#and the author doesn’t know shit

[potions-and-wares]

My favorite activity is to spread anti wings of fire propaganda to my friends because I hate this shitty book series so much

#osha rambles #seriously fuck wings of fire #I have never hated a book series more in my life #the characters suck ass #the plot is thin #and the author doesn’t know shit #like I know I’m one to talk as a wc fan #but at least I know warriors is hot garbage #every single wings of fire fan I’ve met acts like it’s the best series to ever exist #and it’s not #it sucks ass #anyway this is your daily dose of propaganda #wings of fire #is hot garbage #do not read

[alectology-archive]

while it’s important that rj understood how prolonged exposure to trauma would mess with you psychologically on various axes - mental, emotional, spiritual, physical - it’s also very significant that he put in the work to question and explore how people could go about healing and recovering from their experiences with a realistic attitude.

sometimes they don’t heal - they don’t understand that they need healing, dismiss their instincts, or manage to bury all the complicated emotions they’re feeling. it’s seen when mat suffers from a severe case of survivor’s guilt whenever he survives a battle, and this is observed more obviously when he escapes from ebou dar without managing to save all the windfinders; he also doesn’t have the vocabulary to express why the abuse he suffers at tylin’s hands feels wrong, and his cultural background and his tendency to lie to himself prevents him from examining why this is the case. rand is simply incapable of dealing with the sheer physical, mental and emotional stress he’s subjected to without a support system to back him up - support that he’s specifically unwilling to ask for because he doesn’t want to be put in a position of vulnerability just like mat and has a very unique relationship with the level of autonomy he’s afforded and the abuse he may be subjected to as a result of his madness - and resorts to unhealthy coping mechanisms and internalises traits that also serve as an allegory for ideologies that toxic masculinity directly feeds off of; he reacts to aes sedai very badly although he eventually unlearns that instinct; he’s extremely suicidal, and lews therin works as an indirect metaphor for depression. egwene feels the need to be in a position of power whenever approaching a certain relationship (be it romantic, platonic or otherwise) after her time as a damane, and is often uncomfortable with setting down her guard unless she trusts the people she’s working with; rj has a very complicated track with his depiction of corporal punishment but he also touches on how it enables people in power to take advantage of it to abuse the people under their control through egwene’s arc. rand specifically laments how the sort of stigma and alienation that male channelers face will never really go away because of the fear ingrained into popular belief, and that’s also a very accurate depiction of how certain mental illnesses are received by society.

but rj puts in the extra work to explore how people who have access to support systems and are on the receiving end of patience and compassion are able to get on the path to recovery. he has nynaeve & co deal with the problem of deprogramming egeanin, the sul’dam and damane who’re thoroughly brainwashed by the seanchan. juilin is able to help amathera recover by being very sympathetic to her situation and protecting her from difficult situations that could trigger her ptsd. rj specifically spends a significant amount of time letting joline, teslyn and edesina slowly encourage the seanchan channelers to entertain the idea of their ability not being a curse and to even train to control it at the white tower. the maidens are able to get a read on rand’s discomfort with the dark and small spaces post dumai’s wells and are kind enough to always leave a light on in the dark for him; they also push rand to take his meals and care for himself. the asha’man are explicitly recognised as a group which needs to unlearn some of the toxic ideas encoded in the founding principles that rand introduced. rand himself is recognised to be in dire need of help again in the latter half of the series, although we never got to see the culmination of that arc, unfortunately* - but I have a theory that his arc as a hero is tied very closely to his ability to recover from the various traumas he’s subjected to.

wheel of time takes a very realistic stance on mental health and ptsd. more significantly, it recognises that trauma might not necessarily bring about a positive transformation in a person. and that’s okay.

