More kudos and especially more comments will always spur me on to write faster. “In Justice We Trust” has been getting 7 comments per chapter, so I’ve been putting out a chapter per day. But no amount of lack of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: olderthannetfic: – Oh boy. AO3, brace yourself! Here’s the r/Wattpad master thread. And a thread on r/FanFiction. I haven’t had time to dig into them yet. Oh. Hmm. Tragic. What a shame. Who could possibly have predicted this.
In Justice We Trust (91760 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 (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…
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…
Name and icon redacted in case they don’t want the attention, but I had to share this. this is one of the most flattering and touching comments we’ve ever received and I honestly teared up/happy cried reading it. When someone[…]↓ 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…
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…
How to explain your bizarre, off the wall headcanon to people and make them believe in it— write 150k of fic that leads up to it making sense 🤣
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the text of the Ace Attorney games and how they present (and largely don’t present) queer issues and drawing conclusions about the society from that. This has impacted my writing of In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
megaphonegirlk: The stage was set for the grand follow up to Trucy in Gramaryeland…quite literally, as prop towers and a great big plywood castle were erected just backstage. ‘Trucy Wright and the De Famme Twins present Miracle! The Sleeping Princess[…]↓ 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 am not going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that you approve of. I am going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that makes me feel better.
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…
Continuing on the topic of this post about queer coding and if other types of relationship coding exist– Here’s the hell of it. I know this is hard to accept, but– Prior to the modern era, heterosexual incestuous and pedophilic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Queer coding exists because queer relationships and characters were (and to some degree in some places still are) considered too taboo and too illegal by society to portray directly in fiction. If there are other types of coding that legitimately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, there isn’t. Queer coding is *literally about* stereotypes. Its when you use stereotypes to make your audience assume the character is queer without saying it directly or having them do anything queer. The word you are looking for is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. I have some news that you probably won’t actually like. “Queer coding” is when a writer gives a character culturally stereotypical gay traits, but the character isn’t actually said out loud to be queer, or allowed to do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Queer coded” is when a writer deliberately uses subtle but obvious cultural tells to inform the audience that their character is meant to be queer, without openly stating that they are queer. This is done to present a queer character[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wish more people in fandom understood (or would make the distinction between) a character who is queer coded, and a character they have a queer reading for. I think that many fans do understand the difference, but insisting that[…]↓ 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…
💖 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…
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…
Some timeline notes for all the AA fic were writing.
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…
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…
For a long time in his life, fear had been an almost foreign concept to Raffles. He was mostly unconcerned with his own safety, daring enough to attempt foolish crimes, and foolish escapes. It was an attitude he’d largely maintained[…]↓ 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…
Raffles puffed away at the end of his cigarette, watching Bunny’s soft, bare chest rise and fall. Asleep, even more than awake, Bunny’s face was truly the absolute picture of innocence, as if an angel had descended to the earth[…]↓ 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…
Raffles– seized suddenly with the audacity that only comes to a man after he has gotten away with a major felony– grabbed Bunny by his coat lapels and shoved him roughly against the moldering brick wall of the nearest alleyway.[…]↓ 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…
The Grim Underbelly – thesavagesabretooth – 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney [Archive of Our Own] The Grim Underbelly (2238 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace AttorneyRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships:[…]↓ 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…
Last Dance in Pallet Town – Pokemon Mafia AU / crime noir thriller pt 1–series content: extreme violence, foul language, sexual content, smoking, alcohol, adult situations, criminal behavior Pallet Town, 1922 By the time Ash Ketchum was 18 years old[…]↓ 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…
Our own high school english class did Romeo & Juliet one semester, and our immediate friend group ended up taking characters and role-playing as them in between classes and at lunch/after school for months the same way we did with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Monster’s Name Was Adam – Chapter 16 – thesavagesabretooth – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] The Monster’s Name Was Adam (42971 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 16/?Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: MatureWarnings: Graphic Depictions Of ViolenceRelationships:[…]↓ 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…
September, 5 When Mia opens the door to the office there’s a brown haired woman with a gun waiting inside. She’s wearing a pink business suit, the blouse mostly open, with a familiar shaped pendant nestled between her breasts. More[…]↓ 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…
I’m so glad! Fanfiction and writing is a big tool in our pocket for understanding our history and expressing our feelings toward one another.
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…
Dark Kingdom Renegades by Mark Latus (1996)– Sailor Moon fanfiction The Slayers Trilogy (Reflect, Chaos, Rebirth) by Stefan “Twoflower” Gagne (1998) Both of these fics were extremely influential to us when we first read them in the early 2000s. What[…]↓ 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…
working on a longer version of that Phoenix serial killer AU. It’s slow going but… — Miles had been sleeping fitfully. He always did on the night of an investigation– the night before a trial– but it was worse than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
elizabethminkel: Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors As promised! I wrote about the illegal fanbinding that’s led to writers deleting their works recently, how that connects to the current pull-to-publish wave, and what happens when[…]↓ 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…
Vriska had always known how she would die. Not the specifics of course she couldn’t see the future. But every troll died the same way. By violence. Every troll, in their own way, died alone. She’d already died alone once,[…]↓ 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…
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…
Hazel hurled herself bodily at the woman in an attempt to tackle her to the ground without warning. Her body collided with the woman’s, the handle of the gun jutting sharply into her stomach as she tackled her forward and[…]↓ 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…
“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…
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…
Top Tier Next Level Perverted Stuff – thesavagesabretooth – うる星やつら | Urusei Yatsura [Archive of Our Own] Top Tier Next Level Perverted Stuff (7080 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: うる星やつら | Urusei YatsuraRating: ExplicitWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Lum/Moroboshi AtaruCharacters: Lum[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fly Me To The Moon – Chapter 9 – thesavagesabretooth, VickytheSnake – うる星やつら | Urusei Yatsura [Archive of Our Own] Fly Me To The Moon (40483 words) by VickytheSnake, thesavagesabretoothChapters: 9/?Fandom: うる星やつら | Urusei YatsuraRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cut Down Written for @febuwhump day 26 prompt: “help them”. AO3 link — Peter Pan was a ruthless killer, but he was not an efficient one. ‘Thank god,’ Wendy thought to herself as she parted the little knot of boys[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So you’re stuck trying to solve a writing problem. Maybe you’re trying to figure out what comes next in a scene. Maybe you’re trying to work out how a conversation should flow. Maybe you’re just trying to come up with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 What made you start writing? Our first grade teacher gave us an assignment to write a story, and we never stopped. We couldn’t stop. For the curious our first story was about two unicorns, Silverhorn and Blackhorn who were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers? If cliffhangers count then constantly. We fucking LOVE teasing the reader with nailbiting cliffhangers. 🎶 Do you listen to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…