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The first year of real activity around here

A special dedication to the FC5 fandom, you are amazing guys, thank you so much for being so inspiring ♥ It's such a pleasure to create around here an humble library of such amazing fics, art and such (truly a comfort collection to me)

I hope I'll be able to deliver more personal content this year! A big thanks too for your amazing support, especially for my first giveaway. You are gems, I hope you had a wonderful year and that 2022 will be even better ♥

I posted 5 027 times in 2021

24 posts created (0%)

5003 posts reblogged (100%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 208.5 posts.

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#misc - 326 posts

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

I’ve been tagged by  @that-1-3mo to show my lockscreen, last song I listened to, and last image downloaded. Thank you for the tag! ♥ (I had to find how to take a screenshot of my screen, had no clue of how to do that... I feel so old 🤦‍♀️)

My last image dowloaded is the amazing WIP posted by @lulu2992​ here (can’t wait to see it finished 🤩 )

Tagging @malfoy678​  @hestiaschild​  @maybeitslizzy​ (as always, if you feel so ; please join if you’re interested!)

7 notes • Posted 2021-06-12 11:07:13 GMT

#4

❈ FC5 Cult Zine 2021 contribution ❈

I had the pleasure to take part in the 2021 edition of the Far Cry Cult Zine: it’s been a wonderful opportunity to write articles about the Collapse, the Angels and the Bliss and to share  some love for Eden’s Gate  with the community while having a lot of fun joining a unique project. A big warm thank you again to @juniors0possum​ for all the hard work and your patience with me, you’re amazing ♥ And a big thank you too to you all of you for the likes and the reblogs!

My three articles are available below the cut, in their “director’s cut” version: for the purpose of the page layout, some parts had to be canceled ‘cause yours truly is unable to be brief enough :’)

You can find the whole zine here, enjoy!

❈ The Collapse ❈

 Finally, it’s coming.

An insatiable fire is consuming the world, as the mountains are shaking and the forests are bent under the merciless breath of the Lord. The sky is now an ocean of stormy clouds, and soon there will be nothing left of the old world, this decadent and rotten living hell that none of us will regret.

The Father was right. His Holy Word was nothing but the purest truth and we, the lucky ones who have welcomed his love into our hearts, are the privileged witnesses of this beautiful chaos, this apocalyptic salvation. The damned and the weak, the politicians and the corporations, the big cities and our modern society built on sin, the skeptics who chose to remain blind to the sufferings around them, the ungrateful who demeaned us for all these years, all of them know their last moments, devoured by fear and agony. In a single scream, they celebrate a truth we knew for so long thanks to the Family and oh, God, I must confess, it is so good, I can almost hear them over the sound of the bombs. It is the sweetest music we could have wished for to say farewell to our previous lives, definitively. Our houses are destroyed, the fields are burning just as the lakes are boiling, and soon the ground on which we were born, have lived, loved, laughed but also suffered, cried and lost so much before joining Eden’s Gate and working so hard for our survival will be reduced to a desert of irradiated ashes ; it is what we have been prepared for, what our hearts prayed for during countless days. Sorrow and fear have no place in our souls, not at all: nothing but joy overwhelms us as we are eventually freed from all that kept us far from the happiness we deserve, we the angels, we the chosen. Humanity has been lost for so long, our acclamations salute with relief the righteous wrath of the Divine cleaning the Earth from its corruption. The reckoning is here.

Gathered in a small makeshift bunker, we join our hands and pray together: we thank the Heavens for delivering us, we thank Joseph for having shared his visions with us. Sadly, we don’t know where our Father is, nor if he is even alive. Some say he has faced this evil Deputy one last time, this bloodthirsty demon who destroyed our Gates and nearly condemned us to the same death as the unbelievers, but no means of communication can allow us to contact the others who, with the help of God, have hurriedly found a shelter too when the bombings started. We are on our own, without our dear Heralds by our side and to be honest, I am not even sure if we have enough food and water down here to survive till the world is reborn. We had all the supplies we needed in the Gates, the wait could have been so safe and comfortable, all reunited in the bunkers the Seeds built for us. John, Jacob and Faith should have been with us. Joseph should be acclaimed as the Prophet he is. But hope remains, just as we do, and our faith will not waver. It will be difficult but we will make it: their sacrifice will not be in vain. We will survive, like we always had, even without our Shepherd, even if the Heralds were more than worthy to watch the Prophecy be fulfilled and are deeply missed.