*cadsuane’s arrival is the only one I can’t get a clear read on, and feels so obviously doomed to disaster from the very beginning given how her personality clashes with rand’s and with her introduction with the intent of controlling rand and never respecting his opinions or autonomy - but given how she’s criticised by the narrative, I’m inclined to believe that min’s reading might have potentially been fulfilled in a bittersweet way as her readings often are. if rand learned how to embrace his humanity again, I can’t imagine that she would have ever had a part to play in it that involved compassion or understanding.

#he wasn't traumatising rand for the shits and giggles I would've loved to see where he would have gone with him though I have my own theory #I’ll save that for the super long rand post though… if I ever fucking finish it #text #HE least of all people would’ve kept pushing the trauma button without intent and just for the sake of Angst. unlike a lot of other authors #I have no idea what he was doing with perrin though lol it has to be said… he really is the weakest point in the series #I know people enjoyed dragonmount and sanderson’s take on how rand and egwene suffered trauma to eventually become Stronger #but that’s absolutely not a realistic depiction and it doesn’t work for me sorry to say. #I also Do Not Get dragonmount at all. it’s like if you pulled a rhetoric about love and living out of your ass when rand is suffering in #THIS life and THIS context… he walked in with some new character conflicts & adressed THEM instead of what rj had already written for rand. #wheel of time #wot book spoilers #rand al’thor

[ao3screenshotss]

#literally how chess works #i heard it’s harder to beat someone who’s average at the game than someone who doesn’t know shit about what they’re doing #title: #the phantom guardian #author: #missingn000 #ao3 #ao3 funny #jujutsu kaisen #gojou satoru #zenin maki #fushiguro toji

[relaxxattack]

the interesting thing about mischaracterization to me is sometimes i cant Tell if a character is OOC or not; especially if they aren’t the main focus in a fic. like some characters i just do not KNOW enough about their deep underlying motivations to tell if they are acting OOC. im just like, “hmm they seem to be on that thin line of their dialogue sounding right. so that’s probably good enough?”

#like most of the stuff i read doesn’t do jade horribly like some older stuff does #jade seems like. you know sort of a normal nice person but with issues and insecurities; the way she is in canon #*normal being used in reference to how she like. talks and interacts with people not anything else abt her LOL #but i don’t know enough about jade to know if the author got the exact right mix of shit #and everyone interprets the characters differently anyway #it’s really interesting

[tennessoui]

just realized someone is currently working on what’s gonna be my new favorite fic and I don’t even know what it’s about but it’s gonna be amazing and I can’t wait to read it

#like!!! it just hit me!!! #there’s a fic out there that currently exists only as an outline in a Google docs and it’s going to be my favorite #and the author doesn’t know that yet and I don’t know it either #people who write an entire fic and then post it in chapters…..they started that shit ages ago!! #and I never knew!!! #how many other fics are currently and painstakingly being worked on in Google docs and in word and notes apps or whatever!!! #fics not yet up on ao3!! #OR people are currently working on new chapters for wips I love!! #it takes so much time and dedication to write a chapter and while I’m waiting for it they’re writing it!!! #that’s amazing 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[alwritey-aphrodite]

Reading YA/TikTok books makes me realize maybe my writing isn’t all that bad if this is getting published…

#I’m sorry I’m a literature snob and I can’t read something I paid for when I know there is free fanfic waiting for me that’s 10x better #also… it feels like the author just wanted to put as much diversity is as possible and it’s stupid… it doesn’t add value to the story that #the main characters brother is trans and wears a binder and needs top surgery. why do I need to know that. why does a funny scene come to a #screeching halt because one of the main characters needs to preach about how inclusive the word queer is. why do I need to know everyone’s #sexuality like you’re ticking off all the letters of LGBT+. also why do I need to know her exact skin shade and hair color and hair length #and the shitty ass outfit she’s wearing. this is like the shit I wrote at 14 on wattpad #I dunno… good books and amazing fanfic have spoiled me I guess

