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“I want to write a fic about this but I don’t think anybody will be interested in it” ummm hello excuse me ma’am what do you mean you don’t think anybody will be interested in it??? YOU. YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IT???? write it because YOU are interested in it and YOU want to write about it. fanfic writing should always be first and foremost about YOUR enjoyment, not other people’s.

tenderwatches

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

write-on-world

ekjohnston

This is, and I cannot stress this enough, extremely normal for literally any even vaguely creative person. I would argue even further that it's a sign of skill: you can prioritize ideas and sift through your thoughts for the best/most excitung ones. Many, many people never get to that second jar at all.

rosenkow-deactivated20220502

Template I made for the “My Ship In 5 Minutes” challenge. Feel free to use, but please don’t remove my watermark. <3

grunklebongrip

When a fic doesn’t fit my head canons but it’s well-written

simple-dorito

Had this in the drafts for a bit, might as well drop this here.

You: *sees Leon slip on his wedding band* and when did you get hitched? And you didn’t tell me?!

Leon: *raises his brow* we’re not doing this now.

You: yes we are, partner.

Leon: alright then partner, where’s your wedding band?

You: *slips off you glove to show him a wedding band matching his own* I never take mine off.

Grace: wait are you married to other people or?

Leon; *points to you* I married this idiot as fast as I could.

You: *points to him* and I said yes because look at him, who could say no to that face.

Grace: old dad jokes and everything?

You: …yes.

yintous-deactivated20251121

you’re just one click away! (◞‸◟,)

❪ masterlist ❫ random boyfriend texts ft. batboys ✶‎ gn! reader ──── smau 。crack

from yin pt 2 of this one, this one includes duke + damian !! i’m so vv sleepy rn.

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DICK GRAYSON

JASON TODD

TIM DRAKE

DUKE THOMAS

DAMIAN WAYNE

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ispyspookymansion

its important to write fanfiction no one cares about 👍

ispyspookymansion

this post from like 2 hours ago already got more attention than the fic in question will get in a year

herainsorcia

tippenfunkaport

ao3commentoftheday

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.