kuppatan:

Lex Luthor and Tim Drake interacting as business partners is endlessly amusing to me.

It could have been worse for Lex, it could have been Damian…

Or better yet, BOTH Tim and Damian, and Lex has to deal with their endless squabbling and kicking each other under the table, because he NEEDS this deal to go through.

Meanwhile Bruce is watching on CCTV, killing himself laughing (after making sure he’s in private of course), and plans to send a tape of the meeting to Superman as a Christmas present, because the face’s Lex is making as the Passive-Aggressive World Championship takes place on the other side of the desk are worth more than anything money could buy)

Image is a comic, opening with Lex walking into an office.

Lex: “I’m here for the meeting w/ Mr. Wayne.”

The office is empty, except for a desk with a chair turned away from the door.

Dramatic voice from behind chair: “Hello.”

*That voice,* poor Lex thinks.

Dramatic voice: “Lex.”

Chair spins around. Surrounded by sparkles sits a young man, helpfully labeled, “Tim Drake-Wayne, Co-CEO, 17 yrs old.”

Lex, squeezing the bridge of his nose: “Not this fucking kid.”

End ID.]

tuesdayisfordancing:

funereal-disease:

earnest-peer:

funereal-disease:

12th-century women’s garb is hilarious to me because when done right it looks like you bought a “medieval dress” kit at Party City for $29.99. it’s the most quintessential representation of the Tiffany Problem in the historical costuming world imo

(lots of images under the cut)

Weiterlesen

Can you take a stab at how common those dresses were? Was that just what everybody wore, or were the dyes too expensive for common folk or something?

This is from about a century later (recreated, obviously), but I think it still holds up as an example:

(source)

The one on the left is noble; the right is common. There are distinct differences, but more in terms of accessories and color scheme than silhouette The left garment is richer in dye and trim and includes a much more extravagant headpiece than the right.

@official-kircheis

@kiragecko look look, cool facts!!!

The 13th to 15th century are also delightful! Look at the braids and sleeves of the bottom centre lady!

14th to 15th century has awesome surplices, which are loose dresses with the sides of the torso cut out, and no sleeves. A tight dress is worn underneath. But the pictures I can find are ugly and I won’t use them.

wonderstrevors:

That’s my boy Kon.

For the people who asked me where is this fic from, the like is here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9910217 – via wonderstrevors

[Image shows a section on fic. Text:

Jon winced. “Sorry! I didn’t think they’d ask. How bad is it?”

“He went from confused to worried to angry and back again,“ Kon replied. “Good job, I guess.“

“Kon.“ Drake placed a hand on his friend’s shoulder. “You probably shouldn’t encourage him.“

“Most Kryptonians draw power from sunlight,“ Kon said. “But I’m half-Luthor so I draw strength from Superman’s bitter tears instead.“

End ID.]

As such, is there any real way we can gauge how well our works are received/ if we are a good writer? I know the two are not the same, but, and I’m sure you understand this when I say it, I cannot help but tangle them together.

ao3commentoftheday:

ladysugarquill:

ao3commentoftheday:

onlymorelove:

ao3commentoftheday:

I know you wrote this as a second part to your previous ask, but I wanted to separate them out. (see previous post for the first half)

Writers tend to want our stats to be a direct method of determining our worth as writers or our effectiveness at telling a story or entertaining our audiences – three very different ideas, like you point out.

Readers tend to view the same stats in a different light, and from what I can tell a lot of the time they base quality on a story-by-story basis rather than an author-by-author one. I could be wrong there, though.

So I want to put it out to the blog: We all know that stats are (mostly) meaningless in letting us know whether we’re good writers or not. What do hits/comments/kudos/bookmarks/subscriptions mean to you? How do they affect your opinion of a story or an author? What can writers do to get an accurate idea of how their audiences think about them?

Keep reading

thanks for your answers 🙂

As a reader: It depends entirely on the fic and the specific context.

For multichapter fics, I tend to only look at the premise/summary/tags.

I assume a multichapter fic will always top at comments: some people will comment on every chapter; others will comment to ask for more/make sure the fic won’t be abandoned; a long-running fic will attract regular readers who’ll probably comment a lot and talk to each other (btw this isn’t a bad thing – comments on those fics are usually as fun to read as the fic itself). Kudos counts are also often higher in multichapter fics. So sorting by those gets me the *longest* fics, not the best.

BNF fics wil also have large comment counts bc people (hell, myself included) want sempai to notice them; & juggernaut pairings/v. hype fandoms/premises will also have way more hits/kudos/comments than regular fics. So in these cases I don’t pay much attention to comment counts or kudos.

