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50-states-50-pynch-fics · 10 months

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Do you write fic for The Raven Cycle and The Dreamer Trilogy (or do you want to)? Does the epilogue of Greywaren leave you yearning for more about what Ronan Lynch and Adam Parrish do in their post-canon life together?

Then this is just the thing for you!

50 States, 50* Pynch Fics is a fandom event seeking exactly what it sounds like: fifty-one Pynch fics, one set in every state and Washington, DC, following these two assholes around as they go about the United States together, fixing ley lines and doing other magical nonsense in their post-canon lives.

Have you ever wanted to write Pynch running into Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest? How about having a grand old time in Palm Springs?

If you answered yes to the above, or if you have other ideas about Pynch interacting with cryptids, this is the place for you!

FAQ

What fresh hell is this?

This is an attempt at a fandom event. In Greywaren's epilogue, we learn Ronan is wandering around working on ley lines and Adam works for "an organization with a dot gov email," and that they often work together across the United States. I thought it'd be fun to follow them on that post-canon journey and write a fic set in each of the 50 states (plus DC).

Is there a deadline?

Nope! I want this to be as low-key and low-stress as possible for everyone involved and there's no hard deadline for posting fics. Life happens. Stuff gets in the way of writing. All I ask is that if you claim a state, you make your best effort to post the fic for it, and if it ends up you're not in a place to write it, just contact me.

Is there a word count requirement?

Again, nope! Write a microfic, write a drabble, write 100k. Write however much or as little as you want.

What can I write?

Literally anything. Fluff, smut, hurt/comfort, whatever you feel like. Go crazy. And if you feel like an AU, I'm not gonna stop you. You don't even need to know anything about a state. Pop them in a hotel room and say it's in Montana for all I care. What if you can't contain yourself and want to write fics for the entire West coast? Go ahead and write fics for Washington, Oregon, and California. I won't stop you. And if one fic for Maine doesn't satisfy you, write more! Multiple fics per state are welcome.

How do I sign up?

There's a prompt challenge here on AO3 with all 50 states and Washington, DC. If you want to write a fic for a state, hit the "Claim" button for that state. Please note, I have never created a prompt challenge before and I'm still trying to figure out how this thing works. If you run into issues, just contact me. We'll figure this thing out together!

Ultimately, I just want everyone to have fun. That's what fandom is all about. So let's write and read some great fics!

- @kelliealtogether, who doesn't know what the hell she's getting herself into so please be patient 🥰

*Though Ronan would be pleased if I went "Fuck Washington" too, we can't leave out DC. 😌

#pynch #the raven cycle #adam parrish #ronan lynch

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olderthannetfic · 11 months

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I feel like fandom activism has caused so, so many brains to rot.

How in the world is writing more fics featuring non-white characters going to show anything to the people behind End OTW Racism? And why in the world should I have an obligation to write it?

I write fics because I enjoy writing and immediately sharing with an audience, because I like characters someone else came up with, because constructing a little space for my creativity in fics gives me far less stress than thinking about creating original novels. It's not my job, and it's certainly not activism.

This idea that people should at least write one or two fics about characters of color because it shows they're not racist or because, somewhat, this stuff fights fandom racism, is absolutely unhinged.

I was in a fandom with a main character of color, and I had to leave because people were constantly at each other's throats and harassing one another because writing this character in any way would get you called a racist. He bottoms? Racist. He tops? Racist. He's described with his hair cut this way? Racist. He's vegetarian? Racist. He's not vegetarian? Racist. Literally you couldn't fucking win because the fandom split in two major groups at its beginning, and since then, if you write him in a certain way, you'll have one side accuse you of being racist, and if you write him this other way, it's gonna be the other side who accuses you! I got rape threats over this shit!

This is insanity! I work a shitload of hours a week and come to fandom to relax, reblog stupid posts, retweet porn drawings, listen to the worst Spotify playlists known to mankind, and share the fics I spend too much time working on.

Why the fuck should I treat fandom like it's a cause I should give my life to? I don't want to eat my vegetables because the vegetable you're presenting me with is unseasoned iceberg lettuce: it doesn't interest me, it doesn't have a flavor I'm seeking, and it holds no nutritional value whatsoever.

