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[butter1knife]

TODAY WAS THE DAY INVADER ZIM PREMIERED !!!!! 💚🩷⭐👽

I made art for this special day. Although the art has nothing to do with today's anniversary, it represents how long these two idiots have been at each other's throats. Ever since 2001, they've been at it and we've been cherishing it dearly.

Since the first moment I laid my eyes on this eccentric children's show, I have been completely hooked. And even in the year 2024, my love for it hangs around, strong as ever. This program has surprisingly helped me get through some truly challenging times, and whether you like it or not, it has become a source of comfort and a special interest for me. I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to share my admiration for it with all of you here, and the support and kindness that I have received from this community has truly brightened up my days. It brings me great joy to see that we are still a thriving community of wonderful individuals, and I would like to extend my warmest wishes to everyone on this special anniversary.

#happy anniversary iz #happy celebrating to all #shoutout to the amazing artist in this community #shoutout to all the oldheads! true respect for keeping it alive #shoutout to new fans that continue to keep this place awesome #AND HONORABLE SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO THE FANFIC WRITERS! Y’ALL FEED US SOME GOOD SHIT #invader zim #art #Stay super freaky I love y'all #digital art #zade #fanart #dib membrane

[lottieurl]

here's my problem since some people want to ignore genuine criticism and act like anyone who is criticizing the writing or the pacing is "not accepting things we accepted in s1" by comparing this to doomcoming

doomcoming is. i cannot stress it enough. an episode where the characters are drugged and high on shrooms. when they chase travis and when they nearly kill him we are SHOWN they see a stag

now yes you can compare their doomcoming hallucinations to the hallucinations of it chooses but even the framing isn't really on your side here is it? when the show wants you to doubt to what extent they're really even aware of what they're doing or the level of.. delusion present it has absolutely no problem showing you that! we saw them having an ancient greek feast while ripping apart jackie's body and we saw too many near death hallucinations and other hallucinations to even COUNT on one hand

so they're aware of what they're doing when they draw the cards. while they were shown to NOT BE during doomcoming at least while it happened. and now the question is do you think we have reached that point? if you do i'm happy for you genuinely. i wish i agreed. but i just do not. when they agreed to do this they agreed to not only potentially get themselves killed they also agreed to the death of their loved ones if they draw the card. why was van shown doubting everything she believed in (including lottie that goes without saying) in the previous ep and now willing to get herself or taissa killed for a ritual meant to save lottie? and don't Tell me what you think. i am capable of making up an explanation. i can come up with a bunch of theories. but there is No exploration of that in the actual show. why was taissa fine with this? why was nat? do i think those characters are all such lottie believers they'd go to those lengths? no not really cause all they were really doing before was having dbt group therapy with lottie and then lottie proceeded to fail in all her predictions about the baby

there were absolutely ways to make this more believable (like! maybe show nat and travis get injured while trying to hunt and they start thinking it's because lottie isn't blessing them before they leave anymore. show everyone lost without someone to look up to. put more focus on how hungry they are. maybe use some makeup to make them look more malnourished. show taissa's actual sleepwalking come back - and yes i know there was that one other taissa scene but it wasn't quite enough for me to buy that tai would be all for this. unless they're pulling another Other Tai Did This surprise but it's getting a little old imo) but they rushed through it in a way super jarring. and no it shouldn't be! yes it should still be shocking but we START the show with those murder cannibalism rituals. we watch the show to find out how it happened exactly. every single viewer should be watching this feeling overwhelming dread because it FEELS inevitable that they'll decide to do this. we should be quite horrified but we should also be 100% convinced that's the choice all those characters would make. this scene is what all those 18 episodes led to and regardless of whether someone liked it or not the overwhelming majority seemed to be shocked this happened already. which. quite literally means the build up wasn't there

#im cool with people having different opinions on the show but it rly gets on my nerves when people who see no flaws in it ever #are like You Just Don't Get It if you criticize plot point or pacing or characterization #anyways i dont ENJOY being disappointed ok i wish i wasnt but alas #so i need to get it out of my system #the good news is im now open to all kinds of fanfics cause the characterization on the show is so?? that my pet peeves no longer matter #maybe the fic writers came up with a more coherent entire backstory for the adults after s1 i shall see 😌 #yellowjackets spoilers #yellowjackets blogging

[caelanglang]

BEEP BOOP FIC REC

HELLO I RISE BACK FROM THE DEAD TO PUSH THIS TO YOUR PLATE

I've reblogged the author's original post a while back when the first couple of chapters were written but now I finally had the time to open ao3 again and finally caught up with the chapters... BOY OH BOY ITS AMAZING PLEASE READ IT! This fic may have come from the same idea as my little prince skk childhood au BUT it's a gem on its own and has its own beautifully crafted world and written characters PLEASE PLEASE READ IT ITS SO SO GOOD!

