I like big books and I cannot lie

Reader and writer of Fanfiction (SlytherinOwl on FFN and Ao3), Student, Public Servant, Potterhead and stuck somewhere between Slytherin and Hufflepuff

[justsomeguycore]

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to isolate myself before others could exclude me

[howlpendraig]

The assassin you sent after me is part of my found family now

[eye-co]

[frog-whisperer]

[thetrashchronicles]

[absolutecheezit]

[popularsizes]

[homomilitant-deactivated2019071]

if you say anything homophobic in June this truck comes out of nowhere and crushes you like that bus crushed Regina George

[koizik-deleted-deactivated20241]

it’s optimus pride

[asongoffanandfiction]

How to Listen To and Support A Song of Fan and Fiction

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Master List of All Episodes

Note: List will be updated randomly, and the links to the episodes will be added eventually.

Regular Episodes:

"A Stranger Week" by @orangetabbywrites

"Concealor" by @deslabe / @sassaksayshi

"Sandor the Ghost" by @deslabe / @sassaksayshi

"The Hound of Harrenhal" by @the-red-wulf / @redbirdblackdog

"Search For The Shattered Star" Chapter 1 by @orangetabbywrites

"Search For The Shattered Star" Chapter 2 by @orangetabbywrites

"Search For The Shattered Star" Chapter 3 by @orangetabbywrites

"Search For The Shattered Star" Chapter 4 by @orangetabbywrites

"Do You Like What You See? Part 1" by @hollandoodle / @littlewolfbird

"No Man's Wife" Part A: Chapters 1-4 by @vermilionsunriseao3

"No Man's Wife" Part B: Chapters 5-7 by @vermilionsunriseao3

"Hounds Flowers and Gifts" by @orangetabbywrites

"Back From The Grave" by @maroucia / @slytherinowl

"Suddenly Insta!Famous" by @queenoferebor1204 / Doom.Daddyyy

"A Little Piece Of Mind" by DrOlShakes / @littlewolfbird

"Just Maid" Chapters 1-2 by @prettybadmagic / @ladyclegane

"Doing The Shopping" by @islandida / Cranberry_Wine

"The Faceless Girl and the Cursed Queen" by MorticiaYouSpokeFrench / @redbirdblackdog

"Happy Dog" by @kitsfics / @slytherinowl

"Dream of You" by Rayne11 / @littlewolfbird

"Ruby Insides" Chapters 1-5 by @prettybadmagic / @ladyclegane

"My (15F) Sister (18F) is Dating A Dog" by orphan_account / @littlewolfbird

"Muse" by @the-red-wulf / @redbirdblackdog

"Make Our Escape" by @the-red-wulf / @slytherinowl

"A Clear View" by @starbird1 / @littlewolfbird

"Braiding A Relationship" by @azraelgfg / @littlewolfbird

"Do You like What You See? Part 2" by @hollandoodle / @littlewolfbird

"No Fault But My Own" by @redbirdblackdog

"How Sandor Became A Cat Person" by @queenoferebor1204 / @redbirdblackdog

"Lady of Sow's End 1: Singing At The Stars" Chapter 1 by @prettybadmagic / @ladyclegane

"Lady of Sow's End 2: Singing At The Stars" Chapter 2 by @prettybadmagic / @ladyclegane

"Lady of Sow's End 3: Singing At The Stars" Chapter 3 by @prettybadmagic / @ladyclegane

"Maybe" by @the-red-wulf / @slytherinowl

"A Damsel In Distress" by @ladyclegane

"You've Got To Be Kitten Me" by lorel_steele / @slytherinowl

"Wrapped Around Her" by @princessneleam

Bonus Episodes:

"Christmase & Coffee" by Ayes / Doom.Daddyyy

[the-red-wulf]

“MAKE OUR ESCAPE”

AU - Modern - In which the Groom steals his Bride away from their reception…

“Come with me” he whispered quickly, taking her hand to pull her away from the gathered crowd. Their attention had diverted for a brief moment and he meant to take advantage of it. 

