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[turps]

In further Umbrella Academy comment news, I got a comment on my last story saying simply 'delete this immediately' from someone with a totally blank A03 profile. Unsurprisingly, the comment was also deleted. And you know, I'll do just that anon cowardly person, I'll go delete the story right this second, except no. All comments like that make me want to do is write even more dirty wrong incest porn.

I got my h/c exchange assignment and it's very doable. I've already asked themoononastick to beta, now I just need to write some words.

The stupid storm has done a number on our fence and now we need to get it fixed. The wind has been terrible and now our gate won't shut and the fence is wobbly, and I'm having to use a stone statue to prop it up, which isn't ideal in the slightest. Yet another thing that's going to cost, yet another step away from a summer holiday.

I gave blood yesterday and as it was my seventh donation I could have a hot drink which was of the good as it was so cold. They also had cheese Tuc crackers which remain tasty, and yet I never seem to see them anywhere apart from hospitals. After I'd been there we went to see my MiL who's okay, apart from the fact she can still hardly walk a few steps and my FiL isn't looking after her well. I feel for him as he has his own mobility issues, but he manages to walk to the betting shop twice a day and yet can't make my MiL anything to eat.

We took a bed from my MiLs to my SiLs, then took sacks of household rubbish from there to the tip then off to get some groceries. So a pretty full day, meaning by the time I got home all I had the energy to do was have a bath and then watch tv. Especially so as James is at work today meaning an early wake-up.

I've enjoyed doing that three favourite things about your stories meme. It's led to me reading a lot of my old stuff, and you know, they're okay. Obviously, some of the much older stories were a bit rough in places, but still enjoyable to read. And my style has remained pretty consistent over the years. Plus, it was nice to talk about stories other than the usual big hitters that tend to come up in kudos/hit count memes.

Comments

[sylvaine]

Fuckssake. People are exhausting. *hugs*

[turps]

They really are.

Why anyone would take the time and energy to create a blank account just to leave stupid comments I don't know.

[nopseud]

I feel like modern fandom would not have handled popslash well at all.

And I have so many icons I could choose to go with that statement, but I think we all know what this comment needs.

[turps]

That's the perfect icon for your comment.

And I agree, if popslash were starting out now I doubt it would have thrived as it did.

Modern fandom seems so serious at times and needs more added momcest.

[dine]

oh for fuck's sake! I cannot believe idiots like that. sure, anonymous person, watch me take down my story because you don't like it. assuming you tagged it correctly, it's the idiot's fault if they read it & didn't like the content. this person definitely wouldn't have liked SPN, would they?

[wenchpixie]

this person definitely wouldn't have liked SPN, would they? ha! that's just what I came here to say. I remember there being some bullshit in the very early days, but I feel like ykinmyato and dl;dr was far more understood to be sensible back then, and sam/dean was so behemothic... although there were always those niggles people had where either their ship was not incest, therefore they were superior (because they' gone to J2) or their ship was not real people omg therefore they were superior... but not so much of this anonymous leaping into other people's spaces and being rude at them.

I wonder if they do the same on Sam/Dean fic as well..

Ah well, I suspect UA will calm down sooner rather than later with that nonsense because ALL the main pairings are incesty tbh and a few pillocks can turn off a firehose :)

[turps]

SPN is a good comparison.

I only read occasionally but can well imagine the comments about the wrongness of rps v incest and vice versa.

I had hoped that fandom had firmly moved to dl:dr but I guess some will never reach that point. It just seems counterproductive to me, why read something you're not going to like? It makes no sense.

Ah well, I suspect UA will calm down sooner rather than later with that nonsense because ALL the main pairings are incesty tbh and a few pillocks can turn off a firehose

That's very true.

[turps]

Yep, this one was tagged exactly how it should be.

It's such a stupid comment and makes no sense. No one would delete their work after getting a comment like that. And like you said, why read if you know you're not going to like?

this person definitely wouldn't have liked SPN, would they?

Not at all!

[pensnest]

Ah, the new puritanism. Screw that.

