VictoriaPkmn

VictoriaPkmn on AO3

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[solarsthoughts]

fanfic writer starter pack

unhinged google searches that cause your fbi agent to have a meltdown

a folder on your laptop with too many wips to count that you swear you will work on soon

75% of the writing sessions consist of daydreaming about your blorbos while not writing a single word down

only finding typos after posting the chapter… but there never are any mistakes when you proofread it

suddenly forgetting how normal human beings speak… why does the dialogue always sound like a rat and an octopus trying to communicate?

(totally healthy) obsession with THE character

2 mortal enemies: the ao3 summary box and tags

sleep deprivation is maxed out

daily nighttime meditation that involves staring at the ceiling while thinking of new ways to forever haunt THE character

saying something like “i’m just going to write a silly little one shot” and then proceeding to drop the most soul-wrecking, heart-wrenching, so-beautiful-and-painful-it-should-get-published fanfic of all time

[victoriapkmn]

My last google search was poisonous flowers that could cause something akin a heart arrest. Totally normal

Currently working on, uh 9 fics and still getting ideas for more

Or interrumpting the writing session every 10 mins to check Youtube

I'm still finsing typos on works I posted 5 months ago 😔

I actually think my dialogs are good, portraying charas I don't know that well though, that's a whole different thing

Don't think I have this (yet) but I got ideas for side characters stories that appear like 5 seconds on the main fic

This is why I don't do summaries. I just copy a few lines from the fic, usually from the ending. Tags though... those are the real final boss

Sleep? What's that? I only know insomnia

This but thinking about new fics I'll never write

My last 2 fics were 5k+, they were supposed to be smaller but charas yap to much

Posting a new fic for a series 4 years after, promising there's more and disappearing for another 4 years (the fics are still unwritten)

[assiraphales]

something funny to me fandomwise is seeing a wildly popular ship EVERYWHERE before you’re in the fandom & fully expecting to ship it yourself but when you finally watch it’s like………them? 🤨

[victoriapkmn]

I post a new Ensemble Stars!! Music fic. Featuring Rinne and Yuuta! There's also a Spanish version available!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

VictoriaPkmn :D

[obsidianpegasus-deactivated2025]

Fanfic writing is 50% actually writing and 50% staring at the screen whispering ‘how do words work again’?

It is also:

10% googling “synonyms for said”

15% contemplating your life choices

20% changing one sentence 37 times and then changing it back

25% “research” (aka wikipedia rabbit hole until 4am)

30% crying because the scene was better in your head

[victoriapkmn]

This coming on the day I spent one hour looking at tatoos pics on google cause my brain said 'eh, let's give Caleb 3 tatoos more' that no other character will see unless he's shirtless 😭😭 and they have to be very specific tats cause they're related to his story.

[polyshipweek]

The votes are in! We are pleased to present:

You can participate in this year's event by posting to the collections on AO3 and Squidgeworld, or by sharing your creations on your favorite social media site using #PolyshipWeek25.

2025 Prompt Schedule Day One - 19 November: Only One Bed, Metamours, Kidnapped Day Two - 20 November: Supernatural Creatures, In the Kitchen, Rain Day Three - 21 November: Cuddle Pollen, Sharing Clothes, Royalty Day Four - 22 November: Meet the Family, Aro/Ace-Spectrum, Beach Day Five - 23 November: "It takes a village…", Team as Family, Jewelry Day Six - 24 November: Games Night, Matching Costumes, Recovery Day Seven - 25 November: Came Back Wrong, Compersion, Snow Day Eight - 26 November: Free Day!

As per always, this event is open to any polyships for any fandom, including original characters and works. There are no content restrictions, but please do tag your works appropriately!

For questions, feel free to send an ask or email the modmail at [email protected]. We can't wait to see what you come up with this year.

Finally, if your favorite prompt didn't make it in, never fear! The remaining suggested prompts are listed alphabetically below the cut, and you are welcome to use them for the free day or as alternates.

Polyship Week 2025 Alternate Prompts:

Accidental Child/Pet Acquisition Body Image Camping Canon Polycule Committing a Heist Together Dating Same Person Separately "Did you even read the Google calendar?!" Draw the Squad Dysfunction in the polycule Entire polycule fell for/flirt with the same person Fake Divorce Family Traditions Fishing Frenemies in the polycule Harmony Heatwave Hiding Birthday/Christmas presents from each other Illness/Sickness Large polycule with no threesomes/moresomes Laundry room Love-triangle rivals to lovers Movie Night Organised Crime AU Out Of The Loop Picnic Poker Table Polyam Polycule-wide Prank War Queer Community Relationship Anarchy Road Trip Someone joins the polycule Trapped in a closet together V for Victory

[ninjasmudge]

worlds slowest fanfic author tries really really hard

[ninjasmudge]

everyone in the notes we are all holding hands. everyone who hasnt worked on a wip in weeks or months or years, its okay. we are going slow but we are going

[victoriapkmn]

This is so me. I legit post a new fic on my K Project series 4 years after cause the fic it was next to the last I had posted was a pain to write. I had written the next three but not the one I needed. I'm on a once again 4 years hiatus while I think how to end the series cause I don't feel like writing it anymore.

