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…
pawsitively-proship: ❤️You don’t need perfect english to participate in english fandom. You also don’t need perfect english (or english at all) to create something meaningful.❤️
🔹 Cycling through fandoms So, we had sort of cycled around to Metal Gear after needing a break from writing so much Urusei Yatsura. Unfortunately, a long stay in MGS fandom wasn’t to be, for a variety of factors.To be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fellshish: If the internet wasn’t anonymous anymore i would stop writing/posting fic and a part of my soul would die. I don’t want to post fic under my real name i don’t wish to be perceived i wish to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Depends on what you mean by “ship”. First characters we thought were a romantic couple? Tigger and Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh. First characters we looked for romantic fanart of online? Sailor Moon and Tuxedeo Mask First characters we read[…]↓ 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…
sterec: Listens to song: otp Listens to song that can’t be otp: otp au in which—
luulapants: If there’s one piece of advice I can give to fic writers who feel discouraged by the “content creation” culture and lack of community engagement in modern fandom, it’s to try writing for an audience of one. And I[…]↓ 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…
evilwriter37: Hello, fandom. Please do not demonize others that enjoy something in a different way than you do. Oh, that’s too hard? My bad.
tired-fandom-ndn: tired-fandom-ndn: What a lot of people call old man yaoi is, in fact, middle-aged man yaoi. An important distinction. “Omg they’re such old man yaoi 😍” they are in their 40s We gotta expand the mid-life crisis yaoi market.
scribbledonausednapkin:
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…
phantasyhalation: every so often i am involuntarily reminded that ‘multishipper’—if we still use that term—isn’t the default position. happily scrolling through it until i encounter someone who is so fucking mad that others are playing with dolls wrong. they don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
la-vie-en-lys: bronzetomatoes: the “canon isn’t real we make our own rules” to “i am begging you people to revisit the source material” pipeline #you have to know the rules so you can break them with intention and precision#otherwise your work[…]↓ 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…
bunabi: girl what happened to just creating fanwork to satisfy your needs going directly to the developers for canonical changes to the work has gotta stop like what happened to boundaries
maximum-marvel: i just wanted to say thank you to every fanfic writer out there. thank you for writing what others haven’t, what others can’t, what others won’t. thank you for writing what can be judged and hated, but writing it[…]↓ 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…
TL;DR: people are afraid of attempting interaction, because they are worried they will receive negative interaction in return. A culture has been fostered where many tumblr users, especially in young fandom, expect and rightly assume that they will be critiqued[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Let him rest.” ??? No! Put him in more situations! Worse!!!
frodo-of-the-nine-fingers: his premature death and 20 seconds of screen time have bewitched me body and soul
luulapants: If there’s one piece of advice I can give to fic writers who feel discouraged by the “content creation” culture and lack of community engagement in modern fandom, it’s to try writing for an audience of one. And I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
calling people “antis”: confusing, niche terminology not understood by anyone outside of extremely online shipping discourse. Call them what they are– Pro-censorship fans who attempt to exert control over other people in public fandom spaces through harassment, threats and bullying.
bestwhumptropes: this is just a PSA for the whump community that we should leave more comments. most fic and art enjoyers should leave comments but i know we all love each other so i’m reminding us how happy a comment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
meradorm: *sits down to write a smut fic* The plot of this smut fic is that Character A believes himself abandoned by God.
cmishwrites: queenalphawolf: parkeret: cunaeparker: waywardodysseys: clover-roseee: starscheme: wintermoonqueen: forsakenoathkeeper: if u dont acknowledge the fanfics u read, the writer won’t think anyone is actually taking the time to read their stuff, which makes our effort feel wasted and our passions[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
destinationtoast: postinghomestuckpolls: There’s a tag search page I learned about using from @destinationtoast. I don’t have that specific post on hand, but they’re a good destination for AO3 stats stuff! Link to the tag search page and what it looks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
petrowriting: me and the mutuals talking about motifs and symbolism
leonleonhart: bad internet take and awful character analysis arent real they cant hurt me
7. Your favourite ao3 tag. Our brand new favorite is “canon typical behavior.” 10. Top three favourite fic tropes. Enemies to lovers crack treated seriously time travel fix it fic 11. Three tropes that are fine but overrated. childhood friends[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re guilty of working on a large number of projects at the same time (as anybody who looks at our AO3 updates can see). V_V Frankly it’s because every writer in the system tends to have their own personal project[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We don’t really like excessive tagging in general. We tag for general themes, major triggers– and if its a porn, for specific sex acts. Anything else can get left out. Read the fic if you wanna know what’s in it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
there was only one bed – it’s a very functional trope but come on, we can find more twisted situations to put them in 😉 human AU– why would it be more interesting if they were humans, I don’t get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fellshish: I don’t write for comments but boy do comments make me wanna write more
Yeah, if there’s one thing that I would improve with the whump community it would be tagging. There is a reason that we don’t tag any of our whump posts with actual mental illnesses, abuse tags, etc. I think a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
phantasm-masquerade: if you were a fictional character, what horrible fate awaits you in fanon? whitewashed identity erasure made skinny perfect innocent blorbo (i.e. infantilized) disabilities ignored your fans end up on DNI lists (i.e. demonized) endless discourse about your morality[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“proship” is an ideology that means “ship and let ship”. It is the opposite of “antiship” which means “against shipping.” Normal fans sometimes use the term to refer to themselves, to make it clear that they do not harass other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sacred-pro-fiction: PSA: As a reminder, when you see a fic author with 100+ posted fics, say “thank you for your service”
narramin: big fan of media thats too homopobic to admit gay people exist yet nontheless operates with a homoerotic subtext so insane that none of the characters’ motivations make sense unless they carnally desire each other
blueirisboy: Reblog if you LOVE fucked up themes and topics in your fiction 🤭🥰🫶
biggest downside of Resident Evil media compared to Metal Gear is Resident Evil is much less homoerotically violent. But on the other hand Metal Gear has less eroguro….
