When Leon found Luis at the mission site he hardly recognized him. Luis’ gorgeous hair was matted, his eyes were unfocused, his clothing was torn. There was something insectoid about his movements. Choking back grief, Leon had his gun aimed.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Caspar liked to just sit with the Professor sometimes. Caspar was always doing something; training, talking, fighting, studying, chasing, joking, and a thousand other things every day. Sometimes he felt like he only knew how to do, and not how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Latula wound her fingers with Rufioh’s as the two of them sat shoulder to shoulder, sharing the quiet moment. Nobody knew about the two of them. Their relationship was ‘off the books’, so to speak. Perhaps even outside of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Leon found Luis at the mission site he hardly recognized him. Luis’ gorgeous hair was matted, his eyes were unfocused, his clothing was torn. There was something insectoid about his movements. Choking back grief, Leon had his gun aimed.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Caspar liked to just sit with the Professor sometimes. Caspar was always doing something; training, talking, fighting, studying, chasing, joking, and a thousand other things every day. Sometimes he felt like he only knew how to do, and not how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Latula wound her fingers with Rufioh’s as the two of them sat shoulder to shoulder, sharing the quiet moment. Nobody knew about the two of them. Their relationship was ‘off the books’, so to speak. Perhaps even outside of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♦️ If you wrote a piece of fiction… ♦️ If you wrote some lines of poetry or a song… ♦️ If you painted, drew, or doodled something… ♦️ If you edited pieces of something else preexisting in a way that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♦️ If you wrote a piece of fiction… ♦️ If you wrote some lines of poetry or a song… ♦️ If you painted, drew, or doodled something… ♦️ If you edited pieces of something else preexisting in a way that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Headsman – thesavagesabretooth – Super Dangan Ronpa 2 [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Super Dangan Ronpa 2Rating: MatureWarnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsRelationships: Sonia Nevermind/Nidai Nekomaru, Sonia Nevermind/Tanaka Gundham, Nidai Nekomaru/Tanaka GundhamCharacters: Sonia Nevermind, Nidai Nekomaru, Tanaka[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Headsman – thesavagesabretooth – Super Dangan Ronpa 2 [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Super Dangan Ronpa 2Rating: MatureWarnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsRelationships: Sonia Nevermind/Nidai Nekomaru, Sonia Nevermind/Tanaka Gundham, Nidai Nekomaru/Tanaka GundhamCharacters: Sonia Nevermind, Nidai Nekomaru, Tanaka[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ineffablebookgirl: gardenvarietyhuman: 💥🙌👏 Well shit, Henry Jenkins, out here in 1997 dropping truth bombs darkheart-despairs https://ift.tt/eiWBKJ9
ineffablebookgirl: gardenvarietyhuman: 💥🙌👏 Well shit, Henry Jenkins, out here in 1997 dropping truth bombs
ao3commentoftheday: When it comes right down to it, an author or an artist always has an excellent reason for why they write or draw problematic things. It’s an incredibly personal reason, and the details will change from author to author[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ao3commentoftheday: When it comes right down to it, an author or an artist always has an excellent reason for why they write or draw problematic things. It’s an incredibly personal reason, and the details will change from author to author[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Taste Like Wine Summary: Miles comes back to find Phoenix drunk. cw: alcohol abuse [[MORE]] Miles came into the apartment, his arms full of groceries. He shut the door behind him with the back of his heel. The lights were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cronus knew how people looked at him. Knew how they felt about him. Like some kind of freak, like some kind of asshole. Other seadwellers cast him out for being different, the lower castes we’re largely afraid to approach him.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In fiction there are two types of sinister schemes and heroic plans that succeed, and two types that fail. Succeed: 🐭 schemes and plans that work because they are genuinely clever, meticulous, and well thought out. 🐭 schemes and plans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Taste Like Wine Summary: Miles comes back to find Phoenix drunk. cw: alcohol abuse Miles came into the apartment, his arms full of groceries. He shut the door behind him with the back of his heel. The lights were off,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cronus knew how people looked at him. Knew how they felt about him. Like some kind of freak, like some kind of asshole. Other seadwellers cast him out for being different, the lower castes we’re largely afraid to approach him.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In fiction there are two types of sinister schemes and heroic plans that succeed, and two types that fail. Succeed: 🐭 schemes and plans that work because they are genuinely clever, meticulous, and well thought out. 🐭 schemes and plans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tartrazeen: tartrazeen: amuseoffyre: Looks like fanfiction.net is gone. Probably should have backed up the fic I had there. Woops. Too late now. WAIT WHAT’S THIS THE MOBILE SITE?! Ok for real i’m downloading everything tomorrow darkheart-despairs
tartrazeen: tartrazeen: amuseoffyre: Looks like fanfiction.net is gone. Probably should have backed up the fic I had there. Woops. Too late now. WAIT WHAT’S THIS THE MOBILE SITE?! Ok for real i’m downloading everything tomorrow
