#i hate this fic but im promoing it anyways

[fujobritta]

only now realizing that i forgot to post this here ... whoops . post breaking brad baksbee fic for your reading displeasure . can also be read as platonic :P

[lightyakami]

how to make your fic easily findable

okay hello everyone! here is my somewhat solicited guide on how to make your fics easier for interested readers to find. 

please note that this is a guide to help you make your fics discoverable, not to make them popular(tm.) it’s also not a guide as to the best way to post fic. you do not need to do these things. doing these things will not make people like your fic more or less than they would otherwise. i do not do all these things, either. my aim here is purely to provide suggestions that will make your fic easier to search for and share.

where to post your fic

post it on ao3 as an individual fic. authors are often hesitant to post short fic on ao3, but readers simply cannot find it if it’s not there. multi-chapter drabble collections are a matter of preference and are absolutely fine to use, but in terms of findability they’re really hard for readers to pass around or put on rec lists. 

you can also post your fic on tumblr. ime fic posted in full is way more likely to be reblogged than an outward link. long fic posted on tumblr should use a read more cut, but at least a paragraph should be above the cut.

should i make a promo post? 

yes. ao3 does not have any features that facilitate promoting fic -- if you don't make a promo post, people will only see your fic if they regularly browse through newest fics or actively search for one of its tags.

what should i put in a tumblr promo post? 

a tumblr promo post should generally contain: 

title 

pairing

name of the fandom

summary of fic

link to fic 

your tags should contain

pairing 

name of all major characters

name of fandom 

the word ‘fic’ (so people who hate fic in the tags can filter it out. be polite!)

other optional inclusions: 

rating (explicit, teen, etc) 

word count 

major tropes

graphics (don’t forget alt text!) 

a sample of your writing (it’s common to grab a ‘best-of’ passage from within your fic, but personally i’ve found you get a way better response if you paste the first couple paragraphs then add a ‘continue’ link at the end.)

tumblr does remove posts with certain keywords from the tags, but honestly these keywords are very minimal. if you’re worried your post might not be added, double-check ‘latest’ and find an alternative phrase if necessary. don’t censor the word. you do not need to repost — tumblr will pop it back in as soon as you’ve removed the word. (it won’t push it back to the top, though, so it’s best to correct this asap.) 

a further note on tags

use the most commonly used tag. look at other people’s posts to find the fandom norms. it is fine to add multiple variations of the same tag. 

this is especially important if the tag is ambiguous. for example: ‘near’ is the most commonly used name for the death note character, but the full name ‘nate river’ should be included as well. take into account that a lot of people use plain searches rather than tag searches. an ambiguous name might be usable as a tag but not as a plain search. top vs latest searches will also give dramatically different results — ‘top’ searches tend to retrieve appropriate results with ambiguous names, but ‘latest’ results won’t.

what should i not put in my tumblr promo post? 

self-deprecating statements. this isn’t a moral statement. people just don’t like to read things if the author is telling them it’s bad

criticism of other people’s work, even if it’s really general. ‘i usually hate hurt/comfort but i wrote this anyway’ is obviously going to alienate the vast majority of your readerbase

anything unrelated to the fic. if people can’t tell whether or not something is a personal post, they’ll be hesitant to reblog. if you want to add commentary, put it in a second reblog. 

what should i include in my ao3 summary? 

this is a bit of a moving target. some readers like fairly detailed summaries. other readers look to tags for content information and prefer abstract vibes-based summaries. my suggestion would be to include the main selling points of your work — the characters, the tropes, and whatever factors make it unique.

at the end of the day, though, basically anything other than ‘i suck at summaries’ is fine.

what ao3 tags should i include?

any major pairings, any major characters, any major tropes. imagine your fic from a reader’s perspective — what tags would they look under if they were searching for something like it? 

also pay attention to whether or not an ao3 tag is canonical. only canonical tags can be filtered on. if it autocompletes, it’s canonical.

for more information on a specific tag, click into the tag to reach the ‘x works in TAG’ screen, then click it again. tags are often made synonyms of specific canonical tags, in which case filters will treat them as if they’re that tag. you can get pretty granular with all of this but basically if you use tags that autocomplete you’re good to go.

you can also use tags to clarify content. (ex. ‘this trope is only a minor aspect of the story.) ao3 used to ask people not to do this, but it’s now explicitly permitted. 

does posting time matter? 

yes. sorry. it does. quite a bit, frankly.  people often overthink this — there are so many variables trying to find the exact perfect time is a losing game — but it is absolutely worth taking into account. 

