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who's the cute boy in the white jacket and the thick accent?
Source: youtube.com
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i wish more people understood that afab ≠ fem.
the amount of times i see fem fics being tagged as afab is ridiculous. afab is supposed to mean gender neutral with “women’s” anatomy. and fem = women.
if you write gendered nicknames, it should be tagged as fem!reader and not afab. it’s a trans/nonbinary tag, but people just take it and run with it.
sincerely, a tired person. 🥲
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He’s just a baby 🩷
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Happy hot Changbin summer to all who celebrate
Source: x.com
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CHANGBIN
Before I begin I would like to say I swore in here a couple (a lot, oopsies) and I mentioned hate a lot, although I do NOT dislike this person and I don't want to hear that this is hate, as I am discussing and addressing a problem not only with this creator but many.
I also understand if I receive hate for this, but it needs to be said.
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Hello guys, I have hopped on here today to discuss the "Changbin Incident". If you don't know what's going on there is a creator (which I will not be naming) who posted, has been posting, and will be posting OT8 without Changbin.
They constantly get upset when people criticize them for putting "OT8 x reader" at the beginning of their fanfiction, while he is not included. Referring to a specific post, first, they had it as OT8, then changed it to, and I quote, "ot FUCKING 7 BECAUSE CHANGBIN IS NOT HERE x reader", and now at the moment I am writing this it has been kept as "ot7 x reader". If we're talking tags, they also do not tag Changbin whenever an "OT8" post is being made.
Their conclusion is that they don't find Changbin attractive enough to write about him. And I do understand that since it is an opinion, but if we're stating facts, they do not write anything suggestive, or near suggestive. They have stated that they dislike writing it and don't like how it turns out. So the real question would be, why would you need to be attracted to Changbin, to write for him? The publisher states that they "never know how to accurately portray his character" and that it stresses them out. In the same post they also said that "I just don't want him to rail me the way I want the others to," then said it was a joke.
Coming from multiple anons on their page, many have told them things such as, "You don't even write smut, so attraction really has nothing to do with it. If it's dislike, then call it dislike," and, "Attraction genuinely has nothing to do with people/characters you write for," lastly, "At the end of the day I suppose it's your choice, but lots of people out there write for characters they have a hard time writing for, it's just not a great reason all in all."
The quotes that I just took (from a specific ask that the creator answered) also brought up the fact that there are lesbians in the community. I happen to be one, so speaking from experience, I have never been sexually attracted to the 8 men that we stan. Although, you STILL see me writing smut and fanfiction about every single one of them. Stray kids are 8, and it always will be, so don't try to say otherwise. It is true that I feel sexual attraction to women, but it doesn't mean I'm not allowed to call them (Stray Kids) pretty, handsome, or sexy. Now before you come at me with the "Oh!! Sexy means you want to have sex with them!" how about you look in a dictionary because it has multiple meanings. The informal version of it is exciting or appealing, which is how I use it. This can also go to many different people in the community such as the asexuals/aromantics, the straight men who write smut about them, and many more. Saying someone is unattractive has NOTHING to do with writing fluff or angst about them. As well as saying you can't portray them accurately, that's a shitty excuse for saying you dislike them.
Another point many have made is that we don't fucking know them. They are real human beings and if you met them, hell, they probably don't remember your name unless you've seen them countless times.
Just saying that we should "skip over or block them" is a stupid idea. We can't control what they write, and I'm not trying to say "Hey, you need to write about him!" cause they don't. But if you're going to continuously put Stray Kids Hyung Line x Reader or OT8 x Reader without one of the best 4th gen rappers, you shouldn't be saying that. If you're going to exclude him at least put NEAR it that Changbin won't be included. This is also because, even as a writer, I know some (even most) people don't give a crap about the authors note, no matter how goddamn capitalized or bolded they are (on this persons page).
Another way of getting out of it, that I already stated, is saying you get stressed out while writing about someone you can't think of as well (in this case it's more like don't write as much). And I understand this one too, as I have a VERY hard time writing for Felix and Hyunjin. Although, since it's made up anyway, anyone would practically believe the headcanons you could write down. For example, "Changbin has a short fat cock," "Han is the best at eating you out," or even, "Jeongin is loud in bed". Now, do we have any proof of this? Fuck no. These are headcanons! Because how would we EVER know how they act in bed or even just in regular, daily life? We are making assumptions. "Bangchan holds the door for you every time," "Minho has a soft spot," "Hyunjin is a nontolerant person when it comes to alcohol," "Felix makes you breakfast in bed on the weekends," and, "Seungmin wants 5 dogs with you." These are examples of fluff-ish headcanons, this proves it doesn't need to be smut. Do you know what it also proves? It's not so fucking hard to make something up about people we don't know AND for all 8 of them. Everybody assumes things every day so it shouldn't be hard to do it about idols.
