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Once again its 3am and this washing machine wizard haunts me

#washing mahcine wizard my beloved #honestly not enough cowboy wizards in general

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tweeter @frienem does the best HDB cosplay I've ever seen in my life

#this is so good #harry du bois #disco elysium

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Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter to Andonis Anemoyannis, 1902

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First you procrastinate on the task because it is not a big enough deal to get done urgently. Then you procrastinate on the task because it has become such a big deal that doing it is overwhelming. You would think that this implies a middle point where it is just big enough of a deal to get done easily, however the inherent perversity of the universe's causal geometry prevents this

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Every time AO3 makes an update, there’s a chorus of ‘and can we please please please be able to leave kudos on each chapter pleeeeease?!?!’

In theory, this is a nice idea. We’ve all smashed the kudos button on our favourite fics, bemoaning the fact we can’t give them all the love.

But ya’ll, kudos per chapter would absolutely fucking suck.

For readers, it would suck because it would compound the existing problem of making it hard to find fics that are good and not just long - not that a fic can’t be both! But there are plenty of Pulitzer-worthy one-shots out there that are buried way way down the list when ranked by number of kudos, because they’re beneath a bunch of 50/? fics where the author lost sight of where the hell the story was going 30 chapters ago, but their fic has had 50x the chances to be viewed so has more kudos. It would encourage authors to release their fics in lots of little chapters instead of a few longer ones/one-shots as they might otherwise have done (and as might otherwise suit the story).

And for authors it would especially suck, as it would compound the existing problem of people not commenting. Kudos are very much appreciated, but comments make an author’s day; but so few people bother, and frankly, it’s disheartening. Let people just click a button to show their appreciation for each new chapter? The hits:kudos:comments ratio would get even worse than it already is.

You can already ‘give kudos’ for each chapter of a fic on AO3 - by commenting. Hell you can literally write ‘kudos!’ It will make the author smile, I promise.

#all my best work is under 10k

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ma'am I can't overstate the consistency in which I like your works. it's a "omg this story changed my life" after another and not even award winning published authors have that effect on me. as always, I'm so thankful that you share these stories online, and I CANT WAIT for more people to have the pleasure to know your writting.

Original fiction may not be in the cards, but knowing my fandom contributions connected with people makes my heart sing. Thank you thank you ❤️

#you asked I answered

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Just a dandy boy 🌻

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Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle Vincent van Gogh, Garden at Arles (1888)

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we need more women who are just fucking losers

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if given the chance would you live like an artist of the middle ages mostly working on your crafts and being financially supported by rich aristocrats who admire your work?

I would be so productive if someone would pay for my kid's braces and send me prompts for literally whatever they wanted to read. So. Productive.

#you asked I answered #chiling at the Herculaneum vacation villa #drinking wine eating chickpeas in the atrium while Lucius and Philodemus talk about the latest scrolls #occasionally they turn to me for a witty observation

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“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

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The funniest trope by far is like… after The Villain Of The First Half Of The Series is defeated like… they just join the hero’s team and are a minor annoyance drinking coffee and being sarcastic and the heroes are just like “looks like we have an annoying roommate now great”

#Spike #Zukko