#unless a fic is seriously problematic

[neaverse]

I'm so sick of this fandom. Let people write whatever the fuck they want without throwing accusations. If you have a problem with it, go and write the fic you want. Contribute instead of complaining. We're not making any profit from fanfiction and it's not up to you to decide what I and other writers can and cannot write. If there's a lack of something, then try to resolve it by contributing instead of “forcing” other writers to do it for you. We're not machines. We're not here to create media for you to consume. It's not made for you but rather shared with you. Stop acting like you have a say in it. Don't start hating on fics if something happens and you don’t like it. It's not yours, it's ours. We're proud of it and that's all that matters. You don't have to read it— you're free to stop at any point. It's okay to not like something but it's not okay to hate on it just because it doesn't meet your expectations. It's free, stop complaining and find something else to read.

Also, stop dissecting and rating fics. It's not for you to pick apart and examine and it's so fucking disrespectful how it's become normal to share the fics you hate/dislike on social media. We are real people with real feelings. It doesn't matter that we shared it online— we do not have to accept it when people shit-talk our fics as if we won't see it because we do.

Oh, and while we're at it, learn how to use ao3. You can exclude ships and tags. It's not always that there are no fics— you just don't know how to use ao3 effectively.

[r3musmoony]

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

hey kids who read fic, listen up

it’s annoying to me as a Fanfic Elder that y’all don’t understand how consent works in regards to reading fanfic

last night I saw a fic that had EIGHT of my favorite tags included and a great summary BUT it also contained a tag for a topic that bothers me. I weighed the pros/cons and decided NOT to read the fic because the ONE tag I disliked was something that could trigger a panic attack if the scene went into any sort of detail - it wasn’t worth risking the eight good tags.

from the first moment I noticed the fic to the moment I decided not to read it, the entire experience was MY RESPONSIBILITY. the author tagged the fic correctly, I knew what my limits were, and I respected them.

if you find a fic with tags you don’t like, JUST DON’T READ IT 

don’t harass the author, don’t post a big whiny rant about it on Tumblr, just keep scrolling

that is your job as a reader. 

[suffarustuffaru]

What are your least favorite ships? Not counting Subaru x one of the minors (i sadly have seen some around)

whew...... least favorite ships..... now thats a bold question HAH and i may have some. ah. Bold answers hah.

im generally pretty open to most ships, its just a matter of like. either i already liked the ship / was really into the ship or im more neutral about it and you just gotta convince me why i should at least give it a shot or be like "this could be good in certain circumstances". i dont usually care if a ship is toxic or "problematic" per say bc 1. this is rezero and sooo so many ships in this show arent 100% healthy lbr and 2. i will like a ship if its like. complex, and if theres problematic stuff, then its done for a reason - like it's not just there willy nilly. but thats just my personal feelings on it yep!! :o fiction is different from real life and all that.

more under the cut!!

that being said like. you know, kinda like you said - the obvious answers would be like subaru x any minors and just any sort of incest ships bc like. i do not see the point of it. that and you know, like a lot of people, i tend to avoid these sorts of ships with 99.999% of fandoms im in. i aint here for incest or shipping adults with minors. and i know theres like fandoms like game of thrones where this sort of thing IS relevant in the story, but with rezero - like it just is not relevant here and adds nothing unless youre into that. i do get that fictional stuff is different from real life and its not necessarily an indication of someone's character. i also definitely know this bc ive cowritten a gluttony if selfcest fic for this fandom as a very extreme crack treated seriously story hahh. but yeah like. ships between family and adult x minor are Not For Me in this fandom. i dont feel like it adds anything to the story and its also like Really out of character.

granted, i cant really say much on that bc ive written and posted selfcest for this fandom but like. in my defense, i did way too much research for that fic (..............i researched a lot of psychology stuff) and also gluttonybaru is Canonically Not Normal about subaru. the more you think about gluttonybaru the worse he gets HAH. like. dude has canonically kissed subaru via emilia's book of the dead....................

but obviously ofc i do not condone any of this ^^^^ in real life.

anyway on a lighter note!! im not a huge fan of most ships between subaru and *insert a female side character here*. like im not a big fan of like. subaru x anastasia, subaru x priscilla, subaru x elsa, subaru x yorna, subaru x pandora, like... the list can get kinda long bc people in this fandom in certain english spaces like to ship him with like any girl ever, it feels like sometimes. it gets to the point where sometimes i feel like subaru is just the self-insert to be shipped with women that people have the hots for.

