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@dollsuguru pspspspps……….. the teeniest tiniest sneak peek just for u ………………..
#THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS OK I BARELY KNOW THIS MAN#idk why my first thought was to write him crying ok….. don’t look at me……. i just think he’d look pretty w tears in his eyes </3#kairo do i have ur approval so far…………….. is he the type to cry . like at all. i can see him being a bit of a closeted crybaby#BUT I DONT KNOWWWW writing abt characters when u havent finished the source material is so terrifying 🥲🥲#im out here feeling like the author herself is gonna come after me if i write him wrong#(also trust that i’m breaking into ur dms when i Actually get started on this i’m gonna need u to be my coauthor i fear 😞)#ari noises ✩
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What if Peepers got left behind with the main duo tho (Patreon)
#Doodles#Wander Over Yonder#Wander#Commander Peepers#Sylvia#Dynamics ✨#Technically I have more to this idea but it ended up a bit meandering so y'know how it is lol#One of these days I'll learn how to draw the actual main characters but it's not today lol#That said I am very pleased with how Sylvia turned out in the first panel lol her Snoopy poses always get me bad <3#She may not Like the cutes but she Is the cutes so there ♪#This is basically just a character swap The Little Guy but also that episode already happened? Idk I'll figure it out as I go lol#The important parts to me were Peepers in a position with no authority and already-established dynamics with these two#Westley growing to trust them is fun and all but Peepers already knows them interpersonally - from fairly early on! The Prisoner et al#He's not in danger - at least with Wander there lol he turns his back and Sylvia rears back and he turns again and Peepers is cowering#Poor lad haha ♪ They'll go off to fight by themselves at some point#Both of them having a proper sparring partner they're not afraid to hurt tho?? This is why their dynamic works honestly lol#But just the thought of him being equal parts defensive and trying to use them for safe haven until Hater comes back to get him lol#Unlike Westley they really can't function without him so they'd make a return trip once they noticed but how long would that take ♪#So until then he has to get cozy! (Impossible)#But really the thought of no Hater acting as his alarm clock no force to manage no paperwork no schedule - I think it would stress him out#He's a creature of habit! He's lost without his familiar-and-knowns! Waking up to birdsong and bright sunshine is alien and wrong!#Hell even sleeping to crickets and the soft and warm breathing of other bodies - it's all strange and uncomfortable ♫#Probably gets up in the middle of the night - carefully - to lay a trap that Chekov Gun-style foils him or Hater by the end lol#Anything to settle him! It would take way longer than the Skullship returning to sway his deep-rooted habits hehe
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For fannfic writer asks:
Do you ever read your own writing for fun?
If you could erase any three tropes from existence, what would they be?
Hello! And thank you for the questions :)
Do you ever read your own writing for fun?
YES. Absolutely 100% yes! I write for myself and my own enjoyment first and foremost; I know what I like and how I like it, so it only makes sense that I enjoy reading my works, haha! It's a lot of fun!
If you could erase any three tropes from existence, what would they be?
This is a hard one to answer, because I'm a strong believer in the fact that there's no capital sins in writing -- as long as the writer knows what they're doing, anything and everything can become the foundation for a wonderful, poignant story.
That being said... there are some common tropes (particularly in romances) I'm not too fond of. Love triangles are one of those (they mostly seem childish to me, honestly), and I also don't really enjoy love at first sight (attraction yes, interest yes, but love? at first sight? definitely not my thing!). Contrary to popular taste, I'm not a big fan of enemies-to-lovers, unless there's an extensive 'friends' phase in between. So yeah, if I had to pick: love triangles, love at first sight, enemies-to-lovers. :)
Thanks again for the questions, these were a lot of fun to answer!
