#and sorry about the generic words

[frownyalfred]

I’m on the 1-2k chapter defense squad now. Y’all need to stop judging authors for writing short chapters.

The fact that they updated at all? For free?? And managed to write more than two words?? Readers can be a little more grateful.

5-10k weekly chapters are nice, but not routinely achievable for someone with a job/work or family/school etc.

#not about me #this is in general #I see people so self conscious about short chapters #to which I say #post the short chapter #post the 800 word chapter #you WROTE that and that was what you had time to post #anyone giving you grief come across as entitled #fic #fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #archive of our own #end rant #sorry I keep ranting about ao3

[raplinenthusiasts]

BTS x Major Arcana

for @dearedwardteach 🖤 {cr. namuspromised / psd / cards}

#HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST PERSON ON THIS ENTIRE SITE <3 #i'm late and i'm so so sorry #i had entirely different thing planned but it was awful and then i found this template and it made me think of you immediately! #i hope you like it #bts #btsgif #dailybts #dailybangtan #userbangtan #btsedit #*mine #ot7 #sabri i have no words to describe how lucky i am to get to know you #you wished on my birthday to go to concert together and now look at us! we have two booked! #i cannot wait march to see you <3 #i hope you will have great year full of happiness and kind people and so much love! #ily fr <3 #disclaimer: i know nothing about tarot cards or anything like that #i went with general descriptions #so please let me know what you think about my choices! it's actually very interesting! #if there are any typos or anything please don't tell me or i'll cry

[snapcracklepop-myjoints]

I've been seeing this a lot lately, but a little while ago I mentioned something to do with disability in a discord and someone asked me if I was a "spoonie". Not if I was disabled, but a spoonie. I need y’all to fucking get it into ur heads that disabled is not a dirty word. You can use the term spoonie for yourself all you want, but the second you start imposing it on other people and generally using it in place of the word "disabled", its just another woo-woo euphemism that seeks to soften and make comfortable the vocabulary and concept of disability.

Like at a certain point it becomes clear that a lot of people now are using “spoonie” in the same damn way as “differently abled” or "handicapable". The origin and intent of the term become moot within that usage because what it serves to do is invoke disability euphemistically, obfuscating and softening it in service of compulsory normative able-bodymindedness.

If you want to use that term for yourself, fine. Have fun. It doesn't have these same connotations when its used as a self identifier rather than as a replacement for the word "disabled". But stop applying it to others in place of "disabled" I’m so fucking serious.

#sorry im just really annoyed about this #like i really genuinely do not have an issue with teh use of the term on oneself. do whatever makes you happy yk #but when you start using it in place of disabled for other people or just in general. thats when we have a problem. #this is on account of the fact that words mean things and also have implications #ceci says stuff #disability #i feel like tagging that is kicking the hornets nest but i mostly want to be able to find it on my own blog so.

[medlarmeadows]

Can't stop thinking how brothers Ramboo, Charlie, and Sneeg are IRL. The way Charlie and Sneeg kept making fun of Ranboo throwing the towel over the laser? Absolutely an older brother move.

But then I can't stop thinking what if they were brothers in Genloss too? What if gl!Charlie and gl!Sneeg had to watch their little brother suffer under the control of Showfall with the little control they had for themselves?

Don't think about how gl!Charlie might have felt watching gl!Sneeg get reset, knowing that gl!Sneeg promised gl!Ranboo to their face that he would come back for them.

Don't think about how gl!Charlie never knew gl!Sneeg died.

Don't think about how gl!Ranboo might not have gotten to remember his brothers even in his last moments.

#generation loss #genloss #im sorry i just have too many feelings about them #the brainworms took over #i havent been able to put to words what i feel about genloss but i think this helps #gl!ranboo #gl!sneeg #gl!charlie #ranboo #sneegsnag #charlie slimecicle #idk how true this theory is even #but this is just my headcanon of sorts

[lilaccatholic]

Everyone's getting so heated over evolution right now that I kinda want to say I believe in some secret, third thing for kicks and giggles. Get real gnostic on 'em.