like with most content about these sorts of ships, its hard for me to see much point to it - and there IS potential there. there is almost always potential in so many different tropes and ships, and theres some cool fanart in this fandom with these ships!! but you know, i hear about people suggesting ideas with these ships or writing fic about these ships and its just not my cup of tea bc it really sacrifices the characterization of all these women. and elsa is like already sexualized enough okay and its almost never nuanced and taking into account her backstory :( like i could be convinced to ship these ships with like idk 20k to 200k words of relationship and character development, but as it stands i personally really dont like them hah ;-;;; and also priscilla is clearly more into women okay (she canonically talks about how men are only allowed to fantasize about her and nothing more or she'll cut off their heads!!) and anastasia seems more into like julius and priscilla so like. HAH.

subaru x crusch is not something im a big fan of but im pretty open to it hah, i just havent seen much fancontent about them that really piques my interest :,)

anyway i also just. dont like the idea of taking a gay subaru ship and genderbending only one of them due to homophobia. and ill emphasize and underline that last part - due to homophobia - bc ive seen really good genderbend subaru content in this fandom where subarus afab and shipped with like julius or reinhard or something and there was clear effort and passion put into it!! and i do think its interesting thinking about how genderbend aus would affect this sort of thing for sure <3 i really really enjoy seeing the well made genderbend aus in this fandom!!

but i see other people suggesting fic ideas or making fics sometimes where its like fem subaru x male side character or like now-fem side character x subaru but it like its only clearly done bc some people just cant ship a gay ship, they gotta make it straight and then not put effort into thinking how this would change more things. and the female character in the duo now is Especially terribly out of character :(( the homophobia is just so so irritating to me. i go on the fic reddit thread sometimes and i see stuff like. i think once i saw a thread about someone requesting ottosuba and someone else immediately went "oh, with femotto right!!" like. ...... please. they are a gay ship :,,,))))))) let them be gay Sometimes at least!! maybe we can genderbend both of them sometimes??? :,)))

also on a less serious note HAH ok like..... ok hear me out, dont kill me for saying this either, but - fredotto. frederica and otto. and - ok dont get me wrong, i think theyd be really really interesting for multiple reasons, right. and ive seen some cute fancontent on them that i liked a lot!! so i really do think they have lots of potential!! like theres the obvious "otto had a crush on a cat as a child and frederica's a cat demihuman", then theres the other obvious fact of otto and frederica being connected via garfiel being their brother/brother figure, and also like personality/temperament wise they could bounce off of each other in interesting ways but like.

the thing with fredotto is that i feel like in english fandom its treated as the "more likely" otto ship to happen, at times. which is Absurd to me after studying otto's lore way too hard bc not only is this dude just way too obsessed with subaru (like regardless of whether you view it as platonic or romantic or not, ottos like Down Bad either way LMAO i just dont see him having eyes for anyone else at this rate)... but also otto OPENLY ADMITS that he'd be bad in a relationship with a woman. like im really sorry but frederica would probably be Too Good for him. and he would Know That.

otto………. can you specify what “the most important thing” is. like do you mean ONLY your career or—

anyway so its like. you want me to believe that otto "i could never be in a relationship with a woman as i am now" suwen. could date a woman????? right now???? i dont think so LMAOO. like i would feel BAD shipping a woman with otto bc barely anyone deserves otto, ok. idk you might be going "suffaru arent you kinda mean to otto" but like being an otto fan also means being his biggest hater and dude is just super super cringe. and even if he had a crush, the chances of him voicing it is Probably Low.

like ships like fredotto, again, need like idk maybe like a few thousand words of development At Least on both ends, bc frederica?? we barely know anything about her at the moment, so its Really hard to approach a ship like this in an in-depth manner right now. like id love to explore fredotto!! id love to learn more about frederica!! id love to go crazy with this ship!! but yeah its definitely kinda hard bc we barely know anything on frederica :< :( and yeah once again. i think shes too good for otto. i think almost every woman is too good for otto. if youre shipping a woman especially with otto you gotta jump through hoops to Really convince me on this HAH. bc i think shipping him with men is just gonna lead to two different possibilities (codependency. and/or otto trying to femme fatale his way through life 👍)

yeah anyway jokes aside. fredotto at worst feels like just a case of pairing the spares and like Clearly they must only be in a straight ship or something HAH.... like i would love to read/write extensive relationship development on them though ;-;;; they got good potential, youd just have to put in the work for me to Believe that they could happen ;-;;;; but most fredotto english fic content atm is just them already being a Thing in the background like ;-;;; this would Not Happen from either of them without development!!!