Everyone say thank you to @uneducated-author for this beautiful work! <3 ToT I love it so so much

#fic rec #bsd #skk #bsd fic #fanfic #also please dont get confused this is a whole new entire work belonging to the writer not me! its beautiful #im just gonna use the same tag as my comics too keep all them in one place hehe #little prince skk au #i cant the fic is so so good i need to draw raaaaaaaaa #on one hand i wanna say the fic is angstier than my comics but #i think i uh. i wanna take that as a challenge #guys i promise the next part is coming soon im just so. busy i hate it here. #cheers to angst wahoo #also set the characters and their roles differently compared to the fic but hey thats the cool thing about two people making different work

[ineffable-rohese]

Please reblog fic posts!

You know those posts that go around saying how important it is to reblog art?

Same is true for fic.

Even if it's not 100% your cup of cocoa, it may be just what someone else wants. I've found so many great authors and stories from other people reblogging their things!

I know it's a bit more challenging, because you can't always read something right away and you can't totally rec something you haven't read, and then finding the post about it again is a nightmare. But. If it's an author you like, or it's a story concept that looks neat, reblog! Maybe add a "[author] is great!" or "this looks neat!" tag.

It's so helpful, especially for less well known writers and especially in a super prolific fandom like GO where it's literally impossible to read even a fraction of what gets posted.

#kudos and comments are amazing! #but people have to find the work first #this is also something i'm working on doing more #if anyone wants to add me to their tag list for new fics please do! #good omens fanfiction #fanfiction #support writers #fanfic authors

[the-woman-upstairs]

Not only does Alan Ritchson walk away from The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare the MVP (rivaled only by Danny Sapani IMO), but he gets to openly and outrageously flirt with Henry Golding’s character for exactly *one* scene and in such a way that should power many an explicit fanfic on AO3.

#to ​all my fellow WWII yaoi girlies…enjoy #the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare #spoilers #alan ritchson #it’s great and yet completely bizarre because it really is just *one* scene and is never followed up on #nevertheless i expect it’ll be enough for any fanfic writers out there #also helps that alan ritchson and henry golding play (arguably) the most insane and bloodthirsty members of the crew #and alan ritchson will be the audience favorite if my screening is any indication #there’s a scene near the end where he acquires a new weapon he can butcher nazis with and the entire audience cheered #anyway…fun movie good time #definitely a little gay tho could be gayer

[frankthesnek]

✨️ New Story ✨️

Helmet Hair (rated T)

Stony (Tony Stark/Steve Rogers)

Fluff, developing relationship, first kiss, pet names

2.6k words

One of the things Steve likes most about Tony is a small and silly thing. Steve loves Tony's hair. Specifically, loves it when it's messy and disheveled from its normally professional neatness. Fluffy and frazzled, and sticking up at rough odd angles—it tickles something sweet in Steve's gut, and makes it very hard not to touch it.

(A gift for @soliloquent-stark and inspiered by one of their lovely works!)

#new sory #stony #stevetony #fluff #developing relationship #getting together #first kiss #soft and sweet #light hearted #feel good story #pet names #fan fiction #fanfic #ao3 fanfic #ao3 #ao3 link #ao3 writer #fic writing #writblr #signal boost #self promo

[extraaa-30]

JUST GONNA LEAVE THIS HERE

“Amore Rapito" ("Kidnapped Love"), 2015, by Daniele Accossato

#saw this and was like CROWLEY????? #calling all ineffable fanfic writers like 🪤 #<<< FOR REAL #go #good omens #crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #extraaa #daniele accossato #is a genius wtf??? go check out his art #i don't even care if this is old news in the fandom lol it's new to ME #kidnapped crowley fics inspired by this would be beloved by ME #good omens fandom #ineffable fandom #check out the sculpture where they've literally been tied up with wings wrapped around them #or the one of just . A huge wing severed from anything & mounted on a stand #shit's terrifying. i am giggling kicking my feet #ineffable writers pspspspsp

[glsneeg-enthusiast]

do you have any writing tips? im trying to write this thing about sneeg/frank and i only have my incoherent thoughts in my notes app

sorry i just saw this uh. i dont have any like Actual advice but i can say to just write whatever you want forever. get freaky with it go into depth or dont if you want. make it as cringe as you want have fun with it. write it shitty or however you deem good it doesnt matter !! write whatever genre or ship or trope or whatever just have fun with it. you dont even have to like it after!! if you have fun and like it while writing it thats perfectly fine!!!! and dont feel pressured to write more or write something else because then youre not having fun anymore and it just makes this vicious cycle of hating writing and everything you write and thats not good!!!!

