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star by mitski 🌠

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somewhere, in another universe

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What could've been.

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Dear Fandom readers - an etiquette fail

AO3 is not goodreads. It is not the NYT bestseller list.

You paid no money to read these stories. They are, in fact, a labor of love, done on the off time in the off hours of people who are writing for the joy of writing and the joy of the story.

Your ratings are not appreciated. Not by other readers, who don't know you from adam. Not by fandom-savvy passerby.

And not, in fact, by the author. Who again: Wrote this for fun. In their spare time - around work, around family and friend commitments. Around the rest of their lives. Fandom clout almost never "pays off" in any monetary gains, in any form of physical or financial security.

So please stop "rating" us on something we do for joy.

Today, a fellow fanauthor shared this with me. It was not on any story of my own, but they understandably needed a moment to go "wtf" and process it all. With their permission, I now share this with you.

You won't find this comment on AO3 anymore, by the by.

I have... a lot of issues with this. First of all being something that would be a C-grade in any US school system is not a "Good Rating" for most folks, but many of my issues would be the same even in this commenter had rated this a 10/10.

It boils down to this:

Why are you grading us on something we all are here to do solely for fun and personal enjoyment? Why does it have to be good?

Why can't it just be a labor of love and of joy to be good enough for you, dear commenter?

Do I, as a fanauthor, want to write well? Sure! I do want to write good stories. But I didn't ask random readers to grade me on them. Not in bookmarks that I can easily check, and certainly not in my comments section. And I never will want them to. Every author I've talked to agrees. Is there someone out there who might want this? Sure. Most likely, even! The human experience and desires are broad and varied. But in my experience, if they do exist in Fandom, they're the vast minority. So please:

Don't.

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what if this scene was worse

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I had to... based on bioticspectres post !

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Arcanegifs' Arcane Season 2 (2024) Character Poll: Mel Medarda ↳ “We each have our own expressions. Yours is quite rare. An empath. Attuned to the ethereal. Able to sense others' inner selves and bend their magic. A conduit and a mirror.”

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I am the monster you created. ↳ Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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babygirl

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i am OBSESSED with this man

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it spins

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after one of Kerry's concerts maybe;)

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Jayce piece 🛠️

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DON'T. speak to me i have no comment

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I just think that if Jayce had eaten that man's pussy none of that would have happened

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In this space, you feel like you've stepped into an alternate reality where water and light are your only companions. Concrete walls, neon glow, and rain — all a quiet silence between the moments of life. And in this world where anything is possible, you just exist