#I've never actually read a sold-to-a-band fic

[olliewesker]

Imagine a 'Sold to a band' fanfic but instead of getting sold to a group of hot young dudes like BTS you get sold to a bunch of weird and/or creepy mfers like Marilyn Manson or Slipknot

[brittanagirlcrush]

❤️🏳️‍🌈💀💀

🧡: What is a popular (serious) theory you disagree with?

I am 1000% sure that Santana did NOT plan to propose in the middle of "Hand In My Pocket/I Feel the Earth Move"

I am 1000% sure that Santana, being Santana, plotted out that proposal. She rehearsed it. Over and Over and Over. It was too on point for her to have been winging it. She'd have been way more nervous if she'd been winging it. She'd have been way more nervous if her plan to propose (in the middle of the song) was disrupted.

My theory, take it for what it's worth:

(this is the A/N for one of the chapters in Chasing the Dream, fyi)

Also: I have several reasons why I do not believe Santana was trying to propose in the middle of their mash-up and no one will ever convince me otherwise. So I have her set up everything for the proposal to happen after the mash-up finishes.

Santana was not planning on proposing in the middle of Hand In My Pocket/I Feel the Earth Move. Here's why:

When she goes down during the mash up, she goes down on both knees not one.

I know I've read that people think Santana's face is all "Britt … you messed me up" … I see her as "ooh, baby" and she never misses a beat.

She had that whole speech planned out. Saying "I wanna mash up with you forever" in the middle of the mash up just doesn't seem logical.

The music. It doesn't stop or even slow down. Santana doesn't look at the band like "wtf, you were supposed to stop at this point". At the very least the girl who had the ring would have had to stop.

This one is kind of iffy but I can't imagine the writers/RIB/whatever wanted to stop in the middle of a song. I just don't see what the fanbase seems to see in that whole scene. The proposal itself is too perfect for Santana to have had to adjust on the fly. Santana is an overthinker; she'd have been running that speech over and over and over in her head. If she'd meant to do it in the middle of the song the proposal wouldn't have been as good as it was because Santana would have had to wing it. My opinion. It's worth about what you think it is. :)

🏳️‍🌈: Which character who is commonly headcanoned as queer doesn't seem queer to you?

This one is tough because I haven't read a lot of fics beyond Brittana.

But.

Quinn and Rachel come to mind ... but I think Quinn, at the very least, is bicurious no matter what she said to Santana about it being a "one time thing" that turned into a two time thing... if it was REALLY a one time "i wanna experience/experiment" when Santana suggested another go around she'd have been "I'm good, let's go back to the bar, I'm losing my buzz"

With Rachel - she said something in season 5 about expecting to have a lesbian experience in college (something along those lines) but I think that was more a "role" for her - a way for her to "experience what's it like to be a lesbian". Don't really see it.

The BIG WINNER, though ... is PUCK?!?!?!? I have seen fics where Puck and Kurt (Hummerman? Kuck? Purt? Pummel? idek) are a thing.

💀: If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

Rachel. I hate her. I don't understand her appeal at all. She's whiny, manipulative, self-absorbed. Santana said it perfectly in 100 -

"You have sold so many people in this room down the river more times than I can count so that you can get a solo or the lead in a musical and I'm pretty sure you don't know the names of the other half of the people"

Just. Ugh.

💀: If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

Twice? I actually had to think about this one. I hate Finn but it seemed... insensitive? to choose him. So I thought a little more... and realized there actually was a character I could have done without.

Blaine. I ... do not get his appeal at all. He always seemed a bit manipulative and almost like he was ready to cry half the time. But, beyond that, the way he treated Kurt (not that Kurt was much better toward him) just seemed wrong. I don't get the appeal of Klaine. I thought Kurt could do better ... Blaine was another one who just seemed self-centered.

I realize my responses aren't popular ... but, quite a few of my opinions on Glee are unpopular so... yanno ... there's that.

Thanks for the ask and for making me think. And for helping me get that writing exercise under way. ;)

[darkisrising]

AO3 wrapped!

Respond to this with what you would call the top 5 fanfics you’ve read in 2022. Any genre! Any ship! (Bonus points: if you’re a creator, make this a 5+1 and include your favorite fic you wrote in 2022!)

Then leave this in your friends’ asks too. Let’s give creators one more spotlight before the year ends, and share some of what we’ve enjoyed along the way!

