The problem is so many of yall 1) can’t read 2) have no media literacy 3) have no empathy 4) can’t read 5) are constantly looking for problems to be mad about 6) can’t read 7) think of characters as real people and not storytelling devices
when something unlucky happens to your magical-thinking prone friend who is already unkind to themself and youre like fuuuck please don't internalise this
My fic writing hot take is that everyone is asking the wrong question when it comes to characterization. "Would he say that?" is only part of it. What you really should be asking is, "What would happen to make him say that?" There lies the real joy of writing fanfiction
remember, kids: anti-intellectualism breeds illiteracy, and illiteracy allows classism and fascism to prosper. the ruling class doesn't want you to see and understand what the raven means because they don't want you to think for yourself and question everything.
finding out the artemis ii astronauts talked with poets and studied poetry so they knew how to properly convey what they were seeing in words and saying that the arts played a huge role in their time in space. oh my god
I DONT HATE HETSLOP BECAUSE ITS STRAIGHT, I HATE IT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEM FOLLOW TRADITIONAL GENDER STEREOTYPES! IF A QUEER SHIP WHERE TO HAVE THE SAME DYNAMIC, I’D HATE IT TOO!!