Snarechan's Writing Blog

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[snaurus]

MASTER POST: General Blanket Statement

I do not claim to own any of the characters, worlds, or franchises that I've created under, but I do claim all the words written for my stories. As the author, I would like to give blanket permission to anyone interested in remixing, transforming, or expanding upon my fanworks, as follows:

‣ aesthetic/mood boards based on my works ‣ fanart based on my works (any medium) ‣ fanart or stories based on my original universes (any medium) ‣ fanmixes based on my works (music compilations) ‣ fanvids based on my works (videos) ‣ graphics based on my works (banners, cover pages, icons) ‣ podcasts (live or recorded readings of the text I have written for an audience) ‣ podfics (voice recording of the text I have written) ‣ stories inspired by my works ‣ translations of my text into another language or languages

This permission is granted with the understanding that I am provided the appropriate attribution and that your creation is not done for commercial purposes whatsoever. Credit must be provided as snarechan on AO3 and Pillowfort, or snaurus on Dreamwidth and Tumblr.

That said, I do not grant permission for the following:

‣ fanart or stories created as direct "missing scenes" from my works (any medium) ‣ fanart or stories created as direct sequels or prequels to my works (any medium) ‣ the re-posting of my work on any platform (copy/pasting onto this site, another site, or on an app) ‣ feeding my work into any ai software ‣ linking to my fic on Goodreads ‣ the selling of my work for monetary gain

If you are unsure if your work might fall under any of these guidelines or for other inquiries regarding my writing (ie: trades, events, etc.) then please reach out to me via my e-mail at [email protected] so that we can go over it together.

Thank you and happy reading!

Notice as of 07/12/24: Due to the ongoing developments in the technological sphere, all copies of recent or edited stories are “restricted/locked” to prevent AI scraping, meaning you will require an AO3 account or a Dreamwidth account to view them. If you would like to read my stories, my works will be accessible to logged in users on those platforms only. All updates and musings will remain public.

[podcastwizard]

chuck tingle accidentally used an AI image on his latest cover and not only did he fix the mistake but he made me think the phrase “the skeleton has been replaced out of an abundance of caution,” for which i am eternally grateful

[eraserheadadult]

one time in college i was in a creative writing class and this guy was holding up the critique with what i can only describe as like cinemasins dinging another student's writing. and at some point the professor said "the plot is the fork and the prose is the meal. you are critiquing the taste of the fork"

[eraserheadadult]

when i say cinemasins dinging i mean the piece of writing being critiqued was a scifi short story about a woman living on a space station holding a funeral for her baby. and this guy was like "the setting isn't detailed enough there's not enough world building"

[wastemanjohn]

i just saw a post on reddit titled "the writer is cooking but the food doesn't agree with me" and it was about OP clicking off a fic because they don't like the direction it's going in. slightly different context but can we all be more like this reddit OP. i think "the writer is cooking but the food doesn't agree with me" should be the new "don't like don't read." dead doves may give you diarrhea but don't make that everyone else's problem.

[elf-trash]

this is a great way to frame it lol like just bc i'm lactose intolerant doesn't mean i should leave a bad review on the ice cream parlor

[drulalovescas]

everybody say thank you, fanfiction

[fiollaigean]

if anyone feels bad that their fic might contain medical inaccuracies, be comforted to know that whatever creative liberties you take with your medical scenes can never be worse than the one I just read. where one character tries to stop the bleeding on their friend's head wound by putting a tourniquet around their neck

[womanguy]

you should get a second evening for reading fan fiction. And you should get an extra day in the week to do arts and crafts.

[blatherin-blatherskite]

If you want a poorly written fanfic don’t ask ai ask me I’ll do it

[allthespoons]

ai could simply never create a body of fanfictional work that is so revealing about the author that it borders on humiliating.

[homunculus-argument]

My dash is full of struggling writers rn.

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

[four-get-me-not]

Stained glass ao3 logo :P

[stormsbreadth]

RIP Arti, 9 May 2026

Arti, offline name Hal, known here as @catsarehumanstoo, died on Saturday 9th May of complications following surgery. He was surrounded by family and friends, including me.

I've been friends with Arti since we were 12 years old, and we grew up alongside each other both online and in-person. He was kind, clever and generous, with a wickedly dry sense of humour, and I will miss him more than words can express. He loved cooking, comics and films, of which his absolute favourite was Speed Racer (2008).

Despite being close friends, in recent years our online circles didn't overlap much. If you had any interaction with Arti, I would appreciate you reblogging this so that we can get the word out. If you were a friend of his and would like to talk, my DMs are open.

[mamawasatesttube]

arti was a dear friend to me, and he also wrote fic for dc comics, including one of my favorites of all time (above all things be glad and young). if anyone would like to read his works (please do, they're wonderful and you can catch a glimpse of him through them), you can find his ao3 here.

[ao3commentoftheday]

is there any way to search specifically for fics that are locked to only logged-in users? the ones with a blue lock by the name. i had a few years where i only read on AO3 logged out (i have OCD, my brain was being weird), and now that i can finally read logged-in again, i wanted to see if there was a quick way to find the ones that i completely missed

Yup! It only works if you're logged in, but go to whatever tag it is that you want to read (by tapping on the tag) and then open up the filters.

If you're on a computer (wide-screen monitor) they will already by visible to the right. If you're on a phone (narrow-screen), you'll need to tap on the Filters button above the listed works.

Inside that filters menu, scroll down to the bottom until you can see Search Within Results

There's a text-entry box below those words. Type in restricted: true and then tap the button labelled Sort & Filter and you'll see all of the fics within that tag that are restricted to logged in users only.

[arodrwho]

super simple low-effort ao3 summary methods that are 1000% better and 1000% less annoying than just saying you suck at summaries:

copypaste the first few lines of the fic. u already wrote ‘em. let ‘em be their own damn hook

if ur feeling fancy & don’t mind showing ur hand a bit, copypaste the first few lines of the fic that u feel are esp. Important or Interesting - the ones where u first start getting into the real meat of things

state the main tropes! theyre probably already in ur tags - just say them again - maybe as a full sentence if ur feelin fancy. or with a joke if ur feelin Extra fancy

ask a question. pose a hypothetical. eg what happens if u take [character] and put them in [situation]?

make an equation. [character] + [thing] = [outcome]

just write like a one-sentence summary of what the fuck is going down. just one (1) sentence. doesnt matter if it doesn’t cover every important aspect. or if it sounds bland. any summary sentence is gonna be miles better than “idk i suck at summaries”

just…explain the fic like u would to a friend? it doesnt have to be a polished back of the book blurb. it can just be “[pairing] coffee shop au, but like, still with murder, and also i made everyone trans. enjoy”

just stick a meme in there

honestly who cares

just put literally anything but a self deprecating comment in there & ur golden

[cosmictuesdays]

#it’s okay if you even have to spoil a little bit of the early plot twists#set the lure; cast the net [x]

[hughjidiot]

Something I found on Twitter that really puts things in perspective as a creator.

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

never be good at your job. it's a trap. they'll just give you more and harder stuff to do and it'll pull you away from your true passion of writing gay fanfiction for people on the internet