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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO @xingqiu-lxver !!!!!! THE NUMBER ONE BEST FRIEND / WRITER / CREATOR / ALIEN STAGE FAN IN THE WORLD!!!!
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Why I’ve distanced myself from the AF community
Hey guys, as you all have probably noticed I haven’t been as active as I once was. And well, that was intentional. I just wanted to come on here and talk about it, because I do miss some aspects of it, but if things don’t change then I will likely permanently leave the community future. I’m not going to name any names, but if any of this applies to you then chances are this is about you.
Number one is the biggest issue I have, and that’s the blatant misogyny in this community. It’s not funny anymore, the way that I can join an applyfic and the male characters have paragraphs of lore and fans, while the female characters are just called “mommy” or “girlboss”. This is probably one of the only cases where the argument of “the masculine characters are written better” can work, but that’s because the creator couldn’t care less in giving their femme characters any depth or nuance. This is both in the applyfics and in the discord community, which I will go more into depth with later. But the fact that I could enter a discord and type a male characters name and have thousands of results and multiple people changing their name to match the character, and then type in a female name and it’s probably going to just be Tia (hai tia ilu), it’s a problem. And no, “girlboss” doesn’t cut it if you can’t go any deeper than that.
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Also just the blatant racism, but god I don’t think it matters how much I talk about it, that’s not changing anytime soon. It’s not hard to find POC face claims, you just aren’t looking. But you already know that. I know you all are young, but you aren’t toddlers. Act like it. Btw, making applyfics about “different regions” and you put your only POC characters in the war one doesn’t count.
I’m sorry to be mean, but these things have to be said. I love the friends I have made here with my whole heart, but it comes to a point where I have to ask if this is a community I want to spend my time in. I’ll be around still to talk to you all, and this isn’t a goodbye. But I hope some of you all take the time to read this, reflect, and help make this community the great place I know it can be.
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Speaking of discord, that’s my other issue. It is completely normal and honestly, recommended, to make a discord for your applyfic. It’s a good way to having people talk with one another, share ideas, and get announcements out. But these discords have to be readily available. If I have to go through three different people to find the discord server for your applyfic, it’s a problem. I’ve seen some where there isn’t even a notice in the book that a discord server exists, and someone else has to tell me. And worst of it, these discords are where all the information is. The updates on deadlines, information on the love interests (or well, the male ones), form help and lore drops, all of these are in this hidden mysterious discord no one knows about. And then when you go to the discord, it is the most disorganized chaotic war zone that you remember why it’s called Discord in the first place. You try and find the lore, but instead every single channel is a spam channel, there are 7 more applyfics being planned in them, 90 @‘s about nothing, and it’s just a fight of who can talk the most. Because that’s how you get accepted. It’s not who has the best form or well written lore, it’s who talks the most. It’s who can be the most active. Applyfics are now a popularity context, instead of a place for creative people to be creative.
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"hey mai how was" I CANT BEAT THIS FINAL BOSS. IT HAS BEEN DAYS. i'm gonna blink gone myself i just want my silly goofy limbus (it is emotionally devastating. based on what i have read this is one of if not the best canto yet in terms of theming and the influence it will have on the plot going forward)
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Alien Stage may be tomorrow, but today, is the final part of Don Quixote Canto...
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okay google, give me applyfic ideas
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new theme! felt like it was fitting as i am in my new era (tm)
heartofhugs
@Tornado-Jockey Welcome back! I didn't know you had properly left, so I was still tagging you in the applyfic chapters! I'm sorry if it's been a lot of notifications! If you'd like, I can summarise what has happened so far, as it's been a little while. I planned on doing that for you any way, but wp got rid of pms and I didn't have another way to message you.
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ok guys i lied last time but now im being fr fr back so tag me in things please <3
-Rem3mber-
Nae already showed your her two AFs that are open so I tagged you in two more
Turns out I had less than I thought lol sorry
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I FORGOR TO HIT ANNOUNCE TO FOLLOWERS hai guys im back
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spinnies (hai im back)
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I have severe Applyfic burnout but I have a face claim goldmine in my back pocket this is awful