Sure thing anon! Okay, so, with the caveat that these are fic I read and bookmarked this year, they haven't actually been written this year... also, I have a ton of fic I've read and loved--way more than 5--so you can always go into my bookmarks on ao3 and read what I've got in there, it would thrill me to know other people are reading the same fic I adored, lol... here are 5 fics I read: 1. Getting There by @mswhich (teen wolf, chris/derek)-Oh boy, this fic made my chest hurt in the best possible way. A meditation on grief after Allison dies where Chris is on a steep downward spiral and Derek takes care of him. It's so much more than that, but I don't want to ruin it. There's something so easy about the two of them in this fic, and it's a ship I'd never really considered before but this fic makes it work so beautifully that I'm sold. 2. The Standing Dead by standinginanicedress (teen wolf, sterek famous au)- techinically a duology, I know I'm late to the party on this writer, but I read all 244k of this series in one huge gulp. I couldn't put it down. I love angst and I love it unrelenting for 3/4th of the fic and that's what this is. The second one especially has some beautiful passages about the addiction recovery process that still haunt me to this day. I appreciate especially it wasn't afraid to show that recovery isn't a straight line, and in telling the story, showing their flaws and all, the writer made these characters *so* vivid and real. 3. a traditional courtship by helenish (x-man, charles/eric) Okay, so I REALLY don't go here. X-men isn't one of my fandoms but I was recced this fic because while abo isn't always my jam, I love it when writers play with societal elements in an abo universe and man oh man does THIS one do that. Eric is an alpha "passing" as omega, and it's just a really beautiful, 12k metaphor on identity and how people want to be perceieved by strangers and the ones they love. 4. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by gremble aka @abeautifulblog (Dream Daddy, dadsona/Robert Small) Okay so I really really REALLY don't go here. I don't play video games of any kind at all, I never have, but I fell into this beheamoth 112k fic and it absolutely lit my brain on fire. The writer offers a primer if you, like me, don't know a thing about this game that is super helpful. This fic has a fully fleshed out, realized world full of interesting, perfectly imperfect characters that were so much fun to follow. 5.the guard place by thirtysixhudson (gen, Good Place/ Old Guard crossover) It's the 528 words you never knew you needed until it's right in front of you. I fucking LOVE The Good Place and this mini fic made me laugh so hard. Jason Mendoza at his finest. +1 should i stay or should i go? by darkisrising (me!) (Stranger Things au, gen) This might be the first story I've ever written that made me laugh while I was writing it. These characters are all such clowns and such a joy to play with. Even though the fic didn't get a lot of traction I stand by it, dammit, lol. The premise: instead of chasing the otherworldly, the Stranger Things kids start a garage band. Steve is roped into being their ride to gigs.

[miasmaghoul]

OOOOH, love this!! Thank you for the tag, Blue! <3

Tagging @forlorn-crows, @askingforthesun, @endopyre and @belle--ofthebrawl :3

Also under the cut for Long! I've also included any pairings I enjoyed, just for funsies.

Kingdom Hearts - Creative Enjoyer

My very first active fandom experience was with Kingdom Hearts. Started on deviantart (hiss) and eventually moved to y!gallery where I wrote my first fics! Axel is still a comfort character for me (i sleep with a plushie of him every night), and no matter how incomprehensible the plot (lmao) gets it will always hold a special place in my heart. Pairings were numerous - Sora/Riku, Axel/Roxas, Seifer/Hayner, Saïx/Xemnas, Xaldin/Demyx, Lexaeus/Zexion and Vexen/Marluxia. God I hope at least one person unfamiliar with this series sees these names.

FFVII - Creative Enjoyer

It's not my favorite of the FF games I've played, but it's still real good. I played this after I played KH2 for the first time, and I'd had the Big Moment spoiled for me so it probably didn't hit as hard. I DID unironically love Advent Children though, and the few fics I wrote for this fandom were almost all set during/immediately after the movie. Pairings were Zack/Cloud, Reno/Cloud, Reno/Rude and honestly I could be sold on Reno/anyone.

FFX - Passive Enjoyer

Now THIS is my favorite FF game. First one I played, first one I 100% completed, the whole deal. I didn't know fandom really existed at this time, I didn't grow up with a computer in the house (poor) and how else would I have known? I did get into the fandom years later though, but I never ended up creating for it. Definitely read some fic though! I didn't really have an OTP for this game though, just a massive crush on Lulu lmao

FFXII - Creative Enjoyer

One of the gayer FF games, and grossly underappreciated if you ask me. I know they changed up the battle system and it was weird and over-involved but god the characters are some of my faves. This was a small fandom even back in the day, I only wrote a single fic for it, but there was some good shit! Pairings were Vaan/Balthier and just the entire concept of Fran tbh.

