I Don't Think Fic Writers Know How Much They Matter

Do you guys ever have a time when your thoughts mindlessly wander to one of your OTPs and you’re heart just clenches and you smile a little and you feel instantly happy because you just love that ship so fucking much.

the concept and idea of “you can always start trying to be a better person” is extremely important to me both in media and irl and i continue to be deeply deeply disturbed by the trend on this site pushing that these ideas in media are bad writing or even morally reprehensible

because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person 

from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating

it’s fucked up. 

Me: Not that I’m a snob but I dont like e readers I like the feel of the paper the smell of a book

Also me: Spends hours glued the phone eyes squinting and red reading fanfiction

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Star Wars and things R2 calls people

I’ve noticed that A) R2 doesn’t get enough love in the universe - despite the fact that everyone loves him and B) people tend to agree he called Leia “shouty princess”

So enjoy R2’s name list for our favorite Star Wars people

Anakin: Master Ani or Sand-Man

Windu: Angry Bald Man

Yoda: Little Green Troll

Plo Koon: Jedi Dad

Obi-Wan: Mr. Pretty or Swooshy-Hair

C-3PO: (it’s not appropriate in any language to repeat)

Han: Nerf herder

Padmé: Smol Senator or Mistress Naberrie

Ahsoka: Orange Striped Child!

Rex: Buff Mandalorian

Cody: Protocol Man

Kit Fisto: Barnacle Boy!

Satine: Mrs. Pretty

Depa: Many Braids

Caleb/Kanan: Funny Hair

Palps: Prune Face

Bail Organa: Mr. Politics

R4: Red Brother!

Luke: Master Ani 2.0 or Smol Sand Boy

This Pride don’t forget your brothers and sisters fighting for their rights all over the world. 

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Love y'all, anyways, soul mate au where Tony has two soul marks and one of them belongs to bucky, but he doesn't know who the second one belongs to until the soul Mark on bucky changes when he's in winter mode, and it turns out bucky and winter who are 2 different people in one body end up both being tony's soul mate.

It takes every ounce of Tony’s self-control to not drop the giant, screeching bug thing he’s trying to wrangle into one of the containment units when he hears Bucky grunt and then curse right before the comms cut out. Bucky’s more than capable of handling himself—the bugs are more annoying than dangerous, anyway—but being relatively freshly bonded is still fucking with Tony’s instincts every now and again.

He finally manages to stuff the wriggling bug into a cage, slams the door shut, and quickly takes off again, doubling back towards the portal the bugs are crawling out of. Bucky’s a little off to the side, on his hands and knees, panting, but looking mostly unharmed.

“Talk to me, Buckaroo,” Tony says as he lands in front Bucky, retracting the faceplate. “What’s happening?”

For a long moment, Bucky doesn’t react, just keeps breathing hard and quick. Then he slowly lifts his head, face eerily blank, and rasps, “Unclear.”

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When someone asks why I’m so invested in the Crows in Shadow and Bone even though they didn’t do anything plot related the entire season:

As someone who's been a lover of traditional folk music from the British Isles for several decades, one thing I've learned is that "True Love" didn't always mean what you think it means. In the older songs, "true love" is not some mystical quality, some type of connection that is magically better than other Loves. No. A love that is "true" merely means that your Love is "true TO YOU." "True" as in faithful and loyal and trustworthy. A lover who will stand by you and with you no matter what comes. True the way a good sword is True. True the way a good knight is loyal. The contrast is "False Love," which is a lover who betrays you, who cannot be trusted.

"True Love" isn't something you find, it's a vow and a choice that you make, every day, to BE TRUE.