when should i post?

on ao3: do NOT post between 12AM and 5AM UTC. ao3 has a longstanding posting glitch that will backdate your work if it’s posted between these times. in general: broadly speaking fic tends to do best on sundays and worst on friday. posting on a holiday dramatically drives down traffic. fic should be posted on ao3 when most people would likely have time to read (ex. after the standard workday) and promo posts should be posted when people would likely be looking for fic (ex. commuting hours aka slightly before 9AM and at 5PM.) the majority of tumblr users operate in EST. 

the university semester also makes a massive difference to how much engagement a fic gets — views always shoot up during breaks and plummet during exams. honestly working around this would require delaying your fic so frequently that i can’t see it being worth it, but it’s good to be aware of in terms of the response you’re expecting. 

also the ‘best’ posting time does vary a lot genre by genre so you’ll have to experiment a bit. (personally i’ve found h/c tends to do better midweek, for example.) imagine your fic from a reader’s perspective: when would you likely be looking for this sort of thing? 

anyway don’t drive yourself crazy with this but also don’t shoot yourself in the foot by posting at 2AM EST on christmas morning. do you have a random piece of advice about posting on ao3? please be aware that if you write your fic as a draft, ao3 will backdate the fic to the day you saved the draft and index it accordingly -- it won't show up in the newest fics. multichapters initially posted as drafts will sometimes glitch and backdate every single new chapter. you can correct this by checking the 'set a different publication date' box and manually inputting it.

should i reblog my own promo posts? yes. do this. do it multiple times. make sure you do at least one reblog in the morning, one in the night, and one on the weekend.

i feel like authors are often embarrassed to reblog their own work because it feels self-important but the fact is most people are not reading your blog start to finish. no one will see all your reblogs. tbh you may lose followers for this but this is is a guide on fic visibility, not tumblr popularity. 

please conclude your post now

anyway!! i hope some of this is helpful. again, you don't need to do any or all of this, but i hope it can provide a bit of a framework and some suggestions.

[goitale]

pssst..... i heard youre starved for jesstra fics.... and i wrote a jesstra fic. i hate to self-promo in yoyr askbox but i do think people will at least like it a little bit,. it is about unpacking their shared emotional turmoil together! lots of fluff and lots of hurt/comfort! and the second chapter should be up later today!!

be warned there is suggestive flirting in the first chapter in one scene but i plan to refrain from that in future chapters. the story is more about emotions and working through bad memories together than romantic developments (though there are those) anyway. yay lesbians 💪

(link here if ur curious :))

OH MY GOS READING IMEMDIATE PEKEHEHEEHEHEHEHEEEGGEEHEHEHEJSKMDKSKSMDKDMWKIWNAMAKMDKDMDOS IM LVOE JESTSTA FICS EJEHEEHEHEHEHEE

im so feral about þis im. JJJDKSNJDJDMS

[kumezyzo]

Omggg imagining famoussinger!reader or famousactor!reader and sapnap.. imagine him defending them on his stream and them going to red carpets together :(((

ive been a little preoccupied writing a tasm fic rn so this has been kinda pushed on the back burner. but i did already technically write singer!reader. so enjoy actor!reader

anyway, enjoy! or dont :) m.list

bf!sapnap hates when he gets chats where people are bashing your acting. he hates it even more when they're comments on his vods with you that you can see.

he makes sure no ones posts are actually up long enough for you to see them

bf!sapnap always tries to promote your stuff nonchalantly. but it's never actually nonchalant.

"oooh, what's this ad about?" he asked, sharing his screen. his youtube recommendations were just clips from the shows or movies that you've been in.

then he clicked on the ad at the top of the screen that was for a movie you were staring in. everyone in his chat started spamming in his chat about how he was putting the sap in sapnap.

bf!sapnap who likes going to your film locations with you and cheers you on on the sidelines. when you get off set, he smiles so widely at you and tells you how well you did.

bf!sapnap who first watches a movie with an actor that doesnt like you and can't help but shit on them.

"you would've been so much better for this role," he huffed, crossing his arms. you looked at him and couldn't help but smile at his glare. you tried suppressing your smile and turned back to watching the movie.

or

"fuck you," he murmured to himself. you looked up at him as he aggressively closed out of twitter.

"what was that?" you asked, concerned.

