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it’s so frustrating (and heartbreaking) to see so many writers going on indefinite hiatus / deleting their blogs because they are not motivated to write anymore. worst of all: people would always be like ‘no why are you leaving we don’t want you to do so :(’ but they were nowhere to be seen in our notifications beforehand. the lack of support on this platform is a huge issue and it’s a shame that content consumers don’t get the hint when writers have been waving the red flag for months. please support creators by rebbloging their posts, interact with them by leaving a few tags, a comment or an ask! if you’re too shy then hit that anon button and you’re good to go. show them that their works matter and you enjoy their blog, because when the decision to leave is made, it’s already too late.
Normally I'm not one to add my two cents to a post but I think this has inadvertently stumbled into exactly the reason why readers aren't getting engagement: because their audiences are not communities and don't see themselves as such, but 'content consumers'.
Writers and artists create because they are compelled to, but they share because they want to engage with the community. When we approach their works with the emptiness of the term 'content' that so characterizes the commercial media landscape, we devalue the work and intentions of writers and artists.
Yes, comment! Yes, reblog! Yes, support! Because as a reader and audience member you are a vital part of the community! I think there is this sense that you are only valued if you share your creative efforts, and only then can your voice be appreciated, and that simply not true! Audience, we love and appreciate you because we share for you! You are a part of the community too!
This is a really important thing to share. As someone who loves to write and create, I also love interacting with people on the things I create. Yes, I create them because I love doing it. Building new worlds whether via writing or art or even design is something that I feel like I thrive in. It’s when I’m in the best zone for me. It’s why I spend endless hours designing new things not only in the fandom world, but in my field as well that just get me so excited to talk about and share. I just LOVE creation and world building and what better place to get lost in that then in fandom?
It’s such a fun feeling to share something you worked hours on with someone out there who might see it and offer up their interpretations of it in a way that maybe you hadn’t considered or something about it touched them in a way that means something special to them. As an extreme introvert when I first started studying design I was terrified of showing my creations and having people say they were terrible. It scared me to get up and present my work because there’s that fear that someone is going to hate it. Each time you put yourself out there in displaying your art, you are offering a piece of your own creative center that you don’t often share with the world around you (at least for introverts like me). When someone offers positive feedback and a response no matter how little the response may be, no matter if it comes from an anon it makes my day. It hits a spot inside of my creative brain that makes me want to create more, to design and world build and feed not only my creativity but others around me with the idea of sharing these things that have inspired me. So many times I’ve seen people get frustrated and give up because they pour their heart into something and then they are met by silence. Silence comes about for a lot of different reasons all personal, but silence can stifle a creative person’s drive to be creative as they start doubting themselves and wondering if what they thought was inspiring and fun wasn’t so great after all. All artists whether they are writers or artists are seeking out validation. They do what they do because of a love for their craft and their creations, but if someone gives artists love and support it can move mountains. Community is so important for artists, writers and readers alike! This message is such a good one to be heard and shared :)
Imagine for a moment that you are presenting your fic or artwork to an audience, matching the size of your fandom/ship/niche. But you send it electronically to everyone’s phones. They all get their phones out and everyone is looking at their screen. A few people smile while looking at their phone, or laugh, or gasp, or even cry, but you have no idea if they’re even looking at the thing you sent out into the audience. They could be scrolling on Twitter for all you know.
The auditorium is awkwardly silent. Your anxiety eats away at you. Was no one moved by what they read/saw? Was it awful? Was it boring? Did no one care? Did anyone even look at it?
That is how it feels when you put your heart into something, find the courage to share it with your audience, and receive absolutely no commentary on it. It’s no wonder artists and writers alike will walk off the stage and leave the room. And then some people, sitting there looking at their phones, who never said anything, have the audacity to be all “why would you leave???” as if leaving a silent audience we presented to is somehow inconsiderate on our end.
But then there’s someone who says something.
Someone says the dialogue was so witty, or the lighting in the artwork was so captivating, or the plot twist kept them at the edge of their seat, or the expression in a character’s face made them feel something. I now know that this person not only read/saw my work but they didn’t think it was absolute garbage. Until proven otherwise, creators assume their work wasn’t good enough.
We live in a fast paced world full of instantaneous information and so much fanwork that it’s like being at an incredibly overwhelming all-you-can-eat buffet at times. This is great because fic and art is so much more accessible now and it is so easy to share the things we like with others. But this means people have also gotten incredibly lazy when it comes to showing creators that they gave a damn.
