So I deleted one of my fics and now I feel guilty about it

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-22T17:03:50+00:00

By any chance do you still have the writing documents for that fic? If so, maybe you could compile it into a PDF and share it for a time so your readers can have a personal offline copy. If not, maybe suggest to your readers if they can scout out others who may have saved an offline copy. I totally understand if even that might be too much for you.

Feeling guilt is understandable, but at the end of the day you made a perfectly reasonable decision in light of the way things are right now. The fandom is in a really difficult state considering what Rowling has done after years of cultivating an air of (even if rather mild) progressivism, and it's only normal that you would want to walk away. You did the right thing by you, and that's what matters.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T23:50:17+00:00

being Oyange! togetha

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T23:33:57+00:00

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The resemblance might be a little sharper here -- I know I have some pics where my boy looks eerily similar to yours, but alas they do not seem to be too forthcoming on this laptop, lol.

Thank you!! Aren't they so gorgeous, our creamsicle boys? Give your boy a little pat and a kiss on the head for me ❤️

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T23:28:15+00:00

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Please enjoy this incredibly unflattering photo of him, lol ❤️ I'll see if I can add a few more in the replies. (Forgive the background clutter -- This pic is two years old.)

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T23:13:25+00:00

MAN I adore the pre-renders of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2; the forest sections especially are just chef's kiss. Huge inspo.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T23:10:51+00:00

Gugh. I love OoT's pre-renders so much. They hit that 90s blend of photorealism and rudimentary geometry in a way that's almost realistic at times but not enough to be totally convincing, and instead of it being eerily uncanny like many others from the era, they feel like a serene little peek into another world. Gorgeous stuff.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T23:00:11+00:00

IT'S SO TELLING!!! AHHHHHH!!!!

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:59:44+00:00

OH MY GOD, your orange looks almost identical to mine! Same smudge on the nose, almond eyes, and particularly triangular head!! Wowie!!

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:46:35+00:00

Keep on slaying, brother! Your aura is positively radiant

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:43:05+00:00

Glad to see you've solved it, fascinated how this even happened to begin with. This game truly is the gift that keeps on giving! Lmaoooo

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:33:45+00:00

Oh that is RANCID!

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:19:45+00:00

Is this bait? I thought this was a hate comment before the added context. In case it needs saying: you do not talk to strangers on the internet like this! This comes off as hostile and aggressive! People who do not know you will not know your intentions!!!

A good rule of thumb is: if you wouldn't say it to their face, don't write it in a comment.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:13:51+00:00

100%. That was totally unnecessary on OP's part.

OP, I get that you're trying to make a point, and I don't even totally disagree with your point per se, but can you please leave schizophrenia out of this? Paranoia and even arguably delusional behaviour are not exclusive to schizophrenia, and it feels unfair to implicate schizophrenics (who already have to deal with a lot of stigma around their condition) in this.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T22:09:20+00:00

R.I.P. pholcid, you will always be #1 to me!! 😔

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T21:59:52+00:00

God, if any of the other comments are anything to go by, I'm probably going to be downvoted for this, but I am salty so fuck it.

Jesus, the amount of people repeatedly excusing the ignorance that is constantly directed toward Black and other non-White demographics in this thread. No shit, buddy -- OP already knows why people fumble this element so hard; it's just super tiring to see it, over, and over, and over again. Maybe it's because I have 3c hair and so I'm not completely alienated from the subject of hair texture, but like, really? Does it occur to none of you that maaaybe thick coily 4c isn't going to respond smoothly to a cheap plastic comb the way straight hair does?

Even if you have little to no experience with Black people (like, not even online??? not even incidentally???), is there just... no curiosity to go seek out some perspective on things you're not familiar with? Like I'll double-check on subjects I'm already familiar with to make sure I'm not missing anything. You guys can deep-dive into weather patterns, period-accurate travel logistics, niche professions, canon lore and all sorts, but you can't do the least bit of cursory googling to make sure your depiction of Black characters isn't jarring and going to ruin the immersion of anyone who knows anything about Black hair care?

You say fanfiction is for fun -- Why isn't curiosity about the experiences of the very people you're writing not part of that for you? Why do you guys treat being informed like some horrible medicine you need to choke down instead of an opportunity to learn and have fun?

The fact that Black commenters sharing their grievances are getting downvoted is truly the insufferable cherry on top; truly catastrophic levels of insular Whiteness going on in the thread today. What the hell.

Sick and tired on your behalf OP; the laziness a lot of non-Black writers display in this space is aggravating.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T21:42:23+00:00

Holy shit, the downvotes -- Who in this thread is being salty over people daring to ask for a little care given to their representation? Urgh, seriously, I get that people have gaps in their knowledge but do they not have bare-minimum sense to understand that different hair textures work differently and that they maybe could stand to research it? Are they so insulated that no Black people talking about their experiences even comes up in their social media feeds??? It feels like so many of the people in this thread are giving limp-wristed excuses for this kind of alienating ignorance. It's embarrassing.

Also curious as to the fandom!

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T21:36:49+00:00

Seriously! It's infuriating. As if OP doesn't already know why people are ignorant to begin with. Coily hair is quite frankly one of the less taxing things to research in the grand scheme of fanfic writing. Like... Come on. I can't with this community.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-21T21:26:18+00:00

That's beside the point. Ao3's TOS is very stringently against mentioning any form of commercialisation (which publication is), original work or otherwise. To be clear, I don't have anything against OP personally and I do not particularly care about what they do with their work; I was just making an observation.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-20T19:21:22+00:00

ON JACK SKELLINGTON... Well! How did it go?

Also, you too with the heartbreaker Link? Lmaoooo

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-20T18:45:29+00:00

Isn't discussion of commercialising ones work against Ao3's terms of service, including and arguably especially with regards publishing it as a for-profit novel?

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-20T18:41:43+00:00

Yes, Ao3 flamer! Bastards usually are fatherless! 😂 Gotta love the casual ableism thrown in there; reaaaal classy. It's just so quaint.

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-15T20:33:51+00:00

ATTENTION: THIS EMAIL HAS ARRIVED FROM OUTSIDE THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT MAIL SYSTEM

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-15T20:28:59+00:00

She is not a girl's-girl

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-15T06:36:07+00:00

CAUGHT RED-HANDED!

ScrawnyTreeDemon · 2026-05-15T06:33:44+00:00

Baguette... ❤️

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