what is gintama about?

-> staying alive despite it all. living for the sake of living. living and caring and -

-> balls

The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

you're falling in the trap!! it will be read by many people, many times, and it will live on in their memories. and maybe no single other human will match you in time spent dedicated to your story, but as a collective we will outlast you. acts of creation only grow when they are shared

This. Writing is not like dinner. It can be consumed many times

This has probably been said but the way I had to force myself to understand writing was that it wasn't like making a meal, but it was like making a blanket

Somedays it will only be used once, and briefly, and then tucked away and forgotten about

Other days it will be used for weeks at a time until every pattern stitched in is memorized

And a couple times it will be wrapped around someone and used until the edges are frayed and worn and falling apart and every fibre or string or piece of yarn that was used in it's creation is memorized as something beautiful

Writing isn't cooking

It's creation

so back when i was teaching, one of the things i learned to look for were the "mood makers", as i liked to call them, of the classes. there were always 2 or 3 per class, and it was easy to find them in the first few days. you got those kids on your side, and it was a ripple effect with the rest of the students - they would all follow. so winning those kids over was huge when it came to how the year would play out. and from time to time, whenever the class was sort of faltering - middle of winter, of a big project, burn-out high - i would lean back in on those mood makers again to turn things around.

one particular class, when we had a big multi-month group project happening, were just... really struggling with getting their shit together lol. they were supposed to be practicing their presentations (english speaking class) and they were doing pretty much anything but, and their presentations were supposed to start the next class day. they were also PANICKING as i started giving out some feedback - which was NOT GREAT - as they were running through the lines they were supposed to be remembering. after realizing all of them needed so much extra work, i decided we needed to have a turn-around, so i invited one of the mood makers up to the front. i held out a cup to him, with two papers inside.

"one of them," i said, "says tuesday, and if you draw that, presentations go as planned. but one of them says thursday, and if you choose that one, everyone gets extra time to practice."

everyone was like OH SHIT. OKAY. THIS IS IT. and this mood maker, he was a big personality (they usually are) so i knew he'd really ham this up, and he did. we made a huge deal, with drum-rolls and everything, of him picking one out of the cup. he opened it up the paper and announced THURSDAY to a round of huge cheers. he was the class hero. everyone had TONS of motivation to work super hard on this gifted extra day, and really put the time in. their presentations were great. morale SOARED.

the plot twist was that both papers said thursday, because they all needed the extra time. my forever teacher advice: find creative ways to make things happen so that you get the buy-in from the class.

i cant wait for yuuri to be the son-in-law yakov’s always wanted..

anyway heres a bonus cause its christmas!

Imagine your icon being your therapist

THIS PEACE IS WHAT ALL TRUE WARRIORS STRIVE FOR

So today I got a rather unkind comment on AO3 (one could call it hate), but I believe it to be a bot for several reasons:

I'm curious, did anyone else get comments like this? Let me know.

And to those who have gotten rude comments and are now worried/upset: Maybe it was just a bot too. Either way: You're awesome for putting your writing out there for others to enjoy and you don't deserve to get rude comments for it. If you want feel free to message me to compare cases and discuss details :)

For comparison, this is the one I received.

Here are some more examples fellow writers allowed me to share:

As you can see, these comments all the match the description above. Also they seem to be weirdly obsessed with AI and this entire operation may be an attempt to promote writing AI - which, if true, is disgusting on several levels.

(If any of the people with the AO3 usernames in question happen to see this: Don't worry, we're all sure it wasn't you, no hard feelings and sorry that a bot stole your name for hate comments. The names are only shown as proof that they are indeed stolen)

Oh I was just wondering why I got a weird comment today!

This is mine. Looking at the pattern, it is definitely a bot. Stealing usernames and posting as guests under that.

I was upset for a hot minute, replied asking what did they mean... Turns out I shouldn't have bothered.

Thank you for the addition! This certainly paints a picture - they're claiming that the work of actual human authors is subpar (the toddler comment on mine and the human comment on yours) and/or bring up AI.

Sorry this happened and I hope you're feeling better now💕 personally, I do believe this work was written by a human being and a lovely too!🫂💗

I don't think they're so much trying to get people to use AI to write fics - there seems to be some sort of a scam where the bots encourage commenters to put a fic through their 'AI scanner' to check if it was written by a robot.

They're literally trying to get readers to do the work of scraping fics for them.

I'm sure other folks have added this already in different reblog chains, but AO3 has disabled guest comments for now.

Just in case, I would recommend not going to any of the AI writing sites these comments mention since it's possible they have malware on them. Or maybe the comments are just intended to get people searching for the terms and then that might make them pop up in google search's autofill?? I have no idea 😑

QQGK/GUEE Mandarin Homonyms

So, y'all know how a few examinees' names are subject names, such as:

And how a few examinees' examiners' names are other (vice-related) things, such as:

But yesterday I just realised that our arsonist main ship's name is also a homonym...and it means....

..."firefighting"....

...the irony...

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When I was reading Global Examination I was pretty surprised at how easily You Huo and Qin Jiu fall in love considering danmei is notoriously angsty. They start out cold but partial to each other as they recognize talent and it evolves into partners because no one else can keep up with them. Neither admits it but they have fun doing exams with another crazy anarchist bastard, and before they know it they care for each other. 

They lock their relationship in (again) about halfway through the novel, openly admit to dating to the people around them, cuddle when they sleep, and flirt incessantly. I think it’s sort of sweet that they went through the motions of doubt, shame, self sacrifice, miscommunication, eta before the novel even started. It’s their third time on this and dammit they just love each other

was rereading that part in qqgk during the foreign language exam where huo wrote GI instead of 001 and i just had to stop and take in the fact that love is so *gestures wildly* because what do you mean neither of them remember each other but they do

what do you mean the mind forgets but love persists and insists on remembering? what do you mean that they can't remember if they've met or when or where or how but a part of him remembers these two seemingly insignificant letters? what do you mean he didn't know what those letters meant or who it would call for or what it would do but knows their call will always be answered?

what do you mean they've forgotten when they're a part of each other that they cannot lose, not willingly — not essentially.

The earring is always shining in Qin Jiu's pov I'm not ok actually

"Yes sir I'll bring your daughter back at 7 ^^"

"Sir I lost your daughter T^T"