FFXV - Passive Enjoyer

The GAYEST FF game, I couldn't NOT fall in love with it. Sweet goofy road-tripping boy band my beloved. Couldn't tell you a damn thing about the actual story if I tried, but UGH THOSE BOYS. Prompto my bb liu 5ever. Pairings were every iteration of the foursome that you can imagine, but especially Noctis/Prompto and Gladio/Ignus.

Mass Effect - Creative Enjoyer (Technically)

One of my FAVORITE series, almost entirely for the characters. The story of the main games is...fine, but it's all the wacky aliens that I adore. I was very late to this fandom, some might say too late (two years ago), but it has some really fuckin excellent stuff. Technically I did write for it, but it's just a couple WIPs that'll never be shared. Pairings are Shep/Garrus, Shep/Thane, and the three of them together lmao.

Naruto - Passive Enjoyer

Kakashi my beloved first husband. I was a late arriver to anime, and catching Naruto on Cartoon Network was my intro. Never finished it, which I've heard is probably for the best, and honestly it's probably good that I wasn't super active in it because holy FUCK was that fandom toxic. Still found some great art and fic tho! Pairings were Kakashi/Sasuke and Genma/Raidou.

Bleach - Creative Enjoyer

The one anime fandom I really Got Into, and the only one I wrote for. Another one where I never finished it, but I really enjoyed it while I was there lmao. I made friends with a couple of really cool people there too! Pairings were Ichigo/Uryuu and Ikkaku/Yumichika.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Passive Enjoyer

Ah, my true first fandom. The first piece of media that I cared enough about to seek out fanworks, because I just couldn't get enough of it. I rewatch my favorite bits every now and then, and honestly the camp of it only improves with age. 90s fashion really was something. My pairing of choice was Buffy/Spike.

Supernatural - Passive Enjoyer

Sigh. S i g h. Pleased to say this was a passive experience - I was around in the days of the mishapocalypse and even then I missed out on a lot of the drama. Another one I abandoned before I finished it, but that seems to have been for the best lmao. I didn't delve too deep into fanworks, but I was a Dean/Cas enjoyer once upon a time.

Doctor Who - Passive Enjoyer

I fell in hard while Eleven was the Doctor, but I never really liked him so I didn't settle in very well. I read a few fics, but I mostly kept to myself. I fell off when Twelve took over and Ten will always be my Doctor. Ten/Rose 4 lyfe.

Marvel - Passive Enjoyer

The Avengers fandom was the last one I was in before I left tumblr the first time around. It was a brief interest, the shortest of anything on the list before this, but my love for Hawkeye and Loki was intense lmao.

Ghost - Creative Enjoyer

And here we are! This is by FAT the most active I've ever been in a fandom, and I couldn't be more grateful for the experience. I'm so eager to keep writing ghouls, once my current massive stressors calm down some lmao. ♡

𝕱𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖔𝖒 𝖙𝖆𝖌 𝖌𝖆𝖒𝖊 ✨

I saw this little fandom game thingie on another site and I really liked it, so I decided to bring it over here to tumblr while my apple pen charges. I’m also going to change up the rules. I’m going to list the fandoms I’ve been in, and classify them by:

Passive enjoyer = simply enjoyed it and the fan content made for it OR Creative enjoyer = actively made art, fanfic, cosplay, etc etc etc.

I’m going to tag people here but no pressure if you don’t want to do it! @miasmaghoul @lonelymentality @copiasjuicebox @iamthecomet @thediktatortot Also if you see it and want to do it, feel free.

Game under the cut since mine will be long<3

Harry Potter - creative enjoyer - My very first. This shit was a family affair in my house. I went to watch parties, themed parties. I cosplayed shittily, wrote shitty fanfic, and my walls were plastered floor to ceiling in teen magazine posters. Went to the Exhibition. Every second movie would come out in July so I would pretend it was like a birthday gift to me.

