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would you like podfic of your fics? what about translations?
or you really don’t like the idea?
in both cases: good news! you can create a permission statement to let people know. (you might know what a permission statement/blanket statement is, but if not, here’s a Fanlore link)
AO3 bios are such an underused space, but they could be very useful!
here is an example of what you can write: “consider this blanket permission for podfics and translations! Please link back to the original fic. If a fic is locked, please make sure your work is also locked”
here’s another: “podfic/translate/whatever, I don’t even need to know about it”
or: “please do not podfic or translate my work”
it saves people from having to ask (especially those who are shy, anxious or just in a hurry because there’s some fandom event with a deadline!), and you from having to repeat yourself.
okay, since season 6 is done, can we talk about Maya’s captaincy.
i think its not fair how the writers didnt show how good maya as a captain was (probably because the writers wanna make andy the center of … everything(?))
like on season 3, its all about maya didnt deserve to be captain and how she ‘stole’ the role from andy. on every single call everyone questioned her decision, except for vic, ben and dean. so people might saw it as how she wasn’t really capable of leading her team(?)
instead of showing women supporting women, the writers showed how sexist thinking of a girl is a girl’s biggest enemy is true. Even go as far as Andy expecting maya to eventually “burned down the house”, like wth??
on season 4, half of the season she wasnt even a captain (because she was being a good girlfriend). the show also took a couple episodes for individual characters, hence no firefighting action. and most of the time they had calls, they would give the brilliant ideas came from other people like sullivan (as if the writers wanted to show how good he was)
the only big decision she made was in the last episode of season 4, which led to her demotion.
they only show her as a good captain in a subtle way (which people might not see in the first watch). like her willingness to listen to her subordinates (unlike other characters) and complimented them. and i like how everytime someone questioned her decision she would explain why she made that decision (which was not necessary), unlike other character who always use the “im your captain, therefore you should listen to me, no question asked”.
i think thats why people out there who overly hate maya think that maya wasn’t a good captain(?) ♀️
