It’s all over. Your favorite anime, book, movie, manga, series, television show, or video game has ended. But canon is only the beginning …
You go hunting for fanfiction seeking out all kinds of alternate endings, canon divergences, and even alternate universes.
You find several stories that you just love and it makes you smile to read them. Nevertheless, you are still looking for more …
You find it. The most wonderful fanfiction you have ever read. Even if canon didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to; it was worth it to get this story. This was written for you!
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I always thought these cards would be a fun way to organize rec lists.
*Images taken from Clue (1985). It’s such a fun movie and I love Tim Curry’s character and also Madeline Kahn’s. The third ending is my favorite.
If you don’t have wings to fly, squeeze the potential of your imagination. DevinElleKurtz
Me: I just sometimes get so stressed that I just want to screech
My Therapist: Then do it.
Me: I’m sorry?
My Therapist: Primal screeching is one way of completing your stress cycle, do it. Be mindful of where you are, I usually do it in my car, but yeah. Go for it.
Me: Ah- Oh.
My Therapist: Holding that kind of thing in is what’s locking you into that stress state. Screeching, running, dancing, that tells your body they the danger has passed and you’ll relax. Since you have a lifetime of that shit locked away, it’ll take a sec but yeah. Screech if you want to.
I've been exposed...
Me: *gives advice to everyone about everything, is the mom friend, is a level-headed, mature and responsible young adult* all that matters is your own mental and physical health, look after yourself it's important
Also me: *waking up at 3am, I've slept for 3 hours, I'm eating junk food and leftover takeout and reading fanfiction until the time comes where I can no longer hide from my one true enemy the sun*
The duality of man
Parts 1 and 2
The fanfiction witch’s pantry
Inspired by this wonderful post [x] by @mysunfreckle
(click and zoom in to be able to read the labels)
I suddenly have an unbearable urge to write a neighbours au featuring love struck cats that end up matchmaking their owners just so they can be together in blissful feline matrimony.
By @kenziecoffman and Theo the Cat
Supercarrier: fandom flagship. Everybody and their dog ships it. The fandom is glutted with artwork and fic. You cannot escape this ship.
Dreadnought: massively popular. Nearly everybody ships it. You can, with dedication, in theory, reach the end of the AO3 archive for the ship’s tag, but it’ll take a long time.
Cruiser: pretty popular ship. Not everyone ships it, but everyone knows about it. Has a good amount of fic/art, and probably multiple ask blogs.
Frigate: just plain popular. Feels like it could use more fanworks. New people to the fandom might not know about it, but they’ll stumble across it sooner rather than later.
Gunboat: bit of a rarepair. It might have an ask blog or two. A couple big name fans ship it. Probably only takes a few weeks to get through the entire AO3 backlog, and one new fic gets added during that time.
Tugboat: rarepair. Almost never seen except as a side pairing to a more popular ship. You can usually get through everything on AO3 in a matter of days. You’ve forgotten what it is to be picky about what you read.
Rowboat: less than a dozen people ship it. You all know each other. You exist in an endless cycle of the same five people desperately producing art and fic and one person who constantly contributes headcanons.
Canoe: you are one of maybe three people who ship it, and there’s a not-insignificant chance you’ve never encountered those other two hypothetical shippers. You spend your days paddling furiously in hopes of keeping the ship afloat, dreaming of the day you upgrade to a rowboat so you can finally rest.
A persons fanfic tells you a lot about them, i , a fanfic writer, realize in terror
Stuff that always gets me
| 25+ | she/her | INFJ | Huffleclaw | Reading, writing, dreaming | Obessessing over fictional characters gives me life |
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