Oh? You believe in evolution? And you believe in creationism? Well *I*, the most learned of individuals, believe that we are actually yet still in our larval stage as a species and will only be able to enter the kingdom of heaven when we grow the exoskeletons which will make it so our flesh can handle the gaze of God, like a REAL Christian

#sorry sorry but both sides of this have been SO funny to me as someone whose take on it generally is 'eh it's probably evolution but if God #said it isn't someday i won't hardly be mad about it' #it's so funny to me because people are basically recreating the same arguments that took place in sixth grade science class #except you're using bigger words and i'm very proud of the language development boys and girls! #well done superstars! #now how about we focus on sharing and talking respectfully about our neighbors next hmm?

[hermanunworthy]

post ep46 normal design......

hes all matchy matchy w his partner now awwww (violent sobbing)

#lineart is my enemy rn sorry i just keep doing sketches #actually art in general is my enemy rn #this design is gonna be a b word to stick w. as a guy who is insane about consistency #normal oak #dndads #dndads fanart #my art

[sciderman]

I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with so much Iranian hate and drama <:[

oh anon. hate to break it to you (a lot of people make this mistake) but iran and iraq are two entirely separate nations.

and also i think reducing it to the words "hate and drama" kind of doesn't cover it, anon.

#i think if people were. just a little bit more informed. then maybe people would see that the people from this region are humans actually. #so anon. please. like... look at a map and do some reading maybe. if you care just a little. #i'm sorry anon but i'm a little bit at a loss for words over this message. like it rendered me speechless for a little. #but it's so common in my life that i've been called iranian and i constantly have to correct people on it. c'mon man. #i mean i have SO many iranian friends even though iraq and iran you know. aren't exactly bedfellows. politically. #but those politics don't really follow me. like in my day to day. iraqis and iranians in the uk of this generation. are again. #pretty divorced. #but it's kind of really frustrating that people Without Fail make this mistake over and over. #it's like how people just refer to “africa” as a whole. instead of recognising there are seperate nations there and. #it's not just a homogenous “other” #please. there are humans there. it's not just “foreign”. #i don't know if you're american anon but i see it a lot that anything outside of america is just “foreign” #and i mean #even as a brit. americans are constantly surprised i'm british because they forget anything exists outside of america. #i think it would be so so so so sexy of you anon to take a look at the globe tonight. give it a spin. #look at the world. it's so full and so beautiful and there are So Many Nations. #i'm going to look at my globe tonight too. i have a really cool old one. it spins so good. #and i'm going to pick some countries i don't know a lot about and do some reading about them. for funsies.

[harvestmoth]

hi spoiler embargo ended. get rejuv blasted

#pokemon rejuvenation spoilers #also i finished my renegade run like an hour ago. whwatthe hell. egrhrhr #h. normal about it #M2…………………. shes so awful i love her so so bad. evil and fucked my melia moments my beloved #fucked up* #thank you 13.5 renegade route for giving me so so much while also taking away everything at the same time #shes so sick and twisted but like literally. #hher. pokemon… they. egeg erg ag #sorry this is about the best i can do im not good with wording things so take my nonsensical keyboard smashing i think #oh also love the chapter 10 cave bit ^_^ the soul thing is so cool i love giant robot ana #and the giratina friend thats awesome #also not related in the slightest but i got the a-larvesta megg on my renegade route save and its so so pretty #i love all of the new aevian forms but i think out of them all a-volarona and the a-leavanny line are my favorites by far #probably helps that both of those are some of my favorite pokemon in general but yknow #pokemon rejuvenation #btw anyone that sees this that hasnt played this before should play it immediately. please #they made the glitter girl fucked up and evil im winning

[waveridden]

i fundamentally think that it’s funnier when taylor swift haters are informed about the things she’s doing. like there’s making fun of a popular artist which is a time honored tradition, and plenty of legitimate critiques of her as a public figure and the private jet and all that. but then you get people making up fake lyrics when the real ones are much funnier. i know in my heart of hearts that if the right person got a hold of the song evermore which has the lyric “motion capture put me in a bad light” which is undoubtedly a reference to her role in cats 2019 the internet would never be the same

#waveridden.txt #swiftie tag #like we all know i am a swiftie. but girl cmon #generally i believe that taking her lyrics out of context is kind of a disservice to her as a musician i think she is good at whole songs #where it’s not about the melody or the words it’s about the finished product #but every now and again she says shit like ‘don’t put me in the basement when i want the penthouse of your heart’ #and it’s like no sorry actually you can’t save that one

[hurricanek8art]

Okay SO I've never Bad Batch posted beyond reblogs but there's two episodes left and I'm going insane so my big giant theory for why the finale is titled The Cavalry Has Arrived with a sprinkle of Tech is Alive Yes I Am Delusional:

Tonight's episode is going to end with the Batch, Omega's gang, and CX-2 all colliding in one of the hallways.

