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(OC Lore and design time!)
(it got longer again ... sorry ... idk how to make things short, i just need to talk, but i guess if you can read the written stuff in the pic thats the barest bare bones of what i wrote here)
i was asked what new lore story stuff i had thought about that made me sad which i mentioned a bit ago, and while that is too hard to explain given all the missing context i thought i could at least talk about lore having to do with it :D
so, (Lord) Eadrya is one of my fav OCs (big blue lad, here a rough sketch in humanoid form) they are both one of if not THE most powerful demon alive and the most battle trained;
at the mid point of the story the demon world gets invaded by the celestials (the angel inspired things i talked about in the previous lore post with Xaror) and Shargon, as the king, should be their first and only frontline, but at this point his life is only being sustained by maschinery after being mortally wounded, he cannot fight (he realizes what is going on, rips himself off the maschinery to get at least his youngest child to safety, barely managing it before dying- the guardian, the demons god, takes over his body to attempt to fight against the celestials but cant keep itself alive long enough since its host is already dead) Eadrya takes the role of the frontline fighter (despite being very full of themselves and aggressive they care about their 'job' of protecting their own, also giving them the chance to show off just how strong they are); the fight was going well for them all things considered, but when the guardian activates it drains the power of all elemental lords (which Eadrya is one of, and since they have the most strength it also takes the most from them), so much so that they lose the fight and suffer deadly wounds (the worst being a spear through the chest made of a material that grows hard, root-like formations when in contact with demonic blood like a fungus but worse, also stopping any self healing processes) after the guardian falls apart it creates a huge shockwave of energy that stuns every living thing within a certain distance and possibly more-
Eadrya (in true demon form, so like a blue whale in size at least) was likely taken through an active gateway to the human world in a large tidal wave also created by the guardians fall; they wash up in the harbor of a small secluded village, the head of which is 'lady 13'; although never having seen a demon before and everyone being afraid (largely thinking its a strange hurt animal, only she suspected otherwise), they still gather all villagers to pull out the celestial spear, which is diffcult and brutal given that its already taken root, but the village lacked both knowledge and means to help any other way- doing so damaged their heart which is how they were able to collect samples of all three demonic blood types ('normal' -red like humans-, energy -essentially purely magic- and heartblood -highly concentrated energy only found within the heart of a demon and the only one to contain genetic material) (this is the start of Eadryas character arc, having to deal with the fact that their world is likely destroyed, them failing what they didnt think they could fail, having lost a battle so badly (even if not really their fault) for the first time and not knowing if literally anyone else has survived .. also being now stuck in the human world, which they dont like)
Lady 13 (placeholder name? stands for experiment 13) is a human that was tricked by demon hunters to enroll into a series of experiments trying to create hybrids of demons and humans, which they hoped would be powerful and easily controllable tools for their endeavours, though the two are inherently not compatible, they tried grafting body parts of demons on humans to make them compatible- all experiments failed except for her, more or less, though she never got to see the hybrid she carried and was then told it had died too, they threw her out believing she wouldnt survive much longer either and all such experiments were cancelled due to the high cost of human life, research material (demons are still rare) and upkeep with no successful results Lady 13 survived though (perhaps even via the pirates picking her up?) and she ended up living in said small village far away, hiding her half demonic body, though most know there soemthing 'wrong' with her (her being this tall when it doesnt fit the rest for one), only few know the full extent; she enjoys the life she has now, perhaps on the more poor side but safer and more loved than ever before; she largely lead the efforts to try and help Eadrya when they ended up in the harbor, though there wasnt that much anyone could do it was still enough- they leave immediately after waking up, but return after really having nowhere to go and struggling to deal with everything that has happened; over time (probably years) they start to open up towards the people there (though not .. very much) enough to get rather close with Lady 13 too- she actually falls madly in love but after Eadrya (extremely aro/ace) rejects all her attempts quite clearly she respects their boundaries
