#lizzy reads fic

[wren-kitchens]

mildly frustrated at how many 'we need to talk about lizzie more' posts ive seen and the distinct lack of actual posts of art or writing about lizzie that ive seen cross my dash

like guys i thought we wanted to talk about lizzie and not the fandom's problems when is that happening

#not to be bitter but i got 3 likes and 0 reblogs on my lizzie fic that i posted last night #whereas i usually get like 26 ish notes for my other stuff in the same amount of time #and like. ive seen SO many posts of 'dont forget lizzies story' #i definitely havent!! i am definitely writing lizzie-centric things!!! #its just that no one cares to actually /read/ it #it does feel a little less like caring about lizzie's story and more about protesting against the misandry by using lizzie's story #as an example #idk maybe im thinking too much about this but yk. support artists and writers pls #dont just compain about how no one is writing when i am!!! we are writing!!! we are drawing!!! #are you reading? are you reblogging? #wren wrambles #im not gonna maintag this cause its more of a rant than anything but #yeah

[yellowocaballero]

Omg hi Ms. Yellow Caballero big fan of your work <3 For real though, I'm really excited that your sharing the Weekenders, it was a joy to read and I'm bongocat-ing now that others also get the privilege to read it as well.

Referencing your tags, would you please elaborate of ableism in fandom and, like you said, how fandom treats characters with unpalatable disabilities?

Hi Ms. Bud Lite I'm a big fan of you <3

TL;DR A fear of writing characters of highly marginalized identities shields you from criticism and discomfort, but it's actively stigmatizing to people of these identities and as a writer you really need to get over yourself and write The Icky People.

I guess I'll come out swinging on this one and say that fandom doesn't like severe mental illness. (As a note, when I say severe mental illness (SMI) I mean illnesses such as psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders, personality disorders, etc)

Obviously, nobody likes people w/SMI. It's just insanely egregious in fandom to me, since fanfic writers absolutely love writing characters or HC characters with depression, anxiety, or a specific variety of PTSD That Isn't Scary. People actively reject any character HCs for a SMI. When people write a character with SMI, they nicely downplay it, ignore it, substitute it for a disorder they like better, or rewrite it. It's completely untolerated, in both headcanons and in fanfiction, and every time I bring it up I always get the most interesting reasons why somebody couldn't possibly acknowledge a character's SMI in their writing. I've heard all of these:

"I don't know enough about the disorder to write it accurately." Do research.

"I'm not X, so I can't really depict it." You probably aren't a cis white man, but you depict those guys just fine.

"It feels insulting to the character." There is no shame in having a SMI.

"I can't understand what it's like, so it's better to be cautious and avoid giving characters stigmatized identities." There are LOTS of experiences that you'll never understand because you've never had them - you just don't want to write anything you're uncomfortable with. People with SMI make you uncomfortable, and you don't want to write anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, or think of a comfort character in an uncomfortable way. SMIs are marginalized differently than solely depression/anxiety/The Nice PTSD, and by refusing to write them you're actively contributing to the stigma.

I think (?) I've spoken in the past about how I believe that the rigorous external and internal policing of writing people of marginalized identities is actively harmful towards efforts to increase diversity of experience and background in fiction. A lot of fanfiction writers are just terrified to write people who they can't directly relate with, because they're worried 'they'll get it wrong' and be Big Cancelled. I think this is negative enough when it prevents people from going outside of their comfort zone, but on a macro level I think this results in people refusing to write characters of marginalized identities as all. It's an insidious thought process, and it's reflected in people's unwillingness to diversity their writing or acknowledge canon diversity.

'Well, I don't understand what it's like to be Black, so I don't want to write Black people'. 'I want to project on this character, so I only want to write them with mental illnesses and identities I have'. 'If I write a marginalized character incorrectly people will yell at me, so I won't write a marginalized character who's marginalized differently than me at all'. Can you imagine writing a lesbian character with a boyfriend because 'you feel uncomfortable writing lesbian experiences'? It's blatantly homophobic. But people do that with disability and race/ethnicity ALL THE TIME.