maniacalshen: power-chords: had to nab these tags from @ravenvsfox
pro-bopass: sword-and-stars: [A tweet reading, “How to enjoy fandom: find five (5) gross friends make your stupid little content share with said gross friends ignore literally everything that anyone else in your fandom ever says”]
babylon5: maybe i like it when a female character is deeply flawed and responsible for countless deaths and so on and so forth. more female characters should be deeply flawed and responsible for countless deaths
anneapocalypse: Hey you know what’s super funny about the idea of “good bi rep”? For a character to be canonically bi you have to make sure and establish that they’re attracted to multiple genders. Not all mediums allow you to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
myfandomrealitea: deeisforderanged: myfandomrealitea: spop-romanticizes-abuse: “shipping an unhealthy ship isn’t inherently a bad thing because maybe you just want to see themes of abuse and toxicity explored in media.” i agree. but i feel like there’s a difference between finding a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
misty-lilies: you guys know that you are allowed to like characters who suck in canon right? you guys know that you don’t have to ignore the worse parts of a characters to like them right? YOU GUYS KNOW THAT LIKING[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
prismatic-bell: am-i-the-asshole-official: AITA? YTA NTA JAH NAH ESH INFO See Results What are these acronyms? Not only are you NTA, OP, you were following the rules of old-school fandom to a T: 1) YKINMKATO/kink tomato, or I guess in this[…]↓ 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…
alltheoutsinfreeeee: riggedbones: im a blorbo apologist but also they did every bad thing they did and i will get mad if u ignore that. complexities
kalichnikov: patchoulism: I think it’s unfair that dressing boys in maid outfits is more popular than dressing girls in butler outfits. There should be solidarity and equality. Tomboy subgenre where instead of wearing sporty clothes and being athletic she’s wearing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ao3commentoftheday: I’ve often reassured authors that responding months or years later to a comment you received is nothing to worry about because often the reader who receives the reply will return to the fic and reread it and enjoy it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
cindytoast404: lying on my bed giggling and kicking my feet while putting the characters i like through unimaginable torment (it should be noted that i am also writing with one of those big fluffy pens)
aragarna: papookwrites: Fanfic reader’s prayer: may my favorite author’s hyperfixation on this fandom last longer than mine 🙏 Fanfic writer’s prayer: may my hyperfixation last long enough for me to write all the fics in my head.
miiilowo: Yes. More than anywhere else
ihhfhonao3: Romanticizing reading fanfiction with 100 hits. Romanticizing commenting on fics from seven years ago. Romanticizing giving kudos to a fic with three hits. Romanticizing reblogging someone’s fanfiction post from two years ago, giving them the first note on that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
peppermint-butler-enema-lovr: Please make more self insert ships. Please continue drawing yourself in the art style of the show/movie/game/etc. you love. Draw more fanart of you and your f/o in cutesy romantic situations. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s weird!!!! If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
bigmouthlass: innitmarvellous: Fellow fic writers (and readers too, I guess): do you stop posting a multiple chapter fic (or multi part fic series) on AO3 if there is very little interest in it in the fandom? Or do you just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenever someone compliments our character writing in a fanfic, and they’re talking about one of the people who are in our system– –it’s just. The most absolutely validating thing in the world. Like– yes, person who loves the way we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh the answer to that is actually simple. They don’t reblog things because they’re (justifiably) terrified that one of their followers will find something problematic about the art or the artist, and accuse them of being a horrible person for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry not sorry for the spam. I adore reblogging fanart. I think art deserves to be shared and the work and abilities of fanartists deserves to be seen and celebrated. <33 I think fanartists deserve to know their work is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gffa: I don’t want to write fic that’s “good”, I want to write a fic that hits someone’s id so hard it changes their brain chemistry.
