Dier looked up at AK-12 again. She was smiling at him, leaning her elbows on his shoulders, and watching him while he worked away at the computer. His face was flushed brilliantly pink. “You’re a bit heavy you know,” he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was nothing quite like being themselves, when Pearl and her Pink counterpart were together as one. They felt whole, unshakable, beloved. Like a piece that had been missing had been returned. She sat alone and watched the stars, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Birthday Wish – Xelloss Metallium (thesavagesabretooth) – うる星やつら | Urusei Yatsura [Archive of Our Own] Birthday Wish (100 words) by Xelloss MetalliumChapters: 1/1Fandom: うる星やつら | Urusei YatsuraRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Mendou Ryoko/Mendou ShutarouCharacters: Mendou Ryoko,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe it was the stress of the situation. Maybe he was going insane. Otacon was having visions– one moment sitting in his office, working on REX and the next moment somewhere else, hazy and indistinct. A figure was waiting for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Furious Hunger – Xelloss Metallium (thesavagesabretooth) – Persona 5 [Archive of Our Own] Furious Hunger (100 words) by Xelloss MetalliumChapters: 1/1Fandom: Persona 5Rating: MatureWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Akechi Goro/Persona 5 ProtagonistCharacters: Akechi Goro, Persona 5 ProtagonistAdditional Tags: Fluff and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Come dance with me,” Akira murmured, leaning close to Goro as they sat at the table, the seductive notes of jazz music washing over them. He slipped his arm around the the other young man’s shoulders. Goro’s smile faltered. “You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I missed you,” Akira murmured into Goro’s ear as they lay close and entangled. When Akira said it, it was an apology. Goro looked away from him, and held him all the tighter. “I missed you, too.” When Goro said[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was the first time that Akechi and Kurusu had seen one another since that fateful day– really seen one another, and not in some waking dream. Kurusu held Akechi’s glove out to him, a silent offering, and Akechi wondered[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Did it hurt when you fell from heaven? – VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretooth – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Did it hurt when you fell from heaven? (2059 words) by VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: Teen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ao3commentoftheday: ao3 notifications If you’ve never posted a fic on AO3, you might be curious about what notifications an author gets – and which ones they don’t get. There are 2 things that AO3 will notify authors about: kudos comments[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I could successfully use my fiction writing skills to eroticize, romanticize and glorify a ham sandwich. I don’t know why people think you have to approve of topic as a person in order to eroticize (etc) it in fiction. “You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenever I see someone making an argument for banning or restricting fiction about some real aspect of the human experience, like sexuality, rape, csa, abuse, etc– all I see is the pro-censorship crowd as the Marge “it’s true but you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People who are not legal adults, both children and teens, have sex and sexual, and pseudo-sexual experiences one another. That’s a real fact of the real world, whether someone thinks its good, or moral or not. It is a fact[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another Little S.T.A.R.S Reunion – thesavagesabretooth – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Another Little S.T.A.R.S Reunion (3653 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Chris Redfield/Jill[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: – Oh god. This topic comes around every 6 months or so. Others should feel free to help me out here, but basically… A lot of fanfic sounds like the other fanfic and other stuff that the same communities[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💞 If you keep at it, you will finish writing your story. 💞 You don’t have to write a lot at a time to finish your story. 💞 You don’t have to make sure everything is perfect, or even good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey anon, thanks for checking in. Here’s a list of people who shouldn’t post on wattpad: ✳️ People who don’t want their writing’s visibility to their audience determined by the algorithm. ✳️ People who don’t want the website they’re on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️All fiction writing is serious writing. ❣️Alternately, no fiction writing is serious writing. ❣️Don’t let people shame you for what you want to write, or tell you you should be writing something else. ❣️You are not ‘wasting’ your talent by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heroism – thesavagesabretooth – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Heroism (1215 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Chris Redfield/Albert WeskerCharacters: Chris Redfield (Resident Evil), Albert[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: 5ummit: AO3 Ship Stats: Year In Bad Data You may have seen this AO3 Year In Review. ALT It hasn’t crossed my tumblr dash but it sure is circulating on twitter with 3.5M views, 10K likes, 17K retweets and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nothing more dangerous than re-reading your old fic, and realizing oh shit, this is really good. I need to go back and finish this.