Stop pretending that things can be changed by writing more fics about that Star Wars character or that set of Marvel movies, because you know damn well they won't: you'll just get harassed more, and when you'll delete/orphan all your fics because just the idea of logging into Ao3 will make you want to anxiety puke, the people who supported all these movements will go to their Tumblrs and Twitters and whatever other socials the hip kids use and write shit like "Thank god that horrible racist left! People like them should never dare to write fics about POC ever again! Whoever harassed them out of the fandom did the right thing."

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garden-of-infinity · 9 months

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Just wanted to come on here and say I won't be doing headcanon requests anymore. I originally made this blog in an effort to help me with my writing and motivation, as well as help me explore the game's characters. But in hindsight I think I was getting a little too ahead of myself.

Additionally, I've been away from dbd for some time now as I explore other fandoms. Now that I'm starting to return, I've realized I just don't like most of my old writing and my interpretations of the characters. Which I'm trying to remind myself is a good thing, because it means my understanding of these characters is hopefully growing.

I deleted some of my old stuff, but there are a few things I've left because while I may not 100% agree with them anymore, they do have some sentimental value. What remains can still be found in the "compendium" tag.

I've also realized that running a request blog isn't for me. I stress myself out trying to get things 'perfect' so hopefully the person who sent that request will like it. I think I'm far too concerned with seeking approval when I should be writing for myself and my own enjoyment.

I'm leaving the ask box open in case anyone wants to talk or ask about my thoughts on something. I'm very much still open to discussions on characters and I love getting to interact with other fans (despite my awkwardness). I just won't be doing any prompts like I did in the past.

Thank you all for the support you've given 🖤

#there's one ask floating around in my ask box i might try to do out of obligation #because i just hate to ignore that anon since they sent it in before this #i think I'll tag this #compendium #bc even though it's not my writing it does pertain to it

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clanoffelidae · 1 year

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i'm not putting this one under a read more because i think it's actually important this time you're just gonna have to scroll lol

(if it's under a read more it's honestly mostly just for me to say things 'out loud' and get them out of my head than really wanting anyone to read it, lol. if it's not and it's just bc it's long then i usually try to specify that above the read more)

you know what, i think i'm actually okay to try and use tumblr again so long as it stays extremely limited. i'm not going to download the app again because i know i'll start scrolling endlessly again if i do that, so i'm going to keep it limited to desktop. and i'm also going to try and keep it limited to only posting things myself or looking for very specific things (like i have a friend's webcomic i need to read!!! so i'll be doing that, but that kind of stuff), not just scrolling my dash for 5 million years

because initially why i stepped back was because i had just had a very real and personal fear of mine about encountering someone who hurt me again used as a weapon against me and it left me so deeply shaken i had to shut down everything, logging out of everything and cutting myself off from outside contact because everything was suddenly so overwhelming i was just spinning and not getting anywhere because of how upset i was as it sunk in. like i was up all night and didn't manage to get myself to take a shower until 7am and then finally got a little sleep at like 9am or so, when i made the call to get away from tumblr (and not JUST tumblr either) i was not okay

(irrational because they're not even on the same continent, have no idea who i am, and i can easily block them (and have!); but the part of my brain that was hurt has some trouble accepting that <3)

but i've had a few weeks to process everything and talked out what happened with some friends and i'm not in the same shocked and spiraling state that i was

(as anonymously as possible, whenever i have miscommunication issues i often try to explain what happened to friends to see if they can help me figure out what happened since my dumb neurodivergent brain is often confused by the event; but for privacy's sake i always keep things as anonymous and vague as possible, and won't mention the names of the places where i met the people involved, never mind the names of the people themselves; i'm genuinely just trying to get help to figure out what happened and process it, not gossip about it or otherwise be unfair to the people involved in any way! i just have trouble understanding things that aren't said as directly as humanly possible sometimes and try to get help from others to translate <3 it's part of why i overexplain so much, i need to make sure we're all on the EXACT same page and not leave anything up to chance. and hey it's my blog so anyone reading this should be used to it by now lmao)

