Chapter 3 of our Xicheng fic is here. This is the chapter where we make good on the "Fast Burn" tag. This has lived in my brain as "The Tea Scene" for so long and I'm so excited to finally share it! đŞˇâď¸
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Chapter 3 of our Xicheng fic is here. This is the chapter where we make good on the "Fast Burn" tag. This has lived in my brain as "The Tea Scene" for so long and I'm so excited to finally share it! đŞˇâď¸
Something Beautiful Blooms
Chapter 2 is up! Please enjoy this interstitial of a collection of correspondence between LXC and JC! đŞˇâď¸
Something Beautiful Blooms
What's this? A Xicheng fic? In this economy? Why yes, yes it is! We've got LXC in Seclusion and JC crushing and so much more in store as these two idiots fall in love! Please enjoy this first chapter and everything to come!
Something Beautiful Blooms
I got the hard cover editions of MDZS for my birthday and they are so beautiful! I need to figure out how to display them lol I wasn't going to get these when they were first announced, but MDZS was my first danmei and has remained one of my favorite books of all time since I first watched The Untamed and read the fan translation of the book back in 2019. So after having bought all the soft cover volumes AND the entire set of the manhua, I caved because I knew my collection wouldn't feel complete without these. đ
Egg-plosion 2025 is LIVE!
It's time, it's time! It's FINALLY TIME! The AO3 collection is live, & our lovely artists and writers will be sharing their work this week! Follow the tags #eggplosion2025 or #egg-plosion2025 to stay up to date, and keep an eye out as we promo their work!
View the whole collection here!
Artwork by Hali.
a fire to keep you warm, through the endless winter storm
Summary: A witchy, cozy, cottagecore, sickfic, and they were snowed in, Yuletide, Holiday Stolitz AU-with a sassy cat familiar.
Chapter 1: the holly bears a prickle, as sharp as any thorn
Summary: Retired from the mercenary life, Blitzø wants a peaceful existence in the quaint village he's settled in. His peace is shattered when a stranger arrives in town, Striker, whom Blitzø immediately clocks as a fellow hitman. Disturbed by his presence, Blitzø follows him only to uncover a conspiracy to take out one of the residents. But who? When Blitzø follows Striker in the ancient woods, things don't go as planned.
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Stolas/Blitzø
Written for the 2025 @egg-plosion bang.
BOTS AND SCAM COMMENTS ON AO3
WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO SPOT THEM
okay, I thought I should make this post since there has been an influx of scammers plaguing AO3 comments section and people are falling victims to them. so here it is;
WHAT THEY ARE
so far, there are three main types of these scam bots
bots that tell you AO3 is deleting works, and that you should delete the works yourself because your entire account will be affected if your works get deleted by AO3
bots that tell you your works are terrible
bots that tell you they want to draw comic panels from your works
ALL OF THESE ARE SCAM WITH MALICE INTENTIONS
bots that tell you AO3 is deleting works, and that you should delete the works yourself because your entire account will be affected if your works get deleted by AO3 are just trying to get you to delete your works, most certainly because they want to steal and/or use your works to train their AI and, once you delete your works, it becomes extremely difficult, almost impossible for you to claim ownership of your works when the original works have been deleted. AO3 IS NOT DELETING ANY WORKS.
bots that tell you your works are terrible are also just trying to get you to delete your works, most certainly because they want to steal and/or use your works to train their AI and, once you delete your works, it becomes extremely difficult, almost impossible for you to claim ownership of your works when the original works have been deleted.
bots that tell you they want to draw comic panels from your works are trying to hack your password, personal data and credit card information (they will say they see potentials in your work and are interested in drawing comic panels from it, and then they will ask you to discuss this with them on discord where you will have to pay/commission them for the âcomicsâ you will never get, but you will get your password hacked, personal data and credit card information breached and stolen instead, do not fall for them).
