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bitterletters · 3 days

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bitterletters · 6 days

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"People mostly write and read very character driven, specific ship focused fic, because what most people want out of fanfiction is to focus on the romance between characters they're not getting in canon so they can soak in the vibes."

Yes, absolutely. And thank hell for all the authors who write character-driven, ship focused fic for us to soak in the vibes to.

But also…

thank hell for all the authors who write angst, whump, and hurt no comfort, for us to luxuriate in blorbo's hurt and pain and cry or cackle.

thank hell for all the authors who write cheating, love triangles and affairs for us to consume large quantities of popcorn to and yell 'oh no, they didn't'.

thank hell for all the authors who write case fic, mission fic, and intricate, plot-driven stories to replicate the feel of canon, when canon has stopped or gone wrong.

thank hell for all the authors who write 'fix it' fics when canon has betrayed us with bad vibes, plot holes and deaths.

thank hell for all the authors who write poly ships when what we need is just for everyone to get along and screw instead of screw up.

thank hell for all the authors who write gen fic when we're not interested in romance.

thank hell for all the authors in fandom, and all the wonderful, different kinds of fanfiction they write for us.

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bitterletters · 18 days

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— David Foster Wallace , from “The Pale King.”

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bitterletters · 30 days

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Horniness is not intrinsically less pure than any other human motivation

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bitterletters · 1 month

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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

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bitterletters · 1 month

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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

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bitterletters · 1 month

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I feel like my bones want to rattle their way out of my skin

Spill free of containment right into another state of being

A smooth snap crackle pop into some shape I havent seen yet

Like the moment a moth claws its way out of cocoon

Is it as desperate as I am

Thirsty for the breaking into freedom

Yet terrified of what wings mean

#my writing #tiny bit of writing #poetry #writers and poets #growth #change

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bitterletters · 2 months

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On Eid, Israel had bombed several areas including a school, a mosque, a marketplace, and a refugee camp, bringing the total of Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours to 63, with many more still missing because their bodies were torn apart beyond recognition by Israeli bombs.

Keep talking about Gaza, keep agitating, and keep advocating because this is Zionism and this is Israel.

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bitterletters · 2 months

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me: i wish i could turn off certain mobs. i’d love to play more survival mode but the spiders really upset me :(

my dad, the most stoic person in existence, LEAPING out of his chair with great concern: I AM NOW OBSESSED WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WILL PROCEED TO SPEND THE NEXT MONTH SCOURING THE INTERNET FOR NICHE MODS OR CONSOLE COMMANDS IN HOPES I CAN BRING YOU AND THE ENTIRE MINECRAFT PLAYERBASE PEACE.

my dad, a week later, more distraught than i’ve ever seen: brittany it’s awful. i’ve been googling around for solutions to your spider problem and lots of little kids have asked for help on the same issue and people online were Mean to them. i cannot type fast enough to stop all of them. this is a crisis right now

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bitterletters · 2 months

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Jason: The universe does not want me dead.

Jason: It does not want me happy, but it does not want me dead.

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bitterletters · 2 months

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another reminder to stop buying/watching/reading anything JK Rowling associated

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bitterletters · 2 months

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Imagine a vampire sucked your blood and they didn't even pop a boner. not even half hard. fully flaccid the entire time they sucked your blood. I'd be so humiliated.

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bitterletters · 2 months

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A reminder for those of us with cats at Easter that lilies of ANY kind are BAD for cats. Some species such as Calla, Peace and Peruvian do not cause kidney damage or death like Easter and daylilies, but they can still cause irritation and gastrointestinal issues if ingested...

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bitterletters · 2 months

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Been hearing this is a problem again. Don't be a dick in bookmarks, folks. And yes while I made this image, I'm giving free reign. Take it. Spread it far and wide. Because I'm hearing that some readers don't know that their bookmarks are visible.

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bitterletters · 2 months

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🦀 Kudos Crab 🦀

If you are scrolling and see Kudos Crab, your fics will be blessed!

You will get good comments and kudos!

You will beat your writers block!

GO AND WRITE!

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bitterletters · 2 months

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I knew out relationship was going to end when I moved to Minnesota

On the drive up I was sick, barely awake, part of me wanted to die rather than breathe

Now I think thats where my love for you truly died

On that road with the sunflowers and the knowledge that I was finally escaping decades of abuse

You didnt message me on that trip, my sibling from another mother and my canadian heart did though

Once again the love of my closest friends hadnt included you

Of course you answered when i messaged, you werent cruel in your neglect

But I felt the foundations of my love for you stop breathing and I was afraid then

I was finally free of my abusers but that meant sitting in an unfurnished millenial gray apartment entirely alone

But you were just fine it seemed

Even though you weren't fine, maybe you never will be

The part of me that remembers how easy it was to love you hopes you will be one day

Most of me though, most of me is just tired

I dragged the corpse of our love around for over six months

Lugged it from room to room, frowning as its rot made my nose burn

But I never stopped, never put it down even as you continued to bounce between a lukewarm affectionate mask and silence

I could see you trying

I hated you for it sometimes

But i was alone and afraid and so I carried the corpse from room to room

Until finally, something in me snapped and I let go, just for a moment then for longer

You didn't notice my absense

when i noticed yours, your tongue grew sharp and I knew then that I could never love you again

That the corpse was just a rotten body on the floor

Still some part of me wanted to try, one last time I whispered

Instead, another lit a match careless and dropped it

I count it lucky that what burned was the dry rotted fabrication of what could have been a beautiful love

For now its done

#angsty #my writing #criticism not wanted #poorly written #idk man im just sad and free and fuck a relationship

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bitterletters · 2 months

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“When it’s over, leave. Don’t continue watering a dead flower.”

— Unknown

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