also i have some fredotto tumblr posts floating around with what i Think would be fun to do with their dynamic…. idk where they are rn hah but yep i think they got potential :,) !!

anyway HAH i hope you did not mind reading about my least favorite ships in this fandom bc this is everything thats coming to my mind now 👍

[failguard]

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[ficnetfairy]

✿ . . . i'm your ficnetfairy !!

hiya! here you can find ficnetfairy's rules! these are non-negotiables and dictate why you may / may not be accepted into the network! as well as, why posts may not be reblogged once you are a member! please read these before applying,, thank you! ୨୧

NO BLACKLISTED FC. this includes idols who have stated they do not want to be used [i.e. iu, luna] or seriously problematic people [i.e. bigbang, super junior, kris wu] will not be reblogged on the ficnet.

NO BLANK / EMPTY BLOGS. it is a general rule within the fic that blanks blogs make the community quite uncomfortable. when updating with new urls please at least have a pfp and one (1) post up (can be tags / pinned / aesthetics) so we know you are not a bot. additionally, when accepting new members i will hold off until profiles are posted so i can double check ethnicity & ages align with their fcs!

NO BULLYING / HATEFUL BEHAVIOUR. i want this ficnet to be a positive and welcoming as possible. please be respectful of others and their creations. any anti-social behaviours will not be tolerated and will result in your membership being revoked.

NO ETHNOBENDING. the changing of a faceclaims ethnicity will not be tolerated and will result in your app being deleted / membership being voided. i.e. using a yeri fc [who is of korean ethnicity] as a chinese ethnicity with your fictional idol.

NO INNAPROPRIATE USE OF THE TAG. do not use the tracked tag unless you have been confirmed as a member by the admin. the only tag that ficnetfairy tracks is #ficnetfairy, do not use other tags thinking we would reblog posts.

NO MINOR OR BARELY 18 FCS. the use of any faceclaims who are 2004 or younger will result in your app being delete / membership being void. this includes haerin, hyein, kyujin leeseo, ni-ki, wonyoung etc.

NO MINOR OCS. even if its fictional, i do not see the need for minors, especially when subjecting them to sensitive topics which is common in the fic. doing this will also result in your application being delete or your membership being voided. this includes aging 19+ idols down to being 18-.

NO STEALING CONTENT. do not steal content from other accounts [whether on tumblr or not]. you will be deleted from the ficnet and reported.

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[seth-burroughs]

benefits of being yomi kin:

makes me twice as cool and sexy and automatically makes me the objectively correct authority on Yomi's character it is impossible for me to be wrong and if u tell me im wrong ill start scream crying on the floor

won kin lottery and is capable of distinguishing between Yomi Hellsmile the character and Yomi Hellsmile The Character allowing me to both quite literally be that guy and keep another version of him as my blorbo. Manifesting in the ability of fantasizing bout yomi suffering iykwim AND getting past the masochist allegations <3 Also yeah the Yomi fic is currently in works no I will not answer questions on it

this yaoihellsmile shit is sooo easy someone asks me "ouuuyy honey unwrangle my dingle in ur boioioiong and by sproingle well heh lets jsut say. my peanits. any thoughts on that mr yaoi?" and i just answer honestly straight from the heart no bullshit no rp skillz required

woaghhhhhh......... Former director of the peacekeepers homunculus clone Yomi Hellsmile from Master Detective Archives: Rain Code by Spike Chunsoft........ holy shshshit. He's Real......

disadvantages of being yomi kin:

the regular bullshittery that comes free with being fictionkin of any kind cut my wife into pieces this is my last divorce

everybody and their mom hates Yomi and even if the tag here is way less outright aggressive and I can just easily block anyone who makes me uncomfortable in any capacity, youtube is just unusable. Just. AuUUUghhhh. I know one of my fave dr youtubers is gonna play mdarc this year and I also know he's gonna absolutely hate Yomi with a passion and frequently pause the game to talk about how terrible he his yes we get it you are allowed to have opinions on fictional characters and aren't doing anything wrong by it whatever im gonns look up yomi softcore on pixiv fuka u

overly complicates my already fucked sense of self

Blood cravings got even worse😔 bad BAD this isn't sustenance it's toxic as hell christ dude STOP❗❗

