#author’s log

[sallertiafabrica]

writing a kid character who was previously stuck as “the responsible one” being outwardly bratty is something that can be so healing.

#yea. this is about CoF!Mar @ Seb #she’s such a little shit when it comes to him. it’s amazing #sal rambles #author’s log #also. yeah. started working on the next chapter straight away #idk man. I’m on a row with this fic and can’t really make myself work on anything else rn for some reason

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

posting this with absolutely no context

#am i a cryptid now? i log on like once in a blue moon to post cringe and then leave again #ace attorney #apollo justice #tikki #random stuff #my stuff #ooookay okay okay okay. anyone reading the tags can have a LITTLE context‚ as a treat #so. sitting on my ao3 currently is an unfinished fic with exactly this premise #i want to finish it so bad. it haunts me every day. people leave such nice comments and everything #but i just have no motivation. trust me i've tried #i thought that perhaps drawing it might finally kick my brain back into gear #i'm so sorry readers i'm sorry i WILL finish it i promise it's not abandoned #it was so much fuuuuun #tikki are you seeing this. cringefail author who keeps playing video games instead of writing lmao #anyway goodbye friends i am gone again. logging off once more

[mabbbish]

wonderful day to remember ninjago has a canon highschool au

#mad as hell i posted this like two days ago and tumblr ate it then logged me out of my acc???? #lloyd has dyed blue hair inspired by mr snail dood inspired by that one ninjago scriptwriter that said he would btw. if you even care #anyway there are many scenarios buzzing in my noggin about gaps in the movie i’m filling them all with hcs #like i am so sure nya could go into service or social work or law or security because shes a genius when it comes to laws and rights #but she has anger issues and she hates authority so she can’t get a job anywhere #that’s why she loves being a ninja!! #plus her steel cap boots are for stomping on people!!! #hate zane’s characterisation in the movie it’s creepy asf in this he’s just everyone’s favourite lab partner #anyway more hcs in art cominbb soon #ninjago #the lego ninjago movie #tlnm #lego ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago lloyd #ninjago jay #ninjago nya #kai smith #nya smith #ninjago kai #ninjago cole #ninjago zane

[perelka-l]

3999 | 7700 (two opposite sides of the same pataphysical coin)

#researcher talloran #researcher james talloran #doctor jeremiah cimmerian #doctor cimmerian #scp-3999 #scp-7700 #LIKE SORRY I JUST REALIZED RECENTLY THEY ARE KINDA MIRROR IMAGES AFter reading 7700 #like talloran is the result of author torment and he realizes it and it's what is the source of his own torment?? #and cimmerian may or may not be aware he survived this long bc of his own author using him for leaving a mark #it's like.... the more i think about them from pataphysical point of view the more insane i get #also: i had chinatown by tropical soliders in paradise on repeat when drawing this #saw them live recently was 10/10 #scp #scp foundation #watch me and my fail art #also tumblr logged me out mid-upload wtf

[salty-an-disco]

You know, Smitten and Damsel were some of the least interesting characters to me– because, well, by their very own nature they’re very simple and surface-level characters, and while I always appreciated their roles and found their route really fun and fascinating, I wasn’t all that interested in exploring them further, not the same way I wanna explore many other voices and vessels.

In come (Explore) This New Old World, I give both Smitten and Damsel a major role because it feels right with the world I build, and FUCK, they’re so cute and fascinating actually!! They’re simplicity makes them bounce off other voices so well, and they’re so genuinely themselves and genuinely in love — with each other, with their friends, with the world around them — that it’s honestly uplifting and heart-warming.

Listen, I’m not a very positive person by nature, and I can be very cynical of the world around me; I had to drag my brain kicking and thrashing into more positive and hopeful forms of thinking– so I was a bit unsure of my ability to write characters as simple and positive as these two. But honestly? It was not only easier than I thought, it was kinda healing.

#the lesson I learned is that there’s nothing boring about simple characters and genuine kindness. they’re really goddamn cool actually #sal rambles #stp-posting #slay the princess #< putting it in the main tag for the damsel and smitten appreciation. this tag needs more of it #author's log

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Dracula Daily as an insidious plot to manipulate young internet users into willingly checking their email

#dracula daily #i am having SO much fun with this book club #i think we should do this every few months but with a different book #reading is different when you know you get to log in later #to read shitposts and delightful little comics poking affectionate fun at the latest chapter #oh wait shit. this is why people join new fandoms #damn i wish we had done this in high school/college english classes #group chats where everyone in class started riffing on characters/author after every assigned reading #gosh reading Crime and Punishment would have been such a superior and more bearable experience... #Raskolnikov was a LITTLE BITCH and i would have deeply cherished seeing tumblr-style reactions to his Little Bitch Shenanigans

[fromtheseventhhell]

Another round of asoiaf "prettycourse", another round of people ignoring Arya's self-esteem issues and how it relates to her arc because their enjoyment of the series hinges on an 11-year-old being considered ugly.

#arya stark #asoiaf #fandom nonsense #/looks don't matter/ but they're the ones firing up this discourse every few weeks cause they can't handle what's written in the books #grown ass people logging on every day to talk about how Arya HAS to be ugly or her story is ruined/makes her less interesting #at what point do you get tired of being so invested in how a character (one you obviously don't like at that) is perceived? #we aren't the ones shipping her with every grown mad in the series and using a predator's words to fawn over her beauty #never any discourse around a 13 year old being the most shipped character in the series nope! the real issue is that we don't #consider Arya's bullies to be the ultimate authority on her looks! #where are the essays on how Arya shouldn't have been made to feel lesser based on her looks? how she should be able to have worth outside #of her misogynistic society's standards? why is it literally ALWAYS just /Arya is ugly...that's enough analysis for today/???? #if her looks don't matter then you can simply stop creating discourse around the subject and let people have whatever opinions they want

[deargravity]

aomine wouldnt ever be a cop dont piss me off!!!!!!!!!!

