#feel free to dm me if you want genre specific recs

[strinak]

so my suggested approach is gonna be pretty amazon-centric, just because they are literally the easiest example. I have kindle unlimited (because my bible belt library system does not exactly overflow with m/m romances), but your particular niche may pair great with a libby subscription. or scribd is fine if you read primarily on a phone/tablet.

you said you know what genres you like. look up any book from that genre on amazon and scroll down to the product details -> sales rank.

just about every book will be ranked on three bestseller lists. once you navigate to one of those lists, you'll be able to see the top 100 of that niche. some of these lists suck, because they're fed bad data*, but they are a great jumping off point.

it sounds like mostly your problem is decision paralysis, so I would make my goal Try a Bunch of Different Stuff and use low/no-cost memberships to lower initial investment in specific particular options.

it feels a lot harder to pay for an individual book you might not like than to throw it on a pile of 20 you're "checking out" at once. and it's a lot easier to quit a book you're not clicking with if you're not also worried about having wasted your money.

you might also benefit from doing something like a reading challenge or readathon. in 2016 I committed to reading more published fiction and tracked all my books with the annual goodreads challenge. or Dewey's 24hr Readathon is coming up in October (I participate twice a year). you get the community of a book club without being stuck reading one particular book, and can often get recs from other readers.

*bad data = sometimes authors in popular genres will shelve books in less popular genres because it's easier to hit the top 100 that way. or some lists like transgender romance are 90% erotica and only 10% romance novels because amazon is weird about erotica so people won't advertise it as such.

I'm 100% certain you've been asked before, but as someone who was big into popular YA as a teenager (think Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, Mortal Instruments, etc), and wants to branch into proper adult fiction now that I'm reading more again, where do I even start with that??? Like, I know what genres I generally like, but I don't know where to even begin. There's so much out there it feels impossible

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I don't think I have been asked precisely this.

TBH, as a kiddo, I first branched out into mystery rather than fantasy, and I've read a lot more mystery overall.

(People often start with the golden age "Queens of Crime" Christie, Marsh, Sayers, and Allingham or with whomever is big that year, which in my case was often Tony Hillerman.)

If what you're reading is essentially urban fantasy, I guess you could start with that genre. I used to love the early Anita Blake books before that series went off the rails and ruined Edward. I think a lot of what's out there now is more Paranormal Romance than the more mystery/detective-focused plots I liked, but I'm sure there's plenty either way. There's also a lot of indie/self-published original m/m that's... like... a werewolf and a guy afraid of werewolves become FBI partners or whathaveyou. (That being the Big Bad Wolf Series by Charlie Adhara.)

When I was buying more books, I generally just went to the bookstore and browsed the blurbs on the backs of things until one looked good.

[bloopitynoot]

8 WangXian Mafia/Crime Au's

This list is for @yiling-laozu-is-loml but open to all please enjoy! If you want a specific Wangxian rec list - feel free to DM me, I would love to put one together for you!

NOTE: All of my lists are created using tried and true fics; I've read and loved them all! Request asks for this list:

Wangxian focus

bottomxian ONLY if applicable

if applicable (I don't think it has appeared in this fic at all) no yin iron plot- book canon only

Define mafia/crime aus: this includes anything in which they are apart of a mafia, gang, underground crime group, are assassins', spies, OR are targets/affected by one of the above categories.

CW: being the genre it is some of these fics get pretty dark/gory/and of course often feature Wangxian's canonical CNC- please heed the tags!

The list:

1 Shooting suns to get to you (3,368 words) by 2501987

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Mature Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Gangsters, Alternate universe - Mafia, Blood and Gore, Murder Husbands, Kidnapping, Gangs, Romance, Inappropriate Humor, Dubious Morality, Murder Family, Hurt/Comfort, Introspection, Aftermath of Violence, Not Beta Read, Don't Like Don't Read Series: Part 1 of You & Me Baby, We'll Eclipse the Sun Summary: it had been two minutes. Two fucking minutes.

NOTES: This fic says it's only just under 4000 works but trust me, all parts combine make a banger of a 130ishK story. This universe is a very dark ganster au featuring loads of freak4freak wangxian but also a decent plot! If you want a long and wild ride, this one is for you.

2 For good (6066 words) by apathyinreverie

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Mature Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, mafia, everyone is a little darker, lxc really needs to practice those people skills, general warning for JGS, Domestic Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Praise Kink, Simp Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, BAMF Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian Series: Part 20 of Wangxian collection, Part 13 of MDZS oneshots Summary: Wangji should have seen this coming. (Kind of mafia AU. Where the Jins are their usual treacherous selves but Wei Ying is perfectly capable of getting revenge. Which they absolutely deserve. For having made his Lan Zhan so much as frown.)

NOTES: A solid little BAMF WY, I love a good fic in which the Yiling Laozu is his absolutely debauched self. Bonus that he basically single handedly saves the Lans. Extra bonus for murder husband duo :'3 I just wish there was more set in this universe!

