#so i will live vicariously thru fanfics

[rainbow-universe]

I want to be roommates with fictional characters so bad 🥺

[90sjenniferconnelly]

i fucking despise podcasts where its just two assholes reading bad fanfiction and making fun of it, i wanna find more podcasts that are centered around actual dorks talking about the CRAFT of writing fanfic and what they like to read, i could listen to people talk about that shit endlessly, love it.

[hello-yue-here]

Yuetara, zukka, and maiko

yuetara

ship

1) its not one of my main ships. i dont rlly read fanfic for them but if i see a cute fanart of them ill enjoy it and i think i first started shipping it because of good fanarts for them.

2) i like yuetara because of how similar they are. theyre both women from the water tribe. they both understand the misogyny that they have faced. and they both said f sexism im gonna be a strong woman. i also love the tui and la parallel. moon spirit and ocean spirit parallel COME ON. YUE IS THE MOON. KATARA IS THE MOST POWERFUL WATERBENDER. THEY ARE THE OCEAN AND THE MOON. the push and pull they could give eachother. that dynamic ftw.

3) i guess if i didnt like something about this ship would be the fact that if i read a fic or see a fanart w yuetara then than means in that particular au i wont get any yuekka and yuekka is probably my second favorite ship. but then again if i get yuetara than i could get a plethora of other sokka ships to go with it so my sadness disappears in like two seconds. gosh shipping is hard sometimes until you remember ‘hey i have like fifty different universes in my head. all ur ships can coexist in ur brain olivia’ other than that i really see no downsides to this ship. maybe i wish it had more content. maybe if it had more content id ship it a lot more but its not one of the more popular ships so the content is kinda few n far between on my feed.

zukka:

SHIPPP

1) my boys. my babies. my loves. i watched this show for the first time when it came out on netflix and when it ended i really didnt ship anything other than kataang. i came onto tumblr to find fun atla content and one of the very first things i saw under the atla tag was zukka content. i was like oh? whats this? zukka? interesting... i was intrigued so i found a list of fic recs and i fell in love with the ship. the rest is history. its probably my number one ship because it was my very first ship here and im nostalgic

2) oh boy there is so much i like about this ship. i relate to a shit ton of characters in atla. but sokka and zuko may be the ones i relate to most. i relate to sokka because i tend to feel second best a lot to my friends. i try to stay positive but things rarely go the way i plan or hope for them too and while im happy for my friends and their achievements i oftentimes find myself thinking why cant that be me? and i see this a lot in sokka especially in sokkas master. i dont feel special a lot and idk seeing sokka feel the same way and then realizing he is special kinda helped me realize that im special too. on the flipside i relate to zuko because i have wild anger issues and difficulty dealing w my emotions a lot as well. i get broody and short tempered and insecure very often and i tend to push people away and i refuse to ask for help (the amount of teachers and adults and therapists who have told me its okay to ask for help ur not any weaker because of it is astounding. do i listen to them? .....im working on it.) and i saw a shit ton of this in zuko. book one and two zuko rarely asks for help as seen in the blue spirit and zuko alone and he pushes away uncle so many times and even when the gaang iffers to help him in i think its the chase he tells them to leave. when he finally has his redemption and joins the gaang and lets them kinda become a better person i was so happy. i want that for myself yk. seeing him finally win the agni kai and overcome his family that always told him he was nothing was such a win. my sister and i get along but when we were children we were very much like zuko and azula. it was extremely competitive all the time and there was so much toxicity and sibling drama to a concerning extent. we get along great now which im very happy about but yeah their sibling relationship hit a lil too on the nose for me. seeing as i relate to these character so much and want them ti be happy i want to live vicariously through them so seeing them together is amazing for me to project into them. i love projecting onto fictional characters and with them i can project onto BOTH so its a winwin. plus so many zukka fics are so well written and heartwarming and heartbreaking and emotional and fluffy anf UGH the talent here us astounding.

3) what do i not like about the ship? again the list is long. oops. mainly the toxic shippers. there are so many toxic zukka stans that sometimes make it hard for me to enjoy this ship but hey! thats what the block button is for:) i despise how often people infantilize zuko and completely ruin his character for the sake of making him a soft weak lil boy who needs protecting. thats just not zuko for me. and ive seen many many accounts even state that this kind of portrayal of zuko is rooted in racist stereotypes about asian men (now i am white so i personally have never experiences racism but i feel the need to bring that up because it is wrong and attention needs to be brought to it because a lot of poc fans have criticised this) and the same for sokka. some ppl rlly skew his character and make him a big strong brute and hypermasculine and once again poc fans have said that this take is rooted in racist stereotypes. again! these are just my opinions! this is my favorite ship! but i think its important to acknowledge some of the bad parts of our ships as well and be critical where criticism is needed :))

maiko

ship

1) I LOVE MAIKO. “i dont hate you” “i dont hate you too” BRUH. my little heart just burst into flames. im sorry guys but maiko is so cute. they hate everything except eachother. BRUH that is one of the cutest tropes. i shipped them the moment i saw them together onscreen and i was so happy when zukos face lit up in the finale when mai came back.

