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Rebloging for personal reasons
It’s essay writing season for tons of students!
After being a college writing tutor for over a year, I thought I would share my advice with all you awesome people on tumblr. This is how I write essays, but if you’ve got more tips, feel free to add them below.
Happy writing. You can do it!
Life Hack #926
Never check your tumblr in class or people behind you will see all the yaoi in your feed.
Fair warning
if you’re following me i’m just warning you that i don’t know where i’m going
Types of fanfic summaries and what they mean
First paragraph of the actual fic: I judge the whole fic by the first words and I assume you do too so here it is
"Just a series or drabbles/headcanons/prompts": Someday I want to write an incredible 200k fic but for now have fun going through all the chapters trying to figure out which one is the one you actually want to read
"Will X be able to find love before Y happens?" And other questions: I read entirely too many YA novels
Quote from the actual fic: I watch entirely too many movie trailers
"Basically just an X fic with Y characters": I can probably write a good summary if I cared a little more
Song lyrics: I have no idea how summaries work and I'm trying to be like the people with poem quotes
Poem quotes: either the best thing you've ever read or 13-year old English literature purple prose there is no in-between
Lol I can't do summaries: I'm not entirely sure if I want you to read my fic
"Wtf is this" or other author questioning themselves: it's either porn or crack
Explicit rated fics: listen my man I know you're not gonna really read the summary just read the tags and decide if my sin is the sin for you
Paragraph of tags and one line summary: ok listen I can't do summaries but I've got this ok IVE GOT THIS
dictionary definition: fluff or angst here you go
Either a meme or a tumblr imagine your otp: I was bored and I had emotions about my ship you can have emotions about them too
Paragraph from the source the fic is from: I've basically written my headcanon and made it prettier
"I'm so sorry" or "I cried while writing this" : I was in a sad mood and I needed a healthy way to release these emotions so now y'all get to suffer
No summary: it's either porn or a small drabble and it all depends on the word count
Actual fic summary: *rocks back on old wheelchair* listen kid *smokes cigarette* I've seen and read a lot of things *blows smoke* and I know it's hard but there's still hope in this world ok? *looks into the distance* also you might wanna read the tags because the chances of gore and/or character death being in my fic have gone from 0 to 75
The Three Laws of Fandom
If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.
If you aren’t able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.
Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.
The First Law of Fandom
Don’t Like; Don’t Read (DL;DR)
It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone else’s place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.
There are tools out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.
The Second Law of Fandom
Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)
Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. It’s not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. It’s not up to you to police fandom.
If you don’t like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.
But you have no right to say to any creator “I do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.”
It’s not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. That’s censorship. Don’t do it.
The Third Law of Fandom
Ship And Let Ship (SALS)
Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.
It’s not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.
You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.
It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.
These three laws add up to the following:
You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasn’t to your taste. That’s the height of bad manners.
Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.
Pisces and Snake... water moccasin?
Combine your chinese zodiac and astrology sign to make your true fursona
Who else said the word teeth immediately after reading this?
Teeth are required to say the word teeth.
I have such respect for this girl, you don't even understand
This is beautiful and educational. Thank you for sharing!
“if there were a cure for your disability, would you take it?”
This broke my brain
Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
Thank you, yes
The best fan fictions are the ones that could fool you into being a forgotten script from the Source Material. Like forgotten episodes or cut-chapters or alternate endings. They bring the essence of the show/book/movie back to life and remind you about all of the little things that made you love it in the first place.
I can ship who I want in the DC universe and there is nobody that can stop me. Nobody.
That tweet is so perfect, I'm crying
I saw this text post while roleplaying on one of my Rp blogs and I just couldn’t resist the urge to make this.
Jesus Christ, I don't understand. The only thing I remember about this movie is weird hair sex
6 years later and avatar (the james cameron movie) is still completely incomprehensible to me. like you’ve got the highest grossing film in recent history and no one actually enjoyed it beyond “eh. it was okay”
This now my favorite Dick Grayson quote
“Because when you get down to it, my life isn’t about the costumes or the bad guys. It’s not about the cities or symbols. It’s way simpler than that. I grew up in a circus. It’s always been about catching people when they fall.”
Nightwing // Catwoman // Wonder Woman // Harley Quinn // Batman and Catwoman
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!?!?