3 Rules, Rules, Fools (91487 Words) by 2501987

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence Additional Tags: Alternate Universe,Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Gangsters, Alternate Universe - Gang World, Alternate Universe - Bodyguard, Violence, Gang Violence, Blood and Gore, A - Freeform, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Pining Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Mutual Pining, Protective Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Angst and Feels, Obsessive Behavior, Harassment, Denial of Feelings, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Sexual Harassment, Non-Consensual Touching, Explicit Sexual Content, Deepthroating, Somnophilia, Wall Sex, Face-Fucking, Not Beta Read, Don't Like Don't Read Summary: This was a request developed for SiennaAlessi. Inspired by the lines:“And baby, for you, I would fall from grace, just to touch your face.” (Don’t Blame Me, by Taylor Swift). Lan Wangji is personal bodyguard to Wei Wuxian (mafia kingpin), and they are pining for one another. LWJ is a stickler to the rules and doesn't make a move on WWX out of professional protocol/dumbassery. WWX pines unhappily, constantly tries to rile the other up or gain his attention in every unhealthy way possible - doesn't look after himself, drinks himself stupid, flirts with other men to make him jealous - anything to make LWJ admit they belong together. Someone else enters the game, before managing to threaten WWX's life, forcing LWJ to lose his shit and throw protocol out the window.

NOTES: Another fantastic mafia/gang/crime au by 2501987. This one features a rule abiding body guard LWJ and the Yiling Patriarch and resident baddy WWX. This fic includes SO MUCH pining but LWJ is a PROFESIONAL (mostly) and would NEVER (he absolutely does) hit on his employer. Meanwhile WWX does everything in his power to make LWJ break. Solid fic, I love their flirtations.

4 Baby, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (177680 words) by TriviasFolly

Chapters: 30/30 Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Omegaverse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Verse, Alpha Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Omega Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Omega Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui, Alternate universe - Mafia, Alternate Universe - Crime, Alternate Universe - Clans, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Sects are Clans, Feral Wei Wuxian, Feral Omegas, once again making WWX a feral murdering machine, Nurse Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Dark Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Dark Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Possessive Behavior, Possessive Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian plays with his fem side, feminine Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, wwx's cannon desire to be a sugar baby/trophy wife, Breeding Kink, Mpreg, wwx tries to use lwj but catches feels, and lwj knew what he was doing all along, wwx posing as mo xuanyu, wwx 'secret' identity, meandering self indulgent plot, no seriously it goes where ever the vibes take me, No beta we die like wwx, WWX and LWJ have dating histories Summary: For thirteen years, Wei Wuxian had been cautious. He hadn't done anything that could risk his new identify as Mo Xuanyu. He'd distanced himself from anything that had to do with the Clans he grew up with. Only for one coworker's sick kid to cause his past to come hurtling back at him. His past, of course, is named Lan Wangji. And this time, he won't let Wei Wuxian go.

NOTES: This fic was so good! Mind the tags though my dudes, there is so much in this fic that can be a squick. It's got a solid plotline, A/B/O dynamics, gangs/clans, and so much plotting and scheming! Can our bby boy Wei Ying catch a break? Maybe!? Anyways a fantastic longform crime au but again, i cannot stress this enough, mind the tags.

5 Game Night (46683 words) by Hobbsy3

Chapters: 12/12 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Implied/Referenced Torture, Witness Protection, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Dark Comedy, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Protective Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Protective Jiang Yanli, Protective Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Actually protective everyone they're all pissed, Being Actually kidnapped during your fake kidnapping murder mystery party, Fusion with the movie 'Game Night', Mentioned Junior Quartet (Modao Zushi), They show up here and there but they're six years old, TGCF cameos if you squint, The Wen siblings do show up I promise, Just in a little while Summary: It was supposed to be a game - a fun challenge for Jiang Cheng's birthday, solving riddles and clues to 'save' Wei Wuxian from a gang of kidnappers. But things go dangerously wrong, and instead of a group of actors, Wei Wuxian is abducted by merciless men working for the most dangerous crime lord in the country. If his family cannot find a way to save him for real, the night may well end in murder… A loose fusion with the movie Game Night

NOTES: I LOVE this author so much, one of my all time fav WangXian Au writers. This author does such a good job of setting and describing a scene and then making you feel too many things. This is less directly Wangxian in the crime/gang au and more so them (read: WY) being affected by the AU. Truly when the murder mystery game night is TOO damn real.

6 Across the street to another life (99065 words) by danegen

Chapters: 13/13 Rating: Mature Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, unleashed au, Family Fluff, Set in America, Hurt/Comfort, Past Child Abuse, Addiction, Crime, Amnesia, Ableist Language, another fridged mother, POV Alternating, past wwx/ofc, past wwx/omc, Medium parent Yu Ziyuan, A-Yuan is wwx's biological son, Musicians, Happy Ending Series: Part 1 of Over the rainbow Summary: Wangji stays on the piano bench as they’re closing up. Wei Ying chews his lip, knowing what he’s going to do but horrified at himself. But what’s the alternative: kick the guy out and find him sleeping beside the dumpster in the morning? And that’s if the cops don’t take him in for vagrancy. “Wangji?” Wangji looks up. Please don’t be a serial killer. “So, we’re closing up for the night, but A-Yuan and I live upstairs. Do you want to join us for dinner?” Wangji blinks. His head bobs in what’s probably a yes. “Great!”   Fuck.   Or a ragged monosyllabic man wearing a collar shows up at Wei Ying's music store. Wei Ying and A-Yuan ask, is anyone going to adopt this guy? And then they don't wait for an answer.

