maybe i was born to read fanfic and obsess over fictional men idk

Why is this so true?

meme by: @Inknopewetrust

he wants me so bad (he’s fictional and i read a fanfic about him)

really interesting to me that in response to zar saying he was stepping back from the fandom and would prefer his works remain inaccessible, i’ve seen three/four responses:

I’ll give the folks with the number three response the benefit of the doubt that not all of them are on tumblr/twitter/marauderstok etc all the time, but…

Y’all really can’t play the “who did this?? what did they do??” card when you’re holding the smoking gun of your “here’s a link to all of Zar’s works saved on google docs” post.

All jokes aside—

I’ve spoken about this time and again, but authors aren’t machines who exist to produce works for readers—they’re human beings! They have lives! They have other things to worry about! And when fandom becomes Too Much in one way or another, plenty of them will leave because it’s not worth the trouble.

So if you’re devastated that zar “burned down the library of alexandria,” by deleting his works…consider what might have gotten him there?

Consider that he didn’t say “i’m bored of writing” in his post, but instead “its kind of really miserable here, and im having personal issues with it”

Consider! That Authors Deserve to be Treated Respectfully

and maybe don’t go peddling PDFs/Google Docs of their works if they’ve explicitly asked for that not to occur, for fuck’s sake

It’s also really disheartening to see that the majority of the response has largely been “my favorite fics are gone!” instead of “holy shit, one of the bigger authors in this fandom at present has been driven to delete their works.”

The fics disappearing?

Sad, I get it.

A real life person feeling so miserable about engaging with a community that they once found camaraderie and friendship in that they decide to remove themself and all of their works? from it?

A bit worse, respectfully.

I don’t know how many times we as authors have to say that some aspects of this community are shitty, or have to acknowledge that there are absolutely social politics at play in a fucking fandom space that’s meant to be stress-relieving.

How many ways do we need to say that we hate seeing people going directly against the things we’ve asked—putting fics on goodreads/storygraph/amazon, sending our works to Lulus for printing, redistributing our works in PDFs after we’ve taken them down—for the general community of readers to understand that we’re tired of this?

Actions have consequences, and while the direct impact of something like this happening is that a bunch of people are (already) posting about how sad they are that these fics are gone, or being angry with Zar for making a choice he felt was best for him…

The bigger picture? The one that the commodification of fics makes it hard to see?

You are slowly but surely excising authors from this community—whether by being the purity police, harassing authors, making their lives miserable on social media—and one day, you’ll find yourself saying “why aren’t there any good writers anymore?” (which…folks are already saying!)

It won’t be because they don’t/didn’t exist. It’ll be because they heard the screams and turned tail before they had to face whatever vitriol their peers were enduring.

respectfully how am i supposed to be completing 40 hour work weeks when im suffering such a brainrot after reading a black mass over highway ninety? the struggle is real my loves </3

Not me only recently downloading fictif and falling in love with almost all the characters of Last Legacy only to discover that the story might never continue..........

Bullet train incorrect quotes:

[Y/N]: We need to get through this locked door. Tangerine, give me your credit card.

[Tangerine]: Here.

[Y/N], pocketing it: Thanks. Lemon kick down the door.

Bullet train incorrect quotes:

Y/N: I fell-

Tangerine: From heaven? Yes you did.

Y/N: No I actually fell-

Tangerine: In love with me? It’s because you have good taste.

Y/N: Tangerine I think I broke my arm

Pairing: Remus Lupin x f!reader

Word Count: 16.7k

Content: Fluff & Angst

Summary: When you are revealed to be fancying someone, Sirius Black and friends take it upon themselves to figure out who it is. Will their highjinks ruin your chances? Or will you finally get the romantic attention of the one and only Remus Lupin?

——————————————————————————

“Leave her be, Sirius. Can’t you see the girl’s uncomfortable?”

You couldn’t help the relieved smile that passed over your lips at the boy’s words. There he was again, taking care of you. You hated how he did it so easily.

“Oh Moony why you have to ruin all the fun?” Sirius cackled. He winked at you and continued despite the warning. “Just wanna know who in all of Hogwarts would have our friend all riled up.”

“I am not riled up!” You protested, earning heafty laughs from all across the room. Sharp glares shot out towards your friends. You’d expected a laugh from Sirius, even James, but seeing Lily, Marlene, and Dorcus join in felt like an afront. Even Remus had chuckled. You decided that Sirius needed to back down and you knew just how to do it. “You wouldn’t be able to handle me all riled up, Pup.”

That did it. The lean foreward, the small dip in pitch, a slight pause before the nickname - which included you unabashedly checking him out - and the tiniest smirk took the boy by surprise. The whole room, actually. It came to mind that your friends had never actually seen you be blantantly flirtatious. It was likely because you had no courage to be flirtatious with the one person you desperately wanted to flirt with. But Sirius Black? Easy.