#Read warnings/tags etc.

[sweet-bazzle-bean]

Familiar Places

Crowley/Edward Teach | 17,000 words | Rated E

After watching Aziraphale leave him, Crowley decides to try to sleep off the grief. A terrible nightmare makes his powers go haywire and he accidentally travels back in time to 1717 where he finds himself in a bar in Tortuga. He shares a drink with a man named Ed who he seems to have a lot in common with. A lot in common with. The easiest way to comfort each other and distract themselves is to spend the night together.

“Why are you miserable?” Ed asks sharply.

“Now that’s not fair,” Crowley points at him over his glass. “I asked you first.”

Ed blinks at him.

“Why would I talk to you about it?”

“Because I’m here,” Crowley shrugs, “and no one else is.”

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#Are crossovers cringe?! #Idc!!! #I feel like I missed my moment and published this too late #But I'm pretty proud of this #So voila #Read warnings/tags etc. #my fic #good omens #good omens fic #ofmd #ofmd fic #ofmd fic rec #good omens fic rec #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #gentlebeard #ed x stede #crowley #aziraphale #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbeard

[nostalgia-tblr]

"are people not into that?" i ask, after posting my weird niche shit to the internet, despite knowing it to be weird niche shit.

#jsyk sylkius or anything adjacent to it does not “Do Numbers” in any way and i observed this some time ago #i assume that's the “rival ships” element at work but who knows really #that sort of thing is like femslash in that everyone approves of it but nobody actually reads or writes it #but who would have thought sylvie beating loki with a stick would not bring in droves of readers???! shocking twist there! #& i don't consider sifki a rarepair but my rarepair standards are VERY strict like if there's >5 fics a pairing is basically mainstream #chasing popularity would annoy me though & i just don't have the mental spoons to try writing stuff i wouldn't personally read #yeah i *could* put my blorbos to work in a coffee shop but what cost to my own enjoyment levels? AT WHAT COST FANGELA??? #you can't please everyone so you may as well just please yourself and if anyone else likes it you've found some fellow freaks so yay #i don't mean please yourself in a wanking sense. though feel free to do that too it probably counts as a cardio workout idk. #BUT ANYWAY #fic related #ps i am v glad there's the “warning: loki” tag because i think/hope it acts as a filter for 'he did nothing wrong in his life ever' types #who are Valid & etc obviously but i write my morally grey characters to be morally grey and the tag might help avoid conflict #though tbh i write almost every character to be morally grey in some way so i can't claim to have left my comfort zone here #(i'm not joking when i say the 1987-89 run of Dr Who shaped my entire future fannish life from a young and apparently v impressionable age)

[queerofthedagger]

everyone write 100 lines of "'creator chose not to use archive warnings' is proper tagging no matter what else is in that fic and if you OPEN a fic tagged as such it's entirely on you whatever you find in there" before going back to any discourse on dark fic and antis i am BEGGING

#mona rambles #'you can write whatever content you want as long as you tag properly' #that's proper tagging. anything beyond that is a courtesy and people would do REALLY WELL to remember that #do I think more detailed tags are a good courtesy? do I like to extend it?? yes #am I happy when other authors do too cause it makes reading easier?? absolutely yes #but people are not entitled to tags #the only thing you're entitled to is that particular tag if there is something in the fic that should be warned for #sorry sorry ignore me just. this has been driving me up the wall for ages #i have a whole actually well-worded rant in my drafts but yk. bat. hornet's nest. etc etc

[devilishdelights]

read my thirteen fic <3 :]

cw for body horror, gore, death (real death AND your unhinged girlfriend, double combo deal!), traumatizing you (the MC. but remember i also give you a girlfriend so it cancels out), ghosts, zombies, more death, maybe eventually some making out, who knows.

