#read sick writers

[chrollohearttags]

hey readers! ever find yourself without something to fulfill you? maybe you’re tired of all the soul crushing, degrading smut that circulates this app on the daily with THOUSANDS of notes because no one could possibly like such treacherous filth, could they? I mean, what type of slutty, self hating jezebel would even think of such things? Perhaps you’d like a sweet, powder puff fluff that you just can’t be vexed to reblog from other writers because let’s be honest, it takes too much work, doesn’t it? 🥰 I mean, who wants to waste time supporting ACTUAL writers when it’s much easier to twiddle those dirt stained thumbs together and construct useless, harmful critiques that really aren’t worth two farts in the wind. But boy, do I have a solution for you all! This new, innovative technology will help you create the fic of your dreams! Follow these steps below:

1. go to your browser of your choice (Google, IE, Edge, Opera for all my gaming nerds)

2. search ‘Google Docs’ and from there, you’ll get a screen. Perhaps it’ll look like this or maybe this:

3. Click that pretty little plus sign and you’re on your way to achieving fictional bliss.

and remember kids, the next time you feel the strong urge to post another meaningless, recycled bait post because no one in real life loves you and attention is scarce so you seek it the only way you know how…your old buddy Google Docs will be right there to fill that void. Let’s hope you can make it past the spelling of the name stage ❤️ have a good day everyone!

#don’t say I never gave y’all nothing #now don’t post no stupid shit again #sick of y’all #cherry chats 🍒 #writing tips #have the day y’all deserve fr #cause let’s talk about it #notice everytime a random gets popular among black writers #everybody says this #first it was aot #now it’s JJK #I’m just waiting on one piece to join the fray #we’re gonna get accused of niggering it up next #these hoes can’t read or write #stop giving them attention #also blocking a lot of y’all who agreed with that stupid bitch’s post

[invalidstories]

Misplaced Trust

Warnings: broken trust, betrayal, emotional distress, mentions of a weapon, sad ending

"I trusted you," Hero's voice trembled, his heart heavy with shattered trust.

The response only caused the Villain's smirk to widen. A sinister glint danced in their eyes as they came closer. "Trust is such a fragile thing, my dear," they purred, "And you, my sweet hero, were all too eager to give someone like me it."

"Was any of it real?" the hero's voice wavered, a plea for absolution that fell upon deaf ears.

Villain laughed in response, a haunting melody that mingled with the hero's broken heart. "Oh, it was all too real, my darling," they taunted, "But alas, reality is often the cruelest illusion."

The villain drew closer, their breath hot against the hero's skin, sending shivers down their spine. "Now, shall we finish this?" they whispered, their lips grazing the hero's ear.

Hero recoiled in fear, watching Villain's blade flash in the sunlight. At that moment, the hero realized that some wounds cut deeper than steel, leaving scars that would never truly heal.

Masterlist

#sorry for not posting #i'm still sick #and writers block had been possessing me #invalidstories #writers on tumblr #reading #hero x villain #villain x hero #short story #hero #villain #villainsxheroes #hero and villain #hero villain #heroes and villains #writing prompt #writers #creative writing #writing #writerscommunity #writeblr

[sky-squido]

i, like every other fic author in existence, love getting comments from people who enjoyed my work. i don't care if your comment is "late" (that's so weird to me like it's literature—do you apologize to homer for being late to reading the odyssey?) or "unintelligible" (late night commenters, english language learners, people who feel like they "just aren't that good with words", believe me, i entirely understand what you mean and appreciate it immensely), or anything else that you feel might make your comment 'not good enough'. i love all of the comments i receive and i am eternally grateful to all of you for your continued support.

and yeah, i've read fics where i felt like adding a comment would be doing the fic a disservice because there was nothing that could be said that wouldn't cheapen or patronize the magnum opus i'd just witnessed. in instances like this, that is exactly what i say in the comment: "there's nothing i can say that doesn't do this work of art a disservice. thank you for writing this."