[hostilecandle]

If ANY of yall EVER do this shit to me, im deleting every single fic out of spite.

If I ever catch one of yall doing this to another author and I know youre a follower of my work I will block you personally on every platform

None of yall are the fic police. I DESPISE genai. I think its an insult to art, humanity, and the planet itself. But aint not a single fucking person here qualified to pick apart a strangers fic looking for a gotcha moment to make yourselves feel superior. If you think something is ai you can ask the author (most are proud of the ai use and will just tell you straight up) if they say yes you have your answer and can warn people. If they say no and you dont believe them you block and quietly keep it between you and maybe a close group of friends. Spreading misinformation is DANGEROUS. And NONE of you doing this shit are anywhere near qualified to do it.

THIS GOES DOUBLY FOR ARTISTS.

[hodari-pavels-good-boy]

Posting this here from my main too bc I feel that strongly about it

You dont get to witch hunt and scour peoples work just frothing at the mouth hoping someone messes up so you can publicly humiliate and gang up on them. Fuck genai and every single poser and lover that uses it but if you are not 1000000000% certain that something is made with it you shut. the. fuck. up.

Pathetic loser behavior on display here

[mintedwitcher]

I'm about to get mean because this shit? this pisses me all the way off.

"hurr durr these very common writing practices are SUPER OBVIOUS AI TELLS!!!!!!!!!! obviously this is an AI invention and not the result of AI being trained on THOUSANDS OF REAL FUCKING STORIES!!!!!!! we're all very intelligent!!!!!!!"

I hate yall. I hate yall for fucking ruining fanfic with your goddamn motherfucking AI obsession. "ooh there's em dashes!" YEAH REAL WRITERS USE THOSE. "there's long paragraphs!" YEAH BECAUSE THATS HOW PEOPLE WRITE STORIES.

we're not "writing like AI" - AI is writing like us, because it fucking stole from us in the first fucking place.

I've never used AI in my work, not ever, but guess what, my fics are ALL written like that. long paragraphs, long sentences, em dashes and hyphens and other grammatical tools, because I fucking know HOW TO WRITE.

quite frankly, if you think these things are "genAI inventions" you're just telling the world that YOU DON'T READ ENOUGH.

[goth-automaton]

Also, can we stop for a while and recognize, that a lot of fic writers are not native English speakers and tend to apply their languages' rules to their writing? Long, complicated sentences are pretty popular in writing in many languages (Polish included), same for long paragraphs. Assuming everyone has to write the same, "perfect" way is just shitty, not to mention being a gut punch to people, who already are struggling, 'cause. Y'know. We're writing in our second/third/etc. language. And fluency doesn't guarantee using English the same way natives do.

[victoriapkmn]

Fr, I'm a Spanish writer. I just started recently to translate my own fanfics to English to try and reach a wider audience (and cause I don't want anyone else to get the credit for my work). I'm struggling enough with vocabulary to add grammar puntuaction and sentence structure too. If my translations look Spanish that's because this is what I have learned and this is the only way I know. Bear with it or find another writer. Or you know, you can leave a comment telling me how to improve.

[victoriapkmn]

Me yesterday: oh, I have some nice ideas for a new story. I'll write tomorrow.

Me today: goes on an Animal Crossing islands run, reads fanfics, takes a very long nap, plays 3 different gachas. Doesn't write a single line.

Sigh. Guess I'll try again tomorrow.

[crypticgoose3]

how non-writers think writing works: creating a detailed outline and plan, writing each section carefully and weaving in all the different story threads like a master creator, expertly creating a masterpiece with care and precision

how writing actually works: daydreaming that one scene, creating a half-formed plot in a daze all around it, swearing at characters that don't magic themselves into existence, becoming absolutely obsessed with the story for a solid week, it becomes your entire life, you sit down open a blank word document and write approximately two and a half chapters, lose interest, daydream an entirely new idea for a new story, rinse and repeat

[victoriapkmn]

I'm the type of person that outlines and make a whole timeline and an internet research of wikipedia loop until 6 am during a week. Starts writing, does 2-3 chapters in a row and then forgets about it for months. For years I could only write 4 chapters maximum for every story I did before I lost the motivation to keep going.