#read ao3 warnings etc etc #this was in the drafts and it’s 4 am #but i had a nightmare of demonic cats (not the good kind!!) so i’m finding every excuse under the sun 2 stay up 👍 #also got a fuckin migraine but what’s new. took excedrin and have my little cold eye mask on. i want my head to be sumerged in ice water tho #obey me #almost forgot 2 tag lol #obey me thirteen #thirteen x reader #or would it be #thirteen x you #this fic is 4 everyone but dedicated 2 lesbian obey me-ers #mc is gn neutral tho dw 😎 #thirteen is nonbinary or something. maybe agender because i’m agender. but i also like the idea of a reaper going hmm. yeah i’m a girl :] #also i’m still learning to tag on ao3 LOL there is sm shit to remember sometimes i want to be specific like. #possible bone crunching noise you hear in your brain while reading.

[cashmere-caveman]

Hanif Abdurraqib, it’s not like nikola tesla knew all of those people were going to die | Anne Carson, H of H Playbook | Richard Siken, Snow and Dirty Rain | Franz Wright, Heaven | Toby Whithouse, shooting script for Being Human S1E1 | Franz Wright, Heaven | Erin Slaughter, I Hope My Salt Lamp is a Weeping Deity | Richard Siken, Straw House, Straw Dog & My Country: The New Age, Episode 16

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#my country: the new age #nam seon-ho #seo hwi #listen guys (gn). the worms have been festering the dots have been connected the illness contracted etc!! this is an exorcism attempt #bro what if we had both been suicidal for years bc we just wanted everything to be over but we repeatedly saved each others lives #even when we were enemies bc even when we were fighting for different visions of this country we were still *each others* countries #and what if in the end we realized we were never meant to be apart in the first place and gave each other permission to finally let go #but gave our deaths meaning by sacrificing our lives so that everyone else could live in a country of peace !!!! #basically what if we went from best friends to enemies to allies to enemies to soulmates and died in each others arms and we were both boys #their dynamic is so. i wanna eat so much dirt i tunnel right through the earth and end up in argentina. #god. GOD. im like 5 years late but is anyone out there still insane like me in pain like me etc hmu #wait maybe i should put some warnings on this bitch uhhh hold on #blood cw #death tw #suicidal ideation cw #<- just in case bc idk how else to tag for the uhhh extremely normal mindset of both of them #i hope thats it? if i missed sth let me know! also if u read this far u'll get to see the business tags i forgot at the top lol #cavetext #mctna #nam seon ho #poetry #seonhwi #caveweb #also u would not Believe the fucking sleuthing i went through to find the source poem for that erin slaughter quote jfc #thats what i get for keeping incomplete notes ig :/ #also ive found the franz wright poem as both 'heaven' and 'the heaven' so ?? who knows

[meandmy100blanketsagainstheworld]

does anyone have any hannibal fic recs where hannibal speaks lithuanian 🙏🙏

#read a few like this and i am OBSESSED #literally anything is appreciated like idc about length tropes characters etc. #although preferably none that would need a dead dove warning (but ill still read it probably) #TY IN ADVANCE #hannibal #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannigram #hannibal lecter #will graham #murder husbands #okay i think that's enough tags

[cherrirui-official]

Making a post abt this so I don't forget later on when I wake up in the morning but, for the Beach Bros AU, I can totally see Bruce going to bed after reading a bedtime story to all 13 of his children and just as he's about to drift off John Dory appears at his bedroom door and says "hey, what about me??? :[" Like the pathetic manchild he is.

(image unrelated. The post just felt empty without the low quality JD)

#whether he wants a story to be read to him or HE wants to read a story to BRUCE bc he misses doin that for his lil bros is up to u to decide #you can pick the ending #ooough but what stories would they tell each other tho is the question... #theyd definitely have a lot to talk about considering the huuuuge time gap from when they went their separate ways to the present #for JD its all the cool stuff he found on the Neverglade trail. The many beasts hes fought to survive. How he met Rhonda... etc etc #hes got a LOT to talk about despite living in the exact same spot for years... Nature nerd lmao #For Bruce its ofc stories of how he met Brandi. What prompted him to open the restaurant.... #...How he settled into Vacay Island. What ge did before Brandi. and even how he got to Vacay Island in the tirst place #<- tho the last one is a biiiit of a sensitive topic for Bruce so that doesnt cpme up until later on #I hope u guys know I have some stuff planned for Bruce in this au. you arent ready for it im warning yall now #beach bros au #trolls john dory #trolls Bruce #nuls nonsense #sorry for lore dumping abt my au in the tags except im not ill do it again