NOTES: Okay, buckle up. Full disclosure your boy Wangji is Not Okay in this fic. Steer clear if descriptions of child abuse, torture, grooming bother you (they should be tagged honestly, even though it is a past mention, it was still so painful to read). This fic does have a happy ending but there is a ton of angst in it. This is another not quite Wangxian in the gang but rather linked/affected by the gang/mob.

7 Refuge (5281 words) by Leahelisabeth

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Not Rated Additional Tags: Accidental Baby Acquisition, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Jin Rusong Lives, Single Parent Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, mafia, Sort of anyway, Fluff, Koi tower is destroyed, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Summary: A wet, bedraggled creature in black practically tumbled through the doorway, leaving puddles of dirty water in Lan Wangji’s recently mopped entryway. The creature threw back its hood to reveal itself. “Wei Ying?” Lan Wangji asked, incredulous. “I didn’t know where else to go,” Wei Wuxian said as he crumpled to the floor. After being gone for years, Wei Wuxian reappears on Lan Wangji's doorstep, and he's not alone.

NOTES: A shorter fic that is a child acquisition fic but also an impacted by the gang (sort of and loosely) fic. I love a solid "Lan Zhan is not the step father but the father who stepped up" plotline. Any fic in which Lan Zhan see's WY with a child and is like "I must keep and protect both of them" is my absolute favourite. Anyways this is basically a bunch of fluff.

8 Target Acquired (A Family) (11712 words) by relenafanel

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Additional Tags: Assassins & Hitmen, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Cultivation Sect Politics (Modao Zushi), Accidental Baby Acquisition, Acquired family, Yiling Laozu Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, BAMF Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, BAMF Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji, Canon-Typical Violence, Family Feels, Disguise, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian Wears a Dress, i can't believe that was a tag, Domestic Fluff, Comedy Summary: Wei Wuxian has been on his own for months. It’s easier to pull off surprise assassinations against the sect that destroyed the Jiangs if most people think he’s dead. He doesn’t expect Lan Wangji to join with his own vendetta against the Wen. And he certainly doesn’t expect to acquire A-Yuan in the middle of a job.   WTF do two assassins do with a child? Put him in daycare, of course.   A Buddy Daddies AU.

NOTES: When two assassins acquire a baby- what do they even do?? The answer is coparent, and also fall in love LOL. This is an adorable little fic that I absolutely wish was longer and made into a slowburn because the plot was such a brilliant idea. Two Assassins and a Baby makes a good cleanser between fics.

[stxr-bxy]

hii my name is idunn (pronounced like eden) and i’ve had this account for about a year so i thought i should share some stuff about me!

hi everyone, i go by she/they pronouns, i’m genderfluid(i think?) and idk my sexuality but i’m queer

i love alternative music, some of my favorite genres are punk (specifically riot grrrl and punk rock) , shoegaze, grunge, nu metal, and hyperpop/scenecore!

some of my favorite artists are mitski, nirvana, hole, deftones, and lana del rey. i also love the runaways, siouxsie and the banshees, any band with kathleen hanna (bikini kill, le tigre, the julie ruin) or kat bjelland (babes in toyland, katastrophy wife, crunt), and i also love fiona apple.

i play electric bass (i’m a beginner though) and i plan to learn guitar soon (i’m a lefty so i need to get the strings on my moms guitar reversed)

my main fandoms are marauders/hp, stranger things, young royals, thirteen, and the osemanverse/heartstopper. but you may know me from wattpad where i was in the bsc fandom for a while (i’m @1-800-ER1KSSON). you may also know me from tiktok (my parents took my account away) where i made edits of the movie Rebelle.

i’m a huge activist, i’m pro-choice, anti-racist, pro-LGBTQ (obviously), and anti-conservative. i’m still researching political ideology but i consider myself a leftist or liberal.

anyways that’s all i’m gonna talk about! feel free to dm me if you want music recs or my opinions on some fandom things or current social justice issues!

ao3: stxr_bxy

wattpad (pretty much inactive): 1-800-ER1KSSON

pinterest: stxrbxy14

my fics:

nobody’s son, nobody’s daughter (marauders band au, on ao3, i have posts with the link on this acc)

[doomednarrative]

im pretty sure i followed u for proseka ages ago but everytime u post/rb kamen rider stuff i get more and more intrigued.. do u have recs for which installment i should start w if i wanna get into the franchise??

!!1 Oh boy do I always :)

If you want to stick with the Legal route to watch things, your options are the original 1971 series, Kuuga, Ryuki, Zero-One or Geats. All are free to watch on Tubi at no cost and are subbed in English (and if Tubi doesn't work for you then Tokushoutsu, the company that subbed them with the rights to distribution, has their own site to watch as well.)