We have been trained for this. We have been cleansed from our sins to be able to build a future for our children. We have walked the Path and been rewarded for this.

In seven years, we will step into the light and get reunited to build a new world. I don’t know if I will make it myself, but at least some of us will and it’s all that matters. My soul will be with them whatever happens ; this thought warms my heart, as a new tremor makes the walls of our small haven quake.

 Together we will march to Eden’s Gate. The Garden will welcome us with open arms. We just have to wait a bit more.

  ❈ The Angels ❈

 Tirelessly, they walk upon this land, ghosts of flesh, white carcasses mumbling snippets of our holy songs.

 They are the pawns of the Henbane River but you can also meet them in the Valley, working at the Green-Busch fertilizer factory or following our patrols along the trails. From the most secluded places where our Project blooms to the compound of our beloved Father, we have learned to live with them by our side, like second shadows hanging around, waiting for a new task to achieve. To be fully honest, even if all God’s creations are beautiful and all the accomplishments of the Project deserve the greatest admiration, I must say that they scare me a bit. Even with their head shaved and their mouth forever hidden by a muzzle, some of them remind me of my former neighbors, eyes turned white by the Bliss and faces tarnished with bruises. And I may be wrong, but… Some of them sound like some of my brothers who went missing after aggravating a Chosen, don’t they? A chill makes me shiver nearly every time I hear their slow footsteps behind me, as they drag themselves barefoot, head haloed of a light green mist.

Make no mistake about them: they are fierce protectors of Eden’s Gate, not the grotesque zombies from the Hollywood horror movies. They work hard in the flower fields in the East, like no other member of the Family for sure. Day and night, never tired, never thirsty, never hungry, never weary, they are eager to help and would do anything they are asked for without any hesitation or discontent. And you should see them fight like madmen against the unbelievers who threaten us, or the wild beasts haunting the woods! Their rage equals the one with which the Lord will clean this world when the Collapse comes. As you watch them screaming with full lungs, running to their target only armed with a knife or a hoe, your heart can only be filled with a powerful awe mixed with a vague and deep terror, believe me. Nothing could stop them, fear itself seems to have abandoned them to their unending slavery. If the Judges created by Jacob are undoubtedly the strongest of the pack and the best version of themselves, revealed by the serum, the Angels are… Different. Their name may let you think they are peaceful and soft creatures, and they do belong to the Garden, equals of the Children of the Father; nevertheless a part of their humanity has been sacrificed so they can be free from sin, and that makes them unpredictable, turning from stillness to savageness in a heartbeat. Thank God they are on our side… Even if at the slightest sign of rebellion, I won’t hesitate to shoot them right in the head, those damn scary bogeymen.

If I had to put it in a nutshell, I’d say they are as eerie as Faith is divine. We are blessed to have our Siren guiding our Angels on the Path, preventing them from turning into monsters, just as the Father protects us from the sinners and from vice. Like a puppeteer, our sister cherishes and leads them onto the righteous path, living reminders that too much Bliss can quickly get to one’s head… All of a sudden, serving the Project as the most humble recruit seems way more enticing, after all. There are worse ways to enter Eden.

  ❈ The Bliss ❈

 There is a place here, in Hope County, that doesn’t appear on any map.

 It is said to be in the Henbane River and if you ask several of the followers of the Project here, each of them will give you a different description of it, but with the same delight on their faces, the same wonder in their voices.

You don’t need any compass or any trail to find it, a simple sip of the glowing water from the river or a puff of the green vapors pouring from the barrels all around the three regions will do. You just have to have faith, in a word.

Once you’ve abandoned yourself wholeheartedly to the gleams dancing before your eyes, you’ll enter a world of wonders like no other. The grass is softer than the softest meadow, the mist all around you is a comfortable blanket embracing the world. Mythical animals thrive here in peace, wandering among the flowers and between the twisted trunks that chart the way to a peaceful tree. Oh, to sit under its leaves and to listen to the soft breeze…

Believe it or not, but a Siren lives here. Her laugh is as sweet as her grace is flawless, as she dances and sings along, a queen gently guiding her guests into her realm. If you’re lucky enough you could even witness a group of worshipers gathered around a Prophet, drinking every word dripping from his lips like honey.

