What Did I Just Read

The most crack, headache inducing, wild comments from Archive of Our Own…

[theaftersundown]

the holy grail types of fanfic

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[flythesail]

The most beautiful minds of our generation are posting fan fiction on archiveofourown.org

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[Image ID: A screenshot of two AO3 comments. The first reads “i feel like a piece of my soul has transcended since reading this”. The second reads “i feel like a piece of my soul died in abject horror and searing flames since reading this, 10/10 would recommend”. /End ID]

[transformativeworks]

AO3 Celebrates 14 Million Fanworks

AO3 now hosts more than 14 Million fanworks! If you want to find out how we celebrate our fannish community, read more at https://otw-news.org/ymr8b4cu

[thetrekkiehasthephonebox]

the best fanfic is the one the author had fun writing actually.

[thetrekkiehasthephonebox]

the second best is the one the author used to work through some issues.

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[smallestflowtree]

PSA for fanfic writers

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[Image ID: A screenshot of two comments on Ao3. In the first, there is a string of keysmashed letters with a period near the middle. In the second, the author has responded with “I see, thank you for sharing.” /End ID]

[dgalerab]

current fan creation landscape is kinda like if you went to a party with a homemade cake and everyone takes a slice and silently thumbs up at you with no attempt to start a conversation except for occasionally some guy sits in the corner with a tape recorder critiquing the cake as though he was a restaurant critic and another guy is handing the cake to an uber driver like "yeah i need you to find a restaurant that makes cake like this so i can have more of it" and the only person that's talked to you in 30 minutes is a very sweet little guy who was like "hey i liked your cake" and then ran away apologizing for bothering you the moment you said thank you.

[dgalerab]

someone brought a cake analysis robot to feed the cake into to determine the exact ingredients and supposedly it can spit out the exact same cake. and if you're like dude. what. then they're like well if it bothers you you should have made more cake. i'm hungry and i deserve cake. and you're like dude we're at a party.

[sainamoonshine]

Three months later you find out that fifty people locked themselves in a room to discuss how much they loved your cake and how they wished you made more. None of them ever told you.

[dear-ao3]

so for the love of god. please tell people you liked their cake and don’t feel embarrassed about it. because then they will make more cake.