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If heaven isn't an endless amount of fics catered to my various ships and fandoms, specifically curated to fit the niche scenario/trope I'm in the mood for at that exact moment, then I don't want it.

I'm not a very spiritual person but I kinda wish I could take all the amazing fanfics I've read with me to the afterlife when I die.

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July 10, 2023 - (18:00 UTC)

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The age-old struggle: do I finally pick up one of the many neglected children on my tbr, or do I stay in the known comfort of Fandoms past?

I think we all know the inevitable answer.

"you read a lot, right?"

"yes!"

"what are some books you've read recently?"

"uhh i don't remember"

Absolutely amazing!!! Someone put one of these in my comment section and was kind enough to shoot me a link and I'M SO HAPPY!

Are you frustrated you can't leave second kudos on AO3? or third kudos? or whatever-who's-counting kudos?

Well, have I got the html for you!

Plop any of these in a comment (by copy&pasting the code) to make an author's day and show your appreciation!

Second kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/tHMjbb6/second-kudos.png" alt="second kudos">

Third kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/52bggQH/third-kudos.png" alt="third kudos">

nth kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6y7qGtC/nth-kudos.png" alt="nth kudos">

yet another kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/wKtcj0s/yet-another-kudos.png" alt="yet another kudos">

It will look something like this (and will be transparent with white outline on dark backgrounds):

Feel free to spread and use these as much as you like! (and if you have ideas for other variations, let me know ✌️)

Just told my mom about the omegaverse/abo

...feeling good.

CASTLE SWIMMER S2 SPOILERS AHEAD

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Seriously don't read if you're not completely caught up!

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I just got caught up on Castle Swimmer and HOLY SHIT THE REUNION WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED AND MORE!!!

I cannot wait for next season! Now that the two found families have collided we get MEGA FOUND FISH FAMILY!!!

Also I was so pleasantly surprised with the ace/aro rep this season! I already found the hints of backstory interesting but that coupled with the emotional breakdown and fan theory fuel in the last few chapters just made me connect with Neths character so much more. Really well done Wendy👏👏👏

So fans of Anne Rice have probably heard of the new series being made on Interview with a Vampire. I did not have high hopes for this from the start for many reasons. I'd seen so many adaptations and remakes absolutely screwed that at this point it never excites me to hear one is being made. The more I heard about the changes that were being made the more disappointed I was.

I saw nothing wrong with changing Louis's race as it seemed to fit the time period and story. Then I heard about the changes made to Claudia's character and I was pissed. The whole point of Claudia is that she is forever trapped in a child's body while her mind ages. Changing her age to late teens completely erases everything about the character and that entire storyline. It's a pointless change and it takes away the originality of the story.

This last change just made me sad. It recently came out that this series confirms Louis and Lestat's relationship and will heavily rely on sex between them. Now I was actually very happy to hear about the relationship confirmation (I've always shipped them so this was awesome news) but what disappoints me is the sex part. In Anne Rice's series the vampires cannot have sex. Now maybe they changed this because they thought it would draw more people in or maybe it was for representation. Either way it upsets me because this was the perfect opportunity for some asexual representation. It was right there! They wouldn't have had to change anything! To have an asexual relationship represented in something so well known would have been huge! Instead they actively chose to change that part of the lore and its sad. Asexuality is already barely represented and when it is its often poorly represented so to see this choice made when we were so close to something awesome is just...disheartening.

It's true. Dsmp is the most unique Fandom I've ever been in. The sheer variety alone is astonishing!

We can compare most fandoms to rivers. Branching out from the source material but still streamlined to some degree.

Dsmp is the FUCKING OCEAN! There are mini fandoms within this Fandom. You've got dnf, sbi, ALL THE FUCKING DUOS! It's insane how vast it is. If you don't know what you're looking for going in, you'll never come back out!

Not to mention the amount of ways you can consume content. Fanart, fanfic, animations, original music, and that's all without touching the original content itself! Then there's the mini genres within those categories. Like in fanfic for example you have superhero au, royalty au, modern day au, vampire au, ghost au, fucking DRAGON AU AND SO MUCH MORE!

For all its faults the dsmp Fandom is truly an amazing space to be in. The creativity, talent and passion on display is really inspiring and I'm glad to be apart of it.

Dsmp fan content carries btw

Help! I've fallen down a fandom rabbit hole and I can't get up!

Literally though, I've been completely useless the past couple weeks🤦‍♀️

I don't have fictional crushes, I have fictional "children". I see a character that most people would simp for and I mentally adopt them. Most of the time these characters are WAY older than me (sometimes several centuries) but do I care? Of course not don't make me laugh! I see a character in need of love and support, a damaged and hurt bean and I say MINE! I have done this more times than I can remember and if I did tally up my many fictional kids I'd have enough for a substantial orphanage. I have taken the meaning of mom friend to whole new level.

Sometimes you run into takes that are so bad that you can’t help but roll your eyes, then you run into one so idiotic and clearly in bad faith that you can’t help but wonder if someone like Lily Orchard decided to make an alt so she can hijack a specific fandom in secret.

I run into these situations way too often for comfort and still people often wonder why I get so misanthropic. (At least sometimes)