surely this cannot be too hard a concept for people to grasp

people got mad the last time i said this but you HAVE to stop pretending that people of the past were more intellectual and thoughtful and you need to model yourself after them because modernity pales in comparison. that's nazi shit

basically

something strange going on with my wip where nothing is happening because im not writing. does anyone know how to fix this

please. Untitled Artwork was my father. call me Untitled Artwork (1)

Pretty Polly.

Sheltered younger people telling never-sheltered millennials+ that they need to self-censor their fandom porn is just never going to bear fruit bc literally the attitude they’re trying to break through is “I came across lots of weird shit when I was 12 on the internet, and I turned out FINE. That cannibalism-incest-gore fic I accidentally clicked on and read through my fingers because I couldn’t make myself hit the back button on that disaster nauseated me and fucked me up for DAYS, yes, but damn if I wasn’t a fucking war hero among my friends for reading the goddamn most edgy fic of them all. Went back and read it a second time just so I could brag better.”

Yeah… yeah. It’s… it’s just not going to get through to us.

It’s not about “opinions,” it’s “patterns of thinking.”

We think differently.

People who’ve been reading fic since before Ao3’s marvelous tag systep — we think in a way incompatible with anyone’s overwhelming desire to be sheltered. Some have acquired triggers and squicks over the many years of living life and have to put, a little or a lot of, caution into their Ao3 navigation. But even accounting for that, on the whole, the base attitudes towards encountering a personally unpalatable fic are relatively the same, in the neighborhood of —

We’re not scared of fanfiction.

We recognize fanfic as something which can be managed and are therefore free not to worry that it will manage us.

We’re not scared of ideas. We’re don’t believe in thought crimes. We don’t identify our morals with our libido. We know that there is value in our occasional feelings of disgust. We’re not afraid of disgust. We don’t believe things that disgusts us shouldn’t exist. We’re not scared of “being a bad person” if we just leave someone alone when they’re doing something we don’t agree with.

It’s all a matter of perspective.

If you’re scared of what you’ll find on the internet, you will react with horror at finding it.

If you’re reasonably cautious of what you’ll find on the internet, you will learn to avoid it.

If you’re scared of feeling disgust, you will try to condemn anyone and anything that makes you feel that way. Because of your zero-tolerance “That thing does not deserve to exist bc it’s disgusting,” reaction, you will struggle to learn to be curious and amused about/despite disgust.

Your fear is:

If you’re chill about disgust simply meaning, “Whoa, ew, maybe let’s stop/get out of here,” you will slowly grow additional emotional intelligence. To our great benefit, all feelings can be better understood as we age, and disgust is no exception.

When you allow disgust to be another natural part of your life, you can:

No one’s saying to read fic you find gross or traumatizing. The modern internet does not have to be anything like the old internet in that respect. But being irrationally scared of interacting with people who read something that squicks you, of being affected morally by the themes and plot devices you find in fiction, or that even seeing a reference/warning of fictional content that squicks you make you somehow culpable of real-life crimes…

We don’t see that as healthy, and we don’t wish to partake. We also ~generally consider it to be contributing to the global erosion of human rights to self-expression and to indulge in consensual private sexual behaviors without government interference.

We prefer to be appropriately cautious and exercise our autonomy. We do not seek or welcome anyone to come in and micromanage us bc we are perfectly capable of exercising our own discretion when browsing fanfic.

Feel free to learn how to do that (re: “be appropriately cautious and exercise your autonomy”), or for your own well-being, stay out of spaces that were designed to prioritize each fan’s autonomy and to allow each fan to be accountable for, and only for, their own feelings of disgust.

Bottom line — are you responsible enough to go on Ao3 or not?

Can you depend on yourself to learn how Ao3 works (and why) in order to evaluate whether it is an appropriate website for you? Are you loyal enough to your own well-being to either retreat or to sit down and understand once and for all how to filter out “Archive Warnings” and tags?

Are you trustworthy? Can the community you’re trying to forcibly jam yourself into rely on you to not harass or bully anyone, and to overall act in good faith, or will you not care who you hurt so long as you get what you want?

Are you responsible for your actions, or are you expecting that someone else will be responsible and make all the difficult decisions for you?

I'M JUST NOW REALIZING "STRATTLAND" IS THE SHIP NAME OF EVA STRATT AND RYLAND GRACE. I THOUGHT YALL WERE JUST SO HYPED ABOUT HER THAT YOU DEEMED THE FANDOM "STRATTLAND" LIKE IT WAS A VILLAGE LMAO

library holds queue perfec t size for put TBR list for reading! queue very Comfort and Long for checking off reading list slowly. Put reading list in holds queue. no problems ever in hollds queueue because good slow timing for TBR long of titles. A hold QUeue yes a place for reading list put books in holds queue can trust holds queue for not giving all books at same time. friend holds queue.

Thinking about Aroace Grace that just simply has no word for how he feels about relationships and sex because how he feels is based entirely on the content and way it's being talked about. I like to think he'd make A Face if his students ever brought up just the thought of him being in a relationship. He doesn't understand why people are so open about sex and such because Ew Don't Talk To Me About This. But I also think he would be absolutely fine teaching a health class or something. I like to think he's that kind of sex repulsed where he is so repulsed by any mention of sex and such unless it's being looked at through a scientific lens in which case it's just another bodily function. Contemplate an unlabeled aroace Grace

I know there’s a lot of chat as Ryland Grace as Orpheus successful. Orpheus who looks back and saves Rocky from the brink of death. And I agree, he feels like Orpheus successful. But I don’t think his act with Rocky is looking back. See, Grace has spent the whole story chasing a version of himself back on Earth. Gaze and dreams and memory pinned firmly behind him as he pieces together the a one-dead life that feels impossible to bring back. No, Ryland Grace is Orpheus successful because at the eleventh hour, he pins his gaze firmly on what’s ahead. Grace sets his trajectory for Rocky and Erid and doesn’t look back again.

You can only reblog this today! Next time Thursday 20 will follow Wednesday 19 will be in 2439!

GET ABSOLUTELY SHRIMPED!!!

there are only ghosts here

Hey OP? What the FUCK does this mean?

decay exists as an extant form of life

That’s a terrifying answer, have a nice day

THE ORIGINAL?!?!!!!!!!!;!!!!!!!!???

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