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science-lings: Yeah I get that Edgeworth and Maya are besties who obsess over the steel samurai but that leaves Phoenix and Franziska time to hang out and you cannot tell me that they wouldn’t be a terrifying duo. They both[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thelaurenshippen: a remake of “you’ve got mail” called “you’ve got kudos” about two fic writers who make flirty comments on each other’s fics, only to realize that they already know each other because they used to be on opposite sides[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
snowberry-pie: snowberry-pie: this has been discussed before but reducing female characters to the girlboss braincell holder in the name of combating misogyny in fandom is ironically also a form of misogyny people love love loooove to go on and on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That is a really fascinating question that I am not fully equipped to answer, friend. What I can tell you is that “whump” specifically refers to a genre of fiction concerned with the suffering of fictional characters in both platonic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
unsolids-your-snake: My favorite thing about fanfic authors is they can identify any gap in a canon timeline where characters are offscreen and exploit the ever living fuck out of it They see a time skip of any length and go
darthlenaplant: rnorningstars: “if you ship this thing it’s because you’re too naïve to understand that it’s toxic and that you wouldn’t like a relationship like this” actually it’s because I see one of them as a mentos drop and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
damnfandomproblems: Fandom Problem #4849: Controversial opinion: Creators should not be held responsible for other people’s triggers. If you come across some content that may trigger you, instead of bitching about the creators making content that contains your triggers, just put[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
marlinspirkhall: thebreakfastgenie: luulapants: : : people need to realise that a poor little meow meow must be a character who has committed atrocities you cannot poor little meow meow a good guy that’s not how this works what this post[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mio-nika: For people who are never played Ace Attorney, guess which of these does not happen. Apollo Justice Trilogy (DD, SoJ centric) edition one of the witnesses on the trial is suffering from DID* everyone on the courtroom roleplayed a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
rnorningstars: “shipping and blorbofication are not inherently at odds with understanding a story’s deep themes” and “some people can’t grasp the themes of a story because they never learned how to engage with stories outside of the lens of shipping[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
butchdonne: what studying literature feels like
yesornopolls: Do you prefer fanfic stories that contain smut? Yes No See Results
Are you less likely to click on a fic on AO3 if it’s organized into part of a series? Yes, always. Yes, unless the series title clarifies that it’s a collection of one-shots. Yes, unless the story seems by my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
caleblandrybones: never ask a woman her age a man his salary your mutual how late it is in her timezone when she starts posting about that bisexual man
tiny-space-robot: antis: “BUT WHY WOULD YOU SHIP THAT?!??” me, slurping my ice tea: “it fun :3”
charlottec21: Meeting a fellow shipper
unforth: Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot. That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand. That rec blog with a great organization[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
evilwriter37: This post got me thinking. Almost added to it but just decided to make my own. Screaming and whining about the things you hate in fandom (fanart/fic/what-have-you that doesn’t appeal to your taste) will not make said thing go[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
aroaceamyrosearchive: falling in love with the most obnoxious character like
warmshotamilk: Fandoms as a whole started going downhill when “they’re like siblings so it’s weird to ship them!” started being viewed as a valid reason to hate people for shipping things
thoughtsickles: when a character is written inconsistently because nobody thought about it that hard and you’re like it’s time for me to get in there.. and think about it that hard
I can only imagine people staring at our AO3 page trying to figure out what the vibe is.
kururisa: *Blows Positivity Kazoo*Enjoy your fictional creations and be kind to others doing the same!
xxlovelynovaxx: zelamorre: greenbergsays: it’s like this, right If you see a street musician, you have three options: Walk past without saying anything Stop and listen to the music, but don’t give them any money Stop and listen to the music[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gayshitanddadjokes: OP turned off reblogs
cemeterything: “what if i’m misinterpreting this character whose only discernable character traits and motives are being impossible to interpret” and other rational fears
toxicshipsincorporated: eeveethejedi: n-moonbreeze: Fanfic tiktok is wild… I see so many people saying shit like “I could never read anything below 60k!!”, or “What story can you even tell in under 5k words?” or “A oneshot below 10k isn’t even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
frogdrops: if you like a piece of media that is good eventually youll more or less run out of things to say about how good it is but if you like a piece of media that is objectively pretty mediocre[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
jourquet: saigoat: Not all villains need a redemption arc. People act like having an antagonist in a piece of media that is actually evil/ immoral/ shitty in general makes it some taboo grotesquerie. i hate for wattpad to make it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dogmotif-deactivated20240505: if you’re not obsessed with anything weird and niche please try harder. stop going outside for a while. consider getting weirder about the things you already like
targaryenvampireslayer: I realise that ageism in fandom is, in the grand scheme of things, the least concerning thing about the fandom experience but I need to say this: all you baby adults on here need to calm down and let[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know I am putting out too much fic, but writing and thinking about [the character] is literally all I do. 😭
Thinking about philosophy of AO3 tagging. Specifically character tagging. And how my preference is to tag only the characters that the fic is actually about. But many people’s preference is to tag all of the characters who make an appearance[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
headcanon: “i have decided that this is true about the character, and it doesn’t matter to me if the canon text supports my idea or not.” interpretation: “after considering elements present in the canon text, I have decided that this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reading more and different interpretations of a thing you want to better understand is always good. When you think about other people’s opinions of a thing you like, it introduces you to new information. Even when you’re reading opinions and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lokihiddleston: violettenouvel: thediktatortot: Not people saying “Fandom has always been like this” in that vent post I made. No. It hasn’t always been like this. Fandom has NEVER been like this until recently and if you were in fandom pre-tumblr[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ourladyinshadow-deactivated2023: sorry i’m deranged about characters nobody cares about, do u still think i’m hot
cure-icy-writes: feeling nostalgic for fandom meta. Yeah incorrect quotes and memes are cool but have you tried an in depth psychological analysis of your fave with supporting evidence and quotes from their source material? Have you used tumblr’s unique format[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
initforthecache: parksrway: he makes me so happy and so profoundly sad at the same time like this?