actually, now that i think about it, there are a bunch of ao3 comments i've gotten that i still haven't replied to because i felt any thanks i could give would be inadequate. i should really get around to replying because i want them to know how spellbound they left me. i love you all, have i ever mentioned that?

all of that being said, i would like to make a public service announcement!

at least under default settings, ao3 authors do get notified every time you edit a comment. i've accidentally hit send too early before, or realized i forgot something i wanted to say, i get it, i really do. i have edited many comments in my day.

but you don't have to do this. really, it's okay. most of the time i honestly can't tell what the difference is. i'm not going to think worse of you for having typos in your comments because i guarantee that there were more in the fic you just read sfkljghsl

also these edits were over the course of twenty full minutes. i got another email while writing this post and had to update the image. please do not spend 20 minutes agonizing over your comment and changing the capitalization and adding a few words. it's okay, i promise. i love your comment, and i'm very very grateful for it, regardless of how "polished" it is. i'm not your english teacher in disguise.

tl;dr, i love you all and i hope you don't feel anxiety or a compulsion towards perfectionism in my ao3 comments section. i won't judge you, i promise <3

#squido's op #squido rambles #i hope i don't sound annoyed because i don't want to sound annoyed #but also that was a lot of emails #if they were different comments that would be sick i love that #but on several occasions i've had edit spam #and i don't really understand the logic behind it #i figured that people just don't know that we get notified every time you edit a comment #so that's all i wanted to say really but i got sidetracked with appreciation because i think someone plugged some of my works somewhere #because i've been seeing a big uptick in comments lately and it's really really sweet #i haven't written for this fandom (or at all really) in a long time now so i'm always really really happy to see my works are still #out there and being read and loved and affecting people. i do still plan to finish hfwkadwm i promise #i guess i have writer's block >:/ never had it quite like this before #BUT I SAID I WAS GONNA FINISH IT AND I AM #MARK MY WORDS I'LL FINISH THIS FIC OR DIE TRYING #eventually

[lxnarphase]

i'm so so tired of seeing black people going up against other black people when we literally have the entire world against us already...

#why do you always have to bring others down because you don't like how someone writes a black reader? #'black writers need to stop writing black readers' #the stupidest sentence i've ever read #❤︎ ━━ new moon. #genuinely this happens every year #it's been 4 years since i started my first writing blog #and you guys have not changed at all #so sick and tired of it

[jacarandaaaas]

also read something about slow dopamine and high dopamine release to do with fandoms and found it interesting. When something new comes out we consume all the official content quickly giving a fast rush of dopamine but when that rush runs out we feel depleted. Basically it was some therapist saying slow dopamine over time is better. How do you get that in fandoms? by creating!! I know the wait for official content (even an announcement) is killing us but basically writing fanfics making edits and art and headcanons even just talking helps with that slow dopamine

#encanto #encanto disney #disneys encanto #we need more fic writers because everytime I check ao3 it’s bruno incest and I’m SICK #I’ll try read some this weekend #maybe do fanart? do any fic writers want fanart lmao #or ocs I drew an oc on insta and it was fun I wanna try that here too! #encanto fandom let’s support the artists and fic writers who are throwing their heart into their work and facing the void of the internet!! #disney’s encanto #encanto fanart #encanto fic

[c-cups-bitch-u-wish]

"Are you asking me on a date?" Mickey asks, just to be clear.

Ian smacks a kiss to his forehead. "Yes. Boyfriends go on dates."

"Not us," Mickey argues, but it's light. He wants to go. It feels really, really big to him. Ian wants to bring him somewhere, publicly, signaling to the world that they belong together. That they love each other. That they want to do all the fun things together too, not just all the big and scary life-changing things.

(Ian and Mickey go on their first real date!)

