A writer friend told me something that broke my heart a little bit today; they're going to quit publishing their fanfic.

My instant thought was that they had been trolled or attacked or that something terrible had happened in their life because this person is so passionate about their writing. It wasn't any of that. Engagement with their works has been going down, as it has for many of us. Comments are like gold dust a lot of the time, and just looking through the historical comment counts on old fics on ao3 demonstrates this trend very clearly. It was not simply the comments dropping off which caused them to decide to stop posting, however.

My friend came across a discord server for their fandom (I should point out here that their fandom interest and mine diverged a couple of years ago, we stay in touch but don't currently read each other's posts because I'm not into their fandom and they would rather gouge their eyes out with a wooden spoon than read anything Star Wars) and specifically to share fic in that fandom. They joined, because we all love a good fic rec, only to discover that their latest multichapter fic, which has almost no comments and very few kudos, is being hotly discussed in this server as one of the best stories ever. Not one of these people has bothered to say this to them on the fic. When they asked, none of participants could see the point in telling the author of the fic they apparently loved so much that they love it.

This discovery has absolutely destroyed my friend's love of sharing fic. They share because they love seeing other people's enjoyment, and fic writers do that through comments and kudos/reblogs/likes because we don't get paid. There is no literary critic writing a blog post/article about how amazing the story is for us to copy and keep/frame. There is no money from royalties. All we have are the words of the people reading our works.

Those people on that server could have taken five minutes of the time they spent gushing about how amazing my friend's story was to other people and used it to tell the one person guaranteed to want to hear that praise how much they loved it. They could have taken a moment to express their opinion to the person who spent hours upon hours plotting, writing, editing, and posting those chapters. Instead, they deprived my friend of thing that keeps them sharing their writing, and in the process have killed their love of it. My friend now feels used and unmotivated.

I won't be sharing a link to their fic, they said I could share their experience but not their identity. I know they plan to post one final chapter. I know they intend to express their hurt at being excluded from the praise for the thing they created, and I know they intend to announce that as a consequence they will not be posting for a long while, if at all.

So please, I beg you, don't hide your love of a story from the writer. It's just about the only thing we have.

thank you to every single fucking person on this god forsaken site that has ever posted your own art or writing. You really put a vulnerable, important part of yourself out in the open on the hellscape that is the internet and if that isnt an act of bravery and a labor of love I dont know what one is

hey let's have this conversation again since the like/reblog ratio is getting SOOOO much worse. if you like content, reblog it. the people who follow you cannot see when you've liked a post, unless your likes are visible and they are routinely going through them, which i assure you they are not. by reblogging content, you are making it visible to other accounts. fanart, gifs, edits, etc. may be fun to make but they are very time consuming and it is much appreciated that if you enjoy them, you take the brief moment to reblog them to show that appreciation - and it helps. as fun as they may be, it is often kind of discouraging for posts to not do well because for every one person that reblogged it, five left a like and kept it pushing

YES!! absolutely!!! literally what this godawful site was made for! that is the point!

i’m mad all over again because i just saw a wonderful fanart with 100 ish notes — 19 reblogs and 86 likes. do you realize how insane that is? i also had not considered writers in my original post but i went looking and found a fairly popular work by one of my mutuals. 132 reblogs and 1,243 likes. some content might not ‘fit’ your blog but frankly that’s a lame excuse bc 1) you’re consuming it so you clearly like it? 2) make a secondary blog? it’s just crazy to me that people can’t spare a second to do what this site was literally made for but will be quick to request edits, gifs, fics, etc that are hand crafted to be exactly what they want, or save them and use them as their profile pictures without credit, or or or. you like it so much but you can’t make sure it gets seen?

[ * FREAKING OUT BECAUSE I JUST READ ASTER LORE BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING WHY THE FEATHERED WINGS. TURNS OUT THERE'S PHOENIX GASTER BLASTERS IN ZEPHYRTALE. PHOENIX GASTER BLASTERS. A MIX OF BONES AND FEATHERS. HOW COOL IS THAT. WHAT THE FUCK ]

[ * sighs..... grabs tape and feathers.... slaps onto Buggy...... ]

im losing my mind

i dont know who needs to see this today,

is it safe to eat something after removing an inch past visible mold? only for a few hard cheeses and veggies

the USDA offers this information and a thorough set of guidelines:

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/molds-food-are-they-dangerous

-revive-

Un dibujito de Ink ☝️🥸 para matar el tiempo.

Después de un buen largo tiempo he vuelto jajajaja.

(traducción)

-Rise from the grave-

A little Ink drawing ☝️🥸 to kill time.

After a long time I'm back jajajaja.

