When You Read Discworld Did You Go In Order Or Start Elsewhere In The Books?

When you read Discworld did you go in order or start elsewhere in the books?

Lords and Ladies, I think. (I don't advise it as an ideal place to start - it was what the library had on that fateful day, that's all!) I had already read the first two back when they first came out. And Truckers. And Good Omens. I'm pretty sure it was the City Watch books that first sent me right down the Discworld rabbit hole.

8.22 Clip Show

It's Whumptober and I wanted to be whumping the pretend people. I should really put any energy I can scrape together into my WIPs, but... whuuuuuuuump.

I think there's something that needs to be said about encouraging readers to leave feedback.

For me it's not about "tell me my writing is amazing and stroke my ego"

It's more about "please engage with me so that I can experience your joy secondhand and foster a connection with you"

I understand that not everyone wants this in their reading experience, some people are shy and a million other reasons why maybe someone wouldn't want to engage and that's perfectly fine!

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

On encouraging reblogs —

I understand that not everyone is comfortable reblogging, especially explicit content. This is ok!

But just consider that the only reason you were able to enjoy a fic or fanart is because someone else shared it, and by not sharing it yourself you are potentially robbing someone else of the opportunity to enjoy it as much as you did.

As OPs our reach only goes so far and this website relies on reblogs in order for anything to truly get seen by a wider audience.

So that's really it! That's why I encourage these two things at the end of every story I post. Not because I'm trying to be demanding and "make people feel bad" if they don't do it.

I know most other social media sites encourage mindless content consumption and that's just the way of the world nowadays, but I am from a time when community was at the heart of fandom and I just don't want to lose that.

How much do you love halloween?

Hallowhatnow? It's WHUMPTOBER.

Why watch SPN if you hate horrors?

I... don't? I said something about not sharing Kripke's particular relish for the visually splatty side of the horror genre, but I still enjoy the mystery, suspense, psychological, and jumpscare side of things. The crawling dread of 'don't step off the path' and 'don't go into the basement'. The unknowns that lurk in the shadows and the wild places. I enjoy the tropes of the horror genre. I just peek through my fingers when things get very body-fluids messy (though after watching the splatty splatness of The Boys and Gen V, I'm either numbed or cured!)