past me: canon is sacred I must carefully fact-check everything to make sure it is canon-compliant
present me: canon is a box of scraps in a cave I’m gonna tear that shit apart throw away 90% of it and out of the good bits build something absolutely beautiful and amazing
I actually was going to submit this one to @ao3tagoftheday :
it makes me laugh that in black sails charles vane is like this martyr for the pirates to rally behind bc in real life he was such a shitty dick-faced asshole of a captain that the crew mutinied and elected jack rackham captain and no one ever heard from vane’s punk ass again
Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it’s the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open. But my hand has been clenched into a fist for…years now; it’s frozen shut.
guys i can’t emphasise enough how important this is
please consider all of these factors facing fanfic writers, who are doing this for fun and no return whatsoever beyond the love of the thing. thank you.
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