HOW TO SPOT THEM
what all these 3 types of bots have in common is that;
most of them (keyword, most, not all) are guest users or empty accounts that have just been recently created.
their comments are all the same copied and pasted scripts that they mass leave on lots of authorsâ works at random.
their comments are all vague, in the sense that there will be no mention of any specific charactersâ names, no mention of any specific scenes or events from your works (granted, they need to be vague because they are bots, they never actually read your works, and they have to be able to use the same comments on other writersâ works too).
EDIT: Iâve been told they got âsmarterâ and are now mentioning characters by names and also specific scenes from the story. Most definitely because they ran your fic through AI and let AI write comments for them. So basically, if a comment, from someone you donât know, ends in something along the lines of âIâd like to draw a comic panel about thisâ, âcan we chat on discord (or anywhere outside of ao3)â or anything thatâd require your email or other personal information, always assume that itâs 90% a scam.
report them for spam then delete their comments when/if you get them.
please spread this if you can. us writers gotta look out for each other. stay safe, everybody âĄ
EDIT (Dec 10, 2025): NEW TYPE OF BOTS WHO THREATEN PEOPLE WITH LEGAL ACTIONS
EDIT (Dec 15, 2025): BOTS IMPERSONATING LEGIT USERS, WITH REGISTERED ACCOUNTS, BY USING THESE LEGIT USERSâ AO3 NAMES AS THEIR GUEST-USER NAMES IN THEIR GUEST COMMENTS
every day I learn bot comments on ao3 are stooping lower and lower
anyway if you get a comment like this, chances are that they are bot and their goal is to do whatever it takes to get you to delete your work, most certainly (from what Iâve heard) itâs because they want to âsafelyâ steal your work, use it to train their ai without you being able to rightfully claim ownership of your work since âthereâs no proof that the work was stolen/was posted elsewhere first by youâ because the original source has already been deleted.
THEY ARE ALL BOTS. at first it was âao3 is deleting fics and your entire account will be affected unless you delete the fics yourselfâ then it was âthis work contains contents that are illegal and they have already reported you and your fic to the policeâ (yes, thatâs how desperate these bots are), and now itâs this.
report their comments to ao3 for spamâin this case, specifically, I think you may be able to report them for harassment tooâand donât pay attention to them, most importantly donât delete your works, donât feel discouraged by their comments. remember that they are bots and they mass comment something like this on peopleâs works at random to get people to delete their works. (or even if theyâre not bot, they are still pathetic bullies who donât deserve your time or attention.)
MORE ABOUT BOTS AND SCAMS PLAGUING AO3âS COMMENTS SECTION HERE
Alright we've been sharing lots of the amazing art, but what about the writers paired with them? How about some writing WIPs, as a treat. This first one is a snippet for a stolitz piece!
Alright! My #ExtraLife #HelluvaBossMerch Silent Auction is live. It will run now through 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time on Saturday 11/1/2025! All details should be in the posts, but this is my first time doing it this way so don't hesitate to ask questions!
Please see the Posts on my ko-fi and thank you!
Happy Birthday Ignis!!!!
please actually read Whiteout by @gizzwhizz (hi, btw!l)! genuinely one of my favorite fics in the fandom so far
"Whiteout" is live! A Stolitz speculative fic revolving around the scene pictured below from the trailer. I loved writing this so, so much!
âźď¸Warnings for blood and a serious injury towards the endâźď¸
Read it here!
Woke up this morning to 69 Kudos! đ¤ I am such a child, and also thank you so much for the love!!! đ
"Whiteout" is live! A Stolitz speculative fic revolving around the scene pictured below from the trailer. I loved writing this so, so much!
âźď¸Warnings for blood and a serious injury towards the endâźď¸
Read it here!
đŚjust a freshly preened owl and the love of his life *cough* his impish little play thingđŚ (click for better quality!)
fan art for the sweetest stolitz fic âHow To Groom Your Owlâ by gizzwhizz ( @gizzwhizz ) & sunshineandsnark on AO3! highly recommend their wonderful fluff fic (content warning for a very small about of smut at the beginning that can be easily skipped if thatâs not your thing!)
âYou love him, whispered a tiny voice inside of him. And he accepted it.â
THE TOWER âĄď¸ [3/?]
⢠tragedy
⢠sudden change
⢠chaos