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myfandomrealitea · 4 months

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Honestly you people need to start thinking about fanfiction like a restaurant.

You do not have to order the salmon if you don't like salmon.

If I order the salmon, I am not forcing you to eat the salmon. Nor are you obligated to order it just because I am.

If we are going with the intention of sharing food, that's okay! I happen to like steak too. I don't need to order the salmon. I'm capable of going to the restaurant and not ordering the salmon. We can order the steak.

There is a whole menu of things you can have. The salmon is just an option. We can even find a restaurant that doesn't serve salmon at all.

Yes, I know some people are allergic to salmon. But I'm not going up to them and force-feeding it to them. The only way my salmon can hurt them is if they come to our table and take the salmon.

The only way you'll expose yourself to my salmon and the unpleasantness of eating it is if I tell you my dish has salmon in it and you insist on having a bite anyway.

You're midway through your meal and realize it has salmon in it? Okay. Lets send it back and order something else. Maybe you didn't see it in the ingredients list. Or maybe the chef didn't put it down.

Its really that simple.

#sephiroth speaks #myfandomrealitea #fandom #proship #proshipping #ao3 #fanfiction #fanfic #metaphors #salmon #the salmon is a metaphor

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emeraldhazeart · 4 months

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Y'know, the more I've written, the more I've come to realise:

Writing oneshots is a bit like running a race. You prepare, you set off, maybe it all goes smoothly or maybe you hit a bump or two, and then you cross the finish line.

Comments on oneshots are like people waiting at the finish line for you and congratulating you on having made it. They might point out something you did well in the race, or they might just cheer with you that you did it.

Writing multichapter fics is like running a marathon.

You still prepare, you still set off with the same excitement (and potentially trepidation), you still hit bumps and potholes as you go. But overall, it's a much longer, harder journey. Maybe you have to stop and take a break, maybe even multiple times. You definitely have to pace yourself, or you'll burn out and never finish.

Comments on a longfic are like people cheering you on as you go. They're the spectators watching from the sidelines as you hit each checkpoint (chapter). They're the ones cheering you on as you run the race, encouraging you to keep going all the way to the end.

As yes, they will eventually cheer and celebrate with you when you eventually cross the finish line. But they're the ones who've shared the journey with you, in spirit if not in body.

Maybe you recognise the same voices cheering you on at each checkpoint, maybe you only hear a voice once. Maybe you just see the same person in the crowd, encouraging you to keep going.

Every one of them can be the reason you keep pushing on to the end, even when running gets tough.

Thank you, commenters. Never underestimate how much your support helps us keep running.

#Writeblr #Writing #Metaphors #Fanfiction #Fiction

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nemfrog · 2 months

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The Mirror of Life. 1847. Cover.

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#book cover #covers #gold gilt #metaphors #mirror #ornament #nemfrog #1847 #19th century

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macaulaytwins · 8 months

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ast3ria-blue · 10 months

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Tori is diet lemonade. Lucas buys her sprite, which Tori says is not lemonade or diet. Sprite is fake lemonade. Michael buys Tori her favourite brand of diet lemonade. It’s real diet lemonade.

Lucas was in love with the memory of her, Michael is in love with her. Lucas’ sprite is fake and his version of her is fake, but Michaels diet lemonade is real just as his version of her is real.

This is my mind after reading solitaire 10+ times

#solitaire #tori spring #michael holden #alice oseman #solitaire alice oseman #tori and michael #sprolden #lucas ryan #diet lemonade #metaphors

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pratchettquotes · 4 months

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Holiday Theme: Happy Hogswatch

"Now...tell me..."

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM?

"Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?"

NO.

"Oh, come on. You can't expect me to believe that. It's an astronomical fact."

THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.

"Really? Then what would have happened, pray?"

A MERE BALL OF FLAMING GAS WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED THE WORLD.

They walked in silence for a moment.

"Ah," said Susan dully. "Trickery with words. I would have thought you'd have been more literal-minded than that."

I AM NOTHING IF NOT LITERAL-MINDED. TRICKERY WITH WORDS IS WHERE HUMANS LIVE.

