Arlia Eien Keepsake

Some JJBA Steel Ball Run & GyJo mess

[arliaeien]

Fate – The Race

“The best miracles are imperceptible to the world.” – Unknown author

Arc 1: The Lands of Promises // Sugar Mountain #46

Milwaukee, at sunset. People might think Johnny’s crying because he feared losing Gyro. Like frozen tension releasing after one more stressful and mortal encounter against President Valentine’s minions. That’s so wrong. This would make Johnny a good person. Except Johnny wasn’t.

Milwaukee at night. Gyro and Johnny go inside their hotel room. The comforting warmth mixes with an emotional, more needed one.

Arc 2: Use Your Illusion // Gettysburg’s Dream #59

Gettysburg events’ have unforeseen consequences. While they acknowledge their loss, and even their friendship seems to fall apart, Gyro makes Johnny an offer he never thought possible.

Gyro’s offer for Johnny to get rehab comes true. Important secrets considering Gyro’s past uncover.

Arc 3: Bad Obsession

Gyro has a bad obsession. Johnny notices. ...and takes the lead.

Arc 4: Love at First Feel

The day before arriving in Philadelphia, Johnny and Gyro get into a corpse-related argument. Meanwhile, Diego prepares to win the 7th stage of the race... and finalizes his plot to steal the corpse to Valentine.

Arc 5: Beautiful World // Ticket to Ride #72

End of the 7th stage. Gyro and Johnny finally reach Philadelphia. But President Valentine, Hot Pants and Diego Brando are already there.

Gyro operates on Lucy to uncover the skull. Johnny leaves looking for President Valentine’s corpse parts.

Arc 6: True Power

Starting line of the 8th stage. Johnny and Gyro share a new objective. Hot Pants and Diego, wearing the whole head, chase after President Valentine.

Johnny triggers Gyro to open his heart. If the future is uncertain, the present moment is real ...and free to enjoy.

They are two. Two bug bites, near the ear, upper left side of the neck. When it’s related to this fetish of his, Johnny feels like a bird of prey. It’s been a long time since he has a lover wearing some. Well, no, on second thought, it’s been too long.

Johnny and Gyro share a new moment of intimacy together.

Arc 7: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap // #76

Hot Pants & Diego Brando vs Funny Valentine.

Johnny and Gyro reach Union Beach, New Jersey.

Arc 8: High Voltage // #90

January 19, 1891 New York: last stage’s starting line. Someone unexpected arrives.

[gutsssee]

here, have a little bit of found siblings for your afternoon

[travastila-anister]

Johnny and Gyro fan art

Inspirado obviamente y casi que calcado XDDDD de la portada del álbum de Virus

[gunsandfireandshit]

[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I don't often see comments like these when I'm reading a fic but there have been a few that made me raise an eyebrow#I don't know if I would block over someone calling me a bitch on a fic I wrote but I'd probs try to gently tell them it's not right#coz honestly I feel like this is an issue with younger age groups who are new to reading fics and might not understand fandom culture#or at least I hope it's younger people who simply don't know better 😬#otherwise... yikes

This isn't some esoteric niche aspect of fandom culture, strangers at the potluck also do not like being called a fucking bitch.

[redstonedust]

one of my least favorite tropes is when a character has a crush that is explicitely unrequited and hopeless, yet in the timeskip epilogue they inexplicably get married. like bro if you fruitlessly pine after someone and they show no interest for the whole 3 year run of the story and then suddenly change their mind. i think theyre settling for you. quite frankly both of you need to learn some self respect. get divorced immediately.

[ao3commentoftheday]

Wait, you can make a second account???

on AO3? yeah

you need to either have a second email address or set up an alias on your existing address - it doesn't matter whether it delivers to the same inbox, what matters is the email addresses need to look different to AO3's back end.

If you're wondering whether this is AO3's official stance, yes it is. They actually recommend it in the FAQ answer for whether you can have an anonymous pseud (you can't). The relevant quote is:

You can set up a second Archive account using a different email address... Post works that you wish to be separate from your original account using that second account. This option is the most secure.

[ao3commentoftheday]

Hi! I have two ao3 accounts, and i was wondering of there was a way to completely move a fic from one to the other without deleting and reposting? I've added the second acc as a co-creator but I cannot remove the first. Is there a solution to this? I would really love to keep all my comments and kudos

I'm afraid you'll need to ask either Support or PAC for help with this one. I don't know why you'd be unable to remove the original account unless:

there's a technical issue occurring for some reason (Support)

your original account is currently suspended (PAC)

you cannot access the original account because you forget your password (Support)

you cannot access the original account because it is not yours (PAC)

I'm assuming it's just a technical issue that Support can help you with, but if it's one of the other things then hopefully you can contact the right team to assist.

Both email forms are linked in the website's footer. Support is linked under Technical Support & Feedback. PAC's is linked under Policy Questions & Abuse Reports

[tavina-writes]

Iirc you have to go to the original account and remove it from that side - you wouldn't be able to remove it from your second account. The option will be at the top when you go in to edit the work as a button that says "remove me as a co-creator"

[ao3commentoftheday]

Thank you for this addition! I hadn't considered that anon didn't realize they need to remove themselves from the original account!