not extremely likely but still very possible nightmare scenario where the precipitation cipher gets Big attracting those people and getting bombarded with kinnie jokes and annoying Ironic Kin For Fun crowd finding its way here. And that is the at best scenario, the worst one is 2015 kin drama reignited in 2020s you can't "kin" this character unless you're x or x, you can absolutely control who you're kin with and if i don't like your very voluntary choice you should stop (just stop man <3 i won't tell you how the fuck 😊) being fictionkin with a sinful evil abuser linux user makes you a bad person that deserves to be ostracized and harassed until you unlearn your problematic ways oh my god do any of you remember 2015 warrior cat kin drama what the fuck was that. i wasn't around in danganronpa fandom during that time but im pretty sure it may have been even worse there which is insane to even think about. but i mean like hey at least fictionkin were taken (mostly.) seriously back then (albeit considered deeply cringe by the masses) and not reduced to a cheap komaeda kinnies amiright joke

i suffered more than jesus actually. the demotion and arrest was SUPER unfair and cringe guys i promise im not gonna torture people from now on you can trust me in a position of power please please please no one did it like i did it

EJ MARTINA DZIE MIE KURWA WYWIEŹLI CO TO ZA ZADUPIE MARTINA. MARTINA NIE WYTRZYMAM JUŻ WEŹ HELIKOPTER I MIE KURWA ZABIERZ Z TEGO CHLEWU MAM DOŚĆ POMOCY <- wygnany do Rzeczypospolitej za swoje zbrodnie😔

Yomi is Real (threatening)

[hostilecandle]

Howdy! Welcome to my blog!

Y'all can call me Cain! I'm a happily married gay man who also happens to be fic writer and fanartist :) You can find my Masterlist below the cut! !!All Gifs Used Are My Own Unless Credited Otherwise!!

Currently vibing in the Call of Duty fandom, but this is not a singular fandom blog and I tend to just post whatever I feel like at the time. This includes NSFW content as well.

I do take ask requests for writing and art. Open to most things so don't be afraid to send an ask :)

☆I'm in my mid 20s and have dyslexia lol

☆I was in a car accident a few years ago that has left me an ambulatory wheelchair user. I talk openly about this and my experiences about that

☆I went to university for traditional theater and have been a state sanctioned judge for Forensic acting and Public Speaking (I often use these skills and experiences to discuss character analysis and have open conversations about acting)

☆(This one is mainly important because I'm currently in the CoD fandom) I am VERY anti-war but talk openly about my experiences growing up in a conservative and strict military house on a farm in the Midwest of the United States.

☆I'm a reader. I read all the time, can't get enough. I love curling up on the couch with something to read and a fresh cup of tea :)

-I DO NOT tolerate harassment or censorship of any kind. If you're one of those individuals who scream and cry about "propshippers" or "problematic content" my blog is not a safe place for you.

-I don't have a limit on ages (kinda). Look, I also remember being a horny teen on the internet. Hell I was in a conservative home with no other outlet so I get it. THAT BEING SAID: My rule is don't be stupid. If I know or find out you're a minor following me, I will block you. Have some basic internet safety and common sense. You know what is and is not a space for you. Don't be dumb about it. (SERIOUSLY STOP PUTTING YALLS REAL NAME AND AGES!! ARE SCHOOLS NOT TEACHING THIS ANYMORE?!)

-Don't be an asshole. Treat me with respect and I will offer the same. But I have no problem being an absolute cunt myself and I block liberally :)

Fic & Art Masterlists below the cut!

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All Dividers/Resources Blog Links I use can be found [Here] (All credits are also given on each individual post. This is just for people to find their blogs easily)

This Truth Is So Well Fixed - Price x M! Reader Regency Au

Got A Light? - Spicy Price x GN! Reader

My Price Headcannons - What it says on the tin lol

Sick - 141 members would taking care of sick GN! Reader

Swap - 09 and Reboot Soap swap places

Office hours - Spicy Price x M! Reader

Dark Waters Au- Mermay 141 concept

Poly!141 Pacific Rim Au

Ghoap character sheet-Pacific Rim Au

The General Zapped Soap

141 Debrief meme

Pin-up Price

Ghost Concept sketch

Dark Waters Au Price

Dark Waters Au Gaz

[Dividers by the-aesthetics-shop, cafekitsune, and drizztdohurtin]

[starry-mist]

Oh hi. Welcome to my blog.

