He Has Come So Far From "When I Start Losing Feathers, It Becomes Difficult To Fly And Stay In The Air."

Fandom Etiquette

I’ve been around for a really long time in various fandoms, and no one ever writes this stuff down. I’ll start. Please add to the list. We can’t expect people to follow “rules” they don’t know exist. 

written with the help of @unbreakablejemmasimmons

Fanart

if you like something, reblog it. Help the artist get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you. 

if you want more of it, support it. This can be via commissions, reblogs, recommending the artist to other people, shouting in the tags, or sending the artist asks/messages. 

if you hate it, keep scrolling. Keep the hate in a message window with a friend, not in the artist’s notes. 

if you want to use it, ask permission. Artwork is beautiful and you want to show it off. But please ask the artist before you throw it into your header or your icon. 

if you use it, give credit. And not just a post where you say “Do you like my new icon? X made it!”. Put it in your blog description, that way when someone rolls around your blog three months from now, they also know where your icon/header came from. 

Fanfic

if you like something, reblog it. Help the author get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you.

if you want more of it, support it. Kudos are fine, but if you want more of the thing you like, you should comment. Subscribe to the story or the author. Send them a message about how much you like what they wrote. 

if you read it, kudos it. Or give it a thumbs up. And this is just if you managed to get all the way to the end. If you finished the story and you actually liked it? Comment and reblog. 

don’t demand content. Be patient. Stories take time. You can encourage without being demanding. Show your love for what’s there without telling them to post more often. 

be gentle with criticism. Some people want it and some people run away from it. If you don’t know what type of person the author is, it’s best not to go there. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.”

Fandom

ship and let ship. You love your ship and other people love theirs. No one needs to “win” when we’re all going to end up in tears anyway. 

if you hate it, stay out of the tag. This has two meanings: 1) don’t deliberately put hateful commentary in a tag and 2) if you  hate a tag, don’t go and read through that tag just to make yourself angry

if someone makes you something, appreciate it. Read and comment the fic. Like and reblog the artwork. Pimp it out and tell them how much you loved it. It’s a gift, treat it like one. 

if it’s a gift, put some effort into it. You signed up for that exchange three months ago and now it’s a week before you have to send the gift and you don’t have the time or the inclination to do the thing. Well too bad. Someone out there has been working hard in your gift, so you should do the same for them. 

none of us are “better” than anyone else. We’re all trash for our particular show/film/book/ship/artist/what-have-you. My fave is no better than yours and yours is no better than mine. 

actors are not their characters. They are people. Treat them like people. 

Got struck with Covid so I decided to reblog one of my more favorite comfort posts.

I've been sick this past week so I decided to write some Hawks fluff. Slightly self indulgent.

Hawks when he notices your sick

It was only 7 in the morning when Hawks was getting ready for work. You were still asleep in bed, which Hawks found odd. Normally you would have been awake by now, but today you were still under the covered, your body slightly shaking. Hawks walked over to you and took in your features, mouth slightly agape as your lips were reddened, skin pale. He took off his glove and felt the top of your head, you were burning up. He frowned slightly before looking at his watch, he still had time. He decided to fly out to the local convenient store and buy a few items then came back home to drop the items off. He laid a kiss a top your forehead before flying off to work.

An hour or so later, you finally wake up, hot and feverish as you blink the sleep away. A chest hurting cought erupted from your throat as you groan in discontent. Looking around you find the room empty and cold, but on the nightstand next to you, you spot a glass of water, a bag, and a note. You pick up the note and read it over, 'Got you some things to combat your sickness, get well soon! -H.' You place the note down and pick up the bag, searching its contents. Some pills, most likely Ibuprofen or Tylenol, a few cans of different soups, and different types of tea. You smiled at the gesture and opened the bottle of pills. You popped two in your mouth and took a sip of water to wash them down. You decided to go about your day normally, every so often taking medicine or making tea. A cold shower helping reduce the fever and you ultimately feeling better.

The sun had finished setting when the front door opens, a voice calling out.

"I'm home!" Hawks' voice rang out.

You turned to greet him, a bowl of soup in hand as you were making your way to the table. Hawks closed the door and took off his boots as he came by to check your temperature. Your fever had gone down greatly, but you still didn't feel 100%. He gave you a sad smile as he sighed, taking a seat by you at the table.

"Feeling better?" He asked.

"I am thanks to you." You commented.

He smiled and took the spoon away from you, feeding you instead. The rest of the night, he dedicated his time taking care of you and treating your sickness. The following morning you woke up before him, as per usual, and worked on making breakfast. A few bit of time going by before he woke up and greeted you, sleep still fresh on his face. You greeted him back, a smile on your face, and you feeling way better than yesterday. He seemed to notice, and perked up at your cheery mood. He set up the table and waited, both of you enjoying breakfast together and ready to start your day.

I've given up on being in a relationship. If you don't meet my fictional character standards, I don't want any.

We love our bird man

He appeared at an actual game! 😭

His voice is so beautiful.

Can someone explain to me why Alpha/Omega fics exist? I find them so weird as a concept, and while some are actually interesting. Others are... I don't go near those... Like Like what the hell are scent glands, why does sex always have to include knotting, and where the fuck are my dom omega/ sub alpha fics, I can't find any decent ones.

I'm not an avid omegaverse fic reader, I just find them interesting and read them every once in a blue moon

So my power went out last night :) and all my progress got deleted :D now I have to re-write chapter 2... FUN

My procrastination levels have skyrocketed this month. I need more Hawks content to steer me back to writing. Someone feed my addiction please.

Hi there! Auro here with yet another question for both canon and fanon hawks if that's alright with you! I was wondering if either of you guys believe in soulmates, and how much of a romanticist would you guys say you are?

Thank you yet again for your time, keep up your amazing work! Bye boys, play nice! Peace! -Auro

C.Hawks: Soulmates? I don't think so. Plus I'm not big on romance, I'm already married to my work. I don't think I'll have any time for a relationship until maybe after I reach my goal.

F.Hawks: Soulmates? Cringe. I'm more of a, fuck around and find out kind of a guy. If I meet a girl I like, take her on a few dates and then if all goes well, then it does. If not, all well might as well move on.

Rewatching MHA with friends is very fun, especially when one of them has never seen MHA. Going to be starting season 4 soon, which means we are slowly getting closer to the bird man. Soon they will get to meet the goofball that is Hawks.

Lil update with my fic, ik I havent posted chapter 8 yet, been very busy with work and havent gotten a break, I should get a break next week though and chapter 8 will be posted then!