hear me out: a cutthroat kitchen-type contest for fanfic writers. contestants are given a different trope to write each round. sabotages include making an opponent write in first person, requiring them to write in a particular AU, making them incorporate the opening structure of my immortal. alton brown looks over your shoulder while you write the smut.
A grab bag of horrible euphemisms are on the table, you bid for the privilege of being the only author allowed to use “cock”
You only get to use the character’s names and/or their pronouns once for every 1000 words. Beyond that, you must say “the taller one,” “the detective,” etc.
[fifteen seconds before you’re eliminated] “So this is a, sort of a, rustic, deconstructed high school bodyswap fake relationship fic…”
“I was so psyched to write my Fuck Or Die fic! I immediately picked up symbolic flowers, a prostate massager, and the dog they would adopt together…and then I realized – I totally forgot the aliens to make them do it.”
The most brutally sabotaged contestant ends up writing something so bad it becomes the most famous fic in all of fandom, forever. No one remembers who actually won the contest.
SOMEONE SET THIS UP I WANT TO PLAY.
I am dead serious this needs to be a thing. Like a fast paced, write what you can in X days/hours, 5k word max fic where you bid time for whatever advantages or disadvantages are on the table. Or even a monthly challenge where you’re given all kinds of things you have to incorporate and you have to sacrifice time in order to not be at a disadvantage (for example, you sacrifce a week and a half on your due date to be able to use the word cock in a smut fic.)
I swear if someone else wants to help me figure out the logistics of this kind of thing and help me mod I will set up a blog for this kind of thing. It’s waaaay too good an idea not to do.
I made it to the next step to be a railcar unloader. And omfg. I haven’t felt more happy about an email in my whole life. My test isn’t until the 22nd @ 12:30 but before that, I don’t wanna drink for a few days so my brain is doing what it should be. I want this job so bad. I FUCKING WANT IT. I will pass the test. I feel it. I know it. I will make me happy. I will make Luna happy.
I WILL MAKE BYRON HAPPY. Thank you Byron, so much. I really want this job, like I WANT IT. I feel this job will make everything “perfect” for us. I have such good “vibes” from this. I’m gonna do good. For me, for her, and for you. Thank you for taking care of us. BUT THIS JOB. This will change our lives. I’m going to get it. I WILL GET THIS JOB. For me, for you, for her, for us.
just saw a post where someone put “detrans dni” and like… hey we should be supporting detransitioned people bc if we don’t terfs will
sometimes you’re wrong about your identity and that’s ok like i used to think i was bi but it turns out i was wrong and i know ppl who thought they were trans but it turns out they were wrong and it should be ok and accepted that sometimes people don’t get it right on the first try
@gothhowl yeah… trial and error is an amazing way of putting it
If it helps - I’ve changed several times in my life, and I wouldn’t be very surprised if I changed again.
Sexuality and gender were always meant to be areas and spectra, not fixed categories. They may evolve as we gradually know ourselves and others better and also as we go through life experiences.
Also, identities come with a whole set of implications and expectations, and we may want to embrace some of them while we question others because they don’t feel “right” or “representative” for us in particular. There are endless ways to be queer.
If anything, it is useful to remember that what we have in common is the social stigmata usually associated with LGBTQ+ communities and the phobias they leave us with. No matter how much you want to regard this as a private matter, any social/political issues will affect you deeply. They will affect how others perceive you and treat you, and they will definitely affect your life choices.
