That's Our Winter Bear ♥

Rabbits between the staves. Cambrai BM 125-128, c. 1540-50

oh thabk god ill be using this from now on cause why should i have to tag the basics one by one everytime TT.TT

subscribing to a fic isn’t enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update

oh, no, so thats what it is

u know ur fucked when u skip every song

Applying this for bts would be like:

• The driver - Jimin

• The instigator - Taehyung

• The voice of reason - Hoseok

• The distracted one - Joon and Kook, for sure.

• The observer - Yoongles

• The Wild Card - Seokjin

bts dynamics are so fun irl already, they're amazing to write in fanfic istg

Tips from a Beta Reading Writer

This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.

Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:

✨ Give everyone a job in the scene ✨

Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?

My favourite examples are:

The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.

The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.

The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"

The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.

The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)

The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.

If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.

AO3: goes down

the entire community:

I tried to leave Kudos on a fic that was already deleted (i had the tab open) and I was expecting it to just bug out or not work but this is so much more unsettling

i'm in

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Think you could take a 10x10 inch cock? Asking for a friend 👀

like is it a cube or am i misunderstanding