#all my bookmarks are public

[captainkirkk]

Hi! I am in absolute awe of your bookmarks. I cannot fathom how you keep them down, i do not have the self control to keep so few

The bookmarks number in the thousands. I am being overrun

Tbf I consider my round-up recs on tumblr to be like bookmarks. If I'm looking for an old fic, I can just check on my tumblr by searching by fandom

Also, you haven't seen my private bookmarks.....

#it's not thousands but it's way more than my private bookmarks #my public bookmarks are my All Time Favourite fics that i want to share with you guys #the rest i keep privated for Reasons #ask #anon #fic discourse

[spindrifters]

i am so stressed,, do you have any one shot recs?

sorry to hear it, babe! here are a few:

two imperfect souls might touch perfection AND the madness within by @soloorganaas

any of the excellent entries into @achilleslikespeas' did your knife ever sting?

calibration by thedivinecomedian

[solved] case file #60241: magical disturbance by @mblematic

registration by @copperbadge

bonus:

a lie gets halfway around the school before the truth has a chance to get its pants on by midnitemarauder // not a one-shot, per se, but a quick read and the best of everything I love about old school wolfstar fic

#other people's fic #ask box #there are others but I am sick and can't be assed to go digging #all my public bookmarks on ao3 count as recs if that helps

[thief-of-eggs]

Alright everyone, be honest, no cheating-

How many fics do you have bookmarked on AO3?

#my answer is 170 #and i’ve had my account for a year #no idea if that’s a lot or a little #i’m just so curious cuz i FEEL like i have a lot bookmarked #but then i see some users who have only public bookmarks and they have like. 4k bookmarks #but then i see some users who have all public bookmarks and they have like. 4k bookmarks #fanfic #fanfic things #ao3 #ao3 bookmarks #archive of our own #ao3 writing #ao3 writer #fanfiction

[theguardianace]

hey btw if you wanna share: how are the fics going :3 i would like to know what you liked from my bookmarks (if they weren’t mostly ones you’ve read djkhfgdhjs)

fics were absolutely fire you always bookmark good ones sjfkdsajkfljasdklfja. not the first time ive done this btw and i didn't get far. hw one killed me reread the rui sickfic one i recced you and did actually start crying about emurui 👍

#i tend to search through my favorite writers/friends bookmarks if they're public #its like. book club #you have A Lot which makes it easy to sort through!!! #i have read a majority of what you've bookmarked but not all of it so new stuff!! and good old stuff!!! #ace answers an ask!

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

suddenly struck with the urge to make a bmc fic rec post or something

#all my ao3 bookmarks are public recs but i would like to go into more detail about what i like about them

[wario-speedwagon]

You bookmarked one of my fics and I've been too nervous to ask this but tonight my curiosity got the better of me

What does "wr" mean?

That's a fair question! :)

So this is a private tag system I use that I do want to keep private, so if you (general 'you,' not just OP) are a more paranoid, overthinking and/or sensitive kind of person, please don't read further for both of our sakes (thank you)

And with that said: so besides my obvious One Shot, etc tags, I also have a secret code tag system of organizing my bookmarks by personal opinions (writing quality, whether I like the plot/characters, etc). And I intentionally made it random letters so that only I knew what they represent and not the authors because I don't want to be like "this fic was great even though the grammar isn't great" or whatever and have the authors or other readers potentially see that.

I don't want anyone to get self-conscious over my irrelevant private opinions because my bookmarks aren't "reviews," but primarily for bookkeeping all the decent fics I've read (and if it's public, it means it was good and enjoyed by me, full stop), so I want to keep my public bookmarks neutral or positive :)

I hesitate to even allude to what any of my tags mean in the first place, so ONLY if you can both trust yourself and promise me not to overthink my tags in the future...