Now, I have the exact opposite problem, my characters start to yapp so much that a single oneshot turned into a 21k words monster.

I still have a lot of works unfinished I didn't touch for years although from time to time I get new ideas for them. Then I go on an obsessed week of reading fanfics for one fandom and I'm reminded of my own fic I want to write again for until I meet the word and I don't want to do it anymore. Reading is easier lol

[sendhelpthankyou]

Every time I'm away from my computer I want to write. I wan't to get my ideas out and edit my drafts and be productive. every time I sit at my computer to write I want to get as far away from it as I can

[victoriapkmn]

I feel so called out right now... a few days ago I felt the urge to continue my last fic, opened word, looked at the last line I wrote and said nope. Instead I read my old works, got a bunch of new ideas I know I won't be writing soon. Went back to read fanfics on ao3.

[luna-azzurra]

Quick tips for writing arguments

⋆˙⟡ the “are we actually doing this?” pause where both of them realize, mid-sentence, that this is about to get ugly

⋆˙⟡ cutting each other off, not because they’re rude, but because they’re terrified of what the other will say next

⋆˙⟡ one character’s voice going way quieter instead of louder...scary ughh.

⋆˙⟡ pacing. or standing so still it’s unnatural

⋆˙⟡ someone saying the other’s name like it’s a warning shot

⋆˙⟡ hands clenching into fists… or clenching nothing because they don’t know where to put all that fury

⋆˙⟡ the “oh crap I went too far” moment after blurting something that can’t be unsaid

⋆˙⟡ insults that only hurt because they’re true

⋆˙⟡ a laugh that’s definitely not funny, the kind that says I can’t believe you just said that

⋆˙⟡ them talking over each other, dialogue tripping and tumbling until one of them snaps STOP

⋆˙⟡ the awful, ringing silence after it’s over, where they’re both just breathing hard and trying not to look at each other

⋆˙⟡ the shaky “we’re fine” lie afterward that fools absolutely no one

[victoriapkmn]

Saving this cause I know I'll be writing some arguments in the future.

[skeletomez]

[victoriapkmn]

I went back (to read) my Naruto fanfic 3 years after I started writing last chapter... I didn't even remember what happened on the 4 previous chapters lol it was like reading a fanfic by someone else except I still remember what I want to do for the following chapters.

[geneeste]

I debated posting about this because I know it will be controversial and because I myself have complex feelings about it, but to quote an intrepid intergalactic explorer: we can talk about this.

A discord fic club recently advertised they would be reading one of my fics. I was actually really excited about this! Hopefully new people get to enjoy a thing I worked hard to make for them, and I was really looking forward to hearing what they thought about it.

Except the advertised date came and went with silence on the actual fic, so I assumed that it got canceled or something.

But, no, it didn’t - I heard later that the group had in fact read my fic and apparently loved it. Quietly. To themselves.

And, like, look — I’m trying to write this with a minimum amount of snark, because on one hand I’m a fic reader too and I firmly believe that people have a right to enjoy fic however they wish. As I writer, I also don’t think I’m entitled to comments, but like 90% of writing fic for me is to be part of a community, and being a part of a community means commenting on fics so that there are more fic and the community continues.

On the other hand, as a writer, I have to be honest — hearing that people specifically scheduled time to read a fic I wrote and then loved it while not sharing any of their thoughts with me? That doesn’t make me feel good. I feel like it should, but it doesn’t. It makes me feel like my fic is just content to be consumed without regard to the effort that went into making it.

The fic in question? I worked on it on and off for literal years. It had to be betaed. It had to be formatted to be posted to AO3 properly, I had to work on the meta bits to properly tag and warn people.

All of that is work, and the only thing I ask for (and any fic author, really) is engagement and encouragement from the people reading the fic.

This isn’t snark or bitterness to say that if the trend is going to be people talking amongst themselves about my fic in a group chat with total silence to me as the author, then I don’t see the point in going through all the effort to post fic publicly. I’ll just send it to my own group chat. If that’s the community now, then that’s where I’ll go. I’ll hate it, honestly, but like. If that’s the deal, that’s the deal.

Anyway, I’m clearly in my feelings about this. I really am truly glad people liked my work. But this really bummed me out.

[victoriapkmn]

Tbh I feel really discouraged seeing my fics with 200 hits, 10 kudos and 0 comments. Like, did the readers like it? Did they missclicked? Did they abandon the lecture mid fic?

On the other hand I got a really extensive lovely comment on my last fic and I kept a long combo with the op about what they liked the most and some really in depth analysis.

I would like to get some comments, even if it's just a 'good work'.

[waywardsou2]

Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

[deadghostgirl12345]

[ibajo256]