Out of those options specifically, I would recommend Ryuki. That was my first rider and it holds up as one of the best of the whole franchise to this day, and is a very good entry to show you the genre norms of both Kamen Rider as a series and tokusatsu as a genre. After that I'd say find which of those listed series piques your interest most and go from there. Every series is self contained outside of the seasonal crossover movies (which are always optional) so you can pick whichever you want to watch and you'll be fine :)

Now if you're willing to go the fansub way of watching things, I can recommend other series. (And if you are willing, feel free to dm me and I can pass some links your way, I won't post them publicly so that they don't get taken down.)

Of the series that don't have official English releases but have fansubs, I will ALWAYS recomend OOO. It's a great intro series, it's written by the same writer as Ryuki with amazing lead characters and a well written plot from beginning to end, and ska music for its soundtrack! Seriously if nothing else will convince you to watch OOO please listen to Shu Watanabe (who plays the lead character of Eiji) singing his characters main theme song, it's wonderful :D

Other series outside of those two that I'd recomend based off of personal watching and off of my friends who have seen them are Kabuto, Blade, Wizard and Fourze. But again, if you see any series plot summary that looks like itd be something you'd enjoy, then feel free to try it out. That's the beauty of the franchise tbh you can pick and chose what suits your taste best :)

[acompleteunknown2024]

hi i want to get into watching more indie movies but i’m not entirely sure where to go. was wondering if u had advice in terms of. how to watch indie stuff without just pirating it/recommendations for films/directors/whatever. i love horror but i enjoy basically any genre. hope u have a nice day

hi there! honestly idk how you'd define "indie" but my own knowledge is somewhat mainstream within the realm of people who are "into" movies if i'm being honest so i'm not sure anything i recommend will be truly like underground or all that unknown. and i'm nowhere near as voracious a movie watcher as i used to be. so take this all with a grain of salt.

that being said i can definitely point you in a few directions! if you happen to have access through your university or library then kanopy has been an awesome resource for me in the past (i haven't had access to it in a while so someone please lmk if for whatever reason it's changed?) there was so much on there and just sort of browsing around their collections was wonderful for me when i was first sort of "getting into" movies. if you live anywhere near any sort of smaller movie theaters that might show older or more indie movies then that has also always been lovely for me. something else i've enjoyed doing is looking for recommendations or influences from filmmakers whose work i've enjoyed like their criterion closet videos or interviews or whatever, that's always led me to discover great stuff. i'd also really recommend (if it interests you of course) learning about film history, i personally have taken some intro film analysis/history classes through school which have done a lot for me but surely there are online resources and for doing some learning on your own.

i hope you have a nice day as well :-) feel free to come back (or just dm me if you'd like), if you want more specific recs i'm happy to tell you about some of my favorites! i'd love to know more about what sort of movies you're into or seeking so i can maybe be somewhat more helpful.

[dog-teeth]

do you have a spotify or anything with some playlists to follow? i need new music and the stuff youve posted always slaps. no worries if you don't or aren't comfortable sharing

yeah i have a spotify i don’t often make playlists esp not public ones but there’s a few! this one i guess is a place to start, which i made a while ago for one specific car ride with one specific girl i needed to impress. the other one i think is good is “chill tunes for normal people” which is basically my indie playlist but its mostly just what id play (back when social interactions existed) around people who i didn’t wanna play my weird, somewhat grating music around. but i honestly usually just put my entire library on shuffle, or queue specific songs for my mood.

if you want to DM me i will give you my main blog url where i have an even bigger music tag and post songs more frequently, and also feel free to ask for specific recs for stuff based on genre or something ive posted feel free to DM me :]

[lockedloki]

Rules

[fucking finally zet]

The general rules for requesting:

be specific-ish

I write nsfw and sfw

I can write human!reader,  elf!reader, hobbit!reader, dwarf!reader, maia!reader, cybertronian!reader, or alien!reader

I can do platonic and romantic!

Character x character is also a possibility!

Types of requests I can do:

Headcanons

AU’s

Worldbuilding headcanons

Reactions

Who’s who

Drabbles

One Shots

Would includes

Matchups

Aesthetic (in the form of words/concepts)

Character limit regarding asks:

5 characters for headcanons

3 characters per scenario

7 characters for reactions

Unlimited characters for who’s who

Would includes: 5 characters

*that being said, you can send in more than one ask at a time, but try to limit it to 3 asks

Match ups: give me at least 5 out of this list

MBTI/ spirit animal/ anything that could give me a clear idea of your personality! (these all count separately too)

Sexual and romantic orientation

Gender (if you feel comfortable)

Hobbies

A fear you have

Favourite joke/pun/poem/book/movie/song/etc.

Specify the fandom and/or continuity you want!  You can request up to 3 at a time!

Fandoms I write for:

 Lord of the Rings

 The Hobbit

 The Silmarillion

Marvel*( movies only for now)

Transformers*

*continuities I'll write (for now… I’ll add on as I finish watching the rest)

Prime

Animated

Rescue Bots

Bayverse

IDW/MTMTE

 Taglist

If you wanna be added to my taglist send me an ask or a dm and I’ll add you! You can be tagged for certain characters, pairings, continuities, and/or genres!

