#(fic)

[ibajo256]

[frayed-wind]

[ID: A screenshot of a Tiktok of a person with a slightly concerned expression overlaid with the text: “when you’re at a fanfiction writing contest but your opponent is thirteen, english isn’t their first language, and they got in a car crash on the way there”. End ID]

[frownyalfred]

in which I am both at the same time…somehow

[themurdochmemesteries]

here's your reminder that

ao3 does not have ads

ao3 will never have ads

if you are getting ads on ao3, you are currently on a scummy data-stealing third party scam app

use the actual website

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

"I sort fics by kudos and only kudos on stories with high kudos counts, why aren't there more stories with high kudos, I ran out of things to read." You're part of the problem.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

You're killing your fandoms with your snobbish behaviors.

[byoldervine]

Fanfic is a great way to practice self-indulgence while writing. It doesn’t even have to be good, it just exists purely for your pleasure, be a little freak about it. Worry about quality and what other people think when it comes to works you intend to publish in a formal setting

[tumblerislovetumblerislife]

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