Big Western faceoff, tumbleweed, yadda yadda y'know.

Right before the shooting starts, CX-2 tells them their escape plan through whatever hallway they're planning is strategically ill-advised, because *insert tactical explanation here*

Hunter: "Oh yeah? What, you trying to help us or something? No thanks."

CX-2: "It was worth the attempt. It's not as if we've ever followed orders anyway."

BIG PAUSE, CLOSE UP MONTAGE OF EVERYONE AS THE WORDS SINK IN

Omega: "...Tech?!"

Tech: *removes helmet to reveal it's him* "Well, I thought it was obvious. Shall we liberate some clones together, then?"

SMASH CUT, ROLL CREDITS, THE CALVARY HAS ARRIVED BECAUSE THE *ENTIRE* BATCH IS TOGETHER AGAIN AND THEY'RE GONNA SAVE THE CLONES.

end conspiracy theory rant. 🥴

#EDIT: SORRY LEFT OUT A BIT OF TECH DIALOGUE I PUT IT BACK JUST IGNORE THIS 😭 #no matter what happens the callback to “i thought it was obvious” re: tech and the omega/chip discoveries is required. okay. it just is. #that's his line i need to hear it again okay #also please excuse hunter's dialogue being kinda generic #if it's someone with an accent saying more than a word or two I have to put thought into writing dialogue & this was completely off the cuf #i don't have as much a problem with it as tech because i am also autistic i speak his language 🤣 #ANYWAYS i am delusional but i have also been able to predict story beats with fair accuracy for like 10 years so #speaking it into existence. manifesting? i'm still new at tumblr speak sorry 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 #K8 Rambles about Star Wars #star wars #the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #sw the bad batch #sw tbb #tbb #the bad bad spoilers #sw the bad batch spoilers #star wars the bad batch spoilers #sw tbb spoilers #tbb spoilers #tbb tech #tbb cx-2 #tbb cx 2 #tbb hunter #tbb omega #tbb wrecker #tbb crosshair #tbb echo #i tagged the whole batch because even if they're not referred to by name they're in the post in spirit

[capn-twitchery]

Is there an in-universe reason why Twitch chose the name Twitch?

i've been sitting on this ask in hope i would find a more insightful answer than "they chose it at random," but the more i thought about it the more i realised that choosing a name at complete random probably is the most twitch thing they could have done. so i don't think it has any particular meaning behind it to them!

their surname, lazaret, is part of a ship, though!it's a small cargo hold used for storing equipment or corpses, i just learned

#sorry there is no insightful answer here but the ooc explanation is i chose it via random word generator xD #but thank you for the ask!!! :D i love thinking about stuff like this #even if the answer isn't deep xD #londonmusings #inquiries #twitchery #theirrepressibleheiress

[carriehobbs]

I keep thinking about @/fauville’s tags (“#literally no one else calls the detective by a nickname #not their mom. not tina or verda”) on this post and how it's just another example of the way that the constraints of interactive fiction as a storytelling medium (e.g., limitations in what the writer knows how to code, inability to account for all players' (and player characters') reactions to the text, nuanced conversations reduced in-game to multiple choice answers, etc.) inadvertently provide characterization for the game's characters.

to use @/fauville's example of the detective's nickname: tina and verda should, at the very least, know that the detective has a nickname and should use it; however, they use the detective's first name instead. this is speculation (i don't know if mishka has ever gone on-record to say why nicknames were not a part of book 1), but I suspect, from a writing standpoint, that this decision was made because nicknames hadn't been included in book 1 (perhaps because mishka didn't yet know how to code nicknames in choicescript, or because she hadn't anticipated players wanting a feature like optional nicknames) and it would have seemed jarring for someone who has always called the detective by their first name to suddenly start using a nickname midway through book 2. unit bravo can get away with this change because they hadn't known about the nickname previously (doesn't know about the nickname -> learns about the nickname -> uses the nickname) in a way that tina and verda, who have known the detective for years, cannot (doesn't know about the nickname -> learns about the nickname -> doesn't use the nickname for years -> suddenly starts using the nickname with no explanation ??).