#you know that post that's like#'re-reading my own works because the author has my exact same understanding of the characters & themes and loves my exact same tropes'?#yeah that's me lmao#i definitely recommend re-reading one's works to anyone who writes! it's a *lot* of fun (and also a good way to improve!)#i'd never actually erase any of those tropes because we'd lose some incredible stories like Romeo & Juliet and the mere thought pains me#but they are very popular (esp. in fandom) and not often well-done imho#so maybe i just dislike them out of excessive exposure idk#but yeah if i had to pick it wold be those#i think they all share the same fundamental problem for me. which is that i think true deep love comes from friendship and affection first#might be because i'm on the ace spectrum#but i strongly believe there's a solid foundation of friendship behind every great love story#so tropes that try to bypass that foundation of mutual understanding and trust aren't really my thing#no shade to those who enjoy them ofc this is just my personal taste#writing
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ok i admit i dont really go for urban fantasy and the combat/fighting scenes in it were rough and i thought some of the plot was dumb but the first book in the tarot sequence got me??? like a solid 3.5/5 which given my innate distaste for UF is p damn high. it's about the RELATIONSHIPS. the rune-brand brother bond and how they understand each other and love each other and fight and cuss each other out and care so deeply and apologize and work around each other's trauma and triggers. addam's priority always being his brother. THE TERRIBLE DELIGHTFUL TEENS MAX AND QUINN. whatever the fuck is going on with ciaran i adore him. the 20+ yr recovery arc. the magic system with the sigils and courts based on the major arcana. the INSANE amount of plot bombs dropped in the book 1 epilogue. everyone is so traumatized and yet they get up and they try. ive only had max for a day and a half etc etc etc
like. it is dark and heavy and holy holy shit content warnings abound i would not actually /recommend/ it to most ppl because of that, but it's not grimdark. terrible unspeakable things happen and keep happening and yet there is tentative hope of ending the cycle or at least saving a few kids and building a home and there's love and accidental child acquisition and idk ik ive been real tired lately and it's no masterpiece. but it hit in some kind of way i wasnt expecting it to
#the tarot sequence#fran reads#i think the court/throne/magic system is also cool#even if urban fantasy is like. my nemesis for the most part#idk why!! i just!!! dont go for it!!!#anyway dont read this w/out checking out the triggers on the authors website#there is some. like. seriously major heavy shit both referenced and in flashbacks#not gratuitous i dont think. but horrifying nonetheless#also unforch a sex scene but given that it was a character trying to deal with trust and trauma after SA i like. can forgive it.#even if i would just. prefer. we didn't#i still think quinn and max are my faves. these teens r just too good and too sad and i need to take care of them ok#as much as the rune-brand bond gets me#and as much as everything about rune hurts me#and addam and his relationship w quinn!!! that's his brother!!!#i think max and quinn are my standout faves. where can i sign the adoption papers#ALSO LORD TOWER. FUCK. LIKE.#a father figure but also DEEPLY FUCKED UP but also WAS HE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK?? THE TORTURE??? HELLO????
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man i have really been thinking about worldbuilding and exposition in books recently
when i was like, i don’t know, twelve-ish, I picked up this book about a teenage girl in a spy school. and i absolutely fell in love with it - I thought it was incredibly neat how the book just seemed to drop me into the middle of the story, even starting in the girl’s second year. in fact, the main character frequently referenced events from her first year (falling in love with a civilian, things ending badly, finding secret passageways, losing her mother’s trust etc.)
and I actually really enjoyed the fact that the character had a rich and vibrant life outside of what i had read and that the book didn’t go out of its way to explain her past in flashbacks or anything. i understood the main takeaways and why she was reacting to things based on what i gleaned, and more than that i understood the growth of the character, why she was cautious in certain places but reckless in others, etc and i felt smarter for not being handed the answer on a silver platter
anyway it wasn’t until i finished the book and realized there was a sequel that i looked it up and found out that. in fact. i had started with the second book in the series.
oops.
