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Unpopular (?) opinion, but I don't see any issue with sorting by comments/kudos/etc. when looking for a fic to read, or checking word count (it's rare for fics w/less than 1000 words/chapter to be well-written). I'm a picky reader: I never post hate/critique/etc. in comments, but I don't feel obligated to "give fics a chance" by sorting in a "neutral" way (updated date? alphabetically?) Tags/summary are king, but comment/kudos sorting is efficient.
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The issue is that it doesn't achieve the objective.
Or do you like poorly-written A/B/O with the correct trope tags and an author with a very active twitter account?
Less humorously, anon, I think you're missing a lot of what makes something have a high kudos count.
I'm assuming you're into something big and popular or you wouldn't suffer from this silly delusion in the first place. Now, granted, if you want to read some Destiel, you're going to have to filter somehow because there's just so much. Looking at the third or fourth page of most kudosed (not the first two) could be a solid place to begin finding some standard fare from the fandom's height.
What you're missing is that in something that's even medium popular but not the biggest juggernaut of all time, a lot of the high kudos counts come from crossovers or from BNFs hailing from a bigger fandom.
Archive-locked works generally have way lower kudos counts. Reasons for archive locking vary, but it's common for people to do it because they're old as dirt and think context collapse is bad. These people often also have a lot of writing experience. Others may do it because of harassment, and a decent chunk of that is driven by jealousy... which doesn't mean they're a good writer, but it doesn't not mean that either. (The harassment angle is the only part of this that's perhaps an ethical issue. I don't care about "Wah, wah, try non-BNFs' fics because they deserve things!") Some people also lock all their hottest and most fun shit.
One of the biggest drivers of traffic in general, not just kudos, is bothering to advertise. In my experience, a lot of the better writers don't care about that or aren't good at it. The sorts of people who post a lot of barely cleaned up twitter threadfic and social media AUs where everyone's a 20-year-old American are fantastic at it. (Okay, I admit I've read tons of this stuff in BTS fandom, so I can't judge, but it's still a reason I don't think kudos show what people imagine they show.) Same deal with authors who are highly social in a fandom. They comment on everyone else's work, so they get kudos and comments in turn. And yes, that's wonderful and it's not a problem if they're rewarded for that behavior, but it doesn't necessarily mean they're good writers.
And finally, probably the biggest driver of kudos is just getting there first. If you want to know the prevailing fanon in 2015 that has shaped the fandom subsequently, yeah, sort by kudos. But if you want something that scratches the itch the most recent installment of canon gave you, maybe don't.
This method is not efficient unless you have low standards and just want to click on something vaguely acceptable as quickly as possible. It does save you the time of doing a more in-depth search.
The only reason I "give fics a chance" is because I'm in small fandoms and I've run out of things that don't look terrible. That isn't why I routinely tell people to stop sorting by kudos.
There's also the blandness factor. Years ago, I remember OK Cupid doing an analysis that basically boiled down to "It's bad to be an 8." Statistically, a bunch of people had the highest average scores, but no one was interested. The people who actually set other users on fire were always rated a two out of ten by most users, but to the right people, they were a fifteen.
Yes, if I'm looking for some bog standard hurt/comfort to click on, a conventionally attractive 8 will do just fine.
But if you were actually picky, you wouldn't be settling.
Been reading so many good fanfics lately that describe smells so well that I couldn't help but crack out my side hobby and make an attempt at creating some perfumes based off of those Ineffable Idiots :,) I wish there was an easier way to share them with ya'll, but since they haven't invented a way to illegally download smells yet, I'll add the profiles under the cut :3c let me know what you think!!
Crowley - Ends up being a somewhat sharp, spiced kind of smell. It's powerful and commanding, all rough edges and long limbs, but has a subtle rounding in its touch of freshenss.
1ml Granny Smith green apple
0.5ml Charcoal
0.5ml Woodsmoke
1ml Leather
1ml Clove
1ml Musk
1ml Black Fig and Honey
0.25ml Fresh Ground (this is a coffee kinda smell)
Aziraphale - Gentle and subtle with a smidge of warmth to it. Invokes the feeling of sitting in a plush and cozy armchair in a warm sunbeam, with a delightfully old book in hand.