just because we, as players, can acknowledge and understand the external factors that influence a game's production (e.g., not knowing how to code a particular feature at the start of the series and later learning how to implement that feature, if this is indeed the case), doesn't mean that I think we should ignore the implications these gameplay (and game-making) decisions have for the coherence of the story and character. perhaps tina and verda's use of the detective's first name was motivated by external factors, but it still says something about the characters that they do so (perhaps it lends to the way that verda can sometimes seem more formal or put-together, or speaks to a past between tina and the detective before the detective started using a nickname, etc.).

even more interesting (to me, at least) are the implications that rebecca choosing to use the detective's full name has for rebecca's character and her relationship with the detective. rebecca will call the detective by their first name regardless of both their past relationship and their current relationship. in a low-approval playthrough, it is pretty easy to come up with reasons that rebecca might not call the detective by a nickname. perhaps she doesn't feel like she's close enough to the detective to use a nickname. perhaps she and the detective are so distant that she doesn't even know the detective would prefer to be called a nickname in the first place.

furthermore, what does it say about rebecca that she still won't use the detective's nickname even if they are close? we've seen through the series that, even on a high-approval playthrough, rebecca seems to feel a lot of guilt for not being around through the detective's childhood (regardless of how that guilt actually informed her actions) - is her refusal to use a nickname she should know about some kind of self-flagellation wherein she doesn't feel as though she deserves to be close to the detective and so she creates an artificial distance between them through the use of their full name? what motivation does rebecca have for not using the detective's nickname, and what does it say about her that she doesn't?

I just find it endlessly fascinating the ways in which the constraints of the medium can unintentionally provide characterization for the game's characters. I don't think that we, as players, should write off these moments of characterization just because they were the results of a constraint. regardless of whatever external factors influence the game's production, why, in-fiction, does a character do a certain thing, and what does that action or decision impact how we understand them?

#wayhaven if #sorry for saying the word nickname so much 😔 #edit: to be clear i don't think that anyone does write stuff off bc it's externally-motivated. this isn't about anyone in particular #i just think generally that we shouldn't #another edit: corrected a small typo

[fourx]

who said that 6 and 9 is canon? and when? im kinda confused with the current situation

it was more so implied than stated or announced by anyone. the most latest short was written by florence chapell, who is known for liking and interacting with ship artwork or posts of sixnine. mind you this was BEFORE this short released. she most likely wrote the characters interactions with romantic intentions in mind. so no, no one ever stated it was officially canon, but reading their scenes with this context its very clear there are romantic implications

#mail #xfohv #bfdi #yes she actively likes ship art of these guys!! it makes me so so happy haha #back in 2021 she drew a few drawings of them that i think about #not ship art but just of the two in general #so sorry for the late response i needed help/to think about how to word this

[taihua]

The thing that bothers me about fanon characterization of Mu Qing as super insecure about his talent and abilities is that it erases what is, imo, one of the best things about him—the fact that he was a servant and still thought “I’m just as good—maybe even better than—the Crown Prince” and proceeded to prove it (and I think that’s exactly why Xie Lian liked him, because he also believes that people are good and talented regardless of their station or social class and being friends with Mu Qing reinforces that belief for him)

And to repeat my tags from another post: it’s not that he doesn’t have insecurities, but they’re not about his abilities, because he’s completely confident in them and deserves to be. He’s just insecure about how other people view him, which is something he can’t really control (except through reprimanding people in their dreams, but that doesn’t work on his fellow gods)

And in summary this is all a lot more interesting to me than another generic “I’ll never be good enough 🥺” characterization

#to be clear when i complain about fanon i don’t really mean fanworks #it’s more like. the casual mass of posts (usually on twt) with casual commentary on the characters #talking /about/ characters etc more than generating a new self contained work about them #if that makes sense #fic writers and artists making fan comics are thinking a lot more about characterization than the average casual post #edit: wow how many times can i use the word ‘casual’ in these tags….sorry i just got to work n my ass is not working once again!!!

