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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU) Additional Tags: Established Relationship, ghost lore, Brief Non-Explicit Discussion of Sex, Kissing, Charles Has a Hard Time Being Dead, So Does Edwin Actually But Not As Much, Light Angst, Hopeful/ Positive Ending, Figuring Out Ghost-Relationships / Intimacy, Fluff, Bisexual Charles Rowland (DCU), Mild Hurt/Comfort, as well i guess Series: Part 1 of An Exploration of Touch Summary:

Ghosts do not experience touch the way the living do, a fact Edwin Payne has been both aware of and mostly indifferent towards for decades. But as his relationship with Charles shifts, so does his outlook on such things. A quiet evening back at the office, back at their tentative dance of figuring out what they get to have of this new form of being together. It's not easy being sixteen and dead sometimes.

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I just realised I never made a proper post for this one so just to keep things nice and organised when part II goes up here we go.

#dead boy detectives #dbda #dbda fanfic #payneland #edwin payne #charles rowland #smoll smule #smule writes

curiositysavesthecat

Do you think AO3 should ban AI generated works?

Yes

No

I don't use AO3 / I don't know what AO3 is

Voting ended onOct 18, 2025

*As of now, AI generated works are allowed on the site

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allthingswhumpyandangsty

Not a fan of AI, but "do you think AO3 should ban" never actually solves a problem. Because how can you tell what's AI and what's human made? It is extremely hard to tell, and going around accusing authors of using AI — just because you suspect they do — does more harm than good. Chances are that you're accusing real writer of being AI and ruining their day at best, making them quit writing at worst.

And the act of banning never stops something from existing. It only makes it more difficult to find and avoid. Tumblr bans porn, but you can still find porn on Tumblr. The only difference is that they're no longer tagged as porn, which means you're more likely to stumble upon them because blocking the tags no longer works when they are not tagged as porn.

The same applies to AI generated works on AO3. For now they are tagged as "AI generated". You can avoid them if you don't want them.

Once they're banned, people will no longer tag them as AI, which means you have more chance of unknowingly reading and leaving kudos on AI.

Also, no, unless an author says "this was written by AI" you cannot tell for sure if something was written by AI. Em dashes aren't evidence of AI. Long and overly described paragraphs aren't evidence of AI. Real human writers do write like this and AI was trained to mimic real humans' works.

If AO3 bans AI, you will be dealing with witch-hunting, genuine writers getting wrongly accused of using AI, and AI works no longer being tagged as AI (meaning they are almost impossible to avoid and no for sure if something you read is AI)

molags-balls

Meridia

undr

Unknown Photographer. Anonymous Roller race. England. 1930

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Animals that deserve fan art

welcometothejianghu

Small Fandom Summer 2026!

For the fourth year in a row now, it's time for Small Fandom Summer! Join me for Small Fandom Summer! It's real easy to play:

Make a fanwork for something that has fewer than 1000 English-language works on AO3

Post it to AO3

And then you've done it! You've made a thing and you've diversified the fandom ecosystem! You're basically a hero.

Q: The fandom I want to create for has more than 1000 English-language works on AO3, but the specific pairing I want to write for has fewer than that. Does that count? A: Yes! Q: What if it has more than 1000 English-language works on AO3, but, like, just barely? A: Okay! Q: What if it actually has a lot more than 1000 English-language works on AO3, but it still feels small? A: Sure! Q: What if I don't want to post it to AO3? What if I don't even have an AO3 account? Can I post it somewhere else? A: Wherever! Q: What if-- A: Just do a thing, friend. Make a thing. Share the thing. This is not meant to be restrictive; this is meant to be inspirational. Create the fanworks you want to see in the world. Make a stranger happy by appealing to their niche interests. Bring joy.

And if you want to give yourself some silly little Steam-like achievement badges to commemorate your accomplishments, well, you're in luck! I've made a bunch of them right here! You can grab the ones that apply to your work and paste them wherever you like and feel good about what you've done. Here's a few of my favorites:

So you see? This is meant to be silly and fun.

There's nowhere to sign up. There's nothing to commit to. There's zero pressure. You just do it if you do it, and don't if you don't. But if you do want to play (yay!), tag your stuff with #small fandom summer so we can all swoop in and appreciate everyone else's efforts.

Here's to creativity!

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brightlotusmoon

stopmyhearts

if you go insane enough about the Character you can cry over things that never even happened to them outside your head

raccoonmilf

Why does my dad text like this??? Who taught him this??

#This is what the guy from The Tell-Tale Heart thought was gonna happen

yffresbeard

i think it is important to recognize the ways in which your favorite thing sucks. i think it keeps u normal

rabbithaver

prev im so sorry to put you on blast like this but please know this had me in hysterics

catboywhump

It’s a content warning to you. To me it’s the reason it’s on my reading list

tyrannosaurme

obsessed with these tags actually

(via @fatkidnogo)

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@cannibalisticcorpse

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tiktoks with vine energy pt. 18

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gauntletqueen

"that's right, your majesty! You are in dire need of a new freezer... Do not concern yourself with the large cardboard container in which it shall be delivered! Just let your lowly advisor take care of that..."