theonlyjelly-iwillput-inmybelly:

randomslasher:

sanders-sides-thuri:

theonlyjelly-iwillput-inmybelly:

princelogical:

One of my fears is that my characterization is awful and when people think of me they think of those “fanon character vs. canon character” memes.

STRONG MOOD

That’s actually why I absolutely hate those memes.

Because any character is going to be different in a fanfic than they are in the canon. Hell, characters in canon are very different depending on the writers for an episode, or the directors of a movie installment.

No two people write exactly the same, which is good! My Logan will never be exactly like someone else’s Logan, and my Logan in @dragons-of-dracaren is very different from my Logan in Getting to Know Yourself.

And every fanfic, every single one, extrapolates from the existing canon.

You take what is important to you about the character, you take the circumstances you’ve put them in, the background you’ve given them, and you figure out who they are from there.

If someone doesn’t agree with your choices, fine! They aren’t you, they don’t have to–they can write their own interpretation. But that doesn’t make yours wrong.

We write stories for what we don’t see in canon. So here? That means a lot of angst, because the Sanders Sides vids don’t have a lot of real angst. So is Logan insecure about his place? Maybe not, in the videos. But you can absolutely use the hints and moments Thomas and Joan have put in there to explore what it would be like if he was. That’s valid! That’s awesome.

What’s the point of writing these characters if you’re not going to do some things differently than Thomas and Joan do? If you didn’t want to explore, you could just watch the videos again.

So please, please…don’t worry! Don’t let it stop you writing. Don’t let it stop you loving the versions of the characters you’ve created.

Don’t let a stupid meme destroy something that brings you joy.

Virgil will always be a Soft Woobie in my fanfic and no one will ever make me feel ashamed of that. That’s what I want to write. You can come along for the ride or not, but don’t shame me for it. 

I WILL REBLOG THIS UNTIL THE DEBBIE DOWNERS IN THIS FANDOM WILL STOP PANDERING THEIR PRETENTIOUS STANDARDS AND JUST LET PEOPLE HAVE FUN AHHHHHHHHHHHH

pikachatwentyfive:

phantom-singularity:

truthdoesnotleadtofreedom:

Bless whoever made this.

it doesn’t matter that i tend to be sensitive

just tell me straight up and i’ll understand and do my best to be better since all i want to do is improve as a person

and no one can improve if no one communicates their problems

Someone I love and care a lot about held a grudge against me for an entire year before they told me.

It hit me harder than I can possibly describe. Please, just be upfront and honest with me.

moriartystayingalive:

drarry:

bigbadpandabear:

shady-brain-farm:

drarry:

Straight up nobody hugged Harry Potter from the ages of 2-11 can we discuss this

Nobody hugged Severus Snape from the ages of 0 to 38, just saying.

Nobody hugged Severus Snape probably because if someone shows Severus Snape kindness he becomes insanely obsessed with them and refuses to leave them alone and calls them racial slurs when they express that they want to be left alone and will one day walk over their husband’s dead body and cradle their lifeless form in his arms while the baby screams  

Go OFF

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