[lesbianrustcohle]

I still can’t believe that fanfiction is free

I sometimes have to pay for water, but with a phone and some wifi, I get to read whole novels about my favorite characters for exactly zero additional dollars

How goddamn rad is that

[shockblanketnightmares-deactiva]

all the love to the fanfic authors who make this possible, y'all are the best

[iwt-v]

#yes we do this for free#you know how you pay us?#comment#review#tell us that somebody’s enjoying what we do#it takes two seconds and it’s also free (via @flintsredhair)

[brightbluedot]

Whenever I check my phone and see I’ve got a notification from AO3, subject line “Comment on…” my whole day brightens up. I’ll hide my face in my hands and smile and smile - and that’s before I’ve read it. Even a simple ‘I loved this!“ or similar makes me giddy, but if it’s DETAILED. oh my god. I have definitely teared up before. Knowing WHAT somebody liked is the best feeling in the world. A line, a moment, a way you felt while reading, seriously, anything specific is pure ambrosia. tl;dr: If you ever feel like making somebody blissfully happy, drop a comment <3

[kynyang]

He's a tough nut to crack

Rating: NC17 Pairing: Kai/Xiumin Warning: abo dynamics. pack dynamics Summary: Jongin's got his eyes set on the ultimate goal, and Minseok is the only one standing in his way.

Author: Anita_dee

 A beautifully written story about accepting oneself, fighting for oneself and love.

Jongin while growing up believed he will be an alpha, potentially a next alpha of his pack. With his strong character, even other children - alphas, betas, and omegas were enthusiastically gathering around him. Before Jongin reached maturity a head alpha of the pack died and a new one got the title - Xiumin who Jongin used to consider as the main rival. This didn't discourage Jongin to pursue his dream. Even when he found out he is an omega.

It’s truly beautiful story of Jongin growing up, fighting new obstacles and in the end reaching his dream although not in an exact way he thought he will. Jongin’s interaction with Chanyeol, his best friend, his just a cherry on top.

You can read it here: LJ.

[kynyang]

This Golden Cage of Mine

Rating: NC17 Pairing: Luhan/Xiumin Warning: forced arranged marriage Summary: Earth has been destroyed and with it the only home Minseok has ever known. A long journey leads him to a resettlement camp on the planet Evren and the promise of a new life, as long as he is willing to assimilate. When assimiation equates to an arranged marriage Minseok feels like he can’t say no. What he deosn’t expect is to be married to a man who has been locked up for the majority of his life, a prince in a gilded cage.

Author: London9Calling

The summary gives a glimpse of the story’s beginning but then the said man, Minseok’s husband, turns out to be *SPOILER ALERT* a prince. Second in a line to the throne. And there are only two options how their relationship stars - smoothly or poorly. The Author went with the second option and from now on the plot more or less is going typically for a  forced arranged marriage fics.

The most interesting twist to this story is Minseok’s background story. He is a refugee, with no option of running back home because his whole planet was destroyed. It’s amazing to see him going into a new situation with his mind set on surviving but at the same looking for happiness and a new home. It made me wonders what I would do in similar situation. How I would react? Would I try to live on and look for a new place for myself or would I crumble down into a sad pile of tears and shivers?

The plot isn’t mind-blowing but the cliffhanger moment towards the is well placed and gives an interesting, emotional plot twist to the story. As always from this Author, the fic is beautifully written and it pushes the reader to actively ponder about the emotional aspect of the story. I loved it!

You can read it here: AFF.

[ladylionheartinthelibrary]

I feel like fan fiction has given me unrealistic expectations of character development because after months of reading only fanfic, I opened an actual YA novel and boy was I disappointed

[dsudis]

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Any given fanfic writer is walking into a fully-stocked kitchen. The characters exist; their milieu exists; their backstories and traumas and interactions exist. We come in and start cooking, adjusting recipes to our own tastes–and most of the time we do that while sharing the kitchen with hundreds of others so we can see what they’re doing, adjust our recipes and techniques based on what we like or don’t like of what they’re doing–and whoever eats that food is probably eating it after eating dozens or hundreds of other dishes from the same kitchen, which inevitably color their opinion of the dish in front of them.

Original writers are working alone. In a void. They don’t just have to buy or grow the ingredients; they have to build the kitchen.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with preferring to hang out in, and eat the food from, a crowded kitchen whose foundations were laid before you were born (which, for all of us in, say, comics-movie fandom, they were). But you can’t expect the same experience when you walk up and hold out your bowl to someone cooking over an open fire in a lean-to on the edge of existence. 

