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I cannot stress enough how important it is to do silly, frivolous things that serve no other purpose than making you happy.

#real #important

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people always talk about leaving comments on ao3 like it's a nice thing to do, or the best way to encourage writers to keep writing, or overall like it's how you Do Your Part in fandom

and yeah, all those things are true, but having spent the past few months leaving enthusiastic comments on as many things as i can, i have a different perspective

you should leave comments on fics because it's fun

taking the time to stop and focus on what i like about a story has made me way more aware of what's going on in stories and what i like about them. there's bit more actual comprehension and appreciation and not just beaming content into my eyes to fill time

i like noticing cool little things in fics, or riffing on funny events. i've never been very good at speculating or picking apart characters, but sometimes something clicks and it rocks.

and of course it's pretty nice when you get a response and it's clear you've made another person happy

so yeah, you should leave comments for your own sake, too. it makes reading better!

#fanfic #ao3

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

#:( #sigh #ao3

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i wonder if arlecchino returned childe's vision to him in person...

childe was used without his knowing in a scheme for a gnosis by yet another colleague haha, i wonder how he feels about it. and there's ONLY ONE gnosis left... if he wants to bring one to the tsaritsa himself he's only got one shot left. will he ever be a part of the gnosis club 💔

#😭😭😭 i love this sm omg #genshin #childe #arlecchino

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Dude has a death wish

#LMAO #a true scientist #humanity

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#cute #animals #aaaaaaaaaaaa

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i love when characters don't get to die

#YESSSS #omg im sorry for bringing FH & LG up every time bUT— i can never stop thinking abt how LG was so ready to die alongside his parents buT #due to his life being literally connected to FH he CANT die bc if he dies FH does too and he doesnt want that and FH reminds him all the tim #time bc he KNOWS he‘s the only thing keeping LG from his suicidal thoughts iM GOING INSAANEEHDJDJ QOQ #LG DECIDING TO LIVE ON FOR FH‘S SAKE #they make me go insane i cant do this OTL they love each other so much uGH 😭🫶💔💔💔 #fav

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a poem from gazan writer nadine murtaja featured in an edition of WAWOG’s “new york war crimes” in march. she dreams of becoming a dentist, though her schooling was interrupted by the current aggression and genocide.

please donate and share nadine’s campaign to evacuate herself and her family.

#signal boost

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[crazytom] - reposted w/ permission

#team 7 #naruto #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here's a carrd with all the necessary links and interesting info about The Land of Miracles! Feel free to share it with anyone you think might be interested :D

#this took forever omg...but so worth it #shenlan qiyu wushuang zhu

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shannaro

#real op #team 7 #naruto

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These guys...

Bonus:

#team 7 #naruto

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These guys...

Bonus:

#AHHAHDJHSKJFS #THE THINGS SAKURA HAS TO DEAL WITH 😭😭😭 #team 7 #naruto

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#tgcf #mu qing

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@yeahitsak

#LITERALLY MEHFKJDSHKF #omg #bless

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whose kids are those 👀

#team 7 #naruto

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#LMFAOOOJKDHFHDSF #lmao