Where’s Wally...
To normal people:
To Disney/Pixar fans:
To Young Justice fans:
Thank you, someone needed to say it
even if girls did have pillow fights @ sleep overs why do ppl assume they would be cute/sexy … If we’re pillow fighting it’s going to be a straight up brawl there will b no boundaries. I will try to pillow punt you into the next dimension. I didn’t come here to make friends I came here to win
I started crying, this is so true
i am vengeance
I honestly just want a Stevonnie fight scene. It's become obvious that Steven and Connie are amazing at combat together, and I can't wait to see the two of them as one against some big baddie
an anon wanted me to post my stevonnie art in one piece so here you go!
Thank you. This is exactly how I feel. Stuff like this is the reason I get on Tumblr, to see I'm not alone on these things, that I'm not a freak, and that there are other people who feel the same. F#?$ other people and their rules about what's "normal" or not.
Sorry if that got a little weird, I'm just bein' honest here.
Does anyone else have that one fanfiction that they’re dying to to write but it’s like, mega long and basically a whole universe, and then you’ve got head-cannons to go with that fanfiction and like fanfiction to go with that fanfiction an back-stories for every character and you get frikin’ feels about that universe and it’d be the most coolest thing if you could just be bothered to frikin’ write it.
I was going to see the movie the second I heard about, because, well, DEADPOOL! However, even if I wasn't vastly obsessed with comic books, I'd still go watch just from all this bad#$$ advertising
I know, I mean, it's the funny kinda stuff I read in fanfiction, but in canon, it's not cool. Also, Dick is usually all awkward in canon when people compliment his butt (look it up, I swear it's true). I'm just saying, Dick is by far one of my favorite comic book characters, and Grayson is a bit too focused on that "sexual undertone" it was going for.
MAN OF THE YEAR: CELEBRATING DICK GRAYSON’S HANDSOMEST MOMENTS
I didn't even know this was a thing, but Supernatural is love/life, so I gotta keep track of this $!#? now
This is the most accurate thing, oh man, thank you
Wayne boys at gala parties...
Dick
“Can we leave now?”
Damian
“I’m warning you Grayson, I’ll stab the next person who calls me cute or dares to pinch my cheeks”
Jason
“I’m supposed to be dead for fuck’s sake why the fuck do I still have to put up with this shit!?”
Tim
***He’s trying his best to not spat at anyone***
Bruce
“No complaining, If Alfred forced me to stay then you sure as hell are staying as well”
Batbrothers' Never Have I Ever, Round 2
Tim: Never have I ever had superpowers.
Damian: -tt- Well, Drake. Never have I ever had to fake an injury to get the press off my back.
Tim: *scowls*
Dick: Never have I ever had a big brother!
Tim: That's not even fair.
Damian: For once, I agree with Drake.
Jason: Wow. Whatever. Never have I ever staged an elaborate play, my friends as pawns whose trust I break in the process, in order to bring down a supervillain society and an alien invasion.
Dick: Okay. Well. That was one time.
Tim: Never have I ever intentionally destroyed shrubbery because I was a petulant brat.
Damian: Neither have I.
Tim: Never have I ever intentionally destroyed shrubbery, period. *narrows eyes.
Damian: And never have I ever been adopted.
Jason: Wow. Woww.
Tim: Rude.
Dick: Never have I ever taken up an identity that belonged to a previous Robin, the Robin mantel included.
Jason: Oh, come on!
Tim: Hey.
Damian: Grayson, you are being underhanded.
Jason: Whatever. Never has my sibling slept with my mom.
Damian: ... why must you say such things.
This is so beautiful, oh god, I'm crying, thank you for this.
Jason Todd and Roy Harper in their apartment
Jensen and Jared are my spirit animals and the idea of them and Batfam together brings great joy, but nah, Jared is way too tall, it's not happening, though I could totally go for Jensen as Jason.
I mean, Jensen does have a lot of experiance playing resurrected characters.
So there's this thing with people casting Jensen ackles as Jason Todd?? As much as I stay in the Jason Todd tags I've never heard of or seen that
Jensen voiced Jason in Under the Red Hood, and some people want him to play Jason in live action.
the little white streak in Jason’s hair. reblog if you agree.