locally-sourced-ghost
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sometimes I write Ao3: Locally Sourced Ghost My main writing interest is Jason Todd but I'm not opposed to mixing things up
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locally-sourced-ghost · 7 hours ago
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Okay fanfic writers, your mission, should you chose to accept it, is a filthy 100 word drabble, for any pairing, to be posted on Thursday, in time for American Thanksgiving.
Ready, set, write!
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locally-sourced-ghost · 10 hours ago
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not to be "comment on fanfic even if they are oooold"
But I just read a pretty good fic published in 2014-2015 (you know, roughly TEN YEARS AGO) and I was like, damn this is so cool, I have to leave a comment, even if you know, they probably wont see it...
The author replied less than an hour later.
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locally-sourced-ghost · 2 days ago
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Jason Todd Week 2025 - January
Rules | Playlist | Playlist Guide | AO3 Collection
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Jason Todd Week 2025 will run January 6th - 12th this January!
There will be two aspects to this event:
The main part is the prompt challenges. There are three prompts per day. The first is a word prompt, the second is a general trope, and the last is a fandom-specific prompt. You can use one, two, or three of them—it's up to you! Each prompt also has a song corresponding to it in the playlist. A playlist guide will be out shortly so that you can know what songs there are if you don't use Spotify.
If you post on Tumblr, you can use the tag #jasontoddweek2025. There's also an AO3 collection (Jason_Todd_Week_2025).
The secondary aspect is another opportunity to participate if you don't feel comfortable creating art, writing, or other media. Each day of the week, there will be a be an open-ended question about your opinions/ideas related to Jason Todd that you can respond to. For example, "What is your favorite Jason Todd headcanon?"
Prompts Day 1: Drive | Time Travel | The Batmobile Tires Day 2: Joker | Chronic Pain | Fear Toxin Day 3: Monster | Supernatural AU | League of Assassins Day 4: Grave | Buried Alive | Immortal Jason Todd Day 5: Family | No Capes AU | Jason is a Literature Nerd Day 6: Scars | Enemy to Caretaker | Red Hood and the Outlaws Day 7: Return | Outsider POV | Crime Alley Substitute Prompts: Lifeline, Royalty AU, Reverse Robins
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locally-sourced-ghost · 6 days ago
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Masterpost: How to write a story?
Compilation of writing advice for some aspects of the writing process.
How to motivate myself to write more
How to get rid of writer’s block
Basic Overview: How to write a story
How to outline a story
How to come up with plot
How to create a character
How to make a character unique
How to name your characters (Masterpost)
How to start a story
How to write a prologue
How to write conversation
How to write witty banter
How to write the last line
How to write a summary
How to write a book description
How to write romance
How to write friendships
How to write emotions (Masterpost)
How to write an argument
How to write yelling
How to write anger
How to write betrayal
How to title fanfiction
How to write an unreliable narrator
First Person vs. Third Person POV
How to write character deaths
How to use songs in a fanfiction
How to name fictional things
How to write self-insert fics
How to write multiple points of view
Introducing a group of characters
Large cast of characters interacting in one scene
How to write dual timelines
Redemption arc
Plot twists
Fatal Character Flaws
Good Traits Gone Bad (x)
Slow burn
Explanation posts about writing terms
What is…
AU ideas
Favourite tropes
Tropes of the day
List of Genres
Drabble vs. One-Shot
Advice for writing relationships
Masterpost: how to write relationships + romance
More specific scenarios
How to write a bilingual character
How to write a character with glasses
How to write heterochromia
How to create a villain
Reasons for becoming a villain
How to write a morally grey character
How to write an inferiority complex
How to write a road trip
How to create and write a cult
How to write amnesia
How to write being stabbed
How to write a stratocracy
How to write a heist
How to write the mafia
Criminal past comes to light
Ideas for traumatic experiences
How to create an atmosphere (Masterpost)
How to write a college party
How to write royalty (Masterpost)
Paramilitary Forces/ Militia
Superpowers Masterpost (Hero x Villain)
Inconvenient things a ghost could do
A Queen’s Assassination Plot
Crime Story - Detective’s POV
Evil organization of assassins
Evil wins in the end
Causes for the apocalypse
Last day on earth
Liminal Spaces
Workplace AUs
Signs of co-dependency
What to wear in a desert
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locally-sourced-ghost · 8 days ago
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People who use AO3, please stop panicking about the new tick boxes you have to agree to before you can access the site.
It's not because of the election - the obligation to provide info under a court order when asked is common with nearly all websites and AO3 doesn't collect as much information in you as, say, Discord does.
You're seeing this because AO3 changed the wording of its Terms of Service recently so now you have to re-agree.