"that bitch is trending right now."

bf!sapnap who likes going to your movie premieres with you. he gets to walk the red carpet with you (because hes technically famous) and he loves seeing twitter posts the next day of you two.

the flashing lights can be too much at times, but he likes hilding you close and people knowing youre with him. he likes when people stop to interview you about the movie and just to do promo. He stands off to the side, just out of view and watches you in your element, he finds it so admirable.

bf!sapnap who even gets asked questions when walking with you.

"so, sapnap, were you on set for this movie at all? what was it like seeing yn in their natural element?" the interviewer asked with a large smile.

"i was sometimes," he nodded. "it was cool. i think im used to seeing them get in the zone but seeing it in person was something else."

"so, what is it like dating them?"

he looked at the interviewer strangely as he tried to figure out how to answer that. "unlike anyone else. they have such an interesting life and im just glad to be here for it."

i dont like the endinggggg 😁😁😁 but its whatever. -nony

[lumen-tellus]

2k23 has been a surprisingly productive year for me on the writing side of things, like, i was more or less writing at least one fic a month which is fucking nuts for anyone who knows me

so for funsies, im gonna self-promo one fic for each month of the past year (which will also double as a funsies self-curated self-promo of fics that i especially liked writing per month this year and that i recommend everyone else read bc i like attention)

(links all go to ao3; most of these fics are restricted bc i hate scrapers so rip)

January: three of cups - FFXIV / wol backstory nonsense

February: doomsday vault - Genshin / Deshret!Kaveh AU

March: sunshower - Elsword / Laby (RaS) analysis

April: an allegory in freesia - Elsword / Ain (BL) + Laby (RaS) analysis

May: only stars can be the envy of jewels - Elsword / a take on the first meeting between Clamor and Noah (CL) in Seven Tower.

June: OKAY GONNA CHEAT AND PROMO TWO FICS FOR THIS MONTH bc it's My list so I can 1) and love (you shall have) - Elsword / Noah (NP) talks to a ghost called Clamor. 2) and it will end with love - Elsword / Noah (LI) + Noah (NP) + a 10k lucid and ludicrous ramble about the intersection of loving and haunting someone.

July: memorabilia in the making - FFXIV / a fic explaining my wol's specific take on her Myste + an attempt to write wol-Fray-Myste talking civilly in the same room for longer than five minutes.

August: psalms for the forsaken - Elsword / a snapshot study of Noah in this 3rd path (sg -> pp -> NP)

September: everything has its trail - Elsword / Noah (CL) does therapy for Noah (MO); this was supposed to be funny. it was supposed to be.

October: None, technically; I was in a bad place around this time so writing took a backseat. Though June anyway has like two fics under it so it balances out numerically l o l

November: morpho butterfly - Elsword / Nisha (NL) & Clamor (MO) talk about their respective charges.

December: the clatter of niceties ringing false - ORV / KDJ analysis

[royrockstone]

adding this in a separate reblog to communicate that i cringe at all my attempts at self promo but! these are the fic i wrote that i’d unreservedly rec based on these criteria:

Honesty (sprinkling of shiv and ken but 95% roman ed)

Getting Beaten with a Slipper in Gstaad (sort of uneven in terms of quality 😬 various kinds of roman food feelings)

Operation Roman Vomitorium. I wrote this one between seasons one and two I think? so my thoughts on roman and his ed were a lil less developed. but it’s short enough that I think it’s worth a try anyway.

slightly ship-oriented:

All the Bourgeois Social Angels. I honestly rlly recommend this one if ur looking for pure roman ed content. i know it is labeled as r/g but for 4/5 chapters she barely appears lol (skip chapter 4 if you want!) the whole fic was just an excuse to get down on paper some highly specific ed situations and feelings i thought didn’t get written about enough. epilogue forthcoming.

The Water Runs Off Your Skin. (Teenage) roman is in a romantic relationship for the middle part of the fic (with just like. a character i made up on the spot) so if you really hate that you can just read the first 4 or so chapters then chapters 13-15. its not hard to follow.