However, after hearing news of potential demon sightings Eadrya decides to leave in hopes of not being the last demon left after all; Lady 13 then decides to reveal her secret to them (though hearing and seeing what lengths hunters would go to for their experiments makes them absolutely seething with rage- she insists on not being out for revenge) and asks if they would be willing to donate a small amount of heartblood; shes always wanted to be a mother but is now incompatible with humans too- through things she picked up back at the experiments facillity, hers and her doctors research she is sure that is all that is needed, she dares to ask since she does not know when, if ever, she will meet another demon, much less one she could actually trust enough for this though Eadrya hesitates (why would she want to go through the same thing again that didnt work and threatened her life, if it does work, do they want to be involved with any of this? what if hunters find out it worked after all?) but after her ensuring that they would have no part in it other than giving up a little blood and would not be considered a parent in any way, nor made responsible for anything that might happen to her, but considering it all in the end they agree to it
only for her to reveal shes had a small bottle of it already, along with multiple samples of the other types, which she collected when Eadrya was bleeding out into the harbor not knowing if they will survive, though not wanting to make use of it without their consent either way (they are actuallly rather touched by this)
alot later the main group returns here and it turns out to have worked (though she is unable to walk/bedridden for a long while bc it did alot of damage to her body, which can heal since its demons parts, but only really slowly bc she does not have a full functioning system and no demonic blood of her own -she uses the other samples for the healing process-) though its a little awkward to explain, especially considering that 13.1 took alot after Eadrya xD (their theory as to why it worked so "well" that time is that even though the sample was already taken, them giving their consent for it still made it less likely to be rejected; demons dont need partners to have offspring, and all can do it, they just have to decide to- so them agreeing to it, even though its long been outside their body, still had an effect on the blood sample)
#ganondoodles#art#ocs#original art#oc lore#demons#monsters#WHY does writing things liek this take me so long#i spent two hours again on this and im falling asleep as we speak bc its almost 2 am#ANYWAY this was alot again ... sorry#but its a relatively new storyline that i have been afraid of telling#since it touches on things im afraid might come across wrong and uses themes im a lil uncomfy with#but i found it interesting ... and works well with eadrya as a character bc it challenges alot about them#yes im wrote and mean this genuinely#i would have made the cut from her human body to the demon parts more smooth ... but this hard cut is the point#so that she looks rather normal on the upper part and can hide the rest#thoguh im unsure about the color scheme and if maybe i should be more creative with the demons parts#then again its largely just legs lol#if anyone actually reads this ........ i hope it comes across correctly#i like to use darker and more mature themes but am riddled with anxiety over how it will be understood#im gonna work on zelda comic stuff again now .. sorry for all the oc spam#but if there are questions PLEASE feel free to ask im pretty sure i have answers to almosst anything?#also i havent thought of a name for her or the kid .. though im starting to like lady 13#13.1 wont do as a name though poor kid deserves a proper name after already being a weird hybrid that shouldnt exist#either way ... going to bed now GOODNIGHT q-q#(any typos are excused by me being deadly tired ok)
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Just a reminder that people can write whatever they like! If you don’t like it don’t read it! It’s so simple. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s bad. It’s fanFICTION. Which people do for free. If you don’t like it don’t interact. You can ever block or mute them!! But that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. As long as they’re tagged correctly they’re giving you the tag you need to decide if you don’t want to read it.
#listen I don’t like bashing fics either.. but that doesn’t mean that people are wrong for writing it#ESPECIALLY if it’s tagged correctly#they’re warning you that there’s bashing in the fic so you don’t read it!!#that’s the whole point!#sure you’re allowed to be upset that this is happening but you can never say people are wrong for doing it#because it’s fanfiction and they can create their own experience JUST AS YOU CAN TOO#I’m not here to start anything I’m just here to remind you all that it’s fictional and especially when it’s all tagged it’s all fine!#the more you get hung up on what fic is out there the more upset you’re gonna be#CURATE your experience just as others do for themselves#please!! you’re just birthing a fandom divide#there’s no right and wrong in fanfic#idk how else to say this#once again you’re allowed to not like something but just don’t interact!!#911 abc#911 fandom#purple rambles
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please tell me I'm not the only one who gets a bit bothered by antis who write "proship dni" at the end of their post, but then they write proship by replacing some of the letters with different characters (ex. pr0sh1p, pr05hipp3r, etc.)
my brother in christ. please just write it normally so i can avoid the post and i can avoid interacting with you.
