nattie

fic things

[theunmappedstarfics]

can you put wildest dreams on tumblr

unfortunately i am going to have to say no! i know i have the opportunity to put it on tumblr, wattpad, etc, but i only want it to be on ao3. if you see it anywhere else, please tell me because it was not posted by me nor was the person who published it given permission! thank you for understanding <3

[icedgroove]

i just saw a writer whose work i liked trying to rally people together to read "the cringiest" fics in script format aloud in a twitter space

in case you need to be taught: don't do this. don't bully other writers and make a mockery of their works, especially when they're likely children. everyone had to write poorly before they got better. this shit could be why someone doesn't write again.

[fangirleaconmigo]

Angst fics can help people come to terms with their own grief, begin healing, or give people that good cry that they need.

Smut fics can help people affirm and accept their sexuality. It can help them explore their sexuality in a safe way. They can also just be fun, and having fun is a drastically undervalued way to improve your mental health.

Dark fics can help people face their fears or process their trauma. It can make them feel safer and more secure. It can help them find their courage.

Fluff fics can give people rest and respite and comfort. It can give them hope that soft places exist and that maybe there is one out there for them. It can bring up their mood, which, if they have depression, can be a life saver.

And every fic people write makes someone feel less alone.

Point being, just because a particular thing doesn’t serve you, doesn’t mean it lacks value.

This is not to say that we have to consume all fic uncritically. Of course not. It is just to say that entire “genres” aren’t trash or lacking value just because they don’t serve you.

[superbeans89]

[duskholland]

but i don’t want to write my wip your honour i want to read the completed story

[dear-ao3]

[lagozze]

Ao3 authors will literally post under any fucking circumstances

[i-dont-like-milk]

[aurumacadicus]

Some of my followers have expressed confusion as to the dead dove situation! That is okay.

There is a show called Arrested Development. There is one specific scene where a character finds a bag in the fridge. The bag is labeled “DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT!” The character looks inside the bag. It is a dead dove. The character looks up and says, “I don’t know what I expected.”

The bag warned specifically what was inside it. The character looked anyway and found what the bag warned about. It was not the bag’s fault he looked, nor the fault of the person who labeled the bag, because, hey, they warned anyone who looked at it there is a dead dove in this bag. It is entirely the fault of the character who looked, and he admits that by saying he didn’t know what he expected other than what he was warned for.

This warning phrase has become a tag for authors, mostly because people are looking at the warnings, reading the fic, and then complaining about things they were warned about beforehand. It is the authors saying, “You read the tags and looked anyway. That is on you, not on me, because I warned you. You made the choice to open the fic and read it. You made the choice to open the bag.”

I’ve found that when I find this tag on a fic, it’s because it deals with some pretty heavy stuff, so I like it as a reminder to check the tags carefully and read any notes the author may have before I decide to dive into a fic. In the end, what you consume is your choice, and if you read something you don’t like despite the author’s warnings (like I did yesterday), that’s on you. I should have closed the window when I realized what was happening and I didn’t, and that’s on me.

[wordfather]

lol ok anyways *makes my character go through unnecessery amounts of trauma*

[catadromously]

sure, fine, your characters kissed, whatever. have they rested their foreheads together yet

[mochacoffee]

not to be emotional on main but fanfiction is a gift and it’s so fundamentally human to tell each other stories and i am deeply grateful to have that in my life. thank you all for adding so much emotion and meaning to the world with your words

[bamsara]

bites you and infects you with a incurable disease that makes you finish all your wips

[delad-gladje-delad-sorg-deactiv]

Reblog to send every single person who has read one of your stories a forehead kiss

[creationcitystreet-em]

Me: constantly has amazingly elaborate scenes playing in my mind for 5 different fics I really want to write.

Also me when I finally sit down to write any of them:

[creationcitystreet-em]

Me: constantly has amazingly elaborate scenes playing in my mind for 5 different fics I really want to write.

Also me when I finally sit down to write any of them:

[screnwriter-old-deactivated2021]

me: no, that's it. i'm done writing angst

me, two seconds later, writing my first wholesome scene in weeks:

[screnwriter-old-deactivated2021]

i just think that unhinged female characters with a little blood on their face and wrath in their eyes is pretty neat, that's all

[wordfather]

i love it when im rereading a story and i find these little breadcrumbs of foreshadowing the author left. everytime im like "ohoho!!!! i wouldve gotten that before if i had the big picture!!! and now i do!!! delightful!!!" and idk i just love being able to read the same story twice but have two different experiences. i like when a story has so many layers that it can keep you entertained for a long time as you unravel all its secret nooks and crannies. thats a good story.