[pocketramblr]

Fic Rec Roundup

Some fic i've read recently and would rec

Fic: The Doll of Resurrection by gryphonlover

Fandom: Linked Universe

Rating: M

Hyrule knows what dying feels like. Wild does, too, so when he realizes his brother isn't going to make it, he does his best to make it a little bit better.

Fic: ignorance is bliss by auditoryeden

Fandom: The Apothecary Diaries

Rating: T

Five times various people tried to explain the significance of receiving a hair ornament in the rear palace to Maomao, with varying levels of success.

Fic: The Patient by Paige242

Fandom: Superman & Lois

Rating: T

When Jon makes an unexpected request, Clark reaches out to an old contact for help.

Fic: a captain's coat and a note for me by gingergrahams

Fandom: MHA

Rating: G

Kudou's a simple fisherman and he knows the pull of the water more than most, but fishermen know there are things in the water and the stranger on the shore seems to have him beat.

Fic: In the Shadows by cosmere_play

Fandom: Stormlight Archive

Rating: G

After the birth of Evi's second baby, she gets the help of her favourite goddess to name him.

#fic rec #most of these are complete #read the tags and warnings on the fics etc etc standard warnings apply

[goddiva]

reading Crimson Rivers is hell because it’s objectively incredible and I am not going to stop reading it until I finish the damn thing but I am having a Bad Time with this angst 😭

#just finished chapter 40 and the quarter memorial reaping #OOF OH BOY #they’re so upset with each other and I get it but also pls gentlemen don’t do this #I’m so unprepared to be back in the arena #but shout out to zeppazariel for being so so thorough with warnings etc and for putting in the tags that POV characters are safe #would not be surviving the experience otherwise #and no I haven’t read A Great Big Tragedy yet because it will sever my soul from my body I already know #crimson rivers #zeppazariel #wolfstar #jegulus #dead gay wizards

[7carpileup]

Chapters: 6/15 Fandom: Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, Dreamer Trilogy - Maggie Stiefvater Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish, Richard Gansey III/Blue Sargent, Jordan/Declan Lynch, Adam Parrish & Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey III & Ronan Lynch, Hennessy & Ronan Lynch Characters: Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish, Richard Gansey III, Blue Sargent, Jordan (Dreamer Trilogy), Hennessy (Dreamer Trilogy), Noah Czerny, Joseph Kavinsky, Orphan Girl | Opal, Declan Lynch, Matthew Lynch Additional Tags: Light Angst, Slow Burn, the sandman au, where ronan is dream and adam is hob, do not need to have watched the sandman to understand, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, characters have been slightly aged up, might be slightly ooc sorry, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Eye Trauma, Kavinsky/Corinthian is his own warning, Blood and Violence Summary:

“I don’t understand why someone would want an eternity on this earth,” Ronan said, turning away. He didn’t want to think about the man’s hands, almost boyish, calloused, long fingers and bony knuckles, or his smile, a casual thing, lips turning up in a false laugh at a bad joke. His name was Adam Parrish. Ronan didn’t want to think about that name, how the letters fit on his tongue, how it would sound out of his mouth.

 A Sandman AU where Ronan is the Greywaren, King of Dreams and Nightmares, Adam Parrish is a human granted immortality, and they meet every 100 years. Centuries-long pining ensues.