i'm still hurt by it, yes! seeing stuff related to the fandom it happened in is still a bit much right now if it's not something i'm seeking out in a very controlled way, it just makes me think about it too much and brings the hurt back up. so part of why i'm staying off my dash and not scrolling is still for my own mental health, to not risk putting myself in a situation where it all gets brought back up to the surface when i'm not in a place to approach the topic in a controlled manner. (like, i don't want to take a 15 minute break at work and suddenly get stressed out and reminded of things. i'm trying to chill and have a snack not ruin my day lol)

but i'm not so hurt i'm in a place where i can't start putting myself back out there a little bit, and since i feel like i can i want to start doing so so as to start addressing it and getting myself sorted again.

but i also noticed, very quickly, just how much tumblr was taking up in my life. i hesitate to call it a full addiction, because addictions often interfere with one's ability to take care of themself, and i certainly wasn't at that point, oh no! tumblr did not get in the way of me feeding myself or sleeping or any of that.

but it had very much become my go-to when i had free time, and i don't like that.

i wasn't really doing many other things that i enjoy. i wasn't reading, or playing any of the games i like, or writing, or trying to one day claw my way through that blender tutorial lol. and i don't like that. so i'm taking measures to make sure that that doesn't happen again.

i think i'm in a place where i can trust myself to log on and not start immediately scrolling or give in to temptation, it's been a couple weeks. i feel like i can trust myself to log on with a specific goal in mind, like make a post or go read the next page of the webcomic, and then log off again. so that's what i'm going to try!

so, in a way, i guess both reasons are for my mental health really, lol. just two different aspects of it.

but regardless, hello again! i still have covid, unfortunately, and while tomorrow was actually my original return to work date i'm still shedding a lot of virus so since HR didn't respond my supervisor told me to just stay home and hope for monday. it's already the end of the week at this point lol

i'm doing pretty well fine tho! still have a little bit of congestion and cough, but the latter is mostly only a problem if i talk for a few minutes and start irritating my throat again. i wasn't doing so great last weekend, chest was rattling and i was having to very shallowly hyperventilate to get enough oxygen, by the end of it i was really understanding a bit too well how people end up on ventilators, it was taking so much effort and focus to try and muster up the strength to cough the stuff out of my lungs y'all, but fortunately i seem to have patched myself back together well enough! the worst of it was over by monday afternoon-tuesday, honestly, the cough and congestion have just been slow to fully fade. the bad part is that i'm still contagious as all get out lol, and i don't have the option of hiding in an office to work F

not really sure what i'm gonna be doing on here for the next bit beyond reading the webcomic n such. i had some plans for some posts i wanted to make but then i kinda got sick so that hasn't happened yet lol. maybe i'll work on those a bit. i feel like i had some shorter ones that were just idle comments i could say and dip but it's been like a week and a half since i last thought about them due to the ✨extenuating circumstances✨ so i can't quite remember off the top of my head. i was ranting about philosophy at @/korvidking on discord earlier so i might just reformat that a bit so it's comprehensible without the context of the rest of the convo lol

hm. we'll see i guess lol.

but hi! hope everyone's doing well <3 don't exactly have a HUGE follower base but there's some people who've been around here for quite a while and i hope you guys have had a good couple of weeks, whether we're mutuals or not <3

if you actually read everything and didn't just scroll past immediately you are strong and will continue to pass on your genes, if you just scrolled past you are weak and will not survive the end times but it's not like you're reading this anyway so the strong will just get to live with the ominous prophecy on your behalf

like come on, 95% of the time if i make a post of any significant length i put it under a read more, you can be brave and strong this once i'm sure lol

#anyway im gonna go try and find some food after i check korvid's blog so i can like any of his new stuff #since idk what he's posted these past couple of weeks #but after that it is food time

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egg-emperor · 2 years

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Genuine question, but why not deactivate your Twitter account? Don't you think it would be better for your mental health to engage less with a a platform that the vast majority of time only seems to make you angry/annoyed? Or you could semi-quit and only use it on special occasions (like to interact with the twitter takeover).

