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i do Nawt know where yall are coming from suddenly but <333 thank u for all the lovely tags !! this tumblr is dead but if theres any tlt readers here im now @aspiranthect here and on twt !!

#very odd to come on tumblr every 438579234 years and suddenly ppl like ur writing #where were yall 3 years ago !!!!!!!!!

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sweet love

(or: a 5+1 coffee shop au, in which gideon tries to ask harrow out)

Harrow glances at the display of pastries for a long few moments, but then shakes her head decisively and turns her midnight gaze back to Gideon, who totally does not feel her knees go a bit weak. “Just the coffee,” she says, and then, almost playfully now, “thank you, Gideon."

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#:) guess who writes for tlt now #yes its me <3

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hypothetically . if i were to start posting again . is anyone still here-

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Fic preview: @jeserai

Check out the full story in our zine and support the Trevor Project with your purchase! Link to the zine here!

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it's probably obvious by how but im. abandoning this tumblr JDDHHS im very active on twt @ dearpromise_ tho <3

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|| everybody knows the myth of the statue: that it will come to life when touched by her soulmate || - “Gravity” by jeserai (AO3)

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fascination (3/5)

If she were with DT, it would be so easy to bite her lower lip and tease, to make them want her, but with Adora…it’s different. This moment feels almost sacred somehow, and Catra’s hand trembles as she draws Adora closer, and when their lips finally touch, it is like coming home.

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fascination (2/5)

DT knows that they’re grinning—they can’t help it, honestly—and they force themself to nod. It’s funny,” they say, “because Catra…she always reacts so violently to you. It’s positively adorable, pardon the pun.”

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fascination (3/5)

If she were with DT, it would be so easy to bite her lower lip and tease, to make them want her, but with Adora...it’s different. This moment feels almost sacred somehow, and Catra’s hand trembles as she draws Adora closer, and when their lips finally touch, it is like coming home.

They’re curled up together in Catra’s bed now, Adora’s hair splayed across the pillow that DT has playfully claimed as their own. For some odd reason, Catra can’t help the way she finds herself hoping that Adora’s scent will overtake theirs.

As if she can hear her thinking, Adora opens her eyes and smiles at the sight of Catra so close. “I was thinking about you,” she says, so open, so easy. It makes a surge of fondness shudder through Catra’s heart, and she sinks down into the blankets to press their foreheads together.

“What were you thinking about?”

Adora pouts to herself, her hand finding Catra’s to hold as she thinks of what to say. “DT is confusing, ” she says eventually, “I only met them that one time, but...it doesn’t really feel like I met them. It feels kind of like they don’t like me. And I know that you care about them...maybe not in the same way you do me, but I want to know them too. For you.”

And oh. “They’re kind of annoying like that, I promise it’s not you,” Catra says in a rush, “you’re okay, they really do like you. A bit too much, honestly, they won’t stop asking about you.”

Adora’s eyes dip down just a bit and stay there, and Catra fights the urge to cover the fading hickey DT had left days ago. “We’re both important to you, so I wanted to at least try. ”

Catra drops a kiss against her forehead. “You’re okay, baby.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.”

[keep reading here]

#she ra #catradora #catrouble #my writing

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You know, this is why content creators end up abandoning their works, right?

80 likes compared to 10 reblogs means that only 12% of people decided that what you did is worth showing other people.

If you like the thing, reblog it. You don’t even have to add tags, just spread it so that a) other people can see it, and b) the creator gets recognition for what they did.

Obviously, those numbers are never going to match, but the divide should not be that huge.

It’s even more important right now, because tumblr is garbage and they’ve stopped allowing anything with an outside link from appearing in tags. Writers/artists cannot tag things to their twitter/store/writing website. That can cause a significant drop in views, especially for newer creators.

Like… we aren’t asking for much. A few reblogs. Reviews/comments. No creator should have to beg for that much.

#hfyjkv me i was genuinely considering abandoning this blog and just posting to twt and ao3

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fascination (2/5)

DT knows that they’re grinning—they can’t help it, honestly—and they force themself to nod. It’s funny,” they say, “because Catra...she always reacts so violently to you. It’s positively adorable, pardon the pun.”

It’s been an unnecessarily long week, and after picking up a burger, DT heads over to Catra’s unannounced, the key she’d tossed at them now snug on their keychain. Thankfully, no one else is over, and DT has never been more grateful. They toss their coat and bag down on the couch, and stay in the kitchen while they eat. Catra’s probably going to be pissed that they didn’t get her anything—and more pissed that they just stole the last can of sprite from the fridge—but they’ll make it up to her in just a bit.

Once they’re finished eating, DT heads upstairs—but as soon as they reach her room, they stop and raise a brow, squinting at Catra because...something’s different. And that smile, that can only mean one thing: “So...what happened with Adora?”

Catra rolls over and presses her face into her pillow to hide her smile, and DT resists the urge to tease her mercilessly for it as they wait for Catra to speak. “She came over earlier, and she let me kiss her,” she says into the pillow.

