And another one!

[coalcube]

I see my nemesis getting a fic that I love
And I'm like, "Fuck you" 
I guess my 10k letter wasn't enough
I'm like, "Fuck you and fuck morbane, too"
Said, "If I was a long commenter, they woulda gamed for me"
Ha, now ain't that some shit?
(Ain't that some shit?)
And although there's pain in my chest
I still comment it's the best
And runs to coal to shout "Fuck you" 

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[(Anonymous)]

Every sperm is sacred :(

[(Anonymous)]

This is pussy erasure!

Meow.

Re: Brainstorming help - Alien Biology

[(Anonymous)]

Extreme sensitivity to tryptophan?

Brassicas remind them of their pets back home, how could you eat that adorable plant?

Terrified of mistletoe because they’re susceptible to its parasitic seeds?

Allergic to humans, gets regular antihistamine shots to make it more manageable because we are like adorable kittens they want to cuddle?

[(Anonymous)]

Anything is better than the millionth round of comment wank which they're having right now. UGH.

Thanksgiving plans?

[(Anonymous)]

For American memers where this is relevant, are you taking part in Thanksgiving this weekend, or planning to do some writing, or tied up/committed in other ways?

Re: Thanksgiving plans?

[(Anonymous)]

i'm gonna nap, mostly.

Re: Thanksgiving plans?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm visiting a few members of my extended family. They usually take it pretty easy so I should be able to do some writing, health permitting (headaches and stomachaches have not been cooperative the last couple days :/)

[(Anonymous)]

ffa can get fucking fucked with their lame ass wanks. stands for fuck off fucking assholes.

who gives a shit about your dumb fic stats, bfe, jfc.

[(Anonymous)]

as a regular participant in that thread who sometimes wails 'we're not all bad' - you know, honestly, legit. The peak neuroses reach heights you can't breath at and the lows reach depths where soft tissue is crushed.

[(Anonymous)]

DC

Amen to this. I am actually starting to feel very uncomfortable over in the BFE thread due to some of the vicious trolling over there. It's got so that I no longer read a lot of those comments and just skim for the vital information (due dates, pinch hits etc.). I really enjoy exchanges and have a lot of fun but was considering giving up at one stage because BFE was really souring me on the whole experience.

[(Anonymous)]

it's literally just the same old "I don't want your advice, you're persecuting me by identifying my trolling" troll who hits the entire meme repetitively with the same exact schtick. IDK how they don't recognize it faster.

Re: Thanksgiving plans?

[(Anonymous)]

I’m cooking a feast. I started processing vegetables today, tomorrow I’m pre-cooking everything that can possibly be made in advance, and on Thursday I have a whole schedule of what goes in the oven at which times so everything is hot and ready and hits the table around the same time. We’ve got 4 veggie dishes, a huge quantity of stuffing and mashed potatoes, 2 birds, 2 fruit pies, brownies for the chocolate eaters, and I’m mulling wine (again, cheers!)

My goal is to make enough that there will be leftovers, but I am limited by having but one refrigerator to store everything in. Going with a non-traditional flavor profile— ginger, lemongrass, calamansi, gochujang for the bird, gomadare, miso, peanut and fish sauce for the veg. Dad’s gonna be eating kimchi and watching football as per usual while the rest of us play cards.

[(Anonymous)]

I keep having intrusive thoughts of a hilaribad line in a giftfic I got a few months ago, like almost "gotta bail guys I'm in labor" quality shit

It's fucking me up man I can't do anything without it waiting there behind the corners of my brain

[(Anonymous)]

write it down, sing it to the tune of a song you hate, give it a new context to rob it of its power

[(Anonymous)]

why don't the mods just freeze these dumb fucks idk

Re: Thanksgiving plans?

[(Anonymous)]

Not American but since it comes out for Thanksgiving I'm excited to listen to the new Til Death Do Us Blart. I feel silly for looking forward to it so much but I love this podcast and I've had a really hard, lonely and stressful November, so instead of listening to it while I work I think I'm going to make it a whole thing, like listening in the bath or making myself a nice snack and listening while I do some needle felting.

Re: Thanksgiving plans?

[(Anonymous)]

Me too!! I watch Blart every year and sometimes manage to con a friend into suffering with me.

I hope the Shadow Man gives some of the joy he steals from Paul Blart to you this year Coalie <3

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so glad someone finally told fishspeakers to shut up on EAD.
No, I'm not a FFA troll. I genuinely can't stand fishspeakers.

[(Anonymous)]

What happened? Dish for those of us not in EAD

[(Anonymous)]

they moved from "oh no what if my recip doesn't like my writing" to "I feel so boring being a straight cis girl" and lailah told them that personal venting was off topic

[(Anonymous)]

fishspeakers
i'm glad i picked up this interesting pinch hit and it made me take a look at a canon i've been meaning to see for a while
the prompt was cool and not something i would have thought about on my own

[Unrelated comments from other people about writing prompts]

fishspeakers
but i'm still like, what if my recip is disappointed because i didn't know the canon well enough?

lailah andrubies 💚 | lailah_tov
your recip knows nothing about you as a person, or what you know or don't
just make the best thing you can and they'll dig it

fishspeakers
i hope so. i just feel like people will be able to tell from my writing style that i'm yet another boring straight cis woman in fandom and be like "how could she have anything interesting to say?" it's very been there, done that, you know?

lailah andrubies 💚 | lailah_tov
it's hard to have those anxieties. i hope you have supportive people to talk to about them. but your work will speak for itself
that's why the anon period is there—and you can leave your work in the anonymous collection forever if you want

angelsaves
even cishet white men have said interesting things once in a while

Shadaras (they/he)
I think that so long as you have emotions about a canon, you have something to say about it! even if that thing is "wow these two should kiss" (or stab each other, or whatever)
it doesn't need to be the newest most special thought in the world
lots of people want to read very tropey things! that can be super comforting and fun!
did you try your best to create something that you think the recip will enjoy? then you fulfilled your part of the exchange! that's all you can do; may as well trust that the recip is likely to enjoy your efforts as well. <3

kitsunerei88 (quoting fishspeakers)
As another boring straight cis woman, I think we are rarer in fandom than anywhere else.... when I was in VT last year a teammate was like "this is podfic, is ANYONE not queer" and I was like "...me???"
why yes I am married with 2 kids and have a white picket fence. There's even a retaining wall.
(its not actually white, its 8 feet tall because we back onto a Major Intersection)

fishspeakers
yes exactly that's why i'm so insecure. it seems like everyone else in fandom is queer. and i'm here being incredibly boring.

lailah andrubies 💚 | lailah_tov
hm, this seems like not the venue to be working out those feelings, possibly
but i wish you the best as you sort it out

fishspeakers (quoting "hm, this seems like not the venue to be working out those feelings, possibly")
what do you mean?

lailah andrubies 💚 | lailah_tov
personal venting is off-topic for EAD

Morbane
also just hoisting a flag of support for queer people who are also boring 😛
there are many reasons to keep identity and cool points well apart

[(Anonymous)]

lol this drama copypaste shit is why I never talk in EAD

[(Anonymous)]

Dippies would rather eat the bait for 300 posts than modcall.

[(Anonymous)]

Fishspeakers sounds obnoxious and I’m sure their work will be shit.

[(Anonymous)]

Why aren’t we allowed to talk about her on ff_a anymore?