Smiling at a Mirror

Random multifandom fanfictions written by me. From books, to anime, to manga, to dreams. All series belong to their rightful authors.

[shipping-isnt-morality]

“Why can’t the people writing fucked up fiction just go somewhere else?”

They did. They did, about 10 years ago, and they called it an Archive Of Our Own.

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

#we built this city on smut and kink (via @entrenous88)

[minuty]

[femmefatalewithasoul-blog]

BRANDS THAT TEST ON ANIMALS VS BRANDS THAT DO NOT TEST ON ANIMALS 

[blackandwhiteteaparty]

Me VS Fanfictions

me: Nah I don’t like romance novels they’re so predictable and sappy!

me: (reads fanfiction of OTP falling in love in 347 different ways)

[joeyfalconetti]

Me, deleting a scene from my fic: Ugh, that was self-indulgent twaddle

Me, adding the scene back in: Oh, wait, that’s the entire point of my writing fan fiction

[lavinia-pfigg]

Fight the good fight.

[maryshelleysgf-deactivated20200]

writing fanfic more like:

have I used that word recently *ctrl + f* shit

“are you still working on that fic?” last edited: 24th January 2005 “haha of course”

that feeling when someone comments

planning a fic down to the words you’ll use without anywhere to write it down and getting home and remembering none of it

it’s just a fic no one will care about inaccuracies *spends four hours researching a 2000-word one-shot*

grammar

*sees word in advert* yes that’s a good word I’ll remember that word *never uses word*

my last four fanfics are centred around this character and while it means their characterisation is perfect, people are yelling at me

“oh you write? can you name a character after me” “ummm”

is that a real word *red line appears* well why isn’t it

[lcveball]

YUURI. LIFTING. VICTOR.

[addigni]

Read this if you read fanfics

I just read a fic which I personally really like and when I went to the comments section, it was so disheartening. Nearly everyone was so rude and hateful and completely disrespectful of the author’s efforts, all simply because the fic did not cater to what most of these people like. So in honor of this author and every other fanfic author, let this be a reminder to all you fanfic readers

fanfic authors are NOT obliged to please your personal preference

they can write whatever they want to write

they don’t owe you anything

they are writing fics for free, for fun, and they put a lot of effort into it. So at the very least, be respectful.

No personal preference is better than the other.

a more popular preference (ships, AU, etc) does NOT make it any better than a less popular one. All it means is that more people happen to share the same opinion for one and not the other. That’s it.

Remember that “personal preference” is basically an opinion. There is no right and wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Being entitled to your own opinion does NOT justify you being a rude asshole

if you don’t like it, shut up and just leave. there’s no need for you to ruin someone else’s confidence by insulting their efforts just because it didn’t suit your personal preference

if you DO enjoy their work, please leave kudos and comments. You know damn well yourself that even just one rude comment can ruin the author’s confidence, or ruin their day, or make them doubt themselves. So please help to compensate that by leaving loving comments. If you like what they wrote, voice it out. It’s very encouraging and the authors will appreciate it A LOT.

[defilerwyrm]

I’m just gonna speak for myself here.

If you didn’t like it, you are absolutely within your rights to say so. Just don’t be a douche about it. If you didn’t like a direction it went, or if you were enjoying it and something ruined it for you, you’re not going to drive me to drink by saying so. Though honestly, if you didn’t like it but did finish it, I’d like to know what made you stick around to the end instead of noping out, because that’s a thing worth knowing.

Just because I accept your opinion doesn’t mean I’m going to take action on it. Once I publish something, it’s published. I’ll fix typos but I’m not going to edit dialogue to suit you, so just remember that you’re critiquing a finished product, not a work in progress.

Constructive criticism helps me grow and improve as a writer. I can’t improve if all I hear is praise. If you feel part of my work is weak, or spot a plot hole, or if I lost someone’s voice, or what-have-you, YOU’RE ALLOWED TO POINT THAT OUT! As mentioned above I’m not going to revise it once it’s published, but pointing weak spots out to me will help me write stronger work in the future.

You don’t have to kiss my ass, but if you liked something in particular tell meI won’t lie and say I don’t live for praise just a little, but similar to how zero criticism hurts my development, non-specific praise is basically junk food: gratifying, but not gonna help me grow. What really helps an author out is to tell us WHAT you liked and WHY. By helping us to identify what went right, we can strive to continue using what works.

But if you can’t articulate what you liked about it, general commentary is welcome too. Like I said, I do kinda live for praise a bit, and I treasure every comment. You don’t have to leave a dissertation on my foreshadowing and symbolism for your thoughts to have value. <3

[arcasangels]

I made a meme that describes how I feel about fics

[randomsplashes]

a concept: yuuri thinks victor’s theme for this season is abstract af but actually it’s about overcoming chihoko lmao (insp)

[curlicuecal]

@dearly, here you go. :)

[hiddenbyfaeries]

@blackkatmagic @redhothollyberries

[riptidepublishing]

All authors’ problems, tbh :-p

[itsbrigadier]

“It’s time to stop,” I whisper to myself at 3 AM, as I open yet another fanfiction tab.

[noire-queen]

Hydrangea - a Captive Prince fanfiction

Hey @not-into-frying-pans! I know you had lost hope, but here I am: your captive prince secret santa! Amazing, right?  With gift, no less! Jk. I hope you enjoy the story, and I hope it fits what you wanted. I would’ve said Happy Christmas, but it’s more of a happy-end-of-January situation here. That said, I really hope you enjoy it! For reference, these are hydrangea flowers:

Picture has been taken from here Also, thanks to @helaris for kicking my butt on a daily basis and to @a-kielon for beta-reading this.

The story is under the cut. Or, if you rather read it on ao3, here it is: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9531131

Laurent had been born on a stormy spring night. He’d made Auguste smile, so, on his way out of the hospital, Damen had picked some flowers from the blue hydrangea bushes in front of the door. “For Laurent,” he’d told Auguste, his expression serious. Auguste had taken the flowers in his chubby hands and nodded. “I’ll give them to him. He can’t appreciate them yet, but someday he will. College/University AU

Continua a leggere

[birdcat-deactivated20191126]

i love how it takes .08 seconds for me to determine whether or not a fic is good. like with regular literature sometimes you’ve gotta dig into it to figure out if you really wanna read this thing but when u got ao3 open at 3 am u just know. u just gotta read 3 lines and u know

[blackandwhiteteaparty]

What Fanfic Writers Are Like

Readers: We'd really like an update.

Writers: Yeah me too.

[meroszdraws]

Renee Walker, my queen :)

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[stalkershandbook-deactivated201]

saw this in fb thought id post for writers reference