Never understood the straight alien romances in Mass Effect like “I’m happy to date outside my SPECIES but gotta stick to that arbitrary heterosexuality cos no homo”
so… the aliens’ have an arbitrary gender binary exactly like humans do???
Just put pencil to paper, fingers to keyboard, brush to canvas, and go create something that didn’t exist before.
Set yourself free of the expectations of quality work. Make something and allow yourself to experiment with new methods and techniques. Have fun with it. If it’s dumb, laugh. If it’s weird, make it weirder. If it’s a disjointed mess, smile at the chaos.
I think when artists stop being beginners and start to grasp the form on a deeper level, they often forget how to have fun because they’re too caught up in the expectations they’ve set for themselves and their art. Instead of feeling passion pouring from their heart, they feel dismay and frustration.
So right now, just for a moment, let go of all that and make something fun! GO CREATE!
Fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don’t do it for money. That’s not what it’s about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They’re fans, but they’re not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.
starry-eyed 