#PLEASE SEE THAT THE WARNINGS/TAGS HAVE CHANGED. #i genuinely didn't anticipate writing this but it happened and i'm lowkey happy with it #don't blame you if you want to skip this chapter/stop reading/etc. #bluesey #pynch #the sandman #trc #tdt #ronan lynch #adam parrish #kavinsky #gansey #blue sargent #my writing #the future's unwritten tag

[mixelation]

Oh yeah not saying that people shoulf stop writing those fics, I was mostly venting and I guess it comes off as very adamant but yeah it's mostly just that I'm tired of closing every third fic I open just because the way those subjects ate often handled squicks me - which is a me problem.

i don't think it's 100% a "you problem" when there's not really a good way to make informed decisions as a reader about it without attempting to read the fic? i mean, it's a "you problem" in that everyone has their own set of preferences for what content they want, and those preferences shouldn't control what individual fic writers want to make, but in a system like ao3 where you're meant to be able to filter out content you don't want and search for content you DO want.....

idk, i don't think it's possible to tag fic for every conceivable squick and trigger, but i do wish this very specific thing had its own tag, especially since it's something that entire fics are based around. i didn't interpret your ask as trying to get rid of those fics; i just wanted to make it clear to other people reading this blog that i don't think it shouldn't exist..... i just want a way to avoid it

#i do get annoyed when a fic has a wall of content warnings and you're like 'yeah im okay with all that' #and then you go to read the fic and the fic is like 'what if chronically ill people don't know how to manage their lives?' #bc it comes of as the writer trying to say that THIS is how the world should work and it's not worth a content warning #especially if all the content warnings are for medical procedures and behaviors associated with whatever illness/disorder/etc #and then there's no content warning for 'the disabled character has their medication taken away so their friend can administer it for them' #it kind of reads as 'disability itself needs content warnings but mistreating disabled people doesn't' #(to clarify-- yes if you're going to exhaustively tag things like 'needles' and 'hospital setting' are common squicks worth a mention) #idk im not really an exhaustive tagger but i do try to give people a heads up if i think something might be a nasty surprise

[nostalgia-tblr]

I know it's almost certainly a good thing that there's no "Reader x Alligator Loki" fic out there but at the same time it feels like surely by now someone should have crossed that bridge of horrors into the land of OH GOD NO that fandom frequents despite our collective better judgement?

#i checked for e-rated alligator loki fic once and there was none #(don't look at me like that i can't help having the boundless and often foolish curiosity common to my species) #i have read some FUCKED UP SHIT over the years but at least these days things are usually properly tagged to warn us off #or to entice us #a bit of both really #every fandom has legends of such works. 'have you read the one where he shaves the spikes off his cock?' etc #(if u kno u kno!!!) #i don't think i've ever written anything that fu - #no wait i just remembered 'the one where the doctor's penis eats jack' for which i again apologise but it made me laugh at the time #and isn't that what really matters in the end? my happiness? my joy? me in general? #alligator loki #this is definitely a shitpost of some sort #(that's how i tag my bestest most amazing posts JSYK)

[musingsofmyown]

Do you guys ever read the tags in a fanfic and immediately get whiplash?

Because same-

#They're all your typical ones like: fluff and angst. cuddling. domestic bliss. #and then I was hit with: mpreg. oil as lube. kinks. etc etc #and I was like #WOAH HOLD ON #HOOOLD ON #Not that I dont love me a good occasional kinky fic- #but warn me next time- #at least I read the tags

[not-mary-sue]

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!

#wattpad #wattpad purge #ao3 #archive of our own #fan fiction #fandom #fandom culture

[sparky-is-spiders]

So by the time they even meet Amaldyne will 1) have preconceived judgements (despises him) and 2) be in so deep with Eityr that neither of them have room for close relationships of any sort in their lives, but I think there’s an alternate universe where Leoshgon and Amaldyne date. It would HAVE to happen after her family dies and while Leo has the sword (aka when Amaldyne is enough of a control freak and Leo is at his most useful). But like. It definitely COULD.

