I love the Charlie Brooker fandom, but it's terribly damaging for my confidence as a writer. The standard is simply too good. Even on the anon meme, my writing feels mediocre amongst all the anonymous brilliance; I feel guilty about taking a prompt because I'm sure someone else could fill it better, and I feel embarrassed despite the anonymity
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...it's not actually that evil, is it?
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And oh god, I cannot agree more about the anon meme. I mean, you saw my entry the other day! And I still feel mildly uncomfortable writing more of that prompt. D: Stupid good writers! *shakes fist half-heartedly*
EDIT: It occurs to me to wish that my dissertation was now, rather than last year. All this time travel speculation would be magical, since I did it on time travel in Pratchett's Night Watch. XD
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I'm glad you're continuing the prompt! Fight that writer's insecurity.
And I'm not a Pratchett fan, but that sounds a very cool topic for a dissertation.
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This is such an awesome idea I'm surprised it's not been done yet! There was a LoM/Discworld crossover, but I can't remember what it was about. hmm.
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I--
I didn't realise until just now that this is an AU I want in all of my fandoms.
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(ACCEPT MY UNWANTED PALTRY REASSURANCE.)
The answer to your late-night dilemma: you would and you know it.
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...I swear you looked too short to be Charlie Brooker in a cunning disguise when I met you, but...
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