✨ Your art and creative works matter! ❤️ Create the art that you want to, no matter what anyone else says. 🌺 Every creative work speaks to someone. Every work of art is the art that someone needed to see.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Your art and creative works matter! ❤️ Create the art that you want to, no matter what anyone else says. 🌺 Every creative work speaks to someone. Every work of art is the art that someone needed to see.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. I’m sorry you’re feeling so rough about this. I can definitely understand the source of your discomfort — it’s never fun to feel like you’re doing something that other people are vocally complaining about. But I do think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. I’m sorry you’re feeling so rough about this. I can definitely understand the source of your discomfort – it’s never fun to feel like you’re doing something that other people are vocally complaining about. But I do think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 It’s okay if you don’t like your fandom’s popular ships! 💕 It’s okay if the ships you like are not popular! 💕 Even if everybody else hates your ship, it is still valid and I hope it brings you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 It’s okay if you don’t like your fandom’s popular ships! 💕 It’s okay if the ships you like are not popular! 💕 Even if everybody else hates your ship, it is still valid and I hope it brings you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alive at last – thesavagesabretooth – Super Dangan Ronpa 2 [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Super Dangan Ronpa 2Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Nidai Nekomaru/Tanaka GundhamCharacters: Nidai Nekomaru, Tanaka GundhamSummary: Gundam and Nekomaru reunite. darkheart-despairs
Alive at last – thesavagesabretooth – Super Dangan Ronpa 2 [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Super Dangan Ronpa 2Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Nidai Nekomaru/Tanaka GundhamCharacters: Nidai Nekomaru, Tanaka GundhamSummary: Gundam and Nekomaru reunite.
Who knows you better than yourself? Who knows what you want and what you need? Who hates you more than yourself? What is love but a dark mirror through which everything that possesses and disgusts and enchants us is reflected?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Who knows you better than yourself? Who knows what you want and what you need? Who hates you more than yourself? What is love but a dark mirror through which everything that possesses and disgusts and enchants us is reflected?
olderthannetfic: lilithfairen: olderthannetfic: The thing is, if AO3 did have an algorithm, it would look very different. Users would spend far more time trying to game the algorithm, so you’d get very different posting patterns. Algorithms are 10% convenience and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 You can write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 You should write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 There are no limits to the fiction you should write. 🌟 Your fiction does not have to teach a moral lesson.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: lilithfairen: olderthannetfic: The thing is, if AO3 did have an algorithm, it would look very different. Users would spend far more time trying to game the algorithm, so you’d get very different posting patterns. Algorithms are 10% convenience and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 You can write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 You should write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 There are no limits to the fiction you should write. 🌟 Your fiction does not have to teach a moral lesson.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your creative work is meaningful. Your creative work is important. Your creative work should be shared with the world. 💕 Even if it’s off-putting or weird. 💕 Even if it’s ‘just’ fan work. 💕 Even if some people vocally hate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mihrsuri: whetstonefires: im-a-pro-at-shipping: blackheart-biohazards: bethhiraeth: Question for fic writers: do you find it weird when people comment on every chapter of a wip as it comes out? It’s amazing and motivating!! Do it more, please! Literally the best thing. commenting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your creative work is meaningful. Your creative work is important. Your creative work should be shared with the world. 💕 Even if it’s off-putting or weird. 💕 Even if it’s ‘just’ fan work. 💕 Even if some people vocally hate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mihrsuri: whetstonefires: im-a-pro-at-shipping: blackheart-biohazards: bethhiraeth: Question for fic writers: do you find it weird when people comment on every chapter of a wip as it comes out? It’s amazing and motivating!! Do it more, please! Literally the best thing. commenting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wesker calmly put another bullet into the irritating viral reject to finish it off, his mouth a hard line. This might have been the most infuriating day of his life, between the mansion’s absurd puzzles and the grim orders he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wesker calmly put another bullet into the irritating viral reject to finish it off, his mouth a hard line. This might have been the most infuriating day of his life, between the mansion’s absurd puzzles and the grim orders he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chris x Wesker drabble. Lightly suggestive. Chris was Wesker’s dog. [[MORE]] Chris loved it when Captain Wesker treated him like a dog. Loved it when he forced him down on all fours, and grabbed his hair, when Wesker called him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chris x Wesker drabble. Lightly suggestive. Chris was Wesker’s dog. Chris loved it when Captain Wesker treated him like a dog. Loved it when he forced him down on all fours, and grabbed his hair, when Wesker called him a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t Leave Me Behind – xxharryosbornxx (thesavagesabretooth) – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: MatureWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Chris Redfield/Albert WeskerCharacters: Chris Redfield, Albert WeskerAdditional Tags: Humiliation, Medical Kink,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
drunktuesdays: one of my twitter friends recently said that if she could order up a fic it would be a story written by someone who has only ever read the classics, 1.5 star trek novelizations, and their mother’s romance novels[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t Leave Me Behind – xxharryosbornxx (thesavagesabretooth) – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: MatureWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Chris Redfield/Albert WeskerCharacters: Chris Redfield, Albert WeskerAdditional Tags: Humiliation, Medical Kink,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
drunktuesdays: everyone is fucking but no one is horny one of my twitter friends recently said that if she could order up a fic it would be a story written by someone who has only ever read the classics, 1.5[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 The fiction you write, the art you create, the ships you enjoy; none of them have to please anyone but yourself. darkheart-despairs
👉 The fiction you write, the art you create, the ships you enjoy; none of them have to please anyone but yourself.