For smaller fandoms I do sort by kudos on AO3, but it’s hit-and-miss.

Way back on the olden days of FFN, I used to sort by favourites. I assumed a fic people like enough to want to always have access to must be good. I also found good fics browsing the favourites of authors I liked; it’s sad the bookmark option on AO3 isn’t used as often.

As a writer:

A hit means my title/summary/tags were good enough to attract a reader. yay!

A kudos means “I liked this”, with some contextual exceptions (ie Yuletide) where the kudos alone may mean “I am doing the polite thing”. Which hey, it’s also nice.

A comment makes me SO FUCKING HAPPY. I like one word comments, long comments, concrit, everything. The only comments that I don’t care about are ye olde flames or complaints about content (rather than execution), but even then it’s like “thanks for adding to my stats :D”. Weird comments don’t bother me, I assume the reader didn’t know how to say the thing and just did their best.

Bookmarks MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. I’m an old FFN person, but I read them as “I like this so much I wanna be able to find it whenever I want”, the fic equivalent to someone buying the book.Subscriptions are the ultimate love; they mean ppl liked my fic so much they don’t wanna miss a thing I write.

thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

This was posted 2 weeks ago, but I finally saw it.

The meaning I assign, from highest to lowest amount of praise:

Seeing that other have given, as a reader:

Bookmarks – When I finish a favourite authour’s archive and am hungry for more, I go through their bookmarks. They obviously have excellent taste, and interests that align with mine! AO3 Bookmarks are the highest recommendation that influences my reading.
Reblogs – Most new authours I read are discovered through Tumblr rec lists and reblogs. They influence my reading a lot more than Bookmarks, but I have less expectations from them. Writing quality may vary wildly.
Comments – After reading a fic and leaving a comment, there have been a few times where I read other people’s comments and enjoyed them. It didn’t affect my decision to read at all, though.
EVERYTHING ELSE – I have never checked kudos or hits on a fic before reading. Ever.

I almost always read fic because of the authour or because it showed up in a tag search. Reccing/reblogging/bookmarking are the only way other readers influence me.

Giving as a reader:

Reblog – When I find an amazing story on AO3, I hunt down the post on Tumblr or comment asking if I can reblog a link from Tumblr. The best feeling is fanning with another reader about a fic. I want to share it with everyone. If I reblog a fic from a non-Batman or X-Men fandom, it’s a sign of even higher praise.
Subscription to authour – I want to read everything you write, ever. I search through my subscriptions frequently, so I can rec things of reread. Highest praise on AO3.
Subscription to fic – This fic is the greatest thing ever, but most of your fic isn’t in fandoms I follow, or is too shippy. If it’s a one shot, I want to be able to reread it forever and hide in your beautiful world. Recently, I’ve also started subscribing to individual fic if I’m afraid they might get orphaned, because I was losing access to fic when authours closed accounts.
Comment – Fic is great, I am so thankful, I must tell you. Highest praise I can direct towards authour. Reblogs are for other readers, subscriptions are for me, comments are for authours.
Bookmark – I do not use these, but I am trying. They can be used like recs, and I LOVE reccing things! I think I have three, but I will try to make more.
Kudos – Top 30% of fic. Usually has romance, a writing style that’s difficult for me, or is in a fandom I don’t follow. Those fic are HARD to comment on. Also used a lot when reading an authour’s entire archive and I get to the point where I’m only commenting on every third fic.
Replies – Tumblr replies are for great fic in a fandom entirely at odds with my blog. I want to reblog with a comment, but The Very Little Sister would be confused if she ever read my blog. (She won’t, but that’s my internal voice.)
Likes – Tumblr likes vary wildly in meaning for fic. I had to like it, at least. I the morning or late night, may equal a comment. At 11am, could be no more than smiling at a friend.

thisiswhatwereupagainst:

I love Monet St. Croix, and my favorite is the original Gen X era Monet who is just Miss Perfect and knows it (I can’t really follow her stuff after
but I know I don’t like “suicidal depressed just pretending to be a
snob” Monet I like original “actually does know she’s better than you”
Monet.)