#point is. write whatever you want forever #sorry this isnt actually anything but i feel like not enough people just have fun with it #like they think they have to be the next damn shakespeare or something #its just like a constant cycle i see all the time yknow #the writer thinks its not good enough or its cringe or whatever and they hate it so they write something new and it happens again #this is literally not Anything but we ball #its genuinely the best thing i can tell anyone because i think alot of people just forget it #this goes for anything else too. fanfics fanart roleplaying literally anything #and you dont have to like it after but dont feel ashamed or embarrassed about it or anything #because you had fun!! you loved something enough to make a WHOLE THING ABOUT IT!!!!! a whole thing that you made yourself!!!!!!!!

[abirdhouseinyoursoul]

An Angel And A Demon With Freaky Eyes - Crack Fic

Read on Ao3:

Or just read it here lol:

Crowley and Azirphale had just had an exquisite dinner at the Ritz. Well, Aziraphle was the only one who had the dinner part of it. Crowley just watched him the whole time and rambled on about what can only be presumed dolphins and ducks. But, they decided afterward, as routine, to go back to the bookshop and drink copious amounts of alcohol. More copious amounts of alcohol. So here they are, sitting in the back of the bookshop, sharing some bottles of wine, drunk as ever. Actually, mainly just Crowey.

“Why do some of your old lot have gold teeth?”

“Hm?”

“Gold teeth. S’ it like, a purposeful thing or just something they have?”

“I'm gonna say just something they have. I've never really looked into it, there really is no point.”

“Why don't you have any?

Aziraphale paused. “Any gold teeth?”

“No- well yes-” He flaps his hands around. “Like, the gold all over your face. You don't have any. Or any weird features.”

“I don't know.”

“Maybe s’ your abnormally blonde hair…”

“How, exactly, is that abnormal?”

“S’ almost white!”

“Yes but that's not anything abnormal.” Aziraphale sat for a moment. “I actually happen to quite like my hair.”

“I'm not saying I don't like your hair, Angel. S’ just that everybody’s got some weird aspect and you're just—” He hiccups. “Blonde.”

“Well, I guess I just never got any of the gold- er- additions? I'm not quite sure what to call them.”

“Ok but like, even demons have the weird stuff on their corporation, or just abilities I guess. There was this lower demon named Eric Eric who had a bunch of clones of himself he could ma- Im getting off track. But how come I get freaky eyes and you don't get something weird?” He sips the wine. “S’ a bit unfair if you ask me.”

“Hm, I don't quite know how to answer that.”

“Ok, maybe it's something you aren't thinking of.”

“Like what, exactly?”

“Like- do you have any” he swooshes his hand around. “Freaky occult–”

“-celestial-”

“ –abilities or something?”

“Not that I know of, no.”

“Any physical features nobody else has? Like, I don't know… er… s’ like something.”

“Hm… well suppose I might.”

“Oh I need to sober up for this” Crowley grimaces as the alcohol stream leaves his body. He then focuses his attention back on Aziraphale, rather the taste left in his mouth. “Hit me.”

“Erm, well, I was told I have an odd amount of eyes.”

Crowley goes silent. “Uh. S’ two not normal?”

“No, no. I have more than that dear.”

Crowley's eyebrows shoot to the top of his forehead. “What?”

“I can't exactly count them all though…”

“Ok, Angel, I think you understand how much I NEED to see this.”

“Alright,” He sits up more as Crowley leans in. Aziraphale closes his eyes then when he goes to open them multiple other sets open around his face and neck, but not crowding over the others. “That's better.” He cracks his neck back and forth.

Crowleys could feel his already open eyes, somehow, open more wide. He stared at Aziraphale. He had pale blues and browns for the colors. IIt startled him at first but he had to admit, and in an odd way it was quite beautiful. They almost looked as if they were glowing in the bookshop's yellow lighting.

“This is’ when you say ‘BE NOT AFRAID’, Angel.”