— People have long used prompt generators. darkheart-despairs
Where He Belongs – xxharryosbornxx (thesavagesabretooth) – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: MatureWarnings: Graphic Depictions Of ViolenceRelationships: Chris Redfield/Albert WeskerCharacters: Chris Redfield, Albert WeskerAdditional Tags: Sexual Violence, Hurt No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: – People have long used prompt generators. I feel like this is the *right* way to use machine generation for fic, in my personal opinion.
Where He Belongs – xxharryosbornxx (thesavagesabretooth) – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: MatureWarnings: Graphic Depictions Of ViolenceRelationships: Chris Redfield/Albert WeskerCharacters: Chris Redfield, Albert WeskerAdditional Tags: Sexual Violence, Hurt No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🫵 You are allowed to create any kind of dark fiction. 🫵 You are allowed to enjoy it. 🫵 You do not need permission.
Day 3 reminder that tumblr is now banning blogs that include posts with: victims discussing their experiences of child sexual abuse suggestive art of characters who are drawn in a soft, chibi, or kawaii style. suggestive art of characters who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forbidden romance is the most romantic for the same reason that the best horror is the stuff that shows the monster the least. The romance is in what is left unsaid. It’s in the longing It’s in the lingering. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Herlock and Yuujin with their legs entangled as they sit on the couch, readhing Herlock and Yuujin sit with their legs entangled on the couch, reading by the fire’s warm, soft glow. The crackling of the fire and the turning[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💫 Create and share whatever fiction and art that you want to. 💫 Even if you think no one else is interested. 💫 Even if you think it’s unmarketable. 💫 Even if you think people will call it self-indulgent. 💫[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reminder for those just joining us: the new development on tumblr is that it turns out they are strictly enforcing a ban on any depictions or discussions of underage people in sexual situations: including all fanart, fanfiction, and discussion of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another thing that worries me about this ban: We all know that for antis, 30 year old disabled people are the exact same as children, because “they have the mind of a child”. So if it goes as bad as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There’s nothing wrong with writing fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying writing fiction with dark and awful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, I just got back into homestuck! Do you have any good fic recommendations? I am so sorry to let you down, this is the one single question about homestuck that we are not equipped to answer. blackheartxbiohazards
Is it disrespectful to rape survivors to write fanfic about a character going through the aftermath of trauma like rape when you haven’t experienced that? — No. blackheartxbiohazards
meow!! 😽😽😽😽 context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
🌠 It’s okay to write or enjoy that type of fiction. 🌠 Yes, that type of fiction, too. 🌠 Yes, even that type of fiction. 🌠 Yes, the type of fiction you’re thinking of right now. 🌠 Yes, the fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ censorship is not when someone says “hey this piece of media sucks.” ⭐ censorship is not when someone says “hey this piece of media sucks so I suggest you avoid it.” ⭐ censorship is when someone says “hey this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Something is only “censorship” when someone (a government, a library, a media platform, etc) refuses to allow people access to the piece of media in question. 👉 A person, or a collection of people choosing to avoid a piece of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey folks, pro-abuse bullying anon is back. Or another one like ’em. Come get your free thumps in since they love and value abuse so much. This guy wants to be the fun police? Show ’em how we treat cops.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Absolutely true. Not in every case obviously, but in general the less you reveal about yourself the safer you are from being harassed about fucked up fic. Context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Oh hell… anon, I’m so sorry that you and your friend are going through that. That’s awful. That’s hell. My advice: Both of you, delete all of your social media accounts (NOT your AO3 accounts). Create new tumblr accounts. Ditch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 There is nothing wrong with writing about sex. 💖 There is nothing wrong with writing erotica or smut. 💖 Not all writing about sex is erotica or smut. 💖 Fiction about sex has just as much artistic merit as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters for an audience that isn’t children. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good to know! I had never heard of squidgeworld before… the original post makes it sound like it’s run by one person, so I’m not surprised that it has a rule set that suits its owner. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