Twilight - creative enjoyer - Jfc. Don’t get me started. I still have my Edward action figure whose now missing both hands. Used to write self insert fanfic on quizzilla.com. RIP you beast of a website

The Walking Dead - passive enjoyer - This was also a family affair. Every sunday we would all gather round our shitty TV for the newest episode. I was more of a liveblogger than anything else. My dad has a bit to this day that ‘Hershel isn’t dead. He’ll be back.’ Yeah, sure dad.

Legend of Zelda - creative enjoyer - For most of my childhood I was passive, only really doodling Twilight Princess stuff sometimes. Then BOTW came out and it all changed.

Lord of the Rings - passive enjoyer - I look at Legolas and Aragorn. That’s enough for me. I don’t need creative works because I just need to look at them.

Marvel (Spider-man and Loki mostly) - creative enjoyer - I’ve been drawing these guys since birth, for better or for worse. MCU can suck my nuts but so can Loki franchise /sex DC (Batman) - creative enjoyer - Batman the Animated series did something bad to me. Now I draw Joker sometimes. Watch out, stay safe out there

Sherlock and Doctor Who - passive enjoyer - I’m putting these two together since I never really made fan art or anything, but I did attend watch parties for both on several occasions.

Supernatural - creative enjoyer - Sighs. Sighs even harder. Somewhere out there, deep in the depths of fanfic.net there’s miles of really really really bad fanfic. Somewhere…. Final Fantasy VII - creative enjoyer - Sighs far more dreamily. My favvvvv my ultimate fav. Sephiroth is my fictional other and LOMF. Many, many arts of him throughout every sketchbook I own. Also some fanfics IIRC.

TF2 - creative enjoyer - I used to draw Medic and Pyro kissing<3

Homestuck - creative enjoyer - War flashbacks. Not only was I a semi-well known fanartist, I was also a semi-well known cosplayer in my city. I was a ‘friendleader’ in my cities Homestuck fangroup and attended events, dances, etc etc etc. I was on a cosplay gif blog here on Tumblr. I ran the second most popular groupchat on MSPARP.com before it was MXRP.com. I had beef with mods. Most of my relationships at that time were forged in the fires of LOHAC. I still see my art of Dave in MCR black parade uniform around sometimes. Dramatical Murder - creative enjoyer - To no ones surprise. Yeah. I like the yaoi dissociation game. Dream Daddy - creative enjoyer - SHOUTOUT DREAM DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Evil priest Joseph lovers rise UP. Didn’t do much, but there’s some art floating around out there.

Voltron: LD - passive enjoyer - Thank GOD I never made anything for this. However, I was active in the kin community so thats a huge L. I also ate uppppp stuff about it and sheith still fucks.

Overwatch - creative enjoyer - Sometimes you’re a Genji main and the world is so so hard for you. That’s how I used to live my life, then I got better.

Final Fantasy XV - creative enjoyer - Second LOMF. My old art blog is stocked full of chocobro content, mostly fanart of the boys and meme redraws. Also used to cosplay Noctis CONSTANTLY! Here’s an old tiktok

The Band Ghost and Sleep Token - creative enjoyer - (((((((: Hi guys

[amazing-spiderling]

top 5 asks: fics you've read recently, songs you've played on repeat lately, things you bought yourself on a whim, snacks , things that made you happy in the past few weeks, hopes for the new DD series, fic tropes

SO MANY ASKS AhhHHhh I'll do my best!

Top 5 Fics You've Read Recently:

I have to be honest, I do reread a lot of fic!

The Blinker System - MissMoochy (WIP) : Robot Matt! Robot Matt! Robot MAAAATTTTT!!!

Show Me Your Scars - pogopop : I've read this one a few times. It's got that delightful payoff from the emotional hurt that eventually shifts into acceptance and healing

You're On The List of Things I'll Never Leave Behind - yourbestkeptsecret: Ughhhh, yeah the blip would suck for those left behind but I don't hear a lot of people talking about the pain that comes from adjusting when people's loved ones return to a world they don't recognize. Top shelf feels

A Murder of Crows (A Seduction of Foes) - inkforhumanhands: okay maybe I'm biased bc this was a gift FOR MEEEE but it's also an absolutely baller fic and it has all of my favorite things including Murderdock and Foggy in college and CHRISTMAS and it's just GOOD ok

Bad Moon Rising - 94bottlesofsnapple : A werewolf story that jumps right into things and those things are very, very good. Love Matt's characteristic freak-out and Foggy's no-nonsense way of handling things. Probably going to read this again for spooky season.

