Elysandra

she/her, 40, kinky asexual. This is mostly about everything Helen Magnus, Sanctuary, and Amanda in general. Also Victorian era, Steampunk, Kink, Asexuality, Fandom, Creative Writing, and more. Elysandra on AO3, pillowfort, and dreamwidth [not active]. Fics/comments/posts in general may be nsfw.

[agent-troi]

a trilogy

[writerxwren]

[spiribia]

as a writer you will have a specific deck of vocab words you like using a lot and when you read other peoples' work you will see a very clear spread of different vocab words on their end. this is why you need to read, to collect other writers' words like it's a card game

[meanao3thoughts]

a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.

[cpt-ccarter]

Helen Magnus I 1x7

[troiings]

[oldschoolvillageidiot]

It’s been a minute since I posted some lovely Helen Magnus gifs, so from Metamorphosis! 

[liberalsarecool]

"Dignity For All" is anti-capitalist. 👏🏻💫

[mostlyvalid]

A proposal

Sometimes, in fandom, we just want to write id-tastic fic that rolls around in tropes that might be viewed as problematic. But we don’t want to address the problematic side of things in this particular fanwork; we just want to roll around and wallow.

It is considered courteous to give readers a heads-up via use of AO3 tags. I propose a tag that signals that a given fanwork is for rolling around, not giving a measured evaluation of anything. The MCU has carved out a space for this sort of fic with the “HYDRA Trash Party” tag, for which I commend them. Trash Party is a bit too specific to cover all of the ground I’m thinking of here, though; I propose “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.”

For those of you not familiar with Arrested Development, Michael Bluth finds a paper bag in the freezer labeled “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.” He opens the bag, finds a dead dove, and reacts as follows:

[gif of a white man saying “I don’t know what I expected” in a deadpan manner]

The “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag would essentially be a “what it says on the tin” metatag, indicating “you see the tropes and concepts tagged here? they are going to appear in this fic. exactly as said. there will not necessarily be any subversion, authorial commentary condemning problematic aspects, or meditation on potential harm. this fic contains dead dove. if you proceed, you should expect to encounter it.”

(more at KnowYourMeme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-dont-know-what-i-expected)

[lazy-universes]

WHOA WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THE POST THAT SPAWNED DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT

[yourlocaltinsmith]

Happy dead dove do not eat birthday!

[butchdogs-md]

you need to understand that i have two sets of headcanons. there's the set of realistic headcanons based on my genuine reading of the show, and then there's me playing pretend with my dolls.

[beemovieerotica]

if you work in a creative field...or if you do creative hobbies like writing or drawing...you need to make friends with people who don't do those things. you need to befriend normie Steve who has never written a story in his life. and this is because when you are in a creative job or hobby and spend all your time doing that thing, surrounded by very capable people, who you inevitably compare your own progress and skills to, you forget what the baseline human skill at that thing is. and it's usually zero. normie Steve has not written a story since the 3rd grade when his teacher made him do it. he's very good at other things that are not storytelling - but if you tell normie Steve that you wrote a full 300-page book from start to finish, he will think you're some kind of savant. he does not know ANYONE else who has done this. you need this perspective. because when you're constantly on Let's Write Stories dot Com then everyone on Let's Write Stories dot Com will inevitably be like "oh of course everyone on earth has written a book or several at this point!" and you canNOT let yourself think that. that is not even close to the average human experience. you are in a bubble. do not put yourself down. do not give up.

[ao3commentoftheday]

some wonderful person is reading and commenting their way through a fic I wrote eleven years ago, and I don't even have the words to express how delightful an experience this is 😁😁

[ladyelysandra]

Exciting things happened: I was a guest on a podcast! We talked about my relationship to kink, asexuality, and writing kinky fanfiction. [in German]

[sadhoc]

first year in fandom: omg i love these characters.... and the story's so well written.... so much cool fanart and fic, i think i'm going to write some of my own

eleventh year in fandom: au where the character is a little jingle bell for sale on ebay for 8.99

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

Fandom Trumps Hate 2026

@fandomtrumpshate is a fan-run auction to raise money for progressive nonprofit organizations (full list available here). I've seen their work over the past many years, but this is my first time participating.

