The Moment I Knew

“On the day of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales—a sunny Saturday in September 1997—there was one small item that broke a million hearts in a city, and a nation, already awash in grief. A bouquet of white freesias sat atop her coffin as it rode on a gun carriage to Westminster Abbey. Nestled in the flowers was an envelope with a single word—“MUMMY”— printed in a child’s hand. Walking behind were its authors, princes William, 15, and Harry, 12, accompanied by their father, Prince Charles, their grandfather, Prince Philip, and their embittered uncle, Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother. At the time, those of us covering the funeral, and millions more watching on London’s streets and on televisions around the world, wondered what these wounded young lads could possibly have said to make sense of the tragedy that befell their mother, and the circus of grief it spawned.”

The Forgotten Kingdom: Prince Harry in Lesotho

“The Forgotten Kingdom,” which started out as a private video diary, chronicles a 19 year old Prince Harry’s eight-week visit to Lesotho in February and March 2004. This TV documentary helped raise approximately $2 million for the British Red Cross Lesotho Fund.

 Seriously he needs a woman, NOW 

Fanfiction writers spend a lot of time and effort on creating amazing content for all of us to enjoy, taking time out of often busy schedules to plot and to research, to write and to post, as well as interacting with readers and creating additional content. And they do it for free, with no promise of any return on their investment. It takes a lot of courage to share writing that they’ve been working hard on and often times new writers struggle to get feedback on their work, which can be dissuading and at times frustrating, especially when there is one negative message that seems to somehow outweigh all the positive ones.

At the same time, this community is flourishing right now, with fabulous new stories being announced every day, brand new fics being posted, and some of the best and most creative ideas out there being turned into wonderful stories for us to enjoy. It’s the perfect time to celebrate the talent we have in this community, promote new content that’s just starting out, and show our fic writers how much we value them for giving so much so we have something lovely to read at the end of the day.

From Monday 10th August - Sunday 17th August, let’s show our appreciation for fic writers in the community and spread some love and positivity. How can you participate? Here are some suggestions:

Each day, pick a writer and send them a message (or a review). Tell them what you love about their writing: talk about your favourite character, pick a quote you really love, let them know why their story stands out. Or even just say hi so they know that you’re there. If you’re a silent reader, now is the time to speak up.

Reblog fic posts instead of just liking them; spread around the stories you love so other people can see them and give them a try. And if you see a new story that you haven’t tried yet that needs a bit of love, reblog that too.

Make fic rec posts with some of your favourites and tell everyone why you love them so much. And let’s show our under-appreciated gems some real love.

Or, you know, just do you.

Honestly, just small things like this can motivate a writer to keep going when things are tough.

I think this is such an incredible idea and I want to thank bioluminescentwriting for alerting me to the idea and letting me use it for our fandom! But it can only really work if you guys all join in; it’s worked so well over in other fandoms and I’m sure it’d be amazing here too! So thanks and I’m going to reblog the hell out of this so as many people see it as possible. Feel free to do the same and we can have an amazing week!