#i will say i genuinely read the sequels and NEVER went back and read the first book#it genuinely felt like i understood the takeaways from reading the second book#it almost felt like i would be doing cammie a disservice by going backwards and undoing the progress she had made#anyway i just remember thinking about how cool it was that the author didn't go out of their way to explain exactly what happened#and yet i was able to understand what happened just by her reactions to this new guy#the oh. OH. of realizing she hadn't fallen in love with a civilian so much as fallen in love with the idea of civilian life#her life being made much more difficult from the loss of trust by her mother and teachers#kind of want to go back and reread it but i feel like reading ur childhood books again sets you up for disappointment#probably not the masterpiece i remember reading#but man it made so much sense bc of COURSE cammie wouldn't just like. give me info about how the world worked. her mum was headmaster.#ofc she knew how the spy world worked smh#so when they were like FUCK the secret passageways we used to sneak out are blocked off bc we got caught last year#we need to figure out either a) another way out of the school unseen or b) find more secret passageways#and i was like !!! yeah! of course! that makes total sense and adds an obstacle for the main character to get though!#and now i also know that cammie a) was sneaking out to see her boyfriend which means it was b) a secret worth hiding for some reason#idk that second book was the only bitch i respect
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i should find people to promote breadavota to because who else will ship the funny little jpegs together. should i appeal to the para and transid communities cuz i just realized that the story having "living" as a legal and social status instead of a strictly biological one and chronicles the different ways characters who identify as one or the other approach "transitioning" is very transid fitting. and paras because at least three of the characters canonically are paras and they aren't evil people for it (they're evil for unrelated reasons /lh)
ft the cast that hits all of the "rly stigmatized identifications" bingo (going to put only canon here, none of my hc's)
bread the mc a doll who tries to transition from non-living to living, she's a collective of 46 "breadlings" and can modify her body based on their own internal body parts. she hates the laws
jacques, loveless schizospec/pd haver objectophile/teratophile dollkin (?) who also identifies as being literally dead. he hates the laws
has some kind of dyadic/commited but non romantic relationship with:
media, a zoophile/erotophonophile who is also like transliving and most of his arc seems to be his internalized shame for all of these because it goes against his reputation as his species's most "ethical" role model which is a title he probably got after usurping god and eating her eye. he wrote the laws. also he hates the laws
reception who considers themself a single person but routinely presents as three people at once (which the rest of their species finds weird). they hate the laws
bon/scarecrow, a demon force-transitioned into becoming "living" before getting exiled when they fail at assimilating into society and curse the nation's records of their years being forced into an entertainment industry. they hate the laws
bien. who loves his dad bon. in all senses of the word (hes my favorite blorbo). okay hes too repressed to hate anything
idk how to describe sar i just need everyone to look at sar at all times. sar makes one's own laws
special mention for vara a snarky ai who is programmed is to split fictives of people she hates apparently /lh
she hates the laws
also just look at the art :3 so pretty
the story truly has it all. blood and gore. toxic doomed yaoi. discussions of disability. speculation on sociocultural constructs of love. being "living" used as an analogy for being an entity worthy of love and being part of society. more toxic doomed yaoi. read breadcomics today
#breadposting#LICHRALLY JUST READ IT THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US AUTHOR DOESN'T PROMO THEMSELVES WORTH SHIT </|3#the story isnt gone on that long yet so theres a lot of themes that havent been elaborated yet#but i trust the author lol#paraphilia#transid#radqueer#i think#not actually familiar with rq community but i think its the common group between the others#para safe#transid safe#media recommendation#image heavy#idk what to tag but yeah ^w^#i actually douby much will see this i just wanted an excuse to share my blorbos in one post hehe#but if anybody does check it out pls pls look at the trigger warnings page
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what brand of stupid are you ?
Himbo stupid. You're just an all around kind person who's a little too gullible. You are knowledgeable on weirdly specific trivia but a lot of common knowledge seems to have slipped you. You probably aren't the best at math but by god can you fix a flat tire. Everyone remembers you as a friendly person, you just might need to brush up on your reading comprehension again
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#&&. dash games#q.#HELP NOT THE H.IMBO RESULT STILL#i did this a long time ago i think (grandmalynn vc) and some things jst never change huh ......#I DO THINK H.AKUNO IS VERY SMART THO like- book smarts at least#but she most definitely has some incredible moments of stupidness 🙏#AND HMM IDK ABT GULLIBLE BUT she is really 'overly trusting' ? 😭#as in girlie wants 2 believe in the good in ppl so unless you give her a Super In Your Face reason for her to suspect otherwise#then she'll tentatively believe in u ........#i don't wanna say trust bc egad girl your attachment issues-#but yeah she rlly is an all around kind person!!!!#ALSO INSANELY GOOD AT CALCULATION BTW LIKE#SHE CALCULATED 5961600÷(24×60×60) IN S E C O NDS EGAD my math h8r ass is SHAKING#i think her reading comprehension would be good too and she'd be rlly good at understanding author's intent and all that#but she would be soooo baddd at putting it to words
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i never realized you were getting those rude comments I'm so sorry, ao3 has a newer feature that makes you able to block certain accounts from commenting, so if you're getting multiple comments from the same person you can block them
awwww I promise I’m just being sensitive & over dramatic because they really aren’t that bad! Im sure people get much worse & I truly get so many positive compliments I shouldn’t dwell on the handful I have gotten that I deem to be rude.