#it literally is an insult to his character #please be so serious #how would anyone who has been repeatedly disappointed and abandoned by authority enroll in such an institution #leave rebellious characters alone #also sick of melanated characters repeatedly getting the shorter end of the stick in so many different ways #this is not what we call character development. brother in christ you’ve butchered it #this keeps giving me flashbacks to toph and it makes me angrier #i dont even want to talk about it #if you dont see what’s wrong with this then don’t talk to me abt it i dont care #ro talks #let me just log off before i get crazy #knb

[aliea82]

Is it me or are some peoples profiles disappeared? The Trailer park Steve fic has disappeared and the Captains log comic has also! Is it just me?

#steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #ao3 author #steve harrington #steve and eddie #steddie drabble #thank you #ao3 #ao3 writer #trailer park steve au #captain’s log comic

[imperfect-thinker]

Hey so since Twitter is no longer available for me, all my fic updates will be here from now on

If you know @\drottooctiddius on Twitter, that’s me

#norman osborn #otto octavius #octogoblin #otto x norman #ao3fic #ao3 author #twitter #twitter down news — thousands of users reporting issues logging into app and website in latest outage #fanfic #doc ock #green goblin #alfred molina #willem dafoe #Alfred Molina supremacy

[literaturess]

Very funny when I'm reading a book written from a (hetero) woman's point of view and when a male character appears at the beginning I can immediately tell that they're going to get together at the end. And I'm always right. Like wish you heteros invented something creative. Have you heard of friendship perhaps?

#This is partially a joke #I obviously don't care what you write about if the particular storyline is interesting and makes sense #But goddamn in this specific case I am very annoyed #The main character and narrator at the same time was experimenting with women but she only actually had relationships with men #This is a bit insane but the point is that portraying relationships with women only as sexual/casual flings #While treating relationships with men as 'serious' #Will always gross me out #Even if I enjoyed the book #Because I did. I liked the themes I tackled #For context it's 'Transcendent Kingdom' by Yaa Gyasi #literature log #Like no ms author I do not need your performative rambles about how your character wants to fuck a random female cashier because yes.

[sallertiafabrica]

I did significant progress on the new chapter, and am proud of myself for it, so I’d thought I’d share a snippet before going to bed.

No idea when it’ll be done nor exactly how long till I feel like it’s finished (I have two possible places to leave it off in mind, and would personally like to go for the longer option, but if the shorter one ends up fitting better, I’m not one to go against the creative current) but I had been struggling to just sit down and write something for what feels like ages and am so happy with myself right now aksmskmddkdmd

#now off to bed #City of Fools #Author’s Log

[hamartia-grander]

Me: *writes a fic where the main ship argue*

Anonymous Ao3 User: Oh My God. How Dare You Write These Characters Having An Argument. Having Any Conflict Or Arguments In Relationships Is Toxic. This Means You Condone Abuse.

#If you think this way I am begging you to please log off and go outside go into the real world please #Fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic authors #It's always anonymous users too

[blueberryspyder]

Because I love lore and worldbuilding and want to incorporate the environment and history into my writing, I’ve been doing a lot of research on Waterdeep for my fanfic including, you guessed it, Gale x my Tav.

And honestly? I’m having a lot of fun. I’m looking into the founding, the rulers/leaders, their holidays and how they celebrate them, which districts are fancier and where Gale would potentially reside (I remember seeing screenshots of his tower being located on the harbor, so he’s likely in the lower tail of the Castle Ward, since I doubt he’d be living in the Lowercity in the Dock Ward, but it’s still possible!), as well as just areas of his city. I just really like how the small details of the City of Splendors add to Gale as a character.

(Also I am having the BEST time taking the piss out of Waterdhavians—my Tav Hylas says:

I can tell based on your accent that you’re Waterdhavian—though your extensive vocabulary and verbosity made that clear long before I noticed it.

And I just freaking love Hylas so much they’re so fucking funny okay bye)

#literally started doing this for two reasons: #1. I wanted to know what holidays were happening in late summer/early autumn that would explain plot points #2. I wanted to open my fic with something strong (I started halfway through) and I ended up quoting… a fictional author #this is not a joke #I found a quote by #get this #Sandreth fucking Yendrel #and I went ‘yeah let’s go with that’ because I’m a LOSER #captains log #gale #gale of waterdeep #gale x tav #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #I have to share it at this point it would be a crime not to #it’s gonna be embarrassingly long tho #like #I’m at 43 pages of content I KNOW will stay #and there’s an additional 5 I’m not sold on yet

[ashleybenlove]

Made a Storygraph, as if I need another way to track my reading lol.

#ashleybenlove posts #I'm doing a reading log bullet journal in addition to my two word docs #I hope Storygraph adds features about author demographics because I do like knowing those things #i can do the bulk of that on my own but it's nice #(For the record: I've read 43 books this year so far. 13 have been written by men. 1 has been written by a nonbinary person. #And the rest by women.)

[salty-an-disco]

Did some progress with that Alt Tower-Fury Path thingy and also changed up the formatting

#couldn’t do like this at first cuz I wanna shared it on Tumblr #but since I plan on posting it on Ao3 once it’s finished. I can play more with formatting #author's log #stp-posting #thought about having the resulted Princess be slightly different from #(as in: different appearance and behavior) #but honestly. I just don’t wanna do that lol #just wanna this to be a simple style + character study