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…
utopians: utopians: sorry to keep harping but the thing is. like. people pretty much universally have profoundly complex and richly textured lives outside of the internet. like everyone you’ll ever meet will have their share of complicated relationships, personal struggles,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
prettyboykatsuki: some people seem to think that being horny for a media is paradoxical to critical analysis but actually anyone who makes quality horny content is so knee-deep in critical analysis their horny content reads like an extremely led psych[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
redscrawl: no i will not make separate blogs for my fandoms, everyone who follows me must experience ALL my insanity
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…
boyonetta: āYou can criticize something you love!ā Yeah, and you can also get tired of criticizing something you love. You can get completely fed up with it and decide,Ā āYou know what? Flaws aside, I love this thing, and I donāt[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
synthient: synthient: synthient: synthient: I think the Evil Media Bias Against Platonic Relationships is one of those things tumblr loves to get worked up about despite, like. simply not being real. “men in media are never allowed to have their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
vamprisms: i do hate that the frequency of boring relatable protagonists has caused many readers to become affronted when met with a protagonist with like different values and interesting flaws. like ok be mad at that literary device like it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Currently in the process of bulk uploading our entire damned deviantart account to my private hosting.
šøI believe in freedom of fandom. šøFandom is not about creating or enjoying only ‘moral’, ‘god-honoring’ or ‘marketable’ works. šøFandom is about freedom of expression. šøIt is okay to create or enjoy whatever fanworks you want. šøFandom is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lukmarc10: holy shit you guys, deviantart just fucking killed itself Oh I see its time to download backups of our whole gallery, shouldn’t be too hard, right? FUCK
atinylittlepain: Babe, listen Your fic isnāt a flop, itās a cult classic. Only the coolest freaks like it, donāt worry about it, itās great.
terramythos: It was so nice of [band] to write [song] specifically about [character/piece of media that literally didn’t exist when the song came out]
miranova23: just-antithings: šššš “Artis gratis artis.” These people better not watch a single MGM-produced movie. “not all art has merit” is such a horrifying thing to say.
bakanokiwami: TOP 10 BOOKS ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (1999-2022) To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Books Section on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
craycraybluejay: Seeing people freak out over high schooler age gaps makes me š¬ bc I personally have dated as the younger in an age gap a good while ago [before 18] and I was fine. I mean I wasn’t *fine*[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lokihiddleston: violettenouvel: thediktatortot: Not people saying āFandom has always been like thisā in that vent post I made. No. It hasnāt 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…
mango-fizz: i have a lot of feelings about [guy] so i wanted to draw him but i dont really feel like drawing right now so i guess i’ll just explode and die
p1nkshield: the-haiku-bot: triangles-dont-do-art: thecrazyashley-blog: maximum-mom: isa-ghost: cecil-but-gayer: autumnangel20: turtleduck-enthusiast: pocket-sized-friend: alexanderdamnhethin: heymissy221b: the-most-medium-teen-lebian: throneofhavilliard: b00kworm: aelinfeyreeleven945tbln: captainthefangirlofhp: thornypeach3: masterofhounds: that-one-fangirl16: moriartyfortheevening: lotrlockedwhovian: winchester-kelly: badgerdash-cumberquat: theāsuperwholockian: twistedthicket1: trypophobic-canine: perks-of-being-chinese: heroscafe: everyonesfavoriteging: my-weeping-angel: eatsleepcrap: syd224: eatsleepcrap: wincherlockedintardis: even with those four numbers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ā¦ļø Your fiction is worthwhile. ā¦ļø Your fiction is art. ā¦ļø Your fiction has artistic merit and value. ā¦ļø Your fiction is important. ā ļø Even if people call your writing worthless. ā ļø Even if people call your writing disgusting. ā ļø[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello everyone! Today is the 12th anniversary of the day we met our partner system! We met at 6:20pm on 6/20/2011, which we know for a fact because we met on Pesterchum which automatically timestamps everything and saves logs. Big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
imwiremother: āāshipping is fucking up how some of yall consume mediaāā i do not āconsume mediaā i read books, i watch movies. like a normal person does. when was this term mass adopted, why is every work of art āāconsumedāā.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gasterofficial: put that old man in a sexual predicament
joyousgard: āao3 should have an algorithmā 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
buckscptn: do I like them: 5 good qualities: 3 bad qualities: favourite episode/etc: otp: brotp: ot3: notp: best quote: head canon:
That is definitely a question to examine, isn’t it? One could draw a lot of conclusions from examining that question.