[thgfanfictionlibrary]

Hi! First off, I want to say how awesome and well-organized this page is. I know how much work it must be to put it together. I do think that the word retired has an air of finality to it, like it's implied that the authors who appear on the retired authors list are done writing THG fics. But they might just have stuff going on in their lives or writers block and that's why they haven't updated in awhile. I feel like there might be some authors who won't enjoy finding themselves on that list. Anyway, thanks for hearing me out. I've enjoyed seeing all your posts.

Hello!

Thank you so much for your perspective! I can understand where this is coming from and did debate on what term to use for categorizing the authors, which is why I do put that note on the top of each masterlist noting the differences in categorization. I, in no way, meant to imply that these authors are never coming back into the writing game! I've seen writers take years off and come back into the writing game stronger than ever. I'm truly sorry if it came off that way.

I looked into a few other fandom blogs similar to this and noticed "retired" being a main word used for authors who haven't updated fics in a while but are active in the fandom or writing but from other fandoms. I've also seen the word "Hiatus" used and debated on that for a while. I'm always open to suggestions and comments like these, especially from authors as you are the individuals most directly affected by my word choices. I never intended to make authors feel upset and tried my best to use more inclusive terms. I chose not to do "inactive authors" series for this exact reason because I did not want someone to stumble upon the list and be hurt by it in some way.

Please continue to share your thoughts on how I can make this blog more inclusive of everyone in the fandom and how I can use my language in a better way for this specific series which is "a blog/writer who has updated within the past year but has not posted a fanfic in the fandom in the past year". Or let me know if the series should be terminated if the idea isn't a good one. I truly thought that by highlighting these authors it may help more people find them and perhaps inspire them to write again or at the very least have a nice few comments to discover one day. BUT if this series seems in poor taste please let me know!

As followers of the blog, or THG writers, I'd like your input on what that series should be called. I'll make the appropriate changes/edits to upcoming releases and past releases in accordance with the results of the poll.

I put the a week timer on the poll and will hold the remaining posts in that series until this poll closes and we decide on a new term as a community.

Again, I am so sorry if I offended or hurt anyone in the community. I strive to create an inclusive and friendly safe for everyone!

-Admin:e

#thg fanfiction #thg #admin:e #ask #i am truly sorry if I made anyone on that list feel bad about being on that list #I didn't intend for that and was simply thinking it'd be a good way to boost those authors up since they were still active #I thought by creating a series highlighting those authors it may shine light on their works and help them get inspired again #or at least have more nice comments to read about their works #again I am so sorry if i offended those on the list or any writer in general with my choice of words

[fleurfay]

Humanity makes me feel sick sometimes......

Bad people exist and they can do bad stuff, just as much as good people. Someone good can be a massive dickhead at some point in their lives and yk, what matters is what they do abt it....

But i hate the fact that even if someone change for the better, they'll always be labeled from their bad past, they'll always be reminded from their mistakes, they will forever be hated by so many people, people dehumanizing them, regardless if they became someone better and dealt with the consequences of their actions or still are dealing with them. And that makes me a bit sick-

I always believe that people can be better (without defending their bad behaviours ofc /srs) if they truly want to change, if they truly feel sorry...and it pains me yk? Maybe i'm just too optimistic and empathetic, but i'm not dumb. Im not dumb to the point of defending someone that did something foul, im not dumb to believe in everyone blindly.

It gets worse when is about someone with a mental illness, is all about "listen to people with mental illness" until they end up doing something bad as a response or trigger. Some people just need help and compassion ykwim? You can forgive without wanting to stay near that person anymore and trust the person, and you can notice that they somehow need help. i don't agree with just going "k*s" and "hey haha i hope that person rot and dies without food and money" and i'm just...???

Ofc im not saying this abt the most devilish stuff, everyone that does something bad will deal with the consequences of their actions soon or later, some should be in PRISON even for some stuff, it is how it is-

idk...i'm just tired...sorry

#personal vent #fleurfay speaks #vent post #aaaaaaaaaa #tw vent #tw: death #sorry if i sounded strange #I'm very tired #if i worded something badly #im sorry #is just a general statement #its about nothing in particular #christblr #pray for me #im so tired abt this