Luca

[maccadot]

men need to be androgynous little rock sluts again. hair gel and cheap black nail polish are still sold in stores. chop chop

[moth-grrrl-mavis]

I forgot music existed for a second and thought rock sluts meant like really promiscuous geologists.

[gibdethethirteenth]

Honestly, men need to be promiscuous geologists more often too

[aidaughter]

t shirt that says I PUT A NORMAL AMOUNT OF THOUGHT INTO STUFF

[ghoulishbuck]

Helpful information for new AO3 users

Main things to know

• If you see something you don’t like in a work close it and move on. The only time it’s okay to mention it is if it’s not tagged for the work and you should only politely ask for it to be tagged.

• General rule about commenting and public bookmarking is don’t be an ass. Straight up don’t interact if you see something you don’t like. Authors can see public bookmarks so be mindful of that. If the author doesn’t ask for you to point out flaws don’t. And don’t report people for writing things you don’t like there’s no censorship on AO3.

• Tags are essential. Don’t avoid tagging something. They exist so people can avoid reading certain things for whatever reason the readers have don’t be a dick about this. And if you decide to no longer include something in your work but you had it in your tags remove it.

• Hardly anybody tags ship names on AO3 so don’t use that to search for fics. Instead search for the ship you want like this: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes.

• If you want to search by a certain fandom click on the fandoms button at the top left, click on the category it belongs to and use the letters and numbers to get to the fandom you want quicker. Example for Horizon Zero Dawn & Horizon Forbidden West: Fandoms > Video Games > H > scroll down > click on Horizon.

• Wait time: this is a free site that runs on donations and volunteers so it cannot allow everyone to join immediately as it would probably crash the site and create a giant time consuming mess.

• There is NOT an app and there’s no plans for one to every become a thing. Making an app would result in censorship, more money needed and more work.

• AO3 does NOT allow placeholder chapters aka a chapter saying you’ll be posting something soon or is just an authors note.

• Pseuds: if you want to use a different username for certain things but have it still tied back to your account use this. You can use it for works, bookmarks or for comments.

Basic html you need to know

• If you want something in bold simply put <strong> before and </strong> after.

• If you want something in italics do <em> before and </em> after.

P.s. you do not need to repeat this process for every paragraph you only need to do it if you want something not to be italics or bold in a paragraph.

• For paragraphs <p> at the start of a new one if it doesn’t auto add it for you when you put the space. </p> at the end.

More General Things

• Do NOT write a chapter into AO3. The site glitches at times and you will lose everything you have written if you don’t temporarily save it or have it posted. Drafts only save for a short time period so do NOT leave a draft on there for long. Write your chapters somewhere else and then copy and paste it in.

• Monetization of any kind is NOT allowed.

• Most authors write for fun so don’t comment things that can come off as entitled like please update or you have to update. Many authors will straight up avoid updating because of that. Instead just comment that you really enjoy it. This gives you a greater chance of getting an update over anything else.

• Orphaning works: once you orphan something it’s no longer tied to your username, you cannot delete it and it can’t be un-orphaned.

• Oneshots: do not put multiple oneshots in a single work. If they aren’t directly related to each in the sense of being a sequel. This is heavily frowned upon and could make users mute or block you. If you want to have them somewhat attached put them in a series.

• Algorithm: this doesn’t exist on AO3. Reads are nice but it’s not like Wattpad.

• Bookmarks: gives the option of both public and private bookmarks with public being the default. Here you can leave notes about the work like how much you enjoyed it or what chapter you left off on and you can add tags to the work. There’s also an option to have it as a work you recommend. When looking through bookmarks you can also filter these, other new options (not listed near the end of this post) are filtering by only ones you recommend or that you put notes for. You can also type in certain words in the more options section of the filters, specifically in the search bookmarker’s tags and notes and find certain fics. For example if you put whumptober in a note or tag and enter that word in that section you will only see works you bookmarked with that word in its notes or tags you’ve added.

• Kudos: this is AO3’s name for liking or voting something. You can only give kudos to a specific work once.

• History: you can view every work you’ve ever clicked on here. And you can also delete your viewing history here.

• Mark for Later: is only visible to you in the history section and somewhat on the home page. You can’t leave a note about the work.

• Subscriptions: want to be emailed when the author posts a new chapter to a work you liked? Subscribe to the work. If you want to be notified for anything the author puts out subscribe to the author on their profile page. This is basically following the author.