I know this person is a new writer and even stated that since they have the Changbin tag on their masterlist as they hope to grow as a writer and eventually be able to write for him. However, most new writers do experience criticism, so they will grow at some point, and may even write for him. These are my opinions mixed with some facts here and there but it does not deny the fact that they are a writer too.
I hope the person will do solo text fanfiction, which could easily solve this problem, because they truly are a good writer, and I won't deny it.
Just because I've said this stuff doesn't give you the right to go and hate on them. Actually, please refrain from it. If anything, give them helpful tips so we won't be as provoked next time.
To the writer, if you are reading this, this is NOT to harm you at all. I wanted to get this addressed so it will not happen again. As well as all the shit that is happening in Stayville right now. I have read that you have anxiety and I hope this doesn't come off as rude (I know it most likely did, I apologize) because the last thing I want to do is make you upset. Most of it sounded like hate, but it wasn't just directed at you but all people who are doing similar things. Soon enough, we will all learn to respect you.
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Now, time to love on our Binnie Baby!!! I JUST LOVE THIS MAN SO MUCH JFBWELQGHOU. He's so pretty, cute, beautiful, strong, handsome, sexy, AND SO MUCH MORE. He can sing, rap, dance, produce, and he's an amazing friend (confirmed by the other members of Stray Kids). No hate for Changbin here so if you do dislike him, leave.
There’s a fic on fanfiction(.)net that I’ve kept tabs on for years to see if it’s been updated or not. While I’m no longer even in the fandom it’s written for, it just has one of the greatest storylines I’ve ever read. Last time it was updated was 2011.
The other day, I decided to reread the entire thing and leave a very in-depth review of what I thought of each chapter. I also mentioned how I started reading it when I was 13 and am now 21, but always came back to see if it was ever finished because I loved it so dearly.
Today, said author sent me a private message saying that her analytics showed that the story was still getting views even after all these years, but no one ever bothered to leave reviews other than “update soon!!!”, so she never felt motivated enough to finish it. She said that me reviewing every single chapter with lengthy paragraphs made her cry and meant the world to her. She also mentioned that she felt encouraged to write the two remaining chapters needed to complete the story and that she would send me a message the night before she updates the fic.
I’m literally sobbing. I’m so excited :’)
Please always remember to leave a review when reading fanfiction!!! It means a lot to a writer.
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Seriously, this is what keeps us going; YOUR COMMENTS.
And you think my ranting about it is just being salty! It’s not! Reviews can mean the difference between feeling motivated and feeling out of place.
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How I learned to write smarter, not harder
(aka, how to write when you're hella ADHD lol)
A reader commented on my current long fic asking how I write so well. I replied with an essay of my honestly pretty non-standard writing advice (that they probably didn't actually want lol) Now I'm gonna share it with you guys and hopefully there's a few of you out there who will benefit from my past mistakes and find some useful advice in here. XD Since I started doing this stuff, which are all pretty easy changes to absorb into your process if you want to try them, I now almost never get writer's block.
The text of the original reply is indented, and I've added some additional commentary to expand upon and clarify some of the concepts.
As for writing well, I usually attribute it to the fact that I spent roughly four years in my late teens/early 20s writing text roleplay with a friend for hours every single day. Aside from the constant practice that provided, having a live audience immediately reacting to everything I wrote made me think a lot about how to make as many sentences as possible have maximum impact so that I could get that kind of fun reaction. (Which is another reason why comments like yours are so valuable to fanfic writers! <3) The other factors that have improved my writing are thus: 1. Writing nonlinearly. I used to write a whole story in order, from the first sentence onward. If there was a part I was excited to write, I slogged through everything to get there, thinking that it would be my reward once I finished everything that led up to that. It never worked. XD It was miserable. By the time I got to the part I wanted to write, I had beaten the scene to death in my head imagining all the ways I could write it, and it a) no longer interested me and b) could not live up to my expectations because I couldn't remember all my ideas I'd had for writing it. The scene came out mediocre and so did everything leading up to it. Since then, I learned through working on VN writing (I co-own a game studio and we have some visual novels that I write for) that I don't have to write linearly. If I'm inspired to write a scene, I just write it immediately. It usually comes out pretty good even in a first draft! But then I also have it for if I get more ideas for that scene later, and I can just edit them in. The scenes come out MUCH stronger because of this. And you know what else I discovered? Those scenes I slogged through before weren't scenes I had no inspiration for, I just didn't have any inspiration for them in that moment! I can't tell you how many times there was a scene I had no interest in writing, and then a week later I'd get struck by the perfect inspiration for it! Those are scenes I would have done a very mediocre job on, and now they can be some of the most powerful scenes because I gave them time to marinate. Inspiration isn't always linear, so writing doesn't have to be either!
