There’s all these guides to writing autistic characters, but where’s our guide to writing neurotypical characters? Especially in first person.
Like do y’all just… instinctively know what to say during small talk? What’s the secret code you use all the time? Is your brain really just quiet sometimes? How much do you know about your favourite thing? What does fabric feel like on your skin? Why do you like loud environments like clubs? How long can you work on something you enjoy before you need a break?
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Fanfiction authors do not have to justify what they write
Recently, I saw a wave of negative criticism or advice like "[character] wouldn't have done that, or not said that : write that instead" on my account and on many others. And if we complain a little, the inevitable response is “Oh DEAR, YOU DON’T ACCEPT CRITICISM”
Here is a little post of several points that I think are important to remember:
- The advantage of a fanfiction is that it is a FANfiction. Consequently, free work on a universe that we like and whose horizons we want to broaden and explore through our eyes. Basically, it's pure pleasure and pure sharing.
- There is no rule that says “you must follow the author’s precepts to the letter.” The author does this very well himself and fanfiction generally does not aim to take the place of the author. Which is interesting because it allows us to get out of the pages and give free rein to our imagination within a universe that we love. And that’s awesome!
- There are tags on fanfiction, #'s and even a summary! From the outset, before reading (with some exceptions), you know very well what you are going to read, so why click on something that will annoy you? For example, I know that there are things that annoy me or make me uncomfortable with certain content and well I found a super simple solution to avoid that, I'll move on. And yes, even if we don’t like it, maybe it will please and comfort someone else and so much the better! Thanks to the author!
-Let's come back to the famous OH DEAR, YOU DON'T ACCEPT CRITICISM: Well... no actually, I don't accept. Why ? Firstly because some people confuse criticism with “long monologue of my negative thoughts about all the bad things I think of you, poor ignoramus”. This is not a criticism, it is an unpacking without dialogue. Ouch, it hurts, hard not to be hurt. Already in a face-to-face dialogue with a loved one it is not always easy so from a complete stranger who shows up to sabotage your morale, hello annoyance. Then as I said, a fanfiction is a fan work, free, based on the pleasure of sharing a universe that we LIKE. This is not an article from a popular newspaper which you must buy and which comments on current events (therefore which must be strictly accurate and rigorous). It's a fiction. And I insist: free!
-Fanfiction takes work. And above all, it’s a little bit of us that we’re giving away. For some, it's a way to relieve stress, to master writing, to gain confidence... It allows us to share what touched us, to express feelings, to dream... In short, it It's full of wonderful things. And it’s not meant for those who “master” the universe. It's for everyone. You want to make Jim Kirk a cheerleader from 17th Century Earth and Spock to be an emotional octopus full of overflowing feelings? OK ! You want Glorfindel and Erestor to be lovers and Elrond to fall for Thranduil? OK ! You want Harry and Draco to be queer muggles and meet at boarding school? That Severus Snape falls for James during a flamenco class ? OK too! Indeed it's not AT ALL in the author's universe, it's not "correct", so what? Who cares, it's cool, it's crazy, it's new, it's free.
You do not like ? There's a magic tool called "scrolling" that allows you to look for things you like.
- Do not forget. Behind the screen, there is a human being. Perhaps before writing and pressing send, a petty and condescending review, just ask yourself the question “How would i feel if I was the one receiving this?”
To finish this little tirade, thank you to the authors! Thanks for stories! Thank you for making us dream ! Thank you for being here.
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color-matching my outfit to the flowers my boyfriend got me because im extra as fuck 💗
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You need a pen license in Australia?
You don’t need one necessarily but it is a thing usually done in primary schools when we learn handwriting/cursive!
It’s not a legal document or anything, just a laminated piece of paper your teacher gives you when you meet a certain point of approval – and is the marker that shows you are allowed to graduate from using pencils only in your notebooks to being allowed to use pens
it’s pretty standard to my knowledge that you’ll get them throughout and around grade 4 (9-10 yrs old) so for kids who got them earlier in the year it was like a status symbol but was also incentive to get your handwriting perfect (match the shape and guide exactly with no personality)
I am still very salty that I never got mine, especially when I think I was the only person in my whole year level who didn’t, and by grade 5 they just expected us to write with pen because the license didn’t actually matter then – including a specific incident where my friend got hers despite her f’s being wrong and me not getting mine that same day for the reason being that my f’s were wrong (in the exact same way)
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sometimes i remember the 'fried egg chilli chutney sandwich' scene from red dwarf and i break down crying
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Giving Mysterious Lotus Casebook a third try, and I notice that iQIYI is all in on the subtext.
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re: @strangenewwords post
So the first song that popped into my head, honestly, was This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) by the Talking Heads, but I keep answering that with these kinds of things and I thought, I can't keep answering that to these kinds of things
then I started overthinking it because I really can't think of a favourite song but here is some stuff I'll listen to
Roots Manuva - Like a Drum
Nadia Rose - Skwod
Underworld - Jumbo
Sleaford Mods - Nudge It
Shred Kelly - Sing To The Night
The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century
54-40 - One Day In Your Life
City of Glass - Sticks and Stones
Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous
Kae Tempest - Tunnel Vision
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I have my first meeting with the Rabbi at my local temple next week!! I'm finally starting my journey to conversion and I'm so overwhelmingly excited and scared oh my lord
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present me: oh it'll be fine future me can do it
later present me: god I hate past me
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