This is what Rasputin would've wanted.

I feel like I'm being seduced like one of those fancy rainforest birds

is it working

Yes

PLEASE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I’VE SEEN THIS THIS AFTERNOON.

Dear fandom,

Let’s talk.

This is an open letter to all people reading fan fiction. Whether you stroll AO3 for your favorite tags, have been on ff.net since the Before Times or read on tumblr or any of the other wonderful alternatives.

What gives?

Wonderful and passionate authors are writing thousands upon thousands of words dedicated to your favorite (and usually not canon) couples, characters and series. Writers are spending hours and hours working on chapters, battling writer blocks, revising, sending works off to beta readers, second round of revision and then post their chapters. And after? After all that work?

Most twiddle their thumbs waiting for reviews that won’t come.

They post more chapters hoping that it just needs to pick up a bit. A few reviews drop in here and there. The story definitely gets read judging by the amount of views and likes… And finally the author loses interest.

And stops updating.

What gives?

Why have we stopped reviewing? Why have we stopped saying even a simple “thank you!” after reading a chapter? @birkastan2018 writes frigging essays (❤) but do you have any idea how happy an author becomes just seeing a new review pop up? Just a thank you, or some words of encouragement or even a keyboard smash. Instead, most writers face crickets.

Review every chapter. Just send two words if you’re intimidated: “thank you!”

If not, write down your thoughts. A sentence you thought was beautiful. An idea of how you think the story might progress. Fangirling/boying as your fave pulls off his/her shirt. Anything.

Doing nothing is killing fandom. Saying nothing ensures authors will stop updating an a fandom slowly dies off. Stimulate your writers. Be enthusiastic and witness how a fandom will thrive even when the series it’s based on is long over.

Doing nothing is killing fandom.

Please be there for your authors.

This is not a “yay me self pat on the back” reblog.  It’s an attempt to try and spread awareness about the degeneration of feedback culture in our fandom.

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So, it’s been roughly a year since I wrote this. And i’ve come to the conclusion not much has changed in fandom. It’s gotten to a point where a friend and very prolific author in the same fandom has decided to quit a story because she was getting demotivated by the lack of interaction. And she’s not alone. I cannot stress this enough: please support your content creators.

Please support your content creators.

Please support your content creators.

And I hear you:

★ I’m afraid to leave a review because who am I to review? You’re not the Washington Post. You don’t have to analyze a text and give a coherent review. Fandom, as a whole, isn’t like that. A review is just another word for ‘comment’. Comment to let your authors/artists know you enjoy what they’ve created and you’re longing to see more. A simple ‘thank you’ or ‘this was beautiful’ or a quote of your favorite paragraph would be enough. If that’s too scary, leave a heart or emoji.

★ Authors shouldn’t expect comments/kudos! Views/subscriptions should be enough. You’re consuming work that takes hours upon hours. If I speak for myself here, a chapter can take me anywhere from 8 hours of work to 2 weeks, depending on what story I’m writing. That’s free labor content creators happily toss in to keep a fandom going. Did you know that most published novels are about 100k words? How often have you read a fic that is about that size? Those authors don’t make money off of this. It’s for the love of fandom. So if an author tells you they appreciate comments, please comment on the chapters. I know it’s easy to read something and just click away when you’re done, but remember there’s someone putting those hours in and it’s easy to get demotivated when you feel like you’re screaming into a void. ★ Authors should write for themselves. I’m speaking for myself here; although 99% of the people I know are like me in this regard, I’m sure there are people out there who truly write for themselves when writing fanfics. For me, it’s quite simple: If I write for myself, I’m working on original works. Those works might never be published or even see the light of day, but those are stories I want to see (written) and I’ll do it (for) myself. If I write for fandom, I’m doing it for the fandom. I’m putting in hours to ensure the fandom (ItaSaku in my case), will get new fics, hopefully stimulate others to write too, for the enjoyment of my readers and to interact with the fandom as a whole. Most of my time in fandom is spent either creating/sharing fics, or commenting on other fics to do my part and keep content creators motivated. Most stories and headcanons I write live in my head. I don’t have to write them. I do it for the fandom.

★ But this story gets more reviews than other stories, why does it need mine? Please don’t think in these kinds of paradigms. No author I know goes around to compare the amounts of comments they get with another. But if we see hundreds of people subscribed to a story and we get 10 comments a chapter even though we ask for feedback or comments, it stings and it demotivates.

★  Fandom is dying so it’s only naturel that you’re getting less comments. It really isn’t. I’ve been around since 2005. I can easily compare the situation back then to what it is now. It’s the same amount of likes, the same amount of followers, the same amount of views, but comments have been cut to 1/10th of what it used to be.

Now there are multiple reasons for this:

★ Readers aren’t obliged to leave comments.

Sure. And in the same vein, authors aren’t obliged to keep going if they feel underappreciated.

★ In short: please support your content creators. ★

If you have any questions on how to better support your content creators, or anything else regarding this, my inbox is open. Ask me anything. I’m here for you and I’m saddened to see authors quitting.

Let’s just ensure the fandoms we love and write/read in will still exist in ten years from now, and let’s do it together.

Problamatic show: Totally Spies!

Discuss.