I think my remaining fics are pretty firmly disqualified. (altho i will say if you’re dying to read something tagged “cringefail body dysmorphia sex” then my romencken Whisper How I’m Better Than I Think is probably your only opportunity to do so.)

im writing my hospitalization fic rn and i might do a multichapter following the events of s4 and those would both be ship-light (maybe some romencken depending how things play out in canon)  

hiiiiiii I was wondering if u had any roman ED fic reccs that aren't like ship central, and more ED focused, I will say I haven't searched that hard for em, but I'm wondering if u have any you love <3

(this can include ur own, again I haven't fully gone thru all ur fics yet)

hiii <3

exactly the kind of question i am qualified to answer!

show you a body (the big three hanging out with a v unwell roman)

Changeling (young shiv’s perspective on romans ed)

Murder and other acts of heroism (by the brilliant @romanroydinnerparty, this is not for tears-centric feat. ken’s perspective on romans ed)

by the same: A history of eating in the age of abstention

my reflection keeps staring at me (roman teen angst with caroline and teeth motif! idk if she wants to be tagged but dee's finest imo)

feed you silence for dessert (short but brutally effective)

and finally, Gstaad (probably a diff eating disorder than youre looking for, but well done and a quick read)

maybeee too shippy but the ed is still p central:

A rock and a hard place (again by caden, romtabs and romgerri featured)

Just Take a Look at Me (argestes tooth situation, romtabs and romgerri again)

theres one where r/g run from the law together with bulimic roman ? i cant seem to find it rn but i enjoyed

[vonlipvig]

god the recent flight that experienced severe turbulence where 12 people had to get medical attention...i simply would have killed myself tbqh

[inyoursheets]

Fanfiction reader asks: 3, 4, 27 for a fandom other than Good Girls

hiiii

Have you ever assumed you wouldn't like a fic and then read it and been very wrong?

yeah! i never thought id be into historical AUs but @fairhairedkings made me a believer. those fics make me swoon!!

Have you ever assumed you wouldn't like a fic and then read it and been very right?

yeah. it’s happened

REC A FIC

oh god um okay let’s see...

..ok so i just went through my bookmarks and bc ive deleted my old ao3 and only made a new one when i got into good girls, there’s very little from my past fandoms there. many non good girls fics that were still in my bookmarks have sadly been deleted since, but if memory serves right, this sterek fic was pretty fun

“Derek,” Stiles thunders. “Were you ever going to tell me your house is trying to hook us up?”

Derek's head snaps up, eyes wide and scenting the evident crackle of magic in the air.

Or the one where spark!Stiles moves into an enchanted apartment block owned by a grumpy alpha and is completely oblivious to the building's efforts to matchmake them.

When sparks fly by LunaCanisLupus_22

it’s been years since i read this but idk i liked it a lot at the time! something about the whole magical house situation was both ridiculous and hilarious. i never expected to enjoy this trope but it worked very well, it was so funny. and hot. it kinda reminds me of @sothischickshe’s neighbors!fic, but more ridiculous thanks to the magical elements. so if youre into sterek, smut, the sentient house trope with a side of found family (bc if i recall correctly they worked in many of the characters as residents of the apartment in a nice way), this might be the fic for you

thank you!!! fic reader asks??

[akascow]

how low would it be to put my own fic on my fic list HAHAH

[hopeshoodie]

Hey yall,

Just wanted to give a protip. If you want to search on Ao3 for fics that are longer than ficlets, you can set your search for that

And if you really care about a fic, bookmark it so you can always see their updates!

[some-stars]

i copy pasted this directly from discord so forgive the bizarre formatting but here is the Yennskier AU Concept of the Evening, please enjoy:

gonna write a modern AU where instead of being a high powered lawyer yennefer makes fantasy dildos on etsy. Except she’s successful enough she has her own site now

She meets jaskier bc he realizes from the shipping labels she’s in the same city and he wants to save on shipping and bc he’s literally her best customer and she did a background check on him without his knowledge, she agrees to let him stop by her workshop to pick up

and then One Thing Leads To Another and the end of the story is them together and him as her new model for the promo pics...sales shoot up

(In this story jaskier buys a new dildo like every 6 weeks bc that’s his default “treat yourself” reward for doing anything hard or annoying)

(He has an entire closet dedicated to them. His clothes are on a rolling rack in the living room now)

i like to think of him as like. He’s an obnoxious trust fund kid but he actually is really good at his music, so he doesn’t have to be. He just sees no reason not to, if they’re offering. Yen Loathes him for this. otoh he’s putting ciri thru college with his dildo habit

He also has like. An army of fleshlights

at a certain point yen is like “look you need to start an onlyfans bc then at least this would be for BUSINESS reasons”

When he comes to work for yen she’s like. “Look is it going to be weird me being your boss when we’re dating—what am I even asking, you’re already getting turned on aren’t you”

(He shocks her by actually being very dutiful with everything that involves her business. Absolutely nothing else in his life or their apartment, though)