lastoneout: thesmegalodon: “Today, we received a message from Reddit that our mod team will be replaced if we do not open up the subreddit immediately” I mean- holy shit? Strikebreaker activity. This is most certainly not the only subreddit that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ao3commentoftheday: Since you all liked Why I Wrote It bingo, I decided to make another variant. Transcript under the cut.Ā Keep reading
spoonietimelordy: The concept of plagiarism going from “taking someone else’s work and passing it as your own” to now being “anything that you take inspiration from to make your own thing” is killing creativity, I’ll fight people on that. Online[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
talkstoself: Hey hey hi A word of advice if youāre thinking of leaving nasty comments on an ao3 fic: DONāT If you’re thinking of leaving nasty comments on any fic or fanart: DON’T.
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…
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 volunteerās job to comb for material that might include csem Whose job should it be? OTW[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tumblr “because you follow” putting fucking ship hate for one of my favorite ships on my dash. Disgusting.
bananonbinary: seriously i wish people understood that queerbaiting has almost nothing to do with the actual content of a story. two men can gaze soulfully into each otherās eyes for 45 minutes straight and then at the end be like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before you act, ask yourself if you want to be a part of a pitchfork and torch mob. Even if you don’t plan on picking up a pitchfork, ask if you want to stand with the mob and make it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
capu-ci: HHmm.. Let’s say I open a chocolate shop. I create a lot of chocolates, all with different tastes and ingredients, and then I sell them in my chocolate shop. And in these chocolates, some are made with ingredients some[…]↓ 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…
insufficiently-advanced: mostladylikeladythateverladied: There’s lots of talk out there about working through trauma via dark fanfiction. I’m not saying anything against that – there’s nothing wrong with it. But I do think there’s an unfortunate implication being made in a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pomrania: bemusedlybespectacled: prosocialbehavior: headspace-hotel: no-terfs-no-swerfs-no-fascists: doublism: my instagram explore page loves showing me those like erotic dark romance novel tiktoks and i really have to wonder: why do all these straight women desperately want to fuck a mafia boss Okay,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dragonesseclectic: astraltrickster: astraltrickster: Periodic reminder that you are not immune to reactionary radicalization through fandom. We all know the ājokesā about how old bronies either came out as queer or became fascists – except theyāre not really jokes, and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
rosemirmir: The most painful part about buying doujins from 10+ years ago is that the links to the artist’s websites you find at the end are long since dead
madlori: Goddammit, why are people so FREAKING OBSESSED with showing their fanworks to authors/creators? People are like, browbeating Neil Gaiman and Diane Duane, both of whom have clearly articulated their (very typical) stances of not wanting to see fanworks of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hoothalcyon: fuck it, I’m romanticizing underrated ao3 works now. 8,000 word fics with only 13 kudos, even after 5 months. multi-chaptered works with only 11 comments from the same 3 people and the author themself. incredibly specific works featuring OC’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Working on our personal fic archive and punched in the mouth again and again by how convenient and well created AO3 is.