In vague terms, "wr" is a compliment :) There are other different "good" or neutral tag meanings, so please don't worry about it if "wr" doesn't show up on your fic bookmark and/or some other tags are there instead! It's not really that deep or important (or your business) in the first place anyway :)

#this should be obvious but please don't creep in my bookmarks just to try to figure out what my codes mean or whatever #I mean you can creep in my bookmarks all you want they're public for a reason but respect my private tag system please #I hesitated whether to answer this or not because of that paranoia but I trust the few people who see this to not be weird so thank you!

[foxgloveinspace]

this is hella random but-

if you ever want to info dump about the call of duty guys (ghost and soap i think? are those call names? soap is weird lol) please do! that ship has started popping up more and more in my feeds and now i am thoroughly intrigued. mostly because yes give me more ships with everyone suffering ptsd, but also i had no idea call of duty had any sort of plot line or recognizable characters?

i’ve played it only a handful of times and it always just seemed to me like a “create a character then join a server and shoot people” kind of game i didn’t think it had any story lol

but yeah. pls fill me in if you so desire :) i am so curious

I’m the wrong person to ask, cause I haven’t played the games yet😔🤣.

I own a couple of them, but I haven’t played yet just cause… last year I was in a weird place with video games really, is the only explanation I have. The campaigns (the plot parts) are not too long if you wanna watch them on YouTube (I also haven’t done that,,,,,, I should do that if I’m not gonna play the 2020s games, just cause I know that people where Not Happy with the last game, but I should freaking play the ogs cause they are RIGHT up my alley oof).

There’s a couple things you gotta know, if you wanna get into to it: There’s two different series of Modern Warfare, the og, which came out 07, 09, and 11. And then the remakes (which is what got the fandom So Big), which is from 2019, 22, and 23. They are, the same story told differently, and they are Very Different. The characters have very different personalities depending on the series.

(This is why I tag things as ghostsoap, or 09 soapghost so I can keep track of the different characters lol).

Ghost and Soap are their callsigns, yeah. It makes the ship names fun though! (Ghosts first name is Simon, Soap’s is John (Ghost calls him Johnny, so the fandom runs with calling him that lmao)).

Ghost wears a mask, and doesn’t have a canonical face clam! Which is really cool to me, cause we get so many different versions of Simon from the fandom🖤 and also, masked characters make brain go brrrrrr.

I am mostly in it for the fic, and there’s tones of good fanart. Not to say I don’t know anything at all, cause I have read the fandom wikis/synopsis of the games (though I’m a little rusty on my knowledge,,,, again I do want to play the games, I just.. wasn’t in a video game mood all last year). I’m just… sometimes info dumping is hard.

But yeah. The fic is freaking good. Like, I was looking for military themed romance novels the other day and I legit couldn’t bring myself to start any cause I’m worried it won’t live up to ghostsoap🤣🤣🤣.

I was gonna give some recommendations, but I uhhh…. I have realized I mostly bookmark the good smut, and only have a couple fics that aren’t smut, but they are SO ANGSTY🤣🤣🤣. And then one long fic, but it’s ghostroachsoap (roach is a player character from the first mw2).

Gosh. What can I say about ghostsoap…… they are black and red coded characters??? (Not Actually, but in the fandom way. Ghost is black, Soap is red. I don’t know if that’s even still a fandom thing lmao).

I…. I don’t know what else to say, haha.

#I love them so much it’s actually kinda hard to talk about??? like what do I say?? I love how loyal they are to each other?? I love their #banter?? I love how even the dude bros who played the game where like ‘soap wants to ride that’ like what am I supposed to say!!!???? #😭🤣🤣 #sorry exie I feel like I rambled about NOTHING and info dumped about the wrong things #gosh… they just…. I don’t know…. #anyway… my ao3 bookmarks are public for the most part if you wanna go through and see if anything catches your eye?? I could just link to #all the ghostsoap/cod ones if you want a link to that… idk.. #hihi!!! #friend exie!!