If you've been following me for more than five minutes, you'll know most of this already, but since there are some new folks, let me introduce myself and what you will/will not find here.

I'm a big (probably an understatement) Hudson & Rex fan. Specifically, I'm a huge Sarah Truong fan and probably one of the OG Charah shippers, but I love all of it. The cast, the scenery, the stories. That being said: I am critical of shit the show does that I dislike, or (more often than not) things that I find particularly problematic. I firmly believe in being appropriately critical of the media I consume (h/t to @farfarawaygirl for the creation of my absolute favourite tag), and it's not always going to be sunshine and roses here. I don't do toxic positivity. If you're looking for "OMG Charah are forever perfection and these characters can do no wrong ever," look elsewhere. I don't do character hero worship. Characters have flaws. They'd be boring AF if they didn't. For example, if you were here for my H&R season 4 journey, which also included a bit of a mental breakdown, you know I will just as easily criticise my faves when they're being...not great...in the same breath as I will gush about how much I love them. I try to keep it real.

Occasionally I reblog stuff from other fandoms, but I have a tendency not to use tags for ships/fandoms that get...shall we say, a little *heated* from time to time (IYKYK.)

I'm "fandom old." AKA I was probably reading/writing fic before many of you were born. Why is this relevant? Because I'm not an "I write fic for engagement and kudos and whatnot" person, I'm more "I write fic because I enjoy exploring characters, and sometimes I'll share it on AO3." Basically: I'm probably way too old for this site, and I'm definitely too old to care about things like clout, or being "fandom famous" or infamous, or whatever the kids are into these days. I write because I want to. I don't engage with "you must interact with creations in this specific way or else you suck" takes. I get that there are people who take that stuff very seriously, and that's cool, you do you.

I write smut. If you can't deal with that, don't read it. I'm not going to apologize for including sex scenes in many of my fics. Tags and ratings exist for a reason, and I will always use them appropriately to ensure readers know what they're getting into.

If you know who I am on other social media, no you don't. Seriously. I keep my fandom life separate from my real life for a reason. Please respect that.

I love engaging in lively debate. I don't block often (unless you're a pornbot, which, if so, GO AWAY.) If I do, it's to protect my peace. If you block me, I assume it's for the same reason, and wish you well, or whatever.

I don't do fandom gatekeeping. It's weird. People engage with different media for different reasons, and expect different things from it, and that's okay.

Anyway. Just felt like putting that out there, in case people are in any way wondering where I'm coming from when I post certain takes, or reblog certain things. Thanks for reading.

[periprose]

https://www.tumblr.com/periprose/736664059948204032/im-stressed-the-fuck-out-lol

pleaseee ignore that person and anyone like them, some (most) people are just yappers, they love to chat shit, and i really don't see how the bear could be problematic and your fic was rly good, so fuck them, and people who hate on what others like are immature, seriously, it doesn't take much to just scroll past what you don't like, *unless if it was actually problematic*!!! do some deep breaths or wtv to relax yourself and move on from what they said 💜

Thank you anon 🥹💞 this message really cheered me up. I think in the moment I just felt so judged and weird so I didn't think of what I could do. But I'm glad you said this, I have to remember not to take internet yappers too seriously

[sezja]

For the character ask: Guydelot!

Character Ask Game

1: sexuality headcanon Bisexual! Doesn't tend to flirt with men unless they initiate it, and sleeps around a lot less than people think he does. He's had his share of casual one-night stands, but he doesn't usually flirt with intent.

2: otp I don't think anyone'll be surprised to learn it's Sanson.

3: brotp It's a close three-way tie between Eve (my partner's WoL, the one I refer to in my fics), Okhi Chelawae (my OC and Guydelot's childhood best friend), and Jehantel... but I think Jehantel takes it. We don't get to see them interact much, but I love how they talk about each other, and I love the sense you get of how much Guydelot looks up to the old man. He wants to make Jehantel proud...

4: notp Basically anyone but Sanson, honestly. I'm not interested in looking for any other ships with either of them.

5: first headcanon that pops into my head He first took up training to become a bard because he wanted an excuse to get out of doing drills - it was kind of a whim, not something he was taking seriously. But after only one lesson, he realized this was genuinely something he wanted to pursue, and he had a knack for it, which came as much as a surprise to Guydelot himself as it did to anyone else.

6: favorite line from this character "Your music is bad and you should feel bad!" is a strong contender.