#hello i wrote something #bc i am sick #and all i did was read fic yesterday so ty to all of the writers <3 #who made my sick day more fun #pls accept this small gift of appreciation #gallavich #idk the tags that are best lol

[pinacoladamatata]

"if you fancy Astarion, you might want to consider therapy. He's so damaged I must have him! Enjoy the fantasy and then call a therapist. It's a two step thing and it's very important you do both." - Amelia Tyler what do your narrator eyes see? 😂😂😂

#ohohooooohoo the little random tidbits devs and voice actors have dropped about his companion arc is making me NERVOUS #just throwin out some meta thoughts here #in order for astarion to *get rid of* the tadpole; cazador *has* to die first. like i'll bet my left tit this is conditional #since cazzy is apparently a control freak he might be enemies w the mindflayers/absolute cult bc ''bleh bleh my city'' #i think its entirely possible that we could ally w cazador against the absolute; this would like have to result in astarion attacking tav #im just worried it might be like; you have to at least temporarily side w the absolute if you kill cazzy? #idk! idk! #and like i do think there will probably be a 3rd option of like 'i hate both these groups kill them both' but man. #and then there's whatever is going on w his ''this soul is not for sale except in the realm of the undead'' stamp #like are we gonna have to go the there? wherever the fuck that is? #pls amelia i am begging on my knees i need a sign! of hope! #bc now the hug and hand holding in the trailer is making me think larian is trying to trick me into believing he'll be okay #only to hit me with a devastating ending(s) no matter what #idk. man. i read astarion's writer was fanes writer. idk dos2 but like i am aware of what......happened w that 'romance' #pls i need a sign larian #i am so sick of the bioware style romances! the morrigans! the solases ! the unresolved endings of it all! ENOUGH #i want closure from this i am begging #for once in my life i just want closure for a video game romance ending #i JUST THINK LIKE ideally. for me. he'd have at least 1 ending where he's not cured but lives happily ever after* #i am having a hard time picturing him cured of vampirism. tbh. but if it's possible without him immediately dying then. well hats off #its 2 AM here i need to knock it tf off and go to bed #........unless.....yall want to enable me and discuss this further #i am 1 more bad day away from writing a thesis on this in MLA format istg

[iphigeniacomplex]

back in 2020, when roberto was apologizing and promising to do better by riverdale's black characters, i don't think "introduce a plotline which exploits the memory of a real brutalized and murdered black child for, primarily, the emotional growth of nonblack characters in a hackneyed attempt at 'realism', which is to say 'period-typical behaviors expressed, yet again, near-exclusively in terms of racism towards black characters'" was what literally anyone wanted. i do not think there is a love or even care for black people present at all in this work, because i cannot imagine this was not upsetting at best and traumatic at worst for the black actors involved in the episode, and it likely will be for black fans of riverdale as well. absolutely ghoulish and shameful.

#riverdale #the second they said his name i felt sick. let that boy rest. #going to be reading the words of black writers on this topic in the coming days because i dont want to speak over anyone -> #<- but i had to talk about it. the idea of a person bringing this up in the writer's room and not being immediately shot down disgusts me. #it speaks!

[pulsingvoid]

as much as i love to criticize yellowjackets as i frankly think it's a fumbled attempt at an intriguing premise i CANNOT get behind the "yellowjackets is not as gay as advertised" crowd. i'm not even personally that invested in shauna/jackie and i know there have been dismissive comments from certain actors about the nature of their relationship and well rip to those people i guess because reading shauna/jackie as anything other than a budding lesbian romance tragically cut off before it could bloom is just. wrong? it's not even subtextual, it transcends the text, it's the most important relationship in the story, it IS the story, at the heart of every single thing that happens or doesn't happen is that these two girls were in deep lesbian love with each other. there is no other way to read it if you try to complicate or simplify it by making it about jealousy or identity or friendship you lose both the core sexual desire and the deep romantic love that were (and still are) driving and twisting and softening and ruining everything around these young women

