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"I sort fics by kudos and only kudos on stories with high kudos counts, why aren't there more stories with high kudos, I ran out of things to read." You're part of the problem.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

You're killing your fandoms with your snobbish behaviors.

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out of curiosity, does everyone have a certain type of character they get attached to or are urs random

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I've not been posting much but I have submitted a lot of short stories and poems to speclit magazines this month and I am so proud of that!

A couple are new, some are old ones I've translated into English. I hope at least one of them gets published, but if not I'll start posting them here and on AO3 myself later on.

I'm very proud of what I have accomplished this month. Hope I can keep up this momentum! 😊

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i think short oneshot writers need to start humblebragging about our wordcounts the way longfic writers do.

"tee hee.. yes it's only 1200 words long! i suppose i'm just naturally concise! funny how that just happens! hashtag relatable!"

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EAT, イート by Nagabe.

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i'll defend fanfic for my whole life. like the joy it brings is genuinely transformative and indulgent in a way unique to the genre. it isn't meant for a market, it isn't meant to be sold or marketed. it is born out of such care and passion for a media that one must write and must share it, so other folks can enjoy it to. for no other reason than love and joy. do you know how special that is? especially in our current social and political climate.

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“The judge’s order makes it clear that we cannot judge a book by its cover or a maliciously selected excerpt out of context,” said Stephana Ferrell of the Florida Freedom to Read Project. “This means that the thousands of books that have been prohibited from student access without careful consideration of their value should be returned to shelves immediately. Florida cannot call itself the “freest state” while it blatantly violates the First Amendment rights of our youngest citizens.” Dan Novak, attorney for the plaintiffs, called the decision “a complete knockout. There’s not a single issue that the court did not side with the plaintiffs on,” per the Orlando Sentinel.

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US-based writers: don't miss out on getting into the class action suit against Anthropic / LibGen

Apparently the deadline is tomorrow. (See the Bluesky posting over here for useful URLs.)

...Just doublechecked my entries in their database. They scraped essentially everything I've ever written. And confused Diane Wynne Jones with me, ffs. ...FUCKERS.

If you are US-based, get yourself on that list. Here's its URL:

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Ship dynamics are always like Sunshine and Sunshine protector~ Cinnamon roll and their grumpy one 🤗 Well what about 2 cunts. They're both cunts and that's the dynamic. cunt4cunt.

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By the incredible @nandawrites for one of our donors 💖

Summary:

Separated from her friends by a youkai and caught in a terrible snowstorm, Kagome's only hope to survive the night is an old abandoned cabin in the mountains. Except the cabin was already taken by the leader of the Band of Seven.

Among the cold, injuries and secrets, a temporary truce descends upon the two enemies.

Genre: Enemies -> Roomates Characters: Bankotsu/Kagome Words: 3300

Find it on AO3

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Any Port in a Storm

Had fun writing a Kagome & Bankotsu fic as a gift to one of the donors of the @inugotcha-for-good project! 😄

Summary:

Separated from her friends by a youkai and caught in a terrible snowstorm, Kagome's only hope to survive the night is an old abandoned cabin in the mountains. Except the cabin was already taken by the leader of the Band of Seven. Among the cold, injuries and secrets, a temporary truce descends upon the two enemies.

Sneak Peek!

Kagome was trying her best not to despair, even though it was a pretty despairing situation. Not only had she gotten separated from the others due to the attack of an youkai, but the snowstorm falling all around the mountain seemed to be getting worse.

Her only luck was that she had gone home a few days ago to stock up on winter clothes. If she had been in her summer uniform, she feared she would have already turned into a block of ice. As it was, she could barely feel her fingers, even though they were shoved deep in her fur-lined pockets, and that was a bad sign. If she couldn’t find her friends or at least a warm place to hide in soon, she was afraid of what could happen.

There was a light flickering in the distance and that’s where she was headed, albeit cautiously. The light promised fire and warmth, but the presence of a corrupted shikon jewel shard coming from the same direction filled her with dread.

Read the rest on AO3!

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Finished writing a 3000 word fic and now I am supposed to "go to bed". I do not want to go to bed. I am invincible, I am full of serotonin, I am going to fight the sun.

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c.o.'s monthly updates—july 2025

hey hey! i've had an idea in my head for a while of...not quite a newsletter thing, but a blog update. it's something i originally planned on doing when i got my website up and running, but that's probably going to be a while, so i guess i'll start it here! they'll just be little ramblings, really—about my life, about writing progress and character screaming probably. when i'm ready to publish my site, i'll start posting them there, but i'll post links here with the same related tag (c.o.'s monthly updates). i won't put them in any of the other tags, just so i don't clutter those up

i think that's all of the relevant information...onto it, then!

i made a post about this a bit ago, but i've hit a pretty big milestone with sons of god! i'm currently just under 16,000 words. that's the most i've ever done on a solo project (outside of oneshot documents), so it's kind of left me reeling... to be entirely honest, i've been feeling like i've been barely making any progress, but then i actually looked at the word count and my brain exploded. it reminded me that this is very much a thing i'm actually doing and plan on getting done, i'm not really sure, but it's been nice :)

general life update—DAMN it's been hot here. crazy humidity and heatwave. think i picked a bad time of year to start trying to figure out my surprise curly hair lol. if you're dealing with a heatwave too (especially if you're chronically ill+disabled like i am) please make sure you're doing everything you can to stay safe and healthy!

honestly i can't think of much else; july hasn't been particularly busy, so i'll leave you with an excerpt from sons of god. i hope you enjoy it! —c.o. lopez

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Hear ye, hear ye! Ye AU-gust 2025 prompt list is here!