I did learn about that new feature on ao3!! It’s pretty cool they let you do that!
Thanks anon <3
#I don’t get that many#if I got 1000 comments I’d say 10 have been ‘rude’#it’s more like… one person tries to be helpful#like give me some advice#even though I didn’t ask for it lol#which is fine!#then another person will add their advice#& then sometimes another person will add theirs#which it’s just#who wants to read that?? ya know??#it’s me just sensitive#but I also think we live in a world where everyone on the internet has an opinion#& everyone wants to be heard#so they’re screaming in spaces not designed for that#from what I understand#ao3 authors don’t want feedback unless they specifically ask for it#& I do ask for feedback!! from people I trust and people I send my doc to before posting#I don’t ask stranger anon commenter on ao3 they didn’t like this or that or this was weird#anyway it’s really not a big deal#it just happened the last like two chapters in a row & idk I am moody sometimes and I took them too hard#I’m not perfect I KNOW THIS#but jeez I’ve been writing for two ish three idk years only leave me the fuck alone#just posting my shitty stories on ao3#for the handful of people who wanna read them#anyway thanks anon#I don’t really wanna keep talking about this#because I really get HUNDREDS of kind comments and asks and I have a beauitful following#but idk this irked me lately and I know it’s made me less confident#& less enthusiastic to post new chapter#(but not less enthusiastic to write them haha)
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i guess now i am considering analysis part of the art i am putting out.. this is just a thought. and i havent written my essay yet. anyway. i am thinking about fucking ed carter again. get me out of here.
tearing through flesh day after day after day battle after battle succeeding over and over where you could not before. constantly reliving the moment you could have changed things for the better.but. but. but heres the crucial part. the very event that made you a killing machine is the one where you could not have possibly have been that. the event where you needed to be that. forming this response endlessly too late. fated to lose your friends no matter what you fucking did. molded by your enviornment in the cruelest of ways and not even able to use it when it mattered most. you were never enough. you will never be enough. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#i love ed . he is. i have no idea if the author meant to make him like this but he is so dissociative and his character makes me feel seen#more than any other character i have ever seen#hes such a nice kid. .... he is such a nice kid. tears in my fucking eyes.#no one has read the enemy. trust me when i say im being truthful and based HAHAHA#imgonnafuvkjn throw up man..#the enemy#the enemy charlie higson#the enemy book series#ed carter#AND IM GONE by femtanyl is HIS song. btw.#i know this kinda thing is . idk. a trope? i just think it hits diffferent when its a kid. who is Still very . emotional and sweet.#it feels like im reading the pov of an open wound#edit: eds battle/trauma/whatevr response is not depicted perfect or. even fully nonableist . i am not claiming that it would be GOOD rep#(if it was even intended to be dissociative) just that I Personally relate to how its written#and also this series is well written in general. so.. god. i need to analyze it more there is so much meat to dig into
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Started thinking about the Amanda Waller + Ben Turner relationship again.... fuck, I'm gonna need a minute
#I JUST- SHDIAUDJSHDSHEYEYRYRYRY guys. guys#i know none of you see my vision and thats okay. i will make you see my vision. i will force you to see my vision. i will-#like jesus fucking christ oh my god. its so interesting and gives me so many emotions and just!!!#i know im not making sense bc none of my moots are sui sq fans and also like half of the content fucking me up specifically here is in my#head because i cant stop thinking about my absolute power fix it au but like!!!!!!!#also the fact i have a fix it for a comic that isnt out yet is so funny to me. its literally fucking real though. god knows we need it#may my own content carry me through the dark times (extreme villain waller arc)#anyways this fucks me up so bad you dont even know. someday ill actually explain it#dc hire me to write a suicide squad ongoing PLEASE. i could do it so good it would be so fucking good dc PLEASE 😭😭😭😭😭😭#also like this isnt me shipping them btw. like 110% not that. just to clarify.