 It can be yours, you know. All of this. Just take her hand; a leap of faith is all that it costs, a one-way ticket to the Garden on earth. The Path is clear at the very moment when you believe.

10 notes • Posted 2021-10-23 15:08:22 GMT

#3

What do you think happened to the Seed family after the secret ending where deputy refused to arrest Joseph? I'm thinking they either all got the mental help they needed, or they continued the cult in prison and gained an even bigger following.

Hey luna-breaker! Thank you for your very interesting question 🙏

I'd say that there are two answers: if you consider the canon ending (to choose the secret ending, you have to meet Joseph at his church, and to trigger this event, the regions have to be liberated... and the Heralds to be dead, sadly), or if you think about a fanon ending, in which the whole family survives even if the County is in the hands of the Resistance.

If Joseph is the only Seed remaining, I think he'll gather what remains of the Project with the help of the Deputy's friends, keeping them under the effects of the Bliss. The Collapse is still impending, even if the bombs don't fall at the same moment as in the Resist ending (I'm still convinced that it will happen even if the Deputy abandons their allies): they'll find the biggest bunker possible (or several ones and split the group + leave as many notes as possible to ask the Project survivors they would have not found in time to look for a shelter and to wait for their reunion 7 years later) and hide down there, following Joseph's Prophecy. The Resistants are first held captive, as there is no more Bliss to keep them compliant, and the members of the Project make sure they don't try to kill Joseph or to get out ; the bombings are quite a shock for them, and I think it'd be super interesting to see who, among them, will follow the same path as the Dep/Judge and who will stay in denial, refusing to believe the Collapse happened or that it's due to God's will/that Joseph was right.

If the whole family is alive when the Dep gives up on their mission, I picture the Heralds spying on them from afar while they talk in front on the church, as Joseph's island has become their last remaining territory and where they run away when they lost their regions (Joseph wants to have a final one-to-one encounter with them ; not the safest idea but Jacob is ready to use his rifle the second he thinks Dep is going too far). When Dep leaves, it's quite the same scenario, except that it's easier for them to gather members of the Project as the Heralds has brought some with them when they fled from their lost regions. They do all they can to get ready for the Collapse, and wait all together for the Garden.

I hope it answers your question, feel free to reply if you feel so ♥

15 notes • Posted 2021-12-02 17:26:05 GMT

#2

A big big thank you to @cloudsbreatheforyou for tagging me for this picrew ! ♥ That’s so nice of you all to keep tagging me for such funny things to create, even if my OCs are inexistent apart from this 😳 You are sweethearts.

Here are my Cult OC (flower crown courtesy of Faith), and my Dep!

Tagging @kittycatlukey @butchdeloria  @colorfulcreatorskeletondeputy​  @mbp-50 @that-1-3mo​​

If you have not already been tagged and if you feel like it ; feel also free to join if you’re reading this!

16 notes • Posted 2021-06-09 20:06:53 GMT

#1

❈ 100 followers giveaway ❈

rGreetings everyone! I hope you’re doing fine 🙏

A few days ago, this blog has hit the 100 follower milestone, and I wanted to share this moment with you: thank you, thank you so SO much. Thank you for every reblog, every comment, every like, thank you for hanging around. This blog has no other purpose than saving FC5 stuff I like, I still can’t believe you are so many here (another proof that FC5 is a wonderful thing in so many ways ♥) . I’m so happy to share with you the art, theories, ramblings and other amazing things that makes me fall in love with this game a little bit more everyday.

And thanks to you and this amazing community, my motivation for writting has striken back! Unfortunately, I think it will be a long time before I can get to seriously work on my personal OCs, but I really wanted to celebrate this humble step, so after a verrry long time, I’m back at it for a small giveaway! (a BIG thank you to @butchdeloria​ for her incentives, you’re a gem ♥)

Few details about the prize:

I feel more comfortable with writting for the Seed family, but we can absolutely discuss in pm your request to determine how I can write something you’ll enjoy reading. I haven’t played FC New Dawn so FC5 requests are preferred (but thanks to a certain amount of spoilers, I can for instance write something for ND Joseph ; again, we can discuss that at the end of the giveaway),

As a request, you can send me a quote, a prompt, a sentence, a song, even a gif or a screenshot, anything that you could enjoy seeing turned into a small fic!

Can be a NSFW request, or a request implying gore/violence. I’ve not written a lot of smut, and it was an eternity ago, but I’m fine with this. Obsviously, no problematic subjects such as rape, incest, etc.

