#fic culture

[littleplasticrat]

I added this to a post going around about the joys of commenting on fanfic, but it always gets hidden behind the 'read more' button, so I thought I'd post it separately <3

Hey! I know that it's hard to leave comments on fanfics because you don't know what to say and don't want to be cringe! Here are some examples of different kinds of things you can write on fics that you have enjoyed so that you can feed the writers as they have fed you:

Before we start, you've gotta remember this: You've just read the work of someone who was so cringe about their blorbos that they wrote (probably) a minimum of 1000 words about kissing them or touching their feet or whatever. You're not going to out-cringe them by complimenting their efforts!

Keyboard smash or emoji spamming

Difficulty: easy

You might as well be doordashing a big bag of drug to the writer's house. This is also a good way to communicate if you have run out of spoons

"Thank you!"

Difficulty: easy

A simple thanks or 'thank you for ...' will certainly be appreciated and also doesn't require you to engage your brain if it's just been annihilated by some incredible smut

"I thought it was so [adjective] when [thing happened in the story]!"

Difficulty: medium

This gives the author a bit of an idea of what moments readers like you might have enjoyed specifically. It's also a nice way for you to relive your favourite bits!

"When [thing] happened, I [hyperbolically showed my enthusiasm]!"

Difficulty: medium

I think it's OK to get a little weird here, but don't write something you wouldn't say to your friends at a party.

"I love the way you X"

Difficulty: hard

Praise the author's writing skills a little bit. It's nice!

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Other things to note

Genuine questions are good but bear in mind the author may not write you a detailed answer, especially if it might spoil later chapters

The comment section is not the place to share criticism with a stranger.

If you really like the writer, DM them. I'm such a little freak like that and I've met some really cool people that way (u know who you are)

#fanfic #bg3 fic #fic culture #authors and readers #lkjNIKJBHFIOUFOJK

[soekmatthew]

Proposing a reform on Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics!

An essay on why we should reformulate the often misguided interpretations on each secondary gender.

In this essay I will debate the absence of personality often assigned to Beta's secondary gender, the inherent nature of violence that shouldn't exclusively be attributed to Alphas, and how deeply we can explore the aspects of Omega's biology in fiction, furthering its visions from the deep rotted misogyny implicated in these matters.

(remember this is a joke, you can create your ficverse and works however you'd like)

1.0 THE BETA ISSUE

The beta role in an a/b/o society is pushed towards the sense of "normality", betas normally aren't that phased by their nature. This is fitting, although the lack of complexity deposited onto its concepts led a creator to create variations of betas that aren't really necessary.

I propose that betas have pheromones that emit a scent genetically structured to be smelled by a specific type of group, regardless of their secondary gender, people who are able to scent betas pheromones have a variation in their olfactory-receptor genes and allow them to strongly perceive their scents. (this happens irl, with cilantro tasting like soap or some people being able to smell cockroaches)

It would solve the beta complex and wouldn't necessarily affect the whole structural alpha/omega naturally based relationship.

2.0 THE ALPHA MATTER

It is easy to antagonize alphas, and I do believe it is crucial for it to be antagonized, given how the discourse towards alpha aggression can create well built debates approximated to human reality. But it also can spice up some debates on a lot of more interesting matters other than hierarchy and dominance.

"Soft-alphas" was a term designed to fit in the alphas that are able to somehow "contain" their inner wolf, on contrary to "normal alphas" that are aggressive and excessively dominant.

Of course, as fun as it is to explore this concept, it's not necessary to give them this title, it thins the discussions that can be made upon this type of characteristics on alphas.

It is easy to explore the topics around an alpha considered "defective", and give them the capacity to have more and more deepness, an alpha who doesn't feel protective despite their love towards their omegas and needs to learn how to stimulate its natural instincts, an alpha who was forced to submit and therefore had their alpha contained to a point it needs healing and an exercise in dominance!! Fun aspects of an inverted container of the morality based alpha corrections often seen around the fic community.

I propose more and more diversity and complexity around alphas, seeing them fight their instincts is fun, but it would also be fun to see them fight for their need to have the same instincts that antagonizes them.

3.0 THE OMEGA DEBATE

There is a lot of discourse around omegas, especially when people simplify them as "the woman of a/b/o society".

Although understandably fitting for the time it was developed, it is still a conception most people have and has grown outdated.

It also created a movement to fight against this idea, that has empowered omegas, but the lack of consistency fails to impress. For example, in this case, it doesn't matter how much of a rebel omega the character is, they will still "fail" their morals and submit to an alpha.

I know you guys can do better!

What is better than an inner monologue on why your nature is failing your mundane conceptions? Better than that what's more revolutionary than being able to mend your instincts and ideas?

