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Multi-Fandom, RPF heavy, Smut heavy stories with adult themes and frequently questionable content of the dead dove variety. All links to the story on AO3, note some are archive locked and I have indicated when that is the case. Yes, I know my work isn't for everyone. Maybe, though, you might enjoy it? If not, all good. Carry on. If I have missed any relevant tags, please let me know and I'll update! Updated 7/2/26

#fanfic #masterpost #my writing #afullmargin #my fic

marginallyfandom

The worst part about not only having a rare ship in a mid-sized fandom but a taboo rare ship on top of that isn't that my readership is smaller than most, that's fine and actually expected. No, it's when I want to go absolutely feral and descend into the ship madness I have to pour it all on to my wonderful beloved friends that have little to no interest in the ship but support me because they're that awesome.

It hits different to have the kind of relationship where we can go feral beast mode together about other ships when this one is what is currently eating my brain. Going feral together is such a delightful experience that's not nearly as much fun on my own.

marginallyfandom

Reblogging myself because I realized I slipped into vague posting, but this is absolutely about my Fallout shipping. I would love to make friends if you also happen to be into Nom/Chet and don't mind me going feral about the cousbands feel free to drop into my inbox. I swear I'm not intentionally unapproachable or anything just extremely socially anxious and trying my best to break out of fanfic drop and run posting.

Also if you're not into them that's cool and I respect the hell out of you not being a dick about it to my face, please.

#normchet #cousbands

citrinekay

I love getting comments on really old fics. It's like a little tap on the shoulder that says, "hey the art you create is going to last forever even if you don't think it matters anymore"

#yes this #fandom culture #fanfic

allthingswhumpyandangsty

#fanfic

loveridden1999

reblog if you're a sick individual who's attracted to women over 30

#but also i am a sick individual #for so many reasons #not even this one

exhuastedpigeon

The first rule of fandom is have fun. The second rule of fandom is find an enabler and become an enabler. Yes you should write that fic. What if it was even hornier? What if it was angstier? What if you wrote it just for me?

The worst part about not only having a rare ship in a mid-sized fandom but a taboo rare ship on top of that isn't that my readership is smaller than most, that's fine and actually expected. No, it's when I want to go absolutely feral and descend into the ship madness I have to pour it all on to my wonderful beloved friends that have little to no interest in the ship but support me because they're that awesome.

It hits different to have the kind of relationship where we can go feral beast mode together about other ships when this one is what is currently eating my brain. Going feral together is such a delightful experience that's not nearly as much fun on my own.

#fandom culture #fandom problems

yyyyddmmsupremacy-deactivated20

one person's "ugghh this trope is so overdone" is another person's "oooooohohohohohohohoho"

russianblush

no ai usage over here. you’re gonna get my shitty authentic writing whether you like it or not

#fuck ai

liminalweirdo

ao3 is not instagram, and it’s not embarrassing to comment on a story that’s old. we understand that you just happened to come across it now; writing is magical in that you often come across the right story at just the time you need to read it.

also, authors will literally cry over their keyboard if you comment on the stuff they write.

#yes this #ao3 #commenting

imtheiliad

Shout out to fanfic writers that don’t get put on rec lists.

Shout out to fanfic writers who write short fanfics.

Shout out to fanfic writers who don’t write often.

Your fics are just as much a labor of love.

#it me #yes this

byoldervine

No matter how good your writing is, there will always be someone who doesn’t like it

Do NOT change the story to make it palatable to them. They will never like it. There is nothing you can do to make them like it

But there are so many people out there who will like it. And if you tone down the things that make other people not like it, you’re also toning down the things that make these people really like it

Would you rather have a story that’s loved and hated, or a story that nobody finds notable, and thus is easily forgotten?

Don’t tone yourself down to make people like it — tone yourself up. Make it so unapologetically you that instead of merely disliking it, they absolutely hate it

Because at least then you’ve left an impression on them, and how your story made them feel will stick with them, whether they like it or not

intosnarkness

Here’s the thing: authors know when they get a rec on an older story. There’s a telltale uptick of kudos (with a 10-15% comment rate if you’re lucky) in your digest email.

The thing is, there’s no way to know where these people are coming from. In the before, when fandom was more in the corners we all knew about, you could search LJ or a message board or whatever social bookmarking site we were using. You could join the community and participate.

You could get a little dopamine hit by seeing someone tell their friends why they loved your story.

Anymore, those recs are hidden in discords, or in tiktoks or instagram slideshows that you can’t search for. They’re inaccessible, not discoverable unless you’re already there. You may never know why 27 people left kudos on an old story of yours, what they liked and found in your writing. You just get the thumbs up and a kinda lonely feeling, cause these could be your people. You could like them, maybe. You could be friends.

But you’ll never find out why they stopped by, or what people are saying about you behind your back, and that’s sad.

So thank you to the people who still do public rec lists on this webbed site. You are my sunshine, and I’m appreciative of all of you.

#ao3 #fic recs #i feel this #every time i see an uptick on a fic or specific fandom i just wanna know what precious fen put my stuff out there and hug them

ussjellyfish

I love the randomness of the kudos email. It’s the fic I wrote this week. The one that’s 13 years old. The one that I don’t remember what it’s about or even what fandom it is.

Thanks lovely readers. <3 your taste is mysterious and wonderful.

#yes this #the wild swings of kudos emails gives me life #2 new things and something i possibly wrote before the reader was born

renthony

Always blows my mind when a show ends and people are like, "oh, I'm going to miss these characters! I'm going to miss this fandom! I'm so sad it's over!"

The characters didn't go anywhere and now you get to enjoy them fully, with the entire context and understanding of their story! A show ending means it's time to get even more unhinged about The Character!

There are still people making art and fics for Kirk and Spock every single day. You don't have to throw your modern Blorbo in the trash the moment their final episode airs, you dork. Get out there and make transformative art about it, or share headcanons, or whatever else you were already having fun doing.

Please, dear gods, keep doing shit that's fun even if it isn't the trending hot topic. You need some whimsy as armor against this hell world.

#truth

gotham-at-nightfall

Arcane Nouveau

By Jake Bartok

#art

mas-o-kissed

“This kink is problematic when you think about it” ohhhhhh shit ok lemme head on over to the kink store and trade these kinks in for one that make my jackoff fantasies morally superior

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