• Home page: go to the home page by clicking on the logo, any fandoms you favourite will show up at the top here for easy access. Along with news about the site and some of your marked for later works.

• Downloading: most works give you the option to download the entire thing so you can read it offline and give you different options of formats when you hit download. Simply choose one of those options and open it.

• Dark mode: if you would like to use dark mode instead of the standard light mode scroll down to the bottom of the website, look under customize and select reversi.

• / between names means it’s a romantic or sexual relationship. & means it’s platonic or family territory.

• Leaving kudos, a single word or emoji comment can bring joy to the author. Don’t feel the need to write a few paragraphs if you don’t want to. If you want to do so that is also more than welcome.

Relationships filter

• If you want to only see certain ships for the fandom use filters. Once on the fandom of your choice click filters, go to the include section click on relationships and pick the one you want. If it’s not listed there go down to other tags to include and list the characters like I did above with Steve and Bucky. Then hit sort and filter. For the most part this is all you need to do but if you want the story to not even briefly mention another ship go back to filters, go to exclude, relationships and click the ones you don’t want. And again if there’s another one you don’t want to see that’s not there enter them in other tags to exclude.

Ratings described in simple terms:

General Audiences= if it was turned into a film would it be classified as G or PG? If yes then it goes here.

Teen and Up Audiences= if it was turned into a film would it be rated PG-13? If yes then it goes here.

Mature= continuing with the film comparison this one would be rated R.

Explicit= this would also be rated R but more explicit. Exact movie comparisons would be Terrifier and Fifty Shades of Grey.

Not Rated= this is the default option and will get treated the same way as mature and explicit rated content so it’s in your best interest to select one of the four options above.

Warnings most are self explanatory but I’ll touch on two of them.

No Archive Warnings Apply= there’s no graphic depictions of violence, no major character death, no non-con, and no underage sex in the work. Do NOT use this warning if any one of these things are in your work.

Creator Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings= anything mentioned above can be in the work. If you don’t want to select which one(s) apply use this.

Categories the main three are pretty self explanatory but I’ll touch on the other three of them. (Main three are m/m, f/f, f/m):

Gen= no romantic or sexual relationships or it’s not a main focus

Multi= more than one of the main category fits or multiple partners

Other= mostly used for relationships involving someone who is nonbinary or isn’t human.

More Filter Info:

• Sort by: Creator and Title options are for when you’re looking for specific fics that you know by title or the authors name. Date posted sorts by when it was first posted on the site with the newest ones at the top. Date updated is mostly the same but goes off of the latest chapter versus the first one. Word count doesn’t work for me but I think it’s supposed to be longest works at the top. Hits will put the most viewed works at the top. Kudos will put the most liked works at the top. Comments puts the works with the most comments at the top. Bookmarks will put works with the most bookmarks at the top. After selecting which one you want to use you have to hit sort and filter for it to go through.

• Fandoms: I personally avoid this one but if you want a specific crossover fic this is the place to go. Click on the fandoms you want and only fics that include them all will show up. If you don’t see a fandom you want listed use the other tags to include box and put in the name of the fandom(s) then hit sort and filter. If you just don’t want certain fandoms to show up in crossovers do the same process but in the exclude section instead of the include one.

• Characters: want to see stories with certain characters or ones that don’t mention certain ones this is the filter option for that. Any you want to see check in the include section or add in the other tags to include area and those you don’t to the exclude section.

• Additional Tags: this area mostly features the top additional tags which can be fluff, angst, smut, post-canon, hurt/comfort, slow burn, alternate universe - cannon divergence, etc. If you want any stories featuring tags like this look at this in the include section and check them. Want to avoid them check them in the exclude section. If you don’t see something specific you want once again type it into the other tags to include section, any you don’t want do the same but in the exclude section.

More Options Filter breakdown

• Crossovers: this is automatically set to include crossovers in searches if you want to change it to exclude crossovers or only show them go here. Then click on the option you want and hit sort and filter.

• Completion Status: automatically this is set to show all works but if you want to only see completed works or only ongoing ones you can check one of the boxes in here. Then hit sort and filter.

• Word Count: want to only read books that are a certain length enter that length here. Say you want to only see books between 15,000 and 50,000 put 15,000 in the From section and 50,000 in the To section then hit sort and filter.