(sorry, I use a translator because I don't know English)

Ink Sans: @comyet

[ * BRO.... ESTO ES GENIAL ]

[ * ADORO los colores HRHRHVRHR aquí mordiendo el dibujo /pos ]

[ * Se me hace interesante en particular cómo dibujaste sus brazos :0 (usualmente la parte gris es interpretada como un hueso gris, lo cual es técnicamente canon, pero igual es entretenido ver a gente jugando con el diseño!) ]

[ * La Doodlesphere igual se ve magnífica, capaz saque de aquí algo de inspiración JSJSJS (si esta bien de tu parte) ]

Eng. Translation of what I said under cut:

this leaves out the most crucial tip you'll ever need:

-site:pinterest.*

excludes the entirety of pinterest's evil domainverse from image search

Reblogging for the Pinterest addition

Compilation of Mysterious Papyrus Things

Random Strange Facts:

Relationships:

Personality:

Quotes:

Links for additional reading/theories(most links to @batter-sempai, @papyrus-knows, and @queenofdragons6 posts and reblogs): Optimism does not make Papyrus naive Papyrus casually breaking laws of physics  Strange music (or lack of) in Papyrus’s room Brutal kind of guy screenshots Some disturbing connections Some suspicious screenshots Part 3 of a sans theory where the writer realizes Papyrus is ridiculously mysterious Chara and Papyrus similarities–they’re always smiling! Phone call and 4th wall suspicions Papyrus surprising cynicism Sans and Papyrus dynamic speculation Vague Gaster and Papyrus connection Papyrus’s skewed views on what is safe for kids… possible backstory connection? Another compilation of sketchy Papyrus-y things Insomnia and nightmares More on music and rooms Papyrus creeped out by echo flowers Papyrus and Annoying Dog interactions (there are a surprising amount) Sans and Papyrus dynamic speculation 2 Papyrus: treated like a child Papyrus: nasty words with a huge grin The fodder for many an amnesiac theory Papyrus is literally the skeleton in the closet Papyrus battle mechanics and minor Flowey connections The dude is lonely Theory: is Papyrus Gaster? More Papyrus fighting skill plus reality breaking phone call He’s a gentleman Papyrus doesn’t sleep Undertale Q&A/Papyrus’s favorite food Reference–How many lines each character has in the game Debunking Stupid Papyrus 1 – he knows what death is Debunking Stupid Papyrus 2 – the sink height. Strange, but workable Debunking Stupid Papyrus 3 – “solving” the horoscope Debunking Stupid Papyrus 4 – the lab Debunking Stupid Papyrus 5 – pet rock Debunking Stupid Papyrus 6 – spaghetti

Papyrus masterpost! :D

This makes me want to write a sequel for “Pavirus”, oh my gosh.

“ When Flowey attacks the group during the True Pacifist fight, he binds everyone with two vines, except Papyrus–who he binds with four. “

I got fucking chills omg..

Also. I keep forgetting it but:

“ Papyrus’s dialogue shakes on a consistent basis when no one else’s does “

This was one of the things I noticed when I first became suspicious of Papyrus, but I would like to point out that there’s two other characters who have shaking text like Papyrus’.

Undyne the Undying.

And Flowey, when he has absorbed the human souls before he turns into photoshop Flowey.

@forgettable-au

Funny that you mentioned me here because I literally reblogged this on my main account like 4 hours ago lol

You know what, I’m gonna share it around here too, because you all need to know about the weird Papyrus things to understand some of the things I’m doing with this AU hehe

Spreading the knowledge everywhere, I need more people to be crazy about Papyrus

this is definitely NOT the moon girl episode with a trans character that disney shelved and has no plans on airing and i am definitely NOT advising you to spread it around like wildfire in retaliation to this stupid-ass chickenshit coward decision. i repeat, i am DEFINITELY not encouraging you to spread this episode around like crazy to show disney that trans people will not bow down to the whims of the people that want them dead. definitely DON'T do that. definitely

I don’t care if you think you’re “good” or “bad” at drawing

I don’t care where you’re from

I don’t care if you’re American or not

I don’t care what political party you identify with

If you support LGBTQ+ and disabled persons rights, please show your support!!!!!!! ONLY IF YOU CAN THO no stress

You may draw any character/oc with any kind of heart as long as you’re showing support!! All art forms welcome.

We are still here, and we will still keep fighting no matter what. You will persist <3

Please @ me and/or use the tag #persist<3 so I can see it, especially if you’re interested in the prizes!!

There will be prizes!! Info below the cut.

fucking australia’s trying to get everyone to link their government id to their social media accounts else you cant use them anymore, the actual fuck is wrong with this country

please, actually, get fucking mad over this, the entirety of australia basically just banned all social media for anyone who doesnt want to give up their privacy to the government, there was no vote on this, no nothing, they just went ahead and fucking passed this ridiculously privy law and barely anybody’s talking about it the actual fuck

okay so to actually explain what exactly is happening, it’s an age thing. theyve used ‘protect the children’ and ‘let kids be kids’ as a weapon again. anyone under 16 is banned from social media, but to enforce this they have openly admitted everyone will need to link their government id to their social media. this whole ‘protect the kids’ thing was a very obvious trojan horse for getting ppl to give up their privacy.

and yknow, that alone is a very shitty law even without the whole surrendering your private information to the government thing.

theyve made outside uninhabitable, there’s nowhere left to go. public areas have degenerated, theyve turned hanging out into a crime with loitering, streets feel unwalkable sometimes, parents are more wary of letting their kids walk around on their own than they used to be, and now theyre trying to ban one of the main ways kids manage to distract themselves inside the house.

when i was 15 i was depressed and lonely, unable to leave the house very far, no friends, nobody. the one place that helped me feel less alone was online communities. i wouldve killed myself if it werent for the support i recieved on there. and now theyre trying to ban that for future generations, in a world that hates them being both outside and inside.

and even still, this is still a fucking trojan horse to get you to give up your privacy.

some proper info on this bullshit

saw the paper art style trend and this little dude is the first thing that came to mind.

he’s absolutely queening out yall

ink!sans belongs to comyet :))

@starmonsterrr

[ * THE GUY!!!! LOVE THE PAPER TEXTURE!!!!! ]