I got a phone call at 5am this morning telling me some random school district had a two hour delay.
My collection
Oh wow I really do love this. Holy greater entities do I love this.
(via noodle-is-gudle)
what the hell am i doing
more stuff for the ‘never going to do anything with that’ pile
this was meant to be a random art exercise, how did i end up with a londo drawn in steven universe style
Darude’s Sandstorm performed by a quintet of accordions. The members belong to one of the oldest accordion clubs in Germany, the Akkordeonorchester München.
(via feltelures)
nybrat007 asked: How do you tag your characters when you're posting a story up to AO3? DO you tend to tag all of the character who are and are planning on making an appearance, or just the characters the story is centered around? Because I'm ready to post a story and it's basically Alistair and my Cousland, but it's also going to be during Inquisition so there's a lot of people in play at that point. Thank you in advance!
loquaciousquark answered:
The easiest shorthand I’ve found is to ask myself, “If I tag [x] character, would a fan of [x] character would be disappointed at the end of my fic at that character’s presence (or non-presence)?”
In my opinion, the tagging system on AO3 shouldn’t be a roster of every name that enters the fic even once; instead it should function as a advertisement, a way for people to communicate that your favorite characters A & B and your favorite trope C all occur inside. If I tag something with Merrill, that means anyone who searches for Merrill on AO3 is going to find my fic listed somewhere in the results. That means they’re looking for her to play a part, not to have one line offscreen or a sideways mention that doesn’t even let her in the room.
It also helps to ask “what is the fic about?” If my fic is about how Hawke and Isabela go on a seafaring adventure but Sebastian comes by to say “so long” at the docks, I probably won’t tag him. Yes, he’s in the story very briefly, but it’s not about him or his growth or his character, and I don’t want people who want to read fic about Sebastian to find mine in their search and come away disappointed.
Anyway, that’s just my personal rule. I know a lot of people tag very differently, so you should definitely keep an eye out for other alternatives! :)
I want everyone to pay very close attention to what Quark is saying here because this is exactly how fandom should treat character and pairing tags.
Do not tag a fic for a character or pairing if they don’t play an important part in the fic. Not only is it misleading, but it’s rude as hell, and it helps contribute to the continued erasure of female characters in what should ostensibly be a female-positive space (see: the Merrill example and how wading through her tag means wading through all manner of m/m pairings where Merrill is tagged because she’s a background character).
cosmictuesdays asked: There are people I follow who know more about DS9's production than I do, so if you make a post, I'll pass it around to gather up more data, if you'd like.
mystery-ink answered:
That’s kind of you :) do you know anyone in particular I can ask?
Hey everyone! deep-space-defiant wants to know more about Deep Space Nine! Do the thing! Give her people to talk to!
Tinsnip, bmouse, ladyyatexel, kelasparmak, and feltelures are all good people to start with.
HELLS YES! Centauri Prime!
Interesting architecture, nice um… gilded finials… on those columns….
oh dear.