Top Five Songs You've Played on Repeat Lately

(I don't know that I do endless loops of songs too often, but songs that have cropped up a lot in the last few weeks include)

Cameo Lover - Kimbra, Dream of You - Jazz Emu, Underneath it All - No Doubt, Skullcrusher Mountain - John Coltrane, Black Sheep - Metric

Top Five Things You Bought Yourself ON a Whim

I'm just gonna speak recently because I cannot remember a whole life's worth of impulse purchases. IDK if it's a pure whim, but a dress I wanted that had been sold out showed up on a used site so I snatched it up. One of my favorite musicians released an LP and I was half asleep in bed scrolling on my phone when I saw the announcement but I jumped out of bed to purchase it lol. Some spice packet to make Thai coconut curry soup. Some used copies of various Rock Band games for the X-Box 360. I've missed being able to go to karaoke and this gives me that little bit of fun back. A "Hero Lawyer" figure? Doll? Idk. 12 fancy offbrand marvel man.

Top Five Snacks

I eat a lot of nuts and seeds. Pumpkin seeds/Sunflower seeds and the like. Sometimes I make them into hummus but usually it's just a handful. I like those Snap Pea crisps in the light salt. I'm a little bit addicted to the garlic Bombay mix I pick up at the local Indian supermarket. Greek yogurt with granola or grapenuts cereal. My favorite movie snack is those terrible nachos. XD

Top Five Things that Made You Happy In The Past Few Weeks

Taking my dogs out to the park now that the weather is cool enough to do so. Being giddy with fandom friends over She-Hulk and Werewolf By Night. Getting to use my Halloween sprinkles to make festive baked goods and take them to a small outdoor tea party. Eating half a baguette with nice butter at a cafe. Beating Rock Band 3 on my own and watching all the avatars I made of my blorbos achieve rock and roll stardom in the FMVs.

Top Five Fic Tropes

Hurt/Comfort, Long distance start (penpals, voice or text only etc), Monsters (vampires, werewolves whatever), Mutual Pining, Character Insecurity

Top Five Hopes For the New DD Season

Kirsten McDuffie! Let's bring in more characters from the comics! Some more wtf villains like (but not limited to) Stilt-Man. I mean, Jessica Jones gave us a version of the Whizzer, I feel like there's room for exploration. More of Matt and Foggy's actual friendship so that if/when things get rough for them, it hurts more. >:) A reference to the events of NWH so we have a little understanding of just what Matt remembers from his involvement so we can throw the fanfic authors a bone. SAMMMMMMYYYY!!!!!

[wheredidhiseyebrowsgo]

Heyyy! Love your blog, I've read possibly every fic under the "accidental relationship" and "pining" tags and was wondering if you could update one of them? much love to you people

I did the pining update yesterday and here’s the accidental relationship one. - Anastasia

Diamond Side Down by hazelandglasz

(1/1 I 659 I Not Rated I Allydia)

Prompt 24- Accidental marriage

put a ring on it. by doctorkaitlyn

(1/1 I 1,120 I General I Sterek)

Stiles wakes up with a mouthful of dirt.

Werewolves + Alcohol = Married? by audrey1nd, RsCreighton

(1/1 I 1,260 I Teen I Stiles/Isaac)

What do you do when you wake up in bed next to your least favorite wolf and find that you got married the night before at your best friend's bachelor party?

On the Other Shore by Strangeredlantern, Vague_Shadows

(1/? I 1,765 I General I Isaac/Stiles)

Stiles and Isaac have started building a life together with Eloise, but they still have a lot to work through. 

That's What I Get For Waking Up In Vegas by dontletyourheartdistractyou

(1/1 I 2,821 I Mature I Erica/Malia/Allison/Lydia)

"This is so much like the Katy Perry song," she groaned, throwing a hand over her forehead.

"Really?" Derek asked. "I was thinking of the Ashton Kutcher movie."

(In which Erica Reyes accidentally marries four people while vacationing in 9Vegas.)

Turn a Little Faster by skoosiepants

(1/1 I 3,207 I Teen I Sterek)

He shifts back and forth on his feet and tries to psych himself up. He can do this. He’s a badass werewolf, he can totally tell Stiles that they accidentally got werewolf married because—because Stiles was thinking about him, and happened to give him a token of his, uh, affection under the silvery light of the last full moon. Platonic affection, Derek thinks sourly, so he doesn’t get why his wolf feels all warm and fuzzy and bonded all of a sudden.