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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hometoursandotherstuff · 11 months

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#metaphors #other stuff

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the-crooked-library · 7 months

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nbc hannibal introducing this incredibly dog coded character and saying hey. he doesn't fit into this society. he'd rather be in a forest. he needs a pack with him but he's so painfully lonely. he bites. he's territorial. he wants to be loved so badly and he's constantly pretending he's harmless and normal but he's not he's not he's not -

he lives in a place called Wolf Trap. don't you want him to finally break free?

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #will graham #metaphors #hannibal nbc #hannigram #hannibal lecter #it's about being never fully domesticated #it's about always knowing people will always be afraid of you no matter what you do #it's about knowing you're the monster from the fairy tale #but wanting to be loved so much anyway #just not like this and not as the mask you're wearing #not as someone you're not

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sleepyowlwrites · 1 year

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writing prompts! all about the ache edition

it's just such a good word, okay?

how much longer will my bones keep aching?

my fingertips are bruised, my head is aching

you were aching and the agony from dusk until the dawn

and my aching emotions left alone with the memories I shudder to reveal

he was aching for his own but I made him mine

you lie down and wait for the aching to subside

when your head tells you it's aching but the source point is unfound

but there is an aching beauty in the way you paint the paper

depths of a heart, pumping 'til I ache, reaching for what is gone

there's an ache beneath his tongue when he opens up his mouth

skin will ache when it's being made new

I ache when the doors are closed, when the floorboards sit quiet for too long

my feet shift in boots and ache after loving the ground for too long

I spent days layering paint over paint to replicate the ache in my being

there were things I ached to tell you before it all slipped away

can't sleep for hours, now my head aches

the glass that creaks and aches when I peer from inside to outside is not an ambient sound of happenstance

it aches, and almost all the time

even the dead have delights, even the sun aches to rise

it aches, it eats me and I still don't know its name

the blood runs sweet over the ache in my skin

there's a pleasant ache in goodbye, in knowing that I'll see you again

take away the aches and I don't think I could take it

she waits like a dewdrop for the effervescent ache of disappearing

you are the ache, and despise the way I cannot let you go

#writing prompts #prompts #prompts list #poetry prompts #metaphors #emotion prompts #writing prompt #prompt #prompt list #writing inspiration

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catgirl-catboy · 2 years

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Honestly people should stop seeing autistic people as high/low functioning and start thinking about it like Pokemon stats.

For instance, I have a low stamina stat. Need to bring my headphones everywhere because loud noise really wears me down. However, there are some stats I’m quite high in. I can eat most foods without sensory issues, and I think I can small talk quite well even if I don’t care to.

There is no such thing as the strongest (or most neurotypical) pokemon! It depends a lot on type matchups, movesets, playstyles. A Pokemon most people would think of as strong, like a Charizard, might struggle when faced with a rock type. So! Give yourself an item or teach yourself a new move.

#pokemon #actuallyautistic #autism #metaphors #I hope this makes sense #high functioning #low functioning

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vexwerewolf · 8 months

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#writing #brain #metaphors

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todays-xkcd · 11 months

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90% of the iceberg is hidden beneath the water, but that 90% only uses 10% of its brain, so it's really only 9%.

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#xkcd #xkcd 2787 #iceberg #webcomics #titanic #metaphors

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nemfrog · 2 months

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Waves on the ocean of life. 1869. Cover detail.

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#book cover #covers #metaphors #radiatiing #sunrise #sunset #green #nemfrog #1869 #19th century

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macaulaytwins · 6 months

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of course you eat people and have pronouns 🙄

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lc-417 · 2 months

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After all of the "Is Alastor a fallen angel?" and "He has a tail...confirmed! (despite the lack of physical evidence)" and "He acts like a cat when he's drunk", I couldn't resist this 😏

#hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin vees #hazbin valentino #hazbin vox #alastor #metaphors #vox #valentino #hazbin mimzy

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marcobodtlives · 3 months

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My Roman Empire this, my Roman Empire that,

Well they’re my Burning of the Library of Alexandria

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