š Write characters that you find interesting and compelling. š Don’t worry about making characters too over the top, or ‘too much’. š Write characters who want big things. š Write characters with conflict between what they want and what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
elainiisms: y’all are always complaining about how gay rep has to be perfect and unproblematic like speak for yourself i personally love it when they try to murder each other
synthient: synthient: synthient: synthient: I think the Evil Media Bias Against Platonic Relationships is one of those things tumblr loves to get worked up about despite, like. simply not being real. “men in media are never allowed to have their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
reggieslocket: you just don’t get him like i do (a traumatized fictional character with a horrible past who has murdered people)
šŗ All art and fiction should be self indulgent. šŗ Allow your being and your ideas and your heart to come through in your art and writing. šŗ Create what moves you. Create what is truthful to you. Create what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe you should stop “consuming content” and try “engaging with media” instead. Reframe your interaction from passive consumer to active participant in the media you engage with.
sporesgalaxy: sporesgalaxy: Self Insert Fanfiction Is ALSO a great alternative to character AI if you want to be mushy and personal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll get the Loki comic from high school if i need to I swear to god!!!!!!!!!!! and YES it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
squirrelstone: intoxicatedinkeep: sonicenvy: there is a new scourge on AO3 that I discovered recently… that scourge is “Placeholder fics”. This is thing, where someone posts a “fic” on AO3 with a summary and tags (and sometimes even a complete tag),[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
damnfandomproblems: ALT Fandom Problem #4072 As a girl, I really can’t take it seriously when someone complains about fanservice or how girls are drawn anymore. Sometimes the complaints are very valid, but most of the time it’s HOW DARE you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ā There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters. ā There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters for an audience that isnāt children. ā There is no problem with adults writing stories about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ā Ugly art has value. ā Ugly fiction is art. ā Art and fiction can reflect the ugliness of the world. ā Writers and artists donāt have an obligation to tell you what parts of their art are supposed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
š Coddle your darlings instead of killing them. š Create self-indulgent works of fiction. š Write the stories you want to see in the way you want to see them. š Luxuriate in detail and description when you want to.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
koifishanonymous: ok so i’ve been debating making this post but the new spiderverse fandom needs to relax about shipping. it’s ok to ship characters that are already married or in relationships. it’s ok to ship characters with unconfirmed ages. it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
āØ You belong in fandom no matter how old you are. āØ You belong in fandom no matter what you do or don’t ship. āØ You belong in fandom no matter what characters you like or don’t like. Donāt let[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
knitmeapony: shanastoryteller: shanastoryteller: i want people to feel about my writing the way roger ebert feels about the mummy āThere is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
destinationtoast: Toastystats: Ted Lasso S3 on AO3 I took a look at a look at some of the fandom’s reactions to each episode, and to the season overall, based on the number and types of fanworks that people were posting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
artemisthehuntress: live-from-flaturn: “But you already wrote that trope.”
squidwujun: I think we can all agree that reading the perfect fanfiction is one of the best feelings one can experience. But I think we don’t talk enough about the process of finding said fanfiction. Like I am a wine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
willgrahamscock: love when fanfic writers are like āI love this characterā & proceed to put them through shit even God has blacklisted, baby the middle ages called they want to hear your ideas
cannabiscomrade: cannabiscomrade: Settle an age old debate Pirates Ninjas See Results No āsee resultsā options we choose sides like middle schoolers Please reblog so this can break containment
forgetthetimetravel: somanywips: I hate that planned obsolescence is starting to reach fandoms. I hate that fandoms are starting to die after two, three years, I hate that whenever you stop getting content that means the fandom will die and be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hermitcraft-8: messmersflame: handsomeamoeba: hermitcraft-8: hermitcraft-8: literally my second biggest flex is that the guy behind osha official is my mutual. first biggest flex is that there’s a discord server dedicated to hating on me GUYS??? some context for people because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
oofuri2003: I feel like AMVs are a very specific kind of love letter to the media theyāre based on solely bc as an art form they sort of necessitate that youāve seen the original property multiple times and have an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
disasterpieces86: i remember one time someone tried to help me “”“recover”“” from identifying with a character who was an abuser (idfk man it made me feel better about the shit i went through) by saying “well why dont you identify[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
teaboot: ilovemybarricadebabies: The excluded tags filter on Ao3 is such a fucking lifesaver. I love it so much. Do I know what I want to read? No. Do I know what I DON’T want to read? Absolutely. God bless
versegm: “Are you okay” NO. THERE ARE LITTLE FICTIONAL BITCHES IN MY HEAD. AND THEY’RE KISSING.
