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Fanfiction is crazy because you can post 3 smut one shots (like 700-1500 words) each knocked out in a day and they will all out pace your multi-chapter fic you've been working on and posting chapters for a month in less than a week. I don’t know if it’s the premise of the fic that’s just not finding its target audience, or the plague of people who ‘only read completed works’ (if you do this then you are actively killing fandom, and missing out on some of the best stuff out there). Also I have noticed in more recent times a disturbing lack of comments on fics (not just my own). Why is this? AO3 is not social media, please comment on fics that are weeks of months or years old.
#fandom#fanfiction#fanfic#ao3#ao3 fanfic#i love ao3#ao3fic#fanfiction is awesome#fan culture#fandom stuff#fandom culture#fandom etiquette#comment etiquette#please comment on old fics#ao3 is an archive#not social media#fandom rant
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Can’t deal with people who act all personally aggrieved that they can’t personalize the entire internet to their personal happy place. Especially people who then go out looking for things to get mad at
(This isn’t about people venting about trolls or harassment. It sucks. I’m sorry. Fuck bullies and bigots. This also isn’t about flash warnings, and anything that keeps people with epilepsy safe)
But like, it’s not other people’s job to read your mind and guess what hyperspecific trigger you have then manually tag everything for one person. I’ve seen people ask creators to tag images with the character their blog is about. Just block the blog. That’s not a safe blog for you.
It’s not other people’s job to explain that fucked up shit in fiction is not real. You’re not a child and we’re not your parents here to hold your hand and reassure you that the actor is only playing dead.
I think a good example of effective content warnings is Hazbin. They’re not gonna put one up every individual episode to tell you a show full of swearing and gore is gonna have swearing and gore. But episode 4 is more graphic than any other episode so it’s given a separate warning. Because someone signing up for the rest of the episodes might genuinely be taken aback by that one.
Or Hashtag Ruthless Productions always putting heavy topics in their politics section. Asking for a warning every episode would be silly when you can just skip the politics section. You know it’s gonna be venting and politics. So don’t be surprised when it’s about politics. But if they talk about dark topics that aren’t typically brought up in that fandom they do give warning. For instance most people wouldn’t expect a discussion about eating disorders when the hosts talk about the cult in Wayward Son. Or a spoiler for Star Trek in a podcast about Buffy. So *then* it makes sense.
It’s social kindness and being stewardess to recognize when you as a creator are putting out something unexpectedly and objectively shocking to people who didn’t consent to it. It’s not other people’s job however, to use common sense for you. Or to read your mind. Don’t click on a video about a movie and get mad at spoilers for that mobile. Don’t read the Bible and get mad about major character death (Christian’s don’t come after me with a ‘well actually’ I haven’t read it 😭)
Speaking of Christianity if you’re someone who gets mad at Christian’s being upset by goths wearing crosses (which is silly) but then get upset by what people are writing about your blorbos on ao3 you might wanna do some soul searching.
So no I don’t care about your DNI list. No I don’t care that you only want virgos to reblog your post about Home Depot. No I don’t care that you can’t tell the difference between an anime character and a person, between real life and a plot point, between internet drama and an actual crime. I find that dude from Friends ugly af to that point I cringe but I’m not gonna go harass fandom accounts or look up every bad thing the characters done and accuse blogs of being bad people. I don’t like a lot of ATLA ships and think both Zutara and Kataang are morally gross af but I’m not gonna say the writers or the fans are sympathizing with pedophilia or abuse. Cuz that’s ridiculous.
When I publish works I’m gonna make it clear what kind of story it is. And then I’m gonna step back and tell the fucking story. I’m not gonna pop up every other chapter to warn people that a gay character calls another gay character a fag affectionately. Or a character in a toxic relationship *shocker* is having a bad time. I’m not gonna tell people that the horror work has gore and a jump scare. It’s horror.
Cuz I’m not gonna infantilize my audience and trust that they can set their own boundaries when it comes to stories they want to consume. No one is forcing them.
Media isn’t sex you don’t have to check in with every escalation. Entertainment isn’t your textbook, Phillip Schuyler is allowed to have no sons. A character isn’t your child they’re allowed to wear what they want and go on dangerous ass quests.
It’s frustrating being told to choose between assholes who project their own privilege onto others and assholes who project their own trauma onto others. Nuance exists.
Now block me dear lord, you’re doing the inventor of the block button a disservice when you get off on being pissed off
#vent#media literacy#content warnings#ao3 is an archive#hellsite#don’t tell strangers your triggers#please use your brain cells#the second part is to adults who know better#I’m not mad at the kids who do it cuz it’s what they see#and no one’s told them not to overshare online#avese shares a thing
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'ao3 needs a like and dislike button'
what you need, my algorithm-rotten minded friend, is a grip
#ao3#archive of our own#what.do.you.MEAN#how do these takes still find me#HOW#'but I only want to read the good stuff' THAT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE#THERE ARE HIDDEN GEMS YOU WONT EVEN FIND#also you know what you TRULY want? fics recs it's called fic recs but hey cant have that if you dont read THE FUCKING FICS first#imagine thinking fanworks are uniquely for your consumption and products to be ranked on a scale#ANYWAY it just boggles the mind#mine
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Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem

Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao
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subscribing to a fic isn’t enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update

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Yeah. And the real treasures are the random fics you find along the way.
Those ones you never would've thought you'd like. But you tried and now? You can't get enough.
“Ao3 needs an algorithm” no it doesn’t, part of the ao3 experience is scrolling through pages of cursed content looking for the one fic you want to read until you get distracted by a summary so cursed that it completely derails your entire search
#ao3#seems legit#and is legit#repeat after me#ao3 is not a social media site#ao3 is not-for-profit#ao3 is an ARCHIVE#you search archives by looking#and sometimes based on recs from REAL PPL#because this is fandom#we don't need no damn algorithm
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#ao3#archive of our own#meme#memes#fandom#fanfic#fanfiction#fandoms#humor#blorbo#comfort character#fictional characters#writer#writeblr#writers#writing#readblr#reading#readers#reader#comedy#funny#whump#whumpblr#tropes#trope#prompt#prompts
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the holy grail types of fanfic
#writerscommunity#enemies to lovers#creative writing#writers life#fanfiction#archive of our own#ao3#ao3 writer#ao3feed#ao3 fanfic#fiction writing#female writers#writers on tumblr#my fic#original story#original character#fanfic writing#femme fatale#fanfic#enemies to lovers trope#writing tropes#character tropes#dark romance#romance novels#novel writing#indie author#fiction#fanfic meme#writing memes#creative process
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#ao3#archive of our own#writer#writing#writers#writeblr#fanfic#fanfiction#fandom#blorbo#comfort character#fictional characters#fandoms#writing positivity#meme#memes
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Why are you using AO3 like a social media site???? It’s an archive. It’s hard to do reading fanfic wrong, but you’re doing it wrong. You’ve gotta read the summary/tags to figure out what you’re going to like and take that gamble. It’s like checking a book out of the library. You might be pleasantly surprised, and if you don’t like it, you don’t HAVE to keep reading it.
Another AO3 thing I’m curious about, how do yall decide if something is good enough to read? Usually I follow a rule of 1 kudos for every 10 hits. One because it’s easy math and two it’s yet to fail me. Thoughts? Do you just go for it and pray it’s good?
#ao3 isn’t instagram or facebook or tiktok#AO3 is an archive#quit trying to make everything into a popularity contest ffs
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Wow I’m having so much fun reading for this new ship!! I wonder what I’ll find, oh a collage party game fic those are always fun!
THEN BOOM…

Seriously, a placeholder fic!! 😡🤬 What the fuck!! That’s it, that was the whole “fic”.
Please, I’m asking fellow ao3 users to join me in reporting this and other “fics” like it. I have a particular distaste for this one as I’m sure you can see why. 🙄😫😩
#fandom#fanfic#fanfiction#i love ao3#ao3#ao3 fanfic#ao3fic#max goof x bradley uppercrust iii#maxley#max goof#bradley uppercrust iii#bradley uppercrust the third#new fandom#new ship#ao3 rant#ao3 problems#placeholder fics#whyyyy#seriously what the fuck#seriously why#seriously what is this#seriously what the hell#help me report#cleaning up ao3 search#this shit doesn’t belong#it’s annoying#ao3 is an archive#ao3 is not social media!#stop posting like it is#please reblog
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ai does not belong in creative spaces. period.
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I didn’t realize you were the person who did the fanfiction tag drinks.
ahah yeah that's meeee!!
They are all available as stickers on my RedBubble shop!
Also I did Part 2!
#ask box#ao3#fanfiction#archive of our own#fanfic#fanfiction memes#ao3 tags#hurt/comfort#abo au#angst#enemies to lovers#mutual pining
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At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.
#fandom#fandoms#fandom critical#fandom criticism#fandom critique#toxic fandom#comic fandom#batfandom#fanfiction#fanfic#fanfics#fanwork#fan writing#ao3#archive of our own#social commentary#my commentary#hot takes#writing#books#comic books#comics#dc comics#fandom discourse#fandom spaces
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Me at 14 and me at 22 are having a bonding moment
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