I can only add so many variations of "proship dni" written with different letters and numbers in my blacklist
#proship#proship safe space#antis dni#anti anti#proshipping#proshipper#proshippers please interact#anti purity culture#i see this especially in the selfship tag#like. okay i won't interact but can you do the bare minimum and write it correctly
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*starts writing Sarnax’s pov*
My brain: *fucking. Writes the word “warmth” literally every other sentence*
Also my brain: this is shit. Who came up with this.
#like it writes out the chapter when I’m working and away from the doc#but the moment I open the doc suddenly all of the fiery poetry my brain came up with just. disappears.#and I’m shaking my brain like a piggy bank. like please. please. I know there’s words in there.#Sarnax over here making my brain have a stroke#course I think it also doesn’t help that my writing style is very direct#which works for Shep#but not so much for Sarnax#’why don’t you just write Shep’s pov then’#I DONT KNOW. I HAVE LATCHED MYSELF ONTO SARNAX AND WONT LET GO UNTIL I CAN WRITE HIM CORRECTLY#legends of avantris#curse of strahdanya#sarnax of the edelwood
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i've been thinking about lesbian scott summers because the other day i made a jeanscott drawing where scott was a girl and like. how would it affect her, as a character, and how would it affect her relationship with other people (namely jean)?
scott's already canonically 'nervous' when it comes to his attraction to women. he's always like, "is this safe? it's not, it's not safe" until actively proven otherwise and EVEN THEN he's still like that (whyyy), and sure it might be because of his deadly eyes but add the lesbian into it. this shit takes place in the 60s, 70s, add the lesbian into it
#there is something about how society shapes people and how people shape society that is so hard to correctly show in media#in ways that aren't ooc. uncanny x-men begins in the 60s. bobby has been in the closet since the 60s#they already struggle because of how much the world hates mutants. add the fucking lesbian into it#there is something about the idea of xavier having repressed bobby's sexuality or smth like that because the ppl would hate them more#if they were queer. that i think would be fun to add into the jeanscott (+ xavier and perhaps bobby) dynamic#nothing can keep those two apart. so even if their sexuality was repressed. they still wouldn't be apart yk what i'm saying??#but.... society.......#smth about--#they can't help the fact that they're mutants so maybe queer people can't help the fact that they're queer#but it's the 60s#and they're lesbians#in the 60s#their love would still be the same i believe#but the way they might act upon it. the nature of their relationship. how much they show to the public. etc#all of that would change#the thing is. how it would change#the way society views people and the way people view society can affect how they show themselves to others#i'm not explaining myself correctly but please jst think about it#lesbian jeanscott... my beloved...#marvel comics#x-men comics#jeanscott#scott summers#jean grey#and GOD this isn't even talking about how the writers would. write them yk#like if scott was a girl we can know for a fact that they would not have been canon back then#so we can at least assume they wouldn't be together#until very recently#man this is so complicated#avis' post
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looking at the dark content they're denouncing in the leon x reader tag, and they're like the most incredibly well written works you've ever read
#i would argue that it actually takes an intricate understanding of leon's character to be able to successfully write dark content for him#reducing him to *just a dorky goofball* the way these crusaders do is probably a bigger disservice to his character tbh#also please learn to spell and format your fics correctly before speaking on dark content writers' works#it's not fun going through leon's tag anymore bc of these think pieces#i'm not even a dc writer tbh bc it's not for me when it comes to writing#but i can certainly appreciate the ridiculously good quality fics that contain it!#violet's thoughts ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚
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Romarriche - “Your company is one of a kind… I would never lie to you. I would never say a half-truth or be quiet.” “What is it in your mind, Merold?” “Hearing your voice, complaint or not—it is music to me either way.” Merold - “If there is one constant in this world… Let it be you.” “You’re the cruelest and the kindest thing that happened to me.” “…If only you continued to look at me like that.” Romarriche - “…Merold?” Merold - “But~ It’s only a minor case of bad-mood-itis.” “So Romarriche, spoil me with a spar, will you?” Romarriche - “Merold.” Romarriche - “Look at me.” Merold - “…” Romarriche - “Is something… Wrong?” Merold - “Instead of a spar…” “I might want to lie down on your lap after all.”
