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4, 13, 27 for the salty asks!

Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?*

Hmmm. Not really? Good omens is the fandom I have spent the most time in and there’s really only Aziraphale/Crowley and a few minor ships there. I never really enjoyed it when people shipped anyone else with those two, as they were always endgame. I don’t think anyone ever seriously shipped Gabriel and Aziraphale? Idk the fandom is wide and people are full of surprises

In the MCU, I do find Steve/Tony puzzling but whatever, if you can’t see the beauty of Stucky that’s your loss.

I never liked the Steve/Billy shipping in stranger things (Billy was a horrifying character and I hated him)

Unpopular opinion about xxx character?

Ok

Ok

So

So I didn’t like Aziraphale’s character arc in s2 of good omens. It’s not that I don’t get why Aziraphale went back to Heaven! I actually enjoyed the final 15. I just didn’t think the season supported his actions, textually. Many, nay most, people disagree with me in this, and that’s ok! But I do think the lack of a clear motivation for Aziraphale is one of the reasons the coffee theory or the bullet in mouth theory have taken off.

Least shippable character?

In the history of characters? I am wading into the Dune fandom right now so … Baron Harkonnen. That guy sucks

In general I don’t ship hockey players or dudes who drive f1 vehicles either. More power to everyone who does

I also don’t ship Luke Skywalker with anyone leave my ace king out of this

#weird answers to salty questions

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for the unpopular fandom asks: 22 and 23! ♥️

Ok 22 is popular character I hate and 23 is unpopular character I love:

22. I wrote and discarded about seven answers to this, but I actually really hate the people from miraculous ladybug. Horrible character design, weird ship, as someone who enjoys the odd m/f ship I’m so pissed the characters are the top m/f ship on ao3

23. Come closer ok I liked Kylo Ren and I shipped Reylo I KNOW ITS GROSS I wish I’d written a reylo fanfic I could turn into a cookie cutter romance novel and laugh all the way to the bank

#salty asks #racket my beloved

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how about 7 and/or 10 for the salty asks 👀

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?

*stares into the distance*

aggressive and dominant Aziraphale 🤫 I know this is a common headcanon tho so I accept my fate as a fandom outcast

10. Most disliked arc? Why?

Is this where I talk about the last season of the Mandalorian and how mad I still am? SO MAD FUCK THAT SHOW FUCK YOU DISNEY FOR GETTING ME INVESTED

#salty asks

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WE REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS JUST LEAVE A COMMENT FEST! IF YOU'RE NOT LEAVING COMMENTS YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!! DON'T BE THIS DOG!!

#just leave a comment fest

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Salty Ask List

What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?*

Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?*

Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion?

Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?*

Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?*

Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?*

Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?*

Have you received anon hate? What about?*

Most disliked character(s)? Why?

Most disliked arc? Why?

Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Unpopular opinion about XXX character?

Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

Unpopular opinion about the manga/show?

If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

Instead of XYZ happening, I would have made ABC happen…

Does not shipping something ‘popular’ mean you’re in denial and/or biased?

What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?

What is the purest ship in the fandom?

What are your thoughts on crack ships?

Popular character you hate?

Unpopular character you love?

Would you recommend XXX to a friend? Why or why not?

How would you end XXX/Would you change the ending of XXX?

Most shippable character?

Least shippable character?

*several of these questions are taken from a list that was not rebloggable

#sure go ahead #what could possibly go wrong

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finally! we get a 4k image of this iconic gay asf scene! 🤭

#and they lived happily ever after

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One of the fun things about having a post break containment is seeing what all you sickos (affectionate) are shipping

#fanfic #shipping #there’s ships in here I could never have dreamed of

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me after sleeping ljke shit for the 10,497th day in a row: this is good actually because now i'll be really tired when i go to bed tonight

#it works every fourth or so night

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Low angle N-1 starfighter camera angle, how I miss you

#crotchcam #sigh

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saw someone on instagram say “you shouldn’t post your art until it’s good” and that comment filled me with rage so i want to say to every beginner artist or artist who feels their art is not improving no matter how long they’ve been at it. i love you and i love your art and everything you post bears part of you and that is so beautiful. block everyone who says otherwise they are not entitled to freely consume what they rag on.

