"No sugarcoating the Palestinian cause to make it palatable for Westerners. We donāt want peaceāwe want freedom. We donāt want to live side-by-side, we want the settlers to leave our land. Thereās no conversation to be had. The demand is clearāwe want to return to our home. We donāt negotiate with terror!sts. Long live the Palestinian revolution. āš¼š»šµšø"
I raise this point because we're seeing this attempt by politicians and the media to claim that it's just Netanyahu who is to blame for this genocide and not a systematic problem that requires boycotting, divestments and sanctions to push them to correct. This lie is being pushed because they do not want to change the status quo which allows for Israel to steal Palestinian land and homes and keep Palestinians under military occupation.
not to be controversial bc I know this is likeā¦not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if thereās a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formattingā¦I will also not be offended by having this pointed outā¦
ālooking forward to the next updateā and āI hope you update soon!ā are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.
āI donāt usually like this ship but this fic made me feel somethingā is also incredibly high praise. Iām not going to get mad at this.
even āI love this fic but Iām curious about why you made [x] choiceā is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.
I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment thatās not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner theyāre hoping to receive it in bad faith.
fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes itās frustrating but it isnāt as though I canāt see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.
idk where Iām going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me Iām never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.
Thereās a fic on fanfiction(.)net that Iāve kept tabs on for years to see if itās been updated or not. While Iām no longer even in the fandom itās written for, it just has one of the greatest storylines Iāve ever read. Last time it was updated was 2011.
The other day, I decided to reread the entire thing and leave a very in-depth review of what I thought of each chapter. I also mentioned how I started reading it when I was 13 and am now 21, but always came back to see if it was ever finished because I loved it so dearly.
Today, said author sent me a private message saying that her analytics showed that the story was still getting views even after all these years, but no one ever bothered to leave reviews other than āupdate soon!!!ā, so she never felt motivated enough to finish it. She said that me reviewing every single chapter with lengthy paragraphs made her cry and meant the world to her. She also mentioned that she felt encouraged to write the two remaining chapters needed to complete the story and that she would send me a message the night before she updates the fic.
Iām literally sobbing. Iām so excited :ā)
Please always remember to leave a review when reading fanfiction!!! It means a lot to a writer.
mentally im friends with a lot of u guys even if we dont talk or never have talked and probably will never talk directly. its ok. the warriors bond transcends words
middleeasteye "Jamila al-Hissi, a Palestinian woman who managed to leave Shifa hospital in Gaza told Al Jazeera Arabic that women at the hospital have been subjected to rape, torture, and execution by Israeli forces."
But they're the victims? They're the ones we should sympathize with?
I can not wrap my head around this it's so insane to me how people still sympathize with these things. Fuck Israel.