#be sure to tag the trigger warnings people!

[rubiehart]

@issues4him !!

does anyone know what happened to @issues4him-deactivated20250428 ? i was literally reading her fics last night and when i woke up this morning her account was gone. i’d only found her account a few days ago and all her writing was top notch so i was so upset to see her account banned/deactivated!!

tagging this randomly so more people can see this because i’m sure she was loved by more people than just me!! she was pretty well known for her blue collar!rafe and pervy!nerd!rafe & im sure she wrote some jj too

i’m not 100% sure but she might’ve been getting some unwarranted hate for taboo/controversial themes in her writing? - that she had added trigger warnings to every one for people who could just scroll past if they weren’t interested. but people on here like to hide behind anons and hate behind the security of their identity being hidden. this could’ve led to a ban but i’m not totally sure.

if anyone knows anything pleasee lmk because her work was so amazing and it’s such a shame for all her hard work to be lost if it was an unfair ban!

edit: she had been receiving death threats/hate for being a trumpie and supporting charlie kirk, not for writing taboo theme so she deactivated. i hadn’t known anything about this it seems not many people did, its a shame her work is no longer accessible but im glad to be no longer unknowingly supporting someone with those morals and ideals.

[eliseliedl]

Angels of Death x Identity V 

[nebuladreamz]

[adarkrainbow]

Until the dust settles, best to avoid mentioning multiple-rapes enjoyer Neil Gaiman who allegedly committed some of the rapes while his kid was in the room; so much so that his kid started addressing his rape victim the same way he was. You know better.

You know, I very precisely thought dropping his name in the post might have someone upset, but then I thought I would still include it, for one simple reason - it cannot be avoided.

Gaiman was part of this "wave" I am talking about, whether you want it or not. He was historically there and if you want to read Terri Windling's anthologies, you WILL have to face his name big on the covers. Yeah he was not one of the leaders, just a follower, and he was here for the last part of the wave, the 90s, but he was still part of it and a (quite famous) symbol of this specific "movement", to the point of sometimes overshadowing the others. In fact, understanding where Gaiman's own fairy retellings and approaches come from is going to read the stories and works of the authors he published with (Tanith Lee, Charles de Lint, etc). So, you know, I can't just erase the fact he was an influence back then. Heck the Gaiman of the 90s wasn't even the big successful Gaiman you know today - he was still a little comic book author just making his big break through Sandman.

You might be of the position of "Don't ever mention anybody who has done anything wrong ever" but I am on the contrary position. "Know thy enemy" or "Get how the monster lives" or "Document yourself on the disease" or however you want to call it. I like to use this comparison because we are roughly in the same case but - Marion Zimmer Bradley. She was so much worse than Gaiman (not that you can rank the worseness of these things, but you know) and yet we cannot erase the fact her "Mists of Avalon" was a BIG, big influential landmark of modern Arthuriana and "feminist" Arthuriana, whether you want it or not. And when you look back at what this book contains, how it looks today, and how it was received back then, with the stuff we know today... This is very enlightening on the socio-historical context back then, and on how the rules and limits of fiction moved. Same thing with Polanski and his Macbeth or his Rosamery's Baby. When one talks of generational influences, of waves of fiction, of the history of retellings, names have to be spoken. For those familiar with French literature, it is the Céline case.

And I think it is better to mention Gaiman's name right here in my post just in case somebody didn't know about this group of authors/editors and wanted to check them out. Better be prepared to see him appear in the books, rather than having some sort of jumpscare, don't you think? I know some people would feel betrayed or angry at not "being warned" somebody they didn't like was "in there". Well the warning's in the post, I didn't lie about the content.

[adiosterror]

YOU KNOW WHAT i have no shame this is MY blog and I get to decide what i post about

Speaking of newer f/os from the request of dearest mootie milo, y'all will be sooo disappointed in the new arrivals hehe,, rubs my hands together

It is with great sorrow that I announce to you.. that BFDI is awesome actually

At the time of posting this I've watched bfdi, first half of bfdia, bfb (PPEEEAAAKK) and up to tpot 10

And this... this THING

He is so cute oh my word

I should've known I was doomed when I started making ocs but I am fighting this off as an interest like crazy

A friend I had a falling out with like.. three years ago now? Had a trigger to object shows, so since that was my only exposure to them, I just disliked them and refused to engage since

Then a current buddy pulled me aside and was essentially like 'dude.. this is my whole childhood, you need to watch this just humor me' so I agreed and now i'm hooked on it

Atm i have two ocs but I only have references of one, i just havent drawn by other one digitally yet

Yeah this is all I have for now I fear,, there's other characters I'm considering f/o'ing like scag from regretevator but idk yet, regretevator doesn't have many characters with a personality type that clicks with me that way

