In Justice We Trust (88252 words) by thesavagesabretooth catch up here With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
avidbeader: marypsue: I desperately wish people would start actually reading the AO3’s TOS before confidently making ‘user guides’ to the AO3 that are just blatantly, flatly wrong. Yes the AO3 has banned content. They do not allow anything that’s illegal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The former STARS captain turned bio-terrorist had a sadistic smirk twisted on his lips, his black glasses reflecting Chris’ bound form, his hands tied behind him in the chair he was strapped to. AO3 link posted previously to old blog
Fly Me To The Moon (47406 words) by VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretoothChapters: 10/?Fandom: うる星やつら | Urusei YatsuraRating: Teen And Up Audiences After Tomobiki’s infestation by mushrooms, Lum convinces all her friends to come on an extended vacation to space while the mess[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you OTW and AO3 for ruthlessly continuing to protect freedom of fiction in fandom.
transformativeworks: April 2024 Membership Drive: Keeping Fanworks Safe ALT OTW’s April Membership drive has begun! Find out what we do to keep fanworks safe by reading more at: https://otw.news/dps Bahasa Indonesia • Bahasa Melayu • Български • বাংলা • català[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: lierdumoa: One problem with AO3 tag searches is they make it basically impossible to find fic that centers common background ships. For example, if I look for Teen Wolf Scott/Allison fic I’ll just get a bunch of results for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
jellymellydraws: AO3 Comments are SO SO SOOOOOOO important because you can only leave Kudos ONCE. You add to the hit count ONCE (every 24 hours). So whenever someone updates their fic, the ONLY way an author knows who their regular[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (84327 words) by thesavagesabretooth catch up here With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It would really be ideal if tumblr used a system like that, but if they did it would mean that Tumblr would actually have to have a good human moderation system like AO3 does and human beings to actually review[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (80768 words) by thesavagesabretooth catch up here. With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (29492 words) by thesavagesabretooth Catch up here With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t want to talk too much about child abuse directly on my blog, mainly because it tends to attract bad faith arguments, and occasionally the tumblr staff banhammer– But yes, exactly. The people who want to make it an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🧡 kissing in bed / lazy kiss / cuddling In an hour or so, Chris would have to get dressed, and report to the office. It would be all professional with the Captain, as usual. But for now, in this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really just want to make pro-censorship fans sit down and watch the 2002 film “Equilibirum”.
The average, every day person has the same tools to oppose censorship as they have to oppose every injustice. Refuse to be silent about it. Speak up about it. Don’t let voices who champion censorship and oppression go unopposed. Point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (25410 words) by thesavagesabretooth Catch up here With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Five Times Apollo Visited Aura in Prison and One Time He Didn’t (1506 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/6 Apollo and Aura were brought together by a terrible shared loss. While she’s in prison for the crime that brought their killer to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👋👋👋💖 We shouldn’t have to do that. Published books don’t have to do that. But on the other hand, maybe it would be fun/funny to bring back long FFNET style disclaimers at the beginning of fanfictions. (no it really wouldn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (22279 words) by thesavagesabretooth With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted samurai whom they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh. Ooog. Urgh… 😅😅😅 I’m sorry, anon, character writing is probably the only area of writing where we are unqualified to give advice to people. “Have 25 different people in your head and use them as a "commedia dell’arte” style[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (18474 words) by thesavagesabretooth read chapter 5 here With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (15833 words) by thesavagesabretooth read chapter 4 With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to write for a specific audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for any audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for mass market appeal. 💖 You don’t have to know who your audience will be.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (12326 words) by thesavagesabretooth read part 3 here December 21, 2:00 pm Simon arrived precisely on time for his meeting with the Chief Prosecutor and slid his way into the room with the approval of his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moderation is only relevant in a setting where rules of moderation are imposed. For example, no one in the publishing industry is forced to publish a book that doesn’t conform with their rules. That’s moderation. However if the government attempted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stop using the word “criticism” as a shield to excuse yourself when you attack and harass writers on a personal level. Saying “you, the author are a monster, and your fiction is destroying society” is an attack, not a literary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve never said that they’re not, and it’s fascinating and telling on yourself that you would suggest that I have. I am a constant advocate for real, deep media analysis and media literacy. What I am not an advocate for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As much as people like to parrot “ACAB” and consider their job done, most people– especially people raised with evangelical values– have not done the work of unlearning legalism and understanding morality through the lens of actual harm. To these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chris was five drinks in at the STARS party when truth or dare started. He was several more drinks in when Jill dared him to kiss the captain. “Jill! You can’t– that’s not!” Wesker leveled a cool stare at him.