Hey! Just wanted to say that the Ambassador series of MacGyver fics is one of my favourite fanfic series Ever, and I stopped watching the show a while ago but I will still go and read those fics at least twice a year because they're absolutely amazing, and the line in Anvil+Duct Tape about deciding what's going to be a scar and what's going to be the end still resonates with me so hard. You're an incredibly talented writer, and I'm sorry if this is v intense but I just wanted to let u know how incredible your work is to me ❤

Thank you, Anon! I appreciate this so much. I've been struggling a bit of late, especially with my writing, and seeing this was like a surge of sunshine in my soul. Whoever you are, I hope your day is filled with light.

There was one of those hyperspecific polls that had an option like “your grandfather told you war stories that he never told anyone else” and now I feel like I have to tell the story about how a spider saved my grandpa’s life in WWII and how my family doesn’t kill spiders because we owe our existence to that One Single Spider

this website has just recently become tolerable (aka the best its been in a long time) and I don’t think we should sit idly by and let the entire ecosystem get fucked just bc twitter isn’t fun for them anymore. i’m not even trying to be dramatic. if more big names do come here and try and treat it like twitter 2.0 then there will be changes. public follower counts. more ads. changes to the dashboard. its less about not wanting celebrities on here, more about not wanting this site to succumb to what has ruined so many other platforms 

i love you films without sequels i love you limited series i love you stand alone novels i love you self-contained stories

DAREDEVIL 2x06 “Regrets Only”

Go read an old fic.

There's such recency bias in fandom. As an author you post something, get a few reactions, and then it goes off into the bin. As a reader you check the tags, see what's new, and move on. But a lot of old stuff is really good. It's just sitting there, gathering dust, waiting for someone to take a peek.

So go on. Treat yourself.

Read an old fic.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Magnum P.I. (TV 2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV, Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright, Theodore "T.C." Calvin, Ethan Shah, Gordon Katsumoto, Dennis Katsumoto | Gordon Katsumoto's Son Additional Tags: Brotherhood, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV, Case Fic, Sort Of, Haunted House, Thomas has many layers, Friendship, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD Series: Part 3 of The Scars Series Summary:

Set sometime mid-S3. What happens when you take a full moon, a rumored haunted house, and an internet dare, and mix them up the week before Halloween? Thomas Magnum is about to find out the answer is a whole lot of pain. For @disappearinginq. Happy (way belated, but who’s counting) Birthday.

Don’t ever feel bad if you stop writing. Whether that be temporary or permanent, please don’t feel bad.

I see a lot of people (often on anon) that just expect consistent content from artists/writers/bloggers/etc. It’s okay to take a break. It’s okay to stop all together.

If you stop because you have to focus on school, I support you. If you stop because you are too exhausted from work to write, I support you. If you stop because you need to focus on your mental health, I support you. If you stop because you have writers block, I support you. If you stop because you just don’t get joy from writing anymore, I support you.

Of course you and your content will be missed because you and your content are loved by so many. But putting yourself first is okay. It’s what you should be doing. You don’t owe your readers updates or an explanation or apology if you stop updating. If you want to give them one, that’s totally cool, but don’t feel bad if you don’t. Don’t let greedy people tell you otherwise. Only you know what is best for you, and nobody should tell you that you’re wrong/selfish/lazy for doing what is best for you.

No writer has all three:

A good relationship with reality

A socially acceptable search history

Actual motivation

Ok I really can’t narrow it down to a moment because all of Mythology + Snare Net lives in my head rent free. I read that fic during a time in my life when I was majorly struggling with mental illness and it really uplifted me. Mac’s perseverance and Jack’s undying loyalty gave me hope (which may sound pathetic idk) To this day “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty still makes me think of that fic :)

I’m so honored to know that the story gave you some light in a dark time. It doesn't sound pathetic at all. It's one of those happy byproducts I, as a writer, never set out to achieve but am so grateful when I hear that it does. There are themes I try to explore in these stories that I deal with myself and themes I've never experienced personally but know people who have and I want to give the right amount of weight and respect to both. If you read the story and felt hope as a result, I'm honored. And so grateful you told me. I think of this story with that song, too. The Ryan Star cover is the version I had on my writing playlist when writing M+SN. I am a classic rock girl at heart, but there are some covers and some voices that just...get me when I'm writing. Here's the version, if you've never heard it: Won't Back Down, Ryan Star.

I can never stop thinking of Mac hiding out in the little shack at the abandoned amusement park in "Mythology + Snare Net" where he's trying to remember all the labors of Hercules...

Thank you! I love that you love that. :)

It was so much fun (for me…not for Mac) to find ways to tie in the whole “Cerberus” theme @waitingforthestarstofall suggested for the Gates of Hell amusement park and to research the trials of Hercules. I felt kinda bad (in a good way…if that makes sense) for how much I broke Mac. I had been researching ways—reading, talking to folks who know more than me on the subject—of how to deal with PTSD and memory issues and the repetition of something familiar came up many times. I figured while maybe something like…the periodic table of elements would be more naturally familiar to a guy like Mac, he’d been trying so hard to get Jack to know where to come find him and had to walk all that way to get there, Cerberus would be more prevalent in his wounded mind.

I can't pick just one scene, but Jack remembering their gruesome mission back in the desert in "Solid Ground", the parallels killed me

<3 So writing that one made me want to write "original" fic -- I loved bringing together the present day danger of the earthquake and the flashback to the mission where they met Flynn. I loved having witnesses to their heroism, brotherhood, loyalty, pain. And I loved the freedom of weaving in so many ancillary OCs while being able to still focus on Mac and Jack. That was a fun one to write. *sigh* I really miss Jack.

For the 'most memorable scene in one of your fanfics' ask game: I have a terrible memory, but there's a scene with mac having a panic attack next to a car and Jack anchors him of course "one good breath" in one of your macgyvee fics and I read it several times before moving to the next chapter. It has free rent somewhere in my brain.

Ah, yes it's the "You know what I can do in 15 seconds" scene from "Anvil + Duct Tape"...writing that fic had me falling in love with those two characters, not gonna lie.

"Memorable scene" - Mac captured in High Rise + Free Fall, and while being tortured, Jack is stuck at a distance watching.

(Though, to be fair, can we say a whole fic? Because I will still pick The Raid as a whole scene because I love it and have read it more than any other)

Ah, yup. I did love writing me some Wyatt Logan. :) And what's more, with that fic, I got to write about my hometown as well! :) I love that you love that one.

For the 'most memorable scene in one of your fanfics' ask game:

The scene in In Extremis when they are trying to resuscitate Mac after he drowns!

Thank you. 😊 I liked writing that scene. A lot. ❤️

I, too, am curious....

I stole this from Twitter but I’m Curious

When you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy~! Then, send to the last ten people in your notifications anonymously. You never know who might benefit from spreading positivity~!

Five things that make me happy, in no particular order.... 1) Sunset, 70 degrees, a soft breeze, a glass of wine, and my deck. 2) The feel of my husband's hand on the small of my back. 3) My daughter's laughter. 4) Whumpfics. I feel no shame. 5) Music--especially a guitar and a voice roughed by age, time, or circumstance, or a melody that crescendos just right, plucking every string in my soul.