. I struggled a lot drawing this, and struggled a lot posting it, but I know I would've wanted to read a comic like this that validated my grief for her when I lost her.

Wherever you are, Lyra my little summer star, I love you always! Thank you for being the best thing in my life.

#art #comics #art that makes me cry 💛

birdplushie

i think it's funny when a character is almost exclusively referred to by their last name by other people and this carries over into their internal monologue when someone writes from their pov. not even on a first name basis with herself

#me writing ryland grace #sorry dr grace you’re just not a ryland to me

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