violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 5hIt's funny how many people have a Gollum reaction to that bird automaton. 230
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 9hI was sure that entering the adult world I would leave behind the social and structural dynamics of high school and college forever, and the extent to which they still linger in the world around me even as I enter middle age pisses me off. 54315
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 10hI do like it when someone who you find annoying but feel obligated to listen to for various reasons says something so dumb you are freed from ever having to care about what they say again. 070
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 11hIn some ways this is a perfect Violet joke, in that it is pretty inscrutable but if you do manage to weave through the labyrinth it is also not funny. 010
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 11hI don't understand why everyone is talking about a blue Nami. Her name is Nojiko! 100
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 12hSome of this is goombaposting but I do think there is a real problem of desire versus reality. 041
Reposted by violet allenviolet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 17/04/2025A reminder that, if you believe that names given at birth are so very important, then you are obliged me to call me my legal name for the first 4 months of my life, Baby Doe. 1172
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 13hI feel like people want perfect solutions when it comes to LLM use in fiction and none exist, so they get mad if a magazine accidentally publishes an LLM story and also mad if they are strict in trying to filter LLM stories and also mad if a writer they find sympathetic is accused of using LLMs. 3202
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 13h(I do actually have some problems with the construction of "depression" both socially and clinically but disputes about the kablooeyness of brains is what I take issue with here) 1130
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 13hI'm sure depression is primarily a response to material conditions for a lot of people but some of us have brains that just go kablooey sometimes. 1210
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 13hLove how mental health awareness has gone in a circle and landed on Depression Isn't Real (woke version) 2180
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14hI feel like a lot of people's politics really fail to consider that, like, people are for real different and have different ideas about what is good in life 0123
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14hThe writer has written things that aren't AI so I don't really get it. 000
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 15hIdk I do feel like AI accusations and especially consequences are targeted but on multiple occasions now I've tried to read an accused text with maximum generosity and desire to believe the author but still come away with "This is the most LLM shit possible." 2130
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 15hLike, pathetic fallacy that goes past logic to the point of animism. 060
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 15hProtip: LLMs absolutely fucking love pathetic fallacy when writing fiction. One of the clearest signs something is AI if you don't have an ear for it. 1141
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This draft is getting kind of Pushing Daisyish, and I think I might lean into it. 040
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I have been accused by a lot of people in my life of not believing in anything, but suddenly in the era of slop and hyper-propaganda the gal who sees the flaws in everything isn't such an evil nihilist after all, is she? 081
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Guys whose dating site profiles are adamant about no fatties who message you, a Chubby Charlotte, and very quickly start asking about your weight; more likely than you think. 080
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Guy whose posts are a mix of the most hateful shit you can imagine about Black/trans/fat/etc women and shameless thirsting over Black/trans/fat/etc women's pictures; more likely than you think. 1142
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I know intellectually that a lot of people don't subvocalize when they read, and I am wondering if this is part of the problem. 241
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I can't explain it but I can hear it and it makes me feel insane. 170
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Like I'm genuinely not trying to brag or be holier than thou about this, it generally makes me insane that other people can't recognize obvious AI writing (and insist that it is impossible for anyone else to). Like, can't you hear it? 3300
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I've seen it used in critical discussions in a neutral way, just describing how certain kinds of fiction work, but it does often go to a prescriptive place. 010
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I love you more than any other writer has ever loved you, and so I create delight for you, and for that delight to mean anything, it must transcend your language for it. 080
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I feel like people have started using the language of like "reader expectations" and "contract with the reader" to justify some pretty rancid anti-art opinions. 2271
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Have you seen The Extra Man. Much more than friend, I think. 110
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I really wanted to live in fictional 2010s Brooklyn back in the day, just as I wanted to live in fictional 60s Paris when I was in college. But now I am old and there are no more fictional worlds to conquer. 1112
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Now I am seeing people coming for Bored to Death. Leave me and the fictional Brooklyn of the early 2010s alone!! 1120
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I feel like I see people writing sentences that do not make sense even in a "grammatically wrong but I know what you mean" way more and more and it troubles me. 1110
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Went without caffeine for five days and had a little today and now feel like the Light of God is inside my body, and it's like, oh, I'm *addicted* addicted. 1221
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I guess I just feel genuine pity. Like, I really do find people trying publish LLM fiction more sad than angering. You don't get much out of being a writer except self-satisfaction. If you want money or prestige, get a real job. 1120
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Actually you should read this book whether or not you care about understanding my jokes. I read it 12ish years ago it fundamentally changed how I approach writing as an artform, thus creating the Violet you all know and love today. 051
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Lowkey LLM writing is kind of a boost to my ego. Like, you need a supercomputer to do what comes to me as easily as breathing, and it's not even actually good? My condolences. 1345
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This book is a good introduction to what I am talking about here, if you really care about understanding my dumb jokes.bookshop.orgThe Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral RuinsThe Decadence Movement which flourished in the 1890s produced some of Europe's most striking and exotic works of literature The Decadents, convinced that civilization was in a state of terminal declin... 040
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Jean Lorrain would eat and leave no crumbs with this material. 140
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A celebrated singer getting into a life-consuming conflict with an upscale boutique over a clockwork bird is a thing that would happen in a French symbolist short story.curbed.com‘Kelly Clarkson Has Put Us in Danger’Talking with the beleaguered owner of Art of Play, a tiny toy shop in Brooklyn Heights that had a truly horrible weekend. 1213
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I guess on here I am often complaining about the things I dislike in a way that does not convey how much I am an insane sicko about things I do like. 070
Reposted by violet allenviolet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I feel like some people are trapped in an aesthetic netherworld where they have enough taste to be a hater of bad art but not enough taste to enjoy genuinely good art. 3371
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I know I am often a Sour Susan about how publishing is mean to me (racistly and philistinishly), but I really do love this mess more than I love air and water. 1130
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I really do like reading and writing. What a fun job. 1200