Honestly, it’s like—why aren’t people accidentally getting werewolf married all the time, if it happens this easily?

Bacon Is The Answer To All Life's Problems by eeyore9990

(1/1 I 3,322 I Teen I Sterek)

After the election results come in, Stiles uses his long weekend to go visit Derek in Nevada because running away from all of life's problems sounds like the best of all possible choices. Shenanigans ensue.

Sealed with a Kiss by Inell

(1/1 I 3,628 I Explicit I Stackson)

The fairies seem to like to Stiles, and, unfortunately, the only other person they'll even let around him is Jackson Whittemore, who he totally doesn't have feelings for at all. Nope. Not at all.

And Also, I Love You by alisvolatpropiis

(1/1 I 7,155 I Explicit I Sterek)

Derek didn’t look at all like Stiles expected. After all, he deliberately chose a school where being a nerd was cool, so he certainly wasn’t expecting his hotter-than-a-thousand-stars roomie to be an actual cool person. Derek has muscles, like everywhere, which he has a tendency to display in skin-tight, sleeveless t-shirts for bands Stiles has never heard of; his jeans are always tight and ripped too, and he has an impressive five-o’clock shadow, the tips of his jet-black hair dyed purple. And his eyes. Stiles is pretty sure he’s only seen eyes like that in comics, or on a movie screen, or in his freakin dreams. They’re somehow simultaneously all of the colors and none of them, transcending something so pedestrian and insignificant as words to encapsulate their beauty. Stiles would come to learn that he's also wickedly smart, and he plays the guitar and speaks multiple languages, and his sunshine smile is even more alarming that his resting murder face.

The Valentines Thing and Other Fiascoes by Pandaabeer

(6/7 I 8,705 I Mature I Sterek)

Derek has recently succeeded in a lot of things. He has a job, he has a place with electricity and heck he even has netflix. What he has never succeeded at and probably never will is relationships. He's a sad sack when it comes to love. This Valentines is nothing new.

Or

The sequel to Valentines Strike no one wanted.

The Unexpected Marriage of Peter Hale by moonstalker24

(5/5 I 9,383 I General I Steter)

This is the story of how Peter gets married without technically dating anyone.

“You can bring your boyfriend with you,” Talia says.Peter stops giving Henry more bits of dried fruit to stare at his sister “Boyfriend?”“Of course!” Talia gestures at Stiles who looks around behind him with wide eyes. “I’m sure the whole family would be interested in meeting your young man.”

Best Men by zcinmalik

(1/1 I 11,422 I Mature I Boyd/Scott)

Boyd, in a moment of startling clarity, finally feels the unnatural weight of the gold band adorning his ring finger.

To Form a More Perfect Union by WritersAreLiars

(3/? I 11,503 I Mature I Deucalion/Stiles)

Stiles never expected that helping an injured dog would result in him living out the plot of one of his novels. Now he’s accidentally married himself to the alpha of the esteemed Blackwood pack and hoping that Deucalion isn’t too good to be real.

The Hangover by van_helsa124

(13/13 I 15,826 I Teen I Sterek)

Stiles and the pack visit Vegas to blow off some steam, only to wake up with no memory of the night before. After interrogating Peter for information they quickly realise that: Boyd is missing, a rival pack has declared a blood feud, hunters are on their trail ...and, oh yeah, Derek and Stiles are married.

Steel Blue: A Fractured Fairy Tale by FiccinDylan

(15/15 I 29,251 I Explicit I Sterek)

The real reason Stiles and Derek stopped sleeping with each other was because Stiles was the first to break the feelings dam. For Derek, love and sex were placed in two separate compartments, but for Stiles, love was 9chocolate and sex was peanut butter, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were always his favorite candy.

He knew he’d fall head over heels in love with the wolf and he did. And he didn’t know if he could handle Derek not feeling the same way. So instead he agreed with Derek to remove chocolate, and add in the jelly of sarcasm and ribbing banter and jerking off alone.

It sucked.

But Stiles respected Derek and valued his friendship over everything else., he'd do anything for the wolf.

Oh, and he also just found out that he might have a twin brother that's a porn star for Neckz&Throatz, but oddly... that's the sidebar in this tale.

Fools Rush In by origamifrogs

(3/3 I 30,673 I Explicit I Sterek)

"Stiles wakes up in his hotel bed in Las Vegas, sticky eyes blinking open to the sight of a stranger sleeping beside him.