[lovestrucklovesickslut]

being the oldest sibling is just this sometimes

#personal vent #it’s soooo hard to stay out of things after being the only person in the house who ever disciplined my youngest sibling #we have a ten year age gap so my parents alway joked that they were my responsibility until one day it wasn’t a joke anymore #you know how frustrating it is when your sibling doesn’t even pretend to listen to or respect your parents #they never did anything so my sibling got away with everything unless I said something #do you know how annoying it feels to have to be the buzzkill because your MIDDLE SCHOOL aged sibling doesn’t listen to anyone else #I decided to stop like 3 years ago because it was putting a huge strain on our relationship and I didn’t want to be the authority anymore #now my parents don’t say anything and I don’t say anything and my sibling gets away with stuff that I would have gotten in SO MUCH shit for #I Pretend I Do Not See It #I Pretend I Do Not Hear It #I smile and wave and everything is Fine #dear diary #I was going to say I’m on my period ignore me but #period havers we have GOT to stop dismissing our feelings just because they may or may not be a little more intense #yeah I’m on my period my feelings are still valid #eldest child #eldest daughter #eldest sibling

[forgetme-eternally-blissfully]

Me reading a cool new novel: hah wow this is cool it has a neat premise and a promising plot line let’s see our protagonist level up and learn how to use his new power in interesting and cool ways—

*MC meets a beautiful powerful girl and defeats her

*MC meets a beautiful powerful girl and impresses her

*MC meets a beautiful powerful girl and rescues her

*MC meets a beautiful powerful girl and defeats her PT 2

Me: Ah nvm it’s a harem novel god damn it

#it was cool at first but now I’m grinding my teeth like wtf #I was okay with it at first bc like. he defeats the beautiful cold hearted prodigy by a hairs breadth and we get this sad backstory for her #which could be better’d by the MC who doesn’t fear her and can teach her how to socialize and become a brighter happier person through their #developing friendship and potentially romantic relationship and it could have led to character development for both of them as they struggle #through the feeling of being cast aside as an ‘other’ by society and learning how to stumble through a relationship that involves #communication and admittance and honesty #something our MC and FL can’t get through their mentors #instead we get her genuine attempts at becoming friends being brushed off by him who assumes she’s going to eventually want a romantic #relationship by the end of it and ARGHHXHHD she’s a shy person!! she’s trying her best!!! you asshole!!!! and then the author has the #AUDACITY #to make her continue yearning after this guy who doesn’t give 2 shits about her and she’s only used as a support character for the #ensuing battle and then he promptly leaves her behind for his own adventure #and don’t even get me STARTED on the lack of compatibility with the other women in this story #they aren’t even being used as potential love interests they’re just there so the author can say he added strong female characters and then #IMMEDIATELY turns around and makes them fawn over this 19 yr guy who cAn pRoTeCt ThEM AnD HEs sO cOoL FUCK #I was holding out but now he just annoys me dude this is why I don’t like reading male lead perspectives if there’s a DROP of romance #it ruins it! romance is dead no one knows what chemistry is they only want to be fawned over by women to stroke their egos #not a reblog

[row-boats3]

One of my favorite fic writers reblogged a piece of my writing, complimenting it.

I must go scream.

#it’s so shocking #like this amazing person knows I exist #and doesn’t think my writing is shit? woah #ao3 author #encanto

[autistic-katara]

jackson’s diary is the only fandom i know of to be relatively normal on everywhere else but be toxic as hell on ao3 of all places 💀

#and by toxic i mean if u post a properly tagged fic of smthn someone doesn’t like they WILL send u death threats bcz “it’s a small fandom #ppl aren’t filtering/reading the tags!” #babes do u hear urselves #anyways yeah they’re doing it again #tbf at this time at least it is actual “problematic” shit and not smut of an 18yo x his canon 17yo bf #but it’s still ppl getting mad at the author (mostly on anon) bcz how dare they write smthn they don’t like #bro ur on the don’t like don’t read website sorry that u cba to read the tags bcz u assumed it would all be safe to read to a toddler #that’s very much on u my guy #it’s like if i put a shirt in the washer at the wrong setting nd got mad at the clothes company for making a different kinda shirt bcz all #my others could be washed that way so how was i supposed to know to read the instructions #i need to go to sleep instead of indulging in random drama but my brain has different ideas 😭 #ryan shut the fuck up