It is essential to the yennskier vibes that he both irritate AND respect her

Anyway this all ties into my yennskier feels for the evening bc the idea of him supporting her and helping her grow her small business, in the stupidest horniest way possible, is just. My heart

especially bc like, her backstory is that she used to have a corporate job and she hated it, and she quit to do this, and it was ok at the time bc her ex had a solid job so she didn’t have to worry so much about supporting ciri but since he got hurt and out of work (though he does his best) things have been tighter financially. And she’s been worried for the past two years if she’s being selfish in pursuing her dream job instead of something more reliable

And jaskier is just like. I support you queen, please stick things up my butt in a commercially advantageous way

~the end~

(please ask before using this for a fic bc im thinking about writing it)

[noona96n]

Omggg my feelings about the guest are so big idk if I can manage to be coherent TT but you did ask for a vomit after all hahah

So true tho aroace gilyoung!!! Honestly when I first watched the show I interpreted their (all 3) relationship as like found family like they're siblings they're best friends they're each others most important person they bicker they care SO MUCH

I was a little disappointed when I saw most if not all the fics about their relationship were romantic but like I take what I can get but your qpr version is sooo appealing yes please

[Slaps roof of Yoon] this guy can fit so much religious conflict/trauma in him!! I love how he fights with his faith and himself and his feelings like OOF and and

And the way when Hwapyung untangled their hands in the water he kept the rosary??? 🥺 like he wanted to take a reminder of what he's leaving/who he's doing this for with him? And then he keeps it when he survives?? Soft.

And Gilyoung so good so true she was probably my favourite from the three she's so headstrong and so caring and at the end she WILL get these guys to take care of themselves if it kills her

And the relationship development between all three, and just the general vibe of the show and the horror. I just love this show so much

omg yah! Gil Young is my absolute fav, hands down.

i love the trio a fckn lot and Choi Yoon will always have a soft spot in my heart (see: poetic suffering) but Gil Young takes the cake. Gil Young is everything! i admire her tenacity so much, the way she persevere and willing to do what's right, even if the law disagrees with her. she's just… S H E ! ! !

i haven't loved a female character so fully and wholeheartedly like this in a while 🥺 she has my heart and my admiration 💖

and, honestly, same… it's kinda sad that romantic fics are so predominant in the fandom… i also see them as found family. like, LITERALLY found each other. like wow… found each other in the first ep and found each other again in the last ep… full circle. fantastic metaphor ✨

anyway, as i said, i label their relationship as qpr only bcs conventional society would demand that they name their relations to one another and people would be like 'u aren't family, y'all aren't in the same family registry' or whatever tf bcs ive come to realize that a lot of people need to process all sort of relationships in relation to romance bcs they don't really understand that love doesn't only refer to romantic love smh

(also, sorry for the mini rant on love… i just hate how allos are dominating the discussion on love and refuse to see love beyond the romantic lense)

then again, i also understand the hetero ships bcs the writer and director be dropping subtle hints of possible Hwa Pyung/Gil Young and Choi Yoon/Gil Young here and there. and Hwa Pyung/Choi Yoon too lol so i can see why they ship Gil Young with the boys but nah, for me she's a kickass aroace that's just tired of all the allos around her haha

and the rosary… the fckn rosary *pterodactyl screeching* HWA PYUNG WEARS THE ROSARY!!!!!!!! i dont think rosaries are meant to be worn but Hwa Pyung just… wearing it??? around his neck????? and it sits over his chest??????? the chest where his heart is meant to be????????? F E E L S P A I N

(also, shameless self promo but i made this gifset of their hands bcs fckn PAIN)

i love Choi Yoon, a massive soft spot for him and, as my fav, i want him to ✨SUFFER✨ i wanna read a fic/meta where the Catholic side of him is explored and explained. im so fascinated by the internal conflict that's caused by his religion but im not educated or aware enough to really understand. i really wanna write a character study fic that explores Choi Yoon as a person but im not well-versed enough in catholicism 🥲 i especially wanna explore his relationship with his hyung bcs i can tell how much he loves his hyung and how much his hyung loves him as well… his hyung was somewhat lucid enough to ask if he was at cram school before he went apeshit and murdered their parents. his hyung still remembered to care for him despite everything. his hyung loves him and im reminded of the way Itachi annihilated the entire Uchiha clan but kept Sasuke alive bcs he couldn't find it in him to killed Sasuke. (sorry about the Naruto segue rip im a weeb can u tell?)

anyway, a question just pops up into my head and that is: how tf does Hwa Pyung managed to still be sane and kind after all the shit Park Il Do put him thru? he's truly such a 'vast' and kind and beautiful character.