Regarding submissions

Feel free to submit your own Headcanons, fics, fic recs, etc etc etc! You can also share them through the ask box if you feel more comfortable doing that

p.s: this was done on desktop so if this looks funky on mobile i’ll fix it

[naomis-library]

welcome to my library !!

this is @dulce-pjm’s rec blog!! mostly for me to organize my favorites and leave them some nicer, more well thought out reviews. i figure this is a good way for me to do so without clogging up people’s dash on my writing blog

current reading mood: hobi hobi hobi

tagging system/notes below!!

general tags

specific member: “member x reader” ↳ex: search “jimin x reader” for jimin fics ↳i pretty much exclusively read bts x reader fics but like i mean if i dabble in other stuff i’ll tag appropriately. i like a good haikyuu scenario when i’m sad ha

genres i tag: “fluff,” “angst,” “crack,” “comfort,” “smut,” etc. ↳(will add to this list if/when needed)

i also will probably tag random details or au’s about the fic to help me find it again, but there won’t be an exact system :)

general warning tag: “mature”

all time favorites: “top shelf”

asking for recs

i LOVE recommending books and fics to people. it’s like a third love language of mine (first are quality time and physical touch, feel free to take notes ;) lol). please feel free to reach out to me for recs on either blog!! whether you want something specific or just general recs, i gotchu !!! all you gotta do is ask

a few notes on trigger warnings

ALL my reblogs will be tagged with trigger warnings (ex: “tw: trigger”) if necessary, but mature content in general will be tagged with “mature.” if you feel i missed a trigger warning, please send a dm/ask/whatever and i’ll fix it! ↳to that end, PLEASE read trigger warnings and note when i flag things as mature!! please don’t assume what i read will be the same maturity level as what i write in my blog. i tend to read all sorts of genres and the last thing i want is someone reading something that makes them uncomfortable. i *hate* when that happens to me so i’ll do as much as i can to protect you guys too !!

genres/subjects i do not read (and therefore will not be found in my recs):  ↳member x member, cheating, pwp (there could be smut in some fics though, tbh i tend to skim if not skip it altogether), a/b/o, fics centering around certain mental health issues, and any inappropriate/illegal relationships (ex: big age gaps). ↳nothing against these au’s or genres (necessarily), they just either aren’t my thing or i find them triggering

that’s it! have fun exploring the library !!~~

[chimchimsauce]

FAQ

Updated 01/07/21

General

What do you write?

On this blog, I write BTS Fanfiction. I do not write for any other group.

Do you take requests?

No, I do not. If you want to request something, head over to @yandere-society and request something with requests are open and I or one of the other admins might pick it up. If you really want me to write something for you, dm me and we can talk about commissions.

What genres do you write?

Anything that interests me. You’ll find fluff, angst, thrillers, yandere, and just about anything else here. Nothing is off-limits if I want to write it. (For more information, scroll down to the triggers section).

Do you write member x member?

Nope, not unless it’s a side pairing.

Do you write member x reader?

Yes! Almost every fic I have is member x female reader, although a few are member x oc.

Do you write male reader?

Nope.

Will you rec me some blogs/fics?

Sure! Check out the posts I reblog for good fics!

Updates and Formatting

When will you update _______ ?

It depends! At this time, I do not have an update schedule for any of my continuing fics. However, oneshots and drabbles will be posted spontaneously with no warning.

Does ______ have a sequel? Is ________ going to be continued?

For the status of any story, check the master list. It’ll answer all your questions on this topic.

___________ is on hold. Will you continue it? When? 

If it’s on hold, it’ll be updated eventually. Glad you like the story but please don’t ask for updates for these fics, they already give me emotional constipation.

Will you add warnings on your fics? Why aren’t there trigger warnings on your stories?

I will not add warnings to my stories. I don’t like warnings so I don’t add them. If this bothers you, feel free to either pass on my writing or message me if you have a specific trigger so I can tell you if the story you’re interested in contains it. 

I don’t like your formatting. I think the tag list is in an inconvenient place. You should add a ‘read more’ link.

This one’s simple. It’s answered here at 0:50.

I wanna be on the tag list!

Awesome! Add yourself here. 

Will ______ be posted on Tumblr forever? Can you let us know?

When I'm writing, I don't know if what I'm working on will be published or just something I do for fun! But keep in mind, my goal is to become a full time author and have my works on shelves all over the world.

Mythomania

What happened to Mytho?

I have pulled Mythomania from all platforms to move on with publishing. It's published and available for purchase online wherever you buy books. 🥰

Why didn't you post the end?

It just so happened that I finished my manuscript before all of the Mytho chapters were posted.

Can I still read Mytho/How do I find out the ending?

Sure! Feel free to buy it and enjoy. Check my bio for links.

Me 

What’s your name?

You can call me Rose!

How old are you?

2176 days younger than my bias.

Who’s your ultimate bias?

Park Jimin!

Bias wrecker?

Jeon Jungkook is the lust of my life. Jk at this point he's my co-bias 😭

When did you start writing?

I started writing when I was four years old and have done it ever since. However, I started writing BTS fanfics in 2017.

Do you stan any other groups?

Yes! I love ITZY a lot! I also listen to other groups like EXO, Red Velvet, Everglow, etc. Feel free to recommend me some songs!