• Date Updated: only want to see works that were last updated in a certain time frame enter that here. For example if you want something that was last updated between August 13th, 2026 to today August 17th click on the From area and select August 13th on the calendar that pops up then do the same with the To section but for August 17th. Then hit sort and filter.

I won’t touch on the Search within results section because it has the pop up explanation (the question mark) you can click on in the filter section. And tbh I’ve never used it as I haven’t found it necessary to do so.

• Language: only want works in certain languages use the drop down menu here. Do NOT select your work with any language that’s barely used in your work. Only use the primary one used. If you want to mention the other language do so in the tags.

Posting info

Preface:

• Notes: this is where you put any author notes you have. You have two options placing them before the start of the chapter or at the end. Do NOT put author notes in the actual chapter or make them their own chapters.

Associations:

• Post to Collections/ Challenges: if you ever participate in things like Whumptober you can add the work you created for it here.

• Gift this work to: if you wrote a work for someone on AO3 putting their username here will tag them and send them an email about it.

• Set a different publication date: use this to select the date you wrote the work. Works can predate AO3 itself.

Privacy:

• Only show work to registered users= only people with accounts can view it.

• Enable comment moderation= no comments will appear publicly until you manually approve them.

Site and Work Skins

If you want to change what the site looks like completely for you or add more options for what your work looks like to your readers do the following: click on Hi, (your username), select My Dashboard, then select Skins. After that you have different options, the first one being going through the public site skins options that AO3 staff has put up and hitting use on the site skins or clicking on my site skins or my work skins then hitting create site skin or create work skin. Here you can either create your own css code for either or you can copy and paste someone else’s code. To use a work skin simply go to edit or post a work and scroll down to associations and select the work skin you want.

Options for codes:

• Searching AO3 with the tags: AO3 Site Skin, Site Skin, Work Skin, AO3 Work Skin, and AO3 Skin.

• Here’s a link to a community on here that shares skins and helpful information about making them: https://www.tumblr.com/communities/ao3--skins

AO3 Skins • Community on Tumblr

2661 members, 271 posts about #ao3 #ao3 skins #ao3 site skin • A place to show off and share AO3 skins

• Here’s a link to a tag on here to follow where people post their skins: https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/ao3%20skin

ao3 skin on Tumblr

See a recent post on Tumblr from @ocellarisdesigns about ao3 skin. Discover more posts about site skins, ao3 site skin, how to ao3, ao3 meme

• Looking up tutorials on YouTube.

There’s definitely more to add but this should help anyone get used to the site and allow you to do some extra things if you want. If anybody has any questions don’t hesitate to ask in the comments here or in my dm’s.

[redstonedust]

Whats ur favourite minecraft playing mode

i like to play minecraft homosexually

[jeanbean16]

Pro-censorship wattpad refugees drama is so funny to me because when I started using ao3 as a kid I was a devout mormon and I thought that reading anything even remotely pornagraphic was a sin and would ruin my life. So when I was 13 and found ao3 I went "oh awesome I found a fanfic website with a filtering system so I won't ever randomly stumble into porn. This is great! I was really worried about seeing something I didn't want to see on the other platforms." I didn't read any smut online until like three years later. If a mormon 13 year old can figure out 'don't like don't read' wattpad users can too cmon you guys i believe in you.

[bettyrightnow]

i think you guys need to go back to consuming art for the art’s sake rather than for the sake of the review you’re going to post on the internet later

[gluedwithgold]

To all the people migrating from Wattpad to Ao3… It is not the author’s fault that you ate the dead dove. Stop reporting fics that you personally do not like.

[cuppydogshane]

i need to lock in (doesnt)

[fairycosmos]

definitely not locked in. but not really locked out either. as that would imply a sort of freedom

[frigbob]

Person who wants to do stuff trapped in a body that needs to lie down

[ao3org]

AO3 Maintenance

AO3 will be down for about 2 hours starting at 08:00 UTC on August 21 (what time is that for me?) while we prepare some improvements to collection browsing. Please follow our status page for updates.

Posted: 08:00 UTC on August 19, 2026

[pingo1387]

having a headache while hydrated is so unfair. you were supposed to protect me.

[dankassbitchh]

this just happened on my dash… 

it happend again

[karetahana]

How can you hate on cookies though?? Like, in any form?? They’re FUCKING COOKIES BRO!!!

