#ff net

[puraiuddo]

FanFiction.net is not gone.

Right now it's a victim of DNS (Domain Name Service) spoofing. This means that a malicious party is trying to steal traffic from FFn by purchasing a very similar domain.

Correction:

The new "fake" site that people are seeing still belongs to FanFiction.net—they just misconfigured their servers and are not redirecting traffic from the bare fanfiction.net to the main site at www.fanfiction.net. There is likely no malicious agent. Didn't mean to scare anyone! Just wanted to let people know the site wasn't deleted!

So if you want to read fanfiction and not see leaves, you have have to type out "www.fanfiction.net".

Please share so people stop panicking.

[inezrable]

COMMENT ON FANFICTION!!!!! I'M AN AO3 AUTHOR, AND COMMENTS ARE MY LIFEBLOOD. When I get a comment, it make my entire week. Because that's roughly how often I get them: Once a week. If I'm lucky. I comment a lot on other people's fics, so most of my inbox notifs are 'thank you's from authors (which i also appreciate) which just go to show how much comments are wanted. You can even just leave a heart emoji or a "very nice". Or, you can write three paragraphs about how you would replace your lungs with this fic, several lines you like from it, and all your thoughts about our work. If you enjoyed a fic, leave kudos, AND a comment. I DONT CARE HOW OLD THE FIC IS.

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

Question- why do I never see anyone mention fanfiction.net on here? It’s as if some people think that AO3 is the only valid place to put your fanfic. I actually have more fanfic on ff.net than I do on AO3, because that was the main fic archive when I was writing Gilmore Girls fic and some other fandoms around the same time, and I never moved them to AO3.

[billowingangel]

It seems fanfiction.net has a lot of like bots? Or scams? I keep getting comments like "hey I like your story and I'll make a comic based on it"

[mywitchcultblr]

I think obsessing over your fanfic engagement THIS much is unhealthy

This author having a 'comment milestone goal' is just weird?? And will only update if a chapter has 100 comment?? Like why are you imposing such a strict standard to yourself and your readers? Why so obsessed over the numbers and graphic chart?

You are not a youtuber who try to make ends meet, you are writing a fanfic... Now I understand feeling discouraged if your story is not doing well. But this author's story is very popular and at the end of the day what's matter wen it comes to fanfic writing is: Fun

I think this is what the algorithmic based and popularity obsessed modern internet has brought upon fandom: Anxiety, FOMO, stress, and tying your self worth to engagement. I know obsessing over number is always been a thing but I think it has gotten worse in recent years. TDLR: Author held story hostage/guilt trip readers and wont update unless they got 50/100 comments per chapter

I mean they can do whatever with their fanfic but I think stressing over comment that much is not healthy, also they could have handled it better. Their grievances over plagiarism is valid tho

[evilwickedme]

Do you ever read a fic that makes you really sad but not in a “wow that story was heartbreaking” way but in a “wow this person hates the character I relate to on a personal level” way because that just happened to me and now I’m sad lol

The short answer is: oh yeah

Long answer is I've been reading fic since the era of character bashing. I feel like this has mostly gone out of fashion as a standardized thing that warrants a warning or a tag, but back in my Harry Potter fic days esp back on ff net you would be scrolling through your selected tag and a fic would be like, more preoccupied with shitting on a character you love (usually the canon love interest) than actually dealing with the ship you want to be reading. I have a pretty good theory as to why it was happening at the time - shipping and fic as a whole wasn't nearly as accepted, and so if you were to deviate from canon, ESPECIALLY if you were writing something that isn't heterosexual, you need to bash the canon love interest to "excuse" your non canon ship.

The place I personally still see this the most is in marvel comics fic for some reason? Although it no longer is limited to shitting on canon love interests, and often takes shots at other popular ships. Like I'll be reading a spideypool fic and they'll either be shitting on Cable as an abusive ex, or I'll be reading a spideydevil fic and Johnny Storm will be a clingy mess causing problems for both of them, and meanwhile mattfoggy fics will often bash Elektra or (in fic for the show specifically) Marci, etc etc. The difference is this will no longer get tagged as character bashing, because the practice has fallen out of popularity, which is unfortunate because you can't prepare yourself for it. I personally tagged my recent spideybpool tag warning that this fic wasn't nice about Harry Osborn because I wanted to use him as the Green Goblin for the dramatic twist, but I feel like I'm the exception for plotty fics nowadays.

The thing is while this is a perfectly sound explanation for some character bashing, I also have to admit that sometimes people just... Don't like a character and let that influence their work. There's historically a lot of sexism and racism in fandom, so that's often a factor, but also people have personal preferences and that's okay! The main problem is just that people no longer feel obligated to tag for it. They'll write a character as an abusive because that's their genuine reading of the text, but they won't think to warn audiences that that's the kind of content they're walking into. And the thing is except for bashing, we have high expectations of trigger and content warnings nowadays! Whereas on ff.net you'd click on a fic and essentially have no idea what you were going to end up reading, nowadays most ao3 fics will have extremely thorough content warnings in the tags and if they forget something the comments will literally tell the author to add that warning (I have no idea what wattpad is like don't ask or tell me). I wish that character bashing tags or at least freeform tags warning for a certain character being more villainous than in canon would come back into fashion, but unfortunately it's not and we just have to deal with it, which sucks.

Anyway, like I said above, in short: yep.

[mywitchcultblr]

FF net cannot be reached for me :/

So as of the date I'm writing this ask, the only way to be able to access fanfiction.net at all is to alter your host file on your computer to tell your computer that this specific IP address is what you are wanting to use for fanfiction.net. I saw some saying the address is up for sale on GoDaddy.

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Wait, really?

