Soooo basic information: I go by Craig, I’m in my 20s, you can use any pronouns on me I genuinely do not care. I also have an AO3!
You can expect pretty much everything on this blog to be 7DS content. If that isn’t your cup of tea, the door’s right over there 👉🚪
I don’t plan on posting anything NSFW buuuut some stuff might be suggestive. I’ll always be sure to tag it, but just in case I’d prefer nobody under the age of 16 following me!
I don’t have an actual DNI list, it’s just the basic stuff + I’ll just block you if I don’t like your content. Simple as that
My Tags:
#craig originals — my original fandom posts (99% of them will be poorly made memes)
#craig speaks — where i go to yap
#craig ao3 lore — anything of mine that’s ao3 related goes under here! This includes fic updates, ideas, sneak peaks, etc
#craigcanons — a place to stuff my nnt headcanons
#craigmail — where i answer asks
#craig polls — for when i make polls
#seven deadly queues — self-explanatory, my queued posts
Ships You Can Expect To See:
I’m a multi-shipper! So long as it isn’t proship I’ll probs ship it too, or at least be respectful about it. But the main ones you can expect to see from me are:
• Most of the main canon pairings (but my own version of them because Nakaba is a FREAK /neg)
• Meliodas/Ban
• Meliodas/Rou
• Elizabeth/Diane
• King/Helbram
• Ban/Jericho
• Guila/Jericho
• Dreyfus/Hendrickson
Monspeet/Derieri
• Gowther/Slader
• Drole/Gloxinia
• Poly stigma
Poly sins
• And various others because, once more, I’m a multi-shipper
Fic Request Information:
Currently Accepting?: Not at the moment! Will be reopening at some point!
What I Will Write: Angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, AUs, almost any pairing, polyamory, rarepairs, oneshots, multi-chapter fics (to a limit)
What I WON’T Write: Proship, noncon, dubcon, extreme gore, and anything I’m personally uncomfortable with
NSFW?: There’s a 50/50 chance I’ll accept a smutfic request. I’m not going to turn it down automatically but it depends on the desired pairing, setup, kinks, word count, etc.
Word Count: 1,500-10,000 words, depending on how much you give me to work with.
Timeframe: I can’t give an exact deadline on how long it’ll take for me to finish a request, it all depends how busy I am IRL and other projects I’m working on. I can’t promise this’ll be true 100% of the time, but I’ll do my best to ensure your request is completed within a month.
Platforms: I usually post on AO3 but I can post it on tumblr as well if you’d like.
Privacy: If you don’t want to be tagged or credited for the request, that’s perfectly okay. Just make sure to let me know!!
How to Make a Request?: My messages are only open to accounts I follow, so the best way would be to send an ask! (I don’t need to post the ask publicly. If you’d like the request to stay private, be sure to mention that.)
Other Information?: Send me an ask! I’ll be happy to answer
Asks:
Asks are always open, don’t be shy! Whether you have a question, wanna talk about nnt or my fics, or just want to say hi, I’ll answer them!
Meliodas is a prince too impulsive to stay out of a battle and too rebellious to obey an order. The problem is that, every time he decides to break the rules, it's Zeldris, the king's right-hand man, who ends up having to explain his recklessness.
disabled people should not have to pay to live their lives like everyone else. and in the case of insulin, disabled people should not have to pay to Not Fucking Die
I made a book playlist, designed a cover, imagined the ending scene, and rambled about my story idea to all my friends, but somehow the word count is still at 0???
Meliodas and Elizabeth some random ah night in September. I say September bc I was once bores and reading a fic that got Tristan’s bday wrong and I calculated when he was canonically conceived. September
"i want a dislike button on ao3" so you want less fanfic. even if you don't think you want less fanfic you want less fanfic. because when people start getting dislikes on their fanfic they will want to write less fanfic. hope this helps <3
for fanfic? for things people put their hearts and souls into for free? for creative works where there is literally no reason to downvote a fic except to just be mean? where negative reception (and even just unwanted constructive criticism) could potentially kill someone's passion for their fic or even their motivation to ever write again? You're right! They're actually not that bad!
They're terrible! And it would be a terrible idea to ever implement them.
if you dislike the fic just fucking leave you're not being forced to finish something you're not enjoying. back button. if you're feeling especially hateful you can even block authors now.
Downvote buttons work (to the extent that they work at all) on platforms like Reddit and Quora because the downvote is not a communication to the person who wrote the post, but a community consensus on the value and relevance of the post. These platforms have systems to display the "best" posts at the top of the dash, and giving readers buttons to tell other readers that a post is relevant and interesting or off topic and offensive is how they generate that ranking.
A kudos on AO3 is NOT a ranking system, it is a communication to the author, it's a "thank you" button.
Note that it's called "kudos" not "like" or "upvote". You can sort by kudos if you wish to find the fics that the author has been thanked for the most.
But there is no ranking system or algorithm, there is no "best fics first" button, and the kudos button is for the author, not the other users. So a downvote button would serve no practical purpose.
Culturally, as an archive and also as the product of a community with a gift economy, AO3 does not promote the concept of "better" or "more valuable" or "more relevant" fic. The OTW (the nonprofit that runs AO3) and the community of fans who created and comprise the OTW and who use the archive believe very strongly that ALL fanfiction is valuable and worth preserving, and understand that tastes are varied and subjective. The tag system and search operators allow users to find the fic they think is worth reading without having to rely on the consensus of a community that may not share their tastes and priorities.
Because of this, a "best fic first" feature that a downvote/upvote system exists to support would be antithetical to the site's mission and contrary to the values and needs of the community the site is for.
Without a "best" ranking system, all a downvote button would be is a "no thank you" communication to the author.
And I'm sure you can see why setting up a system to email an author with "these people wanted to let you know real quick that they don't like your work" would be assinine.
There are at least three dislike buttons on AO3. They aren't actually labeled "Dislike", though; you have to know the AO3 lore in order to recognize them.
One of them is labeled "Back". If you're fancy like me, you'll even have a physical button on your mouse for just this purpose. The other two are labeled "Mute" and "Block".