Why four does?? I can't answer that bro I have no clue,, just like, with me if you place bets on the table for me having a crush on the most popular character, you're most likely taking home the jackpot,, i'm very predictable hehe

Ohhh actually i wanna make another post about my ocs im working on!! I've made a lot for a ton of different fandoms (like.. 3 im just being dramatic) and i'd LOVE to share them!! Bye friends }:)

Expect bfdi posting now I guess,, sigh,, I can't believe it either

[ssreeder]

I started reading this like 4 days ago, time has blurred together. I have not slept over 5 and a half hours of sleep in that time, I had to get up at 6 for something and was going 'just one more chapter' several times until it was 2am. The only thing that I can think about is LIAB, I am quickly losing my sanity to Zukka and the prison camp. I came here for a fun time, a good time and the sheer amount of angst that I had heard this had. And, I was certainly not lied to.

I am the type of person to read hard core angst. Impaling, torture , doesn't even phase me anymore (bit concerning but ignore that), I have taken to the blank word document to get that sinking, queasy feeling when the angst gets really hard core. First few chapters of this had me captivated and then Zuko came into it, *Chefs kiss*

I can't read long fics because I don't have the attention span, but for this I make an exception, also if you read it all in like 4 days the attention span doesn't have time to run out! I am on the 3 part, chapter 2 and I actively plan to binge read it tonight. Do I have school in the morning? Yes. Am I still going to stay up until 1 in the morning reading this and make up for my lack of sleep with caffeine? Also yes.

I really hope that Jet dies in this, I hope that he has a really anti-climatic death as well, like he falls off a slightly too high ledge. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE gets to separate MY GAYS LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE JUST HAD TO TELL FONG THAT ZUKO WAS AT THE BLOODY CAMP!

and the Forest Lesbians, may they live forever in the local folk lore about two witches that lived the forest and used the power of being gay to cure people.

thank you for writing this, it has really made me happy reading this even though my favourite gays are getting traumatised (more traumatised than usual for Zuko). I have only been reading this, my friends are concerned about me since I don't think I have willingly left the house in... *looks down at fingers, realises I don't have enough fingers to count this* umm... too long!

*holds your hands* how are you doing friend??

your ask had me both nervous and excited haha & the greatest thing about responding to this a few days late is that you’ve probably finished it by now haha. I feel sorry for your sleep schedule but I also don’t feel bad haha <3

I’m glad LIAB met your expectations in the angst, it’s probably one of the more angsty/ darker zukka fics & it’s probably going to get worse lol. (Not for zukka specifically, everyone gets to join this time) But you’ll see… if I can hold your attention until the end haha.

as for your Jet thoughts I’m sure you found out what happened to him by now ;) <3

thanks for this amazing ask seriously you’re great & you deserve to get yourself a treat for taking the time to send me this haha YOURE AWESOMEEEEEE

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

writing update: it only took six chapters, but i'm finally going to go through the tags on THD and figure out what i need to update! (also shoutout to the post i saw a while back where the op mentioned that they compile a list of tags as they're writing. it's obvious in hindsight but it lowkey blew my mind that you can do that ahead of time instead of just figuring it out when you go to post the fic)

[somelazyassartist]

Some assorted doodles I did of Hallows from session 2 of the Infinite Dungeon campaign, currently working on some session 3 doodles lol. There WILL be more bc we are hopefully having session 4 tomorrow and I am very very very very excited bc last time was SO much fun!!! (Also not sure how comfy my other party members are with me posting their characters so I'm sticking with the Hallows only ones for now just in case lol!!)

[weirdstrangeandawful]

Whumpee who, for all intents and purposes, is of the same cultural background as Caretaker despite not looking it. Only, one time Whumpee gets sick and nothing seems to make them feel better. Caretaker knows this will be a long road to physical recovery but they'll be damned if there's nothing they can do to help them feel better, so they do what anyone would do: they ransack Whumpee's cupboards looking for comfort food.

And there, crumpled at the back of a well-used cupboard, crinkled from years of use and love, Caretaker finds a recipe. They don't recognise the word at the top of the page and there are ingredients they have to look up and play find and seek for in the cupboards (or, god forbid, the grocery store), but they persevere.

When they finally hand Whumpee what even Caretaker would admit looks like the perfect comfort food/drink [or it could look terrible by all accounts -- your choice], they can't help help but think they saw just a slight smile tug on Whumpee's fever-chapped lips and an albeit-muted twinkle return to their shark-like delirious eyes.

And so Caretaker pads softly down to the kitchen and quietly snaps a photo of the recipe.

