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the Character has been named *passes out in a crater*
Whenever I see Ao3 comment discourse and the idea of writing for comments and feedback as the reason that you write I just have the feeling of like. Oh. You are a completely different kind of person than me.
As a creative (I write fiction, I draw, I do worldbuilding projects, I've been dipping my toe into icon-making/edits) I'd say that about 45/50 % of what I make, I show people. The rest of it goes into a box under my bed, or lives on my hard drive. Why don't I show it to people? The reason is because the point isn't getting comments or being part of a community. The point is making the thing. The point is creating things. The point is Finishing The Damn Project That's Been Sitting Next To The Kanata Nendo For Over A Year Now God-. The point is not sharing it. The point is not getting praise. Praise is nice. I like knowing that someone has genuinely liked my work, but it's a nice extra.
I'm sort of like my father- I think we both need to have An Ongoing Project in order to function and not go absolutely bugfuck insane. He does DIY and I write incest porn, different strokes for different folks. It's not a cult of productivity thing, it's more like the quote by Kazuma Kamachi. "If I don't keep writing, I'll crash. Like an airplane."
When people say that not getting any comments is ruining the point of writing fic I'm just like? Was the point not making it? Was the point not discovering what you could make? Or challenging yourself? Or putting something into the world that wasn't there before?
It's just so strange to me.
As a creative (I write fiction, I draw, I do worldbuilding projects, I've been dipping my toe into icon-making/edits) I'd say that about 45/50 % of what I make, I show people. The rest of it goes into a box under my bed, or lives on my hard drive. Why don't I show it to people? The reason is because the point isn't getting comments or being part of a community. The point is making the thing. The point is creating things. The point is Finishing The Damn Project That's Been Sitting Next To The Kanata Nendo For Over A Year Now God-. The point is not sharing it. The point is not getting praise. Praise is nice. I like knowing that someone has genuinely liked my work, but it's a nice extra.
I'm sort of like my father- I think we both need to have An Ongoing Project in order to function and not go absolutely bugfuck insane. He does DIY and I write incest porn, different strokes for different folks. It's not a cult of productivity thing, it's more like the quote by Kazuma Kamachi. "If I don't keep writing, I'll crash. Like an airplane."
When people say that not getting any comments is ruining the point of writing fic I'm just like? Was the point not making it? Was the point not discovering what you could make? Or challenging yourself? Or putting something into the world that wasn't there before?
It's just so strange to me.
2024 Fanfic Year In Review
Dec. 16th, 2024 04:55 pmI found this 2024 Year In Review, and I thought it looked fun, so I decided to do it.
1: How many fics have you worked on since January?
Oh god. *opens up Google Docs* 33 unfinished works plus 43 individual fics posted to Ao3... 75?!?!?!?!?!
...I worked on 75 fics since January 2024. Oh god. Caveat that I'm dyscalculic and thus could be fucking up the number, but...
Holy shit, me. Holy shit. Good job. Now time to finish up those 33 works.
2: What's something new you tried in a fic this year?
Yuri! I wrote 2 F/F fics this year, and more if we're counting genderbends of canonically male characters. I greatly enjoyed the experience and am probably going to be doing it again. Thanks, HSR. Now give Jingliu some story relevance.
3: What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.)
*looks at Ao3 stats* Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Somehow went from "thing I like but not super intensely" to "thing that consumes every waking hour of my mind" last year and the fic train kept on rolling. Never underestimate the power of having friends to reinforce your obsession.
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1: How many fics have you worked on since January?
Oh god. *opens up Google Docs* 33 unfinished works plus 43 individual fics posted to Ao3... 75?!?!?!?!?!
...I worked on 75 fics since January 2024. Oh god. Caveat that I'm dyscalculic and thus could be fucking up the number, but...
Holy shit, me. Holy shit. Good job. Now time to finish up those 33 works.
2: What's something new you tried in a fic this year?
Yuri! I wrote 2 F/F fics this year, and more if we're counting genderbends of canonically male characters. I greatly enjoyed the experience and am probably going to be doing it again. Thanks, HSR. Now give Jingliu some story relevance.
3: What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.)
*looks at Ao3 stats* Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Somehow went from "thing I like but not super intensely" to "thing that consumes every waking hour of my mind" last year and the fic train kept on rolling. Never underestimate the power of having friends to reinforce your obsession.
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Sep. 19th, 2024 04:05 pm
today in "fanfiction lines that are really funny out of context"
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Sep. 6th, 2024 09:49 pmAlready written *checks notes* over 26 thousand fucking words for Sintember. The power of horny I guess.
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Jun. 17th, 2024 11:06 amI used to have Fanfic Writer Epithet Disease, until I decided that when I did Februabba I wouldn't use a single epithet, and then that cured me. I'm free. I think this is akin to some sort of rehab therapy. If you want to cure yourself of Fanfic Writer Epithet Disease I think this is a great way to do it.
The best part of writing trans!character fanfic or playing around with headcanons is figuring out what bizarre mental contortions the characters in question have wound themselves up in with regards to gender. It's always great.
(some of my favorite ones are "ray blanchard was completely right about absolutely everything and the fact that i can't stop staring at women's chests is simply natural gay male jealousy over their ability to attract women", "the only people who actually enjoy sex are receptive partners, the only reason all men aren't gay bottoms is because of societal disapproval", and "as a hyper-paranoid supercriminal who doesn't want to be discovered, i'll simply transition to female! women are less likely to be criminals so this makes perfect sense and i don't know why everyone doesn't do it, must be a sign of my super-genius-tactical-prowess!")