I imagine it would be much like the Overseer’s relationship with Leo in terms of the dynamic, but the internal forces driving it would be different. The Overseer enjoys control and possession for its own sake. He likes that one of the most powerful forces currently at play belongs to him. Leoshgon is a tool and a possession, and a trophy, but the love goes beyond that. He’s a person who isn’t magically bound but chose to stay anyway, and the Overseer loves THAT most of all (I imagine some of that love fades after Leo loses the sword, which I think Leo would interpret as the Overseer seeing him as a tool, but is more the Overseer wanting a partner who chooses him). I think Amaldyne would lean less “posession” and mor “objectification.” Leoshgon would be, to her, an extension of herself and her values. Leo is in her corner. Leo is fighting her battles. For her cause. For HER. She loves that Leo never disagrees with her (or at least that he always sides with her in the end), that he’ll do anything for affection and validation. And even if parts of Leo want to be his own person (want to be a person) he loves having somewhere to belong and someone to love him, even if it means being a doormat for someone who’s love is very much conditional.

And I think that’s why, if Leo was in a relationship with Amaldyne instead of the Overseer when he gave up the godslayer sword, she would kill him for the betrayal when the Overseer would keep him for coming back at all.

#lemme just be pretentious about my lizards #does this make sense? #idk so much Lizard Lore exists only in my brain and nowhere else #and i don’t know how much people know/remember from my posts/can intuit based on context clues etc. #anyway for the record these relationships are both different brands of awful #like leo is fucked either way #honestly the only difference is that amaldyne theoretically gives him a moral high ground #because he isn’t fighting to bring the world under the control of a murderous autocratic necromancers #However much like eityr he does enable amaldyne’s worst impulses and feed her ends justify the means mentality #like fully uncritical of her even as she gets more self-serving and violent and questionable and rigid #idk if he’d return to her after giving up the godslayer sword #i feel like he’s pretty good at reading people he just has very skewed ideas of how relationships should work #so much like with the Overseer he’d probably get to the point where he realizes that his partner wants him Fucking Dead and abandon ship #(for the overseer the murderous impulse is an extension of love. for amaldyne it is Not) #should i tag for some kind of warning or something? i feel like i should #tw abuse #abuse tw #idk if that’s the right tag but i feel like better safe than sorry #because yeah these would both be TERRIBLE for leoshgon #anyway sorting tags #the lizard crew #amaldyne #amaldyne rotwing #leoshgon #leoshgon varmillius #the overseer #leoshgon/the overseer #leoshgon/amaldyne #<- not officially canon but a fun concept i like to rotate #i am but a scientist putting two chemicals into a beaker and seeing how they react <3

[paganinpurple]

AO3 Etiquette -UPDATED

Based on both decent and not so decent replies, I have made some changes to my original post below.

It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:

As well as likes, kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished it, you liked it - so kudos.

If you really liked it, you should try to comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.

No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it (so use your notes to say if you want some constructive feedback). Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. No, posting it online is not an open invitation for that. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity and just want to share. Don't ruin that for them. I've seen so many authors just stop writing coz they can't handle the negative emotions the critism brings, and it's only meant to be a fun thing shared for free (pointing out tagging errors is not included in this).

Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.

There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.

For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.

The tag exception is if you don't want to tag a million things or spoil your story, you can rate it as "chose not to use warnings," and maybe tag the bare minimum.

Don't censor tags. How can someone exclude a tag if the word isn't typed out correctly? There are no content bans for terms so don't censor them.

If the tags are mostly content/trigger warnings, especially if they are things considered very fucked up or graphic, you might want to use "dead dove - do not eat" to ensure people know that you're not messing around with tags and what they get is exactly what you've warned them about.

Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLATONIC, like friendship or family.

Nothing is banned. This is an rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.

People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.

Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite or an exchange youve written for going public). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.

Instead of deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - consider making it anonymous or orphaning it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to your name anymore. If you still want to delete it, fair enough.

It's come to my attention that metaworks ARE allowed on AO3, which is something I wasn't aware of. So if you do post an essay or theory, please tag it as such so others can choose to search for it or exclude it. Art is also allowed.

The only reason this archive works is because NON ONE PROFITS. Do not link to your ko-fi or patreon or mention monetary gain in any way or you violate the terms and risk having your account removed. If anyone does link, it leaves the archive open to people claiming it's for profit and having the whole thing removed.

I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.

I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.

#ao3 #using ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #fanworks