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they're in mazes and they're gay ur honor I don't make the rules | here since 2009 | nix | they/them |

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about me

I just realized I never did one of these for this blog. anyway if the description and user didn't tip u off, this is a blog about maze runner. i write fic sometimes!

Basics:

Hi, I'm Nix!

  • queer lesbian
  • cake/cakeself, rive/river, and they/them pronouns
  • adult

Other places to find me:

“Rayban charity glasses event” is a scam don’t click any link in a post that says that.

Old tumblr users remember this scam back when it first went out.

Also no, this isn’t a joke. This phishing scam is 100% running its course again so watch out for your mutuals long abandoned accounts suddenly posting it. Please make everyone aware of it since most users here are newbies who have not seen it before!

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Anonymous asked:

Will you post any of your maze runner work on Tumblr? I can't use ao3.

I never thought about it. I personally don't like to read fic on Tumblr to be honest. I tend to scroll over big text posts because it's quite overwhelming. There's also no real way to curate or organise it, especially with multichapter fic... I'll have to think about posting some of my shorter fics here.

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no you have to contribute to your fandom if you don't want it to die. most fandoms die because people say 'it's so sad watching the fandom die when the hype dies' without doing anything about it. I'm not saying you have to push out 100k word slow-burn fic, I'm not saying you have to make fan art or gif sets or edits or anything. I'm just saying we as a community should contribute to our fandom if we don't want it to die, and by contributing, I'm talking about giving kudos, commenting on your favorite fics, reblogging your favorite art and just talking about your favorite characters. that's enough to keep a fandom alive. that's the most effective way to keep a fandom alive in my humble opinion.

fandoms die because people stop talking about it, fandoms die because people stop engaging with fan content once the hype is gone. what I'm saying is, mainstream media's hype may be gone, but our fandom can stay alive and thriving if us as a community don't let it die.

Periodic rent-lowering-gunshots:

  1. Fiction is not reality.
  2. You can enjoy things in fiction that would be awful in the real world. Like playing a murderhobo in a game! In the real world, being or supporting a murderer-thief would be pretty damn awful, while in the game it's just good fun. Same with anything else you choose to do with the pixels on the screen, like kinks that don't affect anyone real, so they're okay in fiction, but would be pretty damn bad in real life.
  3. No one else is responsible for your online experience. They are required not to harass you, but they are not and never will be obligated to not post about ships, kinks, or tropes you dislike just to avoid you seeing them. It's up to you to blacklist words or phrases, block tags, or even block users as needed to avoid seeing content that upsets you.
  4. No one can force you to read anything against your consent. Any content you don't like seeing can be instantly avoided by closing out of the offending post/fic.
  5. You are not owed an online experience free of discomfort.
  6. Nothing that happens in your imagination can ever make you a bad person. Words you write or read about fictional characters will never make you a bad person.
  7. The claim that media consumption influences real-life behavior is intellectually dishonest and serves only to excuse the behavior of real offenders.
  8. Fiction is a safe way to explore horrifying or confusing concepts. Therapists agree that fiction, even (or especially) about taboo topics is a good coping mechanism, especially, but not exclusively, for trauma survivors. Fiction is to adults what play therapy is to children. This doesn't stop being true if the work in question is of a sexual nature.
  9. Sex isn't an inherently worse or better motivation than anything else. A work written to create feelings of arousal isn't dirty, shameful, or in any way less pure than works written to entertain, provoke moral questions, or for other reasons. And worth noting is that multiple purposes can exist in the same story, especially fanfiction.
  10. You aren't entitled to an explanation for why someone reads, writes, or otherwise enjoys certain works, kinks, tropes, ships, etc.

This is the collective wisdom earned through surviving 30 years of trolls

There was a phrase that I used in my classroom when my students would ask me about doing questionable things, and my response was always, "Technically you can, but should you?"

The reason I used this instead of a simple yes or no answer is because it opened up conversation. Instead of blindly looking for permission, the conversation became more about cause and effect. Usually it navigated the "well you can't tell me what to do I'm going to do it anyway" instinct in kids when I'd say no, because all they were looking for is something to challenge them.

For example: "Can I jump off the slide?"

"Technically you can, but should you?"