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wesker slammed Chris up against the wall, his head audibly colliding with it, and lolling forward. There was a dazed, hazy look in his eyes, and Wesker took advantage of it, pinning the other man beneath him. Wesker sneered at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (8532 words) by thesavagesabretooth read previous chapter here summary: With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking as fictionkin and a fictive system member, I am so tired of seeing kin and fictives trying to police and restrict how other people interact with and discuss fandom, and the fanfiction and art they create and share. Your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listen. I don’t believe that seeing acts of evil glorified or romanticized in fiction causes human beings to choose to do evil. But even if I did believe that, I still believe that any amount of censorship of art and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you genuinely believe that people should be allowed the choice to do good or to do evil? Or do you actually believe that people should have no choice but to act in a way you personally consider moral. Because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome Home – Chapter 3 – thesavagesabretooth, VickytheSnake – 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney [Archive of Our Own] Welcome Home (4901 words) by VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretoothChapters: 3/3Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace AttorneyRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gokuma: olderthannetfic: tzikeh: olderthannetfic: – I’m dying. Nonnie, seriously? No, that’s mean, I know you’re serious. It’s just flabbergasting how much fandom has expanded and how much there isn’t a direct link to the past. Astolat and Cesperanza floated the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (6009 words) by thesavagesabretooth read part 2 here summary: With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome Home – Chapter 2 – thesavagesabretooth, VickytheSnake – 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney [Archive of Our Own] Welcome Home (3372 words) by VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretoothChapters: 2/3Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace AttorneyRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Censorship of some topics in fiction and art is good and I would be happy if it were to be enacted in a way I approved of” and “some things should be banned from ever being written or read about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You cannot blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you want them to by holding your approval hostage. I mean both: you have a social obligation not to attempt to blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: *dying* AO3 is very conceptually different from FFN, not least because it’s not genres that people are thinking in terms of: it’s ship category and then tropes.
myfandomrealitea: Would you want AO3 to introduce a feature to mark works as and filter by the type of POV used? (1st/2nd/3rd) Yes No See Results E.g; works can be marked by the style of perspective written in and also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (2153 words) by thesavagesabretooth Miles Edgeworth meets with Phoenix Wright to discuss a delicate political matter. Read part 1 December 21, 10:15 am “I’m sorry what?” Phoenix nearly spat out his drink. Miles grimaced, and looked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Justice We Trust (1177 words) by thesavagesabretoothRelationships: The Phantom/Simon Blackquill, Bobby Fulbright/Simon BlackquillAdditional Tags: Pining, the very beginning of a redemption arc, Sharing a Body, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse Not enough Ace Attorney fics take advantage of the fact that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome Home – Chapter 1 – thesavagesabretooth – 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney [Archive of Our Own] Welcome Home (1804 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/3Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace AttorneyRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is no reason to hold fanfiction to an imaginary moral standard of censorship that doesn’t apply to published media. Any horrible, twisted, taboo material you can find in fanfiction, you can find in published novels, movies, games, etc. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
runawaymarbles: zz9pzza: runawaymarbles: The midjourney stuff just reminds of when we were trying to find a new platform to host the ao3 donation form, and companies kept trying to tell me about all their “ai” features that would track donor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Plans (1691 words) by thesavagesabretoothRelationships: Pearl Fey/Trucy Wright – Pearl stomped her way into Trucy’s room and flopped down backwards onto her bed. It was the summer vacation of their junior year and Pearl had come to stay for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the thing about the argument that fiction the argument that “fiction that portrays bad evil wrong things as good will result in the audience believing that bad evil wrong thing is good in real life.” When fiction impacts us,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually you do not need to respect the creator or their intentions for the characters when writing fanfiction or shipping. That’s kind of the whole point of fanfiction and shipping– doing what you want with the material without regard to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Write and read the stories that you want to. ✨ Write and read the horror and violence that you want to. ✨ Write and read the romance that you want to. ✨ Write and read the ships that you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was asked to describe his test for obscenity in 1964, he responded: “I know it when I see it.” Types of ships that pro-censorship fans have attempted to label as objectionable “proships”: characters who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The world is never worse for having your fiction writing in it. Every story you choose to tell and share improves the world a little bit.