“Oh, stop. It's not that terrifying.”

“Not that terri- Angel, you have like… a million sets of eyes!”

“Erm, well a few millions."

"Holy- I was being dramatic!"

"Oh, right" Aziraphale chuckles nervously.

"I always wondered why angels were depicted with so many eyes, guess this is my answer."

"Yeah, humans are quite terrified of them. I can just close them though, so its not much of a problem."

"I guess this is why angels actually have to tell you not to be afraid…"

"I had to apologize on my part for that."

"I was joking! Wait, seriously?"

"Yes seriously. In Eden Adam and Eve first thought of me a demon."

"SERIOUSLY?" Crowley smirked and laughed a bit as Aziraphale scoffed.

"You don't have to be rude."

"No no no! I apologize, I just," He wheezes. "I was not expecting that."

Aziraphale rolls his eyes and sips the wine he had forgotten they were drinking. Crowley's laugh dies down and he looks to Aziraphale.

"Ok, but really Angel, I love your freaky eyes."

"You're just saying that."

"No, I'm not! They are freaky but pretty. How's that?"

Aziraphale nods a little.

"Welcome to the freaky eye club." He tips his glass out a bit and they clink it as Aziraphale pretends not to be amused.

"Now," Crowley says, setting down his glass and taking out a camera. "say be not afraid PLEASE"

Aziraphale hits the camera out of his Crowley's hand offended as he laughs, once again, like a lunatic.

#good omens #good omens fanfiction #good omens 2 #anthony j crowley #crowley good omens #aziraphale good omens #the demon crowley #aziraphale #crowley #good omens aziraphale #ao3 fanfic #good omens fanfic #fanfic #fanfiction #new ao3 author #ao3 link #ao3 writer #ao3

[curator-on-ao3]

Do you write multi-chapter fics in order or do you jump around? And if you do go in order, do you go back to revise earlier chapters as you go or are they pretty much ready to post once you move on to the next chapter?

I love this question, anon, thank you! ❤️

I write multi-chaps in order — which I don’t necessarily recommend because a scene I may be three chapters away from writing will sing and dance in my mind and we’re not there yet. So I will add key elements of that scene to my outline, which actually can be good in the long run because by the time I finally write the scene, the words can flow fairly easily because the scene has been in my mind for so long (with outline memory aids for specifics).

I know some people write out of order, and I’m glad that method works for them. For me, I need the linear nature in which the story will (presumably) be read to inform the writing. As always, though, the best way to write is the way that works for the writer.

In terms of revision, I revise constantly. Little stuff, big stuff. I need the whole story written and edited before posting even the first chapter (with one exception because I knew exactly where I was going and felt like I was going to explode if I didn’t start posting). For me, the revision process can help sharpen things like foreshadowing and key themes. I find revision deeply rewarding. It’s like — I built a home and now I get to buff the floors and straighten the address numbers and make sure the cookies in the oven are done just in time to invite in anyone who wants to share the home I built for whomever might want to be there.

#i love asks #thank you so much #anon #the most important thing about the fanfic writing process is to enjoy the fanfic writing process #if something i say doesn’t work for you - ignore it #you know you and how your brain works #it can be really fun to learn from other writers and to try new things #i used to hate outlining and now i love it #so keeping an open mind is important #but one person’s best writing process is another person’s worst writing process #so trust yourself and your instincts - whether that’s trying something new or continuing the way you’re going #creativity is a gift of being alive #whether that’s writing or music or art or games or anything else #and i hope your creativity brings you joy because that’s what it’s there for #(i feel like some people become afraid to be creative because they fear it’s ‘not good enough’) #(and my answer to that is an end product can be evaluated - not required but can be - while the creative process is about joy) #(so - again - i hope your creativity brings you joy)

[blushinggoku]

Been watching some dbs related videos and I'm sosoo glad I gave up on that anime because oh my god the story gets worse with every arc. Wtf are they even doing anymore