[amethystangelofhyrule-blog]

don’t let the anti-moreos guy see this either

[yea-nah]

wait for it he has sources

[perchu-deactivated20180224]

hi

[mvthologyy-deactivated20161031]

 he’s here

[perchu-deactivated20180224]

hell yeah im here and im ready to whoop your substantially corrupt minds back into fucking place

[guarcliansofthegalaxy-blog]

You’re like 15 dude you ain’t about to whoop anyone’s ass

[perchu-deactivated20180224]

I have the power of skeleton memes on my side, what do you  have?  tom hiddystan? bendelick mumberdun? doctor when??? yeah

[michael-james-munroe]

This is literally the most beautiful post on Tumblr

[phandabidozie-blog]

doctor when

[super-who-lockian]

bendelick mumberdun. done. 

[donnierrito]

THANK YOU FOR REBLOGGING THIS YOU MADE MY DAY

[mexi-doodler]

Omg

[cari28ch3-me]

I CANT BREATH!

[cari28ch3-me]

I keep seeing post about how younger bloggers don’t know the Moreos guy so I had to bring this back 

[bettinalevyisdetermined]

[dee-the-red-witch]

Next time someone asks me what tumblr is, I’m showing them this.

[thestenchofcheeseandregrets]

[curryvo-again]

HELP

[stories-or-something]

Perchu is my new idol

[reys-just-here]

HELP IM DYING

hot take but I would convince someone to eat all the icing in the moreos so I could have all the cookies (cuz yk the cookie is better than the cream)

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

wattpad really gave ao3 a huge free promo with their new policy update that makes things even worse for their users. so to all the people who are now moving to ao3 due to this…

welcome! here are what you need to know about ao3 and how it’s the complete opposite of wattpad

trigger warning for the mention of contents that are allowed on ao3 that can be triggering to some.

ao3 is a non-profit organization. it’s run by fans (people like you and me), for fans.

fans donate to the site on their own free will to keep the site up and running smoothly.

ao3 is not a social media. it is an archive.

ao3 doesn’t have ads. it doesn’t have algorithms. it doesn’t have “going viral.”

everything is endlessly free on ao3. there is no “ao3 premium.” you will never see a single ad on ao3, and you can download as many fics as you want to read offline for free.

ao3 doesn’t have an app. and ao3 doesn’t need an app. any “ao3 apps” you see are third-party apps and are not affiliated with ao3, so be careful giving these shady apps your login infos or other personal information.

ao3 was built with the main purpose to 1.) be completely against censorship and 2.) host fics that are banned on other platforms like wattpad.

the reason ao3 doesn’t have an app is because for it to have its own app, appstore and google play store will have to approve it first. and due to the contents ao3 allows, chances are that it won’t get approved. which is actually a good thing. it doesn’t need an app. it works more than fine without an app.

on ao3, every single thing is allowed as long as it is fanfic or fan work (original works, fan art and video edits count as fan works, but if you want to post a video edits on ao3, you will have to post it elsewhere and then link it back to ao3 — ao3 cannot host video edits on its platform due to copyright issues)

by every single thing that is fanfic, I mean every single thing:

the filthiest smut without plot that is written purely for sexual pleasure is allowed. it has its own canonical tag called “plot what plot, porn without plot.”

fics that focus on non-consensual sexual intercourse are allowed, doesn’t matter if the fics glorify or romanticize the act, doesn’t matter if they’re written as kinks. they have their own canonical tag called “rape/non-con.”

fics about characters who are minors are allowed, even if they’re portrayed in a sexual manner, even if they’re non-consensual sexual intercourse. even if the minor characters are romantically and/or sexually involved with characters who are adults. even if the fics are written in ways that glorify and/or romanticize the thing. they have their own canonical tag called “underage sex.”

fics about incest are allowed. doesn’t matter if they glorify or romanticize the relationship. they have their own canonically tag called “incest.” fun fact: the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

fics about self-harm and suicide are allowed. doesn’t matter if they glorify or romanticize the act. they have their own canonical tags called “self-harm” and “suicide” also “suicidal ideation”, “suicide attempt”, “implied/referenced suicide”, etc.

fics about violence and gore are allowed, even if they were written for the sake of shock value. they have their own canonical tag called “violence”, “blood and gore”, “blood and injuries”, etc.

rpf is also allowed. doesn’t matter if the content of the fics are dark and taboo. they’re treated the same way as any other fics.

every single dark and taboo fic you can think of is allowed. and it has its own canonical tag. because it is the main reason why ao3 was created in the first place.