š¬ You are allowed to use diverse āsaid tagsā in your writing. š¬ You are allowed to not use said tags, or use them sparingly in your writing. š¬ You are allowed to use adverbs in your writing. š¬ You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
werewolf-cuddles: flanoirbunny: Shipping 10 Years Ago: YOUR SHIP IS BAD BECAUSE MINEāS BETTER AND YOUāRE A STINKY DOO DOO HEAD FOR LIKING IT Shipping 5 Years Ago: hey guys letās just ship whatever the hell we want and leave each[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess I respect the balls on this person to both be in favor of machine generated output and also completely recognize that what the machine turns out is unreadable dogshit. But wow I hate that.
Look, I’m going to be honest, I don’t care whether people feeding other fans’ fanfiction into AI is “legal” or “illegal”. What it is, is rude, entitled, and disrespectful of your fellow fans.
paulgadzikowski: orlissa: Oh dear. Okay, you get an answer, because at least you took the effort to write your ask out properly, even if you are hiding behind the grey, sunglassed circle. Do I, or any fanfic author for that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
theicarusconstellation: i hate how modern culture has kind ofā¦pushed its narrative on fanfic. like, authors arenāt writing fic to be a product. theyāre not writing it to please the public or make a profit off of it. theyāre writing it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tepkunset: I bestow you, comic character, the biggest honour available: Outgrowing your shitty creator’s intentions for you
niuniente: math-is-magic: sidepartskinnyjeans-deactivated: gentil-minou: wangxianficfinder: Indeed, anything that is given to AI it can use later to draw from. That’s why it doesn’t matter if you post them or not as it has now access to those writers’ texts without[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
largishcat: voxtism: noritaro: yeah uh… don’t do this š as a fanfic writer! who has a few semi-abandoned fics! if you do this i will personally bite you with my teeth. you are disrespecting art and the love people put[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-bar-sinister: It is not any other fan’s job to appreciate a character that you like and find compelling and interesting. Sometimes a canon fails to make a character compelling and interesting for the majority of a fandom of that work.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is not any other fan’s job to appreciate a character that you like and find compelling and interesting. Sometimes a canon fails to make a character compelling and interesting for the majority of a fandom of that work. Often[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
transformativeworks: Smoochies, a multi-fandom fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to AO3. Read more at https://otw.news/3ccf70 ą¦¬ą¦¾ą¦ą¦²ą¦¾ ā¢ catalĆ ā¢ dansk ā¢ Deutsch ā¢ English ā¢ espaƱol ā¢ franƧais ā¢ italiano ā¢ Nederlands ā¢ polski ā¢ portuguĆŖs brasileiro ā¢[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
damnfandomproblems: ALT Fandom Problem #4059 when people caught on that demonizing the female love interest for the sake of their precious m/m ship was misogynistic, it became the new thing to say “actually i just think she’s TOO GOOD for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ohmyboytoy: Big Apple – ė¹ ģ ķ
applejongho: “I feel so normal about him” well I dont. move
melannen: How To Make Your Own Fanfiction Archive, In Just Ten Easy Steps As the go-to “person who knows about AO3” for quite a few people who read fanfic but aren’t really linked-in to wider fandom culture, I’ve fielded a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lakidaa: mappinginink: deboracabral: iamscoby: deboracabral: come get ya juice My contribution ALRIGHT!!! i think i did it wrong Yeah it should be pineapple flavored
š An author writing something that someone else not forced to read is not harassment against the person reading it. š An author writing something about trauma or abuse has nothing to do with an unconnected reader’s trauma or abuse.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
brendaonao3: Come into a fandom late. Leave early. Write 100 fics. Write 1. Write none. Read every single fic written in your fandom. Read only your OTP. Write only your OTP. Write every pairing under the sun. Make gifs just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…