[crewdlydrawn]

Love rewatching this series now, when I no longer shame myself—Shipper-goggles or whatever you wanna call it, this is a doozy of a line, Hiei. 👀

[deetsithink]

no because i dont think you understand the absolute god maydayparade8123 is to pjo fanfiction

[queerdiazs]

you go to twitter and see buddies and bucktommies arguing, and then you come here and see buddies and bucktommies arguing. homophobia and misogyny is somehow worse now that buck has a boyfriend than it was before. younger queers are forgetting tommy was enlisted during the don’t ask don’t tell era because they don’t learn our history. there’s weird amounts of eddie hate all over the place? lots of kink shaming too even though daddy kink is arguably one of the most vanilla kinks. people have lose friendships over this shit and it’s like??? our fav show got dropped from its original station, picked up by another, and is now like the number one show in the world. we got a confirmed 8th season before we were halfway through s7. we’re seeing our fav characters fuck up and grow, come out as queer and be proud about it later in life. and we’re fighting over ships?? SHIPS? jesus christ. this is like the voltron fandom and i wasn’t even there !!!

[batcavescolony]

Us while ao3 is down for 10hrs

[seasononesam]

how """"am""""" I?

[manchesterau]

nord - a fan fiction by dan howell

[beca-mitchell]

fics taste better when you read them on your phone

[recurring-polynya]

Hi! I want to start off with saying I love your blog and it was this blog that introduced me to a new side of the Bleach fandom, so I owe you a huge thanks for that. My question pretains to when you mentioned that you read a lot of fics where Byakuya was there when his father died in the lines of duty, and I was wondering if you could recommend those fics and any other byakuya centric ones.

You're very welcome! I am always excited see new people in the fandom, especially here on Tumblr.

I want to preface this with saying that I have kind of a complicated relationship with Byakuya. He is an interesting, complex character and I like to read fanfic about him, but I hesitate to call myself a fan. I'm mostly interested in his character as it stands in relation to Rukia and Renji. I like stories where he is shitty and causes problems. I like reading about the long, horrible history of the Kuchiki clan, and how much it screws a person up to be raised in that mess. I also just like stories that make fun of him a bit. He's a deeply strange person, and I love his weird, dry sense of humor. Byakuya-shipping usually falls flat for me: I think he's mostly ace, except for the time he fell in love with his wife, and even then, I only really like Byahisa stories where the author has done something creative with who she is and I also need her to drag his ass a little. I would swipe left on him. So, anyway, take these recommendations (and the absence of ones I have missed) with that grain of salt.

The fanfic I was specifically referring to regarding Soujun dying after a mission he and Byakuya were on together was the Rise & Ruin series by @afinepiece, specifically part 2, An Education. It's a...little-bit-AUish precanon fic where Hisana is a thief who ends up getting tangled up in the Kuchiki family after she attempts to steal a painting from them. If you're looking for Byakuya fanfic, AFP is always going to be my first recommendation, especially her Thin Red Line series. Her works are always sprawling and genre-defying, but beautifully crafted. They've got noble/family drama, intricate world-building detail, and great character writing. The Kuchiki family deserves epics, and that is what AFP is out here doing.

Funnily enough, my other favorite ByaHisa writer is all the way at the other end of the writing spectrum. @thegreenfaery. She works in the AU space, and if you enjoy Byakuya Going Thru It but also being in love with his beautiful wife. I'm biased, because she wrote it for me, but The Wedding Party is my fave of her works (80's/everyone's human AU where Hisana has to rent out part of Byakuya's house for her little sister's dirtbag wedding).

If you like Byakuya in his gothic horror era, please read dogviolet by @renjirukia. It's a closer examination of some canon between-scenes during Byakuya and Rukia's Bad Times period.

I think @lucymonster is one of the best Byakuya character writers out there, and Metaesthesia is one of the best fanfics I've ever read. It's a Byakuya - Renji bodyswap, but not in a fun way. You should really only read it if you're in the mood to have your heart kicked down the stairs. I also really like Sticks and Stones and Building Bridges. Note: Most of her works are ByaRen (these are not, at least not explicitly). That's not a ship I am normally fond of, but I get, like 3 weird days a year where I can read it.

Speaking of ByaRen, if you are into it, the other ByaRen writer I like a lot is @grizmelder, who is also a very nice person. I particularly enjoyed Heart Tangled, which is a historical AU set at the end of the samurai era, where Renji is Byakuya's bodyguard.

I was just talking about Lull the other day, but it's a lovely little fanfic by Branch about the relationship between Byakuya and Rukia and sometimes Renji. It's an older fanfic and breaks off from canon after the Soul Society arc, so you can think of it as sort of an alternate idea for how Soul Society rebuilds after Aizen's betrayal.

The Journal of Kuchiki Byakuya by @saranel is a great little fic in the form of young Byakuya writing diary entries about his life, in particular, his dealings with Yoruichi and Urahara. It's really cute in general, but in particular, I love the way it portrays Byakuya's interest in photography.

I also have a soft spot for Breaking to Bridle by Vivienne Grainger, which is about how Byakuya sees Renji, both as lieutenant and eventually as suitor for his sister.

I guess I would be remiss if I didn't mention my favorite crack Byakuya fic, which is Become a Ghost by @hardlyfatal. Orihime dies and goes to Soul Society and becomes a therapist and falls in love with Byakuya. It's pretty silly but also a lot of fun, and it's chock full of Byakuya being Byakuya.

I hope you find something you like in there! Like I said, I am not the world's best Byakuya fan (probably in the top ten worst Byakuya fans tbh) but these are some that I have enjoyed and have stuck with me!

[szynkaaa]

I hope yall know that I am working on a DO/SWO x OC fanfic now, featuring my OC Oz

this is how down bad I am for the monkey king.

Shameless plugging in my AO3 account, will be posting my fic here on tumblr and also over at AO3