A fleeting spark

thought I was going to a concert to see the cure ? but it was actually placebo??? fml

@vintagecandyshop :} <3

If you want to engage with fandom as a community but are overwhelmed by the writing of it all, my advice is to start small. Write a one paragraph ficlet/drabble and post it to tumblr. Describe a setting, or a bit of character inner monologue, or write a snapshot of a bigger scene in your head. This might seem like it's just "posting headcanons to tumblr" but if you take the time to look at your sentence structure, edit your word choices, fix typos, and make adjustments to make the writing more compelling or the characters more vivid, that is literally creative writing. Next time, make it two paragraphs. Maybe add a few lines of dialogue. Take a scene from canon and extend it for 500 words. Try to engage with or expand upon an emotion that you noticed in canon. I bet someone else is compelled by this idea too. You don't have to write a 100k fic to engage with other people in fandom. Short form is a valid form of writing practice and will build your muscle. Even if one person likes it or replies to it with their own thoughts, you've reached someone.

Sometimes in a professional setting you’ll come across someone in their 60s who just cannot open a PDF in their email. And the thing is. They’re lowkey not old enough to be acting like that. You guys were in your early 30s at the latest when email took off. You’ve actually been doing this for longer than I have. Get real and click on the damn attachment.

being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past ‘dresses are for women and pants are for men.’ i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we’ve made