Good question because yes I hate Twitter with a passion and it can bring me a lot of stress but the people that interact with me personally isn't usually as bothersome to me (it's actually amusing and entertaining more often than not and if they're really horrible I block and report them) as the things I come across when the muting feature doesn't work and the general toxicity that breeds there. Luckily, I'm not personally caught in it that often, so it keeps me from leaving entirely.

But the main reason why I don't quit is because I'm basically trapped there. Many treasured friends, mutuals, and people I follow and admire have moved there exclusively, so I have no way of interacting and seeing and supporting their content if I leave. It's also the place where all official accounts for things I'm interested in tweets news first and foremost, so I'd be out of the loop on new Eggman content and other things if I left and I can't have that.

Many people agree with my hatred of the site but feel the same way as me about what keeps them there in the first place and that's why we can't give it up easily. That will unfortunately only happen if people finally realize that Twitter is not the right platform for fandom content and discussion and move elsewhere, then I can never open the app and just be notified by official and news accounts.

However, lately I have actually been minimizing the time I spend on there a day, so I'm not constantly seeing things that bother me quite as often as before, to the point it was a nightmare. The most trouble I get now is when bad stuff is recommended/I happen to come across it in general searches, I make the mistake of looking at replies on the wrong tweet, or someone randomly replies to my tweets to be rude.

And yeah all of that is still bad but I'm at least not seeking the content that bothers me, I really try to keep away from it as much as I can. But I still don't want to stop tweeting and replying to posts because I want to put my thoughts out there and I don't want to have to stop and keep it in just because of random rude people that will stop eventually/I can block and report if they don't.

So yeah, it's the general population of Twitter and the content I see overall that bothers me more than what happens when I'm tweeting and replying. But not looking at my tl as often cuts a whole chunk of that out and makes it a lot less stressful, so things have actually been better for me on it recently.

#asks

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xplrvibes · 3 years

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Here's the deal: I've been on the fandom side of the internet for a long time. I've been in and out of fandoms to varying degrees of obsession, pretty much since I was 13 years old. Thats a...long time.

Fandoms have been, at different times, a hobby, a pass time, a means of escape, an obsession, a sole source of friendship, and so much more. I've had fan accounts and I've been a lurker. I contributed fanfics (horribly, I might add) and meta posts and tried my hand at edits (another bad call) and I've also simply sat back and been a silent supporter of the others in the fandoms.

Three things I've learned through all my trial and error:

Every fandom is toxic, if you know where to look for the toxicity. If you seek it out, you will find it. But there are spaces within the fandom that just want to chill and have fun, and not fight over ships and plagarize fics and cancel each other/their faves or accuse each other/their faves of playing favorites or fake dm's of their faves or catfish as their faves (sidenote: every fandom has this too, trust) or send threats to their faves or whatever the hell else is going on over on the toxic side. If you don't want to be on that side, find the side that isn't like that. Its usually the people who have been in the fandom, or fandoms in general, long enough to have already gotten all of that out of their system.

Nothing lasts forever. Your fandom will change. Big Names will leave. New names will become the new Big Names. Some people will disappear for a while and come back. Some people will disappear and never come back. The show will end, or the person will fade into obscurity, or the band will break up. New fads will take over the old fads. Thats life. Don't stress it, don't reject it; embrace it. Its sort of like high school, in a way: you were there and it was a massive part of your life...and then its over and you move on to another massive part of your life. Maybe you stay friends with people in your high school, maybe you don't. Maybe you see them on Facebook every once in a blue moon, or go out to lunch with them once a year, or maybe you never see or hear that person's name again in your life. But roll with it, because life changes, and so do you, and so do they.

On the flip side: some people never leave a fandom. That is also OK. Never feel pressured to leave a fandom because all of your mutuals did, or because its no longer the cool thing to stan, or whatever. If it makes you happy and you enjoy that fandom, you stick with it. Who cares what other people think. Seriosuly. If they don't like that you are still posting about a fandom that they aren't connected with anymore, thats their decision and prerogative, but they don't own your life and your space and your blog. You do you.

This is just a general statement and not based on any one thing in particular. I've been more involved in fandom stuff again since quarantine, and walking away from it for so long and then coming back gave me a fresh perspective.

#personal #fandom stuff from an og #fandoms #just some thoughts

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