And one of my fave things about Monet is how she has this sense of noblisse oblige

Like
in X-Men ‘92, where she appoints herself Student Body President because
“it was inevitable” but she doesn’t just laud it over them like Fabian,
she does, as she says, take their safety seriously. Or when her diary
said of her fellow students “it will take awhile but I know I can help
them” (actually that was when she was actually her sisters disguised as
her–yeah that was a thing— but I think they mimic her personality
well enough to be indicative of the real thing)

So like, she
does think she’s The Best but she takes that not just as a reason to be a
snob but ALSO a reason to help and look after others, since the poor
dears are lesser beings. So she’s got the irritating snobbishness, sure,
but she also feels the responsibility of superiority. As Emma Frost put
it “You are too kind, child. Condescending, but kind.“and you so rarely
see this with characters? Snobs are always portrayed as just mean,
people who help others are always shown as totally selfless and nice.
Monet combines them and it’s a very realistic attitude tbqh, there’s
lots of people like that. (That’s actually how Magneto is too in a lot of his better stuff, and I think that’s an aspect of his character many people miss, but that’s another ramble)

And
it’s great because it means it’s SO GRATING for the people she’s helping
XDDD

ANYWAY yeah love her ❤

Another thing that’s cool is that 100 years ago this character could have existed, but we would have been expected to think they were wonderful. And the character would have been a white male. They’re pretty common in the classics.

My favourite moment in her history is when she has her body back and everyone knows that the ‘Monet’ they knew was actually two 8 year olds trying their best. So they assume that the version they are familiar with was an exaggerated interpretation by biased kids.

NOPE. She is absolutely that obnoxious and annoying! It’s great.

I need some input. At one point in a story of mine, two of my characters are going to communicate using sign language. I’m torn between trying to describe the motions, or writing it how it would be found in a sign language manual. I feel like the former would be harder to engage in, but the latter is usually written in caps, especially with finger spelling. I don’t want people reading it to think that they’re yelling at each other. Thoughts?

ao3commentoftheday:

You have a few options, I think.

You can keep the all-caps convention and explain in an author’s note at the top of the chapter that this is how sign language is usually presented in a written form.

You can give generalize descriptions of movements without diving into all of the intricacies that are A) hard to describe in a narrative sort of way and B) potentially difficult to picture for a reader who hasn’t had a lot of exposure to sign language.

You could also embed images or videos of the sign language motions (mid-fic or at the end of the chapter perhaps?) to give your readers a better idea of what it actually looks like.

Anyone else have some ideas?

I think it depends on whether or not your viewpoint character/the narrator is supposed to understand what they’re saying. Also, how would you depict another language in this situation?

If everyone understands the language, it might be best to mention at the beginning that they’re starting to sign, and then just replace ‘said’ with ‘signed’ when you need a dialogue tag. You don’t want to ‘other’ signers, and make signing seem ‘exotic.‘

I’m not sure how you’d describe signing from the point of view of someone who doesn’t understand, or is learning.

Maybe think of how you’d write someone speaking German, or some other language?

Kudos Survey

longlivefeedback:

Hello all!

As a followup to @ao3commentoftheday‘s The Meaning of Kudos, we’ve created a survey to find out more about how people think about kudos – and particularly, how this differs between readers and authors.

If you have posted fanfiction on AO3, click here.

If you read fanfiction but haven’t published any on AO3, click here.

Thank you! The survey will be open until March 21, 2018.

Brendan Fraser on His Comeback, Disappearance, and the Experience that Nearly Ended His Career

beachdeath:

Fraser says, “I became depressed.” He started telling himself he deserved what had happened to him. “I was blaming myself and I was miserable—because I was saying, ‘This is nothing; this guy reached around and he copped a feel.’ That summer wore on—and I can’t remember what I went on to work on next.”

He knows now that people wonder what happened to Brendan Fraser, how he went from a highly visible public figure to practically disappearing in the public mind, and he’d already told me most of it. But this, he says, is the final piece. The experience, he says, “made me retreat. It made me feel reclusive.”

Brendan Fraser on His Comeback, Disappearance, and the Experience that Nearly Ended His Career

adhighdefinition:

did you know….. OH, THAT REMINDS ME….. also, remember when….. and then the one time where….. fun fact!!!….. SHIT, I FORGOT TO DO THIS THING….. what was i talking about again? AND THEN

confused by what just happened? welcome to thinking with adhd part 1, folks. stay tuned for more relatable mess

highfemscience:

More info on the school walkout! Spread the word and please participate if you can!
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Gather your classmates. Work with your administrators and class presidents. Propose these ideas respectfully and efficiently. Just emailing your local school officials can get the ball rolling on this movement. #NationalSchoolWalkout
On Friday, April 20th we want students to attend school and then promptly WALK-OUT at 10:00 am. Sit outside your schools and peacefully protest. Make some noise. Voice your thoughts. “We are students, we are victims, we are change.”
So, what’s our plan? On Friday, April 20th, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting we propose a National High School walk out. Don’t attend school, wear orange and protest. Sign the petition on our page if you pledge to do so. #nationalwalkout #schoolwalkout”]