Please note that English is not my mother language, and that I’ve never written anything in English before except in class: I’ll do my absolute best to deliver you something as good as possible (and probably spend 1000x more time proofreading my wip than actually writting it), but please be comprehensive if my grammar is not perfect (especially if you want to read something about characters using slang).

Other details:

To enter the giveaway, you only have to reblog this post once (I’ll randomly pick the name of the winner, no need to reblog multiple times ; a follow is not mandatory but will of course be deeply appreciated :) )

The winner will be picked at the very beginning of July (3th or 4th)

I’ll work on the commission during my summer holidays. Still not sure when I am on a break, one week in July for sure and certainly also in August: the winner will receive his/her/their fanfic at the end of August at the lastest,

I used to write about 1k words things by the time, but it can be way more depending on how much I’m inspired. Of course, a long post takes time, but I’ll keep you updated!

Thank you for reading this, and again, thank you to all my followers; I wish you a pleasant stay around here folks ♥

16 notes • Posted 2021-06-18 21:00:31 GMT

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author + fic recs

below are a list of writers and my my fav fics of theirs, pls give them some love!! don’t forget to REBLOG, SEND A MESSAGE, OR LEAVE FEEDBACK. sometimes leaving a like isn’t quite enough, so leave a small comment telling them how much you loved it! it really makes their day.

@sketchguk TERESA, uGH my lovie, my world, my moon, my stars, the cause of my euphoria, my queen, the angel from the heavens. she is an incredible writer, and i’ve read all of her works probably thirty million times. they’re sweet, amazing, and definite must-reads! READ HER ENTIRE MASTERLIST, it’s worth it i promise 🥺

-> kiss the girl; worth the wait; lover to lean on; 10 muses

@sleepyjhs​ violet??? omg, her reactions, drabbles, and writings are so soft and lovely!! pls give her a read, send her some love, reblog her amazing works, and leave come comments! she’s such a sweet angel, and her blog is beautiful (so aesthetically pleasing)

@gukyi GUYI!! guys, this is a no-brainer. i’m sure you’ve read her fics, if not, go give her a read. her fics are absolutely amazing, incredible, and every positive word in the world. the amount of talent she pours into each piece of writing is incredible and phenomenal, she is literally one of the most talented writers on here. go send her some love if you haven’t already!

-> the millionaire & his lover; raspberry truffles; the courtship chronicles; if i told you; the underwear thief; the coffee shop contract

@jamaisjoons hi i love solaris, she owns my heart. anyways, she is a pretty-well known blog in my opinion, and totally deserves it! her writings are amazing, incredible, and i love them so much. her banners are super cute like her too 🥺 she’s the sweetest person, her fics are some of my go-to rereads and my all-time favorites. pls go flood her inbox with love, she’s an incredible angel.

-> faded love; the sea & the storm; love alive

@honeymoonjin​ guys sora is the most beautiful soul on here 🥺 i love her fics so much, they bring out the ugly tears, the soft feelings, the uwu hours, and emotions i didn’t know i had. i’ve read her entire masterlist probably a billion times because of how talented she is, like skskksksksk?? i don’t understand. go bombard her with love, adoration, and feedback for her lovely fics. she writes them so well, and they’re also hilarious to read!!

-> florezco; anpanman

@jungshookz​ CEE!! omg i love all of her fics. each and every single one of them is absolutely incredible. i love the style of her writing, i love the hilarious interactions, the tropes, and everything about her fics. she is one of my all-time favorite blogs that i’ve come across, please send her lots of love if you haven’t already!! she is so so talented and incredible, make sure to check out her drabbles and tags!! it’s always hilarious and so much fun to read her fics -- i cackle like a witCH--

-> cowabunga baby; caramel macchiato; gymrat jungkook; beneath the water; suit & tie; soccer coach jungkook; yoga instructor jungkook; ta! jimin; ballet teacher jimin (OMG MY FAV)

@junqkook hi yara is bomb guys. yara’s fics are oh-so-incredible and she’s one of the first blogs i came across in this fandom!! there’s something about the way she writes, the way her words seem to flow together so perfectly that’s incredible. really and truly, she is one of the sweetest people on here and is very very very talented. go give her some love. btw her banners for her fics and her navigation is super cute uwu.

