paperstorm

can you believe that we have fanfiction. that we have websites dedicated to fanfiction. that there is a place that you can go and read tens, hundreds, thousands and thousands of pieces of writing that strangers have made. people who are not "writers". people who come home at the end of the day and have feelings and say, i am going to put that into words. i am going to share those words. short, long, sweet, sad, horny, funny, wonderful words. we are all just human and we all love to make and remake and share that with others. can you believe that.

a real blorbo is someone you can both write a lengthy and serious/sad analysis on yet also constantly and i mean constantly make stupid jokes about

oh and also there’s gotta be at least one thing they should be locked up for

put your head on my shoulder

hey man I found a piece of your soul stuck in the text messages of old friends you don’t speak to anymore. do you want it back

You better watch out, buddy – I have extremely unusual life experiences which I mistakenly believe are universal, and I'm about to misinterpret your post in ways you can't even imagine.

this is such a rude and obviously targeted thing to make me, a man with a problem, read

people telling you they reread your fic is the biggest compliment you could ever receive. there are thousands of stories out there begging to be found, to be explored, but your story meant so much to someone that they came back to it eagerly, they went over every word again. to love is to return and loving a fic is rereading it. thank you to all readers and rereaders <3333

A story of nine pivotal moments in Carlos's life, and nine times his best friend was there beside him.

Rating: T Pairing: Carlos & Iris Other characters: Michelle Blake, Luisa Reyes, Andrea Reyes, Gabriel Reyes, Theresa Blake Additional tags: Pre-canon, coming out, friendship, canon compliant, mental health issues

Chapter 1: nine. Chapter 2: eleven. Chapter 3: fourteen. Chapter 4: fifteen.

I think we can do better Rafa

It’s fine because I’m actually using a secret technique called writing it in my head and nowhere else.

911 lone star -> tk + holding carlos' face in his hands

Happy to present to y'all this 911LS fic list for stories related to one of my favorite episodes 3.13 Riddle of the Sphynx! I try to make these as comprehensive as possible, so if you have any you think I missed, let me know so I can add them. (I also might make edits to these posts to add more fics as they get written. If I ever do so I'll be sure to reblog the post for visibility!)

Enjoy all of our amazing fandom writers and leave them some comments & love!

[Disclaimers: • If you're an author and don't like to be tagged or linked for any reason, let me know and I'll remove the tag and make sure not to do so in the future, no questions asked. • I usually post TWs in rec lists. Due to the episode subject matter, assume all of these have a TW for discussion of addiction/drug use and possibly discussion of parent death/grief.]

◆ Chasers by @carlos-in-glasses (Words: 13.4K; Rating: E)

◆ trying my best by @reyescarlos (Words: 10.3K; Rating: M)

◆ You Showed me How it feels to Truly be Seen by @ramblingdisaster73 (Words: 3K; Rating: T)

◆ Measure of a Man by @chicgeekgirl89 (Words: 1.8K; Rating: T)

an important principle of fandom (and life, actually) is that if you want more of Less Popular Thing, it is good to create positive spaces and events for it. however, if you use those spaces to take cracks at the More Popular Thing which you perceive as stealing oxygen from your Less Popular Thing, you do not increase the audience for Less Popular Thing. you decrease it, because you irk people who like both Things. and depending on the relative popularity, there are quite possibly more people who like both Things than people who only like Less Popular Thing. (not to mention - you kill your chances of recruiting people who like More Popular Thing but are neutral on or haven’t considered Less Popular Thing.) 

you’re not campaigning for votes (where There Can Be Only One), you’re marketing for a share of people’s attention. don’t be petty. be effective. 

Also applies in general. Insulting people’s tastes is highly unlikely to result in them becoming more receptive to yours, and you’re likely to only succeed in alienating them (and quite possibly putting them off whatever you’re recommending for life.)

Just focus on whatever you’re trying to promote. “This show’s great; I think you might like it! It’s about blah blah blah” or even “If you liked X you might like Y too; they’re quite similar in some ways!” It sounds cheesy, but this really is a time to just be focusing on the positives.

Plus, even if I like Less Popular Thing and actually hate More Popular Thing, I don’t want to be a part of a fandom that spends significant time complaining about the thing they don’t like, I want to be in a space filled with people enjoying the thing that they do like.

I have chosen not to get involved in fandoms for this exact reason before. If I poke my head in and see nothing but bitching about other folks having a good time in a different part of fandom, I leave, regardless of my feelings about the source material.

Who wants to be part of a fandom filled with nothing but toxicity?

if i ever interacted with you and it was awkward just know im sorry and painfully aware that sometimes i come off like a person who is having the first conversation of their life