#tell me about it !

[mudwerks]

65-588 trinidad, february 1975

warning sign

#beware depression ahead #tell me about it #warning sign #trinidad #1975 #vintage #photography #dewolfe

[quinloki]

Canon Characters vs OC vs x Reader

Disclaimer: This is just my two cents, and my perspective on things, and I'm not trying to lay down the law for everyone. I needed to just put this to words though, in order to sleep.

I was thinking about this because of a post I saw, and some, we'll say, kind of useless comments associated with the post. Mean-spirited stuff.

Normally, in one ear and out the other, but the vibes just kicked me off down a rabbit hole of sorts an I wanted to try to put some of my thoughts to words.

First, some style vibes:

Canon x Canon Canon/Canon stories are, to me, like reading an episode of that show. I'm sitting down in front of a TV or whatever, and I'm experiencing the story As A Viewer. I like this style because I don't really have to expend much energy and I just kind of roll with whatever's happening. Generally some sort of 3rd person perspective.

OC x canon OC/Canon stories are like being on a carnival ride. I'm sitting in a car on a roller-coaster, and maybe the OC is sitting next me. I'm experiencing the story more deeply than strictly canon stories, but my connection with the OC is no deeper than say, my connection with Katniss Everdeen when I read The Hunger Games. Sometimes 3rd person, sometimes first person.

Reader x canon Reader/Canon (or Reader x/ OC) is like putting on a VR helmet. I don't get much physical input about the "Reader OC" because I'm experiencing the story through their eyes. I don't expect the reader to be me, but there's a bigger feeling of immersion to be had. Some description might happen cause it's relevant to the story, and it's still a type of ride, I can't jump the rails on the roller coaster, after all. (Even with a VN you still follow the tracks). Sometimes first person, sometimes second person (I'm partial to 2nd person perspective, but that's just me).

I love Fan Fiction, I love it. All of it, and man even more than anything, what I love is that I'm going to dislike 80% of it. Because that 80% was written for someone who is not me. (Hell, that number's probably closer to 99% if we're looking at ALL fandoms, but I digress).

Second - The VENT:

What got me the most in the post that prompted this, was someone saying "Bring back the Mary Sue OCs!" and then they went on to describe something more detailed, and I just -

Look, respectfully, fuck you.

The point is, you're not going to be happy no matter what. Whether it's "mary sue" OCs, or x readers, or alternative universes, or a ship you don't like, you're going to find something to be unhappy about.

Cause people have been bitching about all styles of fan fiction since the first "You've Got Mail" chimed in 1991. And until 1998 and ff.net you really had to hunt for it, and until 2007 and Ao3 the idea of tagging a fic for any reason wasn't really a thing. Every click was a surprise! \o/

I just have seen the same song and dance a dozen times. It's exhausting. People become okay with OCs and decide x readers are the enemy, and before that OCs were *all* Mary Sues and cringe and people who made OCs were the enemy, and before OCs people who wrote even a little OOC were the enemy, and people who wrote AUs were the enemy, and you can write fan fic but it HAS to be Canon Compliant, and everyone MUST be in-character at all times - "They would not fucking say that" was the enemy.

Look, just please - please - in any capacity, stop it with the "All X style of story telling is crap" mindset. There's over a dozen different ways to do x readers alone. I know 20 x reader writers and I don't think any of us have the same style, preferences, or vibes.

I've had a lot of comments along the lines of "I thought I hated x readers, but I really loved this." on a few different fics I've written. Sometimes it's not the style of the fic, sometimes it's the style of the writer, and my Brother In Christ - you're going to have to read some awful shit to shuffle through the thousands of writers out there to find the vibes that resonate with you.

Ostracizing entire swathes of fan fic because you need something to be "The Enemy" so you can lift up something else, and then bitching you can't find anything new to read seems like a personal problem.

And I know y'all are scrolling by TONS of posts that don't interest you, every day, as a matter of course. So don't give me that "clogging up the tag" BS, because we deserve to be here same as anyone else in the fandom.

#quin grumbles #I'm so aggravated I don't even really know how to tag this #like almost 30 years of it I'm just so done #I just wonder what amazing stories we're not getting #cause of some fucker using Mary Sue to belittle someone #or someone beating someone else over the head with plot armor because their protag survived something terrible? #How many “Oh.” moments have been missed because someone criticized the very concept of reader insert? #I'm way past my usual bedtime so I'm just rambling at this point #and I am being meaner than I'd like #but JFC #I'm not going to let people's bullshit opinions stop me or anyone else from writing if I can avoid it. #Write what you want #gush about it #talk about it #TELL ME ABOUT IT #IDGAF if it's cringe or overpowered or broken or flawless or an OC or a reader with a name or WHATEVER #If it brings you joy #then do it #and if people are too mean to scroll by it when it's not their thing #and then complain like they're entitled to do so #block 'em. #and tell me who they are so I can block them too #then write more #cause I promise it'll bring someone else joy too

[bless-your-heart-baron]

Hand washing the car for the weekend road trip….