(some of my favorite ones are "ray blanchard was completely right about absolutely everything and the fact that i can't stop staring at women's chests is simply natural gay male jealousy over their ability to attract women", "the only people who actually enjoy sex are receptive partners, the only reason all men aren't gay bottoms is because of societal disapproval", and "as a hyper-paranoid supercriminal who doesn't want to be discovered, i'll simply transition to female! women are less likely to be criminals so this makes perfect sense and i don't know why everyone doesn't do it, must be a sign of my super-genius-tactical-prowess!")
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Feb. 25th, 2024 10:08 pmresearch leads people to the darkest places (horribly designed catholic tradwife blogs)
when my self hate comes along i’m pointing at it and saying “could a worthless person do THIS” (write 10,000 words for februabba and it’s not even day ten yet)
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Jan. 14th, 2024 07:06 pmDoing the Three Sentence Ficathon has made me realize how much I use italics in my fic now that I have to manually type in the HTML every single time.
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Nov. 10th, 2023 02:15 pmsome fanfic writers: idgaf they're using dollars in italy who cares this is just for fun
me: *is slowly going insane trying to find out when the term 'girldick' first came into common usage for the sake of a single line*
me: *is slowly going insane trying to find out when the term 'girldick' first came into common usage for the sake of a single line*
I wound up stumbling across this one Old Internet Article about soulbonding and soulpuppeting; you can read it here.
And I sort of got to thinking about (note; i will be using the term "soulbonder" in a pretty weird way here, so if that bothers you, feel free to peace out) the difference between authors who's characters talk to them, and authors who's characters...don't. (Or, for the purposes of this discussion, "soulbonders", and "soulpuppeters", respectively.)
Because I've seen discussion from the latter, of them sort of assuming the "my character did X" was just an elaborate metaphor, or people being cutesy, and getting horribly shocked when they get it explained to them that no, for some authors, their characters do literally have their own opinions on things and make decisions on their own that their authors have no control over. (And then some of those soulpuppeters accuse soulbonders of lying or being mistaken or trying to seem special.)
And I think it's a really interesting neurotype difference! It's weird as fuck!
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And I sort of got to thinking about (note; i will be using the term "soulbonder" in a pretty weird way here, so if that bothers you, feel free to peace out) the difference between authors who's characters talk to them, and authors who's characters...don't. (Or, for the purposes of this discussion, "soulbonders", and "soulpuppeters", respectively.)
Because I've seen discussion from the latter, of them sort of assuming the "my character did X" was just an elaborate metaphor, or people being cutesy, and getting horribly shocked when they get it explained to them that no, for some authors, their characters do literally have their own opinions on things and make decisions on their own that their authors have no control over. (And then some of those soulpuppeters accuse soulbonders of lying or being mistaken or trying to seem special.)
And I think it's a really interesting neurotype difference! It's weird as fuck!
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Jan. 28th, 2023 12:13 pmI can emotionally handle writing basically every chunk of the Trans Experience that might be upsetting or harrowing for some people except for Pronoun Discussions. good god i hate writing Pronoun Discussions. thank god that i mostly write fic for weebshit fandoms, where i can go "these characters are, because they are japanese, probably speaking in japanese, despite me writing in english. japanese rarely uses gendered third-person pronouns, so Pronoun Discussions would not make sense in these circumstances." and seem Cool and Cultured and like i've Thought About It
god help me if i ever have to write something where the characters would logically be speaking english/another language where gendered third-person pronouns are commonly used. how will i get out of writing Pronoun Discussions then?
god help me if i ever have to write something where the characters would logically be speaking english/another language where gendered third-person pronouns are commonly used. how will i get out of writing Pronoun Discussions then?
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Jan. 25th, 2023 07:42 pmthinking of quite possibly putting a "THIS FANFICTION WAS WRITTEN BY A DERANGED HENTAI-POISONED PERVERT" disclaimer on my fic even though it involves a B-rank problematic ship/frogboy pussy and is based on an aggressively heterosexual hentai setting with a shitload of lolicon so i shouldn't NEED it but. i've seen some shit.
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Jan. 21st, 2023 11:03 pmdoing things which Spark Joy because fuck it (writing the enstars/monster girl encyclopedia crossover with bonus otokofuta)
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Nov. 29th, 2022 10:46 pmi love writing about mentally ill teenage girls making terrible decisions
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Oct. 12th, 2022 12:48 pmand i once again have to revise my headcanon backstory for a character because enstars just revealed something completely wild about their upbringing that makes what i thought about them extremely unlikely to happen
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Sep. 29th, 2022 12:21 pmme: ah yes, mayoi, my beautiful delicate angelic princesswife, who i love more than life itself, so beautiful and so wonderful, i just want to lock him away so nothing bad can ever happen to him and only i may gaze upon his beautiful visage
me: *proceeds to write fanfiction in which he suffers from delusional parasitosis*
me: *proceeds to write fanfiction in which he suffers from delusional parasitosis*
It is. Surprisingly difficult to write a character who talks in third person and make it sound natural. All your toolkit as a writer for not making dialogue/internal monologue sound repetitive is now being thrown out the window!
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Sep. 12th, 2022 07:29 amsad writer learns that you can't write something powered by Vibes alone. sad writer has learned that most writing needs to have Plot and not just Vibes. sad writer has learned that "hnnggg what if shu visscituded mika and he wound up with loads of eyes and spines everywhere and it was torture but also weirdly intimate" is much closer to Vibes than Plot. tragedy of the century.
