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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

this is directly related to this post I made about how fanfic authors now are treated like content mills, and not like valued members of a creative community who thrive on interaction. for the past decade, we've watched the fandom ecosystem disrupted over and over, as NSFW fan artists seek safety by putting their work behind paywalls, and self-conscious fic readers squirrel away their feelings in invite-only communities

an easy way to do your part to fight against the evils perpetrated by social media is to leave a comment on a fanfic you love

but don't take my word for it -- here are some responses that my fellow authors have left on this post:

The fact I had a fic that was fairly beloved and NO ONE commented on it because it was all being done in a fucking book club server made me want to scream.

I haven't updated that fic in two years now.

I cannot express enough how imperative it is to show the writer how much you love their work. The comments don't have to be novels themselves - even just an "I loved this so much!" Or keyboard smashing works wonders to keep the writer going. Please, we need to bring back supporting writers and artists now more than ever!!!

If a post doesn't apply to you it means the person who made it is excluding you on purpose. If someone makes a broad generalization in a tumblr post it means they know about your individual experiences and they're ignoring you deliberately because they hate you and want to make you mad. So if you see a post that doesn't factor in your personal perspective you should make sure to leave a comment of at least three paragraphs to make sure the op knows how deeply they have hurt you and how serious the matter truly is

Round 4 statistics!

Most voted for: Beatrice/Ava, with 8,616 votes

Most voted in: Avatrice vs Griddlehark, with 15,788 votes

Biggest sweep: Farcille vs Shiara, at 71.6-28.4, with a gap of 2,814 votes

Closest race: Harumichi vs Korrasami, at 50.5-49.5, with a gap of just 68 votes

Best graph: Avatrice vs Griddlehark! Once again, Avatrice fans have frauded hard enough to leave their opponent in the dust; despite frauding on both sides this round, Griddlehark clearly could not keep up. Check out the graph below!

Graphs for every race, both completed and ongoing, can be found at glittering.world, but here's a few for the most contested races this round:

Not only allowing but praising/encouraging fraud makes this so boring to me. It's like who has less of a life to sit online all day for hours spamming a button, not, ya know, who is the best lover or most enduring ship. Lame

The Magazine (aka the scariest dream I ever had). 

Soooo creepy, sounds like sleep paralysis…

You know, it would be pretty awesome if movies and television shows would hire just one diehard fan. Hell, they’d probably do the work for pretty cheap. Just one person they run their stories by who can immediately point out the plot holes or inconsistencies that could be easily fixed if someone just bothered paying attention once in a fucking while…

i mean this in the meanest way possible, if you as a leftist, in an attempt to 'punish' the democrats, either didn't vote or voted for a third party, go fuck yourself. you chose your own self righteousness over actually doing good.

Can you be a leftist if every choice you make enables fascism? Isn’t making choices to enable fascism what fascists do?

Gotta do it

I don’t care what news I get I just want this stupid potato dog on my dash

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Same lol

Uncharacteristically political take, I know, but I personally think if you want to blame any particular group of voters for Trump getting elected it should probably be the people who voted for Trump

To be fair then these libs would have to call out their family and friends in real life instead of insulting minorities online, which they'd never do. ❤️

What, you think because I'm telling y'all to go fuck yourselves that I'm not also doing it to my Trump supporting parents and in-laws? You are sorely mistaken.

But at least they fucking voted. They voted for their best interest instead of anyone else's, but they fucking voted. That's more than can be said of your ilk.

Go fuck yourselves so hard. I cut every trump supporter out of my life 8 years ago. I haven't spoken to my mother or any of the extended family on her side since the last time he won. I also cut off any third party voting friends back then.

It was painful and lonely. Don't you fucking dare act like liberals aren't willing to call out or cut off those in their lives who vote against their best interests.

Also, all your smug, third party wouldn't matter bullsit? Go take another look at the midwest wall. Michigan and Wisconsin at least would have been won. Possibly Pennsylvania, too.

Yeah, I've donated extensively to your cause and I'm furious on your behalf. I'm so angry at Biden and Harris's behaviour around the war and silencing protestors. I'm wounded for you. I've felt so helpless when all I've had to give is what we're able to donate, and that there's nothing I personally could do to help Gaza and Palestine beyond that and being vocal.

Yet you sit here gleefully ridiculing me for the fear I feel for my family right now. We had a shitty choice, as is often the case in our country. And because people prioritised one atrocity over another, we're now facing a very real threat to the lives of gay and trans folk, women, and poc here. You saw what was happening to your people and said white liberals need to pay. But they aren't the ones who will pay, in blood. It will be the brown people, the immigrants, disabled and trans folks, the visibly other.

It will be the people who have loved and supported you, who've hurt for you. We'll be the ones bleeding out beside you now.

Everyone please rise for the national anthem.

me.

To give more context: The reviewer was Jean Lorrain, who also was gay. Both showed up to the duel and both missed on purpose.