#every week or so i see someone say yj is not gay enough and i do agree theyre pairing off too many of the adults w men #and taissa is unforgivably sidelined #but frankly that's tied to the writers not knowing how to pace their story and shying away from topics of race and colonialism #and mental illness #and obviously theyre being annoyingly stingy w the portrayal of lesbianism #but shaunajackie literally is defined by canon not just to me like its objectively there #it bewilders me when people refuse to see relationships as real unless theres kissing on the mouth #its like if you watch hannibal or read passing or picnic at hanging rock and go 'that wasnt Actually gay'. sorry you missed the whole point #yellowjackets #shaunajackie #sometimes there IS kissing on the mouth and its still not enough no grace is given to queer stories if theyre even a little bit complex #im sick of it!

[foli-vora]

The anon button gives some cunts way too much fucking audacity on this hellsite. If you don’t have the nerve to send some judgemental/mean shit with your own fucking name on it, maybe don’t fucking say it at all and take your cowardly ass off this site. Kindness is free you fucking animals.

#if you don’t like something—don’t read it #if you don’t agree with how someone writes a character—don’t read it #just don’t fucking read it?! #how hard is that?? #but no #you gotta air your bullshit like it’s your god given right to be a fucking idiot #these writers work their asses off #and don’t need you bursting their bubble of happiness just coz you’re miserable #sick of seeing so many writers get unnecessary bullshit in their asks #you guys are doing amazing

[invalidstories]

hello there! hope you're doing alright. if you want, could you write about hero tripping the villain in public and villain says thank you. then they meet afterwards and they recognize each other and villain is denying that it was them?

Hi! I hope you're also doing well. I think I read that prompt somewhere else but I don't exactly remember where it was. If you do, I'd like to give credit. I hope you enjoy it though!

Familiar Face

Hero slumped onto the bench. They were exhausted from a rough day of chasing villains and falling into a ditch of mud. Their muscles ached, and their mind felt heavy with fatigue. They leaned back, closing their eyes for a moment.

Villain, lost in thought walked towards the hero's extended foot. They tripped over the hero's foot, catching themselves just before they hit the ground.

"Thank you," they muttered, sounding irritated.

Hero barely registered the encounter, too drained to muster more than a glance.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The next day started with a new assignment for the hero. They had to stop a villain who was wrecking the city. Chasing after the villain, they finally corned them, forcing them to stop. But as soon as they met their eye, Hero saw a familiar face.

"Wait, aren't you the guy who tripped on my foot and said thank you?" Hero questioned, comparing the memory to the face in front of them.

The villain's eyes widened in alarm, a recognition flashing across their features. But just as fast, they cleared the expression back to nonchalance that the hero might've imagined it.

"I don't know who you're talking about," the villain insisted. With a swift turn, they dashed away into the night, leaving the hero standing.

Masterlist

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[gentil-minou]

When I was deep in a feverish haze all I could think about was Wei Wuxian's first illness post golden core transfer because cultivators never get sick so when wwx does for the first time he's absolutely awful at it.

Like he's walking around lotus pier trying to pretend he's fine but he's stumbling into walls and almost walks off the deck into the lake at some point. And of course everyone just thinks he's drunk or something cause cultivators don't get sick and wwx goes with it and laughs it all off, pretending he's hungover and absolutely fine, until he ends up shivering in bed until shijie brings him soup with a concerned look in her eyes he refuses to acknowledge.

When he gets better he cracks jokes and pretends it was nothing and hides his lingering cough in his sleeve.

With the Wens it's only a little bit better bc they do know about his core and Wen Qing is a doctor and can help him, but you see wwx can't lie down and rest how can he when there's so much he has to do?

He works as hard as he can, making sure to lift everything for granny even though his body aches and using all his energy to keep A-Yuan happy and distracted, in between moments of clearing resentment, all until he passes out in the middle of an empty path with no one around to see him fall.