#fragaria memories#merold#romarriche#i wont lie i only had the first line and wanted to write something with it#i was reading this novel and i wanted to write something romantic </3#im gonna babble here on my own so you're always free to skip the tags...#if i remember correctly romarriche and merold were made knights around the same time and I work on that context#i like to think their relationship was rocky at first at romarriche's side who didn't want to befriend merold#compared to merold who thought he finally had a friend his age that was also a knight of fragaria#it was romarriche who looked at merold with a perceived perfection and was compared to him#“...I'll get better and strong. I'll impress everyone so I don't have to hear it--his name repeating over and over again.”#merold who says “if only you continued to look at me like that...” refers back to the past when romarriche didn't think of him favorably#but i like the double meaning to it “please look me as you did before and look at me as you do now”#“cruelest” and “kindest” i was a reading a novel that also used those words so I kinda grabbed from that </3#its really a cute novel though#me reading fragaria memories theories to see if it can at least make sense#i like this but i dont like this at the same time wwww#what does it say about its characters? as a writer i want to care about that because no dialogue should be said without reason#i think this dialogue is perfection but what am i writing this for? who does it refer it? what does it refer to?#but at the end of the day i simply want to indulge myself#something that could sound good and personal and something that could make people who read this smile and myself smile#Merold - “Will you make the promise to never change?”#Romarriche - “Change... But change in what way?”#Merold - “...”#Merold - “Because I'm a knight who fears a lot of things...”#Merold - “And I care about the Romarriche I have now.”#it was never supposed to be detailed but look at me now... </3
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some of you should know how to tag better. please
#christ#like do and write whatever you want i genuinely encourage it#but please tag correctly#ive curated my little fandom bubble on tumblr so carefully i was genuiney in shock ahdhfjdjdkk#like. it was a Long Time Ago something genuinely triggered me and made me uncomfortable#its fine tho and i blocked the person and like. im not trying to fault them for writing it#and exploring whatever they want to explore#but dear god tag correctly if you’re gonna write and post r*pe fantasies#better yet post all of it under the cut maybe#just. i feel so dumb. but ive been so uncomfy and affected by it for like hours now#JUST TAG CORRECTLY!!! OR POST THE ENTIRE THING UNDER THE CUT!!!#YOU CAN WRITE AND POST WHATEVER YOU WANT JUST PLEASE. BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU’RE POSTING AND HOW YOU’RE PRESENTING IT#lord knows i dabble in problematic ships too but id like to think im being mindful in how i post#and if im not feel free to tell me so
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hmmmm..... i think I'm gonna be a little more strict on my followers/following rules mayhaps. just a little. I did update them by the way... just a bit.
#( ooc )#( tbd )#i don't wanna be a negative nelly or a complainer or anything but if you're following me please do try to interact. no sense in following a#all in that case if you have no intention of doing so / aren't actually interested (?) yk yk#I always come back to tumblr then I always dip because the community is just SO quiet and keeps to themselves and it can be so isolating#and I feel as though many (if not most) people do experience that as well and its ! such a shame honestly#not to be like 'baCK IN MY DAY' but dang bro back in my day we just capslocked and yelled and keysmashed to our hearts content if we were#mutuals on like anything and everything#fuck it lets bring back giant gifs while we're at it why are yall so shy !!#if I'm following you and you're following me!! I wanna interact with you!! I wanna write and chat and talk characters and world build with#you!! I know I'm not exactly the best example of Activity(tm) in the rpc but WOOF baby what the fucky wucky is goin on here#all that being said if im following you I absolutely will comment and like and interact with your shit and I'm both so not sorry and sorry#if thats ?? excessive ? god idek anymore bro how does one tumblr correctly
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#not to be a bitch but i am surrounded by incompetent idiots#i write emails i leave detailed notes with doodles and demonstrations even 'do it like this ->' etc etc and yet#every morning i come to work and something is not done correctly or not done at all#it can not be this hard to set up a buffet and follow crystal clear instructions and patterns#like i cant come an hour early every morning to hold your hand through this please just do what i tell you to do for once#i left a note for tonights night guard reminding her like 'heyyy we use these prettier bowls for the veggies now :) so please use one#for cucumber and one for tomato and one for paprika :)' and i put said bowls next to the note on the counter#i come into work this morning and the bowls are still on the counter. i walk to the buffet and there are no veggies.#also no fruit btw??? for whatever reason????#girl youve been cutting fruit every morning for the past month why didnt you do it today#if something got in between and you couldnt then at least leave me a note but nothing#and when guests already start pouring in and im busy restocking bread and eggs and bacon and croissants and beans and fucking everything#i dint have time to also cut fruits and veggies#that was YOUR job#like i can also come into work at 5 to be the one to prepare breakfast i have no fucking issue with that but boss wants the night guards#to do it so the breakfast shift can work longer so this is how it is.#except i guess tomorrow i will have to come into work a little early just to make sure everything is there and in order like#im so tireddddddd of this please please please just do your job
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┊ ⋆˚ about this blog !
