GrimmLady

[dovesndecay]

[myloversgrimm]

Show Some Initiative on Twitter

“The first official episode of #ShowSomeInitiative is now available! Our team has finally come together, ready to aid Prince Tabitha with th

[robertphilip]

being younger than your fave characters and then eventually becoming older than them is such a weird feeling

[snarky-bee]

I think another problem with the mindset of kudos/comments on AO3 is part of the “stalking” culture on instagram. If you like a picture that is months old on instagram, its “insta-stalking” because you had to scroll through that person’s profile in order to find those months-old pictures. That is NOT how AO3 works. It’s not cringe or embarrassing to find a fic that was posted in 2012 and like it. It is there to read. 

Same for works on AO3. Sure, maybe some of us have some old works that aren’t up to our current standards of writing. But I, personally, am never going to look at a kudos email and think “ew omg I can’t believe someone found this fic from 2016 why are they liking it”. In fact, I am entirely going to go “nice! people are still reading some of my older works too, I’m glad they enjoyed it”. It’s an archive, it is meant to be a collection of transformative works, old and new, and you are meant to find them. 

In fact, if you find a work that is from five years ago and you really liked it? I bet the author would love a comment even then.

Stories are written to be read. 

Show some appreciation.

[barbex]

Writers write to be read!

Older stories need love just as new ones. Please don’t let stories and chapters die of neglect after one fucking week!

[elfwreck]

I got a comment a couple of months ago for a nearly-10-years-old crackfic and I was thrilled! 

Part of why there’s sortable searches at AO3 is to let you find fics for a now-dormant fandom, fics that are no longer canon-compliant after the new episodes, fics that work with fanon tropes that are no longer popular, fics from authors who are no longer actively writing… and just fics that weren’t written recently. 

Comments on old fics are great! Often, they bring back a rush of memories for the author - oh wow, I remember when I was obsessing about this fandom, how much I loved this pairing, the fics I read that inspired this fic! 

[yvesdot]

You also never know when the author is still working on the project in question! I’m getting comments on things I posted a while ago now, which is really kind considering I am now editing those projects to post more. It’s possible the author is still thinking about it, too!

[nyxelestia]

It’s literally in the name: ARCHIVE of Our Own; as in, most of the stuff there is old/not current. It’s not supposed to be, that’s what Tumblr is for.

[everythingfox]

Deer and cherry blossoms in Nara park, Japan

(via)

[babyanimalgifs]

Service doggo walks on glass floor for the first time 

(Source)

[cryptid-stimming]

x

[hopeysl-deactivated20201028]

Ah but to be a waterdrop with googly eyes

[reasonablywittyatbest]

Calcifer’s cousin

[myloversgrimm]

I'm not tired, you're tired.

[damn-shawty]

when you find that fanfic with your favourite trope and ships, it’s written really well and completed:

[everythingfox]

Close enough

[potamikou]

an anime about cells is on air. what a time to be alive.

[outofcontext-comics]

cannot be defeated

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

[catchymemes]

[mentalisttraceur-humor]

[mentalisttraceur-humor]

[kata4a]

this is an extremely good joke format

[god-of-chainsaws]

I wish I knew how to play chess

[grand-arbiter-dovin-baan]

[englishproblems]

[vinnie-cha]

don’t be J.D. kids

[wisekelp]

Repost this anywhere

[hunsakura-deactivated20201128]

ALWAYS REPOSTING THIS

[delphinidin4]

alysontabbitha on IG

[erdsthenerds]