Kudos/likes do little to encourage or inspire an artist/writer. Let me explain why. A lot of times, people will kudo a fic when they’ve only read the first chapter (even for a 50 chapter 150k fic). People will like an art to save it for later to reblog at another time. It’s so easy to press a button but there is little heart behind clicking an icon that is supposed to represent the very thing that is lacking. You don’t want to see your audience pressing a button to show they supposedly “liked” something and still be met with crushing silence - you want to hear people talking about the stories and art you’ve put your whole heart into making.
A chef doesn’t want people to silently eat their beautifully crafted meals and leave a tip - something that is pretty standard and expected regardless of the quality of the meal. There’s a reason why “giving compliments to the chef” is a thing! People want to know their work is appreciated when it is good! We want to hear it from the mouths of our audience. We don’t care people pushed the button. It does little to tell us if people enjoyed or even read our work.
People constantly say “I wish I could leave more kudos!!!” Guess what. I have mind breaking news for you. You can press buttons that show your love as many times as you want, on your keyboard, in the tags, in the comments, in the reblogs. You want to leave 500 kudos on your favorite fic? Leave a 500 character long comment. You want to like an artwork 100 times? Reblog it and leave 100 characters worth of tags. These very simple, very quick, very painless actions don’t feel like 100 or even 500 kudos to a creator, they feel like thousands.
The algorithms have gone to shit. All across the board: Instagram is a mess where even people with tens of thousands of followers are struggling to be seen unless they churn out something every hour, half the time posts don’t show up in the tags on Tumblr, Twitter is so clogged up with things that aren’t tweets from people you follow that tweets have a visibility period of a few seconds long. It is harder than ever for artists and writers alike to be seen that so many of us are standing awkwardly in front of silent audiences for far too long. We don’t know if people enjoy our stuff let alone if they’re even looking at it. We need to be told. Otherwise we will leave.
TO UKRAINIAN FRIENDS
If you are looking for an emergency exit from Ukraine, Poland will open EIGHT safety points on the border with Ukraine (you will get warm food, medical help and from there you will be guided to safety) in two of our voivodeships: lubuskie and podkarpackie. It is confirmed by the Polish Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Paweł Szefernaker.
SOURCES:
I've marked those voivodeships on the map!
Please share because it can save lives!!!!!!
EDIT: THERE WILL BE NINE SAFETY POINTS IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES: Dorohusk, Dołhobyczów, Zosin, Hrebenne, Korczowa, Medyka, Budomierz, Krościenko and in Przemyśl organized on the train station.
EDIT2: ADDITIONAL HELP FROM MY UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF POLAND (more precisely in Katowice or Sosnowiec):
"Dear!
Members of the community of the University of Silesia!
Today we are all Ukrainians.
Twice in our history we have been deprived of our own state by the aggression of empires, and thus cut off from the sovereign exercise of the rights and values of a free, democratic world. Without this foundation, the real university cannot exist as well.
Our Ukrainian friends, we understand your suffering, we join in indignation and protest against the aggression of the Russian regime, we declare all possible help.
Our community consists of students, PhD students and employees from many former Soviet republics. We assure you that everyone who respects the rights of our community will find peaceful shelter, and good conditions for studying, research and work here. Please, be attentive to anyone who needs help in this difficult time.
For specific activities, Plenipotentiary of the Rector for Aid for Ukraine was appointed (Sylwia Ledwoch, phone number: 573 490 580), to whom you can report both the need for aid, and support initiatives, including the willingness to individually get involved in helping (food collection, support in finding a job or a flat, medical assistance, etc.). Additionally, we are preparing system support for studying and working people from Ukraine regarding education, legal advice, health and psychological advice, as well as support in finding a job or a place to live. You might also be interested in help from our translators and interpreters.
The Student Government of the University of Silesia, the Doctoral Student Government, and the Student Legal Clinic at the Faculty of Law and Administration is at your disposal and declares any help in matters related to studying and residing in Poland.
We are available via e-mail: urss@us.edu.pl, spp.us.kontakt@gmail.com, doktoranci@us.edu.pl
In the following days, we will launch a website with all necessary information on our actions and support.
We hope that Ukraine will defend the most precious value of any country – independence – and the civilised world will save the global peace.
Let’s be together in mutual help.
HM Rector of the University of Silesia
Student Government of the University of Silesia
Doctoral Student Government of the University of Silesia"
The letter written by the university authorities was posted in four languages!
polish government has opened a website for ukrainians seeking safety and trying to cross the ukrainian-polish border:
ua.gov.pl
as of 13:10 polish time, it has been said as many people as possible will be let through the borders. they are also supposed to let through children who do not have passports, as to not divide families.