[powerful-owl]

pick one

your ship goes canon

your favorite ao3 writer drops 100k of your ship + your favorite trope

Remaining time: 2 days 16 hours

[ao3commentoftheday]

hey, blog! 🌸 anon here. I think there are probably other posts about long fic, but I was wondering if you or others have any advice on sticking to a single long story instead of jumping to another? I'm mostly of a short fic writer myself, and I'm so interested in the secrets long fic writers possess. Anyway, thank you for running this blog! An awesome project :)

I'll give you my secrets as a fellow short fic writer who sometimes dips into medium-fic and the occasional long fic.

Be obsessed with your story. This can go a LONG way to helping you maintain your motivation. Daydream about it. Make playlists about it. Talk to friends about it.

Try to make each chapter feel like a oneshot. Give it an opening, a middle, and a closing. Have some character development or achieve a plot point or drop a clue that will be used later in the story. The more you can give yourself the satisfaction you get from a oneshot, the better.

Do jump to oneshots on the side to keep you going through the long fic. Sometimes you really do need to get the feeling of "done" to be able to continue something that's still in progress. Don't deny yourself that feeling just because you think you should. Life needs dessert and short fic writers need completed works.

Embrace a B plot (and a C plot and a D plot). These side plots can last for a single chapter or can be threaded through the whole story or they can bridge from chapter 12 to chapter 18. Whatever their final form, these smaller stories-within-the-story also help to satisfy the need for a short, punchy hit of dopamine when the story is starting to feel huge.

I'll leave it there for now and open it up. How do the rest of you go about writing longer stories? Especially if you typically prefer to write shorter.

[arliaeien]

That's what my longest story (namely Fate) is about: structure.

Today, it's 250k (and more to come). But it's not just one big thing.

To only talk about what has been published:

- it has 'parts' which are like big narrative impulsions. 5 for now, but part 4 and part 5 gas both a A part and B part. A part has coherence and is between the novella (30k) and the small novel (60k)

- it has 'arcs' which are groups of chapters under the same title (similar to what SBR manga does). Arcs are between 1 and 5 chapters. There are small stories inside the story. Some arcs *have* to work together. Some don't. Once an arc is finished, it's finished (by the way, several were written out of order before being published)

- it has small chapters (what feels 'small' to me, I'm used to 5k to 8k chapters for my usual novels) around 2,5k. There are a maximum of three ideas or scenes inside each.

It is very very structured.

All of those are published under the only name Fate because they are not dependent enough to grow as a series. But it could have been. After all, each part has a name and each arc has a name. Usually I only name something that can be a stand alone. Giving titles to chapters tires me, especially when writing the thing you realize you have more than 100 of them.

[wingkink]

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

[zuo-zz]

5th Stage:Sugar mountain

The corpse or the saint

[ao3commentoftheday]

Hi! I'm the "having difficulties with an ongoing fic of mine" anon! I thought I'd update you with what happened after.

First of all, thank you so much for the kind advice. I honestly thought people would tell me that I'm too sensitive and I should be glad to have people commenting on my fics. I was surprised to read not only your response, but other people's too.

I decided to stay away from updating for about two weeks just to see if those commenters will get bored and leave me alone.

In those two weeks I got sudden influx of positive comments! They were all so sweet and supportive. Lots of them told me that they love my portrayal of the top and find it refreshing. One told me that the most important thing is what I want to do with my fic and not others' opinions. A reader kindly took their time to leave comment on my other fic, letting me know that my fic is their favorite among all fics involving the top character(which is crazy, because I'm literally nobody. No one ever talked about my works anywhere).

I have updated with another chapter and I'm planning to finish the fic soon. I didn't block or delete those comments because now I think they look pretty stupid among the positive ones. If they want to keep making a fool of themselves, I couldn't care less anymore. I also can't wait to be finished and move on to other wips.

However, I do plan on enabling comment moderation starting from my next fic. I didn't know that ao3 has that function! Thank you for letting me know! I don't think my future fics will attract attention like this one did (I really hope they won't), but it's nice to be able to curate your comment section.

Anyway, thank you very much for being kind. I think kindness was really the only thing I needed to power through the awful experience 🩵

Welcome back anon! (original ask here)

Thanks for coming back and letting us know how things are going now. I think you've got a good plan for the future that sounds manageable for you. The comment moderation feature really is wonderful.

I think a lot of people need kindness more than anything else, and I'm glad this blog was able to provide it for you 🩵 Good luck with future posting, and I hope you continue to get comments from people who actually like your fic.

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[cbayawn]

Another mini gyro i did while in class

[hnybdger3]

They seriously never stopped serving face, anyways It’s my first time posting smth jojo related so YEAH here’s them bc I love this two divas 🗣️

[snoozinfool]

beach day 🩳🌊🏝️