#i wouldnt even call it a friendship bc like. theyre not friends really. he has the most equal dynamic with her i would say but it still isnt#equal. shes v much his boss even though they have an understanding and respect there#like she believes and trusts in him much more than anybody really even himself. like she sees the good man and the leader even when he#doesnt. but she isnt nice about it. and there is a lot of conflict between them when there needs to be#like as much as ben is “wallers man”--the team leader she wanted from the beginning before rick flagg pushed his way in#ben i would say is still a very moral person even when lost and unsure of himself and his goodness (which is like one of his main things)#like i feel like while amanda can lean very into a “the ends justify the means” mindset in her worse moments and do bad things to get#herself out of a corner ben has like a deep and meaningful understanding of how the choices of your methods and how you act can weigh on you#like even though he was brainwashed and whatnot (thats still the story right? i cant remember) he holds a lot of guilt and baggage over his#actions and i think is able to temper amanda's worse tendencies in terms of that by calling her out when he recognizes that behavior#idk. i just really think that amanda waller and the suicide squad as a whole has lost its way without a more moral authority presence there.#like someone who can call her out and keep them more on track. which i really thing ben is and could be#i just very much am interested in their dynamic and how that would look like as equals and how i think they could help each other.#which ofc is what my wip is about and revolves around#blah#sui sq
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i went on a “costume/makeup design within stage and film mediums” deep dive so here’s this man
#i have not seen original cats! but i think the costuming n stuff is superb and the remake really was a travesty#whoever this guy is seems like a stand up fellow though he has a very kind face. i trust him#hold on let me google#munkustrap#!#that is his name. it is certainly a name. anyway i would die for munkustrap whatever he does. go munkustrap#cats 1998#i will say i like how . not ramshackle. but handmade the costuming on a lot of the characters in this piece are?#it looks like it was fun to work on#also making myself do fullbodies more often and i will say that i really like the silhouettes the actors cut on stage#they have this like. bodysuit legwarmers look thing going on and it does such a fun job on the posing and choreo#very charming. very cheesy. idk if ill ever sit down and do a watch but i was charmed by what little i did see#i am a recovering philistine tbh i am not cultured i used to think bayverse transformers was good cinema so im no authority lol
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from ash . me &. the bestie ! ✌️ :P ( < - - - guy who irritates the crap out of ash )
* kind of conditional for the spoiling one , bc soaking up tobias’ resources &. funds is hilarious sometimes , but too much &. ash’ll start rejecting it . especially if nothing is asked in return . 🙄
* betrayal is also conditional because ash works on a “ don’t betray me / give me a reason to betray you &. i won’t ” basis . so it depends on tobias really . betrayal from ash’s side would be unlikely almost impossible if tobias was able to achieve ash’s loyalty in the first place , but that’s a matter of if , so ! depends !
Are you Tobias' type?
❛ Hm? ❜ While the amount of checked boxes and the feat of achieving (multiple) bingos fall short of a surprise given the person who's completed them - for had they truly been that different from one another, Tobias would never have taken this longstanding of an interest in Ash -, his eyes immediately dart to what appears to be a small, typically unobtrusive note at the bottom of the card. Without it there, perhaps he would have found it more compelling to contemplate the meaning behind having been willingly handed something of this sort, but as things stand, Tobias' gaze falls on the minuscule comment and after a single, reticent blink, the nonchalance in his expression cracks and the corners of his mouth begin to twitch. ❛ Pfft--- ❜ It isn't long until he caves and laughs, and a finger must soon reach to wipe the tears that threaten to form in his eyes.