7: one way in which I relate to this character We both love Sanson Smyth more than breathing No, maybe it's in that we're both wordsmiths of a sort, but fail at communicating how we feel.

8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character He has never done anything wrong, ever, in his life.

9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? Sinnamon roll <3

[squirrelwrangler]

Just found your blog by chance and I can see your hatred for the Feanorians, but while I'm a fan of Maedhros (yes, I am, and I still read through all your posts, because even though he's my favourite; my only acceptable characterization of him is that of an anti-hero at first that witnesses a fall and turns into a villain at the end. He's antagonistic, prideful, and manipulative even at his best, and I don't read his best moments as done out of goodwill. He's Machiavellian to me.) Maglor is much more lionized by the fandom. Maedhros is accepted as problematic, and it's only the loud minority who seems to turn him into a heroic figure, but Jesus are Maglor's fans annoying. Him aDoPtInG the twins is not something worth praising, nor is his last conversation with Maedhros. He's a delusional prick who only tries to gain some self-awareness when it's too late, only for it to be wishful thinking and extreme cognitive dissonance. Yet go on any post or YouTube video, and you'll see the majority mentioning him as a favourite of theirs because "he's kind and remorseful because he adopts the twins!" Yes, adopts them by giving them freaking Stockholm syndrome! It's fucking disgusting honestly.

AHEM. Back in..2003/4 that first year after I read the Silm, I was more sympathetic to Maglor and the Kidnap Family aspect of the story was mroe appealing, but even back then I wasn't totally on board with it or ignoring how messed-up it was, and I hated even the whiff of victim-blaming or negativity towards both Elwing and Eärendil. My tolerance for Maglor and the framing of the twins' abduction lessened until it fell off a cliff. Because it wasn't instant dislike like Fëanor (and Maedhros was always apathetic disinterest to dislike, I would legit forget he was a character in the Silm sometimes), I try to keep a kernel of grace for his misguided fans ;p. More seriously, my disdain and avoidance of the serious Maglor and Maedhros fandom lionization alternates between which one irks me more at the moment, aka which pierces the Girdle. Both via fanart annoy me, but Maglor moreso in fics because I have less than zero interest in the very popular and omnipresent fics that Maedhros dominates. And Maedhros fanart is more common when his supposed hotness feels like fandom gaslighting. But the glorious thing about avoiding interacting with 99% of the Silm and wider Tolkien fandom unless they come to my blog is that said annoyed rants about the Fëanorians petered off. (Now if only I could expunge my XIV feed from Emet Selch and that fandom's distressing widespread embrace of various war crimes favs; it's worse than GoT/House of the Dragon)

One day I'll write the story of my OC, Maedhros's husband and his eventual divorce, because the character concept is one I'm as fond of as Meril and through him it gives me the single hook to make Maedhros personally interesting. Aside from that, Maglor exists for me for that one story about him manipulating his brothers and choking them and how he appears in the Bór sub-series as the Fëanorian rightfully identified as most dangerous and most deluded by his self-pity. And the Nandor rescue squad saving the twins.

[recreationaldivorce]

well. ai art is stolen art. it gets its material online, that is fics that were made by other people, and it just mixes it together to make a new fic. its machine art. as contrary to a real person spending their time writing something their passionate about. i agree that people can be passionate about strange and problematic things but i do think ao3 should ban or not accept ai fics as that is stolen content basically. and i think REAL PEOPLE should continue writing what they want. that's my take on it

all fanfic is "stolen art" unless what it's writing fanfic about was in the public domain. most fanfic is about intellectual property which the author has no legal right to use, therefore it is also stolen.

ai does not have to train on other people's material. you could train an ai fic generator on your own manually written fanfiction, or train it on your own original fiction which is literally legally your intellectual property.

but suppose you did train ai on other people's fics without their consent. firstly fanfiction is not copyrighted; if it were, that would be illegal/infringement of the ip rights of the source media. you, legally, have no right to say what other people do with your fanfic. but let's suppose we can deem using some other non-legalist framework that the training material was "stolen"; okay, so why do we take more seriously the stealing done by ai generated fanfic, more so than the stealing done by manually written fanfic? if you write fanfic then you are stealing another author's characters and possibly their worldbuilding and plot too depending on whether it's canon-compliant, canon-divergent, or complete au. some fanfics have complete scenes lifted from the original media, and simply rewrite the prose—but all the dialogue and actions are copied exactly. is that not stealing? did you get permission from the author?

