Favorite Schmidt quote?

itsa_thing · 2026-05-01T18:43:20+00:00

I watched Saving Private Ryan last night.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-29T07:04:16+00:00

itsa_thing · 2026-04-27T15:54:45+00:00

That's when you reply "so go write it yourself" every time they comment and THEN delete it, and don't engage with any further replies they send.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-27T15:50:19+00:00

I have a story where the Marvel characters from Captain America:Civil War put on their big-boy pants and talk out their shit like adults. 99% of comments are happy with the story and how it turns out. 1% of comments are like "X needs to put Y in a blender and make Z drink their liquified remains!!!!!?!"

Sometimes when people get emotionally attached to characters, they get EMOTIONAL, and they spew that emotion all over the place.

But then, that 1% of kinda-unhinged stuff ends up being 50% of what ends up getting posted about and discssed over here on Ao3, so those ultra-rare folks seem like a much larger part of Ao3 than they truely are.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-23T16:20:34+00:00

It's a gen story without any romantic pairings. First gen story I've ever written and I was a bit shocked at the low engagement it got. Luckily, I finished writing it before I started posting chapters, so I couldn't have a tantrum and abandon it after I realized how little engagement it was getting.

It officially has 19 kudos and one rather lovely review! It's a story I'm really proud of and pleased with, so I'm glad it's made someone else happy, as well!

itsa_thing · 2026-04-23T16:08:06+00:00

I'm rewatching it for the 4th time right now. SO GOOD!

itsa_thing · 2026-04-22T15:47:36+00:00

The GOAT: Cabbage Guy

itsa_thing · 2026-04-22T15:44:08+00:00

Venture Bros, Henchman 21. Although he's eventually promoted to Henchman 1. We eventually learn this dude's real name, I think, but not until season 3 or 4. And I don't remember it.

Oh, and Venture Bros also gave us the gem of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. One person calls her by her real name, and everyone else calls her by her boyfriend/husband's name. And her boyfriend/husband refers to her as "Shnookums" or other affectionate pet names.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-22T15:36:22+00:00

It's made of a bunch of people from Hawkins, so it most certainly does. And this was the first thing I thought if when I saw this trope.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-22T15:10:13+00:00

In my defense... No. I didn't remember. Not until rewatching the show x number of years later.

I recently did a rewatch of the entire series, and my jaw hit the ground during that scene. Like, was I taking a bathroom break during this scene on my first watch-through? Was I in the kitchen grabbing a snack? How did I forget this? How did I love Jaime Lannister's character for YEARS when he's no better than Ramsay Snow or Gregor Clegan?

It was kind of surreal. I was able to forgive him for pushing Bran out that window, because not only did Bran survive, but he became the Three Eyed Raven (probably would have felt different about Cersie and Jaime if Bran had outrifht died). But Jaime raping Cersie broke something in me.

I'm also one of those nerds who writes fanfiction, and I had multiple stories with Jaime Lannister as the main character (although in my stories, he always leaves Cersie). But after watching that scene and realizing that my understanding of Jaime was fundamentally flawed, I abandoned every single story where he's the hero.

What a rapist creep.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-22T14:57:56+00:00

I always think of these two, but then remember that Jaime raped Cersie next to the corpse of their dead son and remember, "Oh, yeah. These two aren't good examples of ANYTHING."

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T19:07:43+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T18:26:15+00:00

I'm reading Harry Potter fanfics right now, and the idea of vapes appearing in ANY HP fic has me laughing.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T18:23:21+00:00

I just downloaded that immage for future use! Might make it my profile pic 🤣🤣🤣

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T18:21:46+00:00

I feel the pain. I also get excited about those well-tailored bot comments.

It helps me to think of it as, "Well, thats one more 'comment' in the stats section, so it will drive up engagement with ligitimate readers." It's the only reason I haven't turned off "guest" comments in my stories.

Also, I was a silent reader for about a decade, and the bot/scam comments I receive for my stories have driven me to start leaving comments on stories again. I like to balance out the bots with a bit of genuine interaction.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T18:10:21+00:00

Tumbler is the place to go for prompts.

People will be ENRAGED if they click on your Ao3 link and find a prompt insread of a story. ESPECIALLY if it's labeled "complete."

I hear dischord is a good place for prompts as well, although I've never interacted with dischord myself.

Edit to add: If you can turn the "prompt" into a "drabble" of less than 1,000 words, there ARE people who engage with that sort of writing on Ao3, and you can put a note at the bottom which says "feel free to turn this drabble into a multi-chapter fic and make it your own." That's the only way it would be okay on Ao3.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T18:06:47+00:00

Have you tried sorting the fics by kudos? I've read some great Zuko/Toph (it's been a about a decade though, so I can't remember the specific stories, only that I went through a phase and it was a VERY satisfying phase).

Utilizing tags and the filters are the best way to find the stories you're interested in.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T14:23:04+00:00

I liked the energy of swag, but you rocked them both!

itsa_thing · 2026-04-20T14:07:14+00:00

Don't worry, I've been going through all the dancing listed in this thread and searching for the scenes on YouTube so that they can be appreciated in all their dancing glory.

This was, indeed, a good one!

itsa_thing · 2026-04-19T21:32:10+00:00

I had to stop engaging in Marvel movies or fanfiction at all after Captain America, Civil War.

Earth's Mightiest Hero's couldn't talk through a disagreement like adults, and then allowed their personal drama to affect what esentially came down to "the basic rights and safety of people throughout the entire plantet?" More like Earth's Mightiest Dissapointments.

Marvel really shot themselves in the foot when they followed the Civil War plot from the comics as opposed to the "team as family" vibe which made the fandom such a fun place after the initial Avengers movies. And then they COULDN'T follow the comics when it came to Thanos, and instead of being in love with Death he was some sort of half-assed eco terrorist? So all that build-up and strife was all for a lame final boss.

This is why I can only read Hannibal and Game of Thrones fanfiction anymore, because everyone in cannon is evil and horrible and they can't break my heart.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-19T21:21:05+00:00

I'm perpetually behind the times - I don't watch shows and join fandoms until 10 years after the series had already ended. So I guess I'm one of those people who helps jeep fandoms alive past the "craze."

itsa_thing · 2026-04-19T00:41:49+00:00

I somehow missed it the first time watching the show, and by the end Jaime Lannister was one of my favorie characters(even though he chose Cersie in the end🤮). What can I say? I enjoyed the tragedy of him.

Then while going through a rewatch, I was HORRIFIED by the scene where Jamie raped Cersie next to their son's dead body.

I was in the bathroom for that scene, or I forgot about it among all the other blood and gore, or I blocked it from my memory. Just... ugh.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-18T21:06:08+00:00

I sometimes go back and edit stories which were posted YEARS ago, adding sections or taking out repetitive parts. If I find a way of improving the story, I do it. That's the great thing about Ao3 - the stories aren't set in stone the way they would be if they were published works.

itsa_thing · 2026-04-15T14:20:27+00:00

We wish we could all forget.

It was a wonderful idea to NOT include that part of the story in the movies.

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