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two bros, both alike in sexuality

in a hot tub, where we lay our scene

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IT’S NOT ‘PEEKED’ MY INTEREST

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

THIS HAS BEEN A CAPSLOCK PSA

#some of these dont annoy me as much anymore #bc i just edit in my head as im reading #but peak/peek/pique has a unique way of irritating me

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Jean Moreau be like Neil Josten was supposed to be my best friend and I consider that loss to be one of the worst things that ever happened to me. He's one of the select few who I trust to take me and my problems seriously and make good on his promises to me. Unfortunately he is also the fucking antichrist and everything he does is calibrated to spike my blood pressure.

#YES #i love them 😭😭😭 #i really hope we get more neil/jean moments in the next book 🤞🏼 #tsc #the sunshine court #aftg

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Alright, to ao3's soon to be arriving Wattpad Refugees, a basic guide to general user culture:

1.) Unlike Wattpads vote system that let's you like each chapter, the ao3 equivalent kudos only allows one per work. Everyone is generally quietly annoyed about this. To engage with each chapter, you're heavily encouraged to comment. Trust me, it makes people's day.

2.) Ao3 has no algorithm. By default it's latest updated work first. You can find things to your taste through searches, filters and tags.

3.) 'No archive warnings apply' and 'user has chosen not to use archive warnings' mean two very different things. No archives warnings means the work is free from any content that could require a warning tag (character death, graphic depictions of violence, non-con, etc). User has chosen not to use archive warnings means it could contain any of the warning content, be it hasn't been explicitly tagged. Treat it like an allergen. No archive warnings apply is allergen free. User has chosen not to use archive warnings, may contain traces or whole chunks of the allergen. If you're likely to have a bad reaction, maybe don't take the risk.

4.) Speaking of warnings, ao3 has very few restrictions on the type of work that's allowed. Whatever your personal thoughts or feelings on that are, thats how the site is. You're likely to run across some dark subject matters and a lot of people are uncomfortable with reading that. You're well within your rights not like these works and have your opinion on whether they should be allowed, but harassing the authors of such works (or any works) is more likely to come back on you than them. Ao3 operates on a strong policy of 'don't like, don't read'. Use the tagging system to your full advantage to only engage with the kind of works you want to see.

We look forward to welcoming you all and seeing the fantastic works you create. Happy writing!

#ao3 #as always i have invites if anyone wants one

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#mostly non canon #im thinking thinking and possibly the only canon pairing i read is andriel #there will be canon pairings in the background but in general i like reading fic for m/m #mostly bc theres plenty of m/f in the media i engage with and i enjoy it there #but fanfiction is generally for what i dont get from mainstream media #fanfiction

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Must check car brakes

#cats

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uhhhhhhhhhhh......

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“You are responsible for the minors in your fandom!!!”

No, I’m fucking not. I’m not your parent. My past-times do not automatically sign me up to act in loco parentis. If you need someone else to monitor your own content consumption online, go get mommy and/or daddy to set up a content blocker on your computer.

#for real

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so, i saw This Post by @moreau29 and... yes. all the yes. headcanon accepted.

#i need this to be real #jeremy would absolutely do this #tsc #the sunshine court #aftg #art

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he genuinely did not know

#akfjfjskf

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Shuffle your favourite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favourite mutuals <3

I also don't have a favourite playlist so I'm using my own repeat.

Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon

Fat Lip - Sum 41

Steal My Sunshine - Len

Sign of the Times - Harry Styles

Girlfriend - Bea Miller

#ask games #music #💕💕💕

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Suzanne collins wrote a trilogy where a main media propaganda strategy was to market a horrific act of violence as a love story to distract ppl and then it got adapted into a box office breaking movie and ppl made it all about the love triangle. so then since they didn’t get the point the first time Suzanne collins wrote a prequel story about the main dictator and she makes it so that you as a reader want it to be a genuine love story so badly even tho it’s so very clearly not and instead feels extremely unsettling to make her point even more meta which then gets adapted into another box office breaking film and now ppl are making romantic snowbaird tik toks. do u think she’s gonna write another book that’s somehow even more blatant or just give up and start executing ppl? hard to say but I wouldn’t blame her for the second one

#i still havent watched the movie for the ballad but omg i feel this

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#haha #i just recently got back into sum 41 so this is funny to me #had to reblog this one especially for the parody

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A concept: when it comes time to assign jersey numbers for the Olympic team, the committee decides to give jean #3 “for old times sake”. Jean wants to say no, but feels like he can’t argue for fear of his career. That is, until ten seconds later when Andrew marches up and says “three is my number” and snatches the jersey out of their hands. And that’s the story of how Andrew and Jean become not quite friends, but allies at least.

#YES #i love this #aftg

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Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

#please please please dont double space your fic 😭😭😭 #its one of my biggest pet peeves #and i have backed out of fics bc of it #but yes this is an excellent post #oh and dont fucking TAG FOR REACH #ITS NOT A THING #as this post said tag to warn and entice and thats IT #how to ao3 #fanfiction

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They really should teach people how to cook in school.

#every time #every time this makes me laugh until i cry #kajdhfakjfjdksk #FORTY FIVE MINUTES

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tsc sketches, I missed these books ahhh

#BLOND #still screaming about that #such a good moment #these are amazing #*laughing nervously* what the fuck #PERFECTION #tsc #the sunshine court #aftg #art