Slides On In To Drop This

heard someone say archive of our own should install a "dislike" button and I thought I should say this: no, there's absolutely no need for archive of our own to install a "dislike" button.

why? because archive of our own isn't tiktok or youtube or twitter/x where users can monetize their content. archive of our own is a nonprofit site run by fans for fans, which means every content — every fanfic — you see on archive of our own was made out of pure love and passion from the artists/authors.

ao3 authors write because writing about these characters is their happiness and passion. they write for themselves, but they were generous enough to share with you their creations.

they're not "content creators" the way tiktokers or youtubers or instagram models are. they don't "make content" for views and engagements that can be monetized.

so no, you don't get to "grade their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "say what you dislike about their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "dislike" works that are not made specifically to please you in the first place. you're just a guest in someone's house, a house in which they let you in because they were kind, you don't get to roam around their house and say what you dislike about their furniture. you don't get to roam around their house and say you "dislike their house".

of course, you can have your opinion about the house its host invites you in. but if it's a negative one and you find yourself not liking the house, the polite things for you to do is excuse yourself and leave without telling them you dislike their house.

and just because you personally dislike the house doesn't mean the house is "ugly" either. the house you dislike could be a favorite, most luxurious place to many others.

my point is, don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that you get to enjoy for free. don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that were made out of love and passion — things the artists made for themselves for fun.

it makes you look like an entitled jerk with main character syndrome. the universe does not revolve around you.

now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.

people are so used to contents that were made because it's a trend / contents like tiktok that were made with the main purpose of reaching high engagement and making profits that they forget sometimes things can be made out of love and be made just for fun. sometimes things are supposed to just be for people to enjoy, and if some people don't enjoy them, then they can simply leave without being unnecessary unkind.

we passed a sign in boring that said their sister city is dull, scotland

CAVEMAN DOING STANDUP: two moons ago, me daughter ask for new furs. no want mammoth or giant sloth, no, now want cheetah fur. me so tired of "fast fashion."

OTHER CAVEMAN: [plays a rimshot on two coconuts and a scallop shell]

This is what it feels like being torn apart LIMB BY LIMB

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Date: 07:00 UTC, June 29, 2024

I have a recipe for y'all.

Pesto-crusted chicken.

Get chicken breasts. One for each person eating (or two, because this recipe is FUCKING DELICIOUS and you're gonna want more of it).

Put your oven on to 240°C or 220 if fan forced (464°F or 428°F if fanforced).

Get some potatoes. Chop them into bitesize pieces. Put them in a pot, fill with enough water to cover, set on the stove to boil.

Get sour cream and some pesto. Mix together approximately equal amounts of both, until you have enough to generously cover however many chicken breasts you have. Set aside.

Get panko crumbs. Get chunky or shaved parmesan cheese. Mix together, at approx 3 parts panko to one part cheese. Set aside.

Get a brown or red onion. Roughly chop him up - slightly larger than you chopped the potato. Set aside.

And then we bring them all together.

Fetch your chicken breasts, and an oven tray. Line it with baking paper if needed. Coat your chicken breasts in a light layer of cooking oil; put them in the baking tray.

Get the pesto/sour cream. Cover the top of the chicken breasts.

Get the panko crumb/cheese mix. Add that to the top of the chicken/pesto cream.

Your potatoes should be partially or fully soft by now. Maybe pull them out earlier if need be. But drain those babies, then leave them in the dry pot for a moment. Add the onions to the potatoes, then add olive oil (or your cooking oil of choice) and toss til coated. Some salt as an optional extra.

Add the potatoes/onion to the baking tray - scatter them around the chicken so they can roast in the juices from the chicken.

Put the whole tray in the oven on the bottom shelf (the breadcrumbs will burn if on the top shelf) for 14-20 minutes, dependent on the thickness of your chicken breasts.

Take the tray out of the oven; serve with either salad or steamed veggies.

You're welcome.

Hand signs of love by K.E.N-Digit.

Yes

the word cherry reminds me of the word sapphic (idk why) so now I think cherries are very sapphic for no reason

It makes me appreciate it all the better honestly, they can make me cry AND have a sense of humor? Like I'm in love now

ao3 is crazy because you'll read the most gut-wrenching 200k word slowburn that leaves you sobbing into your sweater at four in the morning and the author will be applejacksmonstercock