This.

tumblr mobile won’t load but I bet it’s the fucking mirror lasers

For the love of God, Unmute

I found this on tiktok and I laughed so hard so I thought I’d share on here

It’s so chaotic I love it

just so you guys are all aware, the only reason gritty exists is allegedly because the NHL made a rule that every team HAD to have a mascot and were apparently assholes about it. so the fliers made him as a chaotic fuck you. hell the first tweet made on his official account was a "sleep with one eye open" threat towards another mascot for making fun of his design

1 I need more of THIS energy in my life.

2 is that a whole as sheet cake?!?

This video radiates similar energy lmao

Ayakashi: Romance Reborn - A helpful guide made by me

Here are multiple:

You fall into the ocean and you wake up at school, congrats, now go fight some dragons and chaperone a princess you found and your partner on their dates. Also, you work at a club.

you and your sibling got separated in a fight and now you have to travel the world to find her alongside your emergency rations and a gratuitous amount of hot people.

harry potter, but one generation before.

congrats, you know magic, now go save the world and fall in love.

congrats, you transmigrated, now go save the world and fall in love.

congrats, you reincarnated, now go save the world and fall in love.

jellybeans play mafia.

congrats, you made God cry.

congrats, you are God.

congrats, you’re a hero, now go gamble against monsters.

congrats, you won master chef, now go save the world with living food.

congrats, you’ve been adopted by a circus.

Are you a “can’t write dialogue” writer or a “can’t describe anything” writer

this is blatant “can’t write plot” erasure

greetings from the “can’t write action” writers

This game is so mf EVIL

His friend is possibly DEAD & I gotta spend diamonds so show sympathy?!?!

To the Lovelink developers:

Me @ the evil cheerleader, gamer girl, femme fatale, centaur, super villain and cat

I’d like to introduce everyone to my new theme song

fuckin MOOD

I love the contrast between the lyrics and the melody this is art

pfffffffft nooooo I didn’t just learn this song on ukulele… at midnight…

Lyrics: 

I’ve tried, tried, tried And I’ve tried even more  I’ve Cried, Cried, Cried And I can’t recall what for I’ve pressed, I’ve pushed, I’ve yelled, I’ve begged In hope of some success  But the inevitable fact is that It never will impress 

I’ve no more fucks to give,   My fucks have runneth dry,  I’ve tried to go fuck shopping  But there’s no fucks left to buy  I’ve no more fucks to give,  Though more fucks I’ve tried to get,  I’m over my fuck budget and I’m now in fucking debt 

I strive, strive, strive  To get everything done  I’ve played by all the rules But I’ve very rarely won, I’ve smiled, I’ve charmed, I’ve wooed I’ve laughed, Alas to no avail I’ve run round like a moron, To unequivocally fail!

I’ve no more fucks to give, My fuck fuse has just blown, I’ve been hunting for my fucks all day, But they’ve upped and fucked off home, I’ve no more fucks to give, My fuck rations are depleted, I’ve rallied my fuck army but It’s been fucking defeated! 

The effort has just not been worth The time or the expense I’ve exhausted all my energy  For minimal recompense The complete lack of acknowledgement  Has now begun to gall And I’ve come to realise that I  Don’t give a fuck at all!

I’ve no more fucks to give, My fucks have flown away, My fucks are now so fucked off They’ve refused to fucking stay! I’ve no more fucks to give, My fucks have gone insane They’ve come back round and passed me While they’re fucking off again!

I’ve no more fucks to give, My fucks have all dissolved, I’ve planned many projects But my fucks won’t be involved! I’ve no more fucks to give, My fucks have all been spent, They’ve fucked off from the building And I don’t know where they went! 

I’ve no more fucks to give,  I’ve no more fucks to give,  I’ve no more fucks,  I’ve no more fucks,  I’ve no more fucks to give!

Good news folks it’s on Spotify!!!

im going to be reblogging this every few hours to make sure every single one of my followers gets to see this epic post

give this man a fucking award

This song should play every time I enter the room

Reblogging again in the honour of this song being #1 on my Spotify 2020.

The Title: Immortals Fenyx Rising

The ACTUAL Title: Zeus Gets Dragged by Prometheus for Over Fifteen Hours

This deserves an Oscar

They say there aren’t any iconic tik toks but I know I’m going to be thinking of this one for weeks

[video transcript:

i’m here with a message about an issue thats that’s very close to my heart. an issue that affects me, and millions like me everyday. my message is simple:

don’t touch my shit

we live in a world where millions of people go everyday without touching my shit. why can’t you be one of them?

you alone have the power to stop touching my shit, because you are the one touching my shit. in fact, research indicates that by the simple act of you touching your shit, and only your shit, we can eradicate the issue of you touching my shit almost immediately

with only a dime a day. i made a little stack of dimes and put it on my dresser. it fell over so i know you’re touching my shit

don’t touch my shit]

Reblogging the accessible one

Also thank you for providing a transcript

The Great Smudge - Table Cat

Via Lancelot Falk

I love these

Recognizing that Lewis and Clark store design in the first photo, although the marketing made me inherently nervous

@rippledragon linked this to me and a good time is being had.

DM: okay you’re face to face with Goliath and he’s like twice your size

David:... I throw a rock at him with my slingshot

DM: are you sure? This is a fig-

David: I throw a rock at him with my slingshot.

David: *rolls a 20*

DM:...

DM: okay so you kill Goliath

this is so much funnier if you assume the DM is God.