[daxieoclock]

hey hey shay! this is late but i wanted to thank you for the tags you wrote on my promo post!! it made me smile ;w; i love when my friends use both pronouns for me waahhh ALSO I DIDNT KNOW YOU LIKED NEO TWEWY???? what are your favorite character moments for everyone if you have any?

Thank you for the ask!!! :D and yeyeye of course! im glad to make my good friends smile C:

and YEAH i do! i didn't play the original, but you can thank @izabellwit's fics, especially all that's left in the world, for getting me invested in the characters. Then when NEO came out, I decided to hit up some playthroughs since I didn't have a switch, and. g-ddamn i was in love.

like the story FUCKED unequivocally but i got sucked in primarily because of the voice work, especially since most of the cast (VAs for Rindo, Nagi, Beat, Neku, Sho, Rhyme, Coco, Shiba, Tsugumi and Hishima) haven't really been in any projects on this scale that I can tell (besides for other TWEWY stuff and KH3D for the veteran characters). Even tho Neo TWEWY isn't like a huge pop culture phenomenon by any means, I'm still hoping this turns into a breakout role for them. Like if this doesn't pay off for Paul Castro Jr, Bailey Gambertoglio, Miranda Parkin, Crawford Wilson, Jessie David Corti, Andy Hirsh, Ashley Rose Orr, Shaun Conde and James Austin Kerr? I'm rioting, they ROCKED this fucking game.

And then on top of that, there's some fucking amazing VAs with history in the industry. Xanthe Huyn as Kuon, Xander Mobus as Tanzo Kubo, Nicolas Cantu as Hazuki and Aaron Spann as Joshua. All of them do phenomenally and it makes me so happy to see them here. Skylark, Kirk Thornton and Robert Buclotz did some damn good work on production and voice direction too, like, you can really tell the voice direction is on point when the entire cast is consistently hitting their vocal mark. Helps that they have some damn charming writing to go off of too.

Anyway uhhh sorry for rambling about VA stuff, ummmm, character things.....Nagi was an eternal delight, and I had the biggest dumbest grin whenever she was on screen. It's impossible to pick a specific favorite moment, she's just a delightfully unhinged weirdo and the loser girl bisexual representation we absolutely needed. Coco was similarly fucking delightful, I like fully came into this game expecting to hate her cause she shot Neku but. it took about two seconds of her being on screen before I forgot that completely and decided I loved her character. As far as actual moments though...tbh the entire last hour of the game was just fucking golden. Shiki showed up and I pogged out of my mind, the entire ensemble came together to fight off the noise, fucking JOSH arrived and was just as big of a condescending asshole (affectionate) as he always is, the protags used all of their powers in unison, the final boss fight was perfectly badass and then everything got wrapped up nice, and that final moment with Shoka getting grumpy at Rindo for not checking his inbox, just....amazing. All golden. I couldn't stop grinning.

But as far as favorite moments? Rindo and Haz's conversation nearly brought me to tears, holy shit.

Haz: "What makes [Shibuya] so special? Why fight so hard to protect it?"

Rindo: "I dunno. It doesn't feel very special right now."

Rindo: "I'm going back. I'm going to save the city and my friends. Without them, all of this means nothing. Shibuya isn't special without them here!"

lost my entire shit it was amazing. g-d what a fucking character moment. rindo's the best, love that kid.

[loving-ricciardo]

39 & 74 for Dando?

Survival/Wilderness Fic & Huddling for Warmth

oh god asodjifghs

-OKAY so McLaren have this stupid idea to send Daniel and Lando backpacking as team bonding?? let's say it would be some promo for GoPro and it's only like 3-4 nights just to make it a little extreme but not too much

-obviously Lando is a disaster but Jon packed everything for him and he turns up in all new shiny tourist gear and Jon is very proud of himself for pulling that and then there is Daniel who just shows up in his merch and fucking Vans but he will be fine because you know he is 'one with nature, JON'

-so yeah daniel is the optimistic one as they finally start their journey and he is the one leading them, probably hoarding the Go Pro camera and talking to it while he gestures with his hands and films everything while lando grumpily follows him with a big pout

-first night goes fine and second day is the same as the first and you know daniel is TRYING to intact with lando but lando barely looks at him (too embarassed to look daniel in the face because he does spend most of their journey looking at daniel's ass and daniel's ass is kinda cute oKAY?!? lando can't cope..)