I really think a lot of antis just plain don’t understand fandom. I don’t think they understand that fanfiction and shipping is supposed to be a “what if” scenario and not leadenly chained to canon like an iron ball. Source:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s talk about fancops ‘protecting fictional children’, with the regard to the belief that they should never be aged up and never be shipped with anyone. Let’s talk about Kotoko Utsugi. In the canon media where she appears, Kotoko Utsugi[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 It’s okay to create any art or fiction that you want to, for any reason. 💖 It’s okay to enjoy any art or fiction that you enjoy, for any reason. 💖 Your taste in art and fiction do not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
codekeeper: themirokai: I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning. (Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.) The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I definitely understand that feeling, anon :c Comments are much more personal. Even if it’s just “I liked it.” context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
anon, we used to get a LOT of comments on our fics! Here’s some examples! 221 reviews on our big longfic. 25 reviews on the first whump oneshot we ever posted. 250 reviews on another longfic another 25 reviews on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
:c context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Absolutely great observation unfortunately, anon. 😔 context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
unpretty: i will never complain about a book seeming like a fanfic with the serial numbers filed off because that means the author had the invaluable ability to tell when their au had diverged enough that these were just straight-up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sadly, I’ve had the same experience. I honestly think people are scared, and the ones who aren’t scared are just entitled I think, as the last anon was alluding to. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
I think you’re spot on with this about “content” and expectation. I have been making a concerted effort to take “content” out of my vocabulary and use “media” and “works” or “fanworks” instead. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Honestly I think this is a large part of it. I know anecdotally I stopped commenting on things on tumblr for a long while because I was terrified that someone would be offended somehow… context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Let’s talk about how much comment culture has changed in the last 20 years… In 2002-2003 I was writing a multi-chapter longfic for the fandom X-Men: Evolution. The fic was OC x canon and the canon character was Toad– one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
you would not believe how much I am fetishizing, romanticising and glorying violence in this thumbscrews fic <3 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
That is really sad. :c It’s awful that people are made to feel like they have to to prostrate themselves before the crowd for the crime of writing weird fic. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
🔸 It’s okay to write fiction for a small audience. 🔸 It’s okay to write fiction you don’t think many people will understand and connect to. 🔸 It’s okay to write fiction that isn’t intended to be mass market or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mr-iskender: The ‘write for yourself uwu’ culture shift has done real damage to fic writers imo. I recently had a post on the importance of strategic commenting break containment and I’m surprised by how many strangers who rb it in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was not us (to my recollection), in fact, but that’s a very interesting experience to have! Posting this so others can weigh in. <3 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
What POV do you most often write whump from? from the whumpee’s perspective from the whumper’s perspective from the caretaker’s perspective multiple POV in the same fic other (explain please) I don’t write whump, but I wanna push a button.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moths – Overlord_Mordax – Multifandom [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Dangan Ronpa Series, Super Dangan Ronpa 2, Dangan Ronpa 3: The End of 希望ヶ峰学園 | The End of Kibougamine Gakuen | End of Hope’s Peak High School, Dangan Ronpa:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what fancops don’t understand. For some reason they assume writing about crashing the car will make you want to crash the car, instead of the other way around. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
🔹 It’s okay to struggle with your writing. 🔹 Every writer sometimes struggles with their writing. 🔹 It’s okay to struggle to get words on the page. 🔹 It’s okay to feel like your writing is not up to your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
obianakin: if you are anti-ao3, you are pro-censorship if you believe archive of our own needs to be shut down, you support active censorship ao3 was created during a time when corporations were trying to actively capitalize on fan content.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
renecatstuff: dorsetgirl1: dufrau: COMMENT ON OLD FICS, I BEG YOU! I swear to god after like a week people will still be reading but nobody leaves comments anymore and I just want to make it absolutely clear that I would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There’s nothing wrong with writing fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying writing fiction with dark and awful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🤔 Did you feel the tags and summary described the work accurately? What, if anything, would you change to improve my tagging and summary? 🤔 How would you describe the main themes and ideas of my work? What elements of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…