look, fandom as a whole certainly has its own built-in biases and problems that need to be addressed
but like
every so often i think about all of the deep, nurturing lifelong friendships that only ever happened because one day two internet strangers were like ‘oh hey, we agree on which fictional characters should kiss!’
people who are right now helping each other survive via connections they initially forged by liking the same sailor moon girl or something
the internet is a goddamn garbage pit but it is also a goddamn miracle
I'm glad you're back on tumblr. I met you at a library a million years ago for a Paper Towns event. I worked at a bookstore at the time and told you I'd put An Abundance of Katherines on the Staff Recommends shelf, and you put your hand on mine and said, "Thank you. Really." in the sincerest tone I've ever heard, and then signed my books (including an anagram of my name in my copy of Katherines), and I've met a few authors in my time but never one as utterly sincere as you, and it meant a lot, and you're awesome, and I'm going to continue to buy all your books.
Good Omens stained glass piece I made for my school's art show :) I couldn't find a big enough light to fully light behind it to showcase it's full potential, but the blue light was fun.
Here's also the reference picture, I don't know who originally made it, but shout out to them because it's so beautiful and I loved it.
This reminds me of another post about this same topic where someone said that it shouldn't be shocking that straight women want to read about men being soft and showing emotional intelligence as they so often don't in straight fiction
even if straight women did dominate m/m shipping to the degree people like to claim (which I’ve never seen substantiated and which has never reflected my own fandom experience), it wouldn’t hurt to maybe extend a little empathy with regard to why women who are attracted to men might find straight erotica painful and alienating to consume. perhaps apply some critical thought before whipping out fetishization as a trump card.
For @theladydrgn and @sylwritesstuff, editions of their wonderful Heyer inspired Sunday’s Child. I had trouble deciding on colors, and was originally going to go with blue and pink for ladydragona’s, but I liked the dark blue on blue much better. Hope you like it.