I'm allowing the high bidder to choose any of those organizations to receive their donation, and in return I'm gifting my skillset.

I'm offering a fully-customized AO3 site skin.

I'll work with you to determine your preferred colours, fonts, background images etc. as well as features or functions that you would like modified or hidden. I'm also more than happy to increase accessibility for you by modifying the site's presentation for your ease of reading and interacting. If there are specific works or tags you would like never to see again, I can also hide those for you with site skin code.

Site skins can't do everything, so please do drop me an ask if you're curious whether something would be possible. Also, I'm a self-taught coder so I might need to research whether something is within my abilities (and whether I know someone who can teach me).

You might be familiar with some of my skins already:

Medieval Times

Galaxy Dark Mode

Glowy (fireflies) Dark Mode

Pink and Green Frog Theme

and I've made about 20 more.

This offer is open to any and all fans and fandoms.

The site skin I provide will be one-of-a-kind and the code will be shared with you directly. If you don't know how to apply a site skin, I will walk you through the process. If you have issues with the skin, I will provide ongoing support.

If you want to allow others to use the same skin, you are welcome to share the code as you see fit. I'm also happy to post it on my github if you want it to be widely accessible.

Auctions run from 8:00AM EST, 3 March 2026, to 8:00PM EST, 7 March 2026.

My auction post can be found over here and I encourage you to check out the other works being offered. There are over 1200 creators offering over 1600 fanworks of all kinds, from fic to fanart to podfics and more. There is also a fan crafts bazaar where you can bid on physical items.

Instructions for bidding are at the bottom of the auction post.

[ao3commentoftheday]

Bidding is still open on my auction (above), as well as all of the hundreds of other auctions that are available.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

[frightfullytreeish]

dear everyone on tumblr who needs to host images elsewhere (e.g. to embed on ao3 etc), please give squidge a go!! it's free, it's nonprofit and it's geared towards fandom so nsfw images won't get deleted!! and please stop using imgur if you can because they blocked the uk rather than acquiesce to the fucking internet safety laws, which I can't really hold against em but it does mean all imgur pictures just show up as big purple boxes now

[blogquantumreality]

Squidge! Holy blast from the past, Batman. The last time I remember even looking at that site was... eons ago.

( Oh, what was I reading? The Quartz Key. Yes, it's m/m. )

[beatrice-otter]

Not only is Squidge still around, it's expanded and grown! It is still run by the same guy, though now it's a nonprofit with a board and everything, and while they maintain all the old squidge sites as static archives, they have a new multifandom archive using the AO3 code at squidgeworld.org. They also host podfics and fanart.

For those younguns in the crowd, back in the day erotic fanworks--especially slash--was not welcome very many places. Walter was willing to host it, and has been a haven for NSFW fanworks since 1994. The various archives and so on hosted at squidge.org were never very large, compared to lots of other archives, but they were a necessary part of the fannish ecosystem, and I'm really glad that there is now a structure in place to keep the whole system running beyond just "Walter's a great guy willing to donate lots of time and money." Walter is a great guy! but like. it's good to have other people to help out and keep things going in the long run.

[notcruvusmemes]

Omg the background image of one of the info pages is a cut off image (at least on my browser) of Sheppard/McKay lying in bed together! I'm guessing SGA and McShep might be a big part of this site's fandom history, lol.

[abydosdork-deactivated20120212]

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

abydosdork:

Fate and a tenacious abnormal conspire to unite lovelorn widower Ranna Seneschal (Polly Walker) and unhappily engaged Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) in this Nebula Award-nominated science-fiction romance, inspired by the 1957 classic An Affair to Remember.

abydosdork:

Fate and a tenacious abnormal conspire to unite lovelorn widower Ranna Seneschal (Polly Walker) and unhappily engaged Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) in this Nebula Award-nominated science-fiction romance, inspired by the 1957 classic An Affair to Remember.