🖤 Whether or not a taboo, unpleasant, or illegal subject in a piece of fiction has been ‘romanticized’ or ‘glorified’ is an entirely subjective opinion based on a personal reading of the text. 🖤 You cannot assume that an author[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The wild thing about writing fanfiction for a canon source that’s comparatively short is that some day you might have written more of the characters and setting than the original author ever did.
zyesha: Is answering comments on AO3 a no-go because it alters your comments-count? Okay, so I got a question. I started uploading my art also on AO3, mostly because there will be NSWF stuff which I can’t upload here. Now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On the current AO3 Controversy I have now gotten 2 asks in the last 24 hours that want to know my opinion on the current accusations against AO3. The smart thing for me to do would be for me to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
futureevilscientist: @gender-euphowrya Great question. The answer to that is: Because AO3, and only AO3, was created specifically as a reaction to mass fanfiction purges (usually anything adult and anything queer) on Livejournal and Fanfiction.net and its mission statement is to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 Fictional characters are not real people. 🔹 Fictional characters do not need to be protected from authors. 🔹There is no moral difference between writing about good things happening to a character and bad things happening to a character. 🔹Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 It’s totally okay to avoid fiction with subject matter that makes you uncomfortable, disgusted, or upset. 💖 It’s never okay to try to force other people to avoid fiction with subject matter that makes you uncomfortable, disgusted, or upset.
If you visit fanfiction.net to read fics, you will soon learn something. Absolutely ZERO, ZIP, NADA, ZILCH, NONE of the fics there are content tagged. There is no system for tagging. Almost no fics warn for content beyond their basic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 It is always okay to write or enjoy fiction that is inspired by or based on other fiction that moves you. 💖 It is always okay to write or enjoy fiction just because you want to spend time with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🟢 You are still a writer even when you haven’t written in a while. 🟢 You are still a writer even when you feel like you aren’t writing enough. 🟢 You are still a writer when you feel like your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
its-metal-mistress: mywitchcultblr: This is what happened when a fanfic site is profit driven. Wattpad sucks 😞 The email/DM from Wattpad is so condescending. Imagine pressuring writers to update and work while they are doing it for free and fun. Also,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pro-bopass: brightlotusmoon: glorioustidalwavedefendor: roach-works: dduane: torturedpoetemotions: worstloki: elfwreck: lesdeuxcygnes: elfwreck: olderthannetfic: thesaltofcarthage: thorkidumpster: shinelikethunder: chibisquirt: pixxyofice: badwolf-timeandspace: Okay, so, I get it. Its a great site! You can post things there without worry that someone who claims that media seeing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
liz-marcs: prospectkiss: fierceawakening: olderthannetfic: moon6shadow-main: whetstonefires: sassbandit3000: nanshe-of-nina: baratheon: naamahdarling: centaurianthropology: olderthannetfic: maleccrazedauthor: bonibaru: naamahdarling: sulphur-crested-cocktease: shidgephobe: wrotemyown: araceil: denaceleste: nwcostumer: wrangletangle: beatrice-otter: tomato-greens: joestrummin: i didnt realise ao3 was started in response to lj deleting account relating to p//edophi|ia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 Someone else’s fiction cannot cause you physical harm. 🔹If someone else’s fiction is causing you emotional or psychological harm, or distress, you can put it down and not read/watch it. 🔹Your emotional well-being is not the responsibility of fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
johnlockismyreligion: AO3 Is Always Free to Use | Archive of Our Own Friendly reminder that using an unofficial app is never a smart idea. AO3 has a very clear policy in this regard: as it has no sponsorship, it does[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: – Ah. You’re still thinking about that tag in a more cultural sense, but that’s not what it’s for. If you dig through the FAQs and such, the explanation is in there somewhere, but to summarize, it refers to:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
werewolf-cuddles: People need to stop viewing “Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings” as the author not caring about potentially triggering people, and start viewing it instead as one big blanket archive warning. It essentially means that any of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Write fiction without being ashamed of the story you want to tell. 💖 Create characters without feeling embarrassed about the traits you want to give them. 💖 Craft stories without being nervous what other people will think of them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Writing slowly does not make your a bad writer. ✨ Needing to do a lot of editing on your writing does not make you a bad writer. ✨ People expressing dislike of the themes and ideas in your writing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 It’s okay to create or engage with fiction about whatever topic, theme, or idea that you want to. 🔹It’s okay to create or engage with any fiction you want to for any reason. 🔹It’s okay to enjoy any fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‼️ Fiction cannot cause physical harm to someone. ‼️ The only person who should have the power to decide if a piece of fiction is harming you emotionally or psychologically is you. ‼️ Any fiction you feel like you are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, what happened this time?
