just remember, one day you're going to open tumblr and the crabs will be raving like they never have before
We will meet here again on that day. This is my sacred promise to you.
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just remember, one day you're going to open tumblr and the crabs will be raving like they never have before
We will meet here again on that day. This is my sacred promise to you.
destiel is like. a stove burner that is always on.
i think the real reason egg prices are so high is that so many of them are turning into beautiful women
to be honest there has never been a fictional character iโve actually wanted to date. like. i want them to date each other. i donโt want myself as a person to be involved in this scenario whatsoever. what would i add to this narratively? whatโs my thematic purpose in the narrative? immersion breaking.
I should be able to both read for 8hrs a night and sleep for 8hrs a night. That I cannot is very rude and, frankly, poor design.
me ๐ค the 4.3k of you who reblogged this
your tumblr avatar is who you are on the outside, and your discord avatar is your true self
Hmm.
literally drinking a beer by the lake and still opened tumblr. some of us are beyond saving
Sorry itโs early but you really canโt use fanfiction terms in a non fanfiction context like if someone is trying to sell me a book to read and they tell me thereโs an enemy to lovers I would be annoyed because why are you spoiling the story lol
sorry op this is kind of a tangent but this is why i hate how booktok has not only affected how ppl talk about their fave stories, but how it's basically gnawed its way into how publishing companies promote books. it basically encourages authors to build their entire story entirely around marketable tropes so that they turn more of a profit
"it has enemies to lovers!" "it has friends to lovers!" "this is a slow burn!" WHAT IS THE PLOT??? what makes your story unique?? why should i read it??? describing your story entirely in tropes and fanfiction terms makes your story sound extremely uninteresting lmfao.
Fanfiction is for when you want to read familiar characters in a setting where you already know what's going to happen. I care about this coffee shop au because I already love these characters and just want to see them in fun familiar situations
Books are original content for new stories new characters in new situations. Why should I care if it takes place in a coffee shop? Give me a reason to love these characters!
@greaseonmymouth we shall have a summer wedding
Hello, bookseller here!
Do you know how many times a day Iโm asked specifically for things that are considered here as โfandom termsโ when really theyโre just beloved tropes seem in all forms of publication, from massive giant publishers to frickin Wattpad?
I am asked for enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, second chance love, mafia romance, professor/student relationships, grumpy/sunshine, golden retriever/black cat, shifter romance, and so much more. Every single day. They are tropes and are not just fandom verbiage. Yes, adding โAUโ to the end makes it fanfic, but the reason those AUs exist in the first place is because the trope already exists outside of fandom.
I love fandom, I love fanfic, but neither would exist without these stories that make us interested in them in the first place, be they book format or some other form of media or presentation. Like stated above, Coffeeshop AUs would not exist to the extent they do now without stories already taking place with coffeeshops or bakeries or florists or tattoo parlors or whatever else.
And not just because more and more fanfic are being rewritten as original stories in their own right.
Tropes existed long before modern fanfic did. Theyโre tropes for a reason. And these tropes are beloved by readers (and viewers etc) of all kinds, and these tropes are what Iโm asked for because people know what sort of pairings they like and they go for that.
And sure, maybe fanfic becoming more popular and talked about means that people are more likely to reference it when looking for traditionally published works to read, but it doesnโt diminish either side to do so.
Fanfic readers talk about reading the same two people falling in love over and over again and being happy about it, or talk about what their favorite tropes and AUs are, but as soon as someone tries to find that same trope elsewhere suddenly itโs bad?
To go all the way to the start of this, saying something is โenemies to loversโ does not ruin the story. Because thatโs not the story, itโs only part of the pairing and character dynamics. And unless it is a Blind Date With A Book deal, where tropes ARE what sells it, no bookseller is going to just point to a random book and say a trope and nothing else about it. The tropes add context to the plot and characters; they donโt act as a synopsis of their own.
