🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ Name: I use a lot of names,... Mason, Mae, Illi, Jinx, and various other ones :3
🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ Age: Minor :p (16!)
🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ Identity: I identify as queer and transgender, leaning on transmasculine (feel free to pm if you have questions as to whether a certain term is ok or not)
🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ Pronouns: He/Any (including neos)
🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ Interests: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, Sanders Sides, occasionally bungou stray dogs, vanitas no carte, Omori, twisted wonderland every now and then, Creepypasta, Marble Hornets, My Chemical Romance, Madoka Magica, Roblox Daybreak, Arcane, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Owl House, Gravity Falls, unmmmm my chemical romance, Sally Face, The Black Phone, Death Note, and many other things. Lots of different fanfics
🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ What Do I normally Post?: Art. No, i do not do commissions as i am merely a minor (/ref) but if u want to request something i *might* do it (i also write. feel free 2 send requests) i also talk about the fics i write and repost lots of political stuff. if you JUST want to see the art and NO politics or obsessive reposts of various things, follow my art blog! @g3n3s1s-4rt5
🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮ note: REQUESTS ARE OPEN FOR ART AND WRITING!! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHOOT ME A PM OR ASK HERE OR ON DISCORD IF U WANNA TALK IT OUT MORE (please ask for my discord via pms if you’re going to do so!)
No real DNI, I block freely and for fun!!!
Stupider DNI (not actually a dni, just people who annoy me </3)
people who actually understand what was going on in the magnus archives/protocol (ive tried listening through the entire show so many times I DONT KNOW WHATS GOING ON), people that just hate (genuinely, not silly) for no reason, conservatives, whoever the hell keeps getting me severely sick, animal haters, people that dont read my fics (you should go read my fics), pop music haters, timebomb antis, people who think the word queer shouldnt b used as a identity/anything other than a slur, people who play roblox forsaken. i hate that game. i play it every day. it sucks. i hate it. i have so much money in it. antishippers
DISCLAIMER! i am very mentally ill and often struggle with people, including not knowing when to stop doing something harmful, not knowing when to reach out to people, and MOST IMPORTANTLY being overly sexual without meaning to. PLEASE if i am doing so let me know KINDLY as i am a very easily upset person and will essentially take it as a ‘you hate me’ otherwise :sob. im sorry that this is a necessary disclaimer but better safe than sorry
i also am EXTREMELY LOW EMPATHY and often am not someone who you should be complaining to about real world issues!!! unless we've established a baseline of friendship already i do NOT feel bad for you, no matter what. im sorry. but i cannot help it.
excruciating discovery made in conversation with @ill-serve-it-in-draag and @someone-out-there-lovesyou and @secretaary…Sylvia’s ?dad? Is almost always coming up on her from the side she can’t see on.
90% of the time, b stage or otherwise, he’s coming up on her on that side. She can’t see him. No wonder she’s so pissed - whatever other baggage they have, he keeps startling her. Because he doesn’t think about it.
How many lifetimes of “Dad, I can’t see you on that side, please stop doing that, it startles me”? How many lifetimes of “I’m your dad, what do you have to be afraid of” (I’m not going to listen and respect your disabilities or your boundaries because I’m your parent so I Don’t Have To!)? How does this compare to his relationship with Marianne, who also can’t see him, but isn’t bothered by it? Is there a whole history here of him going out of his way to make himself known to Marianne while scaring the daylights out of Sylvia over and over without meaning to, but never truly caring enough to do anything about it.
Gerard, meanwhile
90% of the time, stays over here. In her peripheral vision. Where she can see them. Where they won’t startle her.
The Archive of Our Own (AO3) is home to over 18 million fanworks (as of 26 July 2026) and there's always room for more as long as you follow a few rules and standards.
If you're new to ao3 from wattpad, please read allthingswhumpyandangsty's post about this first. The Archive is different than what you're used to, and for good reason. If this doesn't sound like something you want to participate in that's fine. But for anyone who wants to learn I have tried to condense "AO3 How-To" into four steps:
1.Make an account.
Yes, even if you're only going to read and not post, make an account. You can Bookmark fics and save them as "Mark for Later" so you don't have 40 tabs on your phone that might disappear. Plus you'll see more fics this way because some are only visible to those with an account! You can also subscribe to works or creators so you're notified when they update. You can request an invitation from the Archive or ask in servers and communities if people have invites they want to share.
2. Learn the tagging and filtering system.
All ratings and kinks are welcome on the archive. The site is proship and profic. You do not need to leave out tags or warnings for fear of any work being taken down. Any kink or dark theme you want to explore in a legitimate fanwork* is welcome here.
*The asterisk is to say: legitimate means not a placeholder fic that's blank to save a title, not spam, and not plagarized or otherwise breaking the Archive's TOS.
The most important tags to add to a work are the "Archive Warnings" in the checkboxes you see right after you select a rating. Always be honest here, even if you choose not to add the optional Additional Tags.
Failing to use the Archive Warnings properly is like warning people off your fanworks going forward (at best) and might get your work reported if you say, select General rating, "No Archive Warnings Apply", and then post a dark, violent fanwork (as an example). Tag accurately for what you're posting.
For Additional Tags, you can tag anything graphic, mature, or explicit that feels like it should be a trigger warning. Or other tags that give people an idea of your work's theme, like "Fluff" or "First Kiss". It will help people find what they're looking for!
Sure, sometimes you don't want to spoil the plot and that's why some creators will skip the Additional Tags and instead put content warnings in the End Notes and let people know to look there if they're worried about triggers. Also you can use a catch-all tag such as "Explicit Sexual Content" or "Graphic Violence" to let people know why it might be rated Mature or Explicit, without going into detail if you want. (Note: Not all Explicit works are smut. Sometimes the rating could be for violence or other graphic content.)