“Where are we going?” she laughed in reply, keeping in step as they slipped out the side door of the banquet hall and into the night’s darkness. 

“It’s time to make our escape” he laughed, turning back to her to waggle his eyebrows with a smirk.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23565349/

[the-red-wulf]

“Make Our Escape” is now available to listen to on @asongoffanandfiction! Thank you so much to @slytherinowl for reading!

“Make Our Escape” by TheRedWulf — A Song of Fan and Fiction

Accidentally throwing two TheRedWulf ( AO3 | Tumblr | Instagram ) stories back-to-back, this week we get a sneak peak into the lives of

[exitwound]

you are not a wasteland you just need ibuprofen and a hot bath and a shower and a nutritious meal and some water and some fresh air and to do something productive and to do something creative and to do something that takes physical exertion and to do something social

[charlesoberonn]

Concept: Depressing dystopian factory where everything is gray and samey and the workers are called by their employee numbers by an ominous deep voice.

But it's a really great place to work with high salaries, excellent benefits, and a flexible working schedule with plenty of paid leave. They just like the dystopian aesthetic.

[charlesoberonn]

PA system: Worker 72094. Leave your working station and report to the Supervisor immediately.

Supervisor: Worker 72094. You failed to meet your quota for 3 weeks in a row now.

Worker 72094: I can explain!

Supervisor: You're clearly burned out. I heard you moved recently. Take a mandatory two weeks paid vacation to readjust and report to me then.

Worker 72094: I... thank you?

[charlesoberonn]

Shadowy Board Member: Worker 11335. Do you know why you were summoned?

Worker 11335: Is it because I badmouthed the company during lunch?

Shadowy Board Member: That is correct. We are very displeased, Worker 11335...

Shadowy Board Member: ...with ourselves, that is. We hold ourselves to high standards of excellence which we clearly failed to meet. We were hoping you could advise us on necessary improvements. You will receive appropriate compensation, of course.

[charlesoberonn]

Job Interviewer: *wearing a featureless mask and speaking through a voice changer* Welcome to Hopeless Inc., Worker 100100.

Worker 100100: What's with the mask?

Job Interviewer: I'm shy 🤭

[charlesoberonn]

Of course. All Hopeless Inc. employees are due-paying members of Mindless Drones United.

It's a very responsive union that cares about its members on an individual level. They just love the dystopian hivemind aesthetic.

[britcision]

You get to pick your own number when you’re hired (the 696969 copies are into the millions) but that bit stopped being as much fun 10 years in so there is also a counter you can use instead cuz it still has to be a unique ID

[dailyflicks]

GLEN POWELL TWISTERS 2024 — dir. Lee Isaac Chung

[cryingmyeyesviolet]

Me after seeing Twisters

[greatcometcas]

If you feel it, chase it.

[slytherinowl]

I am SCREAMING

[kateowens]

Kate Carter + Tyler Owens & The Twister Gesture (Twisters 2024)

[gaybuckybarnesss]

GLEN POWELL Twisters (2024)

[halfagod]

george reorge rartin martin was honestly so deranged for what he did with jb. he really put his 33 year old arrogant handsome disillusioned morally grey sisterfucking child-murdering deconstruction of the white knight trope character in a situation with his 19 year old ugly gnc shy sensitive idealistic brave kind female knight character. and made them fall in love. a visionary

[seethemflying]

and then even more deranged, he left it on a cliffhanger for over a decade.

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[loadingartist]

moved 😭

bonus panels on my patreon 💌

[dragonsglare]

This is sooooo cute!

[thepersonalquotes]

be her peace bro, she already can’t see without her glasses

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

[attackofjak]

I feel understood 🥰

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥

[zadabug98]

The Serotonin is stored in the Ao3

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

The Serotonin is stored in the Ao3

[fuckyeahgoodomens]