I’m A Rambler, You’ve Been Warned

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

Stratt: It is pride month, Dr. Grace. You know what that means. Grace: What? You want us to breed gay astrophage? Stratt:No. Don't be ridiculous, astrophage reproduce asexually. I only meant it is a good time to acknowledge those on the project who exist under the queer umbrella, including yourself because of your aroace identity. Grace: My what?

Not attracted to that character i just want him to experience being scared for his life and panicking

this is literally where dean started falling in love with him

the issue with writing for yourself is that you will get sucked into rereading your own fic over and over and pretend it’s “editing,” but really you’re just reading because it’s exactly what you want to read. because you wrote it. for you.

and then you will be like why does this asshole never finish anything god

shapeshift but it slowly kills me i mean... yeah its worth it, it just means (depending on the severity of the effect) i would only use it in situations of X import honestly looking at the side effects here, i think most of them are like this, sometimes even more unambiguous (perhaps one could say "slowly kills you" applies even without using the power... but other's seem to be worded as clearly about the power itself). so unless you are very worried about temptation i think it makes sense to take most of them in a way where this question doesn't really make sense

autistic ryland grace is so so so important to me

you can tell a character is loved when their fans constantly wish immense physical and psychological harm on them

"Do you insert yourself as the top/bottom of your favorite ship?" No, I'm the cameraman