#like original WORK on ao3 makes sense if you're a writer but don't care about print publishing i at least get that

[aces-to-apples]

I'm just gonna say it, I'm just gonna say it: to some extent I kind of remember why I liked reader-insert fics when I was a kid so I can at least intellectually acknowledge why it's popular, but I fully admit that I don't understand why multifandom exchanges (or at least most of the ones I've participated in) allow original work as a category for noms/requests/offers. Like? Babes?? That's not a fandom???

[astorythatwritesitself]

Re-intro time? Re-intro time

About Me & This Blog:

• Paine. Queer, 30, any pronouns. I follow back from dr-paine; and you'll never guess what my AO3 username is.

• Writing for 20+ years in some capacity

• Genre of choice is Fantasy. (High, low, slice of life or ungodly horror, mixed with sci-fi or the most classic Medieval sword and sorcery bullshit, I just need a touch, even if only implied, of magic.) I don't delve much into NSFW but it may come up; in any case: please only follow if you're 18+, and treat this blog with the mindset of 'creator chose not to use archive warnings'.

• I crave interaction, especially via tag/ask games - seriously. I reblog a lot of them. Do Not Hesitate. (And I always try to send an ask if you reblog any from me!)

• Hobbyist writer - I'm not aiming to be published, but I do want to improve my skills and eventually like... 'win a NaNo' in the sense of writing a complete, longform story one of these days. But also having fun is a priority, and ADHD + work is a cruel mistress, so I'll jump between WIPs on a whim, or just. Drop shit for months on end lol.

Vague List of Active Projects

While I have a ton of ideas, these are the ones that actually have like... any sort of substance to them, whether it's actual words or just a solid outline + desire to work on it. Each will eventually get a dedicated links/resource post, but for now, here's the basics!

Relentless As The Tide

(Mass Effect fics (roughly) following canon events/characters)

Adrian Shepard has been primed for heroism her entire life. Her first chance ended in a tragedy, one neither she nor the Alliance has ever properly owned up to. Saren's betrayal and the beacon's vision offer her the chance to atone for her failure at Akuze, and she'll do everything in her power to do so - even (and especially) if it kills her in the process.

Or so she believes - but uncovering the truth means looking for allies, and the more she gathers, the harder it becomes to believe that her death should - or can - be the end; and that perhaps heroism is just a means of distraction from confronting her own demons.

Unnamed Pokemon Project

(Loose follow through/retelling of Pokemon: Soul Silver)

Giovanni Rossi, former leader of the Viridian City pokemon gym, has confessed to heading the infamous Rocket organization, whose poaching and illegal trade has devestated the Kanto ecosystem for the past twenty years. However, he claims it was all for a good cause - just prior to founding Rocket, Giovanni had been part of a team trying to create artificial pokemon... and their most viable subject escaped. Rocket existed for the sake of tracking down and eventually overpowering this creature, but now... well, he wishes those in the Kanto and Johto regions the best of luck.

Following a break in at the New Bark Town lab, an assistant to Professor Elm - a reclusive young man named Linden - tracks down the suspect, only to find it's none other than Silver Rossi, Giovanni's own son. The boy claims he wants to take down the creature his father helped create and clear his own name from the scandal... and Linden has reasons of his own that make him want to see how things play out, even if it means he must shadow Silver's journey by embarking on one of his own.

Unnamed OC Project

(Original fantasy work)

In a world of faded magic, Elora Ryba cares little for talk of soon-to-come saviors or the sightings of dragons. No, she has other things on her mind - return to the town she was forced to leave over ten years ago, and steal its most precious treasure. And, ideally, marry her, as Elora promised that night she was forced to flee.

Which is why Elora's spent the past month searching for a priest corrupt enough to join a pirate's crew, but not corrupt (or worse, moral) enough to turn her in, and she thinks she's finally found one.

And the big list of fandoms/shit I like!

[andreal831]

The pacing for season 4 and especially season 5 seemed extremely rushed to me. I’ve always thought the show could’ve used a season in between season 3 and season 4 to pace it better.