The nature of an omega is vast and instinctually more prone to aggression than most alphas! Omegas protect and go feral over their offsprings! Explore it more!

And make omegas also be proud of their nature, instead of simply making them disgusted by it without backgrounding their stories! (i mean, if they have traumas associated with their secondary genders it is obvious and expected for them to hate it).

Omegas can be hard creatures to deal with, omegas can reject their offsprings scent for example, give them hardships dudes! It will be fun!

A/B/O is fun, and I LOVE TRADITIONAL A/B/O SO MUCH! but we can do more justice at least to betas :3

(this is literally a joke in case someone hates me for it)

#abo #alpha beta omega #omegaverse #fanfictiom #fanfic #satire #funpost #fic culture #fandom culture #yes im an alpha

[shrekgogurt]

no because this is what begging people to take a chance on your wip actually feels like:

#fanfic #fic writing #fanficfion #ao3 #fandom #fic culture #work in progress #wip #tim robinson #i think you should leave #memes #fic meme #fic writing meme #fic writing woes #these are real tags on my wip #ikabikam

[shootingstarpilot]

Re: your last reblog, it's wild to me that people look at stats, but like. I feel like it's mostly people who got very recently into fandom who do that. (Not that this kind of people are really in a fandom, they simply consume content of a fannish nature and don't give anything back to said fandom)

That's a good point- might also have something to do with people's prior experience being mostly algorithm-driven, maybe? I get sorting by kudos and all, even if I'm usually too lazy to bother with that- @tocourtdisaster made a very interesting point about sorting by kudos when they get into a new fandom "to get the lay of the land-" but I really don't get why people decide whether or not to click into a fic based on the stats. Part of the glorious fun of fandom is stumbling onto that niche fic that checks off every one of your boxes, and you're gonna risk missing out on that because your boxes weren't identical to someone else's?

I don't know. Maybe there's a little bit of internalized peer pressure; can't risk your tastes varying too much. But hey- we're all on AO3. Welcome to the devil's sacrament. Won't you join in the dancing?

#ao3 #fandom culture #fic culture #anyway if anyone else has any thoughts on this please share!! #this is very interesting to me #and i'd like to hear more about people's motivations #and/or thoughts #i'm not picky

[absentcaryatid]

heyo cuz, i was wondering about how to properly tag queer platonic relationships (qpr) on AO3

would you use "character & character" to emphasize the platonic nature?

or "character/character", especially if the qpr features more intimate moments that normally wouldn't fall under the platonic &-relationship tag?

Rowan! I'm delighted if something new is in the works!

I was stuck on the same thing publishing my QPR Jongho chapters and ended up going with both a friendship "&" tag and also using the one with a slash between the characters.

In the absence of something like "Jongho QPR Reader" as a specifically invented QPR tag style, it seems like everybody does it differently based on how their characters' relationship feels to them. It is frustrating because, as you know, the whole point of a queerplatonic relationship is that it does not look like a rigidly friendly or romantic relationship people are more familiar with. I do lean toward giving that "/" if there is any somewhat romantic or sexual elements.

"Queerplatonic relationship" thrown into the description and tagged in the other tags area should allow people to skip your story if it turns out not to be what they are looking for after seeing either the slash, ampersand, or both listings. Whatever the new fic you are writing, I hope people do give it a try even if it is not something they would typically read. I love your work and the thoughtfulness given to writing many different kind of relationships and hope many people find their way to your enjoyable stories too!

#ao3 #fic culture #queerplatonic relationship #ask #edited to correct an & to a / at the end of paragraph three

[dystopiandramaqueen]

My Kids ship Osblaine story #1

So we were all in the car last night-

And I'm trying to quietly tell Adam about S5 E3

I whisper "Nick and June are in bad shape...they had them break up over the phone."

My 7 yo daughter yells from the back seat "WHAT??!!!"

Adam goes: "Yeah. Well, he's married to someone else now."

My 9 yo son goes "WHAT??"

I'm like "Nick and June are still in love, they just are like- separated by war and distance and doing their best to survive"

The kids are VERY upset

Adam goes: "It's ok, your mom and her friends are gonna fix it."

The kids felt better after that. They suggested that Nick and June kill ALL the bad guys. Which, I think, is in fact the plan. Even in cannon.

#osblaine #nick x june #nick blaine #spoilers #s5 #anedotes #fic culture #fan fiction is reclaiming the narrative #empowering yourself to reject shitty endings and tropes #choose your own adventure

[deathishauntedbyhumans]

please don’t refer to characters of colour as “the ebony” for no goddamn reason please and thank you holy shit

#that’s…. so wildly uncomfortable #literally such a hard turnoff from trying to read any of this person’s fics jesus fucking christ #wade talks #fanfiction #fic culture #epithet usage

[majoringinsarcasm]

DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON OLD FICS DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON FICS IN A FANDOM THE AUTHOR MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE IN. IF THE STORY IS STILL UP LET THEM KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS IT MIGHT JUST BE THE REMINDER THAT MAKES THEIR DAY.

