#and i will read them bc i want to read fics with that stuff in and i do enjoy them

[thatsnotbeautiful]

agree with everything except:

- nah, authors don’t owe readers replies to comments. they’ve already worked hard to create something and shared it for the fandom to enjoy!!

- there are always complaints about drabbles regardless of how people post them. there are complaints about the “tons of short fics folded into one multi-chapter fic” method, but also the “post lots of drabbles separately” method. and imo drabbles deserve to be posted too, so i’d rather people post their drabbles regardless of how annoying it might be to certain others in the fandom. not sure why people don’t just filter out the “drabble” tag so those sorts of fics don’t appear in their search results.

one suggestion though is to please don’t tag everything under the sun for those compilation multi-chapter fics, bc nobody wants to have to scroll past a massive text wall of tags.

the way i decided to do it is: use the compilation multi-chapter fic method, but only append fandom and ship tags, and put other tags in the author’s notes of each chapter/drabble as a list. that means people can’t find my drabbles through additional tag search, but i can’t think of a better way to do it lol

i also state the fandom and ship of the latest drabble in the overall fic summary, so if people were interested in one of the other fandoms/ships listed, they’ll know none of those is the most recent one so they can scroll on past.

anyway, now to actual tips:

- you can get around the “do not mention paid work” thing by linking to your Bluesky from your fic or something, and having a commissions post pinned there. (but obviously don’t /say/ “go to my Bluesky for commission info”)

- your fic is dated according to when you first create your draft on AO3, not when it’s published. if you’re the kinda person who saves a draft and lets it sit for a while, you will probably want to update the date when you’re about to publish so it’s at the top of the search results

- you can always subscribe to your own account if you want to see when exactly new fic email notifs go out!

- comments can be moderated, or turned off entirely, fic by fic. if you toggle the moderation function on, comments will only appear on your fic after you’ve manually approved them. imo using this is a good way to deter haters or trolls, if you’re worried about that, since you can toss their flame straight in your fireplace— i mean, junk mailbox— without it ever seeing the light of day.

- i also recommend toggling the “require approval before adding my work to a collection” function on; i don’t know if it’s still an issue, but a while ago there were problems where people would find their fics added to a collection, then the collection would get hidden, thus hiding their fic from view as well. nobody can maliciously do that if you simply require approval first.

- a mute function also exists now! if someone in your fandom posts stuff that simply isn’t your jam, you can just mute them and they won’t show up in search at all anymore.

- a list of headcanons is not a fic; AO3 is not a blog. plz keep that stuff to Tumblr or something

- if you post threadfic, consider archiving them to AO3 as well, as a backup copy and for easier readability!

- in addition to the gdocs script linked above, online word processor Ellipsus also has a function that formats your doc for AO3!

- authors can read your bookmark tags/notes if your bookmark is public, so be nice and don’t write anything you wouldn’t want the author seeing

- you can bulk-edit fics. useful for if you want to make all your fics viewable by registered users only, or something like that

Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

[hcnnibal]

wait am i going crazy or was their a story with a1/a2 on ao3 that you shared here😀 bc i cannot find it but i swore it was real 😖

maybe, but i dunno!

[evelynvipah]

I will make another post and admit my faults in following that account. I looked over the ao3 post and I do not agree with what has been written. I followed that person on twt because they followed me from a post I made. I did not actively go on their account and read through all their tweets or go on their ao3 page and read all their works, and to act like I did is honestly weird asf.

I do understand how it looks, and I will state here that I did go and unfollow them because that type of work isn’t something I support. (They did tag the fic so people could choose whether they wanted to read or not which is important)

However, what I won’t go back on is what I said in my previous post about submissive Vi and the fandoms treatment of people and her character in general. Someone writing something like that doesn’t negate the fact that there are still people out there who actually attack works that ARE harmless. The fics of Vi being abused are a real issue, I will say that here. No doubt about it.

If you want to talk about the horrific treatment of Vi, then yes, by all means let’s talk about it, but don’t disregard others to do that. You can have a conversation about the actual fics of Vi without saying that Caitlyn isn’t facing hate because that’s simply not true.

If you’re going to talk about the way the fandom treats one character in ways like that, then you cannot deny the treatment of another. I have seen post on twt that are quite disgusting towards Vi’s character, but I’ve also seen this fandom treat Caitlyn just as bad if not worse and have been for the past 4 months. There have been racist caricatures drawn of Caitlyn. People have labeled her a fascist, and have called her Hitler. They have called her KKKiramman, and have talked about wanting to see her get beat by Vi and Ekko. This is a big issue in this fandom on ALL sides, so let’s not act like it isn’t.