2) “i hate everything but i have a soft spot for you” TAKE MY MONEY I AM A SUCKER FOR THIS. they are so cute together. like zuko is rarely happy in a majority of atla but mai makes him happy and i- 🥺🥺 HE DESERVES IT. and mai is always so supportive of him. when hes stressing out about the war meeting she tries her best to comfort him. and zuko cares about her too. he may not be the best at showing it but oh my god hes TRYING HIS BEST. i think its a very accurate portrayal of teenage relationships because they arent perfect and they do fight but like,, every teenage relationship does that. and even after everything and how he left her in the fire nation she still had his back at boiling rock. she still risked her life against azula to save his butt.

3) the thing i hate about maiko isnt even about maiko. its about antis who think mai is toxic and that zuko deserves better. that has got to be the worst take ive ever heard. they had a fight in ember island. that is NORMAL. they are teenagers. they are not perfect. but underneath all the rough edges and things they need to work out they still care about eachother so freaking much. i genuinelt believe that neither of them would do anything to intentionally hurt the other and i think thats what matters the most. if anything mai is the best girlfriend in the entire world because zuko fucked up like,, quite a few times. he got rlly jealous and dumped her thru a letter and ppl always say that mai was toxic for being mad at him for those two things. umm she had every right to be mad at him for both of those. and while zuko is allowed to feel his emotions and be angry sometimes as well sometimes he needs to think things thru and realize that hey maybe some if this jealousy is unfounded. BUT EVEN THEN. HE RESPECTED HER FEELINGS AND DIDNT TOUCH HER WHEN SHE SAID DONT TOUCH ME. HE RESPECTED HER. so i hate toxic maiko takes because they are literally so wrong in my opinion.

again all of these are just my opinions!! feel free to agree or disagree but please be respectful!! i will respect whatever u think as well because this is all just for fun :)

[lilyevansgf]

16, 21, 34 !! <3

16 - guilty pleasure trope:

hhdjneh i love “coming out to your parents” fics i think it’s bc i got outed so i never got that experience and now i live vicariously thru fanfic. coming out fics in general. guilty pleasure bc i knowwww the coming out trope is perpetuated by hollywood as this Be All End All of the queer experience and it’s annoying but. i still like it

21 - fav pairing to write for?

wolfstar!! dorlene feels too personal and can be scary, but wolfstar is like. perfect mix of tragic but also nuanced but also sweet but also happy idk i can’t explain it

34 - copy paste an excerpt you’re particularly fond of:

from my dorlene fic (i just think it’s funny):

When Dorcas finished pouring and had put the bottle back into the cabinet, she sat on the stool and looked at Marlene. “You smell.”

Marlene was so taken aback she almost forgot she was supposed to be in the middle of an emotional crisis.

[mystic-kitten-writer]

I normally hate fanfic but wow limerence has me HOOKED!! my bf broke up with me recently it honestly destroyed me but i've been living vicariously thru ur story ahahah can't wait for the next chapter love ur work u are a talented gem! can we get a sneak peak of the next smut ;);)

I’m glad Limerence tickles your fancy, babe 😊😊

Sorry about the break-up; I know how rough it can be, so remember to take life one day at a time. I remember telling my friend once that just because you broke up doesn’t mean love dies, it just means your love is going to change to someone else and to learn from this experience. But even so, while I may not know the ins and outs of your situation, I’m always here to talk or rant - so don’t be shy! 🥰

AND BABE 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆

I may drop another smut teaser later this week or next because the smut coming up soon has a few spoilers so I can’t 😭😭😭

That saying though, remember that possessive Zuko smut I wanted to write time ago? Well...it’s almost done and now I’m just waiting for the perfect time to drop it 😈😈 So keep an eye out for that 😉

I hope you take care love, and thank you for the lovely support~!

[ineffablecritter-avery]

Y'all i started writing fanfic before knowing what it was, i wanted to go on adventures with Drizzt and pals, or the LOTR Fellowship, or Star Wars! Started in...7th grade? I think. So year 2000, when I was 11! Finding others like me later was a relief.

And yes most of my fics are self insert or adding OCs I need to live vicariously thru fiction cuz life is a fucking bitch that I wish I could punch in the face and in fanfics (and my made up stories/realities) I CAN.

Found it online around 2010/11/12 ish? Maybe? My timeline memory is shit lol.

Fanfiction.net was what my sister showed me back then, stumbled onto AO3 recently (knew about it but didn't check it out before) and know of Wattpad but not been on much.

hey reblog/reply with how old u were when u discovered fanfic, what year it was, and what site

[bettsfic]

Keanu/Bellamy lovechild anon here you wanna hear how its going....??

oh god you have no idea how much i think about you tbh and send you telepathic well-wishes for your plight 

Keanu & Bellamy Lovechild update: Its been a month of sexual frustration tbh. I present to you the greatest hits: 1) someone was leaving at work so we had drinks in the office, KBL & I, work bff & 2 others are in a little circle, he is stood opposite me. Everyone talking about their SOs & BFF with no subtlety says '___ is perpetually single' & everyone laughs & he looks me literally up and down and says 'Oh I don't believe that...me on the other hand' !!