SINCERELY SOMEONE WHO JUST GOT A REPLY THAT MADE ME WANNA MAKE THIS POST

#reject modern fast fashion fandom culture #comment on shit from 2012 to scare and or delight the author #anytime I see ppl reading my haikyuu fics I wanna cry with happiness #being reminded of fics and then looking and realizing I still love them is a true gift #COMMUNITY BITCHES THIS IS WHAT THAT IS

[jesperfaheys-defenseattorney]

If you do look for fanfic on Tumblr and your preference isn't an option please feel free to reblog and tell me or leave a comment. In fact I beg of you to 👀

#fanfic writing #tumblr fanfic #reading fanfiction #fanfic culture #fanfic on tumblr #fanficblr #ficblr #fic culture #fanfic.net #wattpad #ao3 writers #ao3 fanfic #ao3 fic #ao3 #tumblr writers #writing fanfiction #fanfiction writers #fanfiction writing #fanfiction writer #fanfiction reader problems #fanfiction readers #fanfiction reader #fanfiction questions #writer questions #fanfiction reading #fanfiction struggles #fanfiction #new lore #tumblr polls #my polls

[wammbam]

its interesting how fic takes up this omniscient god like narrator for almost all stories. traditional writinf classes mostly frown on leaning hard into a 3rd person omniscient narrator but i enjoy looking at all fic and being like "idk who the fuck is telling this story but they know everything, tell me more!"

#fic #fanfic #fic culture #fic tropes

[combatfaerie]

Disclaimer: People can consume, organize, etc. fic however they please, obviously.

I'm slightly baffled by some of my bookmark stats on AO3. As I said above, obviously people can organize however they choose. I can understand why a story like The Arrangement would have more private bookmarks than public ones: it's basically sex, a committed threesome, and one of the members is married to someone outside the threesome. Rose & Thorn stories? Ditto. They're about a sex club.

But my lone AEW fanfic has zero sex, zero innuendo... and most of its bookmarks are private. Is AEW fic culture just different, or am I missing something?

#fic culture

[shootingstarpilot]

Hi, regarding the conversation about how to sort AO3:

When joining a fandom I sort after kudos. It helps to get a feel for what is popular in said fandom, what are common tropes or head canons? How does that overlap with my tastes? What kind of filters or tags might I need to use to ex- or include the things that are to my tastes?

I also like it when the brain is tired. Fics with a lot of kudos are less likely to have issues like grammar or spelling mistakes that make me back out.

(I'd also like to disagree with anon, readers are a part of fandom. Yes, they are consuming fics and not creating. But they give feedback and comment and writing is made to be read.)

These are all excellent points! I 100% see the reasoning behind sorting by kudos or other factors- and what you said about making the decision to read based on the number of kudos when your brain is tired is something that I hadn't considered before. Now that I'm thinking about it, though, of course that makes sense- thank you for sharing! Sometimes you don't have the energy to do anything but play it safe.

And you're absolutely right regarding readers being a part of fandom! Admittedly, I don't have any polling data to back this up, but I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of fandom writers and other creatives started out as readers- I know I did. And I would guess that even if a reader is not commenting or kudosing or otherwise interacting, they might well have ideas of their own slowly taking shape that are molded and pushed and pulled about about by the fics they're reading. And who knows- maybe one day those ideas will spill onto the page, and that might become someone's new favorite fic, and the cycle starts over again. The circle of fandom life, right?

#ao3 #fandom culture #fic culture #thanks for sharing!!! #love hearing more about other people's fandom experiences #it's a good reminder we all experience this in our own ways

[absentcaryatid]

Is your Gender Neutral reader insert really written gender neutral?

Some observations from my perspective as an agender reader of K-pop fanfic.

No trait, behavior, or body part is limited to one gender only, but without giving a heads up in the fic notes, many things can be jarring when the person reading your work is expecting it to be generalized for any gender. While avoiding gendered pronouns is a good start, that is not all it takes to make a story truly gender neutral.

While suitable for every reader, gender neutral writing is of particular appeal to people who have a harder time finding representation in reader insert fanfic due to their gender. This includes people who are nonbinary, trans, agender, men, and also gender nonconforming people who find common fic characterizations for their gender do not represent them.

A partial list of things to check before posting your Gender Neutral fic:

Do a word search for "girl" used for the reader. Really. That's the number one tip. I have seen things marked "gender neutral reader" who then have the character get called "good girl" or greeted with "hey girl". Be selective too about words like "dude" or "guys" for the reader, even when used without intent to be gendered. Watch out for "she" and "her" or "he" and "his" occurrences that slip in by accident when writing about the reader. Also, if the love interest is caught kissing "another girl" or "another boy" you have just gendered the reader. Kissing "a girl" or "a boy" avoids that.