EDIT:

As much as I dislike some of the dark content that people write about these characters such as the fics where they’re getting intensely abused or whatever, I cannot police that and I will not. I’m against censorship of all kinds and I believe everyone should be able to write whatever the fuck they want. Personally, if it’s tagged and labeled, then I know to scroll and leave it alone bc it’s not for me. Conversations can be had about if the work is done in a way that commentates on something bigger or is meaningful, or if it’s created for people who actually do condone that type of stuff, but it does not warrant censorship. However, you can’t sit here and act like any work or any hc of Vi being submissive or people seeing her in that light equates to her being abused or supporting it which is what my issue was about the comment made that ‘I was surprised that someone who only wrote abt submissive Vi would write a rape fic.’ I don’t just see a submissive Vi post and instantly think this person wants to see her get treated in that horrible way. And to say I don’t care about her character, or don’t care about this issue of people wanting to see her like that is just wrong.

[choccy-milky]

I dont know why I had this vision of clora riding a scooter, like a cute light blue one with italy vibes, like a vespa, and sebastian panicking behind her LMAO

I SEE THE VISION AS WELL...idk how shes on a vespa tho since they werent invented yet so lets just assume theres time-turner shenanigans going on LMAO

but also anon this request was so funny to me because the SAME day you sent me it, i also got this one on twitter:

TRULY THE DUALITY OF MAN IS AT PLAY HERE!!! LMAOO debauchery vs wholesomeness...and it made me laugh so much

(and for anyone curious yes i WILL also be honouring the other request......eventually👀)

@jstfndmthngs splitting your ask into 2 again bc its a CHONKER but I LOVED READING IT🥹🥹 "how much they love each other to the abnormal level that i envy" LMAOO THATS FANFICTION FOR YOU, BABY!!😍 also YESS interacting with my readers in the comments was my fav parts of writing a lot of the time, and im SOOO grateful to the ppl who commented bc without them the story would have turned out DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. like, i know there are some people who write the entirety of their fanfic and then upload it in chunks, but if i had done that/written my story in a vacuum and hadnt incorporated any of my readers ideas/suggestions it would have been SOOOO much worse honestly LMAO. like, not even necessarily putting their requests or ideas in my fic, but even sometimes just reading a comment that would say something like "i cant wait to see how clora/seb reacts to..." would make me think...oh. i was never planning on even showing their reaction to that. but now that they say that, good point, i definitely need to include that LOL. so yeah even just little stuff like that was SUPER important to my writing process and my story and helped me keep in mind what people wanted to see/things i may have missed or glossed over if i'd been writing by myself, but i also just loved getting comments in general bc i loved reading them and they were so motivating🥹 BUT THANK U SO MUCH IM GLAD U LIKED MY STORY/SEB & CLORA SO MUCH, AND TY FOR SHARING ALL YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME!!🥹💖💖 im lowkey the same way... i cant read any other fics rn bc im still too attached to seb/clora BAHAHA so i still need to give it some time before i delve into other HL fics (i even downloaded a program that will let me replace names so that i can replace the mc's name with clora's LMFAOOOO THATS HOW MENTALLY ILL I AM ABOUT THEM!!😭😭DONT COME FOR ME🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🚓)

omg...i already love unlocking kinks in people but for it to be specifically seb x clora is even more of an honour BAHAHA omg i love that....but i get it too. clora is submissive and breedable af😍LMAOO (im sorry💀that wasnt me just now that was seb blame him)

@acrenna MERRY LATE CHRISTMAS AND ALSO LATE HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! this is so sweet THANK YOU SO MUCH😭😭im happy my story was able to get you out of your reading slump!! (and hopefully will continue to, with my oneshot im slowly but surely working on😩) BUT THANK YOU AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOU SM🥹🥹💖

@misskkfritz you actually arent the first to say this and i also saw a pinterest comment on my art say this........FELLAS DO I NEED TO WATCH GILMORE GIRLS NOW🤔🤔🤔

[plusultraetc]

I ended up having way too many unfinished fics to choose from for Shinsou's birthday, none of which were ao3-ready, so have this extra long snippet of my beloved ice cream shop au that I've spent way too much time on for a fic that might never actually get posted 😭

(the context here is that Shinsou & Kaminari are trying to get erasermic together, but Kaminari didn't know he was trying to set his teacher up with the music store guy bc he's only heard about him from Shinsou)

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

Reminder for the dpxdc writers!

