#Archive of our Own

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you’re a writer who’s very terrible at responding to comments from your readers, but has read them all and loves and appreciates each and every single one of them very dearly

[luminousnarrator]

Enemy to parent is a fanfic trope

Parent to enemy is life lmao

(Also gimme more of this trope pls)

Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem

Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao

[001x456]

Thai’s government are so shitty at doing their job that Thai people got no emergency alert for the nationwide earthquake that took place today. Instead the ones alerting people of the earthquake that was happening were fanfic writers who alerted and warned their readers through ReadAWrite app, a popular app for reading and writing fanfic in Thailand (aka a Thai equivalent of archive of our own) 😭

Imagine getting an emergency alert of an earthquake from your favorite gay smut fanfic writers instead of the literal government 😭

????? Why are fanfic writers working harder than the government? The first thing they did when there was an earthquake was alert and warn their readers 😭😭😭

(Screenshots from this X/Twitter thread)

[just-french-me-up]

'ao3 needs a like and dislike button'

what you need, my algorithm-rotten minded friend, is a grip

[notgilderoylockhart]

subscribing to a fic isn’t enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update

[lopazroyale]

THAT'S SPOT ON!

the holy grail types of fanfic

[knebellindemann]

[chastainromanova]

ai does not belong in creative spaces. period.

[the-river-nyx]

Me at 14 and me at 22 are having a bonding moment

[strawberrus0da]

I tried to leave Kudos on a fic that was already deleted (i had the tab open) and I was expecting it to just bug out or not work but this is so much more unsettling

[mmelete]

i wish ao3 allowed people to give kudos per each chapter. These 100k word NOVELS need more love than 200 tiny digital hearts ☹️

[noodle-the-queen]

Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy

Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE

Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted

Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative

Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying

[sevenmfsinatrenchcoat]

The ao3 curse fr

a wonderful ao3 author note

[bebx]

[frownyalfred]

the fact that I’ve actually had this happen multiple times when I’ve entered a new fandom is hilarious like what do you MEAN