It’s due to the global rise of conservatism and the panopticon security police state. Kill the cop inside your head.
No no no, don’t you know? Reading and writing fiction with scary topics in it turns you evil through the scary mind controlling power of fiction! You know, like reading Harry Potter caused people to become witches and get possessed,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ The fiction you write is valuable and important. ❣️ No one else can write the story you came up with the same way that you would. ❣️ No story idea is totally original, it’s okay to tell a story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See the thing is that children reading literal porn is already illegal. (in the US.) You don’t need to normalize giving parents the control to restrict their children’s access to reading material to keep kids safe from porn if that’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because when someone believes that a parent should be able to control their child’s reading material, that means: 👉 they can restrict them from ever seeing material that shows queer or trans characters or depicts being queer or trans in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Writing requires rest. 💖 You cannot be actively writing all the time. 💖 Do not feel bad about needing to take time from your writing to rest. 💖 Rest is an important part of the creative process. 💖 Rest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just a heads up for those who like to moralize about what is “legal” or “illegal” in fictional stories– – the American speak of the house is currently talking seriously about trying to repeal the laws that make gay sex[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ooh! We have this all the time, luckily for fanfic specifically there is a great solution. You take the one scene, or couple of scenes, in your idea that’s the most intense and interesting, and you make a one shot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ Don’t be afraid of being earnest in your writing. ❣️ Don’t be afraid of putting your desires and fears in your story. ❣️ Don’t be afraid of writing the story that you want to read. ❣️ Don’t be afraid[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There’s no such thing as failure when you’re writing as long as you’re actually getting words on the page. ⭐ Writing that has to be edited or deleted later still gives you practice and makes you a better writer.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🤯 Don’t write stories that you think are boring. 🤯 Leave boring parts out of the story you’re writing. 🤯 If you think the ‘boring parts’ absolutely must be there, then find a way to make them as short and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page. ✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page. ✏️ They don’t have to be good words. ✏️ They don’t have to be many words. ✏️ They don’t have to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your first draft is like the “alpha” version of a video game. ⭐ It doesn’t have to be perfect– it doesn’t have to be good. ⭐ It’s not a finished product– no one is going to be judging your finished[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ Challenge yourself: to write what you want to write, rather than what you think other people want to read. ⭐ Challenge yourself: to write at a pace that works for you, rather than one that will burn you out.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I like to write about it in fiction” does not mean “I desire it to happen in real life”, and never has. What you want to write about doesn’t necessarily mean anything about you, besides that you want to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as horror, another audience interprets as romance. 👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as romance, another audience interprets as horror. 👉 As an writer, you have to accept that every audience brings their own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 Don’t be afraid of putting your ‘self’ into your writing. 💕 Don’t be afraid of writing what you want. 💕 Guessing at what other people are looking for in a story is always a worse path than writing what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Any kind of evil you can make a character commit or go through is no worse than torturing your NPCs in a game. 