-> rottenfolk; the young wolf; into the woods (series); la douleur exquise

@httpjeon DAISYYY, she’s amazing and i love her. anyways, daisy is the QUEEN of cute banners and headers. she’s so talented and everything on her masterlist is a masterpiece. the way she writes is so beautiful and her stories are amazing!! the detail, the *cough* smut *cough*, the descriptive scenes, and the characters are incredible! gold! amazing! wonderful! i’ve run out of words to describe how lovely they are, but please give her some (re)reads and reblogs!

-> bunny blues (series); lovebug; sehebon; club ardor (series)

@kinktae rosyyyyy is one of the sweetest people on here and im totally here for her friendship with daisy + nora + yara uw. they’re best friend goals. anyways, her fics are like watching movies. they are so detailed and well-written that it plays in your head. you can imagine each scene playing out as you read and they’re really amazing. pls go check them out and give them some love!

-> soliloquy; camellia (two-shot); bitchin’ (series); flesh & blood (series)

@taesthetes uwu, cat’s works are some of the most amazing ones i’ve ever read. they never fail to amaze me and are always guaranteed to bring out emotions. thy’re truly beautiful works of art, and are some definite must-reads! her blog is so lovely and pretty too!

-> let’s unfall in love; amour; hiraeth; her masterlist (just read everything guys it’s incredible)

@ughkive mo! mO! MO! mo is my lovie and an angel. she’s such a beautiful soul and has the heart of an angel. her writings are amazing and some you should definitely check out! the way she writes is beautiful and i love her style of writing, please go flood her mailbox with love and support! much love to you, bb!

-> broken cathedrals; heart strings; bucket list; habits

@gukgalore hi rayan is my intelligent, gorgeous, radiant, and stunning queen. she is the absolute sweetest and must be flooded with love and hugs. go check out the queen, i love her, the aesthetic & layout of her blog, and her writings very very much!! they are very amazing and worth the read! many of them make me emotional and i dont know how she’s so taleneted. pls give her love.

-> young; jungkook breaks your trust (drabble); jungkook lies (drabble); something new

@guksheart she is one of my fav blogs everrr. i truly adore all of her fics and have reread them millions of times. they’re absolutely incredible, and always leave me in awe or speechless because of the talent that’s poured into each writing. each fic is a work of art, a masterpiece, and a treasure. pls go check her out, give her some compliments on her pretty blog, her cute banners, and her amazing self! lots of must-reads all waiting on her masterlist. also,,, on a side note lol her titles are so cute and i love them with all of my heart!! uwu

->  close the distance; in twenty years time; cover me in blue; plans for wedding bands; sugar coated; victor’s game (series m.list)

@gukills POPPY! or tati, i love her so very much with all of my heart and my entire being. she’s gorgeous, radiant, bright, and an angel blessed to us from the heavens!! not only is she the sweetest, she’s so talented in both writing and art! her writings are amazing and something you should definitely check out! uwu her navigation is so cute as well, go give her some love.

-> every moment is valuable; broken glass; just out the window (two-shot)

@cupofteaguk​ omg omg hiiiii. LOL im sorry but traci’s blog is one of my favs!! she’s one of the first blogs i came across when first joining this fandom and is so incredibly talented. i’ve reread all of her fics millions of times and i love them so so much. they’re so cute, sweet, and hilarious. the way she writes is incredible and i love the tropes and cliche plots that she twists or tweaks to turn into masterpieces. each fic she’s written is gold and i’m always excited to see her pop up on my dash. her banners are all so adorable just like her blog. go give her some love!!

-> like flowers we bloom; the endless winter; breath of spring; hopeless hearts; take my hand (i love this one v much!)

@onherwings​​ hi jo, i adore you with all of my heart and being. jo is such a sweet and talented soul that i’m incredibly lucky and forever grateful to be friends with!! all of her fics are amazing and totally worth the read. her writing style, the descriptive scenes, the plots, the cute banners, the funny interactions, and the way she constructs the relationships as they blossom is beautiful. it feels like a breath of fresh air, walking through a meadow of clouds and stars, and the fuzzy, warm feeling you get from being with people you love. her fics are beautiful and so fun to read. flood her mailbox with love, asks, and support!!