[linskywords]

Wow, that’s an amazing point. It’s definitely part of the reason I find fanfic so much easier to write than original fiction. I don’t think it’s quite that stark a division, though: mainstream original fiction writers are drawing off a long, long tradition of their specific genre and of the novel in general when they’re building their characters. They might be making up a new recipe, but the kitchen’s already been built for them.

[kynyang]

It's Gonna Be Forever [Or It's Gonna Go Down In Flames]

Rating: NC17 Pairing: Jongdae/Luhan Warning: forced societal arranged marriage, infidelity, drunk sex, rough sex, sex toys, rimming, mpreg, angst, implied depression, untagged side pairings, general all-around unhappiness Summary: There are a lot of things Jongdae wants out of life. Lu Han isn't one of them.

Author: Thesockmonster After reading summary and warnings I was pretty sure it will be one of this arranged marriage story when main couple it’s awkward at first but then they warm up to each other and they more or less has a sex or few. I didn’t take seriously angst or a depression part in the warnings. And I also didn’t know “infidelity” word (somehow I skipped it instead of checking in the dictionary). With this kind of thoughts and expectations I unknowingly got myself into crazy emotional rollercoster which was so amazingly written that it made me cry, coo and smile fondly during reading.

First of all the reality is slightly utopian - it’s future where fertile female and female in generaly are rare so through operation males shortly after birth receive uteruses too. Also let’s add that having children is prority in this society and being infertile is a worst kind of scenerio.

Now let’s skip to the main charas - Jongdae and Han. Both of them are children of very wealthy and important families, none of them want this marriage and they seek their way out of it but neither of them is able to come up with good enough excuse. The begining of their married life is rocky to put it gently. I almost dropped it when Sehun showed up but thankfully in the end I did not because it’s worth every second spend on reading it.

This is basically story about developement - both of Jongdae and Han as separate human beings and them as a couple. It’s amazingly written and once again Bunny, the author, takes our hands and walk us through labirynth of emotions, complex characters and thier developement.

Once again I’ve fallen in love with this Author work and I’m pretty sure I’ll come back to read it few more times.

You can read it here: AO3

[kynyang]

The Stars Will Guide You Home

Pairing: Jongin/Chanyeol Rating: R Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Summary: Space!AU Jongin is a quantum astrophysicist who gets stranded in space when his ship malfunctions. Chanyeol is the captain who finds him.

Author: Sleepydanceur

I couldn’t resist reading it due to my love for SciFi-ish aus and I was totally rewarded with mix of “The Martian” with few drops reminding me of “Interstellar”.

The first part of this story amazed me - descriptions of Jongin’s feelings and state of mind is astonishing. Makes you wonder what You yourself would do in his place. Well with my filological degree I know no-one would put me even close to the spaceship but one can imagine. Second part, on the Chanyeol’s ship, is surprisingly packed with emtoions and action. 

Honestly, this fic is a really good read and must for exo fans craving for some space au!

And it has side story for BaekChen too! (there is link to it at the end of original story)

You can read it here: AO3

[phoenixyfriend]

Reblog if you write fanfic and would be totally down with your followers coming into you askbox and talking to you about your fic

[kynyang]

Journey to Lidenbrock

Ship(s): Chen/Kai, Luhan/Chen/Kai Rating: NC-17 Word count: 23.4K Trigger(s): age difference (7 years and undefined), fingering, lots of fingering, frottage, over-stimulation, threesome, spitroasting violence Summary: A young man walks determinedly towards Nautilus Station. His outfit stands out in between the steel and smoke of the ships, and the leather and maroon colors of the commoners’ clothes.

Author: Caterplina

I recently finished Jim Butcher’s “The Aeronaut's Windlass” and ofc I’ve fallen in love with it so steampunk is still tingling in the corners of my brain so this fic is perfect to sate my need for more of genre.

Jongdae is a captain on the small ship where his only crew is Jongin, also his other half. Mostly their jobs are to transport cargos from one city to another. Nothing illegal. One day Luhan comes in with letter from Chanyeol, apparently a mutual friend, recommending newcomer and asking to aid him. And that’s where we start.

It’s super well-written. Characters have their own personalities and stories. There is time for hot sex, action, mystery and humor. It’s clear that the Author let us see just part of bigger picture. I’d love to see more of it one day.

