i used to be against buying hundreds of books at once just for the sake of having them bc it was very consumeristic BUT NOW?? after the news that they’re destroying books to train ai?? buy all the books. matter of fact buy more copies of the same book idc, we need physical copies
busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be a part of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.
The best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and…