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@elfsbe

i'm a writer, i guess. | 💖 @N7ScottieD

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proof of concept for my upcoming light novel 💖 elfsbe.com/2024/02/22/make-y…
Make You Feel (Light Novel) – Proof of Concept

Make You Feel (Light Novel) – Proof of Concept

this is a proof of concept for my upcoming light novel: Make You Feel, Volume One. included is a low-resolution version of an illustration intended for the book. however, due to financial constrain…

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shadae@softambrollins2h
writers hating their readers this much will kill fandoms actually
pyro 🔥🚒 (@applefuell) profile picturepyro 🔥🚒@applefuell20h
people who don't contribute anything to the fandom (don't create artwork, fics, or support writers and artists) do not deserve to have an opinion on how the work is shared, and at this point don't even deserve the access to any of it. this will kill all fandoms.
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people love to be mean and weird until you’re meaner and weirder. now everybody’s crying
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Stories like this make my heart drop. I love single emoji comments as much as long ones; can’t even imagine replying like this. That was a lovely sentiment to share but it wasn’t good enough? No matter how much other writers deny it this is a grossly entitled capitalistic mindset
미노링 🐈‍⬛️🌙🔮 (@1999blues) profile picture미노링 🐈‍⬛️🌙🔮@1999blues13h
idk one time i commented "i wish i could give this endless kudos" on a fanfic and the author very condescendingly replied "or you could write an actual comment instead". we don't know what it is that some of you specifically want, sometimes commenting is already too much lmao
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actually i decided i don't care LMAO
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going on my little block spree
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wow forever in two days, let's fucking goooooooooooo
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"we don't want the fics on drives because we want community engagement" THE DRIVES ARE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT!! someone in your community loved your fic enough to SAVE & SHARE it! Villianizing your own readers is driving the community AWAY from you, do you not get it??
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it's the way they think they can "punish" readers by holding their fics hostage under threat of deletion. YOU wanted to write in the first place! everything else is just a bonus. and i say this AS A FIC WRITER. SHARING YOUR WRITING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SELFLESS ACT. YOU WANTED THIS.
Locky (@evilagaiin) profile pictureLocky@evilagaiinNov 1
To be completely transparent I am joining the war on "entitled readers" on the side of entitled readers and I am a fanfic writer and have been for longer than some of you have been ALIVE.
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day 3 of no AO3: we have run out of food (discourse). now people are saying it's bad to discuss fanfiction you like with friends unless you have your entire conversation in the fic's comment sections
mneme mneme mneme baby baby PhD⁷ (grinch version) (@thebittersnake) profile picturemneme mneme mneme baby baby PhD⁷ (grinch version)@thebittersnakeNov 1
I remember reading a fic recently and a commentor left a comment that basically went "OMG we talk about your fic in our discord all the time" and I was like....."you could just leave comments for the author???" The fic author is also part of the fandom experience 🙃
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so excited to have chapter 5 nearly done 😭 we're at 11.7k words rn, still have a ways to go, but it'll def be done by tomorrow night!!! i'll start working on getting milk & black spiders up on my website after i post eeeeee~
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what a way to start my LOA!!! the amount of writing i'm about to get done is insaneeeeeee. i just don't know if i wanna post everything i write at once when AO3 comes back up or not 🤔
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muting everything now bc you people are being so nasty and rude, acting like the "entitled readers" you resent for not giving you attention. any more of this and the unhealed version of me will come out, and she is really fucking mean.
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i am also not above blocking 🤷🏼‍♀️ it's my favorite past time
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fic writers are not gods or celebrities. they're normal fans just like everyone else. they're not above criticism for their behaviour.
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so you want attention and kudos but you don't think fanfic is for readers to read?? how does that even work?? yes, fanfic is there to be read. that's the only reason it exists on ao3. idk what the hell you think readers of free fanfic need to be doing to 'deserve' this fanfic.
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Update from OTW’s tumblr. Notice how there is ZERO mention re the “consent issue” of sharing downloaded fics— just advice as to the more secure methods *without condemning* private drives at all while ALSO encouraging folks to continue sharing fanworks while the archive is down.
Image from chloe 🖤 festive bookshop kisses era 🎄 (@depraved_dame)
Image from chloe 🖤 festive bookshop kisses era 🎄 (@depraved_dame)
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It's literally impossible to post a fic and get 0 interaction on it. There's simply too many users on AO3 for even the worst fics to pass unremarked. They're just refusing to say the quiet part out loud: they want interaction within 24 hours.
amelia (@elfsbe) profile pictureamelia@elfsbeOct 31
i'm a fic writer, not a reader, so i can say with absolute certainty that this concept of "writing for a void" is extremely blown out of proportion when almost every piece of fanfiction i've put out has some sort of engagement on it, even in a dead tag.
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the thing we're all 'owed' as fanfic writers is not comments or kudos or engagement btw. it's the freedom to write and post whatever the hell we want without being harassed or sued or arrested. that is our privilege. and it is a privilege.
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fanfic writers are disproportionately revered. no one treats published authors as gods for writing books. you're treated like selfless martyrs sacrificing so much to hold the fabric of fandom together...when no one forced you. if you're not enjoying it, you can stop any time.
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writers are treating readers like kudos and comment machines tbh
amelia (@elfsbe) profile pictureamelia@elfsbeOct 31
where is this whole "readers treat writers like content machines" coming from??? you don't need to give someone saying "omg pls update soon" so much credence. they aren't holding a gun to your head lmao
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