-second night it is super cold so daniel manages to make a fire (in a safe space where he is allowed to make a fire,,, no forest burning on his watch) and like lando finally relaxed himself cuz the fire gives off a cozy warm vibe so the two of them just vibe together and ACTUALLY TALK and both of them are like 'fuck i really like him' (both obviously think the other hates him)

-then they try to go sleep but its too cold and they just lowkey laugh and daniel is like 'WELP we should cuddle and share the warm' and lando panics but just nods because 'yeah that is logical' and then they are cuddling and daniel just doesn't stop talking and is like 'you know it would be better if we were naked' and lando PANICS because god what ??? and he snaps something along the lines 'you know the camera is not rolling you can stop trying to be funny' or something and now daniel is hurt because is that what lando thinks about him?

-anyway they both like sit up at a respectable distance and kinda take time to breathe and calm down and then daniel says softly 'i am not trying to make fun of you. its something about physics or whatever that body heat is shared better when the people are naked and there is not clothing barrier in between them. just- yeah. i really like you lando im sorry if it comes out as if im trying to belittle you or something.' and lando is frozen because god he fucked up didnt he. and then it would go like 'i really like you as well. that is why i lowkey freaked out. sorry' and daniel would be like 'YOU LIKE ME?' and lando in his head is like 'god he is so stupid how the fuck didnt he figure out that i have a crush on him' meanwhile he barely looked at him ever since daniel joined the team isjdfg

-then they kith and are all cuddly and snuggly all night and the next day then continue but now lando stopped being shy and grumpy and is getting actually involved and they have a lot of fun together filming and bullshitting around and then cuddling and kissing shyly during the night <333

Send me two (2) tropes from this list + a ship and I’ll describe how I’d combine them in the same story.

[silverdelirium]

DANI OMG IM AROMANTIC AND HAVE ONE ACTUAL FICTIONAL CRUSH BUT I FOUND ANOTHER ONE!!!!! OK SO FIRST ONE IS DRACO (FANON) AND LIKE CURSED CHILD CANON DRACO BC MY 2017 SELF WAS GOING WILD OVER HIM AFTER HATING HIM FOR 4 YEARS WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO HP BUT ANYWAYS. NIKOLAI LANTSOV. PLS. HIS ASSHOLE PERSONALITY IS RLY HOT. IM DYING. I READ SOME OF HIS LINES IN S&S WHEN I WAS HALF ASLEEP BUT BECAME OBSESSED AND THEN I GOOGLED FOR FANART AND LORD WHEN I TELL YOU I WAS THROBBING-

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NIKOLAI IS MY BIGGEST BOOK BF I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

self-promo of my nikolai fic up in my masterlist or whatever 😏

[captainpufferfish]

LIVE REACT LIVE REACT LIVE REACT

(this is my second time around watching this cuz first time I was screaming too much so eh but yeah)

i love the format already the art is amazing and adorable and I love it

ok I feel very called out with the you too thing

roman!!! virgil!!!!

oh no they angy

THE OLD JOKES IM-

ok ro virg lay off him

oh the Roman angst is kicking the fuck in

the chorus of liar I stg

"*insert Shakespeare here*" "what?" "cutie at 12 o'clock" I LOVE THAT

the amount of gay this episode radiates is me whenever im pining over a cute girl and I feel vERY ATTACKED

I love how the 'liar' goes from an accusation to just,,,, "I'm not interested." "liar."

"we don't know if they're not gay" me all the time because quarantine fucked with my gaydar

THE STICKER PIN SYSTEM AH YES IM WELL AWARE OF THIS

BUT THATS A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME

the "oh. my. god" is so on point

ok mr sand I see your primary goal for this video was just to call me out

the way Virgil can't sit up straight really resonates with my soul or some shit

I may kin virgil now just because of this ep

for some reason this virg has big pre aa vibes and I can't really explain why he just,,,,does, u feel?

the art style is a👏or 👏a👏ble

TEH NEWS REPORTER DESK IM FUCKING DYING

"oooooohhh"...."ooooh" just the transition from yay to nay is so great

"good points guys! I don't want me to be doing this either!" ladies and gentlemen the volume in this bus is astronomical

I'm very familiar with the five second rule

"gay,,gay,gay,,,HES GAY" no shit sherlock

speaking of sherlock where the FUCK is my smart son

"no man!" "uhm, it's ro-man. with an r." CATCH ME KINNING ROMAN'S HIMBO-NESS

better listen to Virgil he's an xxexpert

ROMANS "EASY TIGER" OH MY GOSBDHJWNS

"gay eyes?" "gay eyes" honey those barely work hate to break it to you but I have tried and tested with no good results.

