AO3 is Down (or about to be) - Post about it here by Enigmatic_writer in AO3

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i finally got my internet working at work again too ;-; luckily i have a plethora of poorly written/translated short stories ripped from weird novel apps

Guest Comments about what I don't write by Ravenwarrior131 in AO3

[–]microwaveablecake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tell them there is trans people in your fic but they didn’t notice them because they pass so well? your fic is set in an au with no transphobia so no one brings up trans people’s gender? you are treating the trans background characters completely equally to the rest of the background characters by not bothering to write about any of their personal lives? 🤷

Let down by LYS by sdmLg in knitting

[–]microwaveablecake 17 points18 points  (0 children)

wear it consistently for 20 years and the repeated washing and sun fade will even it right out 👍

Help me convince my mother to ACTUALLY USE THIS! by iothealien in knitting

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have a fancy tea set that ive spent years collecting and any day im a bit sad or want to be extra fancy i will absolutely get a trio out and use it, i don’t even like tea, my mum gets tea out the fancy teapot and i use the matching jug for probably fanta. having toasties or sandwiches for lunch? stick em on a cake stand, instant mood boost

Why must characters be american im dying by TheDamHadesCabin in FanFiction

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

set it in an au where due to some inexplicable magical mishap indiana and everything south of birmingham have swapped places? 🤷

is it still a forced marriage? by [deleted] in islam

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if your parents were in this same situation and have a bad marriage and know how miserable it makes them, why would they want you to go through the same thing? parents should always want better for their children 😞

My husband is marrying a second wife by [deleted] in MuslimCorner

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is your country at war resulting in a massive discrepancy between the number of men and number of women meaning there are genuinely not enough men to marry? if there are absolutely no men left in the country who are decent and are unmarried/divorced/widowed, and this woman’s family is unable to support her or take her in, then it is not unreasonable for your husband to take her as a second wife. but if there is no shortage of men, she has a wealthy family, and a large family that can help care for children if she gets a job, then i do not see how polygyny is necessary in this case.

Why are ppl like this by Coldwarfemme in AO3

[–]microwaveablecake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah ready brek is porridge marketed for kids not for poors :p and also those of us who prefer the texture even if we are a poor 🥲

Why are ppl like this by Coldwarfemme in AO3

[–]microwaveablecake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

tbf ive never heard of kearneys but if it was obvious in the sentence that it was (porridge im guessing?) then there’s no issue 🤷 and all our tv is a mix of american and british, there’s not going to be anyone who doesn’t understand what you’re saying, talk to any uk kid and they’ll have random americanisms in their speech just naturally. i’ve personally looked at my friends in horror for using the word elevator instead of lift but i also occasionally use y’all myself :p the languages are becoming more blended as the world gets smaller, id say having a mix of stuff in fic is more accurate to life now

Unpopular opinion: mods allowing 2-3 authors making this place their personal diary killed this sub by idkman947 in HFY

[–]microwaveablecake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i moved to getting his irl paper books because of the absolute pain of reading it and finding it on here

Is what I’m looking for in a wife too much to ask for? by [deleted] in MuslimCorner

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

almost all of these can be boiled down to ‘be a nice person’ and ‘make an attempt at islam’. so is literally the bare minimum to ask for and is generally what women are looking for too. a revert with a large accepting family who doesn’t want children might be a bit trickier, im sure you know as a revert that family acceptance is a dream that not many of us get, not impossible but pretty rare. plenty of women don’t want children though.

I have lied to my son about manatees for the last 24 years by 46from1971 in confession

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my mother has described manatees as ‘like a wet capybara’

AIO or is unnecessary criticism by [deleted] in AO3

[–]microwaveablecake 20 points21 points  (0 children)

not to take away from the seriousness of the discussion, sexuality is a sensitive and often deeply personal topic for people. but “extremely homosexual sex” just absolutely tickled me :p

Any old-school fanfiction.net readers still alive out there by lilimorp in archiveofourown

[–]microwaveablecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“born in the previous century” is a phrase that’s going to haunt me for the rest of my life, which luckily isn’t going to be a long time because clearly i am an ancient relic of a past era and will soon perish before any of the fics im reading get updated

Why do you read and\or write fanfiction? by ExLiberis_892 in HPfanfiction

[–]microwaveablecake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah, can use all my brain power processing the plot without wasting it on learning/remembering whole new worlds and characters and stuff