-> mask; the better one; reasons to say i love you

@angelguk​​  she’s one of my favorite blogs ever (mwah!) her writings, her blog, her aesthetic, and her layout are absolutely gorgeous!! uwu they make me soft just looking at the pretty colors, matching themes, and accents. her writings are from another planet, omg, there aren’t enough words and emotions in the world to describe how utterly incredible they are. her writing style is just phenomenal and i love the way her words weave together like strands of silk into works of art. literally, hands down, one of the best writers i’ve come across on this site. i love everything about her blog and i’m sure she’s an even more amazing and beautiful person.

-> breakfast in bed; heartfelt; i wish i missed my ex; amour; phases

@cutaepatootie​​​ hi sara seems like such a lovely and sweet person so pls give her some love. ask about her day, tell her a joke, make her laugh, make her smile today. :D her writings are incredible. “A Fallen Bookmark on a Thursday Afternoon” hit so hard. i was tearing up, nearly balling my eyes out because of how realistic and genuine her fics feel. it sounds silly, but they feel like their own little worlds, waiting for you to get lost in. they bring out so many feelings and thoughts that i didn’t know i had, or haven’t really thought about. i think about it so often, and she’s one of the first blogs i came across. pls check out her fics and give her some reblogs!

a fallen bookmark on a thursday afternoon; the blue princess and her red rose; animal (series); a brief story of time; touched by a fallen star

@minflix​​​ elle is so very lovely and sweet. she reminds me of flowers because of how sweet and beautiful she is, i hope she continues to blossom. she reminds me of the ocean because of how strong, majestic, and powerful her energy and soul are. her url is so clever, we stan an intellectual in this household!! her banners are amazing??? like??? what??? when i saw them i gasped and proceeded to stare at them in wonder. her fics are even better guys!! what a surprise, pls go read them. they’re masterpieces and i’ve reread them too many times to admit. but in all seriousness, she’s absolutely wonderful and i’m super lucky to know her. go give her some love, lots of love to the sweetest bean!!

break the ice; much better; spellbound; a lack of color; the city comes alive

@yourdelights​​ dee! deE! dEE! DEE! dee is such a talented and sweet soul. like??? she’s so sweet? you could get diabetes just from talking to her. nO seriously, she’s one of the friendliest, kindest, and nicest people on here. her fics are adorable and very funny as well as entertaining. her banners, her theme, and her navigation are so cute and stunning just like she is. go give her some love, send her some asks, start a conversation, make her smile, and be her friend!!

-> the best part of me is you; i’m sorry (drabble)

@diortae​​ hi guys, isabel is amazing, stunning, radiant, and a literal ball of sunshine. go send her some love, reblog her fics, and make her smile!! uwu she’s such a sweet person with an even sweeter personality. her fics are so cute, funny, and fascinating. pls pls pls, check out her most recent fic if you haven’t already “An Abundance of Mondays”. each fic is its own world and tale, with its own special traits and unique twists. i love her banners and her writing style very very much. i would give her flowers if i could.

-> an abundance of mondays; the spaces between; until the spring comes again

[buckmepapi]

Hi !!! Curious, I was looking thru your personal tag to see if I could find any questions/updates about the “don’t call me daddy” fic for Steve Rogers & I saw your rant about AO3 & now I’m curious 😱 why do you hate it so much?

Ahhh , don’t worry it’ll get done eventually , should I create a tag called fic updates ? Or something like that? Maybe that will be good to keep people up to date on what fics are progressing ?

So, I first found out about reader fanfics two years ago from when I use to be on tik tok all the time, someone on there posted about a popular kylo ren x reader fic called fix your attitude which blew up even further bc of all the tik tok attention, and after reading that it got me mega hooked on reader insert fics. But that story was online on a03 so that’s a little backstory into how I found that site before discovering reader inserts and fanfics existed on tumblr too haha

So anyway, the first reason I didn’t like ao3 was because of the non aesthetically pleasing way it looks. It’s also not a user friendly website, like it is ugly to navigate, hard to understand straight away (unlike tumblr), there’s no mobile app, and I just can’t reiterate enough how fucking ugly of a site layout it has haha. So that’s what I first noticed after using it 2 years ago, but I still used it everyday because a lot of great stuff was on there and because I never read a fanfic before there was fucking tons of shit for me to binge read for a long time lol

The next reason I started to resent it was for selfish reasons; my fics on tumblr do well, 1k notes at an average, 3k being the highest - ao3? 30 likes but 2k views, like wtf? Lmao

The last reason is the most important and the issue was only discovered when I unfortunately had to accidentally come across it for myself last month.