What is AU-gust? It stands for Alternate Universe August, and it is a creative challenge for everyone. Writers, artists, fans; anyone can join! Be sure to check out our FAQ for more answers! Join us on BlueSky, AO3, Discord and under the tags #au gust and #au gust 2025.

The AO3 collection for AU-gust is now open! :)

Special thanks to @yaoyorozoops for creating our wonderful graphics!

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Another prompt for @flashfictionfridayofficial, to show that Heinrich does have a heart, as much as he tries to pretend otherwise.

Find more about the EOTS project on the tag!

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Lucien gnawed at his thumbnail as he crossed the hallways of the castle from the council room back to his chambers.

Idiots, all of them. Nagging cowards trying to undermine his authority at every turn, questioning his choices and decisions. They were lucky he was so magnanimous; his father would have already decapitated them all.

But if he was being honest… not even he fully understood why he had done what he had.

To adopt an orphan baby from a pillaged village and make her his heir... Maybe he was mad. Heinrich had certainly looked at him like he was when he suddenly stopped him from throwing the baby on the growing pile of corpses. And kept looking at him like that their whole way back to the castle and to this day, just like the rest of them.

But he knew. He just knew she was special. Every cell in his body told him so, that she was to be his heir, a perfect queen and perfect vessel for the goddess, moulded to his image and by himself only, unlike his other useless children that were spoiled and rotten by their mothers.

Idiots, all of them. But not his Karina. And neither the council or Heinrich's scathing remarks would convince him otherwise.

He just wished it was easier. He couldn't trust anyone but himself to keep watch of her. A wet nurse had been arranged for the one thing he couldn't do, but she was only allowed inside during the times to feed, his most loyal and trusted members of the guard keeping an eye on her and on the doors to his chambers all day and night.

She was precious. No one could touch her but him. No threat to the crown princess would be tolerated.

He just wished she didn't cry so much. The crying drove him crazy. Drove him away from her often before he silenced her for good. But he had to be near her to protect her, he had to.

It was only when he was almost in front of his door he noticed something was wrong.

It was quiet.

The guards at the door looked jumpy and guilty. One of them started:

"Your majesty, general Richter, he- He went inside- We couldn't stop him."

Of course you couldn't, Lucien wanted to say. No one can.

But his pride got swallowed by rage. That rat, he wouldn't dare-

Lucien pushed the doors open so hard they flew off the hinges, teeth bared ready to strike the enemy and traitor crouched over the crib, but before he could the crying he was used to rang through the room, together with loud curses in German Lucien couldn't understand, but he was sure were not things supposed to be said to a King.

Lucien froze in his place, dumbfounded, then mustered all his dignity to yell over Heinrich's curses and the baby's cries:

"What, in the name of the Goddess, is going on here?"

"You barged in here like a drunk bear and made that fucking banshee you brought from the forest start screaming again when I had just gotten it to shut the fuck up. It has been driving me fucking insane for days and if you aren't going to do anything about it then I will."

"Even if it's you, I swear I will kill you if you do anything to harm the crown princess-"

"You did the harm. And this thing is harming my ears and my patience for it. You had the stupid idea, now own it."

In a quick movement, Heinrich grabbed the baby from the crib and held her as far away from him as possible as he marched across the room and shoved the baby on Lucien's arms.

"Figure out how to make it stop crying or I'll kill you."

With that threat, he marched out the door, leaving a still very shocked Lucien behind. He looked at the baby - so close for the first time - and noticed the toy that had been shoved in his hands together with her.

If Heinrich hadn't been hurting her, then…

No. It was impossible.

"Did you…", he started, but that only made Heinrich walk faster and disappear down another corridor.

He looked back at the baby, and tentatively held her in one arm, as he had done with some of his children before, moving the jingly toy in front of her face in a rehearsed motion he had never understood the point of.

Except this time the baby actually stopped crying.

Fascinating.

It seemed Heinrich had run away so fast because he had actually been embarrassed. The heartless bastard got caught red-handed on the shameful act of caring. How adorable.

Even if it was just to stop the noise, as he had claimed, Lucien would never let him live it down. He cooed at the thought and the baby made a curious noise back at him that had him puzzled.

"Well, at least it's better than crying. Right, my dear Karina?"

He looked back at the entrance to the room, catching his guards looking at him astonished.

"What are you waiting for? Fix those doors! And call the wet nurse back, I have some questions for her!"

As they scrambled to follow the orders, Lucien wondered if this was what being a father felt like.

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I got my bingo card for the @keepfandomweird event! Which one should I do first? 👀

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✨ What did we do!?

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[#FFF315 Did you...? ]

This prompt was brought to you by @ladyazulina! Thank you so much for sending in your prompt! Now; did you...? Oh, not you lovely writer, your characters! What have they done! And with so little words comes so many possible meanings! An accusation? A forgotten obligation? Something that piqued someone's curiosity? Who did what?! Go, go, go, write and let us know please!!!

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