A stranger who is male.

And naked.

Stiles promptly falls out of bed."

Or, the one where Stiles and Derek get drunk in Las Vegas, accidentally get married, go on a road trip, and find love along the way.

UST (An Unfortunate Series of Tropes) by ureshiiichigo

(20/20 I 54,259 I Explicit I Sterek)

Stiles and Derek sitting in a tree, M-A-R-R-I-E-D.

Wait, what?

Or: Stiles thought he and Derek were finally getting to be bros, and then Deaton had to go and ruin everything with his stupid spell.

We Prefer Good Love to Gold by i_am_girlfriday

(9/9 I 63,371 I Explicit I Sterek)

This week on Millionaire Matchmaker: Supernatural Edition - Derek Hale, a thirty-year-old millionaire venture capitalist and beta werewolf, finally gives into his sisters’ pressures to start dating again and reluctantly agrees to use the services of a supernatural matchmaker. Stiles Stilinski, at age twenty-five, just sold his start-up to Google for undisclosed millions, and ends up on a reality dating show when his true alpha best friend tries to help him get over his broken heart.

***

The last thing anyone expects is for the two eligible bachelors to fall in love with each other behind the scenes.

The Purloined Letter by DarkAthena (seraphim_grace)

(34/34 I 83,123 I Explicit I Sterek)

Kate Argent learns that Peter Hale has a letter, the contents of which, if known, would ruin her, and decides the best place to find it would be the hunting party arranged for the Whittemore-Martin engagement celebrations, but there are some issues with her plan, Peter has brought his nephew, the house is full of omega meaning everyone is watching everyone else, Lydia is not as happy with the engagement as her mother casting her eyes on someone else, her niece, who she's meant to be chaperoning has eyes for a penniless Scottish Lord, and she's not even sure that Peter brought the letter with him.

[catcatb0y]

Yeah like??

For me, I would say that rpf operates on a basis of 'that's not [person], that's [persona]' If someone wants to write about their favorite actors, keeping in a baseline of the fact that they are actors, playing all of these different roles, then that's their creative freedom.

It's not much different from, say, basing a character in a story off of a real person. Which is really common in writing and a skill that needs cultivating, especially for people who want to pursue that sort of thing.

Rpf gets... weird... when you start to /distribute/ it. I don't agree with the trend of creators looking up their own fanfiction, and absolutely Do Not show/tell creators that there are fics out there of them, but like. It definitely does need to go hand in hand with "fiction is not reality," and the knowledge that actors- even out of character- are still acting. The [person] they put out for the media is never truly (them), it's a [persona]- which is important to learn regardless.

I dunno, I always operate on the basis of 'sometimes you can't write it yourself.'

Like, I can't write fluff, even though that's all I want to read, so I have to look elsewhere. (I would never touch rpf, because I don't feel comfortable with it, but) Also? Sometimes, you don't want to read what you wrote or sometimes you want to write your ideas down or just practice.

I get why rpf makes people uncomfortable, because it does for me as well, but like. If someone wants to imagine their favorite actor being queer like them, if someone wants to imagine being sold off to a band and escaping their town, if someone wants to imagine their favorite whatever being cute and domestic with them (or railing them whatever)- who are we to say "no, you can't do that."

Like porn, it's fine until you start talking about it.

But also??? If they are so concerned over them being "actual real people" why are you in an rpf fandom at all????

Is there like a generic ao3 manga-site type line up where you can see all of the fanworks being currently posted, regardless of fandom and with zero filtered tags? Why. Why would you do that (if it's even an option)

Ao3 gives you the tools needed to say 'I don't want explicit fics' 'I don't want to be reminded that minors exist' 'I don't want to see Actual Fucking People'- like. You can only see that shit if you are ACTIVELY searching for it.

Also WHY DO YOU KEEP GOING ONTO AO3 IF ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE BAD?

Like, I've stumbled on a few poorly tagged or untagged shit, and it's made scrolling for fics incredibly difficult. I don't actively seek that out because I don't want to see shit like that.

It's really that simple.

When I do search for fics I put in a lot of [Exclude] tags and I keep an eye out for red flags. If you don't want "Author Chose Not To Add Archive Warnings," then don't look for them. Ao3 gives you the tools, like.

Saw someone say they cant go on ao3 without seeing nsfw rpf of children and im like... How? I never see that shit. Are you not reporting them? Why are you reading rpf anyway? 🤨