Polish person here, I've been on the website, it looks legit! Adding the full link here:
Information is available in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and English
Please get the help available!
Gov.pl is a legit website connected to the polish government i use it to look at tax info and school stuff (it has the lessons for the teachers written out) and driving license info. So this is legit!!!
Ukrainian friends, you can also cross the border to Slovakia, with or without a passport, or at least that's the latest update from our Ministry of Interior. You must prepare yourselves for waiting in lines as they check every individual vehicle upon entering (waiting times according to our news are hours long because of shitty capacities but hopefully after today the officials will figure out a more effective system). If anybody has a link too, I'd be grateful as I haven't found anything useful prior to adding to the post. I hope you all stay safe.
happy valentines day @anchoredtether !!!! i hear you like magical/fantasy aus so here’s a garden witch pidge au for you (♡^__^♡) this was so much fun to do, i hope you like it !!
thanks for putting together such a lovely event ,, you’re amazing! <3
I honestly genuinely really really love how Natasha was honored in Hawkeye. The characters didn't forget about her. She had family and they loved her. So much. She was a person with her own story and pain and joy that seeped into the hearts of so many others.
It was about damn time marvel showed us how loved she really was
Still doesn't make up for the lack of a funeral in Endgame. So glad the popular male character got one but not the sole female Avenger. Yes I'm still salty and will forever be salty.
Pairing: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff [Clintasha]
Tags: Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Kinda, Cooking, Dancing, sometime post Avengers, Stark Tower, Jeremy Rennerisms, a bit of angst, Because I can, it adds flavor okay, it kinda comes with the territory of writing assassins, Established Relationship, Canon Compliant, Post-Avengers (2012), mention of nightmares
Summary: Natasha was supposed to go dancing with Clint on a secret date but she enters his room to find him passed out asleep. For day 22 of the Clintasha Advent for prompt "food/drink."
Can someone recommend me a good pining plance fic? I want the longing™️, the romantic tension, the thinking your love is unrequited!
Oh man there’s SO many good mutual pining Plance fics, I feel like it’s a major theme for these two dorks. But these are the ones that come to my mind off the top of my head:
Dueling Hearts by @sp4c3-0ddity The first one to pop into my head - this one really covers pining Lance which you don’t see as much (since Pidge pining is so painfully obvious in canon) but there’s also fantastic pining Pidge moments.
Tu Eres Mi Corazon by @vivalachocolate Pidge doesn’t know Spanish and Lance uses this to his advantage. And it’s great. Viva is a genius.
Roommates in Disguise by @rueitae & @fallen-angel-nightshade This one is great, it’s Pidge and Lance as a supervillain and superhero respectively, and they end up as roommates but don’t know each others’ secret identities. As you can guess, there is so much pining in this one.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Christmas Carol by @hailqiqi & @rueitae & @sp4c3-0ddity Crack treated seriously and based on a Christmas Carol, this one has so many emotions with Lance moving on and finding love in his friendship with Pidge. It treats the emotion seriously despite the silly concept and the pining is delicious. Plus it’s the season, so this one is perfect to read now!
Message Received and Misunderstood by @hailqiqi This one is so good. Hail is a master at dialogue. The pining is dripping.
I really love Disney princesses, and a few days ago i found plance au based on beauty and the beast and i really like it 😭😭 i need to find more plance au based on disney like that but i don't know where to find it :')
I’m assuming you’re talking about Where Sapphire Roses Grow, since I mainly wrote it because I wanted to read a BatB Plance AU, figuring there would be a dozen versions already, only to find there were none so I had to go and write one myself XD I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! As for Plance Disney AUs, sadly I don’t think there are any beyond short drabbles or one-shots. Plance fandom seems to prefer canon-based content over AUs, and even less so for fantasy AUs. But here’s a few suggestions if you’re wanting more princess/magic/fantasy based stories: @vivalachocolate has a lovely Stardust AU, Do the Stars Gaze Back? and it is both lengthy and completed! Pidge plays the role of Tristan while Lance is the Star and it is such a delight. She weaves in some new twists to the story that better fit the VLD characters and gives some lovely nods to canon.
@rueitae has a witch/familiar AU named Seasons of Magic and it is so adorable that it feels like something straight out of Disney. Pidge is a mage and Lance is a dragon who is bonded as her familiar. Definitely one of my favorites, the interactions between Lance and Pidge are phenomenal.
