“shakespeare’s use of tragedy is different from the classical; what makes him care about his tragic characters is not that they are good, as greek protagonists fundamentally are, but that they might have been.”
— john vyvyan, the shakespearean ethic (via oephelia)
Personally, I see it as a compliment. Someone is volunteering to get more email in their inbox because they like what I’m writing. It makes me smile every time I notice it 🙂
That said, I don’t get notified about subscriptions, so I have to notice it.
I think I’d rate it similar to a kudos. Both tell me that you like the thing, but neither tell me why. Similar to an emoji comment like ❤ or a short comment like “this was great!”
Subscribing to me as an author is a whole other level though because that means you want to see everything I write. Or at least be told about it. Every time I get one of those I’m like “… are you sure about that?” 😀
Anyone want to share their thoughts on this one?
I like it, its exciting! However a lot of people do it on work that is finished and I want to tell them “No, honey, that one is done. Like… for ever.” Its sweet but I’m just kinda confused about those.
But on unfinished work on or my user account I find it awesome!
I get subscribed on one-shots sometimes, but 1) sometimes I forget to change the chapter thingie to show it’s not actually a one-shot and 2) there has been more than one occasion where I’ve gone back to a completed one-shot and turned it into a multi-chap
… but I recognize that I might be an outlier and perhaps shouldn’t be counted
I find it flattering if/when people subscribe to my works. And yes, I have been known to turn a one-shot into a multi-chapter story a time or two.
thank you for letting me know I’m not alone on that one 🙂
I sometimes subscribe to one shots to ease my brain/heart into accepting the story is over. Intellectually, I know it’s over, but I can’t let go of the world! Subscribing leaves me that tiny possibility, letting me say goodbye.
While subscriptions aren’t really done FOR authors, they’re still probably my highest compliment. They’re the thing I do most selectively on ao3 😉
☆• I wanted to compile some of my more recent dark coords, so here they are! It’s by no means a comprehensive gallery of all the outfits I’ve assembled, but it is fairly representative of my favorites! •☆
I saw the first picture and thought, hey I wonder if this is child Spook. Then I looked at the blogger, and it WAS you blogging it! But second picture was NOT the same person. SO I looked to make sure it wasn’t Li or Lo(sp?) who had aged while I wasn’t looking. And realized the second pic had an Boromir look alike and was obviously from a movie. And, oh yeah, that was totally Lucy in the first pic.
Basically, I was completely willing to believe that tiny Spook got to hold a giant sword and was just DELIGHTED.
(That Tumnus was a really cute Tumnus. They did good with him.)
Chapters: ½ Fandom: Batman Comics Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Clark Kent, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Punch & Judy, Sasha, Stephanie Brown, Tim Drake Additional Tags: Hug Therapy, Random Musical References for the Win, Random Movie References for the Win Summary:
Damian finds himself the unwilling recipient of hug-therapy and Bruce has no control over his children.
A wild SPOOK REC shows up on my blog!!
It is always a good time to rec Spook and her amazing Batfamily. (And Raven Cycle. Her Raven Cycle is great too.)
all i want to do is write that one fic that takes people’s breath away and kinda lingers in the back of their minds. i want to write something that makes people want to make art and play with my versions of characters or in the universe i created. i want to be able to create worlds that feel real enough to walk into and write lines that stick with people until they forget where exactly they heard it because it lives in their bones now.