People with SMI notice that you feel uncomfortable with them. It's obvious. They notice when a character has a SMI + anxiety, and you only write their anxiety. They notice when a character displays symptoms of a SMI in canon, but you write it out. And POC notice when the characters of color are written out. I know we all like to project on the blorbos and relate to them, and in the joys of your own head do whatever, but as a writer if you only stick to identities you're comfortable with you are actively being a worse writer. Which to me is the REAL sin lmfao.

#my asks #thanks for enabling me lizzy if i didn't get this out i would have just vagued for the rest of time #even just beyond all of this on a more subtle lvl. HC people with SMI cowards. just do it. its good for you. #the two times me/a close friend have proposed on a fandom server "hey I read X as having a SUD/being on the schizophrenic spectrum' #there was actual fascinating pushback and rejection #people got MAD. #'blorbo wouldn't be an alcoholic he's not a bad person :(' fuck off #i dont use the word often but its ableism and you can be mentally ill and still ableist #if you dont feel educated enough on something to write it then do research #and while research wont give you everything it's a start #if you feel like you can only write people just like you then frankly? skill issue #i mentioned that the last fic was a bit of a spite fic - well #it was scientifically fascinating how the majority of a fandom wrote/acknowledged a character as depressed and anxious #but actively got incredibly defensive when someone suggested that the psychotic character may have had a psychotic disorder #it was so blatant. very annoying. anyway.

[crescentfool]

somehow i never drew the big cat from persona 3??? so here is ryoji and the big cat. as a treat.

#persona 3 #ryoji mochizuki #hi my name is lizz and i love cats! #minato arisato #<- he's there i guess #lizzy does art #WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND ITS STILL MONDAY. #i can't even use my oh so very behind timezone as an excuse its. its tuesday here lol #i meant to do this yday but i got distracted with moving things around on my computer #BUT THE SPIRIT IS STILL THERE!!! i am going to strive to do mochizuki monday to doodly the boy :) #i still need to readjust to drawing ryoji again so i will be using mochizuki monday to make sillies of him i hope everyone will enjoy!!! #i also have a sketch of minato with the big cat... i think i will color that after artfights done :3 #ALSO UNRELATED BUT. i have noticed that the ryoji havers are all have the trans flag in their icons... which one of u started this #THIS IS A POSITIVE THING BTW. i love seeing all of y'all lined up in notifs of ryoji posts and im like !! LOOK!!!! <3 #i've also seen that ppl are cooking in the fic tag... im so excited to read again i love u fic authors i blow u a kiss

[ringaroundtheroses]

rizzed her up

#life series #mcyt #eh idk what to tag this bc lizzie isnt in hermitcraft but this isnt like a specific life series? ehhhh #ldshadowlady #smallishbeans #this is one of 3 ideas i had for these 2 i love them sm #im still doodling the other 3 i will post them...later #rose draws #fun fact i draw this while my friend was in call reading out bad scarian fics #this was how i coped

[skydoesthings]

THIS FIC!!!! THIS FIC IS ONE OF THE THREE FICS THAT HAS MADE ME FEEL ACTUAL FEELINGS!!!!!!!!! THE ONLY OTHER FIC THAT HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS IS WORM'S DRAMATURGY AU AND LAMPLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO GOOD AND EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT!!!!

#sky rants #trafficblr #fic recs #IM SO SORRY AUTHOR I FORGOR YOUR NAME #ALL I REMEMBER IS THAT THIS IS FROM THE HERMITSHIPPING BIG BANG!!! #ANYGAYS AUTHORS TUMBLR IS IN THE FIC SO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #WAIT I SHOULD TAG THE PPL IN THE FIC #grian #joel smallishbeans #jimmy solidarity #tangotek #<- #ranchers #my beloveds #mumbo jumbo #lizzie ldshadowlady #<- mentioned #ITS REALLY GOOD READ IT!!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!!!

