#read some fan fiction

[pendlewood]

I desperately want to interact with BG3 fan content, but it literally just came out on my console and I’ve gone this far without spoilers, I’ll be DAMNED if anything gets spoiled for me now.

[toddtakefive]

breaking my silence: i think a lot of anderperry angst mischaracterizes them so badly it’s impossible to take seriously or enjoy. neil in particular is almost always made into some raging asshole for… some reason? and it makes him so unrecognizable it’s almost insulting to his character

[shadeops21]

Rules/Recommendations for writing an Australian character/OC

(The following is just a list of things I personally feel should be included or considered if one makes a character of Australian nationality, descent or heritage. It by no means is a hard and fast ruleset, but just things that can be done to enhance a character’s flavour or add a little authenticity)

Shortened nicknames for fellow characters that follow Australian Shortening Conventions: multi-syllablic names are condensed down to one, and an -a/ah, -o, -zza, -y, or -sy is added, eg: McKenzie (or and Mc name) > Macca, Damien > Damo (Day-mo), Jeremy > Jezza.

Swearing. This is actually a common trap I’ve seen, with some Australian characters being less reserved in their language than others. This will depend on the specific background of your Aussie, as vulgarity is moreso a commonality in smaller cities and rural spaces, and less so in larger built-up cities. That said, we do tend to through the more vulgar words around with greater frequency than other cultures, with f### and c### being thrown around more freely.

Slang. Again another trap, especially with older “stereotypical” Australian slang that I personally hear more from my grandparents and older uncles and aunts and less so my own peers + 10 years. That said, some terms are still used very frequently and have no generational boundaries, including but not limited to: ute (pickup truck), bottle-o (liquor store), servo-o (service/petrol station), “the shops” (any centralised marketplace from your general stores to large malls), booze bus (roadside randomised breath testing/DUI checkpoints, some which do both alcohol and drug testing), hoon (reckless driver, typically young males in cars too powerful to handle at their skill level).

Weather tolerances. This varies based on a character’s geographical background, but you’ll find that most Australians have higher than normal levels of tolerance to extreme heat. However, those that live around the Brisbane latitude and north have decreased tolerances to cooler temperatures, decreasing the further north you go. (Personally I find myself pulling on long sleeves and hoodies after it hits 20 or cooler.)

There’s probably more here, but it’s approaching 10pm for me at time of writing, so for my Aussie followers/mutuals, please feel free to expand upon or add your own tips or recommendations to writing Australian characters in a believable fashion. Curious to see what they are!

[valewritessss]

What are some fanfiction pet peeves or icks?

I specifically had percabeth in mind but other ships or fandoms is fine too

[myimaginationplain]

I need help tracking down (yet another!) fan fic: It's a pretty simple oneshot, involving Martha Kent stumbling on a gay magazine that (a teenaged) Clark secretly had in his possession Basically, Martha realizes that Clark likes guys, & she confronts him about it. Pa Kent is brought in on it later, too.

Something I really really liked about this fic is that the Kents aren't angels. They're believably, realistically homophobic/biphobic, yet trying to be kind about it. Especially Pa.

I think it might've specifically been a Smallville fic? But I'm not certain. I can't find it no matter how I configure the tags on AO3 :( .

[crownedwille]

Are there still Crown Prince!Wilhelm stans out there despite S3 turning it into the number one problem? Please report, we need to unite and no, that doesn't mean that I don't support Wille's mental health and happiness and that I love the monarchy, some people out there must get it

[juliets-roller-derby-awesomeness]

does anyone have psych fic recommendations without spoilers? i want to read some so bad but i really really don't want to spoil myself because im loving watching the show for the first time

im at the beginning of season six right now, and part of me just wants to rush through these last episodes so i can start being a part of the fandom and watching the blooper compilations and video essays, but part of me just wants to go slowly and enjoy the moments

so like, even if it's like " this one is really good but you need to watch 6x14 so you don't get spoiled" it'd be something i can enjoy sooner than just at the end of the series

and ofc if you have stuff for after season 8 too im all ears but please please please tell me it's for after because i really don't want to be spoiled

[redscrawl]

guys i’m meeting cary elwes in like a week and i don’t know what to do i’m scared

[sphnyspinspin]

Okay so… I’m definitely a couple years late to the “party”, but what exactly is the deal with the Decepticons who crashed on Earth being animal related?

They never mentioned being Predacons (cause I assume those are still a future thing) and Maximals are the Autobot adjacent animal-Cybertronian fused bots. I just assumed they were some kind of version of Beastformers, but I never recalled them mentioning anything. Because I feel like that could be at least mentioned in the TFWiki. So am I just left to assume that some Cybertronians are forged with animal attributes and some aren’t, and that the Alchemor was made specifically for the Decepticons who fit into that category?

