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formerly a naruto side-blog, but then i posted a thing on ao3, so now it includes all my writing stuff, too. feel free to chat!

[rozaceous]

tagging index

popularly used tags for your navigational ease:

TCBA

what even is this tcba??? (ao3 link)

general tcba tag

tcba meta

tcba previews

tcba extended universe aka 'the universe outside us'

ending outlines+snippets

OTHER WORKS

a sunset every hour (dc)

a number of different selves (dc, collab)

we're here for a good time, not a long time (dc, collab)

the time being had is of ambiguous quality but we're certainly here (dc, collab)

fire to shelter to fire (bnha)

domestication protocols for nocturnal fauna (dc, collab, series)

hearts, lies, and friends (the raven cycle, collab)

GENERAL TAGS

i answer asks

i (roz) blather on

art for me (presume i died of joy)

noodling around with @vermillioncrown

[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[thehatakewereop]

The thing about Kakashi is that if he gave any of his adult friends a genuine, full-armed, lean-into-it hug, they would pat his back and then later run to the other friends’ houses and go “we’re putting kakashi on suicide watch again”

[threerustyleaves]

#man would try to tell his friends he appreciates them#and they would instantly be on the radio like#code black#i repeat code black#he's pulling a His Dad#and it's probably gonna be tonight

[ziggyuchiha]

i think i may be kakashi cause my friends also sound the alarm when i show my appreciation

[thehatakewereop]

😭 Kakashi texting Gai

[lovelylogans]

is there such a thing as a beta but instead of reading for line edits or plot notes, they just read my work and recommend what tags to put on ao3 outside of like. warnings.

[centrumlumina]

Lulu's Totally Unofficial Guide to the Top 10 Freeform Tags to Add to Your Fanfic

Genre - Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slice of Life, Case Fic, etc.

AU - If it's an AU, what kind? What role do each of the characters play? How is it different to their canon role?

Parts of canon - If it's not an AU, what part of canon is it about? Is it set before, during or after a particular episode?

Themes - Are there any topics or ideas which you are trying to explore, or which come up repeatedly?

Minor Warnings - Is there anything you think you should warn for that isn't included in the archive warnings?

Format & Length - Is your work art, video, podfic, etc? Does it use a particular format like a Drabble or 5+1?

Characters - What is going on with each of your major characters? If you had to describe them with one or two adjectives, what would you pick? (Format as [Adjective] [Character Name].)

Relationships - What is going on with each of your major relationships? Are there any relationship tropes like Slow Burn or Enemies to Lovers in your story?

Tropes - Are there any tropes or common story elements in your story that haven't been tagged yet? If your work was on TV tropes, what are the first things you would add?

Sex - If your work includes sex, what kink(s) and specific act(s) does it involve?

Remember: you can always look at the drop-down menu for suggestions. But! If you want to tag something that doesn't appear on the drop-down menu, you can & should write in a new tag!

[mikkeneko]

This is a good guide!

[businesstiramisu]

This is one of the things r/ao3 is actually pretty helpful for, in fact I think centrumlumina's guide is almost word-for-word match for advice that i see posted regularly on there. Its also great for "here's a thing that happens in my story/i want to warn readers about, is there a tag for that?" (Or even "this tag i already know about doesn't suit my purposes for xyz reasons. What can i do instead?")

[quietwingsinthesky]

like the betrayal’s always going to be worse if they cared about you and it didn’t matter. someone discards you because they didn’t give a shit, then you can be angry about that, you can feel vindicated in that, you can get over it. but if they can look you in the eyes and say “I love you. I would make the same choice again.” You will never sleep peacefully again, is all.

[quietwingsinthesky]

“I thought they cared about me, but they were lying this whole time.” <- tired. boring. removes all the nuance of this relationship to make it easier to move on from.

“I thought they cared about me, and I was right, and every minute they were there for me, every time they said they were proud, every laugh we shared leaning against each other bruised and breathless, all of it was real. and they still left me behind. They could put their love aside. I couldn’t.” <- insane. will never leave you alone. reminds you that even the worst people are still people and can still care about even the ones they hurt the most and that undoes neither the harm nor the love.

[help-me-yes]

yes... ha ha ha... yes!

[cinewhore-deactivated20211003]

[dailydccomics]

Batman/Static: Beyond cover art by Nikolas Draper-Ivey

[aureliobooks]

my dad likes to call the stretches of time where you’re not creating “dreaming periods” and says that they’re meant to allow you to absorb all of the beauty, life, and inspiration from the things around you so that when you’re able to create again, you will have fanned your spark back into a flame. sometimes its hard to see those moments as anything but stagnation, but he always says that they’re natural and healthy and needed—things that should be embraced rather than feared.

[hacash]

A writing course I recently did genuinely emphasised this as a critical part of any writing process - that unless you give yourself the space and the time to just imagine shit up and play in your mind, you’re going to find it really hard to get anything down on paper.

[dailysasukes]

sasuke day 6

[martyreddie]

it's literally the evilest thing in the world to finally have time to write but then be tired. like wow you're telling me these two hours before going to bed are completely free but my brain is just Not Feeling It? fuck off

[oneswordstyle]

Ascension

[susandsnell]

reuploaded bc ykw i'm fed up. fandom misogyny bingo

[picascribit]

There are 2 types of fanfic:

fanfic that I like

fanfic that is none of my business

[jellopen]

I've never watched boruto

[theinternetarchive]

Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life North American; United States, pub. 1994

[sloaners]

if it's still open, one Yamanaka Ino please