If you see a post promoting freedom of artistic expression and denouncing censorship and your first instinct is that OP must be a pedophile and that you need to attempt to discredit their post with the same kind of ‘child[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☝️ Writing in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act does not mean that you believe it is good or should be allowed in real life. ☝️ Reading in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pearl carefully adjusted the sparkly leotard and tights, peering at herself in the mirror, and at Trucy, who was standing behind her with a satisfied look on her face. “You don’t think it looks too flashy?” Pearl asked, biting her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I don’t enjoy. ♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I think would be better if it was different somehow. ♠️ I believe in your right to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s killing comments in fandom? The decline of comment culture is something I talk about a lot, however, I didn’t expect a personal rant about the subject to blow up into a 20k+ note post. However, that same post blowing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats 🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings Otto and Norman make mean jokes about the rest of the sinister six behind their backs. 🎲 ⇢ what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good/constructive critique is critique that helps you strengthen your story by making it better as the story that YOU want to tell. Any critique you receive that tells you that you should change the story in ways that take away[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mr. Coffee – thesavagesabretooth – 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney [Archive of Our Own] Mr. Coffee (1009 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace AttorneyRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Ayasato Chihiro[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Three things before we begin. We’re not in the MHA fandom specifically we actually write more fanfic than we read these days we’re going to make some sweeping generalizations people won’t like here, and we want to be be really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Queer coding” exists because for a long time it was unacceptable or outright banned to depict characters who were states to be, or implicitly queer. Therefore authors had to sneak depictions of queer characters in through coding with plausible deniability.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Time With the Living – VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretooth – 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney [Archive of Our Own] Time With the Living (2475 words) by VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace AttorneyRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the secret– authors love getting plain emoji, keymashes, and quotes from their fic as comments. You don’t have to say something meaningful. Just some reaction to tell us that you read it and liked it is appreciated. When we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Fräulein, fräulein you look exhausted, come on now, get off your feet! Take a load off!” Klavier was reclined in his ridiculous ergonomic office chair, and Ema scowled down at him with her hands on her hips. Her aggressive posture[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: Author’s of ao3, how do you feel if a reader pointed out a typo in your fic? I’d hate it, no matter the context I’d only like to know if its in the tags or summary I’d want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seeing all the people tag/reblog our post with some variant of “I’m too anxious to leave comments” is very validating about our thesis for why people have stopped interacting with fandom. I think this comment sums it up nicely. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Biohazards’ Febuwhump roundup All of our entries for this year’s febuwhump. We were hoping to complete the whole month, but sadly our arm had other plans. – A Dish Served Hot (100 words) by thesavagesabretoothFandom: Metal GearCharacters: Otacon (Metal Gear),[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The pain of the mortal blow faded quickly– distant– far away, and unimportant. Mia tried to hold onto it as it faded, but it was no use. And soon the desire to hold on faded too. What she held onto[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miles tried his best, but there was really no avoiding elevators all the time. They were simply a fact of life, and one he did his best to deal with. He had a routine, when he rode the elevator. After[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: I got so annoyed by mistagged darkfic on ao3, I wrote my own guide on tagging darkfic!