— first and foremost, this is a male reader blog !!! i only write male reader inserts, the usage of she/her pronouns will never, ever be applied to any of my works that involve an insertion of yourself into the scenario. that being said, i don't really think i can/will enforce that those that read my work are only those that use he/him prns. so let's say, if those who use she/her pronouns decide to read my work, i won't purge them off of this page (i don't think i spend that much time on here to even do that) and burn them at the stake. all i very POLITELY ask is that: you don't interact malignantly with me or my posts. i don't tag my work "x fem reader", only "x male reader" and "x reader" so there shouldn't be any worries of my work "cluttering" (<- lmmmffaaoooooo) your tags of "x female reader"
— of course this ^ can be subject to change and become stricter if i start gaining negative attention from fem-alligned readers. so NOT SAYING IT'S SET IN STONE because that how i feel about this just right now.
— i plan on using this blog to just broaden the reach of one of my fanfics (keep safe) with the occasional posting of a smau/modern!au post every now and then.
— every now and then i might post a yandere drabble, oneshot, headcanon, etc just wanted to put that here since i know that it's not everyone cup of tea and wanted to disclaim this. some of the yandere headcanons already exist on here, but i think (i hope) i tagged it all appropiately....(i hope)
alright, that's all thank you for reading <3 jaime
#if this post sounds too idealistic i wouldve even know because i dont know the “culture” on tumblr regarding who interacts with what#im just going to assume that people with half a mind to think about what their preferences are and what they like know what to interact wit#and what not to interact with#anyway hopefully this actually makes sense and isnt just a bunch of word vomit to u guys#i look forward to publishing more on tumblr!!! i hope it can be a fun experience for all of us#<3#hopefully i can write for more animes instead of JUST one piece#i think i remember enough about jjk to do something for them as well#SHOUTOUTT#oh and if someone wants to educate me on the tagging system here i am welcome to any tips / tricks#because i think im using them correctly (ihopeihopeihope)#but if im not — PLEASE LMK
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hyperspecific agony of the day: Want to Write About The Character, do not actually have anything coherent to say. Want To Read About The Character, but keep getting sidetracked wanting to write more. There is so much in my brain and yet I feel like it’s locked in a room somewhere I cannot find or, perchance, an imaginary rock in my shoe. I should PROBABLY just go to sleep but have you considered: The Character
#also I have a working wip with The Character in it but i’m STUCK ON THAT WIP#because I am having a crisis of writing style wanting to be super poetic like this one ao3 author#but that’s just. not how i write#and forcing it will probably make me worse#god i wish studying a writing style made sense in the way studying an artstyle does#i sent them an ask about how they put together words and metaphors and they actually responded it was super nice and helpful#very appreciated#unfortunately#myself.#so here we are in Inspiration Paralysis#augh. AUGH.#also reading fics about The Character is actually so hard n scary bc fandoms are mean#and seeing people talk in comments about “oh when the character is actually written CORRECTLY#makes me scared i’m one of the people being accused of Doing It Wrong#RSD is terrible and evil and poisons your brain actually#can fandoms just stop talking about ‘people doing things wrong’ as if it’s possible to be wrong about sth imaginary please#i will sleep much better at night thank you
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how come these fictional characters i have created have such a chokehold on me
#remember this show i was writing about an international school in an alternative world??? well today i wrote a bit more#i'm nearly done with season 1 i'm thinking i could post it here when i'm done with it. it'll be in the form of blurbs for episodes i think#no fully written episodes cause i don't know how to do it and it's too much work#but yeah 🥺 i love my blorbo sons and daughters#i was inspired to do this after watching sex education so you can imagine the vibe of the show#i could talk about the blorbos for hours#if you want to send asks about it please do!!!!#the main character is called adewa and i love her very much#there's basically a girl group and a boy group. both of 3 people each#and they are the main core of the show#so the girl group is adewa from nigeria gracie from england and genca from albania#and the boy group is mo from south sudan (adewa's li) daudi from west tanzania and doweiya from nauru#there's more characters but those are the core#for example this last bit i wrote centered about thiri (genca's gf)#who is from kawthoolei (idk if that's written correctly. it's where the karen people live)