i also don't think that the amount of "effort" put into art makes it more or less genuine. i mean, firstly, suppose there was an ai generated fic that took someone an equal amount of "effort" (assume that "effort" can be objectively quantified; it cannot, but your argument hinges upon that assumption too so we will work on the same assumption) as a manually written fic. maybe you spent a long time setting up the ai and finding appropriate training material for it. or maybe you whipped together a fic super quickly on a whim. or both. either way the author spent the same amount of effort on both the ai generated fic and the manually written fic and put the same amount of "passion" [also cannot be objectively quantified but assume it can, again based on your own argument] into them. do you see these two fics as equally valid works of art? if not, why not? because then that means you think that something other than quantified "effort" or "passion" determines the validity of the art.

finally—what ideological implications does conflating "good art" with "effort" have? what movements and politics are associated with this sort of thinking? what sort of movements and politics have been opposed to "low-effort" or "easy" art? why do you think that is? if you see yourself as ideologically opposed to these movements and politics—how is your opposition to "low-effort"/"easy" art different?

[kharmii]

Why is it I'm into the problematic Subway Boss ships (and Volo to some extent) and all there is on AO3 is stuff tagged like it's a Hannibal Lecter fic? That is....Hannibal fic with dog dicks. It seems like an initiation requirement on the blankshipping tag, like they won't let you into the discord unless you do a stupid two-dick werewolf-fuck knotting AU.

(-Like srsly, every time someone's huge stanky gross dog jumps up and puts its paws over my shoulders while it licks my face with its dog-ass licking tongue, I'm like MAN. SERIOUSLY. I want to get my blorbos into dog action online.)

I know people here for gardevoir appreciate that I don't post the smut, but there's something honest and normal and uncomplicated about guys who are just into huge fucken garde-tiddies. I might browse the gardevoir tag on Pixiv where 90% of it is huge-ass, gigantic breasts, but at least there's not as much as the sick shit I see for the Train Clowns....and people don't act like they HATE gardevoirs like they do Volo and Emmet.

Take away: Imagine fandoms that are so ugly they make pages and pages and pagesandpagesandpagesandpages of gardevoirs with jugs on Pixiv seem not so bad.

screaming @ this screenshot bc op of it was talking about… HANNIBAL NBC!!! why does the cannibalism heavy gore emotional manipulation abuse show’s fanfic reflect that i wonder hmm

[philosophicalparadox]

You know, being a Selective Shipper almost sucks sometimes.

Like, I can like or enjoy nearly any ship if it’s done in a certain way, dependent on the answer to these questions:

Do they make sense? As in, is their dynamic interesting? I honestly don’t care about compatibility, it ain’t about that, I want them to be interesting

What’s the context? AU can be done beautifully but I typically don’t like them because they like to throw context out the window. Which is fine if you’re just there for the ship. But I want to know how they happened too. It’s why I perpetually seem to write slow burns lol I gotta know the why with the what. (Horny self indulgent oneshots notwithstanding)

Could there be a canon-flavored explanation for this? Meaning, basically, does this work as a plausible canon divergence, or is it canon-AU? I can vibe with either if the writer is honest about it, but tend to favor divergence just because of ND brain inertia.

Is this ship going to put me in a bad emotional/mental place? Note, I do not one iota care whether a ship is “problematic”. But certain kinks are deeply Squick to me, (actual torture, as an example) and certain pairings are very not my cup of tea for dynamic or emotional reasons (parent/child pairings, for example, though incest in general does not deter me at all so antis take note)

Are they reasonably in character for the situation? THIS. It’s entirely personal to me, but unless the OOC is justified by circumstances presented in the fic or other medium, I find it really hard to hang on to the plot no matter how interesting. Now, as stated, if the OOC-ness is itself plot specific, that’s entirely different. I am all for “what would it take to get them to act like this?” Situations. They’re among my favorite. It’s when there’s no context for the weirdness that I get turned off to it.

Similar to that, and tying this all up, the question of “what would make them not work for each other”? I usually take this quibble with a pinch of salt, (see the “idc about problematic designations” above) BUT there are sometimes circumstances presented in canon that make particular characterizations off-putting or unrealistic but also certain ships or dynamics. Say character A has been traumatized by war. It makes total sense that they’d be drawn to character B who is a combat vet and would know some things. What ceases to make sense is to turn character A into a pro-war personality for the sake of that particular ship. Or, if character C was deeply and seriously traumatized by character D in canon, then I’m going to want some kind of explanation for why they’re working in your story despite everything to the contrary. Sometimes canon actually supplies answers to that question, in which case I have no problem. It’s when there’s an absence of any evidence that they’d ever even like each other that I kind of intellectually expect an explanation.

