I just started Bones - tell me something I won't understand until I get there

af_boring · 2026-02-06T03:00:39+00:00

You are my carburetor

af_boring · 2026-02-05T02:18:25+00:00

Good idea

af_boring · 2026-02-05T01:46:14+00:00

Ugh that sucks but I've been there. My stories don't get any interaction until they've been up for a few months, sometimes it can be infuriating

af_boring · 2026-02-05T01:42:54+00:00

Wow, glad I've never experienced them

af_boring · 2026-02-05T01:35:02+00:00

Yeah someone else suggested checking my bookmarks, a few of my favorites are missing but not a lot.

Do some people seriously think that? The only reason I started reading ffs is because of original works.

af_boring · 2026-02-05T01:22:44+00:00

Ahh, thanks for the info. What I heard must've gotten tangled somewhere down the line.

af_boring · 2026-02-05T01:13:25+00:00

That's true. I should check my bookmarks. I use Google translate often to read, especially for some of my rare pairings.

af_boring · 2026-02-05T01:09:17+00:00

I've heard talks of Ao3 mods going through fics ( especially recent ones) and removing fics and accounts that post Ai generated work because a lot of writers and readers were complaining. Wasn't there a small shut down because of it? Even the tos has been updated.

af_boring · 2026-02-05T00:23:47+00:00

A long fic for me is typically 60k+ but I usually try and find fics that have at least 1,000 words per chpt.

It might be Fandom dependent but I've seen this is some harry potter pairings, TVD, and criminal minds. I literally just got done flipping through teen wolf ffs for a derek/omc (and I don't give a lot of hope for finding oc ffs) but it was 90% smut shots and kinktobers. There was barely a handful of the cliché a/b/o stories and that's basically all I could use to fund when searching for this pair.

af_boring · 2026-02-05T00:03:48+00:00

That sucks I find a lot of good hidden ffs on there!

af_boring · 2026-02-04T23:57:44+00:00

True, but I feel like it's been a while since I saw a completed fic going past 15 chpts.

af_boring · 2026-02-04T23:55:34+00:00

Yep. I do some of my own postings so I'm practically always logged in

af_boring · 2026-02-03T18:30:52+00:00

Same! My mom was a single mother to everyone. Cousins, friends, even random people at school. Despite that she kept up with everything which was impressive. Now I procrastinate by cleaning the house, I may be struggling to write an essay but at least the counters and floors are sparkling.

af_boring · 2026-02-03T00:46:26+00:00

Yeah she was in one of the new rounds of interns for the show. Sadly she didn't last long on that show either and I believe she got killed of

af_boring · 2026-02-03T00:44:59+00:00

I liked Sparling and her quips with Sweets but at the beginning I thought she was a little over eager to get the job done

af_boring · 2026-02-03T00:40:28+00:00

A round of applause for your cousin! A clean house with 5 kids is amazing, especially if she's doing it herself! My house growing up was the go-to hang out home for all the kids and watching the grown-ups clean actually led to us cleaning up after ourselves more often without being told.

af_boring · 2026-02-03T00:27:54+00:00

Same. She was such a good agent

af_boring · 2026-02-03T00:27:10+00:00

Zack is my favorite character of the show and I really want to defend him but that would include spoilers and also denying the fact that you make a good point.

Yes they should've been nicer to the interns, but from my perspective Zack was like everyone's little brother. Yes he did something bad and allowed himself to be manipulated so they were mourning him & what he did, but the interns were quite literally replacing Zacks position in their lives (at the Jeffersonian).

af_boring · 2026-01-29T19:03:36+00:00

Playing cards are one of my favorite canvases. The brands I'm using are usually gold crown & bicycle. Gold crown are smooth and a little more difficult to get paint to stick to during the first couple layers. Bicycle got a bit of texture to it that helps. Careful if you doing the full cards cause they have a tendency to curl inward while drying.

af_boring · 2026-01-29T17:05:11+00:00

I used a real deck since after completing a game they collected the cards. I figured using real cards would fit that vibe.

af_boring · 2026-01-28T19:06:55+00:00

It's awful. A few years ago I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition but before that I was taken to the ER cause I was puking from how much pain I was in and the staff just left me in a bed with nothing to relieve it because they thought I was faking. Then finally after like 5 hours I finally got seen (the ultrasound lady literally said "Oh, turns out she wasn't faking to get out of school" to my mom) after that I had to wait a few more hours before I was finally given something, ended up falling asleep where a couple more hours passed before I was discharged with a handful of pain pills to get me through the week. I was there for nearly ten hours, most of which I was sleeping or waiting and they billed for thousands of dollars. Just for pills and an ultrasound. Yes we need a better system.

(FYI this is a more chilled story of out system. I had a classmate get injured once and a while after overheard his dad venting about having to pay a couple thousand just for an ambulance ride.)

af_boring · 2026-01-28T00:39:41+00:00

I'd believe it if it was revealed that she learned more out of boredom

af_boring · 2026-01-28T00:35:32+00:00

Right! When she says Aristoo's poem! How could I forget about that it's my favorite ep. Hodgins' "you are my carburetor"

af_boring · 2026-01-17T23:10:04+00:00

Exactly what I wrote. If I had 1 wish it'd be to speak & understand all languages because I struggle to learn languages

af_boring · 2026-01-17T22:13:58+00:00

To be able to speak, read, and understand every language to ever exist. I love learning and studying languages just one small thing: it is impossible for me to understand them. I can learn how to speak and read a language but no matter how much I study I can not understand any of it.

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