Some people are the type that joyfully write linearly. I have a friend like this--she picks up the characters and just continues playing out the next scene. Her story progresses through the entire day-by-day lives of the characters; it never timeskips more than a few hours. She started writing and posting just eight months ago, she's about an eighth of the way through her planned fic timeline, and the content she has so far posted to AO3 for it is already 450,000 words long. But most of us are normal humans. We're not, for the most part, wired to create linearly. We consume linearly, we experience linearly, so we assume we must also create linearly. But actually, a lot of us really suffer from trying to force ourselves to create this way, and we might not even realize it. If you're the kind of person who thinks you need to carrot-on-a-stick yourself into writing by saving the fun part for when you finally write everything that happens before it: Stop. You're probably not a linear writer. You're making yourself suffer for no reason and your writing is probably suffering for it. At least give nonlinear writing a try before you assume you can't write if you're not baiting or forcing yourself into it!! Remember: Writing is fun. You do this because it's fun, because it's your hobby. If you're miserable 80% of the time you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong!
2. Rereading my own work. I used to hate reading my own work. I wouldn't even edit it usually. I would write it and slap it online and try not to look at it again. XD Writing nonlinearly forced me to start rereading because I needed to make sure scenes connected together naturally and it also made it easier to get into the headspace of the story to keep writing and fill in the blanks and get new inspiration. Doing this built the editing process into my writing process--I would read a scene to get back in the headspace, dislike what I had written, and just clean it up on the fly. I still never ever sit down to 'edit' my work. I just reread it to prep for writing and it ends up editing itself. Many many scenes in this fic I have read probably a dozen times or more! (And now, I can actually reread my own work for enjoyment!) Another thing I found from doing this that it became easy to see patterns and themes in my work and strengthen them. Foreshadowing became easy. Setting up for jokes or plot points became easy. I didn't have to plan out my story in advance or write an outline, because the scenes themselves because a sort of living outline on their own. (Yes, despite all the foreshadowing and recurring thematic elements and secret hidden meanings sprinkled throughout this story, it actually never had an outline or a plan for any of that. It's all a natural byproduct of writing nonlinearly and rereading.)
Unpopular writing opinion time: You don't need to make a detailed outline.
Some people thrive on having an outline and planning out every detail before they sit down to write. But I know for a lot of us, we don't know how to write an outline or how to use it once we've written it. The idea of making one is daunting, and the advice that it's the only way to write or beat writer's block is demoralizing. So let me explain how I approach "outlining" which isn't really outlining at all.
I write in a Notion table, where every scene is a separate table entry and the scene is written in the page inside that entry. I do this because it makes writing nonlinearly VASTLY more intuitive and straightforward than writing in a single document. (If you're familiar with Notion, this probably makes perfect sense to you. If you're not, imagine something a little like a more contained Google Sheets, but every row has a title cell that opens into a unique Google Doc when you click on it. And it's not as slow and clunky as the Google suite lol) When I sit down to begin a new fic idea, I make a quick entry in the table for every scene I already know I'll want or need, with the entries titled with a couple words or a sentence that describes what will be in that scene so I'll remember it later. Basically, it's the most absolute bare-bones skeleton of what I vaguely know will probably happen in the story.
Then I start writing, wherever I want in the list. As I write, ideas for new scenes and new connections and themes will emerge over time, and I'll just slot them in between the original entries wherever they naturally fit, rearranging as necessary, so that I won't forget about them later when I'm ready to write them. As an example, my current long fic started with a list of roughly 35 scenes that I knew I wanted or needed, for a fic that will probably be around 100k words (which I didn't know at the time haha). As of this writing, it has expanded to 129 scenes. And since I write them directly in the page entries for the table, the fic is actually its own outline, without any additional effort on my part. As I said in the comment reply--a living outline!