Can I message you? Can we be friends?

Absolutely! 

[fanfictionhopper]

Okay so I think my bad habit is kinda never introducing myself like- in any of the socmeds so- bcs I've embarrassed myself and creeped ppl out in twitter alr, I'm just gonna introduce myself here.

So- I'm a she/her, 22, honestly I would use my usual alias but apparently that name got busted irl and my irl friends call me that sometimes so to avoid any risk, feel free to call me as shura or rozen or hopper, eh. I don't usually stay in one fandom for long bcs of my half-assedness but apparently kuroo manages to rig me here for quite some time now. Let's see how long it'll last.

To take my half-assedness one step further, i'm an half-assed anime lover, lololol. I prefer reading manga to anime, i no longer even follow the recent animes. The last anime i completed was Violet Evergarden and that's it. Ye, I didn't even watch hq, i got roped in here because of kuroo, stayed for like... 200-ish chapters of the manga bcs for him and the rest- i just kinda figure it out by wikis and ppl's fics and posts and ig posts of hq that are starting to fill my explore page. That's why i'm kinda reluctant to join the fandom bcs i do things halfway okay. I don't have a big enough heart to love and adore all the characters but i kinda wish to meet some fellow kuroo simps. /cries/

Most animes I watched and finished, even through mutiple seasons are only stuffs like Mushishi and Aria (amano kozue's) bcs i'm weak to those kind of soft and slice of life stuffs YwY clamp's works are so frickin' ✨ too. I read random manga that catches my eye but i totally love manga like kusuriya no hitorigoto or manga that teaches you random stuffs of life, really. There were also two mangas about bartenders, one was a male bartender while the other was a female and I discovered the term 'bar hopper' where ppl just basically hops from one bar to the other in a night to taste these bars' gin and tonic and that's exactly where i got my inspiration as a reader of fanfictions :)))

I did have favorite bois before but i think it's limited to one per anime- i prefer ootoya in utapri, sebas in black butler, mikazuki in touranbu, i did like izaya before switching to masaomi in drrr, kaito in vocaloid was one of my main bois (i was as obsessed as right now to the point of downloading his music and covers from youtube as audio, wrote one or two of his fic during ff net yo vocaloid was fun times bcs i draw inspiration from songs and their song stories were SO GOOD back then), saru of k project (that boi straight up having THREE kings' power and i got weak spots for pretty bois with messed up pasts YwY saru bby main boi too, straight up wrote his fic with misaki, mikoto and reishi in one chapter lololol), ray in tpn (god i love it so much when norman and emma are baby-ing him dem this boy needs to chill ugh), and now- kuroo :")))) and i love my bois as bottom don't ask why i don't even know myself it's pure torture sometimes especially during sebastian's phase

Bbc's merlin was a wild phase to be in too tho, the fanfics are straight up on all kind of universe and deep plots on varying degrees, fun times

I draw or write or watch anime straight up based on my will and even with the story ideas, i have yet in the mood to write stories so it's mostly just collecting notes in my phone. Kinda leaning more to drawing nowadays. Reading manga / webtoon is an always.

I'm into the isekai genre too but i totally love them when other characters are developed too, kinda like shield hero and my current love, omniscient reader (still can't read their novel tho, i'm not good with novels, i'll patiently wait for the webtoon), solo leveling is no good for me even of my friends' hype, too focused on the MC YwY it's good, ye, but it's preference i guess.

I frequent MRM for yaoi mangas and dem bro i got recs up my sleeves if you ever want some but i'm most definitely into 'black-haired' bottom and most i saved bcs of their fluff and wholesomeness if you're interested- anyways. This is long enough, I'm sorry YwY.

And anyways, I've got AO3 and twitter if y'all interested, same profpic, fanfiction swinger in AO3 and shura_rozen in twitter. I'm not active much bcs i don't know what to post lololol mostly just on these socmeds for fun and discover gorgeous kuroo's art and i intend to make a thread for my favorite fics and pixiv artists so-

Feel free to drop a message or a hi, I'm putting this introduction here bcs i'm not the best at initiating introductions like do i just reply to their posts casually and go from there (bcs ig artists lately are really friendly they reply to story replies) or do i specifically dm ppl but i'm always afraid that i'm imposing on my kuroo simpness. I don't want ppl to hate kuroo bcs they think a kuroo fan (aka me) is toxic- i- but anyways, ye. YwY

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Awesome Con 2017- Day 1

Friday, Day 1: I woke up about an hour later than usual and had a leisurely but efficient breakfast before heading off to the Metro. I began reading Pack Animals (Torchwood #7) by Peter Anghelides on the long ride to the Library of Congress. While walking from the metro station to the LOC building, I passed two women around my age taking photos of a group of people walking across the street, escorted by the police. I have been watching news nonstop for the past two weeks, but I didn’t recognize anyone in the group (and I’ve been watching a lot of news). Looked like it might have been a representative and her congressional aides, but I’ve no clue. Anyway, I got to the Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress Building a little before 11.

