just-french-me-up

[just-french-me-up]

two pretty "boy"friends on a date! ^^

#the sandman #dreamling #loving it when Dream blushes #it's such a treat!

[just-french-me-up]

I always think that's what he's going to say

#the sandman #dreamling #EYES EMOJI ALL AROUND

[just-french-me-up]

Ok, we've all seen the polls asking which of Hob Gadling's "looks" through time is the most attractive, but which era of Hob Gadling do you find the most intriguing, as in you could watch an entire episode about what his life is like in just that century?

#just yeah 1889 for the win #i need CONTEXT #what was he DOING at the time #the sandman

[just-french-me-up]

In the spirit of encouraging people to comment on fanfics while also making it easier to do so, I feel obliged to share a browser extension for ao3 that has quite literally revolutionized the comment game for me.

I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Comments are what keep writers going, and as both a writer and a reader, I think it's such an easy way of showing support and enthusiasm.

#oh that's heaven sent! #ao3

[just-french-me-up]

Writing prologue and epilogues.

Is there a rule in writing about how long before or after the main plot of a story that the prologue and epilogue can take place?

For example, a prologue that takes place a month before the main plot of a fic, and an epilogue that takes place a decade after.

Thank you for your time.

Okay, listen here my anxious chilluns. The fun thing about writing (fic or original stuff or whatever) is that there are literally no rules. You can do absolutely whatever you want and which makes sense for your story. There is no omniscient Writers Regulation Authority walking around with a ruler and a clipboard and frowningly measuring your story to make sure it's up to code, and the self-appointed ones you occasionally meet on the internet are without exception total dicks. You do not have to worry about this. You can go forth, my butterfly. Go forth and spread your wings and do whatever the ding dong diddlyfuck you would like to do. BE FREE. BE FREEEEEEE.

#writing nightmare #yes yes yes yes

[just-french-me-up]

chart with all my favorite fictional guys on it and it looks like this

#oh look #a picture of #dream of the endless

[just-french-me-up]

New Crow Time 🎀🏅

#those crows though #they spark joy

[just-french-me-up]

Limiting the choice to the shows and movies I have seen/know of. I'm not asking who the first actor you have seem playing Arthur was, rather the one you instinctively think about when someone mentions him or the one closest to your heart.

#ALEXANDRE ASTIER SWEEP IDC #THIS MAN JUST!!!!!!!!!!!!! #god kaamelott just owns my ass SO BAD #CULTURAL LANDMARK #i'm forever saddened that Kaamelott is at its very core untranslatable #because fuck yall are missing out on ART #Alexandre Astier truly went Trojan horse on our ass #like haha funny fun fun jokes EXISTENTIAL DREAD DEFYING DESTINY AND LOSING FAITH IN YOUR CALLING #then #RETURN OF THE KING EXCEPT HE'S GONNA COMPLAIN EVERY FUCKING STEP OF THE WAY #a masterpiece

[just-french-me-up]

I have a feeling that beneath the little halo on your noble head There lies a thought or two the devil might be interested to know You're like the finish of a novel that I'll finally have to take to bed You fascinate me so

You Fascinate Me So, Blossom Dearie

#oh 👀👀👀 #good omens #ineffable husbands

[just-french-me-up]

#read for filth im afraid

[just-french-me-up]

Do other writers ever get this like, hyper-specific dialogue exchange drop into their brains and you know exactly where these character are standing and what they’re doing and how they’re saying these words but that’s all you get. You don’t have much other context and this specific moment that exists only at this time in your headspace??

#that's called a prophecy my friend #and im the oracle of Delphi #on crack #writing nightmare

[just-french-me-up]

I don’t know which author needs to hear this right now but even if you never update your wip i would never regret reading it a time of joy is never wasted

#SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP #you truly put out gem after gem dont you #always stellar takes

[just-french-me-up]

#HAVE SOME WHIMSY

[just-french-me-up]

the joy of creation :3 !! (anything worth doing is worth doing badly)

#free therapy on tumblr #boy today has been a DAY hasnt it

[just-french-me-up]

Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating. 

#🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 #WELL WELL WELL #if that aint my old nemesis #free therapy on tumblr #putting words on shit what feels like statics inside my noggin

[just-french-me-up]

i want what they have.

#the sandman #dreamling #i love them to the sunless lands and back your honour #i love them in an orpheus way #i want to squeeze them

[just-french-me-up]

When I read a fanfic I like, the author becomes a mini celebrity to me. So when an author with a work I like kudos’ or comments on my own fanfic I just-

#this is such a universal feeling omg #being like #LOVE HOW YOUR BRAIN WORKS #AND THE HORRORS IT HAS WROUGHT UPON ME