#watched a vid summarizing the granolah arc and literally genuinely what was that #my favorite part was when frieza showed up outta nowhere with a new form he'd cultivated #in a alternate dimension that distorts time in a similar way that the room of space and time does #proceeded to one hit kill the big bad of the week. knock out goku and vegeta for shits and giggles and then dip #hilarious #but it was meant to be totally serious and to show that frieza's totallyyyy a threat again guys for real lets goo round 3 #and that was literally the most interesting part of the arc #Im so mad about the fucking bardock retcon #but not about the hypothetical wish he made. I remember reading somewhere that the English translation of the manga was incorrect #and ik a lot of people argue that the wish he made just retconned the whole message of dragon ball #but thats based on the English version of the manga #also speaking of bardock and retcons related to him Im still livid over the fact that they changed goku's origin story #to be an almost exact ripoff of superman's #and they retconned the start of the saiyan arc with that too #radirz said goku was sent to earth to destroy it as a baby. but now goku was sent to earth on purpose to save his life? #bullshit. I call bullshit #man Im sorry that most of my original posts so far have related to me bitching about Super #I want to engage with dragon ball contentbso bad but how can I when mostly everything is about Super now? #can't even read a good fanfic without goku's character being bastardized and infantalized the way it is in Super #literally fouvd my dream fic the other day but it got ruined 12 chapters in because the writer had started watching super #and completely changed the plit of the fic and goku's character to fit into the world where super resides and it made me want to eat glass #I will be more funny and talk about better dbz related stuff soon I prommy <3 #star scrambles

[scuopsie]

The constant internal battle of wanting to find new fics to read vs rereading old fics you know are good is too real these days

#like im sorry but the fanfic side of mx is dead #and the few that remain are wither wattpad writers who got overconfident and started posting on ao3 #or if they are decent they're buried underneath the pile of wattpad garbage that its being mass produced #all the known good fanfic authors are either completely inactive or have moved onto other fandoms #and new talents are sO RARE #i dont even thjnk anyone is gonna read this far but if u do and have recs plz hmu im BEGGING #niki screaming into the void

[ravenmelon]

SHE IS FINISHED

The Mourning Star is completed today :3 I hope those who read enjoy it. It can be found on Wattpad as seen in yhis snippet, but also on AO3 via the underlined link!

This was a wonderful project to undertake, and i hope those who read it enjoy it as much as I did.

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #good ineffable omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #writersgoodomens #writers and artists #ao3 writer #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #female writers #goodomens fanfic #good omens fic #new fanfic #ao3 fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic #my fic #fic rec #fic writing #ao3 good omens #good omens aziraphale #good omens crowley #good omens fanfiction #neil gaiman #all hail gaiman

[frogbehindthewaterfall]

Why aren't there more fics where Red Son gets adopted?

That boy needs good parental/familial figures. Stop giving them all to Mk he has enough(jk, he never has enough, gotta catch em all).

Spreading the Red Son adoption agenda.

Anyone will do, just give him a stable and loving family(you can also make his actual parents better than they are, I don't care, i see him with a good family and i start acting like a damn dog)

#lego monkie kid #lmk #monkie kid #red son #lego monkie kid red son #lmk red son #lmk red boy #give me more stories like that #its time for red son to start collecting them like pokemons #extra points if he is the baby of the family #more extra points if his new family helps him overcome his trauma #even more extra points if you give him MORE trauma and THEN make his new family help him recover #mix it up #everything is good #just give me my food fanfic writers #so i dont have to do everything myself #why are we giving all the dads to mk when he already had good ones in the first place #when the mommy issue daddy issue disaster is right there #just waiting for adoption

[sparxaf]

The Sweetest Sting Ch 12: The Epilogue

MC/Lewie/Marshall/Ozzy villa smut fic

AO3 | Wattpad

12 years later...

IT'S DONE. DOBBY IS FREEEEEE! Oh shit, I have to finish TSIME now. Fek.

#fanfic new chapter #litg fanfic #love island the game #litg fanfic writer #litg double trouble #litg s6 #litg lewie #litg marshall #litg ozzy #not for ozzy girlies #he does not come out of this looking good #fine for amelia haters #friends to lovers #villa fic #love triangle #eventual threesome?! #Sort of a foursome? #The Sweetest Sting #happily ever after #the epilogue #smutty #how many kids???

[frankthesnek]

🎊 New Story 🎊

Beautiful, Perfect, Doll (rated E)

Stony (Tony Stark/Steve Rogers)

Established relationship, soft sex, Tony being confused by emotions

Sex with Steve left him feeling raw and vulnerable, exposed and torn open in a way he still could not understand. It was sex, just sex! Tony'd had more than his fair share of sex; how could Steve do this to him? Take him so completely apart with his hands and his words.

#new fic #established relationship #relashinship study #emotions #soft sex #feel good fic #love confessions #multiple sex scenes #stony #stevetony #tony stark #steve rogers #fan fiction #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #signal boost