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Rules: List the First Line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

Tagged by @ladyvaderpixetc! This looks fun though I'm mildly concerned by what pattern this may reveal or if there's a pattern at all.

Ever since Joe was little, he has known that he will be an athlete. How could he not, with a family like his? 

Ever since he started playing football, Ja'Marr has felt like he was holding his breath for the big moment that will define his life - a game-winning touchdown, a Natty trophy, an NFL jersey as he stands on the podium on draft night. 

Ja'Marr decides on LSU after tuning out all the noise, getting a good night's sleep, and listening to his heart.

It starts, like most things in Ja'Marr's life, because of Joe. 

Joe feels like he's burning up. 

Joe. 

Pop.  

In hindsight, Geralt should have taken the truck instead of Roach to bring Ciri to her kindergarten orientation. 

"Jaskier..." Geralt reaches for him, cupping his cheek with a calloused palm. 

Geralt shifts in the chair. 

So right away, I noticed the mirroring opening lines between #1 and #2 and between #6 and #7 - which makes sense as those are companion fics.

#1-7 are all Joe/Ja'Marr fics because once I get into a fandom, I really get into it. No, like, seriously. There are 30 fics tagged with Joe/Ja'Marr and I've written 7 of them!

#8-10 are Geralt/Jaskier and I find that I tend to write in Geralt's POV more. It's also been a while since my last Witcher fic, which was completed in 2020. Still undecided about the new season and the new Geralt...

One thing I've noticed is that I tend to write in the POV of the character who needs the emotional development to make the character I'm fond of happy.

For example, I am very fond of Jaskier and Geralt needs to realize Jaskier is an incredible person who either deserves better than what Geralt has given him or deserves all the loving care Geralt can give. Or both!

Another example is Tony Stark, who I also adore and wrote mostly in his POV when I was active in the MCU fandom. I wrote in his POV because Tony needs to work on himself to realize he deserves better than what the MCU has given him. Writing in his POV lets me track his emotional development and his joy when he experiences what friendship and teamwork should be.

Tagging @arboreal-elm-ash-oak who is the only person aside from @ladyvaderpixetc that's still semi-active on here. Feel free to participate if this somehow finds its way to you though!

#writing

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Gee, I thought these people were the ones who were like “If you don’t like it, you can just move to a blue state.”

And now they’re mad the guy is doing just that?

You can’t oppress and discriminate against someone then be mad when they take their highly useful skill elsewhere.

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Source

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when i was a kid my parents bought me an inflatable doll of the Scream by Edvard Munch (??) that was significantly taller than i was at the time and i used to slow-dance with it and pretend it was my boyfriend. It had its hands attached to its head obviously so it felt like he was always a bit horrified to be forced to dance with me

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It IS true that being on here gives you a tumblr accent. This morning my mother asked me something and i replied "i don't know i've never heard these words in that order" and she nearly choked laughing. It wasn't even that funny

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I hate when people say ohhhh your pets only love you because you feed them. as if that wasn't the first form of love any of us felt. get real.

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Tumblr Code.

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nothing pisses me off more than when i see a fic on ao3 talking about reach. "this ship isn't here but i added them for reach" "this fandom tag isn't necessary but i'm adding it for reach" "reposting for reach" STOP IT!!!! this is not tiktok this is not twitter this is an ARCHIVE this is not how it works!!!

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(x) Beautiful video and very fitting song + my boredom = whatever this is.

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this can't be true can it

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Looking back, I've realized that "Give Me Nothing, Give Me You" could have only to be written in 2020. It was what I needed to cope with the stress, grief, fear, and worry of that year.

Random writing thought: the best stories are often the ones that only you could have written — but also the ones that you could only write at this one moment.

I couldn't write All the Birds in the Sky from scratch now if I tried. But the me of 2013 couldn't have written The Prodigal Mother either.

#writing #fandom #the witcher

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"I would kill for you. I would die for you" would you take a break for me? Would you sit down and rest? For a day, a week, a year? Would you let others take care of your needs for me? Would you let yourself be held for me? By me?

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love shakespeare. did a hamlet run tonight, looked someone dead in the eye to say “am i a coward?” during a speech and the fucker shrugged and nodded

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Maybe if he was a little less fuckable we wouldn’t be in this mess

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some underappreciated vines i haven’t seen in any vine compilation yet i that found way deep in my vines tag

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Shoutout to all the people who work tirelessly to keep their fandoms going, even after canon has ended. Kudos to the mods who organize rewatches, fic challenges, and other fandom events. High fives to the people who keep posting new art, fic, meta, and headcanons. A collective pat on the back for the people who like, reblog, and comment on the new fanworks and remember the older works as well.

If you’re on Tumblr reading this, chances are good that you fall into one of these categories. So shoutout to YOU, and to all of us.