Cesare

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[POST WORK IN PROGRESS… NEVER FINISH (Fanfic Flamingo) WAIT TO POST TIL FIC IS DONE… NEVER FINISH]

One of mine. I’ve tried it both ways, posting a story in progress in hopes the response will drive me to the finish line, vs. waiting to post til it’s done in hopes of driving myself to finish it in order to share it. I’ve ended up leaving stories abandoned at equal rates both ways. I’m sure it’s infuriating, but at least if I post it in progress, people get to read something… it doesn’t do anyone any good sitting on my hard drive… idk idk idk

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[ONE TRUE PAIRING (Fanfic Flamingo) NEITHER ONE NOR TRUE]

I thought they were my OTP, but turns out I actually ship these characters with a lot of people…

This is one of mine :D

(via stickthisbig)

helens78:

codenamecesare:

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[FALL FOR MURDEROUS VILLAIN (Fanfic Flamingo) WHY ARE THE OTHER CHARACTERS SO MEAN TO MY MISUNDERSTOOD BB]

One of my flamingo submissions. :-)

Ahahaha!  He’s not murderous!  He’s, um… venge…ful…….. um.  *quits while is ahead*

Holy what the… I was going through my archives despairing over my tags (NEED TAG MANAGEMENT DESPERATELY TEARS TEARS) and noticed how many notes this has. This is definitely the most noted thing I’ve ever (or likely will ever!) created on Tumblr. I guess, in this era of Loki and the like, it resonates…

telesilla:

stickthisbig:

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[FIVE WIKIPEDIA PAGES OF RESEARCH (Fanfic Flamingo) FOR ONE LINE OF DIALOGUE]

GPOY FOREVER 

ALWAYS GPOY!

Most of my research has been done for a huge sprawling series, most of which hasn’t been posted anywhere.  Because that’s the way we roll at Chez Rozilla.

The amount of time I spend looking up stuff like hair fixatives popular in 1962 for stories that I never manage to finish ;_________;

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[SIT DOWN TO WRITE FINAL SCENE ON A FIC (Fanfic Flamingo) 15K LATER, NO END IN SIGHT]

oops

helens78:

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[WRITE SPIN-OFF OF BNP’S WORK (Fanfic Flamingo) TOO TERRIFIED OF FANDOM TO LET THEM KNOW]

This has happened to me a few times (and to me and Ces at least once!) and it is the best thing ever. :D

Yes! There’s nothing better than inspiring someone else ♥

stickthisbig:

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[GIVE LENGTHY AND HONEST CRITIQUE TO HELP THE AUTHOR OUT A BIT (Fanfic Flamingo) “SHUT UP IT’S MY FIC YOU CAN’T TELL ME HOW TO WRITE GOT THAT”]

Let’s clarify here: this is legit if the person asked for concrit. I, for one, specifically ask for no concrit. It’s in my header. If you left me some, in the name of “helping”, I would have essentially this reaction.

There’s a reaaaaal thin line between being helpful and being a pedantic dick. You’re tapdancing on it.

Thought experiment. You bring a dish to a potluck. Some people take a taste, don’t care for it, and load up with something else. Some people come back for seconds and thirds. Pretty normal potluck experience. Then someone comes up to you. “Did you make this? It’s okay, but I can tell you how to make it so much better!” And then they give you a “lengthy, honest critique.” And they seem hurt and dismayed that you don’t hang on their every word of advice.

But… you didn’t enter a cooking competition. You weren’t asking to be judged by anyone, definitely not by a total stranger who tells you that you should’ve used cilantro, when you hate cilantro. You didn’t come to the potluck so that Rachel Ray could track you down and teach you how to be a better cook and drag down your night. You came to share food and have a good time. It’s a potluck. Everyone who can bring something, brings something; you brought something. Some people liked it. That’s all you were going for. In that context, unsolicited critique, “lengthy” and “honest” though it may be, rarely helps anyone. And it’s just as likely to come off as inappropriate and rude.

telesilla:

paraprosdokia:

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[EVERY WAKING MOMENT SPENT ON ELABORATE AU WORLDBUILD (Fanfic Flamingo) NEVER END UP WRITING A WORD OF ACTUAL AU!FIC]

So many AUs…

 I know nothing of this problem. Nothing at all.

Nope.

Me neither. Definitely don’t know the one where I you come up with an elaborate AU, write one introductory story using that setting and then never come back to it. >_>

telesilla:

stickthisbig:

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[SLASH LOVEMAKING (Fanfic Flamingo) SMELLS ARE PLEASANT, DICKS ARE CLEAN, BOWELS ARE FINE]

  It is my stated position that these are niceties that I want in my porn. In addition, cocks are big, orgasms are simultaneous, and every time is the most perfect and epic time ever.

 

This.

I’m all in favor of diverse kinks, subversion, imperfect sex, negotiation, using regrettable things for lube in the heat of the moment and dealing with the consequences (she says, looking through her WIP files)… But when I see complaints like “too many slash stories have first-time sex that’s perfect and epic and magical” I am puzzled and feel like dropping some links to m/m fic on Nifty.org and Asstr.org, where practically every dude’s a virgin with a 12” cock and is freshly waxed and enema’ed in time for a surprise gangbang (unless being dirty and/or going through the cleanup is one of the kinks at hand,) and tops spit once and that’s all the lube the bottoms get, and people bareback without comment in modern-day stories, and other typical “doin it rong” stuff. People often write porn that includes only the fantasies that they find hot and leave out the parts that don’t turn them on, who knew. Not a phenomenon unique to slash or fandom.

fuckyeahfanficflamingo:

[RESEARCH FOR AU (Fanfic Flamingo) SPROUTS TEN DIFFERENT AUS AND SCENARIOS]

GPOY. I think we plateaued around 15 for Bound & Determined, though fortunately we seem to have come around to focusing on three main branches.