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I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, by manipulating them and breaking their rules. Some of it is straight-up homage, but a lot of [fan fiction] is really aggressive towards the source text. One tends to think of it as written by total fanboys and fangirls as a kind of worshipful act, but a lot of times you’ll read these stories and it’ll be like ‘What if Star Trek had an openly gay character on the bridge?’ And of course the point is that they don’t, and they wouldn’t, because they don’t have the balls, or they are beholden to their advertisers, or whatever. There’s a powerful critique, almost punk-like anger, being expressed there—which I find fascinating and interesting and cool.

Lev Grossman _{(via mysharona1987)}

Why do straight, white, cis guys tend not to write fanfic? Because they don’t need to. _{(via rendezvouswithenterprise)}

doclubenpoetry:

singinprincess:

“How do we forgive ourselves for all of the things we did not become?”
– David ‘Doc’ Luben

Y’all, I got Supergirl meme’d. I have never felt more complete.

tylerknott:

Typewriter Series #1967 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Check out my Chasers of the Light Shop! chasersofthelight.com/shop

It’s okay to miss them, but it’s not okay to go after them again. Let the storm pass.

maxwelldpoetry | Not all storms should be chased. (via wnq-writers)

culturenlifestyle:

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NYC based illustrator Simini Blocker understands the enchanting world bookworms revel in. From Hogwarts to Neverland or King’s Landing, Blocker captures the spellbinding imaginative realms literature has introduced to us with vibrant colours, gorgeous brushstrokes and fitting quotes from our favourite authors. You can find her gorgeous illustrations on Society6 and Etsy.

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I wanted to crawl into her chest and kiss everything that she’d thought I’d hate.

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(via of-suns-and-guns)

Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

Paul Coehlo (via wingedescape)

I’ll own up to occasional doubts about fandom and its compatibility with adulthood. For me, it’s a mix: sometimes I wonder whether I’m enjoying the right stuff, and sometimes I wonder if I’m enjoying stuff the right way. It’s always easier to play it cool rather than expose your depth of feeling—and it takes a certain amount of confidence to go on loving the thing anyway. Fandom is full of inherently confident people, even if they don’t realize it.

I wrote about the ways fandom slips away from us—and how we can give ourselves permission to let it back in (via fansplaining)

taylorsterlingloves:

Celebrating women today and everyday. #internationalwomensday

I love being horribly straightforward. I love sending reckless text messages (because how reckless can a form of digitized communication be?) and telling people I love them and telling people they are absolutely magical humans and I cannot believe they really exist.

I love saying, Kiss me harder, and You’re a good person, and, You brighten my day. I live my life as straight-forward as possible.

Because one day, I might get hit by a bus.

Maybe it’s weird. Maybe it’s scary. Maybe it seems downright impossible to just be—to just let people know you want them, need them, feel like, in this very moment, you will die if you do not see them, hold them, touch them in some way whether its your feet on their thighs on the couch or your tongue in their mouth or your heart in their hands.

But there is nothing more beautiful than being desperate.

And there is nothing more risky than pretending not to care.

We are young and we are human and we are beautiful and we are not as in control as we think we are. We never know who needs us back. We never know the magic that can arise between ourselves and other humans.

We never know when the bus is coming.

Rachel C. Lewis (via wordsnquotes)

Holy shit someone put me into words.

(via 22-fall-in-love)