[boysnberriespie]

Always gonna miss pre-S2 when we could imagine Stizzy happening pre EdStede getting back together and we could see Ed comedically being offended that Stede had the audacity to leave him and then steal his purse dog-wife (we can still imagine this, but it was a sillier era long gone now 😔)

#it’s one of those days where I can’t shut up #also everytime I call Izzy a random list of things #it takes all my will power not to say father or dad at the end #he’s provided me with the funniest ammunition #like it’s a baffling comment it’s sooo funny #why did he say that #what did he mean #also while I’m not letting DJ off #I know his writing wasn’t malicious #so I hope it doesn’t feel like I’m being mean #I just love making jokes about the way writers talk about their own works #I do it for sooo many authors #you literally have to laugh to read the shit authors have to say sometimes 😭 #(but yeah even the unfortunate implications that do make me mad #I’m not attributing to malice I’m just attributing to a confluence of things including some ignorance) #pirate bitching

[gayemeralds]

i was trying to send you an ask a few seconds ago but the entire page lagged so here it is again. you said you like sonadow but in a very niche way, can you elaborate on that? i'm rlly interested

hmmm maybe niche wasn’t the right word haha i guess i just disagree with most iterations/portrayal of sonadow haha.

a lot of them sort of turn them into a typical romantic partnership. they’re showy with their affection, they’re married, they get flustered about having a crush, etc, but i don’t really see those things happening. like sonic himself is a super private person so i don’t really expect much pda from him; and i really don’t see it from shadow, either. aside from like holding hands i don’t see a big difference in their relationship as friends/rivals verses lovers. maybe not quite so mean to each other sometimes but otherwise it’s the same dynamic.

idk one thing that always kind of irks me is the idea that when they’re older they get a white picket fence, kids, and marriage. i just don’t see that happening haha. i always hate when people have sonic ‘settle down’ when he gets older, as a ‘sign of maturity’. i don’t like it for sonamy and i especially don’t like it for sonadow, when shadow can actually keep up with him. sonic doesn’t want to be tied down, and i think shadow would respect that- i don’t really think they’d get married, and i don’t think theyd really retire from being heroes, and i don’t think they would have a permanent home. they wouldn’t stop adventuring or moving around. either they’re on the move helping people or just enjoying the beauty of the world.

i also just don’t see them really having kids? i think theyd mentor people but i don’t really think they’d adopt anyone or something like that. if the persons in need they might but it’s more of a situational thing; they’d do it to help, but i don’t think they would ever actually plan to have kids. again, not really wanting to be tied down.

also, this is just what I’ve seen, but it also makes me super frustrated when people act like shadow suddenly becomes the most important person in Sonic’s life. i hate hate hate when romance gets elevated above friendship; characters like tails and Amy and knuckles, who were super important friends, get sorta tossed aside and shadow suddenly becomes the Most Important Person Ever. idk how to really describe it i just hate the way people put so much importance into romantic relationships.

also a popular trope i’ve noticed is that the two kind of dance around their feelings/ are shy about having a crush which i don’t really see? they’re very straightforward people i think. at least i think sonic would definitely just straight up ask as soon as he started having feelings, once he’s comfortable with the idea of romance and partners. i don’t think they’d really dance around it. and i don’t think they’d be shy about it.