Rue additionally has a Castle of Cagliostro AU, Wolf In Thieves’ Clothing, where Pidge is a princess and Lance is a gentleman thief. This one is still in my to-read list but I’ve heard very good things about it!
@rosieclark has a short little Tangled AU piece, You Were My New Dream. She says she’s taking requests on certain scenes, so you might be able to request one from her!
Rosie also has one of my all time favorite fantasy AUs, No Crown No Sword, which is so deliciously crafted with newly made King Lance and bodyguard Pidge.
@chibi-pix has a fun fantasy AU, Wild Magic, where Pidge is a lost princess as well as a mage, and there’s some side Plance with adorable pining on both ends.
@ashkazora and Rosie have collabed on a Dragon Prince AU, To the Stars and Back, which explores Lance as Prince Callum and Pidge as moonshadow elf Rayla. This one also does a fantastic job of bending the AU a bit to better fit some canon elements and keep it a bit different from TDP!
I do have another Disney based AU, this time based on Alice in Wonderland, called Six Impossible Things. It features Pidge as Alice and Lance as the Cheshire cat.
My Pikelavar fic Defenders of Aurita also has a lot of themes based on Anastasia, mainly with Meklavar being a lost princess with amnesia and Pike having been a kitchen boy who helped save her when they were kids. I also have a Shrek based AU, An Unorthodox Approach, which has princess Pidge and cat shifter Lance. Not exactly Disney, but both have princess Pidge!
I absolutely love fantasy AUs for Plance! The garden can always use some more, so if anyone has been thinking about doing a Disney based AU, please write one! There are lots of us that would enjoy it!
Santa is on strike due to global warming. All presents this year will be delivered by Sasha the Christmas Tiger. Milk and cookies may not be sufficient.
“MUST BRING PRESENTS TO GOOD CHILDREN”
“Yes good”
“AND EAT THE BAD ONES”
“Wait no”
“EAT THEM”
“sasha no”
@burstofhope the Christmas tiger is watching
She is making a list
It is not easy with her paws but she is making it
shes almost here
Okay fine this is the ONE Christmas thing I will reblog before Thanksgiving BUT THAT’S IT
SASHA’S BACK ON MY DASH!
Y’all better behave, you have two months
You better watch out
Title: Decay
Chapter: 13/?
Author: AnchoredTether
Rating: T [graphic violence, dark themes, fear]
Pairings: Pidge | Katie Holt / Lance [Plance]
Tags: Alternate Universe - Beauty and the Beast Fusion, Beauty and the Beast Elements, Beauty and the Beast AU, monster!lance, beast!lance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Humanity, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Feral Behavior, Curses, Curse Breaking, I fix all the things wrong with the live action movie, and add a few twists to the original, Lance is also more of a chimera, Pidge pretends to be a guy at first, Red String of Fate, Graphic Description, Sickfic, Transformation, Magic, Fairy Tale Curses
When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.
A sapphire rose signifies the time Lance has left to break the curse or forever remain a monster. As his humanity continually slips away, he has come to accept that he will never find love nor be loved in return. But then he finds himself with a hope smiling at him, her amber eyes searching beyond appearances and into his heart…
Pidge has always wanted more. Constrained in a society that believes women shouldn’t learn how to read let alone invent, she has to disguise herself as a man to do that which she loves. She yearns for the freedom to be herself and ironically finds it when she’s held captive in a castle…
Both Pidge and Lance learn that first appearances are deceiving.
And curses aren’t always as they seem…
Here's my piece for the wonderful @anchoredtether 's 5th chapter of her fic "Where the Sun Meets the Ocean"
Please check out this amazing fic and AMAZING ARTIST! The garden is blessed!
For the @carrotandstickplancewipbang
Title: Burning
Chapter: 5/?
Author: AnchoredTether
Rating: M [graphic depictions of violence]
Pairings: Pidge | Katie Holt / Lance [Plance]
Tags: Alantis AU, Atlantean AU, Action/Adventure, Angst, Violence, Atlantis, Merman Lance, Mer!Lance, Heavy Angst, Whump, Tomb Raider AU, Mer AU, Hurt/Comfort, Serious Injuries, this is like 4 AUs lumped into one crazy adventure, all the characters are older and in their 20s, set in the same kind of timeline as Voltron where it's somewhat in the future
After years of hard work, Katie Holt finally cracks the dead Atlantean language and figures out the location of the lost city of Atlantis. With a crew of friends and experts, she continues the work her father started when they discover the city and find it exceeds their expectations of abandoned ruins. With the arrival of a hostile organization, an internal conflict, and a deadly secret hidden within the city, Katie's decisions could determine who lives and who dies.
