Ao3 Is Actually Massively Culturally Important And Very Very Good At Being What It Is. I’m So Serious

Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

Reblog if a fanfic has ever made you cry

#me

This is exactly how I felt after finishing Gideon the Ninth.

I’ve recently read a bunch of the wlw fantasy books like Crier’s War, The Midnight Lie, Priory, etc. and after reading those and how they are written it’s been a complete shock to read Gideon the Ninth which says things like:

Gideon had always known that this would be how she went: gangbanged to death by skeletons.

“Because I completely fucking hate you,”said Harrowhark, “no offence.”

and

“Go choke on a dick”

-all within the first few chapters and I love it

girlfriends on a picnic ☀

The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Directed by Cheryl Dunye

Fanfiction is not "Eww... fanfiction".

Fanfiction is comfort after a long day. Fanfiction is hope when things aren't going so well. Fanfiction is exploring your emotions and sexuality in a safe place. Fanfiction is reaching out into a universe to discover things you never knew before. Fanfiction is discovering things about yourself that you were unsure of. Fanfiction is going on adventures. Fanfiction is walking when maybe you cannot. Fanfiction is standing up for yourself when it's hard to do in real life. Fanfiction is having the family you never had, the friends you always wanted, the love and affection you deserve. Fanfiction is letting out your frustrations and anger in a safe place. Fanfiction helps people. Readers and Writers alike.

Fanfiction is not "lesser writing".

Fanfiction is 100k stories about two dudes in a shiny black car. Fanfiction is 47 chapter epic tales about dragons and magic. Fanfiction is short stories that evoke such emotions that leave you crying for hours. Fanfiction is incredible prose that lingers in your mind for years to come.

Fanfiction is not shameful. It is not worthless. It is not just some silly thing kids do.

Fanfiction is beautiful art and no one can take that away from you. If they try, just write them into your next story and beat the hell out of them.

✨ a film for every year of my life ✨ | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

-Do all lovers feel they’re inventing something? I know the gestures. I imagined it all, waiting for you. - You dreamt of me? -No. I thought of you.

20 Years of Freaky Friday (August 6th, 2003)