If they answer no, I'd ask why. Usually they'd say because it's against the rules or I don't know.

If they say it's against the rules, I'd ask them why they think it's a rule. And if they'd say I don't know, I'd explain that the slide is five feet off of the ground, and jumping that high is a good way to hurt your knees or worse.

And then the most important part: if you did do it, how can you make it safer?

That's when the creativity juices started to flow. I'd get anything from pillows to beds to bouncy shoes to wings to someone catching them (which became a whole different conversation). And I told them since we didn't have those things here, it wasn't safe. And safety is everyone's number one job at school.

It stopped them from doing it behind my back. It got them to engage in critical thinking. And it helped them figure out how to do things without help.

However, there's always been an itching thought in the back of my head. Somewhere out there, did one of my past students drag their mattress out to the slide and jump off of it?

This is an appreciation post for the fanfic authors who aren’t included on rec lists

For the fanfic authors who don’t get art of their fics

For the fanfic authors who can’t get to 1000/500/100 hits

For the fanfic authors who don’t get comments/reviews

For the fanfic authors who write for small fandoms

For the fanfic authors who write rarepairs or gen fics

For the fanfic authors who get hate for the ships/characters/fandoms they write

For the fanfic authors who write in English despite it not being their first language

For the fanfic authors who don’t write in English

For the fanfic authors who don’t think anyone reads or likes their work

For the fanfic authors who aren’t big name fans

For the fanfic authors who don’t get requests in their inboxes

For the fanfic authors who can’t write stories that are more than a thousand words

For the fanfic authors who only write one ship

For the fanfic authors who are just starting

For the fanfic authors who have been writing fic for years

For the fanfic authors who use fanfic to practice writing

For the fanfic authors who write self-insert fics

For the fanfic authors who write about their OCs

For the fanfic authors who write to vent or cope

For the fanfic authors who are just waiting for their big break

Keep creating, I love you ❤️

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Minewt week announcement!

◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜ Hello, Kestis here, once again to give you guys more news about the event.

Just like I said, this will be the schedule for the event (with some minor changes):

I just thought I would give you guys a few more days to submit your assigments (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) I know that life can get in the way sometimes.

( ´・・)ノ(._.`).

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Fanfic/Author Ask Game

  1. Write a scene from [insert fic] in another character’s POV
  2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
  3. What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?
  4. What are some words or phrases you feel like you overuse?
  5. What’s something you learned while researching a fic?
  6. Would you ever accept requests or commissions?
  7. Coffee or tea while you write?
  8. What is your favorite line/section from [insert fic]?
  9. How did you get into writing fanfiction?
  10. Is there a character or ship you'd love to write for, but haven't yet?
  11. What makes a fic 'successful' in your opinion?
  12. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
  13. Do you have an 'official' creative writing background such as a degree or previous experience publishing?
  14. What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?
  15. Does anyone you know in real life know you write fanfiction?
  16. What do you struggle with most when writing?
  17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?
  18. How many WIPs do you have and how many do you expect to finish?
  19. How do you get over writer's block?
  20. Share your favorite kiss scene from [insert fic]. If there's no kiss scene, share your favorite moment of intimacy (romantic or platonic)
  21. What stops you from writing more in your free time?
  22. Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?
  23. What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?
  24. Which scene/theme was the inspiration for [insert fic]?
  25. Are there any moments in [insert fic] that feel "blurry" to you? Is this a stylistic choice, or would you go back and clarify the descriptions if you were given the chance?
  26. Do you ever "prep" your fics with outlines or warmups before you start writing, or do you just dive right in?
  27. Are any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
  28. What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?
  29. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
  30. Have you noticed your style change over time?
  31. What fic meant the most to you to write?
  32. A character you enjoy making suffer.
  33. A character you want to protect.
  34. What is your favorite fic to get comments/messages on?
  35. Wild Card: Ask me something else!

if we’ve been mutuals for long enough i don’t even care what you post anymore. if one of my mutuals of two years suddenly gets really into competitive caber toss i just accept zenlike that half my dash is going to be gifsets of burly men hefting logs forever now. i adapt to all online conditions like an animal with high toxicity tolerance

“i never see you at the club” ok well i never see you on ao3 at 2am reading about the same two bitches falling in love for the 1000th time in the 500th way

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