@bookwermthings made an ao3 infographic and the first three slides in particular can teach you more about tagging
And for readers remember our cardinal rule: DON'T LIKE, DON'T READ.
This means you are responsible for what you decide to look at on the archive. Learn what things like Dead Dove: Do Not Eat means. You do not get to harrass or report a creator for posting something you personally dislike or disagree with. You can also block or mute an Archive user if you dislike what they post.
AO3 is a non-profit run by volunteers who read all reports of works possibly breaking TOS. You aren't harming a large corporation by reporting every work you dislike. Simply click away and move on. Instead, you can filter things out using the "Exclude" section of the filters that's on the right-hand side of all pages of fanworks.
Proper tags help our fanworks be found by our target audiences and also protect users who do not want to see that material. It's a win/win for all when we use it the right way.
3. Only leave positive comments.
If you enjoyed what you read or saw (or listened to - shout out podfics!) let the creator know by giving them a nice comment. AO3 etiquette is to not give critical or constructive feedback, even if you think you're helping.
Caveat: Some creators may add a note that they are open to critiques. This is the only time you can give this kind of feedback.
Remember notes in a Bookmark are public and can be also seen by the creator. They are not a place to critique the work either (see this bookmark post by @tumbleweedtech)
Basically, leave the kind of comment you would want to receive if it was your work. And remember: the A stands for Archive! This isn't a social media site. It doesn't matter how old the work is you can still comment!!
@dawnfelagund wrote a list of 101 Comment Starters if you need some ideas or @bizarrelittlemew taught us how to leave kudos as an image in the comments!
4. Customize your profile.
This is your space to let people know if your works are open to translation into other languages or having fanworks created that are inspired by your work. You can also let people know where to find you by linking to your tumblr, reddit, or other social media profiles.
Do not (repeat: DO NOT) advertise anything like a kofi or buy me a coffee or say anything about commissions on your profile or anywhere on your works. AO3 is very strict about this. Do not advertise if you are exchanging money for your creations. See this post from @ao3commentoftheday if you want to take commissions and not break TOS.
To edit your profile click on your username on the Archive home page. Navigate to My Dashboard -> Profile -> Edit My Profile. You might want to add an HTML hyperlink if you want outside links to be clickable.
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Need more help?
⋆ Archive of Our Own has an official tumblr: @ao3org to let us know if there's maintenance planned, updates to the site, or news like OTW elections
⋆ @transformativeworks is also ran by the Archive to post milestones, OTW news, and reblog fandom posts
⋆ @ao3commentoftheday is fan-run, not official, but posts helpful resources and guides
⋆ As referenced above @allthingswhumpyandangsty recently wrote a great guide about ao3 vs. wattpad for all newcomers
⋆ @fuckyeahladybug has written a thread of resources to help those switching from wattpad
⋆ @ghoulishbuck wrote a helpful guide with html advice and what ao3 numbers and stats mean and more about which options to choose when posting
⋆ @the-bar-sinister wrote a quick guide to what you can and cannot post on ao3 (link to a reblog version with more additions)
⋆ There are also tumblr communities you can join like AO3 - WRITERS - READERS - FANFICTION or Fanfiction Writers Unite (and probably others) if you want more of a "live help" discussion
I hope this guide is helpful and thank you for reading! Tough to condense 15 years of Archive experience into one post but I tried my best ♡ Shout out to everyone that is linked here for all the great posts you've made about ao3! Please reblog and share this guide in any servers or tumblr communities if you think it's helpful.
Below are a few bonus tips from me to enhance your user experience right out of the gate! ♡
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☆ FAVORITE TAGS: If you find a tag on ao3 you enjoy you can click the "Favorite Tag" button and it will be added to your home page so you don't have to search for it every time.
☆ DOWNLOAD WORKS: Anything can be downloaded from the Archive. Some people prefer PDF format. I used to download only MOBI files for my old Kindle but now I prefer EPUB and the free version of ReadEra app to open the files on my phone and tablet. It lets me put fics into collections and mark which ones are my favorites. There are no official ao3 apps, so this is a sort of workaround. Do not download any apps claiming to be ao3. Those are not official and won't work very well. Your web browser is your app now.
☆ AO3 SKINS: There are several great ones out there, but for an easy dark mode right out of the box: Scroll all the way to the very bottom of the home page. Find the column on the left that says "Customize" and choose "Reversi". Instant easy dark mode! You can always switch back to Default or another skin whenever you want.
☆ ORPHAN WORKS: If you ever want to delete a work, consider orphaning it instead. There's a whole Archive article about it. Or as @shaiiloo suggested, place it in an Unrevealed Collection temporarily while you decide. TLDR; even if you might not like what you wrote anymore, to someone else it might be their comfort story so there are ways to preserve it even if you're done being associated with it.
i know that kris was given the headband with the horns when they were younger because they wanted to fit in with their family, but i also think it would be really funny if tiny asriel thought the same way about wanting to be like kris and one day their parents found him in the bathroom hacking off his fur with safety scissors
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.
Alecto was angry, and raised her up, and kissed her. The child did not cry out, though blood fell from her lips and tongue, and she was wounded sore. For Alecto knew not how to kiss, except such as it involved the mouth and teeth.
And Alecto said to her, Why are you not appeased? That is how meat loves meat.
saving the hostages last night only for them to get parking violations... i would genuinely prefer to be dead. the closest open lot was 200 bucks standard for 3 hours