despair-nagito: Reminder Ships aren’t taking your aromantic representation away. If something is canon, it stays canon. And if you don’t like something, then don’t look at it. Filtering content out is there. Use it. Agreed and to add to this;[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: lierdumoa: elljayvee: naryrising: jackwolfes: thinking about that post of people assuming ao3 has an algorithm and also about how bonkers persistent the view is that ao3 is social media lite. like with startling regularity I get comments saying something[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
harocat: I NEED people to understand that fandom is not a scholarly pursuit for most people. Yes, I love meta, and I do think people should think about what they do and say as well as their preferences. This is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
princecharmingtobe: enigmaticagentalice: reapersun: konkoa: This has been a PSA. I’m trying not to reblog posts on this blog but I feel that this is important to post here. on a related note: And for the people asking “Well if you don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ It is common, courteous and good practice in fandom circles to use content warnings for things that you know are major, common potential triggers. ⭐ Not all fiction warns for potential triggering content. Most published fiction does not warn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
oodlyenough: lilijalasagna: feels a bit weird to see posts about how “people these days move on from fandoms too fast” as an ace attorney, specifically a klapollo fan. The klapollo fandom is alive and thriving and we didn’t even get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
spectralsleuth: So you’ve written rare pair fic on AO3- how rare are we talking? Select how many fics are tagged for your rarest written pairing on AO3, and let’s see how rare your ship REALLY is. 2000+ (You are on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
allthingswhumpyandangsty: “why would you write fics for small, unpopular fandoms? you’re not gonna reach that many hits in fandoms not many people know about” ?? because I’m not writing fics for hits or kudos, I’m writing them for me because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tarantula-hawk-wasp: Generally, regardless of fandom, do you prefer Modern AUs Canon verse fics See Results Obviously you might have varying opinions for specific fandoms but generally if you think across many of them which do you prefer?
jsketch12: jsketch12: slitherpunk: elf yuri except one of them is high fantasy and the other is one of santa’s 9’6" forest guardian and her 4’5" toymaker gf sorry for hijacking your post again op but after posting the initial elves[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really love the f/o community and the whump community because they’re places where we can all vibe together on the same kinds of themes and elements and share posts and ideas etc, while all having wildly different fandoms and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
boundinparchment: breaking in for a second to say that a lot of the recent stuff going on for writers in particular boils down inherently to a lack of respect. for one another. for ourselves. for our hobby. from readers who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Why do you ship so many rarepairs???” I have a wild imagination, and an uninhibited heart, next question.
richmond-till-we-die: As I said before, I haven’t seen nor heard what exactly happened at the confessions account, so I want to be careful about judgement. But it’s very sad to hear people were made to remove their works from AO3[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
whump-tr0pes: nyancrimew: critically jacking off to this problematic fic in a scholarly manner The only Correct and Good way to consume Problematic Media
toastyglow: bowiecoded: obligatorymorningfart: comic about girlfriends this invokes an unidentifiable emotion deep in my core that i am hoping with every fiber of my being is not lust I read this and thought, “unfortunately I think I know exactly what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
starberry-cupcake: At some point in tumblr history, the tumblr cycle of hipster media consumption added a component of “mandatory moral value” to its justification for praising or hating anything, which has made it exhausting to come across countless displays of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
whereisyourpippinnow: midnightsoliloquy: saurons-pr-department: 2024 is the year we stop “consuming” and go back to “reading/watching/listening to/playing” things @midnightsoliloquy enjoying? don’t be obscene!
They simply do not. They believe everything should be accessible to them personally. They prioritize their own demands for comfort as an audience over the artistic choices of the creator. They lack self control to put down and stop engaging[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
clementine-kesh: the key to not fanonizing your faves is to simply become academia-brained about it. never make a statement about a character you can’t back up with at least three references to the source material
stevishabitat: rochenn: I think we should write more straight relationships with 2010s TV queerbait tactics. Let that man and that woman’s lives be horribly intertwined, let them take bullets for the other, let them be each other’s meaning but NO[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pixie-mage: summerpipedream: vesperlionheart: abessinier: 1. You are responsible for your own media experience. 2. There is such a thing as a healthy level of avoidance towards topics that make you feel unwell or even (in a real-life clinical definition of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
words-to-accomplish-something: altospaceangel: i-draws-dinosaurs: willowcrowned: willowcrowned: willowcrowned: willowcrowned: willowcrowned: just learned that coke as in coca-cola as in the famous carbonated soda is canon in star wars and frankly I am upset @jetiisse pointed out that the existence of Coca Cola[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
starlightreign: It’s time for the sebaciel renaissance when the new season drops ✨
femslash-february: Welcome to Raptor’s Femslash February Bingo 2024! Three different bingo cards—light prompts, darker prompts, a combined one with all prompts—to celebrate Femslash February with fanworks. All fandoms welcome! Enjoy!❤️ Rules and prompts in text form under the Read More![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tired-fandom-ndn: “modern au” “human au” “no powers au” why do you hate cool stuff and fun
tired-fandom-ndn: “modern au” “human au” “no powers au” why do you hate cool stuff and fun
tired-fandom-ndn: “modern au” “human au” “no powers au” why do you hate cool stuff and fun
tired-fandom-ndn: “modern au” “human au” “no powers au” why do you hate cool stuff and fun