Eventually Wen Ning finds him and carries him back wei wuxian wakes up to Wen Qing forcing some awful broth made of scraps of meat and yelling at him to go to sleep and rest. But of course the moment they're all asleep for the night he goes back to work. He can't rest there's no time, even as his head pounds and his body screams and the sickness eats away at his insides as the resentment does the same. There's no time for rest.

Post canon the first time Wei Wuxian gets sick he falls into a old habits and doesn't tell anyone, just continues puttering about and acting fine, distracting the juniors during their lessons and hanging off Lan Zhan's shoulders to tease him while he works.

But of course Lan Wangji notices the way his husband sways more than just with his usual dramatic swagger, and how he keeps shoving his favorite foods away saying he's not hungry as he rubs at his throat.

The final straw is when Wei Wuxian says he's too tired for their everyday but then plays it off as a joke at the look of concern Lan Zhan gives himso they do it anyways. And even tho Lan Zhan is tender and slow tonight Wei Wuxian still passes out from shear exhaustion before either have even finished

Lan Wangji has a moment of panic, thinking he broke his husband but then connects the dots...

When wwx wakes up he's smothered by their warmest blankets and wearing lwj's softest underrobe (because when A-Yuan was sick he liked to wear the robe too for the comforting smell and warmth). He looks around groggy and half asleep calling for his Lan Zhan, feeling bereft and confused.

He's about to get up and find him himself, even though the thought of getting up makes him feel dizzy when lwj comes back and glides to wwx's side with a bowl of congee that has just a hint of red in it. Wei Wuxian teases him about "there must be a rule about breakfast in bed Lan Zhan" and tries to get to his feet, but Lan Wangji pushes him down gently murmuring, "Rest, Wei Ying."

And suddenly its like the Jingshi has melted away replaced with the jagged stone walls of a familiar cave because Wei Wuxian you see he can't rest, there's things to do and people need him and he has to be strong he can't just rest he isn't allowed and what about the Wens he needs to get up he cant just lie here he needs to save them and he cant breathe and his head is going in awful circles and it feels like something is clawing its way out of him and he has to go do something and fix something, until Lan Wangji pulls him onto his lap and starts humming their song as he rubs soothing circles along wwx's back. And even though wwx's breaths are still coming out in terrified waves as his eyes dart around for some unseen threat, despite it all he starts to relax little by little to the sound of his Lan Zhan’s familiar baritone.

When he finally calms down enough he realizes he's been crying, blubbering like a baby leaving disgusting snot stains in the illustrious Hanguang-jun's robes and he tries to wipe them them away before Lan Zhan sees but lwj just holds his face between two hands with the most softesr care, his expression open and honest in a way it only ever is for Wei Ying, and he just keeps humming nonsense and nursery rhymes as he kisses wwx's tear tracks away. And tho wwx still can't stop crying lwj doesn't say anything, doesn't chide or lecture or tell him anything, just holds wwx and lets the smell of sandalwood wrap a comforting and warm embrace around wwx.

Eventually wwx does drift off and he comes to still huddled against lwj's chest, a lovely spot of drool right over his husband's brand and heart, as he reads a book about dual cultivation. It's past midday now and wwx asks about Lan Zhan's duties, fiddling with the edge of his forehead ribbon.

But Lan Wangji simply says, "Wei Ying is most important" and kisses his forehead and goes back to his book.

And Wei Wuxian burrows back into his husbands chest as if he tried hard enough he could carve a hole and bury himself besides Lan Zhan's heart forever, and pretends the flush he feels is from the fever.

They spend the next 2 days like that, with lwj guiding wwx back down to rest whenever the anxiety tries to make him feel bad and then comforting him through it all, kindly never pointing out the way every so often tears start to fall silently down wwx's face when he gets to thinking too much and even more kindly not pointing out the awful inelegant sound of wwx's honking wet coughs.