#just keep trying and posting

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#I miss him #din djarin

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YUDHO

#yudho #art

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be like the dandelion!! unkillable! joyous!! inherently transsexual in ways others cannot fully understand!

on my redbubble!

#dandelion

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#never not reblogs

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There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

#hoo boy #agreed

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LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOO

#let’s do it

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Venting-

When I hear people give the advice that writing is never a waste of time if you’re having fun or you should never feel like a story was a waste of time, you should enjoy the process. This advice I believe is real and true and works for some writers. But at the same time, there are writers who are very stressed when writing and feel better about their work when it’s finished. Not the “I enjoy having written.” But the “I have crippling anxiety and can only tell if my time, effort, and semi-breakdowns were worth something if I complete what I set out to do.”

Not to diminish anyone who agrees or resonates with the first statement, I admire those people a lot and wish I was calm enough to feel the same.

in my years of teaching and coaching, i've noticed there are two kinds of writers: "process" writers and "product" writers. rather, there exists a spectrum from one to the other.

on the process side, you have writers who reach a flow state fairly easily, who can become immersed in a world or idea of their own invention, and they write in large part to seek that immersive state. the end of a project seems more like a tragedy than an achievement because it marks the loss of the immersive state, and it will take energy and discipline and happenstance to find the next. i've also noticed that it becomes harder rather than easier to find that state over time; the more projects you finish, the fewer ideas appeal to you in the same way.

conversely, product writers get to feel that sense of achievement upon completing a project that process writers may lack, and that pleasure is worth the pain and turmoil of the act of creating something. product writing takes a lot of strength, patience, and discipline i think, to do something hard for the reward of having done it. it's the difference between an athlete and a surgeon. a person becomes an athlete for love of the sport, the act of playing. winning is important, but they wouldn't be able to win without first finding joy in the game. a surgeon, on the other hand, probably doesn't get into the job for the fun of operating. the fulfillment is in the operation's success; it's hard work with high risk. but the reward of saving or improving lives is worth it.

admittedly as a process writer it's always been hard for me to wrap my head around product writers. not only do i not have the patience to seek a sense of achievement, i think i'm mostly incapable of relishing any reward at all unless the reward is in the pursuit itself. looking back, i can't think of any single moment i've ever felt a sense of success. but also i've always struggled with concepts like ambition and competition. i've never had any drive to win anything, but also i've never felt much when i lose or fail. sometimes i wish those things mattered more to me, because then i would be a more driven and decisive person, and i'd be more successful in my career.

i know i'm on the extreme end of the process-product divide, and that colors a lot of my perspective of teaching and mentoring. but i think writers can shift on the spectrum depending on where they're at in their writing life or even with whatever project they're working on. i've been trying to have a more product-based mentality recently to at least develop the skill of shifting to the other side when i need to, so that i can get the patience and focus to write a novel that is not just me plopping my heart onto the page and hoping somebody out there cares. product writers have an easier time convincing other people of the value of their story, because the value of the story is a big reason why they write it. a purely product writer, like the surgeon, writes something because they feel that thing needs to exist in the world. meanwhile the only way for a purely process writer to be professionally successful is to happen by sheer coincidence to find an immersive state that also crosses with the interests of the current market. like the athlete, success involves training, hard work, and being at the right place at the right time. sure, churning out 100k words in a couple months and having a blast while doing it is great, but it comes from this wild inner place that can't really be controlled; meanwhile product writers can take that wildness and intentionally shape it into something. when you're feeling jealous of the other side, though, it's important to remember that both the meadow and the garden are equally beautiful.

#writing advice #I’ve never thought about it like this