eldragon-x: being obsessed w a piece of media is so scary. what if my mutuals see how insane i go about it and think oh i gotta check out what this is about and then think it sucks and kill[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
headspace-hotel: selkienight60: ao3commentoftheday: The term “beta” in this context is short for “beta reader” – a person who reads a fic while it’s still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“People mostly write and read very character driven, specific ship focused fic, because what most people want out of fanfiction is to focus on the romance between characters they’re not getting in canon so they can soak in the vibes.”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
greyliliy: igotthisaccountunderduress: majoringinsarcasm: DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON OLD FICS DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON FICS IN A FANDOM THE AUTHOR MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE IN. IF THE STORY IS STILL UP LET THEM KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
freesia-writes: emeraldhazeart: Hey, in case you need to hear this today: For every 1 person that tells you how much they like your work, there’s probably close to 10 people who are just quietly enjoying what you create. Your art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
brutaliakhoa: ship dynamic that im weak for: middle-aged people who are Weird About Each Other
trufflesmushroom: elegantlypractical: prokopetz: Cruel choices #137: you must consume one – and only one – of the following pieces of media. 1. Sailor Moon retold in the style of a 19th Century Russian philosophical novel. 2. The Brothers Karamazov retold[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
captainclickycat: sixth-light: an important principle of fandom (and life, actually) is that if you want more of Less Popular Thing, it is good to create positive spaces and events for it. however, if you use those spaces to take cracks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
stupidfuckingcatstuckinshower: When the ship has so much toxic yaoi potential but its stuck in a fandom full of antis
staliaqueen: one of the best things about fanfiction is that you can make the characters say fuck
aangisdead: sometimes…….things that are fanon………are worse
So in fanfiction news– it turns out Wattpad is closing and deleting user to user DMs and the userbase is freaking out about it. I have no horse in this race, but yeah, that sucks.
rmgrey-author: hallwriteblr: to you, it’s a shitty sentence. to some random bitch 500 miles away, it’s a fire line that’ll haunt them for the next 17 years. you don’t know how impactful your writing is because it’s been in your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
not-mary-sue: Alright, to ao3’s soon to be arriving Wattpad Refugees, a basic guide to general user culture: 1.) Unlike Wattpads vote system that let’s you like each chapter, the ao3 equivalent kudos only allows one per work. Everyone is generally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
seek–rest: I think fandom fundamentally lost something when fan content stopped being treated like a free creation from another fan and more like a YouTube video dropped from your favorite influencer. it’s become content and consumers, not a community of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
actuallylgp: It’s funny how a silly fictional character can come into your life and then take over your entire brain chemistry
j-ellyfish: You had me at ’YAOI (BOYXBOY) DON’T LIKE DON’T READ’.