"you were tESTING ME?" "oh no I wasn't testing you I was just panicking" same virgil same

"I hAte To RaIn On YoUr BlAcK PaRaDe, GerArd gAy-" solid reference 10/10

oh my god the stand up sit down thing

"youre making a mistake!" "if I am, I'll add it to the list!" roman, honey, no no no stop if you keep talking bad about yourself im gonna physically fight you

"I don't know, pLAaNT" LSHAJDNDHAG

THE PLAY ALONG THING IM GOING TO DIE OH MY GOD

THE TRASH CAN OH MY GOD THOMAS

this is so sad alexa play despacito

can we get some likes for this fallen soldier 😔

the bird metaphors oh my fucking god

"that's like cyber stalking, but in. real life!" "so,,,stalking" "...OH YOU'RE RIGHT!!" don't worry Virgil I too forget that the outside world exists it's okay

THE SPEAKING FROM THE HEART THING AAAAAAAA

JSHDJSBBSJDBSHSBJSBHA OH MY GOD NICOS FACE WHEN HE COMES OUT OF THE STALL IM DEAD I AM DECEASED

the terrified gay look that they all have is so my aesthetic

terrified gay™

"I was just running lines in the mirror" thomas oh my god why no stop please like dude fuck stop

NICO CAME BACK FUCK YEAH

"AAAAA WHAT" "HE WAS AFRIAD YOUD LEFT?" "HE FEARS THINGS TOO???" yeah virg I think everyone fears things

the sheer gay panic of Roman and Virgil yelling at thomathy to do different things at once is so strong i could feel it thru the screen

"ANACONDA! THOMAS, HE'S A NIKKI MINAJ FAN!!" wow

no he left nooooo

NO ROMAN DONT BE SAD STOP IT WHEN YOU'RE SAD IM SAD

again, I am but a humble Logan kinnie waiting for my smart boy, but also as a Roman kinnie I'm getting the fuel I need

you can bet I'm writing some Logan angst about this tho

VIRGIL YOU HAVE GAINED SO MUCH RESPECT FROM ME

YOUVE MOVED UP IN THE RANKS OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS GOOD JOB YOU LEVELLED UP

so proud that the purp man wasn't a bitch (virgil stans this is a JOKE please don't come for me)

i've only had nico for an hour but if anyone hurt him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself

BOYS ARE HAPY YES GOOD

I am respectfully fan-enbying very hard rn

SJZHSJSA THE BIN METAPHOR

the himbo energy of thomas accidentally outing himself as the one who ran into the bin is just me

hi yes mr sanders you stole my vibe give it back

ROMANS FACE WHEN THOMAS SAYS HE HAD A BRUISED EGO SWANSGKWW

"well let's not waste this one" hhhhhhh I want a girlfriend please and thank you

this has just become me making fun of c!Thomas's gay pining while gay pining

the chorus of "shut up" from red himbo and purp himbo makes me hapy

serotonin check

THE END BIT WITH LOWKEY PRINXIETY VIBES HAS ME SO SOFT

oh my god guys the prinxiety shippers are gonna go WILD I feel it in my bone marrow

"shut up emo" IM SO SOFT SKDHISNSD NO STOP IT THOMAS I WANT TO GO BACK TO BEING ANXIOUS AND FULL OF RAGE

roman's so happy when he says the old joke, I think to myself, momentarily forgetting that pof was a thing and that princey is still v sad

nice patreon promo

AAAAA THEYRE HERE

the happy flustered "oh my gods" make me happy because that's just me whenever I succeed at something

the screaming is just me after the wholesomefest that was this episode

OOOOOH V'S EYESHADOW IS PRETTY ANS SHINY AND PURPLE I LOVE

oh no I've claimed that I dislike virgil and now I'm going soft oh ew I'm going soft

I'm still angry at him for threatening my smart boy but he's better now

I need somewhere to direct my anger this is bad

ANYWAY

"huh! delete it now." ME EVERYTIME I TRY POSTING A FIC SKNXISBSHSA

oh no his eyeshadow went back to the void

I'm always up for some blackhole eyeshadow but the purp was pretty and shiny and crow brain went brrrrr

"yeah! join me, no thinking!" your local himbo, more at 9

"I'm gonna need you to shake your hands" my brain whenever anything good happens

"GAH, DEMON" Florida man thinks dog is demon, terrified every time it barks

"DONT TELL ME TO RELAX" me after this video

thanks for coming to my TedTalk