[daydadahlias]

Hi Jess!! Saw that anon asking about your average fic stats and maybe you already know it but here's a useful website, if you ever wanna check and do the math https://stats-of-our-own.vercel.app/ 🥰

OMG HOW COOL !!!! okay guys lets look at my stats hehe

here's the hits to kudos ratio which is super cool (Sick being so high is hilarious y'all really love groupchat sexting)

and wow the distribution of kudos is so interesting!! it's kind of all over the place which is really interesting because I think a lot of us (writers in the fandom i mean) kind of have this perception that fic interaction has been going way down recently but, looking at this, it seems really varied!!

#it's interesting that my newer stuff has a much better hits-kudos ratio #soooo interesting #pigeon #vasattope #thank you raq!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #now im gonna stalk all my friends' stats too #i will say tho that it only seems to take into consideration public bookmarks which i bet kind of skews the stats #SO fucking cool tho

[ktsphere]

I missed the actual anniversary but I published my first fic a year ago this month, and since then I've published 8.5 more fics (and a podfic)!

I'm so grateful for everyone who has read/listened to anything I've published, left a comment or a kudos, said literally anything nice in tags etc.

I love you all <3

#i cherish every kudo #i have graphed them #its so interesting seeing the kudos increase when new eps come out or when i see myself in a ficrec #i love how many private vs public bookmarks my naughtier fics have #i love that my weird fics get love from all the other weirdos (affectionate) #i love that my top two fics have been battling for first place since i published them #(theyre 2 kudos apart and have been within 10 for about 10 months/100 kudos) #i love that my other fics get a little bump when i publish something new #kt.txt

[starrynyxa]

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#realized that since my f.ob bookmarks are private my most recent public ao3 bookmarks are all drarry 😭 thats so fucking embarrassing for me

[tsunami-gem-guardian]

occasionally relapsing and visiting my lair unlogged in to see my guys #starving

#helno i feel calmer about fr now thats its been awhile #im still not super happy with staff and how theyve been publically acting and presenting with the past few months but its like. eh #auraboas backed up with the crown the banning of river to sea the catholic buttons #they all have their logic but idk #they felt kinda aggressive and not super understanding of their userbase who have their reasons to be outraged or worried or scared #cant help to notice this is all after auraboas reception went poorly after staff hyped them up pre release #but like. ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i still like dragon dress up game and dont want to fully stop playing u9pdfashiodsa #keeping true to my word and im gonna keep not playing #until april. #ive been unfollow my muts and keeping yall in a bookmark folder so i can spam follow then cause. my whole dash was dragons p much lol

[syncrovoid-presents]

Hello everyone!! This is a celebration because today marks the day where my fic The Consequence of Imagination's Fear passed 15k hits on AO3!!

Thank You so much for reading dear Neighbour!! I am so grateful!

#welcome home #technically?? #the consequence of imagination's fear #syncrovoid.txt #thank you thank you thank you!! i may not need to celebrate but oh my this is Incredible!! #i am giving you all homemade little trinkets #@:) #i know hits aren't individual people but still!! it is amazing!! i thank you all dearly #between private and public bookmarks there is over 250! Wowie!

[kindlythevoid]

Well, I’m usually super supportive of whatever fandom I’m in. Like I’ll go all in, little to no shame, if it’s my problem it’s yours now, too. But the moment I get back into Supernatural I just. Ultimate Cringe Moment. I sit there staring at the screen and feel tears streaming down my face. Why am I writing these silly little stories for these silly little guys? I wasn’t even invested in Supernatural ten years ago and suddenly I am transported to those vibes as soon as the first word is typed out by my silly little hands. How dare I write Supernatural fan fiction in the Year of Our Lord 2023? Sam? Dean? Cas? Why can’t I be obsessed with a respectable fandom like Merlin or Pacific Rim or even Violet Evergarden? Yet here I am, gripped by my 96th fic idea for these idiot brothers and their idiot angel and their idiot son that I Must write out Immediately. Disgusting. I finish a 60k crossover fic and Perish.

