romance authors in general are so focused on relationship dynamics & tropes they forget that even the best slow burn falls flat without fleshed out, compelling characters. you actually have to put in time, effort & PAGES into building protagonists for readers to become invested
Real talk: Don't know who needs to hear this but there's absolutely nothing wrong about being enthusiastic about your interests/hobbies. Life's too short to not talk about things you enjoy in earnest. The world's too cruel for u to hold back the joy you could be putting into it.
When it comes to ppl self censoring in YouTube and TikTok videos why is it always using stuff like “unalived” and not commonly used euphemisms like “kicked the bucket” or whatever? Why “Corn” instead of “18+ films”?
Olivia Rodrigo reflects on her Daisy Chain Fields festival in new post:
“seeing daisy chain come to fruition yesterday was the greatest joy of my career… [it] felt like… a collective hope that things can get better and a reminder of how much we really care about people”
anyway with all this biphobia rooting from the lady death book misinfo i do hope more bisexual authors still keep writing multisexual attraction for their bi fmcs. let them end up with men or women or non-binary people or all of them. everyone pissed can go read something else 🥱
lowkey this really shows how modern online reading culture flattens complex literature down to shipping and trope consumption
readers treat stories as relationship fulfillment rather than full, complete thematic works
having the heroes defeat the big threat with the power of friendship is lowkey better than having it be in a huge cgi fight that takes place in a battlefield btw.
I think a lot of takes about fiction here could be avoided if you actually engaged with the story and characters that were written instead of the ones you made up in your head based on vibes and self-insert, but what do I know
Sobre a discussão das pessoas estarem consumindo ficção não mais através de uma janela, mas por um espelho, se projetando nos personagens e ficando revoltadas quando eles não agem da forma que elas agiriam... a autora Rachel Gillig fez um post interessante, um coice na verdade, e tudo a ver com este tema:
So heads up Prions disease has a 100% death guarantee and cannot be eliminated by sterilization methods so hopefully everyone gets real familiar with it asap