Fanfic Writers Are Like Crows. If You Give Them Treats (comments) They Will Bring You Shiny Things (fanfic)

New Fic Announcement!

I finished some family fluff with Logan and Virgil having fun together, set in the Damocle's Universe:

Repeat after me:

The first draft just needs to exist

The second draft needs to be functional

The third draft needs to be effective

The first draft just needs to exist

The second draft needs to be functional

The third draft needs to be effective

The first draft just needs to exist

The second draft needs to be functional

The third draft needs to be effective

Remember, the second and third can't happen if you don't have something to work with. Your first draft will always be shit compared to your third, but at least it exists. The worst first draft is an unfinished one. The best first draft is a just completed one.

You read books/stories not in their first draft form-- only in their finished form (third, fourth, sometimes fifteenth draft). So stop comparing your first draft with a final one.

So, just write--you can make it better later. Perfectionism is the greatest weight a creator can carry.

The inherent homoeroticism of killing your enemy and immediately regretting it

I kind of suck at tagging, so I made this infographic to help make it easier.

Big Bang Announcement!

Here's the promised fantasy hurt/comfort with Virgil and his found family. It's my big bang for the year from @tss-storytime with art from the amazing @pizza-box-raccoon here!

I keep seeing people making fun of using growled, hissed, roared, snarled etc in writing and it’s like.

have you never heard someone speak with the gravel in their voice when they get angry? Because that’s what a growl is.

Have you never heard someone sharply whisper something through the thin space of their teeth? Or when your mother sharply told you to stop it in public as a kid when you were acting up/being too loud? Because that’s what a hiss is.

Have you never heard a man get so blackout angry that their voice BOOMS through the house? Because that’s what a roar is.

Have you never seen someone bare their teeth while talking to accentuate their frustration or anger while speaking with a vicious tone? Because that’s what snarling is.

It’s not meant to be a literal animal noise. For the love of god, not every description is literal. I get some people are genuinely confused, but also some of these people are genuinely unimaginative as fuck.

my favorite trope is when someone believes they’re hard to love and someone who loves them like it’s breathing.

that post that’s like, fandom’s obsession with viewing characters as only relatable or shippable or defendable has ruined media literacy in being able to view characters through the lens of themes or narrative theory. character analysis one of my favourite forms of analysis but not at the detriment of being able to understand when a character represents something larger thematically in a story than what they would be if they were just a guy from your high school

Aaaaaahhhhh!!!! Ahhhh?? AAAAAAHHH!!!

More coherent thoughts under the cut cause DAMN

I already told you but you will hear it again: your art looks excatly like a high fantasy trilogy feels like. It got those adventure where you find friendship along the way vibes and I'm digging them so so hard.

This is so much amazing art and you even colored some pieces like ??? How did i deserve you. You captured the feel lf the story and the personality of the characters perfectly like look at that variety. Virgil ks big and strong but still looks so huggable, no idea how you managed it. Remus has the perfect amount of mishief and Janus is small and angry and just !!!! I'll cherish them forever. Thank you so so much

Also side note: that is one sexy tree and i'm not growing tired of repeating and you drew the best round chicken and for that alone you can have a kidney if you ever need one

It’s TSS Story Time!

Thanks to @the-princey-pie for sharing this beautiful story that I got to create art for. It’s been amazing fun.

You can read Summer Wine In Verdant Winters right here! Please go check it out!

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Big Bang Announcement!

Here's the promised fantasy hurt/comfort with Virgil and his found family. It's my big bang for the year from @tss-storytime with art from t

(More art under here, but be warned some pieces might show spoilers.)

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Top-Tier Villain Motivations

They will be safe. It doesn't matter who else or what else burns as long as They will be safe.

I will be safe. The hunger and the cold will never touch me again.

Fuck any bitch who's prettier(/cooler/better-liked/better at making dumplings) than me.

Yes, Master

Love me. Love me. Love me. Love me. LOVE ME!

I know the terrible things these so-called "heroes" will do if I don't stop them (<- is absolutely wrong)

I don't want a better future, I want a better past!

No other way to get performance art funded these days