Yeah I know lots of us get canon and fanon confused and some never watched Danny Phantom which is why I’m going to *friendly remind everyone* that if you don’t want to use the Ghost King Danny thing, it’s—it’s fanon. Like. You do not need to go out of your way to make it Not A Thing, if you find it’s hindering your plot line or whatever. You don’t have to write around it. At this point, you might need to clarify it’s not something you’re doing, since it’s so common, but like—if I have to read one more plot where they’re twisted up in knots to avoid it, like. Pls. You can do what you want and that includes this, we already disregard canon all the time, you can buck common fanon as well I’m—

That’s not to say I’m against Ghost King Danny, but I’m starting to think it’s one of those things people are afraid to stray from because they think it’s it’s one of the more… pillar parts? Of Danny’s character and canon? When it’s, like, not. If you want to write in reasons why he’s not king and etc etc you CAN, it’s your story and maybe it even serves your plot or tone or you just want to, but you can also just not even have it be a consideration. You’re free to just not do it.

[lucky-clover-gazette]

hey. why are these genuinely good. why are these verses from pokemon game beautiful.

[moeblob]

So… do you ship Gavin with anyone *cough* Nines *cough* or do you prefer platonic content of Gavin?

I'm gonna be so real with you. My entire exposure before playing DBH was Reed900 fics and the Decharts streaming on twitch (where i heard "28 stab wounds!").

So I'd read lots of fics and that's why I love Chris so much honestly. He's such a good guy! I love straight wingman Chris to his volatile friend who has a crush on an android but was in denial. But yeah my main experience was people putting a guy with minimal (angry) screen time and a guy with no spoken lines in romantic settings.

I love platonic relations though... so that's been the more prominent feature in my art as I adjust and learn how to draw the cast!

I also have a lot of ideas for Gavin and other DPD crew/Nines interacting. I just haven't had energy sadly! They're written down for later!

And fun fact: I've been told it's basically my brand to have mutual pining as a defining relationship trait. Guess what I like about Reed900. It's the fact a lot of fics are catering to me and mutual pining. They've catered to me since before I played the game.

[13eyond13]

love it when a character that's hard to read intuitively for you has like a dedicated fandom interpreter who can just glance at their blank face in a panel and then give you a 3k word essay on their innermost thoughts & desires & fears and neatly tie it back into the themes & whatnot as if it's the most obvious thing in the world

[fvedyetor]

doodles of the bastards that irrevocably changed the trajectory of my life and mental health sorry

[necrotic-nephilim]

https://www.tumblr.com/necrotic-nephilim/763098417058775040/no-thoughts-only-jaytim-fucking-in-titans-tower?source=share

+

https://www.tumblr.com/necrotic-nephilim/760168597014413312/bftc-jaytim-fuck-nasty-in-their-batman-suits?source=share

every time these 2 are left alone to fit it ends like this❤️

it ABSOLUTELY does. i love that i have gotten to write a BftC fic and a Titans Tower fic that is just. JayTim fucking nasty. i think these two should end every fistfight with them having sex in increasingly risky places. it's the only way they should resolve their fights from now on, ty for coming to my tedtalk.

[deus-ex-mona]

if the trope works, it ✨works✨ y’know~

[mariyekos]

Thoughts on the new DMC trailer?

Going to be honest I haven't watched any trailers since the trailer at the Game Awards (or whichever one I have those 2 breakdown posts for) 😅 I keep seeing the trailer announcements when I don't have my headphones on me, and I've been behind on watching them once I have the time... maybe tomorrow I'll finally get to watching them! Tonight I'm dead tired so I don't think I'd be in much of a good mood and I don't want to start off on the wrong foot, so to speak. When I watch them I can make a write up on it though! Would probably be fun.

[seventh-district]

babe wake up a new Venti-coded song just droppped

“I’m as sober as a drunk.

I’m as high as rock bottom.

Free as a man with his hands handcuffed to the bar.”

[newvegascowboy]

Aus that are so divorced from the source material as to be entirely unrecognizable if the names were changed. Fic of Theseus

[martianbugsbunny]

What this website really needs is a button that will allow me to filter all y/n content out of my feed so I don't ever have to see it because I absolutely can't stand it, my ass does not want to be in a relationship with my favorite characters my ass wants them to be dating each other