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Mitch McConnell next, like to charge reblog to cast

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Hi, Chekhov! How well would you say Gideon the Ninth works as a stand-alone novel? My Queer book club was looking for suggestions and I thought "hey, this might be a great way to finally read that thing I have been meaning to read" but I don't want to ask them to read an entire series, you know?

Yes, but only if everyone is cool with being REALLY upset for the foreseeable future.

Narratively is Gideon good as a stand-alone book? Technically.

In terms of story, is Gideon a good book to read if you never intend to read the other books?

No.

You will be very angry. For a long time. Until you read the other books.

Reading Gideon the Ninth is like traipsing through the forest towards a cliff's edge. And at the end of the book, you fall off the cliff. And if you stop there, in your mind.... you will forever be falling from that cliff, because you're afraid to hit the bottom.

But you have to. You have to hit the bottom. Because there's interesting stuff down there. And even though it hurts, the story continues beyond the cliff.

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In the spirit of encouraging people to comment on fanfics while also making it easier to do so, I feel obliged to share a browser extension for ao3 that has quite literally revolutionized the comment game for me.

I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Comments are what keep writers going, and as both a writer and a reader, I think it's such an easy way of showing support and enthusiasm.

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This was an interesting read. Surprisingly nonpreachy given the subject; and well worth the time.

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Want to write a comment on AO3 but don’t know how? Lemme help! Choose as many of these prompts as you like:

1. What was your favorite part?

2. How did it make you feel? Did you laugh out loud? Did you cry? What parts made you feel something?

3. What emotion were you left with when you finished the chapter?

4. Did any particular lines stick out to you? Which ones?

5. Did something remind you of something from the source material? Talk about that!

6. Did anything surprise you?

7. Did anything stand out to you?

I know some people get anxious writing comments but I PROMISE YOU you will make the writer’s day! Even if you just pick one of these things to elaborate on in your comment, the writer will appreciate it! If you write a long comment, the writer will remember it for ages!!

YOU CAN WRITE THE BEST COMMENT SOMEONE HAS EVER GOTTEN!! I believe in you!! 💜 please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or doubts!

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having a child has taught me that every toddler is completely justified in their frustrations and tantrums because learning how to do something you have literally never encountered or heard of before is insane. and being expected to be completely calm in the face of this constant barrage of overwhelming information is doubly insane.

i got charlie a sticker activity book and it occurred to me i have to TEACH someone how to unpeel stickers. it's SKILL that requires DEXTERITY and FINE MOTOR ABILITY. i thought it was obvious that you have to curl the page a little bit to create a break in the cut so the sticker comes up.

obviously a fucking BABY wouldn't know that because they have no background experience to inform their thought process. OBVIOUSLY. and OBVIOUSLY the LITERAL BABY wouldn't get it right the first few times. it would OBVIOUSLY take practice. lots of it.

i hate this feeling. it's so obvious. why are children treated so badly when they're learning everything for the first fucking time. why do people treat children so horribly and expect so much. they're brand new. why didn't i get the same grace i give to my child? why did no one have patience for me? why, when it's this easy?

it's so easy. it's so fucking easy.

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"No one wants to work anymore." Damn right brother. If I could sit in a beautiful field for 40 hours every week of my singular precious life I would

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some scattered illustrations for a The Locked Tomb lyricstuck I started like a year and a half ago and never finished whoopsieeeee

maybe someday. not telling you what the song is.

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shit man this got me emotional

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Mother of dragons

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🐇 🥦 vs class A

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Miles “Who’s Morales?” Morales

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I haven’t been on tumblr in years but I just came across this today and had to say something. I’m literally tearing up looking at this. Your work is something truly special.

snoooore mi-mi-mi-mi-mi, snoooore mi-mi-mi-mi-mi

#also the hyenas!