Inspired by @allthewhumpygoodness' amazing fever posts <3

Casai recipe under the cut for good measure

[accal1a]

Excellent tag from @theviscosity

I just saw a story on AO3 tagged "pet p!ay"

TIK TOK MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE IT DESTROYS LANGUAGE

[ineffabeatlemindpalace]

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[mzannthropy]

You guys put original works on AO3?

[temporaltourguide]

now to crop all of these and be unable to post most of them today

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

"guys I do not condone any of this in real life" "this is fiction" "consent is key. this is only fiction" "murder is bad irl" — I wish fanfic authors didn't feel like they had to clarify this in author's notes or else they might be accused of being abusers or worse (I admit that such disclaimers are also something I personally use for my own stuff because I feel like I had to make it clear). like... people used to not care if an author wrote dead dove fics because people used to understand that ao3 fics are not a reflection of someone's in real life views or morality in any way. people used to understand that fanfics mean what they mean; fan fiction. none of it is real. maybe it's purity culture that normalizes witch hunt and censorship in the past couple years, and therefore authors feel like they have to clarify that just because they write about violence or noncon stuff doesn't mean they're murderers or sex offenders in real life. and I think it sucks that these things (purity and cancel culture?) have made authors feel like they have to apologize for the art they created instead of being proud of their hard work and all the dedication they put into creating these art. artists should not have to feel like they have to apologize for creating art that isn't all rainbow and sunshine. artists should not have to be made to feel ashamed of their own art if it's not all rainbow and sunshine.

I don’t agree with the “you can write noncon and dark fics as long as you make sure your readers get the message that these things are bad” or “you can write noncon and dark fics if it’s your way of coping with your trauma” take either. because writers do not owe you anything. the message writers want to send to their readers — whatever that message may be, if there’s any message or moral of the story for readers to take from the stories at all — is none of your business. why writers write what they write is none of your business. remember “don’t like don’t read”. no one forces you to read anything you don’t like. dark and noncon fics are a form of creative writing and creative writing is a form of art. you can’t pressure artists into creating art that “fit your moral compass” nor can you apply your own moral compass to artists to determine if they can create dark art or not, if their reasoning behind creating dark art passes your moral compass. like… what artists create and why artists create are none of your business. and you don’t get to shame artists for creating art that you hate / art that disgusts you. what you can do is ignore the art because it clearly was not made for you and that’s okay. what isn’t okay is you harassing artists because you don’t like the things they created.

writers, embrace and be proud of your works. as long as all the trigger warnings are tagged properly, you have nothing to apologize for.

[neriyon]

Me: ohhhhh Blade's new outfit is so cute~ Wonder if anyone's done fanart yet? I should go check the tag and see!

Tag: *everyone talking about how traumatizing the current event story is*

Me who has yet to check all available story scenes: uhhhhhh.....

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

I'm not sure fandom babies understand how much info they generally get on fics on AO3. Especially the ones who complain about certain kinds of content. TIME WAS YOU COULD NEVER KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE SHIT YOU DIDN'T LIKE IN FICS.

Like, okay, take this header from a fic I loved in LotR fandom back in 2002, on the LotR forum/website I preferred:

That provides... essentially no info on what's actually in the fic, y'know? It's 6 chapters and appears to mostly be about Frodo and Pippin, and it's rated G, but other than that, take a risk, right?

Or take this header on Livejournal for a fic I posted in 2008:

This was actually an extremely in-depth fic header at the time. There were a lot of people who didn't bother adding notes, word counts, or even characters of focus. "Warnings" was an optional entry, and I only bothered adding it bc the fic had significant spoilers for an episode that had aired recently. There are other things I'd tag on it now, but those weren't "tagged" at the time by most people.

I'd show off an FF.net header but I can't actually get the site to load tonight.

Like, it was controversial that a fic challenge community I was in on LJ in '07 or so took down a fic someone submitted because they didn't warn for sexual assault. Because we had no rule about being required to warn.

And some of y'all bitch that AO3 allows thoroughly-tagged content that you can easily avoid and not accidentally read, and if you accidentally read it bc it's not tagged, you can REPORT it????

Nah. Fuck that and fuck you. AO3 should not censor content posted to it, but I have not seen a fic in YEARS that doesn't have more info about the content of a 100 word drabble than I would've ever given for a 4k word fic back in the day. Not because I specifically had bad habits, but because WE DID NOT PROVIDE THAT INFO AT THAT TIME.

Sorry just. I saw something earlier today being critical of AO3 and just. Y'all don't understand how good you have it. You really really don't. And on the one hand I'm glad that you always had this quality of tagging, but on the other fuck you for acting like it's not fabulously thorough for asking if there's common triggers in it.