👉 Don’t assume that acts in fiction indicate the real life desires of the author or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a harder question admittedly. There’s definitely a different moral argument than playing with fictional characters. I don’t believe that people SHOULD necessarily be writing porn or graphic murder fantasies of regular people they know IRL and spreading them online[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Important NaNoWriMo reminders: ✍️ Avoiding burnout is your most important goal as a writer. ✍️ Taking care of yourself is more important than meeting arbitrary word counts and deadlines. ✍️ Every time you take care of your mental and physical[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Proship and anti are reductive words that let fandom mean girls bully artists and authors by obscuring their meaning behind niche terminology. I’m in favor of freedom of expression. I am in favor of art. I believe that banning topics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always okay to use the fiction you write or read to explore negative feelings, experiences, and topics. Stories don’t have to be uplifting or happy, characters don’t have to be virtuous or admirable or relatable. And it’s still okay[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
old-and-new-friends: How to make a story anonymous on AO3: So you want to write something but don’t want your name tied to it? Maybe it’s something controversial, maybe it’s something personal, maybe it’s simply something for a fandom you don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I don’t want to read this” is totally valid. “This is disgusting to me” is totally valid. “I don’t want to read this because it is disgusting to me” is totally valid. “I don’t think anyone should be allowed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
soullessserenity: just-antithings: . “The intention” is not for it to apply to ONLY ‘extreme underage’. This is literally what the site itself defines as Underage (see the question mark on ‘Archive Warnings’ when you are posting a new work): This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Yuletide gift exchange (which works every year to fill requests for pairings like these– look it up on fanlore) just calls them “rare fandoms.” But I submit you could call also them: Cursed Small fandom syndrome RIPskies BYOB (bring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s talk about how to think about the artistic merit inherent in smut and pornography. Smut and porn have the same amount of artistic merit and worthiness as every other kind of fiction, and can be interrogated in the same[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
nameslikeguns: lilacpaperbird: *white knuckling the bathroom sink* do NOT infodump ppl about the fact that the first spn fic was a wincest one and that it was posted mere hours after the pilot and that the founder of ao3 was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ All fiction is art and has artistic merit. ✨ Yes, including the novel you hid in a drawer. ✨ Yes, including Marvel movies. ✨ Yes, including soap operas. ✨ Yes, including slasher flicks and torture porn. ✨ Yes, including[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Slipping my OC gently into the fanfiction as a secondary character in a story mainly about canons– like hiding a pill in cheese for a dog.
✍️ The goal of creating fiction is not always to craft a story that is comfortable or fun for the reader. ✍️ Likewise, not all readers will find the same subject matter and topics comforting or fun. ✍️ It is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When people– and especially young women– are attracted to “abusive” and “controlling” and “violent” male characters in fiction– The fantasy is not about being abused, or controlled. The fantasy is about a partner who is devoted to you, who takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
if I went back in time to the early 2000s/2010s one thing I would change is I would make it standard to be able to set and search “primary tags” a set of 1-3 tags in a tagging system that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Critical” does not automatically mean “negative.” Thinking critically about something is not the same as (colloquially) criticizing it. “Thinking critically” on a piece of media does not mean deciding that you know all the “bad” elements of it and that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xx-slug-xx: Ao3 authors, please learn to not insult people and be “morally superior” in the tags Instead of tagging “noncon is gross” or “not noncon because that’s problematic”, for example, just put “enthusiastic consent” or “consensual sex” in the tags.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My authorial intent is to tell a cool and exciting story. If my cool and exciting story makes you want to abandon your morals and commit evil acts, that’s your problem, not mine. EDIT: TERFS AND RADFEMS FUCK OFF GET[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔸I believe in freedom of fandom. 🔸Fandom is not about creating or enjoying only ‘moral’, ‘god-honoring’ or ‘marketable’ works. 🔸Fandom is about freedom of expression. 🔸It is okay to create or enjoy whatever fanworks you want. 🔸Fandom is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to apologize, or perform authorial disgust, for dark, violent, sexual, cruel or problematic topics in the fiction you create. Fiction does not exist to teach an audience a moral lesson. You as an author are not required[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay but this is the wildest take I’ve ever seen. Has this person ever even BEEN on AO3?