I know that I might be reading too much into this but come on. Am I just not remembering when Fixit would say “Beastformer” —out loud specifically? Or do they just not say it so we’re left to assume that they’re directly coming from Cybertron? Because there is a planet in Transformers Lore (maybe not specifically Aligned lore but I wouldn’t know) called Jungle Planet, which had many different aliases, that had Transformers that took on animal attributes over time.

Maybe the writers wanted to keep on pushing the Decepticons=bad and Autobots=good agenda a bit further by just making the Cons’ Beastformers to label them as “animals instead of people”. And it’s already bad enough if you look at RiD15 as just Transformer copaganda in general.

I dunno. Five minutes into making this post I literally just went to TfWiki and read about IDW’s Jungle Planet, aka Eukaris, and lightly skimmed its lore and it made some sense. Not complete sense—some sense.

But that still doesn’t excuse why the Alchemor ONLY carried Beatsformers. Or was at least 90% Beastformers, I did see a few Vehicons—BUT MY POINT STILL STANDS! >:[

I honestly have a really good theory imo, but that’s for a separate post, and this one’s getting too long.

[youngbounty]

Batman is Vengeance

During patrol, Damian and Tim get attacked by an older Tim from the future intending on hunting down Damian to avenge his Batman. However, Tim can sense there is something off about this version of himself compared to the one that hunted down Batwoman and Superboy. Will Tim and Damian be able to stop Older Tim and find out why he's going after Damian?

[silusvesuius]

fictional female characters and characters with insanely obvious cluster B personality disorders will never know peace as long as te/s fans keep making posts about them i mean it

[p2ii]

'we need more stories with complex and nunaced themes and world building that doesn't exist in black and white/where no one is uniquely good or bad' y'all can't even handle the freedom fighter trope when they use 2% violence in their own liberation

[megsiepoo]

            "Mein gott, I am fine," Ludwig cried, leaping up from his seat to emphasize his point before immediately falling right back down, his knees buckling in protest. The two men rushed forward in a panic, catching the former doctor and easing him back into his seat, a strained 'danke' passing through gritted teeth. Medic glued his eyes to his lap and gripped onto his thighs, his fingers digging painfully through the material; a professional to his core, he loathed being seen as weak, especially among his peers.             "Look, doc," Engineer began, giving Medic's shoulder a gentle squeeze, "if you say you're going to be ok, we'll believe you. You'd tell us if there was something to worry about. But you do an awful lot to take care of everyone. Why don’t you let us take care of you for a change?"

Hellooo tf2 fandom! I come bearing an offering. There will be more. Whether that's a threat or a promise is up for your interpretation.

This was genuinely very fun to write! And this fic also helped drag me out of a writing funk. I'm looking forward to doing more for the fandom. And don't worry cotl readers, I'll return soon. Consider this a hiatus period while I fight burnout.

Anyway, a big thank you to all my readers, and feedback appreciated as always!

[apocalyp-tech-a]

Tech comes to a very sobering realization about you as Clone Force 99 experiences Order 66 in the latest chapter of Force and Sensitivity.

[livvyofthelake]

deciding my favorite genre of book is children’s historical fiction… nothing else hits like it sorry… yeah yeah adult historical fiction is fine. not my favorite though…

[sweetest-honeybee]

Mcyt fics, I mean :)

Hmm! I’m bad with names and authors because I’ve not read much fan fiction in a LONG while but my notable favorites are usually up there with the bigger fics anyways. Regardless I’ll throw em at you :)

Silver Sun (which I know is by @thathermitweirdo )

They also wrote The Furthest Star which was another angsty Xisuma-centric fic that I loved

Dog At the Door was fantastic and I’d read it again and have thought about making more art for it in my rendered style eventually. I think that one’s by @fluffy-papaya and their friend?

The entire au in general but The Incredible (?) Case of the Body Swapping Serial Killer by @redstone-sun is literally amazing and I love their fics in general for their characterizations of the hermits. Like I’m. God damn. But yeah the Fallen London AU is by far my favorite AU to date

I still remember ones like The Red Sun Never Sets and And the Universe Shifts because they’re popular but imo they’re great fics and we’re the first ones I read for Hermitcraft

OH hhh what is it called. Lost in the Void’s Embrace? Augh that shit was good. That’s a good fic right there

I also read 2 whole chapters so far of This is About a Stuffed Bird and will someday hopefully finish it 😂