I Suggest That We Start Using The Term Creatives Instead Of Content Creators For Authors/artists/gifmakers/podficcers

I suggest that we start using the term ‘creatives’ instead of ‘content creators’ for authors/artists/gifmakers/podficcers for a few reasons, and chief among them are these;

we can’t always be our most productive, but there’s a terrible trend of fandom folks feeling bad if they don’t have something new to post every few weeks

you’re still a creative person even if you aren’t creating something at a given time, for whatever reason

and something it’s taken me far too long to learn myself: making things is not the rent you pay to be part of a community

I like stories where a normal human child is being raised by a sinister supernatural being who is totally malevolent except when it comes to their kid. Those are so much better than the “kids are scary” changeling type horror movies.

if you're interested in experiencing the most undignified way of having a bad time ever devised, then look no further than having a body

I give myself very good advice. But I very seldom follow it.

saw a sinisterly pretty cat on the sidewalk