1ml McIntosh Apple
1ml Bergamot
2ml Old Books
0.5ml Honeysuckle
1ml Fresh Mint
2 drops of Frankincense essential oil
3 drops Atlas Cedar essential oil
1ml Musk
0.25ml Patchouli
1ml Fresh Cut Hay
Ineffable - It starts as it begins, In a Garden. A nostalgic sort of scent, though you aren't sure from where or what time. Like a walk in the park when the days are still warm, but the colors of the trees are just starting to turn.
Can I self-rec my newest GO fic?? 🥺👉👈 It's a fix-it for the finale, in which Aziraphale doesn't flip the bookshop sign to open, so Satan never shows up... And he & Crowley talk fuck talk-AND-fuck about things instead 😅 It's e-rated with a happy ending, so perhaps those who didn't care for the finale (like me) will enjoy it ❤️🩹
read now on AO3: NaturallyTeal’s Dracula: ‘Count Crowley the Impaler’
https://archiveofourown.org/works/86281926
Summary:
Aziraphale J. (short for Jonathan) Harker visits the mysterious Count Crowley in his empty, forbidding castle in Transylvania. Soon, the inexperienced clerk from England has to fight snares of evil and practice constant vigilance to defend his innocence. But the question is: who’s impaling whom here?
Fully written, will be 3k in 5 chapters, will update twice a week
Chapters: 1/5
Fandom: Good Omens - All Media Types, Dracula - Bram Stoker (Novel 1897)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Jonathan Harker = Aziraphale, Dracula = Crowley…
A Summer Omens Big Bang collab by @maon25 (art) and me (story)
Read here on AO3 (G, 8k)
Look at all the amazing art by @maon25 :
In chapter 5 🔝
In chapter 2 🔝
In chapter 1 🔝
Summary:
It’s summer once more in Kensington Gardens.
The white marble statue of an Angel, half hidden under a canopy of trees, is content enough with his life, his animal friends in the park, the here and now.
Until an unusual Black Nightingale lands on his left wing and sings to him stories of woe, of mystery, of a dear friend lost, of his quest to find the love of his life again.
Every summer, the Nightingale, who remembers only fragments of what really happened to himself and his long-lost soulmate, revisits the Marble Angel, having gathered more hints and ✨Clues✨ to help his quest. The Angel’s marble heart melts with empathy for him, and with other feelings that seem new - but are they?
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This is a romantic fairytale, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Happy Prince’, retelling Good Omens in symbolic language.
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Thank You to:
@maon25 for the beautiful art beta reading, helping with decisions, and a fun and fruitful collaboration!
@gosummerbang and all the writers and artists of the SOBB discord server, for making this bang such a fun and friendly experience! Check out the other SOBB collabs posted on that blog!
@thinkinginscripts , who is the best beta in the world!
@whickberstreetwriters for support and encouragement!
Tagging List under the cut
Let me know if you want on it for future posts of mine!
I forgot to tag y’all last time I completed a story, it’s here if you want to see/read/be so kind as to give it a reblog. It’s very different form the current one, a Dracula x Good Omens cross over 🧛😇:
💬 0 🔁 15 ❤️ 16 · AU Roulette 2026 · Thank you @au-roulette for organising! ❤️
My prompt: Classic Literature
read now on AO3: Naturally
gonna self-rec probably the silliest and sweetest human au i've written today! t4t too (a&c are both trans men but express their gender identities very differently)
Whickber Uni's Lonely Hearts Club (E, 21k)
Though Aziraphale and Crowley share the responsibility of running Whickber University's student book club, they couldn't be a worse pair of allies if they tried. All they've done, since the very day they first met, is disagree on everything it is possible to disagree on - including each other's appearances, personalities and tastes.
When the Valentine's Day singles social the two young men have jointly arranged for the book club goes awry, can they make the best of it? Or will their differences break the whole evening apart, and the future of the club with it?
I feel like simply calling JK Rowling a transphobe isn't strong enough anymore. Like. This is not your grandpa calling you by your deadname at a restaurant kind of transphobic. This is her wanting to eradicate all trans people (with an extra special hatred towards trans women specifically). This is her trying just that by personally funding transphobic hate groups with millions to push around laws in the UK. It is not hyperbolic to call her a dangerous, genocidal maniac.
It's not about cancelling a problematic writer. It's about literally trying to save lives by denying her as much money and power as possible.
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