You can read it here: AO3.

[kynyang]

XIUXING CHALLENGE #7

Of Tiny Hands and Big Hearts

Pairing(s): Minseok/Yixing, referenced past!Yixing/unnamed female OC Rating: PG-13 Warning(s): cursing, overdose of fluff because this is about Yixing with a kid, self beta’d Summary: Yixing is single dad who is hopelessly infatuated with his daughter’s teacher, Minseok.

Author: Amaxingbaek

What’s better than lovey-dovey Yixing/Minesok pairing? XiuXing couple with child! Well, technically it’s Yixing’s daughter but cuteness is still real.

Story is very simple - single awesome dad with adorable daughter falls for her handsome teacher. And yeah, she’s seven, which makes Minseok elementary teacher (just this picture is heart-melting itself). Not yet dying due diabets? Let me tell that the Author written it beautifully - the description of Yixing’s and his daughter relationship or [not always so] subtle flirt of both men are truely amazing. 

It’s one of these fics that after finishing makes your heart feels light and you can’t stop smiling.

You can read it here: LJ.

[kynyang]

Downtown Boys with Bubblegum Smiles

Rating: NC-17 Pairing: Jongin/Luhan, Sehun/Luhan, Minseok/Luhan, Sehun/Luhan/Minseok Warnings: intoxication, polyamory, public sex, rimming Summary: Luhan always had a specific image of his Prince Charming. Tattoos were not a part of it, and neither were plurals.

Author: brittlepin

Luhan may be all grown up but that’s just a surface. Inside he is very insecure, child-like, waiting for his Prince Charming while watching Disney movies with his collection of plushies. When he saw Jongin, with his handsome features, perfect suits and blinding smile, he thought that he finally found him. But life prooved him wrong because his true love was way more closer than he thought. Next door, to be more precise. Oh, and not in the form of Prince but Princes - two of them!

It’s amazing story of blooming feelings, of fiding oneself and love. And let’s be honest, who can resist heavily tattooed and pierced Minseok and Sehun?

You can read it here: LJ, AFF.

[clevergirlhelps]

Biology

Biology

Creating a Race (2)

Creating Animals (2)

Disease (2)

Ecosystems (2)

Evolution (and Space)

Flora and Fauna

Genetics

Inventing Species

List of Legendary Creatures

Night Vision/Color Vision

People

Constructed Language (Conlang)

Basics/Phonology (2) (3)

Conlang

Conlang Guide

Conlang vs. English

Creating a Language (Revised)

Culture + Language

Curse Words

How to Create Your Own Language

How to Create a Language

IPA Pronunciation

Making Up Words

Culture Guides

7 Deadly Sins

Alien Cultures (2)

Alternative Medieval

Avoiding Cultural Appropriation

Avoiding Medieval Fantasy (2)

Avoiding One-Note Worlds

Avoiding Utopia

Change (2)

Class/Caste System (2)

Culture

Designing Intellectual Movements

Everything (2) (3)

Fantasy

Gender-Equal Societies

Historical Background for Ideas (2)

History

Matriarchy (2)

Nationalism

Nations

Slavery

Static World

Structure

Wandering Peoples

Economy

Basic Economics

Capitalism

Currency (2) (3)

Current Global Economies

Economic Systems

Economics (1500-1800 AD)

Economics and Government

Economics for Dummies

Economy

Inflation

International Trade (2)

Marxist Communism

Medieval Economics

Schools of Economic Thought

Socialism (2)

Types of Economic Systems

World Economy (2)

Everyday Life

Art

Ceremonies

Clothing

Clothing Terminology (2) (3) (4)

Clothing Reference

Demographics

Disease

Drugs

Education (2)

Fame and Infamy

Family

Food (2)

Food Timeline

Immigration/Emigration

Literature

Marriage

Months

Music

Sex

Slang

Stories

Travel

Government

Collective/Traditionalist Societies

Creating a Government

Diplomacy

Empire (2)

Fancy Latin Names for Government

History and Politics

International Relations (2)

Justice System

Lawlessness

Non-monarchical (2) (3)

Oppressive Government

Political Ideologies

Propaganda

Republic

Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Secret Societies

Shapeshifter Society

Totalitarianism, Atmosphere Necessary For

Tribal Society

Types of Government

Utopia

Writing Politics

Czytaj dalej

[plaidshirtjimkirk]

@ ff writers who use common tropes in their stories: keep doing you ♡♡♡ I want to read my otp falling in love, accidentally kissing, getting fake married, pining, and etc a million times over. No one will tell the story in your voice, so it’s actually new every time. Don’t ever feel bad about exploring something in your own way.