[eyelessfog]

empires s1 jizzie but joel is transfem :] make jizzie wlw

(side note: i am a good night's sleep and some free time away from drawing this myself . i am actually so attached to this idea)

Your side note is absolutely hilarious because I am just about to go to sleep and drew this as an excuse to avoid doing other things. I am also extremely attached to this idea

#[asks] #luriart #did you read ilex yellowsomethings goodtimeswithscar's trans mtf s1 joel fic #speakin of ilex ccan i do youurs tomorrow #im so tired how do i tag this again #joel smallishbeans #lizzie ldshadowlady #ldshadowlady #empires smp #jizzie #<-this cannot be real #uh what. #empires smp s1

[playername-player-of-games]

Hmm... you mentioned Joel was off color... does that mean he was supposed to be. pink?

probably !! i stole that from a one of Sixteenthdays’ Life on Earth fics (i forgor which one sksjdjd) dunno if I’ll do anything with it in this particular fic

#the problem is. gestures vaguely at the draft. Lizzie. #asks #gemcyt #if u haven’t read sixteenthsdays fics GO READ THEM THEYRE SO GOOD

[rebelcharmings]

when you find an eah modern au fic of apple moving into raven's apartment and you eagerly read it bc it was also tagged with dexter/raven AND daring/lizzie and its going well, the characters in a modern setting are portrayed so well and its funny and then BAM! only one chapter released and it was last updated in 2015

#AND LIZZIE WASNT EVEN INTRODUCED....... #fell to my knees when i realised #ok i did see that it only had one chapter and it was posted 2015 BUT I COULDNT HELP BUT READ IT ANYWAYS #curse you fanfiction dot net and all your unfinished fics from 2015....... #ever after high #eah #eah fanfic #eah fanfiction #raven queen #apple white

[bibridlizzie]

Lizzie Saltzman

#lizzie saltzman #legacies #legaciesedit #lizziesaltzmanedit #legacies edit #lizzie saltzman edit #legacies cw #cw legacies #my moodboards #moodboard tag #luca's stuff #character #read a fic with plant girl lizzie once and like yeah. yeah i see that.

[divinekangaroo]

I don’t think I’m a shipper, precisely, but I do prefer writing relationships because people are mostly known through other people and POV limitations add dimensions; certainly I have a ‘I’ll read (or write) anyone/anyone if the premise is interesting and well written enough to sustain interest and belief and look at a compelling angle of one or both characters’

I also would say I don’t really have squicks. there’s a few things that are actually sexually arousing to me in text form but not many, which only very rarely overlap with my writing/reading interests; a huuuuuge range of things which are *stimulating* to write and read from a sex/identity/scenario perspective; and then there are things which are just less interesting and uncompelling — and the boundaries between all those are constantly moving too, what’s fascinating for one relationship is not for another —

…..but I tell you what, the thought of Lizzie and Arthur having sex fills me with actual mental rejection, which is fascinating in and of itself; why is *this* of all things such a gigantic ‘absolutely. not.’

#It’s not that I can’t think of scenarios where this might happen #more that it makes me feel this sensation like a snail recoiling into its shell #Just no #so many other horrors I’d write before that lol #Maybe because of how fucking awful everything would have had to have gone for them to screw with a supporting context for it #Lots of Lizzie x Arthur fic bits from when she was a sex worker but even reading those fill me with unpleasant recoil #this is fascinating as well because so very few things give me that feeling I’m. Mostly indiscriminate

[scribbling-dragon]

MINI 2023 AO3 WRAPPED

just thought it'd be fun to do something like this, so here i am!

managed to write a total of 328,510 WORDS which is a lot more than i expected!

my favourite fic/series of the year that i wrote is probably the mer scott series - it's also the series that made f+tm my top artist of 2023 haha

first to fall also holds a special place in my heart, though. mainly because it was something quite different from fics i wrote before. it had a narrator that could not speak, which was very fun to play around with, as well as messing with the concept of death in a series where none of it sticks for very long

even if adaptive nature was not majority written in 2023, i'm still very proud of the ending that i DID write in 2023, and am always a little sad thinking of this world that i created and then had to leave behind when i finished it

crown of antlers is also something that was very important to me last year, even if i put it on hiatus last year as well. it had sat around, outlined and in a docs for several months of 2022, and it started writing it in 2023. HOWEVER, my current plans for it (yes i'm still thinking about it) is to write the entire thing without posting a single chapter. the entire thing will be finished and completed before i even post the first bit of it. this does mean that i will probably end up rewriting/editing earlier chapters too, but i've decided to do it this way because it feels the most comfortable way to do it

welcome 2024 i guess! (gonna be weird getting used to that) and i hope to continue writing a bunch this year even with the final exams i have coming up!