I am so tired of seeing people advocate and perpetuate violence and self harm on my posts. What good do you think you’re doing for the world when you add “people like that should kill themselves” or “i hope they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♦️ Your fiction is worthwhile. ♦️ Your fiction is art. ♦️ Your fiction has artistic merit and value. ♦️ Your fiction is important. ♠️ Even if people call your writing worthless. ♠️ Even if people call your writing disgusting. ♠️[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“This romance novel damaged my delicate woman brain and now I need to have my innocence restored via paternalistic medical braindamage.” WOW THAT SOUNDS SO PROGRESSIVE! Lets hear what John Kellogg, inventor of cornflakes and noted hater of masturbation has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
joyousgard: “ao3 should have an algorithm” ao3 should continue only giving me exactly what I ask for which happens because I know how to use the search, sort, and filter functions
That is definitely a question to examine, isn’t it? One could draw a lot of conclusions from examining that question.
Kiss Prompt 3: Goodbye In the wake of their arrangement, Byakuya found a moment before each trial to corner Toko and give her a kiss. Wordless, drawing her close for a moment. Byakuya was more confident that somehow they’d beat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Journey To Neverland – Chapter 1 – Overlord_Mordax – Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie [Archive of Our Own] So this is the beginning that Peter Pan retelling we were talking about before things went tits up back at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reddit thread about the current AO3 legal situation for those worried that the archive may be in danger.
The founder of dreamwidth and a former OTW volunteer are stirring shit about the organization’s alleged mishandling of the situation wherein malicious actors were terrorizing OTW with CSAM, and the ongoing situation where malicious actors attempt to upload CSAM to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kiss Prompt 60: Out of Hate In the early days Ocelot thought he hated Kaz, but that didn’t make him want to kiss him any less. If anything, it made him want to kiss him even more, if only because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Exactly, anon, exactly. People are treating OTW like its another tyrannical corporate oppressor with its boot on the throat of the masses, instead of what it IS, a grassroots organization of passionate volunteer fans. People, this is not who the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OTW absolutely failed to optimally support their volunteers on this front, I agree with that. but here’s the thing it should not be a volunteer’s job to comb for material that might include csem Whose job should it be? OTW[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“labor rights”. give me a fucking break. Trying to position AO3–a non-profit organization built and maintained by dedicated fan volunteers out of the passion of their hearts– as some kind of tyrannical corporate oppressor who has to be strong-armed into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
findingfeather: audreycritter: cesperanza: olderthannetfic: scififantasystuff: thebibliosphere: elfwreck: olderthannetfic: kimberlyeab: athingofvikings: olderthannetfic: lanninglurksnomore: olderthannetfic: *cackling* If OTW weren’t around, this wouldn’t be “scaremongering”: It would be the inescapable status quo. The people who believe this crap are the anti-vaxxers of fandom.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay so maybe the OTW is in some danger after all It turns out Board Elections for the OTW are set for August 11-14. A majority of seats are up for election. People with all kinds of agendas regarding how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s what you need to understand about the latest attack on the OTW and AO3 in the simplest possible terms. People are painting the OTW/AO3 as criminals for having a less than perfect defense ready when they were (and continue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because unlike a corporation that’s run to make the most money possible, and thus has to bow to public opinion and the will of advertisers– –the archive is non-profit archive with a well funded team of lawyers dedicated to protecting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…