Same, kinda. This year I’ve been leaning into recreating that sense of childhood creativity in my writing/art; for me, it’s about bringing back the earnestness and enthusiasm that got dulled in my teen/adult years. I think we’re all still the same creative kid inside, we’re just embarrassed now about our ideas being “cringe” or “unoriginal”. Or we’re making stuff to appeal to an audience instead of ourselves.
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
This month did fly by O___O
i think the quietness comes from the small crowd. Reddit is a internet cornerstone, despite its many problems, and unfortunately it’s where the people are. It’s difficult to convince the average Reddit/X/Tumblr/whatever user to jump to some new platform–for lots of reasons–but mostly because the community isn’t there. There’s a surge of activity in the beginning, then it dies down considerably, and people go back to what they’re familiar with.
idk how to solve that, though ^^; maybe advertising to introverts? the quietness/small size of the community here could be appealing to people who mostly lurk in the larger fandom Reddit communities.
Mitchell, Manos, and Pod People are probably a three-way tie for me. Some of my underrated favorites are Girls Town, The Incredible Melting Man, The Giant Spider Invasion, Teen-Age Crime Wave, and Kitten With a Whip.
Presto is amazing!!! So much of their 90s-00s discography is so slept on.
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Tool - 10,000 Days
Rush - Test for Echo
Metallica - Metallica
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Michael Jackson - HIStory
BIGBANG - MADE
[bodyendtag] - Information Superhighway
Kumi Koda - BEST 2000-2020
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
I saw BigBang on the MADE tour T__T So good! Probably biased since it was my first real concert ever. Taeyang and G-Dragon’s solo shows were also very good; pretty much all the kpop shows I’ve been to have been amazing (BigBang, Taeyang, CL, G-Dragon, Blackpink(x2), BTS(x2)). I would love to see Dreamcatcher, EXO, or Shinee!
Big Bang, 2NE1, Girls’ Generation, EXO, BTS, Blackpink, XG, Shinee, f(x), Wonder Girls…
Looking for BoA’s “Every Heart” song for Inuyasha, I discovered her Korean stuff too, then found out about DBSK, Lee Hyori, BigBang, and I never looked back. lol Yes I am old…
I’ve never done “complete” worldbuilding (cause it’s never been that interesting to me) so maybe I’m out of my depth here. I do enjoy worldbuilding when I tweak something about “our” world: adding soulmarks, magic systems, etc. It gives me a base to start with, and then I can extrapolate things from there. What would change? What would stay the same? Human greed and fallibility always shape the world, even if you have supernatural elements or beings in your story.
But my worldbuilding is usually “start writing and figure things out as I go along”. Sometimes you only realize what your story/world needs when you’re writing and run into a roadblock.
I write a ton of romance stories for someone who doesn’t really like romance published fiction. haha. Does that count?
I probably wouldn’t write first person POV (just because I know it puts people off) but I wouldn’t mind reading it in fic. Also I occasionally write PWP but don’t really seek out PWP fic.
As for enjoying reading but not writing… I’ve gotten ideas for fics that fit into the category of “I’d read it if someone else wrote it”, but those are usually “this story would be boring for me to write”.
I can’t really think of anything I’m super opposed to on either end but would enjoy in some way. If I dislike a trope, I’m not going to read it or write it.
I write based on thirst so I’m drawn toward anything live-action: RPF, TV shows, movies. Sometimes I’ll write for cartoons or video games or books, but it’s rarer. As for reading, I lean toward fandoms I’m familiar with but I’ll read OW and fandoms I don’t know if it’s an AU that sounds interesting.
Chapter cliffhangers are fun! I want to be engaged and wonder what will happen next. If the story itself ends on a cliffhanger… I guess that kinda depends. Is it setting up for a sequel? Is the author leaning into ambiguity? Both can work if the author can pull it off. I don’t think I would drop a fic for cliffhangers; I usually drop fics when I stop caring about the story/characters, or reading the story feels more like a chore than something fun that I look forward to.
I don’t think I have a specific AU I like insomuch as the concept of them in general. I love the freedom to write a really unique, fun story based on some aspects of canon (ex. Character A likes music, so make an AU where they’re in a band) that might not work as well pasted onto another canon. So I guess I gravitate toward fandom/character-specific AUs, or stories with a really unique AU premise. And that feels along the lines of what I usually write.
Writing: third person, present, limited
Reading: any!
Get out while you still can! Go make friends and have a real life! Don’t repeat my mistakes! XD
Jokes aside, I would advise to keep on keepin’ on. :) And stop doomscrolling fanfic_rants trying to figure out what you shouldn’t write based on people’s pet peeves and annoyances. Yes, people are needlessly critical but tbh you’re gonna be writing rarepairs and rare fandoms so readers will have to engage with your stuff anyway or make their own :P
I stopped crossposting my stuff to ffnet around 2017. A lot of effort for not much return. AO3 is just so much nicer to look at, navigate, and add tags/summaries (boo @ ffnet’s summary character limit). And AO3 allows all the whack stuff I write (explicit, original works, RPF) so it’s pretty much a one-stop shop. I might peek at ffnet if I’m desperate for fic, especially for old shows who had their heyday before AO3, but if I’m that desperate I’m usually writing my own fic at that point.
I love Rose Madder. Such an underrated King novel.
I’ve avoided this one for a while because of the negative reviews, despite liking both authors. I’m eager to hear if you’re enjoying it!
I’ve gotten way more sensitive to clothing textures as I get older, and I don’t remember having too much texture sensitivity as a kid (except for hating itchy tags). I’m also way too aware now of my clothes when I sleep, so sleeping in any kind of pajama bottoms or socks is impossible for me. That never used to be A Thing for me until a few years ago. It doesn’t really impact my life very much though.