#i already have SO MANY ideas for fics. some of which just didn't get written in the last few weeks of 2023 #BUT! i want to write them #i want to write the lizzie angst fic that has been sitting HALF FINISHED for AGES because it's been a lot of fun to write so far #red bandit au is probably gonna be concluded this year! which is wild to think about #anyway. thanks for reading my silly little ramble #all of this is just stream of consciousness so sorry if it doesn't make sense hjdshsjk

[to-be-frank-i-dont-care]

#my meme #fanfiction #ao3 #archive of our own #memes #fanfics #fanfic #fic #fics #reading fanfiction #fanfic readers #meme #fanfic meme #ao3 meme #fanfiction meme #Lizzy rambles

[crescentfool]

What are your ryomina headcanons? I've loved these two since I played P3 FES, and I'm so excited to get back into the fandom^^

hi!! thank you so much for the ask, welcome back to the p3 fandom, it's always a delight to see new and old ryomina fans alike! 🥺💛💙

as for headcanons, here's a "few" i that i tend to come back to a lot! my interpretations of them are influenced from both the source material and other's fanworks, so i've linked to them as i saw fit! hcs in no particular order under the cut because oops this got long (900 word bullet point list, mentions of reload content up to 1/1)

minato's hair is dyed blue (hair originally brown, you can see it in his roots!) and he has a beauty mark on under his left eye. i like mirror imagery and there's definitely a few arts i've rb'd that portray them this way :) (e.g. this one by feliichu and this one by marasschino)

as far as i'm concerned the bathhouse scene from the manga where ryoji's hair down = similar shape to minato? that is canon to me. this art from xierru is a fun depiction of hair down ryoji :D

ryoji is homeless. everyone say thank you foxmulder_whereartthou for this awesome fic it's why i have the headcanon! but like seriously. we have no idea where ryoji lives and i could believe this.

minato dying at the end of the game is sad to an outsider's POV BUT!!! ryomina gets to be together in death for the rest of their lives (this illustration from mafuwara is a gorgeous representation of them as nyx avatar + the seal)!

speaking of the seal, they are like telepathically communicating to me in the great seal together. (mymp3 had a comic wip with this. give it a looksie :D)

ryoji likes cuddling with minato because he's warm :) (something something orpheus has fire affinity, minato is warm by extension and ryoji is cold because he's death)

ryoji's camera roll is filled with pictures of minato! ryoji... loves life, to me. and i feel that photography and journaling are perfect ways of expressing gratitude and capturing the moments in life that are most important to you :3

my other favorite activity for these two is stargazing- i feel like it's something they could appreciate either in life or death (looking at the stars from the great seal...)! they do a bit of this in the fic eurydice's vow by crescentmoontea (P5R spoilers, takes place in third sem it's a very fun fic concept).

between ryoji and minato i feel like ryoji was the one who fell in love first- and it doesn't really click in place for minato that he loves ryoji until december hits (appriser reveal + ryoji transforming into thanatos). its about the realization that ryoji was with him for his whole life and that he gets him like no one else does.

ryoji is like a sad and wet puppy who is so scared minato won't like him back. he is so scared of being rejected by minato to me like. this boy straight up deflates after he does his "i know i said i wanted us to be friends, but... i actually want to be something more." / "what about you?" on 12/1 ???

AND SPEAKING of wet puppy ryoji. ryoji is like. every animal in the world to me. he's a bird. he's a cat. etc. and also ryoji knows every language in the world ever and uses it to express his love for minato. see this fic from superheroics to see what i mean.

both of them are lactose intolerant. "this isn't lactose, it's milk!" i definitely think ryoji would make himself sick eating ice cream and milk he doesn't know what lactose is. (i made a silly poll about this once and the tags were very entertaining.)

i see minato as transmasc or nonbinary depending on the day (schrodinger's headcanons babey they're simultaneously true and not true at the same time!!). either way he's not cis to me and ryoji is like. His Gender. anyway go read this fic by nail_gun for t4t ryomina :D !

ryomina are WEIRD GUYS TO ME!!! they are so strange and they understand each other better than anyone else because of the circumstances of their relationship!!! if you asked them to do the "i wonder what i taste like" meme i think they'd start biting each other (affectionate) tbh but that's just me.