It takes a prolonged moment for the laughter to subside (through rather monumental efforts on his part) yet even after it fades, the glint of amusement in Tobias' gaze remains steadfast, unwavering. ❛ You should go ahead and check the 'similar sense of humor ' box too. I'd say the difference isn't quite as big as you think it is. ❜ One last soft chuckle, the previous laughter's final bastion, and the mafioso decides to swiftly gloss over Ash's answers. The majority of the important ones are checked, with the sole exception of being trusted, and dare he say another one has also positively caught him off-guard, but instead of letting it show, a mischievous grin steers the conversation towards the harmless, unchecked ones. Travel and adventure. Does Ash dislike them because of past experiences, a distaste for new experiences, or because he's the one he'd have to be stuck with for the entire experience? ❛ Are you sure you don't want to give some of these others a go, though? If you combine everything you've left unchecked, you might just give Dino a heart attack. ❜
#muse: tobias.#effigist#* tobias. / ic.#PLEAAASEJNKADSJIASDIASDISUADISH TOBIAS BURST OUT LAUGHING THE /SECOND/ HE READ THAT 'LMFAAAAOO'#I couldn't reply til now bc he was TOO busy having a haha and a hehe and a lol and a roflmao 😭😭😭#I find it very interesting that Tobias' view of Ash differs from Ash's own tho. Might be bc of the people they compare him to but#in Tobias' eyes Ash IS kind whereas Ash didn't check that box. I'm assuming Ash compares himself to the general population who's#committed no crime/isn't as jaded etc meanwhile Tobias compares him to their entourage/the underground which Ash is NOT fit for in HIS eyes#case on point he doesn't trust Tobias but he wouldn't betray him unless betrayed first... Tobias at this logic: ??#he's appreciative of it and it's one of the things he really likes abt Ash but also an unkind person would Jump at the chance to betray sb#they don't trust. w this in mind tho I don't think Tobias would ever betray Ash either. specifically bc of This. it's rare to find ppl who#are actually trustworthy & while he doesn't exactly need anything from Ash it's SO much easier to be around him than ppl w ulterior motives#ALSO ABOUT TOBIAS' LAST REMARK for the past few days he's been thinking about getting Ash on a ride in his newest car which.#idk if you've read about it but a flying car has been authorized recently. and to no one's surprise Tobias bought it SO fast#hence the adventure part. 😭 travel would also be hilarious if he didn't tell Dino and found a way to take Ash (&possibly his men) overseas#He's not even going to bother thinking about the judging check box bc somehow now it's become funny. Ash can judge him all he wants
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one of the interesting little nuances of r/v especially the first hundred or so episodes is like. he’s not really her employer! he has certainly has some authority over her, to order her around and to manage her relationship with David/David’s education, but Liz is her actual boss and Vicki never lets him forget that. he doesn’t have the authority to get rid of her ( try though he might! through multiple means! ) or to punish her, and Elizabeth’s word is final on any orders, even those relating to David. Rog has about as much actual authority over V as Carolyn does, which I think drives him absolutely insane.
#that said I think she’s *more* obedient to him before he causes her to lose some trust in him.#either by a) yelling at her and otherwise fucking with her or b) putting her working relationship with Liz at risk as when he takes her out#on breakfast/sheriff testifying causing her to miss her lessons (and not telling liz as he said he would)#the dividing line between him and Liz holding the purse gets more and more clear as time goes on tbh.#as does his charm! and figuring out how to manipulate her in other ways that’s not relying on that authority (now lost)#➤ roger collins & victoria winters. ┊ pain sometimes precedes pleasure，miss winters.#idk like maybe this is an obvious thing lol but I joke a lot about him saying atrocious things to his employee and like true. but asterisk.#if he wouldn’t have been absolutely batshit to her (repeatedly) she would have happily treated him like a second boss demanding equal#deference as Liz; but the more he shows his ass the more Vicki’s obliged to note that well dickhead you don’t sign my checks!
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Hot take? Unpopular take?? Imma try to get somewhere with this point but like. I really think reading fanfiction inherently increased my standards for literature.