#also this is a very small pet peeve but it’s annoying when people are like omg sonic gets a sexuality crisis or whatever #like. man sonic wouldn’t give two shits if he suddenly started liking boys #i know it’s about projection and stuff but. meh #sonic ‘doesn’t care about authorities or societal rules or other peoples opinions’ the hedgehog #honestly would be the character with the least internalized homophobia lmao #other than knuckles who probably doesn’t even know what homophobia is (raised on a secluded island with a different culture) #sega official speaks #a lot of the critiques i have are the same for sonamy and most other ships #but sonadow is the ship that gets thrown around a whole bunch #and kind of annoyingly so haha #it’s fun for laughs and stuff but if you’re like #wanting to keep the relationship in character and all that stuff #you really have to examine how shadow and sonic would ACTUALLY act if they were in love #hm hm hm it’s all just my opinion though haha i have some nicher feelings on romance

[werewolfpdfs]

severian why do you hate women so much….

#ok he doesn’t HATE women but well. you know. horrors of reading 80s sci fi i suppose #picture me with a magnifying glass trying to figure out how much of this is author bias and how much severin is just being a shit again <3 #yeah buddy im sure you did sleep with all those women. im sure this is a very accurate account of those circumstances. #the book of the new sun #we’re having fun here

[neon-vocalist]

I kind of really hate our host and I wish I didn’t but I don’t know what to do about it

#I know she’s innocent #She was scared and fifteen years old and had nearly no authority #If anything I should be mad at the witch bitch #And I guess I’m angry at her too but I can’t blame her. She’s a protector. She was just protecting us. I’m a protector too— I get it. #Because like. If someone did the things I did to Ricky you bet I’d be throwing them in jail #So everyone who did that to me like the snake girl and the weird bunny rabbit. I get them. It’s whatever #But Sunnie doesn’t have that kind of excuse. She wasn’t protecting shit. #All she did was make everyone hate me

[samuraisharkie]

Going on record to say I can’t stand scoutandcompany *bracing for impact*

#I’m WAITING for someone to see this and try and dogpile me #idk what it is abt scout and their followers but they SCOUR for ‘hate’ #anyway. stop talking about animal care you have no experience or knowledge abt and making blanket statements #when you know full well your influence and the way ppl hang on ur every word #‘the rabbit people’ are actual farmers that deal with livestock as more than just a hobby. sometimes it’s ugly work dude. #if you can’t handle it just fuckin say so but that doesn’t mean you side eye the people who CAN #*cough* instead of letting upwards of 20 sale barn calves die in ur arms bc you couldn’t cull them when they got too far*cough* #that’s all I’m gonna say bc I know some keyboard warrior is gonna swoop in and try a ‘gotcha’ or some shit #but I really. don’t think scout should be talking w any kind of authority considering their situation #I don’t think they’re a bad person. I do think they’re full of themselves and on a power trip though #you can’t be a bleeding heart and be a farmer. you can’t do it. in order to keep livestock you have to get used to death #that doesn’t mean you can’t be SAD abt it but like. it has to be done and it’s not always bc of being a runt or whatever #and like ppl have said I 100% get not wanting to do so for calves when birth is such an ordeal for cows and they only have one or two #but that means you don’t have any authority to speak on nestbox culling in general so like. don’t lol

[burningthegallows]

You’re a fanfic writer. You delete and purge all of your accounts and then you find out that someone dug them back out of the trash, dusted them off, and read them 100 more times…

Do you feel violated because it’s your work and you should be allowed to disappear it if you like?

Or do you feel pleased that someone loved your writing enough to track it down

#fandom #fanfic #ficcery #writing #I know they say nothing can be deleted fully online #but if it were a creative project doesn’t it feel like you should be able to #I’m going to save all of my ao3 bookmarks because I’m worried the farming for text #which is only going to increase as ai writing gets more and more refined #and if that’s why you’re deleting shit #… #it infuriates me #aaaaaanyway #what I’m really asking is what do I do with all the drarry fanart I’m almost finished with from these deleted fics #god #yay or nay to posting it #yay or nay for attaching the text titles and bits of dialogue #I have so many drawings that are wip for this fic and three others from the authors writing #and it’s such a great user name too #man #:|