prokopetz: prokopetz: I have to confess I’m always a bit fascinated when I see an artist posting huge quantities of Homestuck fanart, then I creep their archive and it turns out they only got into it, like, last month. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not a bad thing, and you shouldn’t have to engage with the canonical text of a piece of fiction if you don’t want to. It’d just be nice if there was like, a better way to separate the people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
buginateacup: Every single fic update there is an author trying frantically to find the right balance between a nonchalant aside of “leave a comment if you enjoyed =)” and clinging desperately to the coat tails of a random stranger, dragging[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tippenfunkaport: andromeda3116: ruby-red-inky-blue: rapidashrider: The agonising feel when a character tag is full of shipping that you Simply Do Not Vibe With. The solution is, naturally, to keep scrolling. But the wince, the WINCE. #ship what you want #but my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thebejeweledwatercat: painsandconfusion: amethystpath-writes: amethystpath-writes: PSA CAN’T BELIEVE I’M POSTING THIS. STOP AI. The first image is a prompt I posted on my prompt blog LAST YEAR. The second image is from an application called c.ai. On MY post, a viewer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
incorrectskyrimquotes: thinking “haha what if i jokingly shipped them” is your last chance to get out btw
petymology: eviebane: First time smut writer: Um. Hope this is OK? It’s only a bit of smut at the very end of the epilogue and you can skip it, it’s ok. So sorry, um. Oh dear me. Please don’t judge[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
orangelemonart: Everyone always thinks their fandom was the classiest in the old days and the new ones are awful. I can’t wait for all the people who will miss that point and say “YEAH X FANDOM IS THE WORST FANDOM” Bonus:
sals-sonic: “But they want to kill each other!!” that’s the point you dumb fuck “But they hate each another!!” that’s the point you dumb fuck “But they have an age gap!!” that’s the point you dumb fuck “But it’s not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
txttletale: its really crazy how people love to blorbopost about how their blorbo is a War Criminal Scrunkly but those same people will act like you ate their dog if you so much as imply that scrunkly has any textual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thebibutterflyao3: What if all fanfiction writers had the same attitudes that so many readers do? What if we treated our stories like content? Readers: I won’t read WIPs, only completed work and LONG fics. Writers: I will only post finished[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mtomauw: The only time you go “why can’t they just be friends” is when you’re looking at something wherein they’re not. Which to my experience, and I’m not encompassing all experiences in a tumblr post, is a bunch of fucking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pandaimitator: allthingswhumpyandangsty: reblog if fanfic writing has been a source of happiness for you and has helped with your mental health Got me out of my worst slump.
starridge: an unmatched feeling actually
aurpiment: ozais-lobotomist: “how do you support multiple ships” there are infinite timelines. in my mind.
formlessvoidbeast: newbie fic authors, shooting themselves in the foot: This fic is bad haha I suck at writing lol I am being mean to myself in the hopes that you will be nice to me but actually am dissuading anyone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love it when characters who are romantic partners don’t have to live together. I love it when characters who are romantic partners don’t have a traditional domestic relationship. I love it when characters who are romantic partners are part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really, really think it feels way better when I get 1 (one) kudos on my weird little fic about an unpopular pairing than when I get 50 kudos on a fic in the fandom’s big pairing with tropes everybody[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
notfromcold: I keep seeing people suggest it’s mean to blacklist tags when your mutuals post stuff you don’t like. It is not. It keeps you from resenting your mutuals! I cannot recommend enough that people blacklist tags for things they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hate their source material. I hate their creator. I hate their canon characterization. I try not to think about them. But when I’m reminded of them, I still get the impulse to grab them and rescue them. 😭
fawning-overshifty: what do you mean he’s fictional, we sleep in the same bed every night
ladyyatexel: shitpostgenerator: friendly reminder that you need to purposely sexualize your digusting problematic fave I legit did not realize this was from shit post generator for a good 45 seconds.
fellshish: Two cake theory also means your small underrated fic can be someone’s comfort fic
zipper-neck: You know the fic is going to be great when 😈 ALT
tigerjpg: tigerjpg: nothing makes me go “ooooh we are NOT the same” quite like reading some post about how people talk with their parents about their interests. what do you mean you told your father about stevebucky. what do you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
yuri-alexseygaybitch: Y’all need to stop with this “actors can only play characters that match their identity categories down to their astrological sign” shit cause there’s still some straight actors I wanna see take dick
macden: everything is so bleak in this world but at least you can accuse old men of being gay for each other. they can never take that from us
“Heterosexual male friendships are so rare in tv and movies” No??? they have an entire genre?? They’re literally inescapable? have you ever heard of a buddy cop show? have you ever seen an action movie made prior to 2000?? How[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t ship straight ships. I have lots of m/f ships and all of them are just as queer as the obviously gay pairings I ship. Speaking as a bisexual– kill the idea that an m/f pairing means the participants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tumbler-polls: If you’re being honest with yourself: do you enjoy straight relationships in fandoms as much as gay ones? Yes, I like them the same amount I prefer straight relationships I prefer gay relationships, but I can enjoy straight relationships[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Slightly complicated question! We’re all (broadly) fans of all of our source media (for a given value of being a “fan”), and we all broadly hold the same opinions on the ships in our source media because they’re directly relevant[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
roach-works: kurloz38: starlightshadowsworld: fake-starwars-fan: exuberantocean: When reading fanfic keep in mind that for professional literature: Short story: under 7,500 Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500 Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000 Novel: over 40,000 Fics over 40k are literally a novel written[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
rivalkieran: HEARTBREAKING: character actually mildly interesting to think about but I Dont like their fans
phosphorus-noodles: phosphorus-noodles: Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again yeah. you all get it.
fellshish: Shoutout to the dedicated cheerleaders of wips who comment on each chapter and motivate the poor fic writer to keep going you are crucial to the ecosystem