what the whole "please comment on fic you like, it will encourage more writing" vs. "fic writers shouldn't be writing for engagement and validation" debate fails to really grasp, for me, is that comments shouldn't be boiled down to "engagement and validation" in the first place. by which i mean: comments aren't payment for a service, they are communication and connection. they represent the audience reaching back.
i don't write just for myself. are you kidding me? the point of storytelling, to me, is to present certain narrative arguments and produce or encourage an emotional response to them. That communication is essentially useless if there's no endpoint, no listener. To me, there is no point if I'm not communicating with someone. When I write, I am talking to a reader. If you've read anything I've written, then I was talking TO YOU.
you are well within your right to consume fic as ~content~ and withhold your "payment" out of a sense that the writer should be satisfied at having created anything at all in an unresponsive void. but please be aware that it feels really good when you talk back.
and if i say that wei wuxian and jiang cheng were always destined to end up the way they did then what.
even though i like jiang cheng as a character, i´m okay with him not being in wei wuxian´s life. wei wuxian deserves the happy, peaceful life he has with lan wangji without constantly being on the receiving end of jiang cheng´s negative emotions.
Did the whole "Don't hate what you don’t understand" lesson we were taught a million times over in children's movies go over people's heads?
This is how we should be acting
Oh, you're Muslim?
That's awesome, I'm always so inspired by your creativity in fashion!
You're pagan, and worship several pantheons at once?
That must be a lot of work! That's impressive!
You're a girl but you use he/him pronouns?
Alright, it doesn't inconvenience me at all to respect that, and it's interesting.
You're cupiromantic, so you don’t feel romantic attraction, but you still want to do romantic things?
I don't see how that's any different than an ace person who enjoys sex, or even an allo person using a dating sim game, so go right ahead!
You're a therian that physically identifies as your theriotype?
That's fascinating, how does that work?
You identify as robotkin?
That's sick as hell, tell me more!
None of these things affect me personally, and none of them inherently harm anyone. Can we please treat things with curiosity instead of anger?
i think what most people fail to understand is that curating your online experience doesn't just mean blocking and filtering the things you don't like or don't want to see but that it also (and maybe more importantly) means engaging with the things you do like and want to see. if someone creates something that makes your experience better, let them know! tell them! reblog their things! you get to see/share more of what you like and they get to know that someone out there appreciates their work it's a win-win situation for everyone involved
not only would they win a gift card but also a mug
My favorite fics are the ones where either bingqiu or hualian end up adoptiong wwx, like girl? What are you doing here😭😭?
"Jiang Cheng rebuild his whole clan from the ashes!"
And where do you think Wei Wuxian was? Cheered him on from the sidelines? Drank his days away with ghost women?
The Lotus Pier was never burned (in the novel) – what use is a burned Supervision Office to the Wen? Besides those first three months without Wei Wuxian, he didn't rebuild anything alone. After, it's because of Wei Wuxian that the Jiang Clan continued to exist as a Great Clan and recruited plenty of disciples.
I read a fic a while back where plagg&Tikki swapped species with their holders during an akuma attack and the concept has literally not left my mind yet lol. So here are some fastly drawn doodles 🚪
First year, Class T, Leonardo sensei!
More anime parody. The original audio is from Gintama : Third year, Class Z Ginpachi-sensei!
~They/them~, In many fandoms, I like art/writing sometimes i edit, certified lwj/wwx defender they did nothing wrong.
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