#I feel like it’s important to note that I love this show so so much #I love it like Star Wars fans love Star wars #What tumblr user was it who said: #You may not love Star Wars unless you hate it and you may not hate Star Wars unless you love it #Because that is my feelings towards supernatural #I am in many niche and cringe fandoms but nothing #Nothing #nothing is as cringe for me as supernatural is #No don’t look at my ocs (they aren't finished) #No don’t look at my crossover fics (posting them soon I promise) #Pay no attention to my bookmarks yes they’re public spn recommendations yes you are supposed to ignore them (read them read them pls) #I will defend these characters and I will reblog their fanart (not right now but there's a queue) #But the moment anyone looks upon it and realizes I am in fact a spn fan I die a little (i have a BOARD and i have a FOLDER and a PLAYLI-) #Yes I recommend the show no I will not explain why (or?? no actually probably not) #There is only pain and suffering and half-finished hunger games crossovers (I won't explain. Only read and write and suffer.) #I am Forever Angry #supernatural #just yelling into the void #also I forgot to mention that I AM in all of the aforementioned fandoms #Just not obsessed w them at the moment and that is the real tragedy #not me (crying) desperately trying to divide my fixation time between lotr criminal minds and spn in that order #also this will be the only spn thing for rn because I refuse to indulge it on tumblr until i finish my lotr re-read #Edit: it’s really ironic I mention Merlin considering right after this I found out it was the 15th anniversary and so posted a bunch for it

[theghostofashton]

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#i can’t even believe i’m seeing this shit but there does not need to be a place to leave constructive criticism on fics #not in comments not in public bookmarks nowhere #that is for your fucking group chat #if you didn’t like a book and want to leave a negative review that’s one thing but like #if you don’t like a fic you can just close out of it that’s what you do #you don’t need to tell the author why #‘how will i know if __ fic is worth my time tho’ idk maybe try reading it?? and if you don’t vibe exit #accept the reality that sometimes you may read something you don’t like lol it’s okay #it’s not the fucking end of the world lmfao like…… #the entitlement implied in all of this feels so gross can we be normal about fics please #fics are free!! they’re literally free!! you don’t get to give authors laundry lists of things you hated #when they are providing you literal novels for fucking free

[greyeyedmonster-18]

(look, i dont have a favorite comment etc etc. but the person who left a bookmark review of: "cute" on the sauciest thing i have ever written is way up there. i love you.)

#Yes authors check bookmarks #I love them #there is literally a line in there about remus with his legs over sirius's shoulders #and at one point remus is feeling sirius up with his foot in a public place #and it's cute #and i love this reviewer with all my heart #not to be dramatic but i would die for them #for all of you

[grandprix-ao3]

I'm torn between 🔄 and 💘

i already did the heart one so i will answer. the other thing

2. 🔁A fic you’ve re-read several times

GOD so many!!! so i will give more than one. i love re-reading fics sometimes it is either because there is nothing new i want to read or i just like. i start thinking about a fic i read a while ago and i just Have to go back to it. so here's a few!

my violence uncommitted by yekoc (Daniel/Max) trying to be normal. i love the secret omega trope and this fic does it sososo well i read it all of the time. so often. embarassingly often. cannot recommend it enough

way too in deep by stupidfearless (Callum/Mick) Hi. not complete yet but! i read the first 5 chapters so often it isn't even funny. size kink is my weak spot... and this fic is so good it is So good i'm eating I'M EATING IT

unsayable things i don't want to forget by dropdeaddeadass (Liam/Oscar/Logan) yeah more lol. i love lol. and there are only so many fics for them so i do a Lot of re-reading... this one is good though idk why i like it so much. it's just good

six weeks by dropdeaddeadass (Marcus/Clem) okay. sensing a trend here. shoves you vaguely in el oversteerey's direction... this was the first clemarcus fic i read though. sex swap trope has finally grown on me and i blame THIS! honest to god i read this fic like once a week

yeah alright. i also re-read shark bait a lot bc i'm narcissitic (i literally wrote it)

fic recs ask meme

#ask #ask meme #f1 fic rec #fic rec #i said i can give fic recs forgetting what i've been reading lately #don't look too hard at my bookmarks #or do idk they're all public #but these were the fics that came to mind! #speaking of #i should reread six weeks again #have not filled my quota