Also, tropes like that are usually mentioned in the summary itself, so how it could ruin the story for you I have no idea, unless you like to go into books completely blind and knowing nothing about it. Which is a valid way to read books, but then you wouldnโt be having these conversations to begin with.
These terms and tropes and pairings originated in traditional publishing but shifted to fanfic and became popularized in fandom spaces, but they are not fanfic/fandom terms. They are story terms.
Yes, you will have simple stories written just to get a cutesy trope out. But fanfic writers do that too. Literally PWP exists and we applaud it. Sometimes people just want something simple or specific without being bogged down with gratuitous plot and thatโs okay. Thereโs plenty of stories out there with gratuitous plot and these tropes too.
Fanfic and traditionally published books are not enemies. But now youโre really making me want to write a simple story with no real plot thatโs enemies to lovers between them. Because itโs cute and itโs fun and thatโs okay.
I donโt know how I deal with less pretentious people working in a brick and mortar bookstore than I do interacting with tumblr users sometimes, but itโs the truth.
Just because youโre not interested in stories marketed a certain way doesnโt mean there arenโt those who are. Whatโs that saying again?
Sorry itโs early but you really canโt use fanfiction terms in a non fanfiction context like if someone is trying to sell me a book to read and they tell me thereโs an enemy to lovers I would be annoyed because why are you spoiling the story lol
sorry op this is kind of a tangent but this is why i hate how booktok has not only affected how ppl talk about their fave stories, but how it's basically gnawed its way into how publishing companies promote books. it basically encourages authors to build their entire story entirely around marketable tropes so that they turn more of a profit
"it has enemies to lovers!" "it has friends to lovers!" "this is a slow burn!" WHAT IS THE PLOT??? what makes your story unique?? why should i read it??? describing your story entirely in tropes and fanfiction terms makes your story sound extremely uninteresting lmfao.
Fanfiction is for when you want to read familiar characters in a setting where you already know what's going to happen. I care about this coffee shop au because I already love these characters and just want to see them in fun familiar situations
Books are original content for new stories new characters in new situations. Why should I care if it takes place in a coffee shop? Give me a reason to love these characters!
I mean like, โenemies to loversโ does tell you about the plot in a concrete way and is not generally a spoiler. Itโs also just a romance novel trope. Quite honestly a lot of โfanfic tropesโ originate in romance novels (although romance books certainly mirror fic trends). Or just from fiction in general because tropes have existed since apes began telling each other stories.
I also find the trope marketing extremely annoying because I find all advertising annoying. But it does make sense.
The trope list is just a way to get eyes on books. Itโs a quick and easy way to say Book Contains Scenarios that you may or may not find compelling. Only One Bed. โWho did this to you???โ Found family. If you tend to like these things in a story you can click on the ad to find out more. Itโs like the inverse of fanfic. Itโs not โI like these characters and want to see them in various situationsโ, itโs โI like these situations and want to see them with various charactersโ.
Why should I care if itโs in a coffee shop? The setting is some of the most basic information points about the plot of a book. The back of the book and the advertising are just marketing, they arenโt the place for in depth character analysis.
Writers have built their works around marketable tropes since commercial fiction has existed. Any used bookstore you can go to is saturated with mass market paperbacks: romances, westerns, mysteries. Sci fi, fantasy. Etc. Most of these are probably not very good. Cheap, disposable fiction is nothing new. Again, especially when it comes to genre fiction. For every Genre Defining Masterpiece you have 25 moderately talented but unremarkable writers churning out pulp. This years A Court of This and That spicy enemies to lovers fae romance is the bodice ripper of yore.
Itโs nothing new, itโs not ruining literature and as always youโre gonna have to read a bunch of kinda mid books to find the ones that truly appeal to you.
Fish gifs I made a bit ago, all with blockbench.
i think about this post a lot
Only reason I don't have ovaries anymore is because they exploded back in 2014 when that was a common occurrence
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