#fanfic writers doing the good work

[coline7373]

On fanfics and all fanworks.

[tea-cat-arts]

I simply think this fandom doesn't give Wei Wuxian enough credit for the various ways in which he saved Lan Wangji

[batwynn]

Sometimes I randomly wonder what some actors think when they find fanfiction featuring their character. Not in the ‘oh nawr it’s PORWN!!?!’ Kind of way, but more in the: ‘huh, so that’s what people got from my acting?’ Or ‘Oh, that’s a different place that story line could have gone.’ Or ‘wait why didn’t we explore this in the show?’ Or ‘He Wouldn’t Fucking Say That.’

[corntired]

Fanfiction is so goated actually

No monetary incentive, just writing in one's free time. Some incentive for like kudos and comments, because who doesn't want to hear that someone else enjoyed what they wrote. Just writing a story that is good and/or enjoyable, no real-life pressure to keep it going because god forbid you and other people are depending on it financially.

Writing a story because you want to write a good story, so you can write what they want the way you want, at a pace that is realistic for you, with exactly the plot pacing you want there to be.

[lowrezbonuslevel]

i can't believe they r roommates

hi guys i don't read much fanfiction but i read my mutual's gijinka fic And They Were Roommates and it was good and you guys should read it, i also thought i should show my appreciation by depicting my favorite moments artistically (i took a few creative liberties okay)

number one the glitter incident:

number two the sparring incident:

and finally number three the parmesan incident:

all gijinka designs by the fic author, @starsh0cked (i did my best lol)

[jacks347]

I have concocted a brilliant mix of Army Dreamers, I Love You Like An Alcoholic, and that one Ei and Yae Miko sound on TikTok of "Eternity is too cruel a fate for you, Ei" to be the background track for the latest fic that jumped into my brain

I don't work tomorrow, I got all night

I'll stop torturing the fans of the fandoms I love when they stop being so fun to break

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

i'm actually pretty far into my Picard-era Voyager reunion fic (about 6k out of.... probably 9k or so) but i'm a bit insecure about it because every other longer fic i've written has been a little more insightful & deeper whereas this feels too surface level for my tastes. like i enjoy writing it. and i'd enjoy it if i was just a reader rather than a writer. it's fun to catch up with these characters and figure out how their relationships have changed and write some banter but idk it's just not clicking the way my other recent published fics have.

[uwudonoodle]

I've been stuck on a particular scene for weeks now. I just figured it out, and it's good! My keyboard has been vibrating under my fingertips for hours ever since. Is this what drugs are like???

[bloodydeanwinchester]

and when i say "typical" and "good" i mean what is the average for you to get written when you aren't having like an off day or something. not what you write on your best day...just like a normal day.

also do you consider yourself to be a fast or slow writer???

[criticalbeauregard]

if i keep not finding what i want in the cr ao3 tag you guys are gonna force my hand into writing something so bad and unreadable

[coline7373]

Pet Peeve:

Fanworks are transformative. Everybody is free to do whatever the hell they want with canon in their fanfic/fanart/ect.

Personally, I like to respect it and see it respected. Mostly XD

The reverse can be fun! As long as it makes sense within the author's story...

So, one of my most massive pet peeve is the over-abundance of Tatooine's things outside of Tatooine in fanwork.

The "specificity" of Tatooine in the story of Star Wars is that it's the ass-end of the galaxy.

You know, when you go to a party and there is this guy who comes from the very, very deep countryside and you ask him where he lives and when he tells you the name of his village, you do "???"

Then he tells you the name of the nearest town, and even then you do "???"

Because it is so remote that no one knows it except for the three persons who live there.

If Jabba lives there, it is not because it's a hot spot. It is because it's so remote, no one will come looking for him there. Or bother.

It's so isolated, the animals, plants and expressions of language native to Tatooine have never gone any further than Tatooine, guaranteed. It's barely somewhat near the McMurdo Space Highway, which is the one running through the Outer Rim.

There is no one in the galaxy outside of Tatooine who eat bantha. The only ones who have, did so because they set foot on Tatooine and caught one. (I hope for them they were faster than the Sand People).

If Dex serves bantha steak in his burgers, it's because Disney serves us Tatooine in all its sauces, because they are not afraid of being illogical in the name of nostalgia-induced profit.

If Anakin says "poodoo" to say shit, a huttese word, it's because he grew up on Tatooine and, during that time, Tatooine was under the authority of the hutts.

So, once again, no one in the gffa is going to use huttese words unless 1. They are part of hutt society/cartel, or 2. They lived (part of) their lives in a region under the authority of said hutts.

When in a fanfic a jedi exclaims "Poodoo!" because the author wants to find a Star Wars-y way to say shit and they only have Anakin's example in mind, it has about the same effect on me as seeing a young WASP woman in a Channel suit exclaiming "Verga!" because she got her Louboutin in dog shit.

My friends, the authentic reaction of two Star Wars characters talking, and one telling the other that he's from Tatooine, is "Where?"

"Oh, you know- Tatooine."

"No, I don't know it."

"It's near Kwen!"

"It's near wha- no. Forget it. What's over there?"

"Sand. Banthas. Slaves too, I suppose. Oh, and one of the hutts Cartel's boss live there!"

"... what?"

[rustic-ghoul]

Nooo no no no I started reading a super cute Human!AU fic that now turning super sad and heartbreaking and oh so real and Crowley has early set dementia now and - no my heart is breaking. I don’t wanna-. But I’m hooked. BUT I know I’m gonna cry yet can’t put it down. Noooooooo 😭

[worrynoodle]

Please help me I am so bad with technology (yes I'm twenty three and am so so bad with technology)

I'm trying to play around with ao3s 'new work' page to get the hang of it, but when I copy and paste Chap 1 into the box, it doesn't keep the formatting at all. I've tried googling, It didn't help ( it could also be my fault, lol).

How do I copy and paste my work I to that box while keeping all my italics and such?! It's over 30k words at this point, and I don't want to do it manually 😳

For context, I'm using a Samsung phone for this, I don't have a laptop. I do have a tablet if that is better. It's also a Samsung. And I've been writing on Google docs (mobile)

Also- follow up question for later: how do I post multiple chapters into one work?

[raininyourblackeyes]

My cousin, a published writer, a well-known poet in my country and a literature professor, for whom I've always been no.1 support ever since her first attempts at writing in high school, told me that I must stop writing as a hobby because that's her thing and since I'm writing fantasy mostly my writing could never have any important artistic value anyways.

[sdvbraindump]

Are my stories good or am I gassing myself up?

Please don't answer I'm just rhetorically asking 🙃

[dennisboobs]

do you guys ever sit and remember that dennis takes a mental health day is an episode that exists