"you should always write for your own sake" WRONG you should always write for the sole purpose of impressing and delighting the approximately 10 beloved internet perverts who like your work
I’ve been too afraid to start objection counsel because I’m hanging on by a thread and a certain amount of angst would absolutely do me in atm
Y’all posting about it proves I did the right thing cos it sounds like there’s psychological warfare in that fic 💀
writing a fic is just a constant back-and-forth of "this is the most incredible thing i've ever contrived" and "this is absolute garbage i don't even deserve to have a brain"
@polinseden@pirateandknight And she would’ve been so valid for that but I love Mary my anxious avoidant queen being like NO ROMANCE HERE THANK YOU I DONT WANT HER* GETTING THE WRONG IDEA
& *her is literally her own brain
@pirateandknight@polinseden “Idk what you’re talking about I love to cook my platonic friends/flatmates dinner and then eat it by candlelight and also kiss them a bit and probably start a life together and-“ - Tom, probably
and take this as your sign to support female comics, listen to them, believe them, and watch their work!! women in the industry are the people who have the power to destabilise the toxic men who’ve lasted for too long. lucy beaumont is a legend <3