What are your thoughts about this? What do you think would’ve and/or should’ve occured had this of happened?

I couldn't agree more.

In fact, all of the fics I've written in the TVD universe have been fixing that period, (subtle plug for my fics) so I can tell you exactly what I would have done. This will have spoilers for my fics so feel free to go over to AO3 or Wattpad and read there first!

They could have done something so amazing. As someone who watched the shows from a young age, it almost felt like we grew up with the TVD gang, and then were watching Hope grow up which would have made Legacies so special to watch her come into her own. But we didn't get that. Instead, Hope grew up in the blink of an eye off screen. For a show about family, it seemed to constantly put the family aspects on the back burner.

They did all of these major time jumps simply because Julie Plec wanted to move on to Legacies. She liked the idea of what I just described but didn't have the patience to actually do it effectively. From what I've heard, The Originals was supposed to be like 6 or 7 seasons. Instead, we essentially got 4.

If they wanted to shorten the seasons, I would have scrapped season 5 completely. It was honestly a mess and didn't add much to the overall story. If you want to read how I would do that, I've written a story called The Last Sacrifice which shows season 4 as the series finale. SPOILERS for my story. Essentially, instead of splitting the Hollow in four, Elijah takes it all and sacrifices himself. To me, this gives Elijah a kind of redemption arc while allowing his family a chance at happiness.

Now my current work in progress, The Great War, starts in the beginning of season 3. I love season 3, but I think this is where things start to get messy. We see these constant character arcs and then destructions throughout this season. Deep traumas are brought to light and then quickly moved on from. The characters are all going through massive trauma but as an audience, we don't have a second to truly feel the impact because the next thing is already happening.

Then the show does a 5 year time jump and we don't even get flashbacks of Hayley trying to save the family or raising Hope on her own? It wasn't just the Mikaelsons missing out on Hope's life, but the audience as well. We finally get them reunited for about a week and then they are all forced to go their separate ways. And they cave in so easily. The Mikaelsons I know, especially after being separated for so long, wouldn't have gone down without a fight. Hayley sending Hope off to boarding school makes no sense. She fought so hard to keep her child with her only to send her off? Also, why couldn't Rebekah and Marcel have stayed in New Orleans than since Hope would never be there? Or Klaus for that matter? Elijah erasing his memories made no sense. Freya not working endlessly to destroy the Hollow and reunite her family for 5 years made no sense.

Then finally we get the mess of Season 5 and they all just give up. There's nearly no fight in them. Why can't they all just split up again? Why can't they send the Hollow to another realm? If you want to see how I would have written season 5, check out Don't It Just Break Your Heart. Essentially, how did Klaus not just force Elijah's memories back when everything started falling apart?

The last few seasons were rushed and poorly written because the writers were done, the actors were done, and Julie Plec didn't care.

But if you're interested, The Great War is planning to follow a lot of the cannon events but slowing things down a lot. I do have an added character to try and control the Mikaelsons slightly, but I'm trying to keep it true to how I see the events actually taking place if the characters are staying true to their character arcs.

As for the season between season 3 and 4, this is a little bit of spoilers for TGW, but yes, there definitely needs to be a season there. The time jump is ridiculous and we miss so much good character development.

Thanks for the ask! Sorry some of this is vague but I don't want to spoil TGW too much!

[bonesandthebees]

I really love your work and you’re definitely one of the writers I’ve read a lot from. I was curious if you have any advice for writing on ao3. It probably sounds weird, but I’ve been writing for five years and I know I’ve outgrown my wattpad days. I’ve never posted anything to ao3, but I have posted on other fic sites. When I started writing fanfic for mcyt stuff I went to wattpad because that account is like my child, but now I’ve realized the people who use that platform are so much younger (it makes sense because I used it when I was much younger) and they don’t seem to care for the depth and length of what I write now. In short, do you have any tips/advice for someone who is new to writing on ao3 or something you think I should know?

aw thank you so much anon! I'm so glad you enjoy my stuff!