The Library of Congress put together a really neat pop-up exhibit only available for a few days, called Library of Awesome. It was filled with parts of the LOC collection, grouped by themes. It was a great reminder that the LOC preserves these parts of culture that are important to fans. The people behind me as we went through the different exhibit rooms were in the most AMAZING Wonder Woman and Black Panther outfits ever. There was also a brave young man in an amazing Fantastic Four outfit. There were so many great comics on display, I couldn’t begin to list them all. But I did take photos of some of my favorites. In one room they had clips from TV shows playing and I walked in just as Buffy was sacrificing herself (feels!), following by a clip of Doctor Who with the Tenth Doctor. It was a surreal to be standing in the largest library in the entire world, watching Buffy and Doctor Who and looking at first appearances of comic book characters in print! There was also a neat letter from Gene Roddenbery to Carl Sagan.

Milestone issues including X-Men #1 from 1963, Fantastic Four #1 from 1961, and Watchmen #1 from 1986   First appearances of Batwoman and Dick Grayson aka Robin! Kyle Jinadu & Northstar get married! Buffy on screen, popular recent media series on display Ralph Ellison collection lends its room to this exhibit Library shop even had some geeky things for purchase… including some March graphic novels

After fully enjoying the exhibit, I went out in search of food. Google said there was a Subway in a nearby building. So I headed to the James Madison Library of Congress Building. I found my way up to the cafeteria on the 6th floor. I wasn’t entirely sure I should be there, among the congressional aides and LOC staff. But the security guard seemed to have no problem with it and a very nice woman in the elevator who worked in the building gave me exact directions there. The view was wonderful, and the sushi was delicious. I read while I ate. I got a little lost trying to find my way back to the elevator, but I made it in the end. Then I headed back to the Metro to get to the Convention Center.

It was strange being back in the Convention Center only a few months after #AWP17. It was all arranged differently–our registration hall had been turned into a cool, dark, moody video gaming center! And our bookfair space was where I knew I needed to head for Awesome Con registration. I already had my badge, so I just picked up a program and headed down three floors to the exhibit hall. I had one mission for Friday: find Andrew Aydin and have him sign my copy of March. But when I got to Q1 in the Artist’s Alley, there was a woman selling lovely jewelry in his space instead. Confused, I checked the program and the signs; no changes there. I ran into a friend and chatted for a bit. Then I checked social media; apparently Mr. Aydin was not going to be able to attend due to a personal matter. Well, darn! But these things happen. Hope his family’s okay.

So I found myself with a few hours of free time before the first panel I wanted to attend. I wandered around the exhibit hall, sticking mostly to the Artist’s Alley and spending much of that time in Pride Alley, which was new to the con this year. It was a nice little LGBTQ+-friendly space with all sorts of things I wanted to buy. I ended up buying way too much fanart and a graphic novel that is just my kind of thing that I can’t wait to read. I stumbled upon Karen Hallion’s exhibit space and bought a few postcards; it was wonderful to meet her and be able to tell her how fantastic her art is, because I’ve loved it for years and have some of it on t-shirts. I also bought an Outlander book necklace with a dragonfly and a Celtic charm on it. I have ZERO free wall space at home, yet I bought at least 10 prints for myself (and a few as gifts). I even bought an original art piece (done by an artist in from South Africa) that was creative and adorable and unintentionally sexy; I NEVER see my favorite kink portrayed in art, let alone fanart, so I absolutely had to buy it. #NoRegrets!

I had some tough choices to make as far as panels. I ended up choosing so that I’d get a good variety and pack in as many as possible (lots of panel times overlapped) while still hitting the evening Stucky one I knew I definitely wanted to attend.

3:30 PM-4:15 PM Nerdiquette/Anerdomy: Geekdom in Theory & Practice A nice way to start out the con, talking about geek culture. We began with Felicia Day’s definition of a geek as someone who dares to love something unconventional and moved on to topics like marketing’s role, the nerd culture stigma, the differences between sports fans and the sorts of fans we are, and if it stops being a subculture if it gets too big. The moderator kept diving into much more critical analysis of it all, including ways of testing geekdom’s coherence. I didn’t follow every philosophical reference he was throwing out there, but I enjoyed it anyway. I found the discussion regarding reactionary exclusionism to be especially interesting, as I’d not considered the idea of geeks feeling the need to covet and protect what we are passionate about and keep it as our own because we were excluded/outsiders.

4:30 PM -5:15 PM YA Literature Today I wish I’d done more prep, because I had two of the presenting authors’ books at home and didn’t bring them! Panelists discussed a lot about the things they like about writing YA (really interesting characters with really interesting problems, can work in any genre, we have all been teenagers but we still wonder who we are) and how to increase diversity in books and creators of books. The best part: they shared info about their own works and shared book recommendations. The worst part: so many good recommendations! I feel like I need to quit my job and just read YA full-time now. For recs & notes from this panel, see my book blog.

5:30 PM-6:15 PM Following Your Bliss: How the Stories We Love Can Help Us Succeed This wasn’t exactly what I’d been looking for. Attending this felt a little like listening to a motivational speaker. Using himself as a case study and tapping heavily into Joeseph Conrad’s “Hero’s Journey,” Russell Walks attempted to inspire us to follow our bliss to find success. “Storytelling is more than just guns and bullets. It’s what we have in here,” he told us, patting his chest above his heart. I was hoping for useful, specific tips rather than inspirational sayings. But I do like the concept that we’re all on our own hero’s journeys and our friends are our goofy, supporting characters. And I can’t disagree with things like “Tell yourself this is what you’re meant to do and don’t give up!”