And that’s… “Uh...so?”

“It was her first kiss,” Catra elaborates.

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#she ra #shera #catradora #catrouble #my writing

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fascination (1/5)

Adora’s always had a bit of a fascination with Catra, ever since they met so many years ago. Catra is mesmerizing, plain and simple, and Adora…she wants to know everything about her, wants to learn her inside out.

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fascination (1/5)

Adora's always had a bit of a fascination with Catra, ever since they met so many years ago. Catra is mesmerizing, plain and simple, and Adora...she wants to know everything about her, wants to learn her inside out.

Adora's always had a bit of a fascination with Catra, ever since they met so many years ago. Catra is mesmerizing, plain and simple, and Adora...she wants to know everything about her, wants to learn her inside out. She feels drawn to Catra like she’s never felt drawn to anyone else before in her life, as if some oddly magnetic, cosmic attraction was birthed the moment they met.

“I have a fascination on you,” she admits one day. They’re sitting on opposite sides of the couch, Adora curled up in one corner with Catra splayed out on the other end; the tv is on but neither of them are watching it. For a moment, Adora is sure Catra hasn’t heard, but then she pushes herself up on her elbows to look at Adora in confusion, her brows furrowed.

“What?”

“It’s...not a crush. I love you, just not romantically, I don’t think. It’s just...a fascination. I’m just fascinated by you, I don’t know how else to explain it.”

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#she ra #shera #catradora #catrouble #my writing

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Save a fanfic writer, leave comments on old fics

There is this a peculiar set of reasons and biases when it comes to NOT commenting on AO3.

They are all false, but here they are:

Do not comment on old fics

Do not comment on each chapter of a multichapter

Do not comment if the author left the fandom

Do not comment if the author doesn’t respond to comments

It can be summoned up as DO NOT ACT LIKE YOU ENJOYED THE WORK AND YOU LIKE THE AUTHOR.

It comes from the idea, that if you leave a comment on my old work, or leave too many comments, I will think you are strange, clingy, and gross.

Readers are imagining it as commenting on an old Facebook photo — only your granny and creepy strangers do that.

That is not the case with AO3.

Writers put their works there for long-term storage, and we expect, wish, and hope that you will like our works and tell us about it.

This all very interesting, not, but why should I care?

This has awful consequences.  Fanfic authors feel constant pressure to create more and crippling fear of being forgotten, useless, and being literally kicked away from fandom.

I’m online friends with a few great fandom authors, who wrote storied with thousands of kudos, but ALL of them at some point expressed this fear. Very talented people told me, “I’m not sure if I should have ‘writer’ in my bio. I didn’t post anything new in the last half of a year.”

Some young or entitled readers might say, “Hm, well, they are right. They should create MORE to be relevant. Isn’t that a good thing to push authors to write more?”

For better or worse, life doesn’t work like that. We are talking about real people, who go to real schools, have real jobs, families, and all the other important things outside the fandom. Some of them might push to create more from that fear, but most would only get more frustrated and depressed about the whole fanfic writing.

So, please, if you like the work comment on it.

Even if it’s old, even if it’s a multichapter, even if the author doesn’t have time and energy to interact. Especially in all those cases.

Encourage your authors, and show them your support.

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starlight, magic, you

this was for the now cancelled @catradorasoulmates zine and is the partner to @ftsartblog‘s gorgeous piece that you can see here! 

But Adora hasn’t given up on trying, and neither has Catra. And in the meantime, they have this time now, and all of the dreams that will come.

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“But Adora hasn’t given up on trying, and neither has Catra. And in the meantime, they have this time now, and all of the dreams that will come.”

this piece was based on @jeserai’s lovely fic starlight, magic, you (AO3). we worked on this together for a zine that has now been canceled, but i really valued the experience! ^w^ i’m thinking of posting the speedpaint for this soon.

#HERE IT ISSSS it looks so lovely omg

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starlight, magic, you

this was for the now cancelled @catradorasoulmates zine and is the partner to @ftsartblog‘s gorgeous piece that you can see here! 

But Adora hasn’t given up on trying, and neither has Catra. And in the meantime, they have this time now, and all of the dreams that will come.

The dream starts as all of Adora’s dreams do. Her eyes open, and she realizes that she’s floating in empty space, that she’s still asleep. It feels like it’s been a while since she’s had one of these dreams, and she feels clumsy when she tries to get herself in a properly upright position; it’s like swimming against a current, like trying to walk while wearing weights strapped to her ankles. But slowly, as she walks towards the point of light in the distance, the proper motions begin to come back to her.

And like with every dream, the light hums in watery shades of silver and violet and gold and teal and vivid pink as it swallows her up and spits her back out—this time into space. Adora is surrounded by shining stars in gorgeous shades of honey gold, and as she takes it all in, she hears an achingly familiar voice, quiet and unsure.

“Hey, Adora.”

And there, just as suddenly, is Catra.

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#she ra #shera #catradora #my writing #will link when fai posts but its SOOO lovely ohmy gosh