Mentions of clothes, jewelry, hair length, and makeup are more ways reader inserts might lean into a gender unintentionally. Skirts or long hair truly can be worn by anyone, but for many readers there will be a gendered cultural association in their mind. I have seen dresses and bras show up out of nowhere in some stories marked Gender Neutral leaving a reader bewildered if not given advance notice. Better to let someone skip the fic after reading disclosures in the contents paragraph upfront than be frustrated halfway through.

Who are your reader's friends and roommates? If they are only one gender, that can feel like the reader has been gendered even if unsaid, especially if they are living in a sorority or fraternity house.

Have you brought up specific body parts? Lots of stories include that, but be thoughtful about how the reader is catalogued in the pre-story notes. For instance, Gender Neutral AFAB (assigned female at birth) is one way to describe a reader insert character but ignores the full range of AFAB bodies. To be more inclusive in a world where people are intersex or transition medically, you can instead simply state the relevant anatomy. Reader has developed breasts. Reader has a penis. Reader has a vagina. Reader has top surgery scars. It is that easy.

Thank you to the people who do work crafting stories for those of us who are less often represented. It truly means a lot. If you are a reader, do let authors know how important their choice of making gender neutral stories is to you. The authors you become familiar with who can always be trusted when they label a fic Gender Neutral Reader are precious. Reblog their work to help others find such a treasure.

To anyone who writes stories with a gendered reader and is looking this over out of curiosity, I would like to ask one thing of you. Could you review how you list pairings? Are you specific about who your reader insert is when it comes to gender? So many times Character x "Reader" is used without any other modifier despite excluding plenty of readers. Your followers will already know who you are writing for, but people catching a reblog or discovering through tags want to know the gender of the reader insert without having to skim multiple paragraphs.

If your reader insert is a woman, say that. "Fem Reader" seems used to mean either female or feminine, which can be very different things, so it helps to use the full word for clarity. If the story shows your reader insert is cisgender, say that in advance. There is nothing wrong with catering to any of those audiences, but the lack of disclosure makes sifting through reader insert fanfiction on Tumblr a disheartening process for the rest of us.

#writing advice #gender neutral reader #lament of a reader browsing gender neutral reader insert stories #fic culture

[just-french-me-up]

I'm sorry, cringe culture can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause it's dead!

#fandom #fandom culture #writing #fanart #fanfiction #fanfiction writing #fanfiction writers #fanfic #artists #look free yourself from the preconceived notion that your creativity has limits #draw that character however the fuck you want #write that OC #draw that OC #publish a fic with that ship you like #write self insert #fuck your fav character if you want? Hell #15 of them if you want #it's all made up #it's all in our heads #it's fine #just be respectful of people #and don't commit crimes i guess #also pretending you never imagined yourself as part of your fav narrative.... please #we're all weird it's fine #it's called being human #the sooner we all realise that the sooner we can have fun #mine

[dianartemiss]

this is gonna sound super bitchy but like, some people just do not have the writing skill to tackle certain topics without perpetuating harmful stereotypes. it's great that more people are invested in increasing representation, really.

but the culture of "if it's not praise stfu" in fic means that when i read something wanting for some rep or because i think i'll relate and get triggered by someone being ignorant or just inexperienced there's literally nothing to do and that sucks okay. it sucks. because you're not allowed to say anything 'negative' so you just have to sit and let it go that you were hurt and other people might be hurt and if nothing else anyone reading is getting shit ideas reinforced by someone trying and failing to be an ally.

and i fucking agree that unsolicited concrit is rude and not what fic communities are for, i do. but damn sometimes it sucks to not be able to say something.

#diana says #fic culture

[d0llfaac3]

OBX P!LINKS

Warning: mdni, porn, just full 18+ warning if any of the links don’t work tell me!!

Rafe Cameron

Tatted!rafe fucking you over a counter

Cute morning sex with Rafe

Rafe eating you out

Backshots

Hospital sex 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

JJ maybank

JJ taking a video of ur ass

Giving JJ a Blowjob

JJ after Rafe flirted with you

Overnight at the beach

Giving him a handjob at the beach

Potentially a part 2 coming soon 😔😔

#obx fanfiction #obx fic #obx x reader #rafe cameron #crush culture #drew starkey #rafe cameron smut #obx smut #p!link #dating jj maybank #jj obx fic #rafe cameron x fem!reader #rafe cameron x pogue!reader #dark rafe cameron #jj maybank smut #jj mayback imagine #jj obx