He flipped the file in his hand, and offered it to her with a nod of his head. “You should have a bit of time before we’re dropped out the back of the plane. Here.” She accepted it gratefully, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ “Shipping” characters means that you are interested in the idea of what it would be like if characters were involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. ❣️ Shipping something does not mean that you think that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People used to comment on web comics. People used to comment on fanfiction. People used to comment on fanart. People used to comment on OCs. I hate “content” culture. I hate “consuming content” and scrolling immediately to the next thing.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wildest ride– fic with the most unexpected things happening one after another– is probably Drawing the Line. It’s an octogoblin fic from the summer of 2022 that started out as a one-shot and people demanded more of. It kind of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The real tragedy of modern fandom is that sometime between 2002 and the present day, people stopped reading and enjoying oc x canon fics. Sometime in the past 20 years readers became convinced that fanfic with an oc main character[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
actually, no one last gripe and then I’m off– It’s really telling how we get hate mail on tumblr from people who don’t read our writing but *assume* that we write something filthy nasty that they disapprove of and hate.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“But why would you want to imagine, read or write about a relationship that wasn’t healthy, good or desirable to you personally?” I genuinely don’t know how to explain the concept of fiction to you.
I wish I understood why pro-censorship fans think that its normal and okay to treat “shipping” as some kind of sacred moral space away from other types of fiction where only good and pure and desirable things can happen. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually, friend, freedom of expression does mean that it’s okay to ship anything you want. It’s imaginary. It’s not real. ☝️ You’re not obligated as a writer to exclusively write about healthy, normal relationships and sane, moral actions. ☝️ Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anon, this may shock you but the word “pedophile” has an actual definition which does not involve “writing fanfiction about war criminals.”. Anon, I am begging you just to call me a pervert. Not for my sake, but for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sam-at-hogwarts: From what I have seen it’s a couple fandom, I’m partial to the wizarding world a few of the popular ones have been deleted and several others are mentioning that they plan on taking their stuff down soon due[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ALRIGHT FINE. It looks like we’re going to have to turn on logged-in comments only on archive of our own. Spam has ruined it for everyone.
hey quick question!! how would someone be able to not read a fic with triggering shit in it without a warning without reading the shit that will trigger them? Simple. Don’t read fics that don’t have trigger warnings. Don’t watch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, it occurs to me that I don’t actually even know what fanfictons pro-censorship fans are objecting to when they say “it’s okay to write about it but not okay to romantcize it.” Because in pretty much every minor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi anon! Thank you for asking this question. I’m going to answer it in a kind of grumpy tone, but I promise I am not grumpy at you! is it okay to depict unhealthy relationships in fiction (ie minor/adult) when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fictional stories and inside your imagination are the only places where you explicitly do not have to be responsible, careful or thoughtful of others. Do whatever you want in fiction and your imagination forever. No one is harmed. You are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
📝 It’s normal and understandable to want your writing to be read. 📝 It’s normal and understandable to want a see a response from the people who read your writing. 📝 It’s normal and understandable to be motivated to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You are always free to talk about your writing as much as, and at the level of depth that, you want to. But you never, ever owe anyone an explanation for why you write the fiction that you do, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our MGS drabbles Taxing (100 words) by xxharryosbornxxChapters: 1/1Fandom: Metal GearRating: General AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Kazuhira Miller/OcelotCharacters: Kazuhira Miller, Ocelot (Metal Gear)Additional Tags: Fluff, Dubcon Kissing, Alcohol, DrabbleSummary:The first time Ocelot kisses Kazuhira… Runs in the Family (286[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
annechen-melo: blackheartbiohazards: listen-to-the-inner-walrus: apollos-boyfriend: apollos-boyfriend: nothing pisses me off more than when i see a fic on ao3 talking about reach. “this ship isn’t here but i added them for reach” “this fandom tag isn’t necessary but i’m adding it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
theassholeantiarchive2-0: superanimepirate: faggot-billcipher: ableedingpen: just-antithings: Good luck! I look forward to seeing yall tear each other apart in the process “so many of us are forced to turn to a site like AO3” Why. It’s disgusting and terrible and degrading[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…