This also made it easier to let go of the notion that I had to write something exactly right the first time. (People always say you should do this, but how many of us do? It's harder than it sounds! I didn't want to commit to editing later! I didn't want to reread my work! XD) I know I'm going to edit it naturally anyway, so I can feel okay giving myself permission to just write it approximately right and I can fix it later. And what I found from that was that sometimes what I believed was kind of meh when I wrote it was actually totally fine when I read it later! Sometimes the internal critic is actually wrong. 3. Marinating in the headspace of the story. For the first two months I worked on [fic], I did not consume any media other than [fandom the fic is in]. I didn't watch, read, or play anything else. Not even mobile games. (And there wasn't really much fan content for [fandom] to consume either. Still isn't, really. XD) This basically forced me to treat writing my story as my only source of entertainment, and kept me from getting distracted or inspired to write other ideas and abandon this one.
As an aside, I don't think this is a necessary step for writing, but if you really want to be productive in a short burst, I do highly recommend going on a media consumption hiatus. Not forever, obviously! Consuming media is a valuable tool for new inspiration, and reading other's work (both good and bad, as long as you think critically to identify the differences!) is an invaluable resource for improving your writing.
When I write, I usually lay down, close my eyes, and play the scene I'm interested in writing in my head. I even take a ten-minute nap now and then during this process. (I find being in a state of partial drowsiness, but not outright sleepiness, makes writing easier and better. Sleep helps the brain process and make connections!) Then I roll over to the laptop next to me and type up whatever I felt like worked for the scene. This may mean I write half a sentence at a time between intervals of closed-eye-time XD
People always say if you're stuck, you need to outline.
What they actually mean by that (whether they realize it or not) is that if you're stuck, you need to brainstorm. You need to marinate. You don't need to plan what you're doing, you just need to give yourself time to think about it!
What's another framing for brainstorming for your fic? Fantasizing about it! Planning is work, but fantasizing isn't.
You're already fantasizing about it, right? That's why you're writing it. Just direct that effort toward the scenes you're trying to write next! Close your eyes, lay back, and fantasize what the characters do and how they react.
And then quickly note down your inspirations so you don't forget, haha.
And if a scene is so boring to you that even fantasizing about it sucks--it's probably a bad scene.
If it's boring to write, it's going to be boring to read. Ask yourself why you wanted that scene. Is it even necessary? Can you cut it? Can you replace it with a different scene that serves the same purpose but approaches the problem from a different angle? If you can't remove the troublesome scene, what can you change about it that would make it interesting or exciting for you to write?
And I can't write sitting up to save my damn life. It's like my brain just stops working if I have to sit in a chair and stare at a computer screen. I need to be able to lie down, even if I don't use it! Talking walks and swinging in a hammock are also fantastic places to get scene ideas worked out, because the rhythmic motion also helps our brain process. It's just a little harder to work on a laptop in those scenarios. XD
In conclusion: Writing nonlinearly is an amazing tool for kicking writer's block to the curb. There's almost always some scene you'll want to write. If there isn't, you need to re-read or marinate.
Or you need to use the bathroom, eat something, or sleep. XD Seriously, if you're that stuck, assess your current physical condition. You might just be unable to focus because you're uncomfortable and you haven't realized it yet.
Anyway! I hope that was helpful, or at least interesting! XD Sorry again for the text wall. (I think this is the longest comment reply I've ever written!)
And same to you guys on tumblr--I hope this was helpful or at least interesting. XD Reblogs appreciated if so! (Maybe it'll help someone else!)
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Hey stayblr, I've been thinking of ways we can unite to help Palestine in the current genocide. With Israel closing borders again, no aid is allowed in and local organizations on the ground urgently need our help. So, i thought of rallying to raise donations for Palestine, big or small, as every dollar counts and can truly make a difference. Our initial target is to raise 1500 dollars, to be split between Care for Gaza and UNRWA. We’ll raise the target goal according to our progress!
For transparency, donations will be received through my Kofi, with daily updates on our progress. Here are the links to UNRWA’s and Careforgaza’s work in Gaza!
Palestinians are saying that this is the worst phase of the genocide yet. They need as much of our help as we can give them, so please, let’s all stand together for this.
If you cannot donate
- please reblog and share around!
- stream hind’s hall (all proceeds will be donated to unrwa!