“but what do I do if I don’t wanna see fics about xyz?” you can filter out any specific tag, character and/or pairing you want.

“what do I do if I wanna find fics about xyz?” you can search for any specific tag, character and/or pairing you want.

a lot of ao3 users rely on tags to search for specific tags, pairings, characters they want. they also rely on tags to filter out and exclude specific tags, pairings, and characters that they don’t want to see.

ao3’s tagging system is by far the most efficient one I’ve ever seen.

on ao3, our main principles are “don’t like don’t read” — which means YOU have a responsibility to curate your own internet experience. yes, ao3 allows all kind of messed up fics, but they also allow you the ability to NOT see anything you don’t want to see, by filtering out specific fics, pairings and/or characters.

no. you cannot harass authors who write about things that disgust you. you can and will be reported for harassment, and ao3 takes harassment very seriously. they will not take your side. because fucked up fics are allowed on ao3—fucked up fics are the main reason ao3 was created—whereas harassment is a direct violation of their terms of service.

ao3 is a house of the freaks and the perverts (affectionate). you ARE in the house of the freaks and the perverts. so don’t think about harassing or being rude to the freaks and the perverts who built this anti-censorship house and are kind enough to let you in.

ao3 is proship, profic, and anti-censorship.

any writer can write whatever they want, however they want. the only etiquette is that you tag your stuff properly and accurately

mistagging for visibility is heavily frowned upon here, and it won’t get your works more views. people will either block or report you if you deliberately mistag things with the purpose of getting your fic more views. as I’ve said before, ao3 is an archive. it’s not a social media. it doesn’t have algorithms or going viral.

there's a big difference between "&" and "/" in relationship tags: "Character A & Character B" tag means the relationship between Character A and Character B is neither romantic nor sexual, whereas "Character A/Character B" tag means the relationship between Character A and Character B is romantic and/or sexual.

if you come across a fic that has the tag “creator chose not to use archive warnings” it means the fic may or may not contain topics that can be triggering, but the author won’t tell you what these topics are, or if there are any at all. so proceed at your own risk.

that said, because ao3 is a non-profit site that hosts millions of works about others’ copyrighted characters, you CANNOT link a monetization platform anywhere on ao3, you CANNOT mention any donation, commission—or anything that involves money—anywhere on ao3. no, you cannot imply donation, commission, or anything that involves money either. that is against their terms of service.

and because ao3 is a place for fanworks, the “work section” of your post has to actually be fanwork (fanfic, original work, fan art, link to a video edit count as fanwork). anything that isn’t fanwork is not allowed.

you cannot post something on ao3 that is not fanwork. so no political statement, no call-out post, no “I’m looking for fics about xyz”.

ao3 is anti censorship as long as what your post is actually fanwork and as long as you don’t violate their terms of service that I’ve mentioned above.

ao3 has their own team of lawyers to protect them, their users, and every fanwork that is posted on their platform.

last but not least, don’t write directly onto ao3. write and store your works elsewhere before copy and paste them onto ao3 once they’re ready to post!! because ao3 does NOT autosave drafts for you, you risk losing everything you’ve typed if there’s a glitch, if the site crashes or if your device unexpectedly shuts down for whatever reason.

that’s all for now. have fun and happy writing/reading!

[ishimarukiyotaka]

literally the worst way of ending a series is “all the survivors are happily straight married with tons and tons of babies!” 

[ishimarukiyotaka]

people still getting mad at this post i made in 2014 so I will add here. in 2026. that the point of this post isn’t “happy endings bad” its when the story’s only way to imagine a happy ending is a heterosexual nuclear family for everyone.

[closet-keys]

I think at bare minimum all medical professionals need to make sure they are treating patients with more kindness and respect than grifters. if you go to a doctor and they treat you like shit, humiliate you, and send you home without any information on your body or access to treatment, then health-grifters' offers will start to feel more tempting by simply giving the most basic performance of taking you seriously and caring about your well-being. grifters should be condemned for manipulating and exploiting sick people, and doctors also play a role in whether grifts thrive or are successfully identified and rejected. genuine baseline human respect, and beginning a relationship with a patient by earning (rather than demanding) trust, goes a long way.

[mixelation]

we as a society have GOT to accept that it is okay if we get blocked. you do not have the right to interact with every single person on the internet. "but then i can't interact with their content" yes that is the point "but i didn't do anything" no one owes you an explanation and you don't have to have "done something" to be blocked. let it go