I Sat Here And Stared Blankly At My Screen For A Good Five Minutes After Reading This. Wow. This Persons

I sat here and stared blankly at my screen for a good five minutes after reading this. Wow. This person’s dad fucking rocks, number one. And what a fucking answer! A lot of the time I’m writing about the need to feel seen. To be known by someone and loved, not in spite of, but because of that knowledge. What about y’all?

my dad–also a writer–came to visit, and i mentioned that the best thing to come out of the layoff is that i’m writing again. he asked what i was writing about, and i said what i always do: “oh, just fanfic,” which is code for “let’s not look at this too deeply because i’m basically just making action figures kiss in text form” and “this awkward follow-up question is exactly why i don’t call myself a writer in public.”

he said, “you have to stop doing that.”

“i know, i know,” because it’s even more embarrassing to be embarrassed about writing fanfic, considering how many posts i’ve reblogged in its defense.

but i misunderstood his original question: “fanfic is just the genre. i asked what you’re writing about.” 

i did the conversational equivalent of a spinning wheel cursor for at least a minute. i started peeling back the setting and the characters, the fic challenge and the specific episode the story jumps off from, and it was one of those slow-dawning light bulb moments. “i’m writing about loneliness, and who we are in the absence of purpose.”

as, i imagine, are a lot of people right now, who probably also don’t realize they’re writing an existential diary in the guise of getting television characters to fuck. 

“that’s what you’re writing. the rest is just how you get there, and how you get it out into the world. was richard iii really about richard the third? would shakespeare have gotten as many people to see it if it wasn’t a story they knew?”

so, my friends: what are you writing about?

I made this for a lovely friend of mine and just had to take the opportunity to recommend her fic because it is delightful and everyone should read it. So! If you’re into Snarry and fairy tales, this is the fic for you. And even if you don’t! Because the writing is superb, and I felt like I was falling into one of those classics that begins with “Once upon a time...”

Fic Link: a forest, dark and deep

Author’s AO3: bleedcolor

Today must be blow Miri’s mind day cuz excuse me?! Where has this gorgeous art been hiding? I’ll just be over here in a puddle on the floor if anyone needs me. 🤯

“Show me my/your mark.”

I LOVE the scars of Sectumsempra.

We had three amazing gifts this week, and the creators did such a wonderful job. Huge round of applause! 👏 

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