At some point Sizhui even visits, bringing an attempt at lotus rib soup using what Wen Ning remembers. It's not quite the same but it's more than enough and finally Wei Wuxian feels his shivers subside completely.

When Wei Wuxian wakes up on the 3rd day, well rested in a way he's never felt after being ill, he immediately jumps his husband and smothers his face in exuberant kisses that make Lan Wangji smile his special Wei Ying smile.

And although no one says anything Wei Wuxian knows deep within his gifted bones that from now on whenever he falls ill, there will always be someone to catch him.

(Orignally a threadfic here)

#do i find it funny that when i shouldve been resting instead i was writing a threadfic about how sick wwx should be resting? #not at all #do as i say not as i do #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #Wei Wuxian #wangxian #mdzs fanfiction #bushy writing #i might clean this up and add things to make it into a real fic im not sure yet #also i kinda like the fun of threadfics even though no one reads them because twitter is a broken app thats impossible for new writere to #get any sort of recognition or engagement unless they pay to be verified #its what ive learned and frankly very discouraging as someone who has a lot of ideas and really wants to share them with this fandom #i had way too many when i was sick and shared a bunch on twitter since i wasnt allowing myself to do actual writing #but i kinda like the rawness of threafics #its a fun way to just share a rough unpolished idea #anyways this is my silent plea to any who might be interested check out my twitter where sometimes i write nonsense like this in between #spam retweeting a bunch of pretty fanart

[ohitslen]

My dad told me to watch Gungrave with him (we have just watched one episode atm) and I was like wait the vibes, this feels so awfully familiar, where have I seen this, the characters hmm no but I’m so sure I’ve never seen this anime before

And I was right I have never seen it before…BUT… as I google for some facts I immediately found out that Nightow was the character designer along with good sir Kōsuke Fujishima of the og game, and the anime is under Nightow’s name as it seems and I was like—

OF COURSE. NIGHTOW.

#down to the mf glasses. it was the general structure but the glasses. they just felt. Nightow yk. IK IT WAS A TREND THE BUT ITS THE FEELING #ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER LIKE A FULL CIRCLE I CANT ESCAPE THAT MAN NO MATTER WHERE I RUN TO #my dad was like ‘you like Trigun? you might like this the designs are sick’ and I’m like hm yeah they have their charm I’ll admit #I told him ‘his gun is giving Trigun. the glasses. the fit.’ and then I laughed bc I thought that’s so silly it’s just what was on trend #around that time and I’m just really bad into the brainrot there’s now way these two would possibly be related. alas. #apparently Nightow was involved since very early on in the project while it was still in a very essential beginning stage #and you can TELL. it all BREATHES of Nightow when it comes to the character designs like #I dont know much of mr Kosuke Fujishima to tell about his style but his is very prominent too as it seems! as both were essential to the #whole feel for the characters. but for Nightow I can speak and YEAH YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE IMAGES ABOVE. THAT’S HIM AIGHT #yasuhiro nightow #gungrave #lenssi rambles #gungrave anime #having my own christoper Columbus experience rn #I’ll get to ​kekkai sensen too eventually! Nightow is an awesome writer i want to #I WANT TO FFS OQNWK READ. all of his works! so many things so little focus OANWM

[sp00ky-scary]

ghost adam is my favourite fucking thing love those fucking au's

#saw fans make more ghost adam au's pls #i would but im a shit writer #reading this one fic thats fucking sick #i love it #im obsessed #adam faulkner stanheight #saw 2004

[iero]

Reading smut so good I genuinely feel like I need to spray bottle myself or go splash water on myself or SOMETHING…

#personal #It is nearly 1:30 in the morning….. #I cannot sleep on account of the coughing sniffling and sneezing though (I am actually sick)… #Also trying to catch up on bookmarked fics I have. Hate how long it takes me to read a fic nowadays. #It takes me a week to finish one now when it used to take a day or two at MOST. #Fic writers? I love you forever and ever and ever. 🫶🏻