hm, I'm gonna be honest, while I used wattpad when I was 13 I never used it for fic. I only ever used it for original fiction stuff, so the only fanfic site I've ever used is ao3. so I don't know exactly what kind of advice you're looking for as a wattpad user switching to ao3 posting, but I'll give you some general tips?

first off, look in the fandom categories that you want to post fic for and see how popular fics do their tags. knowing how to tag correctly is pretty essential for getting anywhere on ao3, bc the best part of the site is the tagging system. figure out how to tag appropriately, don't tag a side character's name if they only speak like once bc that can be unfair for people looking for fic more centered around that character, and make sure to tag all your warnings correctly. if you plan on writing anything with darker content or you just want to make sure people know "the stuff that is tagged WILL be in present in the fic" then use the dead dove: do not eat tag. that's an ao3 exclusive thing i'm pretty sure, and literally just means "if something is tagged it will be present so be warned."

also I'd recommend getting an idea for how to write summaries from emulating popular fics! I've been using the 'italicized excerpt followed by aka [one line summary]' style as my summaries for years now, and it's by no means an original way of doing summaries so feel free to use that same format. or you can just see how other popular fics write their summaries, bc a huge part of getting traction on ao3 is having good summaries that make people want to click on your fic

ok, now some extremely important ao3 exclusive advice: DO NOT POST ANY NEW FICS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 5PM-10PM PST.

why is this? well, there's a fun little glitch on ao3 where if you post a new fic anywhere in this 5 hour time frame, your fic will go to the bottom of the recently updated page instead of the top which can be disastrous for hits. and it will be stuck like that every time you update it from that point forward if it's a multi chapter. now, if you are just updating a multi chapter fic that wasn't first published in this time frame, you're free to update within the 5 hour time period. just don't post any new works in this time frame

also someone ran a stats thing and determined the best day of the week to post is sunday, but honestly I've tested it and haven't seen a huge difference in what day of the week you post on. just something to keep in mind though

i think that's about it! best of luck with ao3 posting, anon!

[blessedshortcake]

Introduction

Hey I finally made one of these.

You can call me Cupcake!

I am 20 and go by all pronouns including it/its and neos! I write, you can check out my works under the #my writing tag!

Art progress blog: @cupcake-draws

Find me on artfight!

Learn more about me under the cut!

I am 20. People under 13... should not even be on this site but alas if you are then please leave my blog alone thanks.

You can use any and all pronouns for me including it/its and neos! Pronouns collection coming soon cuz they are fun to make!

English is my second language! I live in Hungary which means my English can be a little whack so feel free to correct my mistakes. I speak Hungarian (duh) and English but I've been learning Spanish and Romanian for a while now.

I am neurodivergent and I have a handful of symptoms I am still making sense of in therapy. I have OSDD and I don't mind talking about it here but there will be things I may not answer if asked. I accept some questions about my general mental health too but I might not answer them all.

I do use tone tags every so often and even tho I likely won't ask you to use them, it would be appreciated if you did.

I am a writer. I mainly post fanfiction but I have original stories I haven't really showed anyone yet. Maybe someday.

You can find me on AO3, but I am the most active here if you want to interact. (RIP my twitter you wont be missed)

My main tags are

#my writing - for the stuff I write

#caupcakes - things about my CRK AUs

#cake save tag - for stuff I find interesting or useful for later. Writing advice, life advice or just good work from people

#cake updates - fanfic updates, life updates, any kinda updates I have about stuff comes here

#cake rambles - me talking a lot about stuff

#cake rants - stuff that made me upset (you can filter this if you're just here for my writing)

#cake after midnight - stupid stuff. makes no sense. we are balling. time is a concept made up by the governent

My fandoms

Call of Duty

Arcane

Five Nights at Freddies

Sonic

Madness Combat

Undertale & Deltarune

Batman (more so Batfam but shrug)

Cookie Run

& many others but those are my main fandoms right now.

Boundaries

Spam interactions are welcome and very much appreciated.

Reblogs > Comments > Likes

My DMs are open but I might take a bit to answer! I do love chatting and interacting with people tho so feel free to drop by.