AO3 tries to be as user-friendly as possible internationally, but they still have to abide by the Law where they're based.
The US can issue a warrant to your Internet Service Provider if they have cause to. If you still use Facebook, Instagram or tumblr, I wouldn't panic about your AO3.
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locally-sourced-ghost · 10 days ago
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Been hearing this is a problem again. Don't be a dick in bookmarks, folks. And yes while I made this image, I'm giving free reign. Take it. Spread it far and wide. Because I'm hearing that some readers don't know that their bookmarks are visible.
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locally-sourced-ghost · 12 days ago
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a comic about fix-it fanfics
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locally-sourced-ghost · 12 days ago
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surprised this hadn't been made yet
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locally-sourced-ghost · 24 days ago
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I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.
I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.
Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.
Babes she would not MAKE it to that inn.
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locally-sourced-ghost · 1 month ago
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Feel free to use, or message me for more banners
yes, I'm self-aware thank you
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locally-sourced-ghost · 1 month ago
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Yay!! Fic I wrote 🎉 for the Jason-Centric Exchange Event
Title: Case of the Crime Alley Fires
Words: 9k
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Characters: Jason Todd & Crime Alley Residents. (With some small Jason & Dick, Jason & Steph, Jason & Tim, and Jason &Babs)
Tags of importance: Case fic, Some slightly graphic injuries, Fires, Arson, Jason is Red Hood and a Crime Boss
Summary: Gotham has fires often thanks to Firefly and other rogues, but they aren't as common in Crime Alley.
When Crime Alley starts regularly setting fires, it sets Jason on edge and he starts investigating. Can he find out what or who is starting these before it's too late?
Or
An arsonist is running around Crime Alley, setting fires, and Jason is trying to track them down.
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locally-sourced-ghost · 1 month ago
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You know what? I believe that you can finish your writing project. I believe you can update your fic. I believe you can work on your WIP. I don't care if you think it's cringy or bad. I don't care if we've never met or interacted in our whole lives. I believe in you. Keep going - you've got this.
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locally-sourced-ghost · 1 month ago
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I just reada really good fic but halfway through I realized "oh shit this is really familiar.... didn't I write something like this once?" And as I kept reading I kept predicting what happened next and the further I went the more convinced I was that they'd ripped off my story-
like, copied the ENTIRE plot and re-written it, just better than I had? The characters were more fleshed-out than mine were, and the POV was more interesting, and the pace made more sense- but it was MY STORY?
So close to the end I was like "holy shit.. do I message them? Ask if my story inspired theirs? Should I be angry? Flattered?" Cause their tags and description didn't mention me AT ALL, which, sure, it's fanfiction to begin with, but if you're using my work than at least credit me as inspo, right? Just to be courteous?
But I get to the end of the final chapter, and it's not finished, and I'm kind of disappointed cause I never finished my story and I was really immersed in their version now and had been looking forwards to seeing how they tied up my loose ends- so I scroll to the bottom to leave a comment, and.
It's MY URL.
IT WAS MY STORY THE WHOLE TIME.
THE ONE *I WROTE*.
In *2013*.
And FORGOT ABOUT
BECAUSE I WAS SO INSECURE ABOUT MY SLOPPY, SHALLOW, AMETEUR WRITING
And I'm just sitting here now staring into space thinking about every shitty story I've ever written now like
IT WAS ALL GOOD?
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IT WAS GOOD THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME??
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I'M A GOOD WRITER?????
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locally-sourced-ghost · 1 month ago
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Bruce: Following a trail of blood
Jason: Dragging a body
Bruce: "Jason....what are you doing?"
Jason: "Ok, so, there's this thing called color theory-"
Bruce: "Jason-"
Jason: "You know, red actually has a lot of positive meanings. My helmet, for example, represents love"
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locally-sourced-ghost · 1 month ago
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Collection reveal
The Jason Todd-centric Exchange 2024 Collection is now live!
Please go read, give kudos and leave comments on the amazing stories created this year! The collection will stay open for treats.
Thank you to everyone who participated and made this exchange possible!
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locally-sourced-ghost · 2 months ago
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writing fanfiction is just fingers clenching over a keyboard as you ferally mutter i just want this little guy to be held, damn it and proceeding to hurt said little guy (gn) for about 10k words before you actually give them their hug
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locally-sourced-ghost · 2 months ago
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*white knuckling the bathroom sink* do NOT infodump ppl about the fact that the first spn fic was a wincest one and that it was posted mere hours after the pilot and that the founder of ao3 was a wincestie and that the first fic on ao3 was wincest too and that the omegaverse as we know it was created by wincest shippers for jared/jensen fics *pointing at myself in the mirror with a shaky hand* ppl will think you're weird and off-putting you need to control yourself–
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