Afterward, I was going to stick around in the room to attend Whose Roll is it Anyway? (a sort of interactive RPG where the audience controlled the twists and turns instead of the DM), but that was cancelled. This made me shuffle my slots around a bit again. I ended up being able to snag a seat in room 144BC and staying put there for the next three panels! That was both convenient and due to the fact that that room’s programming all aligned with my interests.

6:00 PM-6:45 PM Full Spectrum: Why color in comics matters This panel had a nice balance of identifying current problems and looking at current trends/solutions. I liked the observations that, throughout history, most trendsetters in the comic industry have been indie. I also loved the helpful tip of don’t just yell when there’s something bad, start yelling about the stuff you like! Other discussion topics include: recent reaction to Marvel news (putting out Black Panther trailer then cancelling Black Panther: World Of Wakanda), the difference between making a cast diverse organically and changing characters (reskinning) to make them diverse, how the binging culture changes the way we consume comics (monthly issues vs. TPBs), and how Check Please is an awesome fan-interaction model (it is!). I also loved this comment from one of the panelists (slightly paraphrased because I was writing so quickly) “Lately, people over-complicate things. Just write human beings. Give everyone a chance and diversity automatically comes about.”

7:00 PM-7:45 PM Stop Queerbaiting, It’s Time to Be Brave One of my friends magically appeared beside me just as the panel was about to start, which was a lovely surprise. Another lovely surprise was the panel starting out with a mention of one of my favorite pairings: Wolfcrawler! The panelists were brilliant, passionate, and prepared. But they were also largely preaching to the choir. Sure, an explanation of queerbaiting was a great place to start, and explaining in detail why it’s hurtful, not brave, and insulting was important. But the majority of the presentation consisted of examples and explanations of why it’s horrible. At the very end they did manage to squeeze in a little bit about what we can do (which was mostly, consume the content of the people doing it right). So, by the end of the panel, I mostly felt frustrated and mad at some of those content creators who do this to us.

A few things I wrote down include: are the creators/producers really blind to what they’re doing?, they might think they’re doing something nice for us but they’re not, you shouldn’t have the freedom to jerk us around, we need real bravery from our allies, we deserve better, we’re desperate to see ourselves represented as a living main character, makes being gay into a joke, makes gay into a gimmick, there are no repercussions, you can’t be what you can’t see, Netflix and Chill could be Netflix and Educate. My three favorite quotes from the panel were:

“Prancing is very intimidating to the straights”

Regarding fandoms that have “invisible queers” (creators say that there are totally some queer characters in the world/universe, we just haven’t seen them yet) “SHOW US! Specifically I’m talking to J.J. Abrams about the cute one in the jacket and the cute one that gave him the jacket.”

“Albus Dumbledore is the very definition of a peekaboo queer.”

8:00 PM-8:45 PM Not Without You: Discussions and Reading from the Stucky Anthology This was easily my favorite part of the whole day. First, there was a great conversation about what makes Steve/Bucky so appealing and how each of the panelists fell in love with the pairing. It was interesting to hear that so many of them came to it because of Bucky. Second, panelists that came from all over the world specifically to be on the panel. Third, hearing slash fanfic read out loud by the writers themselves at a general con was amazing. Fourth, amazing Bucky and Cap cosplayers sitting in the front row (sorry, I don’t mean to objectify you, but you were sweet and really helped set the mood for those of us seated behind you). Also, someone mentioned a His Dark Materials AU with Stucky that I now I have to track down. I was able to buy a copy of the absolutely beautiful anthology at the end of the panel. I really wanted to stick around and have all the writers autograph it, but I knew that would take a long time and there was kind of a jumble as we reconvened in the hallway. So I ended up just heading to the next panel.

9:00 PM-9:45 PM Trekoff LIVE! -The NSFW Star Trek Comedy Show!/>I was a few minutes late, but I don’t think I missed much. This is only my second time attending a live taping of a podcast at a con, and this one was much more lively than the first. The game we played as a group was to figure out how to staff a ship of the most fuckable Star Trek villains. The hosts took us through every entry in the Star Trek franchise, pulling up both well-known and obscure villains and having the audience choose between two at a time to determine who was more fuckable. Some were easy choices and others were more difficult. There were also some pretty convincing creative arguments for and against some of the characters. I was surprised to find characters like the Borg Queen and Evil!Hoshi beating a lot of others. I was surprised characters like Q and the three-some of Kor, Koloth, and Kang didn’t go further. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Khan made it pretty far but didn’t ultimately win! Who won? I can’t even remember. You’ll have to track down the episode!

I headed home after a long, tiring day and made more progress on my book. When I had to switch trains, it took almost half an hour for the right color train to arrive. So I did get a lot read but I didn’t get home until nearly midnight (at which point I still had a load of laundry to do before bed).

Awesome Con 2017- Day 1 was originally published on The Fangirl Project