2) on my birthday & bff got me a 'flirty thirty' badge when he saw he said 'I thought it was Dirty Thirty?' & bff says 'No shes a good girl' and he turns full body at me and says 'Good girl? hmm ok' & bff walks off and just leaves me...& he puts out his fists and says 'choose' and he gives me green paperclips which are coveted by all & he says 'happy birthday good girl' in such a sexy voice and walks off. PANTIES OFF.

3) wore my afro out for the first time in ages as I was walking in hear work bff wolf whistle which she KNOWS I hate and as I give her the middle finger discreetly as I can & see him laugh. When handing me post he says 'you look really cute' & because I cannot handle compliments I say 'HR' as a joke and he puts his hand over his heart and says 'ouch' and as he walks away he looks back at me and smiles.

4) was in the lift with headphones on looking in bag for my keys with two other people in the lift too, he gets on and walks to the back and at this point I'm very aware he is behind me and having a freak out & trying to figure out if he can hear I'm listening to Ariana Grande? I then feel him tucking the label of my jumper in and when I flinch he puts his hand on my forearm but from behind me & he just held on to my arm until he got out without saying a word.

5) Last Friday was late to work & when I did get there found a printed out discount for a lelo from bff! I seriously don't know how long that was on my desk but saw the post was right by it! At lunch I'm eating at my desk to catch up & he walks over sits on the edge of my desk & says 'Oh I left your post on the desk....I'm making orders today for Monday anything you specifically want? ' & while pointedly looks at my desk. I'm like 'nope' but inside I'm like 'ARE YOU OFFERING TO BUY ME A VIBE?'

HELP 6 DIDN’T SEND

7 cont) I replied back 'of course' and he text me a thumbs up selfie and let me just say collar bone! forear! hair! big hand! veins in arm! and then he texts me 'you can send me a pic for my contacts' & I replied 'cause your the kind of person who keeps his phone contact pics up to date' and he replies 'I guess you saw through my ploy....text me/call me anytime, anything really'. should I send him a cute or semi slutty one from when I went to the beach & you can see side boob in sleeveless top?

Bff thinks I should just just not be in my head & every time I want to be a flirt back I freak out and think I'm making a fool of myself. So I resolve most weekends to just ask him straight up if he likes me even tho I suspects he does, and by Monday I'm backing out and I'm a blushing stammering chicken shit and tell myself its all in my head. What would you do? Advice please.

i 

am

screaming

first, oh my god. like. ohhhh my godddddddddd. YOU ARE LIVING A FANFIC I CANNOT BELIEVE.

second, YES send him sideboob pic. you MUST. 

third, i’m a filthy trollbeast who has been single for seven years so i don’t even remember how to play this game, but my instinct tells me full speed ahead, like you don’t even need to ask the question of whether or not he likes you because he obviously DOES. he seems like he’s enjoying torturing you with the slowburn and it sounds like if you’re trading pics and texting it’s progressing at a p natural pace.

so the next step is obvs hanging out outside of a work function, then hanging out one-on-one. i think to show your interest it would be good to meet him halfway. if he’s coming by your desk to chat, you can find a reason to go to the mailroom to chat. if he texts first with a stupid meme, you text first the next day. that way you don’t have the nervousness of pushing forward but a short stroll to the middle of the field, and that way if he’s nervous at all he’ll know his advances would be welcome.

pls update soon. i am living vicariously thru you. good luck, godspeed, and catch that D

[brewsters-art-cafe]

tagged by @aprilsoul ;)

Rules: answer the questions, then tag 20 people you’d like to get to know better.

Nickname: Ash, irl Ashie Ketchup 

Gender: girl

Star sign: Leo

Height: 5’1 

Hogwarts house: I don’t like HP oops

Favorite animal: I never have a straight answer for this so i’ll pick sloth

Favorite color: Any shade of purple, buttercup yellow too! (gf ur colors are so specific ur so extra ily)

Current favorite song: Doubt by Shallou cuz it makes me sleepy :-)

Favorite ideas to get creative with: Gardening DIY ?? I don’t think i read this question right

What do you do when you’re alone: read angsty romance fanfics and live vicariously thru them :’)

Average hours of sleep: 4-6 if I actually fall asleep

Cats or dogs: cats!! big dogs are nice too

Number of blankets I sleep with: 3

Dream job: web comic person or game artist (is that what they’re called?)

Dream trip: Beaches Turks and Caicos cuz if i gotta see that commercial every day since i was like 5 u better believe ima go there

Sexuality: bi

When I made this account: I think like last spring?? March-ish? idr

Number of followers: 1,811

I’m bad at tagging soooo anyone who wants to!! :’)

[keepingcalmisoverratedgoddamnit]

Sometimes I struggle with wishing I was someone else and yeah I know I'm me and I should appreciate that but... idk I think that's why I read and watch so many things partially cuz I live vicariously thru them

I think a lot of people feel this way. I read a lot of books and fanfic and watch a lot of movies and shows and I think it’s for the same or a similar reason.

Thanks for sharing this with us lil bean