Well done on giving blood! I can't, which is annoying, though Beast has been at it for forty years now (and still not empty!).

[turps]

Screw that indeed!

40 years is amazing. Wow. Has he been given any special recognition? I know I got a bronze card for my 5th donation and will get another colour for the 10th, so donating that long should surely lead to something special.

[pensnest]

He started donating when he was at university. He got some kind of a fancy thank-you (possibly a pen?) after fifty donations - he's at nearly seventy now. There must have been a few barren years when the children were small and we had a cold ALL THE TIME.

[shadowhive]

Ugh I hate people.... although if it leads to you writing more dirty incest porn...

Oh nice that’s good!

There’s no damage here but the wind has been pretty damn crazy

That sucks :( *hugs*

Yeah, it’s pretty interesting to see! I might do it when my creativity calms a bit

[turps]

Dirty incest porn is always a good thing!

I wish the wind would die off already. It's just as bad today which means I'll be blown down to the shops again.

You should. It's a good feeling talking about the things you like about your fic.

[shadowhive]

It certainly is! 😻

Same here, it’s been insane the past week, ugh

Of course! My only issue would be cause of how creative I’ve been I’d have to revise it every so often!

Edit: I decided to put it up anyway, since my current fic is chaptered so the numbers won’t change for a few days!

[sperrywink]

Stupid commenter.

Go you for giving blood! I stopped when it spiraled me into hypothyroidism last time around (they 2 may not be associated, but they came back to back, so are forever connected in my mind).

Wishing your MiL and FiL all the best.

[turps]

Stupid is right. It's water off a duck's back to me and I just roll my eyes on here, but I'd hate to think they're doing the same to new writers.

So many people can't donate blood. We were talking about it at the snack table afterwards, and every reason is justified and understandable.

Going to visit my inlaws lately means a session of gloom and doom. I feel for them but have to steel myself for the inevitable doom and misery before going in.

[frausorge]

I'd say this is evidence you're doing something very right.

Sorry about your fence, and also about your in-laws' issues. But go you for giving blood, you're a star!

[turps]

That's an excellent way of thinking about it.

It's windy again today. I'm keeping an eye on the fence as it's wobbling, but the statue is doing the job atm.

[turlough]

Why are people such idiots??!!

Good to hear you like your h/c assignment. Lots of good luck with the writing!

Stupid storm! We seem to have escaped the worst of your wind this time. It's been windy but not nearly enough to damage fences.

Go you for giving blood!

That sounds quite depressing about your in-laws. It must be hard to watch and know there isn't much you can do.

[turps]

They're ridiculous!

Thank you. The assignment is very doable. Of course, now I have it all my desire to write have drained away. It'll come back though I'm sure.

The storm was horrible and lasted for two days. Then this morning it was snowing. It hasn't stuck but even so I wasn't impressed.

My in-law's situation is all kinds of frustrating. Adult social services are coming out on Tuesday so hopefully, they'll arrange for riser blocks to go under my MiLs chair so she can actually stand. And get a zimmer frame that fits at last.

[cold_clarity]

i've been Not In the UA fandom but MAN ALIVE people seem to be mad about it, even from afar. i'm sorry you're getting annoyingly harassed. <3

[turps]

The UA fandom is so busy, which is great. Until you realise it also means it's full of people who want to run their mouths off and think that the only opinion that's right is their own.

[brandywine28]

Lord help me, I can't believe I'm about to have an honest to God 'kids these days' moment, but...

They really do take fandom seriously, don't they? And I mean, like -- SERIOUSLY. Are they having any fun at all? And if not...then what's the freaking point??

As for all the SPN comments -- Yes. Totally. Keep the wee younglings away from that fandom at all costs! If only to spare us from the shrieking.

[turps]

No, go for your kids these days moment, I've been there plenty lately.

So many are so earnest now, and yeah, serious. I'm surprised they actually say/write/create anything as I imagine every word and action is picked through and analysed. Fandom should be fun, and for so many it doesn't seem to be now.

SPN would blow their minds. Incest or rps. What a choice.