adamlynnch
ohsobittle
handletheheat.com
This is SO important.
this is on my obligatory reblog list
THIS IS VERY COOL FOODY AND SCIENCEY
thespace-dragon
kagero-assassin
I think a big part of why I read way more fanfiction than books is that there’s just a hell of a lot less exposition
the first 10 pages of most books are always “these are the main characters and here’s some background on each of them and this is the setting etc etc” and it’s such a fucking hassle getting to the plot sometimes
fanfic is just like “fuck it you know all of this already let’s go”
That’s a really good point.
Same here but there’s actually a point here of well written exposition.
Take AUs for example. Even in the most complicated, as-far-removed-from-canon settings we get at most a single paragraph before the actual fic where the author gives us a quick rundown of the rules for that universe. The rest we are left to figure out on our own and it works.
We’re not spoon fed every trivial detail when all we want is to get to the plot. Everything that’s important is said at the moment it is important, not sooner not later.
Especially in long fics characters often take on such a unique characterisation that you get to know them all over again but the readers do so organically, in the situations that define those characters as they happen.
Same with looks. The fic author generally assumes the readers know what the characters look like and don’t spend paragraphs describing them, and only bring it up when it fits the plot.
I’ve read a few fanfics from fandoms I’ve never been in and surprisingly it still worked out. I had generally a good idea of who these people were, what they did where and why and how they worked together.
Point is, if you’re a writer writing original fiction, pretend it’s fanfic and everyone knows your setting and characters already. That way you’ll only have to add a few details if and when your beta readers mention needing more information and chances are they won’t need a lot.
thespace-dragon
Lol I lied here it is. I decided to name the comic something else other than “SU AU comic” so now it looks fancy! It didn’t take as long as I thought to resize images, but I’m gonna have to save the rest for later. Two episodes are up so far and I’ll try and squeeze in drawings and other stuff in between the actual pages so that it’s somewhat understandable EHE.
I really should have done this sooner bc I have so .. so many pages .. rip.
Tapastic allows for a bit different “distribution” (??) than tumblr so the episode numbers will not be the same as on the blog, and depending on what I find easiest I might switch to Tapastic completely for the comic. But we’ll see!
light-of-eyllwe
kuwaitgriips
doc said i’ve only got 6 months to live
Hey Slime Tony! Shouldn’ta eaten all those fuckin’ SLIME DOGS ya egg lookin’ FUCK! Ya blood pressure is thru’ the damn roof my dude! YA DEAD.
YA DEAD!!!
this is the post that slimetony came from
thespace-dragon
silentkrebs
yall headcanons about trans keith are nice and all but most of them are all cutesy doozy and whatever. GIVE ME a fic where keith and lance have known each other their whole lives and when keith is like “i aint no lady” lance is like “cool hey do you wanna see how many cupcakes i can eat in one seating?” AND LATER keith just wakes up from his top surgery and lance does some Bad Pun™ the moment he wakes up and keith is like “if i wasnt so high on anesthesia i would have punched you so hard” but inside he’s like. im glad he’s here. YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING. lance is a pure memester and yall are letting this opportunity go to WASTE
ciphersiren
rejected3faq
idontevenknowwhichfandomamnotin
ruinedchildhood