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did peer evals last week and my team members all gave me like one to three sentences to work with even though the rubric says to give at least three pieces of praise with explanations abt how it helps the team and at least one piece of criticism with explanations of how it affects the team and what can be done to remedy it and the positive impact that would have etc
#personal#YALL 😩 i know me writing the reports is helpful. can i get a little more than that please#like i Know there are flaws to point out. please do that#also now it’s going to be so obvious that my answers are mine bc no one wrote anything and if there’s one person who wrote like four#paragraphs Like We Were Instructed To Do obviously it’s going to be the one writing the reports 😭#the engineering chronicles#AND now i feel bad for giving such thorough criticism bc none of them gave me criticism. even though they will definitely be losing like 25%#for not leaving any criticism. and even though some of them definitely needed the criticism#these are all like addressed to each other btw it’s not just a report to the teacher like we’re talking to each other anonymously#like it’s not me Tattling or anything they were actual pieces of advice for things to run smoother but :/#THIS IS EMBARRASSING i should not feel mortified over doing the assignment correctly
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Penguin Classics was so insane for this cover. Didn't know they had it in them
#Obsessed with DH Lawrence#Horniest man in existence#TB WW1 the Jazz age#Nothing could stop his dedication to fucking#the Doris Lessing intro to this was great and really gets to the heart of the tension of feeling deeply seen in Lawrence's writing of women#whilst also recognising the violence#she also correctly pointed out that the book is entirely about the trauma of post war/industrialisation#please contrast and compare with Tolkien and CS Lewis#anyway DH Lawrence was actually mad about men at the heart of it which I can relate to#Illustration by Aaron Robinson
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AO3 Etiquette -UPDATED
Based on both decent and not so decent replies, I have made some changes to my original post below.
It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:
As well as likes, kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished it, you liked it - so kudos.
If you really liked it, you should try to comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.
No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it (so use your notes to say if you want some constructive feedback). Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. No, posting it online is not an open invitation for that. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity and just want to share. Don't ruin that for them. I've seen so many authors just stop writing coz they can't handle the negative emotions the critism brings, and it's only meant to be a fun thing shared for free (pointing out tagging errors is not included in this).
Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.
There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.
For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.
The tag exception is if you don't want to tag a million things or spoil your story, you can rate it as "chose not to use warnings," and maybe tag the bare minimum.
Don't censor tags. How can someone exclude a tag if the word isn't typed out correctly? There are no content bans for terms so don't censor them.
If the tags are mostly content/trigger warnings, especially if they are things considered very fucked up or graphic, you might want to use "dead dove - do not eat" to ensure people know that you're not messing around with tags and what they get is exactly what you've warned them about.
Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLATONIC, like friendship or family.
Nothing is banned. This is an rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.
People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.
Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite or an exchange youve written for going public). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.
Instead of deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - consider making it anonymous or orphaning it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to your name anymore. If you still want to delete it, fair enough.
It's come to my attention that metaworks ARE allowed on AO3, which is something I wasn't aware of. So if you do post an essay or theory, please tag it as such so others can choose to search for it or exclude it. Art is also allowed.
The only reason this archive works is because NON ONE PROFITS. Do not link to your ko-fi or patreon or mention monetary gain in any way or you violate the terms and risk having your account removed. If anyone does link, it leaves the archive open to people claiming it's for profit and having the whole thing removed.
I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.
I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.
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