Self Inserts Are Pathetic And Cringey

“self inserts are pathetic and cringey”

Just FYI if your first/primary language isn’t English and you A. read one of my stories and then B. put forth the effort to leave a comment, in English, to tell me that you liked it, please NEVER apologize for your grammar or w/e, the fact that you slogged through an English-language story and then COMMENTED on it in the same language is A++++++ and I adore you, I’m honestly incredibly touched and it makes my day every time, OK THANK YOU BYE

writing tip #2052:

there’s never a perfect time to start writing, 

forget slow burn romance, give me slow burn found family. give me enemies to friends to siblings. tired, weary old mentors learning to live again for their plucky young apprentices. heroes sharing apartments after world saving adventures because they’re so used to living with each other. dramatic “oh shit” moments where one gets kidnapped and the other realizes “god, that’s my kid.” i want to sit and watch in agony for thirty chapters while two idiots slowly adopt each other, someone get on it

me, staring down ao3: ok i’m desperate for fic about this pairing but like… how desperate

First lines are the writing equivalent of drawing hands