Cause for a while now I've only solely read fics in the past few years, like probably finished like two published books a year maybe (even though if I count my fic reads I'd easily be in the 100s from word count alone) and like. Recently got into the YA side of booktok, tried reading several of the most popular ones cause i kinda miss published books, and I just. side eye that shit?? Best example is ACOTAR. Read like 4 books in that series. Kinda get why it's popular cause the overall the main plot points (hot romance and kinda Mary sue protag) are good enough to get you into it but like. I genuinely had to force myself to finish it?? I have no idea why this is so popular.
Cause literally when I hold the ACOTAR up to my top 20 fics. Nothing. Not even my top 50 fics. Cause first off the plot is good enough but it's not something I've never seen before either. Same with characters. The writing style?? Straight up nope. Like. Is this really the standards for a good story?? There's so many good authors that write excellent smut and plot and characterization and just FANTASTIC writing style and overall quality of work and just. I don't get it.
I'm assuming this is a me thing, because I tried going through several YA novels and just. The quality of writing reeeally leaves a lot to be desired. The best thing I can come up with for the reason behind me feeling like this about YA is that the last time I was reading insanely, I was a teen, and now I'm in my early 20s so there's a good possibility that the same things don't intrest me anymore. But I keep circling back to the level of writing cause like. Idk. Just. I feel like while the plot and characters for a lot of these novels are good, what falls short is how it's written??? Like wtf.
#someone tell me im not crazy#im aware im not articulating myself very well here#which is cause my brain is fried atm#a lot of YA rn is kinda shit#wtf#i dont get it#i think they are ya#idk whats the difference between YA and normal books tbh#imma try my hand at a few others like assassins apprentice and priory of the orange tree#cause idk for sure but one of my fav wattpad authors recced it and im like#inclined to trust her tastes#but anyway#the point im trying to make is#a lot of the YA thats in the market rn would be absolutely TRAMPLED by a lot of my favorite fics#like is this really the bar rn??#i like books that are flowy and narrative and soft#best example is#hm#t j klune#wolfsong#i remember having good vibes#and a few of the other books#anyway my point is i kinda hate a lot of the popular authors rn#booktok#books#ya books#fanfiction#ao3#fics#romance books
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2022 reads // twitter thread
The Fae Keeper
conclusion to The Witch King duology!
Wyatt, Emyr, & Briar are trying to convince the other kingdoms to follow their lead abolishing oppressive systems, & start to uncover secrets about their society
environmentalism, tech + magic
#The Fae Keeper#the witch king#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#i love this#im so glad they look like kids on this cover!!#so queer and trans and i loved the asexuality discussions#better than some fuckin ace lead books honeslty lmaoo#the bit near the end that had a bunch of different POVs was a little weird but i think it worked well!!#they really go to aotearoa for like a third of this book sdkgkjfgfd#i was......hesitant about that LMAO buti trust an indigenous author more than others i guess#it was maybe a little weird they were only in like the countryside with no sense of like. civilisation.#maybe that's just how i interpreted it sfsdfs but like....if youre just a couple hours out of auckland its either farm or bushwalks#not like....uninhabited wilderness#also it didn't use the ā and also the māori character's names were.......well they show up in the first result of#a shitty website with 'māori baby names' but they're more commonly english. idk it just struck me as slightly odd#I'm nitpicking it's better than most american authors would do lmao#asexual books
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you guys have to promise me that if i ever write something and it’s bad you’ll tell me.
#my definition of failing as a writer has at some point turned into 'i get something published and don't realize it's bad until it's too late#i'm not TRYING to. *i* think the good stuff i write is good. but what if i'm WRONG--#so many bad books get published. so many authors i admire and respect fall into the mysterious trap of writing a good series#and then totally fumbling the ending and i KNOW i'm not good at endings.#or what if i bite off more than i can chew and try to write about concepts that i don't have the political education for :(#OR what if i go the opposite direction and make something totally toothless because i'm scared to take big swings :(#you guys have to tell me if i do any of those things or more. i no longer trust the publishing industry to do it.#i mostly trust myself but like. idk i'm sure every other author does too what makes me think i'm better than them
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