[kynyang]

Come What May

Pairing(s): Minseok/Sehun, Chanyeol/Jongin Rating: NC-17 Summary: Sehun getting pregnant was not part of Minseok's plan. Warnings: abo au, mpreg

Author: Xiukisses

It’s adorable! Minseok and Sehun are match made in heaven but when they are faced with Sehun’s pregnancy even they can shake. But it’s only for a moment and they work things out pretty quickly. 

This whole journey through Sehun’s pregnancy surrounded by Minseok’s love for him and their unborn child (;D) is absolutely beautiful. Of course we have some awesome gag realief side characters like Lu Han who is at the same time the best and the worst Minseok’s best friend, cuddly Jongin and supportive Chanyeol.

It’s a great fic for moments when you need a ray of sunshine or something cozy to relax.

You can read it here: LJ.

[jumpthisship]

[COMPLETED FIC] Press Start to Play (22/22)

Pairings: Chansoo, misc. very minor pairings Genre: action-adventure, sci-fi, romance Rating: R for violence Length: ~120K total Warnings: violence, some disturbing imagery, mentions of OC off-screen suicide, mentions of off-screen minor character death, poor mental health

Summary: “Chanyeol wakes up in the fictional futuristic world from the video game he just bought, Paran, and is told by his moody new guide that he has to battle hordes of robots and an evil dictator to beat the game. His life just gets crazier and more unbelievable from there.”

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

[kynyang]

It’s little bit different for my usual recs due the fact that the Author is posting about her fic on her own tumblr.

It’s freshly finished but it’s must-read for fellow sci-fi fans!

So what we have here? Chanyeol is sucked into futuristic-failed-utopian (smells like FFVII but only on the visual level) video game reality. One by one (more or less) he meets with another ppl who came the same path as he but due their deaths in game (not only reason) before they were able to reach the end of it they were put instead of some NPCs by game gods. That how we are introduced to the whole OT12 Exo. Kyungsoo is Chanyeol’s guide who helps him through the game.

The best thing? ALL characters are so complex with their own backgrounds, feelings, way of dealing with their very strange and specific situations. For example Chanyeol, the main hero, is frequently experiancing panic attacks.

Stop for a moment and think what You would do if You suddenly were thrown into video game where you can be hurt and die probably for real? I bet the Author thought about it for millions times because all characters’ reactions are so real and honest.

It’s absolutely amazing! 

You can read it via LJ and links are in the Author’s post up there^

[kynyang]

XIUXING CHALLENGE #6

Call Me Maybe?

Pairing: Minseok/Yixing  Rating: PG Warning:  Stupidity (they’re all dumb)  Profanity.  Drunk people. Baekhyun’s pelvic bone. Excessive use of a tambourine. Summary: Sometimes things happen.  Like meeting super handsome awesome people at birthday parties.  And sometimes you meet them and do really stupid shit because you're drunk.  And sometimes it all turns out for the best.

Author: Drainbamage954

It’s romance crack-fic and it’s great. There is a lot of crazy singing, dancing, slapping asses with tamburine, drunk ppl, annoying Luhan and so on. But we also have cute date - two fluffballs  dancing around each other.

It’s not the greatest literature ever but it’s fun, with too unappreciated Exo’s fandom pairing and that’s what I needed.

You can read it here: LJ.

[kiramartinauthor]

[butchamy]

Story idea when you try to actually write it:

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

So I’m on AO3 and I see a lot of people who put “I do not own [insert fandom here]” before their story.

Like, I came on this site to read FAN fiction. This is a FAN fiction site. I’m fully aware that you don’t own the fandom or the characters. That’s why it’s called FAN FICTION.

[adiwriting]

Oh you youngins… How quickly they forget.

Back in the day, before fan fiction was mainstream and even encouraged by creators… This was your “please don’t sue me, I’m poor and just here for a good time” plea.

Cause guess what? That shit used to happen.

[ohbeckoh]

how soon they forget ann rice’s lawyers.

[luna-prime]

Yeah, it’s not meant for YOU. It’s meant for creators. Long ago, they did not like fans making fanworks. Heck, Ann Rice still won’t let her fans write.