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strangelock221b:

My best advice for fic writers?

Get thee an enabler.

By that, I mean that you should have a friend who will encourage you to write whatever makes you happy. 

Self-indulgent stuff you think no one else will like? They’ll devour it. 

You’ve stumbled into a new ship? They’ll send you all the prompts you could ever want.

Every fic writer should have someone like that.
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rav3n3tt3:

writingburrito:

This is your casual reminder that yes, your wip is worth writing. You’re not wasting time. Creativity is never a waste.

This is your casual reminder that it’s okay if you’re not constantly working on your WIP. Creativity takes time.
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swords-and-aros:

Every character is a-spec if I project hard enough
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cobraonthecob:

aziraphaleisagender:

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rebelmeg:

aziraphaleisagender:

beautiful-thensad-thensadder:

rainwasheseverythingaway:

aziraphaleisagender:

Writer: There Was Only One Bed…

Smut fans: *gasp!!!!!*

Writer: So They Spooned All Night And The Brooding One Allowed Themselves To Feel Vulnerable For The First Time In Years And The Chirpy One Got Some Quality Snuggles

Fluff fans: *GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Alternatively:

There was only one bed and so they lay there together, only inches apart physically but it may as well have been miles for neither could muster the courage to tell the other the true depth of their feelings and so they lay there sleepless in their mutual pining

Angst fans:

There was only one bed. A carried B to it and gently eased them down. They were both badly injured but B’s conditions were much worse and A wouldn’t rest until they knew B was going to be alright. So A sat down next to B and brushed their hair back, holding their hand as B shivered through the night, their only comfort A’s presence by their side.

Hurt/Comfort fans:

Dear god you’re right, you’re so right

I feel like this needs to be a writing challenge…

How many different ways can you write this one trope.

There was only one bed, but instead of making a big fuss, the tired pair went the fuck to sleep and got a full 8 hours.

My sleep deprived ass:

OH YEAH THAT’S THE GOOD STUFF

😹😹😹
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everywitchway:

marvel:

so the only two white actors in black panther are martin freeman, who played bilbo baggins, and andy serkis, who played gollum.

so I guess that means…they’re the Tolkien white guys.

I literally screamed
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runcibility:

moringmark:

I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it
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elfwreck:

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renniequeer:

systlin:

So to further out myself as a Fandom Old ™

I’m browsing ao3, as one does, and this one image struck me to the core and I just stared at the screen for like a solid 20 seconds

Oh how the world has changed

holy shit WHAT

I know this gave me anxiety

Isn’t AO3 marvelous?

Someone suggested I move my old VC fic there and the idea gave me such anxiety I had to double check the category really did exist

Finding it is a real how-far-we’ve-come moment…I might have gotten a bit teary

Reminder that, as far as I’ve been able to track down (and I’ve been looking), there has never been a lawsuit over free fanfiction.

There’ve been a lot of C&D orders, plus the Chelsea Quinn Yarbro legal settlement (which didn’t involve going to court; the lawyer demanded stuff and the fans caved because they didn’t think they could fight it). There are takedown notices. There are a lot of archive website, and web host platforms, that decline to host content that an author/publisher claims is infringing.

But none of that has been found guilty of copyright infringement in court. Nobody’s sued a fanfic writer for copyright infringement. Not even Disney. 

And the OTW knows that. Knows exactly what legal stance they’re taking when they refuse to disallow fic because an author doesn’t like it. Knows what the copyright cases for profit-based works have been - Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose, others… they know that, when you combine the concept of parody (the legal term, not the casual meaning of “funny mockery”) and the utter lack of profit, a copyright holder’s case would be very thin indeed.

A Harry/Draco story runs solidly into the legal issues of Suntrust: this is a story the original author would never write, appealing to readers who aren’t reading it instead of Rowling’s works (because if you don’t know Rowling’s works, you may not understand the characters), with fictional elements that comment on the gaps and world structure of the original. RPF is even more protected - Hustler v. Fallwell had a SCOTUS ruling that incest porn about Fallwell was protected speech since Falwell was a public figure and the parody could not have been reasonably considered believable. 

“Next episode in the series” fanfic might be infringing; “Avengers Orgy Tower OT8″ is better protected. “My date with the lead singer” might be infringing (on publicity rights, not copyright) but “the band is actually werewolves and I’m the alpha female who bonded with all of them” is implausible enough to be free speech.

Rice (and the other takedown authors) managed to stifle fic about their works through bullying intimidation tactics, not a solid legal foundation. They counted on fic authors and website hosts not being copyright law experts, AND not having the money to challenge a suit if one is filed, even if there’s no way it could win against any kind of defense.

Part of why the OTW was created, was to end those tactics. To say to authors, publishers, production companies: If you think fanfic is actually illegal, bring on your lawyers and let’s get a court to actually make a ruling.

10+ years, and not a damn one of them has made a move. 

You think Disney doesn’t know Star Wars fic exists? You think Warner Brothers is happy with Snarry novels? Think Viacom hasn’t noticed Star Trek fanzines? Think Diana Gabaldon, George RR Martin, and Orson Scott Card are unaware that AO3 hosts fic based on their works? 

And yet. No lawsuits. 

Disney’s done takedown notices over the Baby Yoda gifs… but nothing about the fanfic at AO3. 

D’you think Abrams is happy with all the FinnPoe fic and memes? That he wouldn’t shut it down if he had any legal way to make it stop?

We’re on solid ground at AO3. We just needed a host that wouldn’t cave to the pressure of “[author] doesn’t approve of fanfic; remove it or else.” 

OTW says: Or else what? 
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secret-engima:

1. True.

2. OI.

laqualassiel:

secret_engima

savannahsdrabbles:

It’s always my favorite character

sparklecryptid​ lectorel​
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tossed-prawns:

once i found out about polyamory, love triangles as a plot device lost 98% of their appeal
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kathplanet:

i just learned this and have to share it with the world. the captain of a ship can officiate marriages, but the 1st mate can also officiate marriges if the captain is the one getting married. and the 2nd mate can also officiate marriages if the captain and the 1st mate are marrying each OTHER

FANFICTION LOOPHOLE!!! ALERT! ALERT! CAPTAIN AND FIRST MATE AUS, I WANNA SEE A MILLION FICS STAT, GOGOGOGOGO! NOT A DRILL! 

Okay, but who officiates if the captain, the 1st mate, AND the 2nd mate are getting married?

blackkatmagic KAAAT!!! Look at this!

the rest of the crew draws straws, obviously

a small mutiny in which the captain is replaced and the new captain marries them before the married persons also mutiny and thus the captain, the first and the second mate were married by the previous captain- who is that person over there- before they mutinied and are now captains again
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