Now these are all just my opinions and the point I am making is that it almost does not matter what the ship is to me at all as long as it hits on at least most of the above points.

And that it actually really SUCKS because it strips away my enjoyment of a LOT of fan works in particular fandoms, especially big fandoms. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with making art however you like, and I am not saying that it is, thank you. Write that coffee shop AU. Make a high school or college or other AU. Write that weird crazy absolutely insane crackship with no canon bearing whatsoever. Write the things that help you heal, or make you squeal, whatever. I don’t really care. If I don’t like it I don’t read it (except in very rare circumstances where I’m trying to conquer an illogical aversion I have to the concept of something, but that’s a me thing and it’s never anyone else’s problem)

I’m only bellyaching and Le Sigh-ing about the fact I have to write/make more than I can read I guess. It’s exhausting in a way to have such niche yet broad interests at the exact same time. One shots are nice but they don’t fill the void in my fangirl soul the way a well structured narrative that addresses these questions does..

Le-sigh.

[osaemu]

Hi Sabrina!! Just want to say that fuck them anons! they're just a bunch of lowlifes who have nothing better to do than driving good writers out of here! Your writing is one of the best and even if tee or whoever's fics are better than everyone here in jjk writing circle—it doesn't matter! we don't stan problematic people around here! it's getting crazy how they're gatekeeping the littlest things 🫨

hope you have a good day🫶🏼

hi anon !! lol thank you, it's in my rules that hate sent on anon isn't taken seriously so i took most of those with a grain of salt 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ also, funny story, most of them were sent by one account—when i blocked one, all the rest but two disappeared.. interesting... but yeah no matter how good someone's content is, i personally wouldn't feel right about consuming it unless i knew the person was alright too !! and have a lovely valentine's day anon, thanks for dropping by !! 🤍

[lucy-verse]

As someone who headcanons Near as aroace and prefers to write the Wammy Boys with a brotherly dynamic - yes, yes, YES.

People in fandoms have a really bad habit of deciding that, just because they don’t like something, no one else can like it either. Yes, I can understand the ick if someone is sexualising Near when he’s still a child - but by the end of the manga, he’s eighteen years old and by “The a-Kira Story”, he’s twenty-six. He’s an adult. As OP says, he can do what he wants.

“He plays with toys still. Guess what, so do zillions of adults.”

Right?? I’m twenty-six and the proud owner of fifteen stuffed animals. Adults can like toys, leave us alone 😂

But seriously, all the Wammy Boys have weird habits that are considered childish. L and Mello live on sweets and Matt is obsessed with gaming. Being geniuses with odd quirks is kind of their thing. If Near is mature enough to head an entire investigation, I’m sure he’s mentally capable of consenting to sex.

“He shouldn’t be shipped with Mello because they grew up together.”

I take it from this that people are implying that Near/Mello is pseudo-incest, which is just ridiculous on all kinds of levels. We have very little insight on their dynamic before the events of the manga, and we have to keep in mind that Wammy’s House is a training facility for creating child prodigies, not your average orphanage. These aren’t two individuals who were raised in a family and treated like siblings; they were essentially test subjects competing to become L’s successor. I love a good “Wammy Boys are a happy family” fic as much as the next man, but canonically, this isn’t the case.

We have no idea how often Mello and Near socialised with each other, and given their hostile relationship, it’s not unlikely that they might have given each other a wide berth unless they were required to interact. Their relationship in canon is definitely not brotherly.

“How often does anyone every say that about Matt and Mello?”

It’s ironic because, if anything, there’s more evidence that Matt and Mello had a brotherly relationship than Mello and Near did. And yet people have no problem shipping them.

There’s probably more acceptance because Matt never appears in the Wammy House flashbacks and Mello has visibly matured by the time they have scenes together, whereas Near remains childlike and is seen with Mello when they’re still kids in the orphanage. Therefore, fans can conveniently “forget” that Matt and Mello grew up together too.

Regardless, it’s still a double standard, and if you’re going to argue that Mello x Near is problematic because they grew up together while simultaneously shipping Mello and Matt, that’s painfully hypocritical.

TL:DR; Let Near Fuck.

Let 👏 Near 👏 fuck