My Asks and Submissions are also open! You can ask me about my fandoms, headcanons, wips or even slightly personal stuff if you'd like to get to know me.

DNI

Racists/Homophobes/Abelists/Bigots in general. Just the criteria of Don't Be An Asshole.

Pedos/MAPS/NOMAPS/PEAR or whatever you call yourself. Get out of my blog and my life. This includes Frans Undertale fans. If you ship Frans please leave! Thanks!

Proship/Anti anti or again whatever you call yourself. You are not welcome here.

Incest supporters fictional or not. This includes Fontcest Undertale fans.

Pro ed/pro ana/thinspo/fatspo just leave. Get help go to therapy.

People who harass others about their religion, fandoms or ships. I don't care what you believe in, what fandom/media you enjoy or who you ship (as long as its. legal.) just be chill about it. Don't harrass others for what they like/dislike

NFT bros/NFT supporters, AI "artists". I'd prefer if people who use stuff like CharacterAI and ChatGPD would leave too since that's the same thing. Idc why you use it.

I am not an all seeing entity so if you notice that I am engaging with somebody who has been an asshole (anything from my DNI) then please tell me. I don't do a deep cleaning research on everyone's blogs who I come across but I'd like to know if it happens!

[wine4thewin]

Hi

I don't know how to start but i will say you are the best author i have ever read their story ❤️❤️❤️

Cuz when you wrote you'r amazing work ( These wounds they don't heal / warning do not resuscitate) you by far now the only writer who keep sukuna personality like what we all see and think he will be i love how you make still an asshole to yuuji but in the same time he start to love him will yes in toxic way but he still care about him ( sorry yuuji but i still want you to life with him maybe in the future things may become good for you) wow i spoke a lot anyway here is my question

When the crap curse attack yuuji did sukuna know all along cuz he said when he save yuuji that the carp curse wanted to absorb him ( my mind went like oh so you see everthing from the beginnig 😡)

Honestly you'r story make so sad i dont know what to say anymore but will be their any chance for happiness to those two or a new story to show us poor readers what will happen to yuuji 💔💔💔 ( cant help i love him)

Thank you so much for this masterpiece im waiting for more of your sukuita stories ❤️

Oh and by the way i know im late but happy new year to you my beautiful author hope this year brings to you the best things ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

And sorry if i bother you so much i actually wanted to comments in ao3 but im so shy and i dont know if you will answer my question or not but will nothing will happen without trying so yup your are the best thank you so much for this amazing story 💋💋💋💋

Oh, goodness! I'm flattered that you enjoy my fics so much 😘

When I originally joined the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom, I was immediately drawn to (you guessed it) the villain. When I write fics about villains, I dislike the idea of 'softening' their core. I want them to feel and sound realistic to what readers are used to seeing on tv or in manga or in books. Sukuna is an immoral sadist (and according to the Official Fanbook...a cannibal) and Yuji is the complete opposite 😖

To answer your question for my VERY DARK Ten Years and a Day series, I believe you're asking if Sukuna is 'all-seeing' due to him saving Yuji from being attacked by a rogue Curse. I wouldn't say he is, although as being fully resurrected into his own body in that AU, I would imagine he has power to sense other Curses using their power, which would have drawn him to that particular scene. Or...he was simply already out looking for Yuji, to drag him back to his shrine. While he is not all knowing, he does keep a close eye on his former vessel, being that Yuji is not a fan of Sukuna subjugating humanity and is known to cause trouble. It's all about power and control with Sukuna.

I will not be writing a continuation of These Wounds, They Don't Heal / Warning, Do Not Resuscitate simply due to the fact that they are meant to be part of an open-ended tragedy. We see ten awful years of time spread between these two characters, and we see them both twist and dance to a horrible tune that Sukuna may not be entirely in charge of anymore. It's dark, it's angsty, it's gory and agonizing...and the open-end leaves readers feeling just as lost as Yuji, as if the suffering will never end...

...and based on the notes some people have left in their bookmarks, I accomplished that! 😱

Happy New Year, dear! Never be afraid to comment on Ao3, you can always go anonymous there too! 🥰