after ryoji gives minato the music box in 12/31 on reload, minato listens to the music box every night in january. this boy has insomnia and also chronic illness to me (things that housing death does to you). but i think he finds comfort in the melody and memories he made with ryoji.

in general, i think it's fun to imagine minato taking ryoji to places and show him things he's interested in! i feel that ryoji takes a lot of interest in minato's life, this isn't really a hc because in reload, minato DOES give ryoji a tour of the school (11/9) and possibly port island (11/12). but ITS CUTE OK! (tangentially related fanwork: this series of doodles from vinnigami: 1, 2, and 3)

not a hc but minato's kindness is like the backbone of their relationship and i think we would not have the ryomina we know and love today if minato wasn't such a kind soul. oh minato.... we can learn so much from you... like ryoji did!

anyway! that's all the hcs that i could think of, thank you for the ask! i had a lot of fun answering this, these two mean a lot to me 💛💙

i hope you don't mind the links to the fanart and fanfic as well, the fanwork people have made for ryomina have really made an imprint on me! if you want to see more of them, i definitely recommend looking through my tag for them because oh. i got a lot of them reblogged alright 😂 (<- SOOO NORMAL)

#UMMM hiiii #this was VERY fun to do thank you so much for the ask!! im very. well-adjusted about these two #this ended up turning into some art + fic suggests (they are like citations to my hcs) #but it was really fun! i love ryomina to bits and pieces i cannot provide a concise answer #this post nearly gave me a scare bc somehow the bullet point list doubled itself and wouldn't let me post #tumblr is a very functional website! but the posts intact so im happy!!! yippee! #i still need to finish reload but some of the hcs i wrote were partially backed by what i saw there #people are welcome to send asks btw! cant guarantee i'll answer them in a timely manner but i enjoy doing them #doing this reminded me of my early tumblr days when i'd get so many asks where ppl dropped their ryomina hcs it was cute... #im sure i will continue to recommend fanworks in the future i definitely want to start reading fic again after i finish reload! yahoo! #also this post is like the iceberg of my brain btw you have definitely not seen all of my thoughts im soo. (twirls hair) normal. #lizzy askbox #ryomina #<- why not i put effort into the post #anyway bye im going to go to the library to learn about my favorite new interest called html and css aren't websites cool :)

[ambertea]

OH MY GOD HAPPY BIRTHDAY @loupettes​

What can I possibly say about this perfect lil human that could possibly fit within the 4,096,000 character limit for tumblr posts.

You are the other part of my brain and heart. The most interesting, clever and funny person I’ve ever come across. (look i know ur vomming here but pls bare with me) Also, Gordo told me that there’s no one prettier than you. No one more fun to be around. (Sorry I would say smarter, but he reckons he’s got you beat on this one.)

CRUCIALLY..............there’s no one else I would have written a Lizzie McGuire fanfiction for. 

SO HERE YOU GO ❤️

do you remember? 

It's been five years since Rome, and Lizzie and Gordo are no longer friends, which is why he's so surprised when he receives an invitation to her 18th birthday party.

Read on AO3

Keep being awesome, you are a fucking legend and this new chapter of your life is undoubtably going to bring you so much fucking fun. wherever ur adventurous lil spirit takes you, i’ll probably end up walking behind you

love u, loser x 

#if u think my blog is just a fanpage for loup #you should see my life #hope u enjoy the fic girl you dont have to read it #the real present is being able to tell ur 8 year old self that someone wrote you a story about lizzie mcguire for your birthday #also this niceness is strictly for ur birthday i'm going back to squabbling tomorrow

[fiction-she-read]

From “A Search for Balance” by @lifeofkaze

#kinda on Skye’s side here #love Lizzie but she’s acting out like a hormonal teen… #(which might be justified if we knew exactly wtf happened) #(also Orion being Orion did not help at all… really just added oil to the fire… boy needs to learn to read the room) #a search for balance #lizzie jameson #other’s fic #hphm #orion amari

[yourdeepestfathoms]

i love being an Overwatch fanfic writer

#i’m just gonna start overwatch posting idc #anyway read my fic!!!! #overwatch #lizzie speaks #writing things #this is what i’ve come to be