#that was me getting the ao3 email

[hmslusitania]

There’s like. So I like collections on ao3, I think they’re a good feature, I generally do not have any issue letting my works into collections whatsoever (I know others do and there’s a few popular posts that go around, most of them with some outdated warnings about collections functionality) but like.

I got a collection request. That was a collection for “to read later”. And I am still boggled over it so:

[you-were-meteowrong]

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[muffinlance]

It's Sunday. I had plans. Clean the house, do some laundry, some life admin, the gym, find a body of water to enjoy what's presumably the last hot day of the year. Instead, I stumbled across 'Salvage' this morning and I have not done anything else but read it all day. I dont even go there, to quote the ancient Gods. I have not even seen a single episode of this show. But I cannot stop reading it. It's so so so so good. But I have no AO3 account so I can only leave Kudos there. So here's my comment: ARGHHDUWHAULA THIS IS SO GOOD I WANT TO CLAW MY FACE OFF!!!

But if Claw Face Off, how can Read More Fics?

(I have 19 Avatar fics posted, if you do get an account. Only 2 or 3 for those not logged in.)

[missingn000]

hey all! i wrote a what-if character study & action fic for if king fought sanji instead of zoro during the raid on onigashima. i'd really love if you gave it a read! thanks so much!

link

playlist

happy reading!

[septimusmoonlight]

You doing ok?

hi

[daminwayne]

It’s 2023 and I’m still upset about all the Tony Stark hate post CACW

[steelthroat]

Me: "Oh look! A 100k work with all the tags and characters I like! Oh it will take me so long to read it... I think I'll do it when I have time"

*never starts it/starts it months later*

Me on the same day: *roughly reads 15 works 3 or 4k words long*

[direwombat]

listen. i'm always happy whenever someone leaves a comment because they enjoy my writing. whether it's a quick "love it!" or a longer dissection of whatever they've read, it warms my heart that they took the time out of their day, however brief, to let me know that they liked my work. i don't consider myself entitled to receive comments for posting my work, which makes every single one i get a gift!

but comments like these (particularly ones that come from profiles that haven't posted fic and are aggregates of bookmarks*) really do leave a bad taste in my mouth:

so, let me spell some things out for anyone who may be unaware:

I don't write for you.

I write for myself.

I am writing fic for free in the little spare time i have.

You are not entitled to my (or anyone else's) work

i haven't posted fic to ao3 since literally january of this year. i also wish i were posting fic more frequently, trust me. the only thing worse than writing is not writing. but asking "where's the rest????" and "part 2????" only activates my spite response to not post. you'll get updates to fics when you get updates. writing fanfiction is a hobby for me. i do it for fun. but i also take my craft (writing) very seriously. i want to write a good, compelling story and i take great care in the writing process. it's laborious to begin with, and on top of that, i am a meticulous planner. it takes me much longer to write a fic than it does for you to read it -- yes, even for the short ones and smutfics!

it's the famous "pick two: high quality, cheap, and fast", and unfortunately for all of us, if you want my "not bad"-writing and have it also remain free, then you're gonna have to be patient.

*i'm not saying that this is an incorrect way to use ao3. if you're using ao3 as a place to keep track of the fics you like, that's a valid way to use the site, and not what i'm mad about. it's the entitlement.

[aj-lenoire]

because of the netflix live action show being released, the summit now has 2500 kudos holy shit 😭

[puhpandas]

friendly reminder that commenting on fics saying things like "commenting every day until a new chapter is posted" and then actually following through with that and bombarding a writer that much isnt funny and its actually disrespectful

[knifemartin]

a choose your own adventure for REAL this time!!!

[the-l-spacer]

I haven’t interacted with the fandom in a bit BUT I realised today that there’s finally a unified tag for shaperaverse fic on ao3?????

And honestly I think that’s beautiful

[itwasmagic]

Forbidden Paradise

SUMMARY: In hindsight, amongst battling ogres and slaying dragons, Emma probably should have expected vampires to be more of a problem than they had been before now. Definitely before they ended up in the forest feeling like they were being watched. No, not watched. Stalked. Hunted.

Regina awakens alone in a hospital room with an aching in her gums and a craving she can’t quite place… Until she sees Emma again.

PAIRING: Emma & Regina (Swan Queen)

RATING: Mature/Explicit

WARNINGS: blood/violence, character death

[anthropwashere]

Ah fuck, I almost forgot, I decided to finally post the Grimdark Homestuck Beast for the Good Intentions deadfic event this year. Everybody pray for me and the hours I'm gonna spend bullying the Homestuck AO3 skin into submission

[celestie0]

imma be so fr taglists are the bane of my existence i am one more chapter update away from discounting them 💀💀

[baejax-the-great]

Sent an email to my entire family about my sister being diagnosed with brain cancer over the weekend.

Just received an email back from my other sister, who I have not talked to since 2015, and before that weird day since 2010, so basically 13 years of mutually agreed upon complete non-communication, telling me I write so well, even when writing about sad things, and have I ever considered being a writer?

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