Tw under the cut for people writing about minors in 18+ settings, p*do’s and all in all people being evil on ao3

This gonna be long winded but I wanna show how scarily easy it was to run into this without even doing much — which is also why it’s a garbage site. It doesn’t protect its users.

I was bored and read a lot of shit so I wanted to explore random tags, I always read Bucky x reader on there and I started clicking tags under some Bucky fics to find new things. I clicked one that said “original characters” or something along those lines, then from that I found the original stories category and I then clicked that. That’s it. That is how quickly it took ao3 to show me something vile.

All I wanted to do was see if someone had wrote a really cool original smut story, you know basically like those dirty romance novels mums and middle aged women are always reading and I thought I wonder if the original stories are good and surely the best place to find that is ao3 where there’s a lot of bomb ass smutty angsty reader fics

So before I continue, a warning to anyone on that site who doesn’t know the site too well, that is literally how easy it is for things to pop up. I wasn’t aware at the time that you could exclude or block certain tags either lmao

Anyway, I’m scrolling whatever, I come across a fic that caught my attention as it had an explicit warning and those are the fics I prefer to read but it had a weird title that I don’t want to repeat because given the context when I realised what it was it made me feel sick because the title had a fucked up nefarious play on words.

The tags on this fic didn’t just say “underage” which is still bad, as those underage fics from what I’ve seen in summaries tend to just mean characters that are 16/17 , this fic I’m talking about had a fucking tag that said “extremely underage” so obviously the first tag is bad but this extremely underage one is ten times more evil like I couldn’t believe it.

So, shocked me scanned my eyes briefly to the next tag and I had to stop right there bc the title, the underage tag and then the use of some fucked up smut tags next to all that made me start panicking it was disgusting and horrible and I only saw the tags so fuck knows what would have happened to my mental health if I saw anything else. I more than likely would have kms

I noticed it also had comments , and because I was so shocked I decided I need to fucking see if this is a common thing or not because I can not believe that this exists within our little sub culture of the internet — like do people like this exist in our world here on the internet and why is no one doing anything about it ?

So I clicked on it, and closed my eyes lmao and scrolled super fast and then some to the very bottom and clicked comments ,, like I ain’t risking seeing that shit, I’m risking it by seeing comments but I had to know if people were calling this person out or not, but I’m so glad I closed my eyes tho bc if I saw any word on that page I would have broken down tbh

Anyway, there were 2 comments maybe saying “you should be on a register you’re disgusting” and “literally kill yourself you pedo” etc which you know, rightfully so

But I was shocked to see like 10 fucking comments from grown women saying “this is so hot” etc and I just fucking closed my tabs I couldn’t believe it

I know this is long winded but I have to talk about it everytime it comes up bc it haunts me, I didn’t even see anything but the fact it exists and it was that easy to find and people were ENCOURAGING it has still scarred me :/

Like imagine if someone on this site decided to write a fic about babies (yes that is what the title and tags suggested it was about) they would not survive, they’d be booted off this site and tracked down and reported to police etc and have call-out posts made about them (also all rightfully so)

So it’s a whole different world on ao3 and I’m still not over how it completely changed my view on that site. Idk anything about the history of ao3 but it doesn’t matter bc they literally allow ch*ld p*rn in fic format on their website, it’s not monitored, it doesn’t do anything to protect other users or make it extra hard to find so people like me don’t have to come across it in two clicks when you’re trying to read normal fics, excluding tags only does so much because if someone has made up a tag themselves then it will still come up.

Tags also do not work, as in, if a tag is there to warn you of something that could trigger you, the tags themselves can be graphic and will trigger you especially when you understand the context of them next to the tag “underage” that I saw, like it makes it all the more upsetting.

People can make their own tags but underage is a legitimate ao3 subsection just like explicit, mature, dub con etc so they actively are okay with that shit on their site

Idk it’s hard to explain it’s just a fucking actual legitimate Hell scape on there compared to this site. The whole site is garbage for allowing that shit freely on there with no consequences for people who post it or those who search illegal tags.

So, that being said if you still use the site, try your best to exclude tags if you didn’t already know, it’ll help and also don’t go on the “original stories” tag I have no idea if it’s a common thing on there in that section but I’m never going on there again.

It’s vile and upsetting that it was that easy to come across something so disgusting.

Please be careful on that site. ❤️