And all her choices become infinitely harder when Lance is thrown into the equation.
The lovely Krissy drew gorgeous artwork for this chapter for the @carrotandstickplancewipbang ! Please check it out and give her a reblog and follow!
Title: The Atlantean Secret
Chapter: 4/?
Author: AnchoredTether
Rating: M [graphic depictions of violence]
Pairings: Pidge | Katie Holt / Lance [Plance]
Tags: Alantis AU, Atlantean AU, Action/Adventure, Angst, Violence, Atlantis, Merman Lance, Mer!Lance, Heavy Angst, Whump, Tomb Raider AU, Mer AU, Hurt/Comfort, Serious Injuries, this is like 4 AUs lumped into one crazy adventure, all the characters are older and in their 20s, set in the same kind of timeline as Voltron where it's somewhat in the future
After years of hard work, Katie Holt finally cracks the dead Atlantean language and figures out the location of the lost city of Atlantis. With a crew of friends and experts, she continues the work her father started when they discover the city and find it exceeds their expectations of abandoned ruins. With the arrival of a hostile organization, an internal conflict, and a deadly secret hidden within the city, Katie's decisions could determine who lives and who dies.
And all her choices become infinitely harder when Lance is thrown into the equation.
Rating: Mature
Fandom: Voltron Legendary Defender
Summary: Voltron has always been an elusive, inevitable threat to the Galra Empire, scattered across the universe and hiding for centuries for its fated paladins to rise to their destined calling. They found and captured the Red Lion but it was not enough to thwart the future. Honerva foresees years ahead, catching a glimpse of the five future paladins. She knows enough. She knows where their homeplanet lies (and all of them conveniently come from one place), she knows their names and faces, and she knows their respective Voltron Lions. In a desperate attempt to alter the future, Honerva sets out to capture the future paladins at a young age and ensure they will never pilot the Lions. By conditioning their minds and transforming their bodies, she trains and raises a team of perfect Galran soldiers. She strips them of everything they once were to ensure they can never rise up as the defenders of the universe they were meant to become. Despite the horrors of Honerva’s cunning plan, the Lions are adaptable to the dire circumstances and Lance still has a wild streak of luck in determining their roles in the universe.
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oh yeah have i ever told yall of the academic war i have been an unwilling soilder in for the past two years
okay SO. i have two professors that both teach this one subject, but different classes. they have different last names, so i didnt know this at first and espically since they are academic RIVELS at my school, but they are MARRIED. but for the past 8 years they have been in an academic WAR of geospatical sciences data. more accurately, the raster vs vector data debate. i am personally on the side of “both have their pros and cons and can be utalizied to the utmost efficency” but both professors are like, DEADLOCKED in insistanting one is better then the other
so, professor A is my mentor. i like him a lot, and he was the main person that taught me the most abotu Eris and ArcGIS. professor B is a professor i had one for class, and shes nice and knows a lot of little tricks about Eris programming but mostly relies on arcMAP because shes the raster data professor.
and THESE MOTHERFUCKERS. have written no less then 30 papers that is basically like a “re: re: re: re: re: re: vector data is better then raster fuck you” but like, Professionally. and they leave stupid notes in the footnotes that read “Reguardless of Professor A’s opinions reguarding the efficency of Vector data, Raster data has a more efficant polygon computing rate and is the most commonly used program on interplantaring mapping” and its HILARIOUS
ive read all of their papers, and its basically like reading an email chain between a married couple arguing over the colors of the kitchen backsplash for their new home. its HILARIOUS. but obviously, because of their differnet last names and because they act like they HATE each other, NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE REALIZES THEYRE MARRIED
until like LAST WEEK
professor B publishes a paper that casually drops the word “husband”
and obviously all the students are like “oh i didnt know u were married!” because we read that shit like how white suburban mothers read People Magazine
and shes like “yeah, its Professor A”
and we all FLIPPED. THE FUCK. OUT
we thought the framed picture of the two of them on professor A’s desk was ironic because hes that type of guy
like, you gotta undestand. these two have gotten into YELLING matches in hallways. these two refuse to go onto trips with each other. but apparently they have a system where they quite LITERALLY leave all of their work at work and drive home in seperate cars and literally NEVER mention work at home. it is SO funny
