I am aware I have died on this hill before but people who really strenuously argue that fanfic isn’t “real writing” drive me insane. what do you meeeaaaaannn. besides the fact that any attempt to define “real art” vs “fake art” is inherently reactionary, it just doesn’t make any sense. it’s Writing. people Write it. what the fuck are you talking about.
“it’s totally self-indulgent with no standards for quality and criticism is borderline not allowed”
are you like. aware of the concept of hobbies? if someone regularly posted pictures of their hobbyist knitting projects on their blog, it would be considered rude to drop in with “criticism.” that’s still a real art form.
“most of it is really bad”
I cannot stress enough how much perceived quality is not a valid metric for determining what is and isn’t art
“it’s just porn”
I’m going to kill you
“it’s full of unchecked misogyny, racism, queerphobia, etc”
I have some really bad news about every artistic medium ever
“you didn’t put in the work of making your own world/characters, you just copied someone else’s”
tv shows with writers’ rooms. ghost writers. franchises where different works are written by different people. adaptations and retellings. sorry guys I guess none of these are real writing anymore.
There is an endemic problem in spinoff novels or cross-media properties like comics, where you’ll get a very talented author recruited whose work is generally excellent, and everyone’s excited, but then it turns out they don’t know how to write fanfiction.
And the result is that the spinoff is really bad. Because the author completely fails to capture the vocal cadence or behavior or motivations of someone else’s characters, the narrative tone of the series…they try too hard to the point of making in-universe references feel stilted and unnatural, or do WAY too much exposition about things that shouldn’t need to be explained at this level of barrier-of-entry.
The ability to be a chameleon, to figure out and match the “feel” of characters and a world you didn’t create, is a learned skill.
(Also there are absolutely people who drop in with unsolicited criticism on someone’s hobby knitting or quilting or whatever, and they’re dicks.)
According to Know Your Meme, on August 18th, 2005, Erwin Beekveld brought forth this work into the world. HAPPY TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THEY’RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD.
sheds a single tear
every august 18th my notifications break and i go, fuck, tumblr has failed me once again, but it hasn’t. it hasn’t failed me. it’s just the taking the hobbits to isengard-iversary. happy 12 years
These campaigns are for evacuation and involve at least one person who needs to be evacuated for medical care as soon as possible. The health of other members deteriorate due to poor living conditions.
There are other members in this family but please focus on this campaign for now. Donation match USD 5. gfm (Venmo, PayPal, Google Pay, credit/debit): USD 12,395 / 31,000.
Jk rowling (who is chronically online) has not make a tweet in 4 days. I don’t know if she’s taken a break that long before but it’s fun to imagine that her legal team has literally locked away all of her technology.
several more families have reached out to me requesting that i share their campaigns, so i’m putting together another list for people to share! please consider donating to some of these gofundmes, and if you can’t then i’d love it if you could share these links around.
malak is a medical student who has lost a brother and seen other family members injured in the war. she is trying to raise money to help her family leave gaza and complete her education.
eman is a biotechnology specialist looking to pursue her phd, but she and her family are stuck in gaza due to the closed borders.
Thank you for every single one who feel our pain, listen to our voice, care about humanity and share our words. I become more confident we are not alone. Free Palestine 🤍❤🖤💚
He overpowered Frodo at Amon Hen, claimed the Ring, and returned to Minas Tirith to raise an army against Mordor
He’s so full of hubris he doesn’t even draw his sword before he’s killed and the Ring retaken by the enemy, WOMP WOMP
“Beautiful and terrible as the dawn;” on his return to Minas Tirith, here’s how he appears to Faramir, who pieces together what his older brother has done with growing horror
Last bit of sanity before being totally consumed! NIGHT NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT, mwah! :-*
God, I am absolutely LIVID about what happened in Southport. The most appalling attack on young girls happens and then a bunch of racists show up to smash up the town, destroy a mosque (when no-one involved has the slightest connection to Islam) and attack people. I cannot imagine the pain being felt by residents of that community right now, who now have to spend a day cleaning up instead of grieving for three young lives cruelly taken away.