B Y H B

#just perfect #save the water #the weekenders #tell me about it #rewarding #greatness #hotbarons house

[cuttingstone]

wine drunk watching how’s it made

#tell me about it

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

The urge to run from this feeling is powerful.

The Last Dragonborn, on getting cool dragon powers but also having to save the world from Alduin, probably

#oc: leara roseblade #tell me about it #alduin #alduin the world eater #the way of the voice #a cornered rat #alduin's wall #the throat of the world #elder knowledge #oc: aurora orianus #dovahkiin #dragons #nerevar queue and star #incorrect quotes #incorrect elder scrolls #incorrect skyrim quotes #tes #the elder scrolls #skyrim #the elder scrolls v: skyrim #source: wandavision #last dragonborn

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Frank, you're actually really mean. You're a toxic person. I don't want to be your friend anymore.

Bold of you to say, considering I haven't "friended" you -- you're just a bot I follow because I like the comments you make on Tumblr posts. You get to be mean in the spirit of "telling it like it is," but you don't get to be angry or say mean things

#kermitwillsellyoueggs #tell me about it

[thelittleruby]

some people want to be a cum dump for others

i wanna be an info dump. info dump me all the lore and nonsense form whatever thing you love or thing that has your current interest. fill me to the brim with all the details you enjoy. please.

#info dump #lore #tell me about it #i wanna just stare into your eyes as you talk #mhmm that’s cool #tell me more #trans #lgbt #listener

[rainy-weather-supremacy]

Tell me about your OCs

Please, feel free to message me and tell me about your OCs. I don't care if all you know about them is their hair colour and a song you associate with them. Tell me about the story you have never written but always daydream about. Tell me about your OCs trauma, their best friend, their tragic past. Explain to me how your self-insert OCs would kick the villains ass. Or if you don't have any OCs or stories to ramble about, explain your favourite games lore in excrutiating detail. Tell me why that one piece of dialouge is so important to theorists. Ot tell me about the music you listen to, shows you watch, places you like to go. I know what it's like when you just want to ramble about something. I promise I will listen.

#tell me about it #<3

[cbk1000]

Does anyone want to tell me about the novels they're reading right now? I'm sorted for non-fiction for a bit, but I'm trying to figure out what I'm in the mood to read for fiction.

#books #if you like it #if you hate it #tell me about it #jenn reads

[hotbarons-visions-u-c]

There on the sheets Celeste was lost in feelings...

My View

#greatness #just perfect #gorgeous #looking for me #just amazing #tell me about it #looking at her #beauty at the house #hotbarons views

[madc0w]

Listen/purchase: Tell Me About It by Whitelands feat. Dottie

#bandcamp #music #alternative #dream pop #shoegaze #whitelands #tell me about it #dottie

[fidelio316]

#tell me about it #Instagram

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Aerin, while Mjoll the Lioness chases the Thieves Guild: Life moves pretty fast in the suburbs.

#tell me about it #aerin #mjoll the lioness #thieves guild #riften #nerevar queue and star #incorrect quotes #incorrect elder scrolls #incorrect skyrim quotes #tes #the elder scrolls #skyrim #the elder scrolls v: skyrim #source: wandavision

[welcometololaland]

FIC ORIGIN STORY

I'm beyond obsessed with finding out everyone's fic origin story - how you started writing fic and why - because I'm endlessly curious about the very talented people I come across. I was going to hop in the inboxes and spam the hell out of everybody, but I thought that might be annoying, so I made this instead. Anyone feel free to play and tag people - I'm so keen to know people's experiences!

What was your first fandom (reading and/or writing)?

What was the first story you ever wrote (even if it was never posted) and what made you decide to write it?

What's a piece of advice you would give to your younger fic-writing self?

What's an early fandom interaction that stuck with you (be it a nice comment, a friend you made, a fic that got a lot of feedback etc.)?

Post a sentence or two from one of your older fics, and a sentence or two from a newer one (if you want).

I'm going to tag @rmd-writes @clottedcreamfudge @everwitch-magiks @indomitable-love @three-drink-amy @celeritas2997 @reyescarlos @reyesstrand @strandnreyes @tailoredshirt @liminalmemories21 @sunshinestrand @treluna4 @good-ways @fuckingyrs @cinnaluminum @carlos-in-glasses but anyone jump in!

#i guess its a tag game? #but really i just want to know about you #sorry if that's weird #fic origin story #tell me about it #just consider it an ask en masse #no anon asks here though #fic asks #tag games #fanfiction #in the words of tk strand 'im not sorry'