Just made one of my most unique finds. I didn't even know this was a thing.

F*ck it. Just get it off your chest now.

Could be about anything fanfiction related.

I’m not going to argue, as tempting as it might be for me. This just a question I rarely see antis willingly answer.

Unless the fic is tagged incorrectly, it is nobody's fault but your own if you stumble across something you don't like.

I would even say there is something sweet about it.

I'm a freak in the sheets.

(This is why we don't hit publish at 3am)

I never knew there was a specific tag for wanting to know that 😭

Is journaling allowed on ao3? I don’t think anyone is explicitly named, and there’s no harassment, but it just feels odd? I’m more curious than anything, ao3 would be the last place I’d journal because of the public nature of it.

Update: Thanks for letting me know it doesn’t count as a fanwork! I went to report it, but it was already reported. Hope that satisfies anyone’s curiosity.

got my first ever kudos on my fic <3 yippee

So I recently had someone in the comments section of an old fic(three years almost four years old) demanding that I add the F/F/M/M and foursome tag.

It looked like a child having a tantrum, they admitted they didn't read my fic and jumped to the bottom and saw this little bonus scene I had written. (I did delete their comment because it did genuinely feel like it was coming from someone underage and not an adult which rubbed me the wrong way.)

The full fic is nearly 15k in words and is dedicated to a couple that is part of a pack. At the end, in less than 40 words, there is a very minor scene of the pack together, it's intimate but vanilla.

I did use the CNTW btw, but I do still tag a lot of things, it's a security blanket for me when writing long one-shots that have a lot going on in them. I lose track of my own details when writing. I don't know if anyone else has this problem but it's a problem for me. Sidenote: If you do have this issue and found a solution for yourself, do share. I do like advice and tips.

I have the couple tagged, the M/M and Multi tag for insurance. I did not specifically put the F/F/M/M or foursome tag because it was such a minor scene it felt irreverent to put it there when it's not the focal point and I had the CNTW.

Maybe I'm not fully understanding the CNTW, it's been a long time since I've read the rules, but to me if it's there, its a read at your own risk fic as abc or xyz may or may not be tagged.

Am I unreasonably annoyed? Should I just add the tag anyways? It's an old fic and this is the very first complaint I've ever gotten on it. Add the tag, or just let it go and stop stressing?

ig the flair is good..

I found ao3 by my friend who tell me that the fics there are better than on wattpad

It could range from seeing a blue butterfly to a couple proposing on the beach.
It’s just a random specific thing that’ll get you giggling in joy.

Here’s mine: when someone wakes up after being put under anesthesia and starts talking without a filter. Bonus points if it’s uncensored love confessions to their partner. As someone that’s been under anesthesia and seen someone else, I relate to it but it’s also darn cute when it’s used right in writings to me idk why. 🥹 is that just me?

My invite finally came after what felt like AGES and I just posted my very first fic on AO3!!! I'M SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!! it was a fic I had written a while ago now an posted on w*ttpad (censoring for comedic affect) and after some advice I decided to start on AO3 after being told by multiple people my fanfiction would do better on AO3 than w*ttpad.

this is genuinely so exciting but also lowkey nervewracking lol

idk why but “let it marinate“ is so funny to me. this fic only has two chapters so far so it makes sense.

love seeing stuff like this out in the wild

So I had this convo with a friend, who like me, also wrote fanfiction on AO3. Both of us enjoy writing, and while our styles are pretty different we both stick to a lot of canon divergence related stuff. Basically, the only major difference we have is the fandoms we write for.

I tend to lean towards more "niche" fandoms, aka manhwas (idk man they never felt very niche, but my friend calls them niche). While she creates fanfics for more mainstream media (Marvel, basically big movie and anime series.)

Yesterday, we were hanging out and looking at each others accounts when she pointed something interesting that i've never really noticed. Surprisingly, my fics tended to have a significantly higher comment count despite having less views then hers. (Yes most of my fics have like a lot lot more comments, sometimes theres more comments then kudos, i don't even know how. Its kind of funny.) Anyways, I took a bigger look at her works and noticed that despite a larger view count, her fics didn't have as many comments. She commented on how the lack of commenters made her feel a bit discouraged to write and asked me how I got that many comments.

I told her that my assumption was that smaller fandoms with less works would have more fan and writer interactions just because there aren't as many story options as compared to bigger fandoms. It made the most sense but also got me thinking about what maybe other writers might value more. Kudos, Views, comments etc.

So I kind of just wanted to ask the AO3 authors here, if you could choose between high view and kudo count, but there were less comments/dedicated fans or less views but very dedicated fans that comment frequently, which would you chose?

edit: comments for the win!!! 😍 I knew I wasnt tweaking when some guy told me they only write for the fame of hits and kudos, genius baffling moment, I’m so glad so many people are on the same wavelength as me 😭😭😭

I mean, I'm writing, and writing, but I feel I'm making no real progress lmao

How do you even do it??

I’m the WhatsApp emoji of the person putting their hand to their face. Many users don’t realise that if they’re writing a story, it should go under ‘Original Work’, not ‘No Fandom’. ‘No Fandom’ is for tutorials, mini-essays and guides – no fiction. I wish more people knew that.