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I guess my feeling is that when you spend money on a book, part of what you’re buying is the ability to express criticisms of it without coming across as an asshole (assuming, of course, that you are not purposely trying to come across as an asshole). You haven’t paid anything for the fanfiction you read, so you don’t have that ability.
You have opened my eyes. You have caused my world view to shift. I will never be the same again, and I have you to thank.
From now on, there’s a new rule in place. Criticism on fanfiction will now cost you money. Being nice costs you $0, but criticism will now cost you $3.
Time to put your money where your mouth is, assholes.
I think also, you know, a published author has made a choice to put a value of cash money upon their work and offer it as a commodity in a marketplace; consumers have certain privileges in that situation that not all audiences have. A fan-author posting for free on AO3 is assigning different values to their work. I’m not saying authors think their work is worthless, far from it, but they have chosen to offer it without charge in a public forum for your personal enjoyment. If you don’t enjoy it, the back button is easy to reach.
I mean, plus? Also? Criticism of published works usually* occurs in review spaces, which are for potential buyers to read. That is the purpose of reviews. Authors can look at them if they choose to (I do! many don’t!), but they are not for the author.
Whereas if you’re talking about a fanfic author posting on AO3, you’re most likely talking about comments. Which are for the author. If you’re writing an AO3 comment, you’re putting words into a space where the author will see them. They will usually even land in the author’s inbox. Which makes the dynamic so different.
* Yeah, usually. Because there sure are some folks out there who do not understand that you should not @ an author when you’ve written a review of their work. Many authors have different policies (such as “don’t @ me if it’s a bad review”), but unless the author has specifically stated otherwise, it’s a pretty good move to default to not tagging the author at all.
Tomblr is a private network for Tom Hiddleston & Marvel fans.
NSFW is allowed.
It runs on Mighty Networks, which is more like Facebook than Tumblr, but we do have a lot of the same functionality. You can follow people, post photos and videos, there’s a dash for content etc..,
We have a working mobile app.
If you’re more a Marvel fan than a Tom fan, no worries. There’s a group in there for you (it’s basically a network within a network…kind of hard to explain, but I promise we have space for you too).
When signing up, you can use any name you want. Many people are using their Tumblr names.
If you don’t want your approximate location to show up on your posts, put in a fake location. Mighty Networks will try to guess based on your IP. I wish I could disable that, but I can’t.
Message @jennphoenix if you have questions/concerns, but please be aware I’m not doing anything to avoid the snap. If Tumblr gets rid of me on the 17th, I won’t fight it.
@jennphoenix has worked really hard testing this platform. I especially love there’s an app for the phone that’s very easy to use. There’s private messaging to each other, just like on Tumblr. The app is avail on Google play free, Mighty Networks. (sorry I’m Apple ignorant.)
I forgot how bloody fucking gorgeous this man is in this movie! Ugh! Watching it last night just rekindled my Thomas Sharpe love. I think I need to either find or write some fic.
Edit to add: anyone else think that the bottom left picture is pretty much what his hair would look like now without product aside from the color?
We can start a new life.
Where? Anywhere. It doesn’t matter. We can leave it behind. We let the Sharpe name die with the mines. We let this edifice sink in the ground. All these years holding these walls together.
Big thanks to Loki, none other than @ twhiddleston, for a Thor-some visit to GOSH last week in support of our Stocking Appeal. Here’s Tom with patients Aaditya, Angel, Shifa and Sarah. Taking part in our Stocking Appeal is easy – send a festive message to the children and their families who will be spending this Christmas at GOSH and let them know you’re thinking of them. gosh.org/stockingappeal
Lokiwholockfactory @ Tumblr - circa 2012-2018 
