#vexbatch

[end-otw-racism]

Hello! I was wondering what the intended effect of re-titling works on Ao3 is? Apologies if you've detailed this elsewhere, I just want to make sure I understand

As we mentioned elsewhere: 'When discussing this, we often referenced the recent ArtStation protest against AI art, where the front page of the site was flooded with the same image.' A unified message shared by creators, across fandoms and ships and medium (whether by vidders, podficcers, translators, fanartists, writers, or etc) seemed like a good way to draw attention to the issue without being too disruptive or violating the TOS. The latter part was important, because we didn't want users' works removed or their accounts reported/suspended.

Changing titles is also a very accessible option for creators - it encourages new fanwork but doesn't require people to create something new, it's reversible, and it's easy to see that you're not the only one participating.

We also thought doing this on AO3 would have the most impact, since that's the (primary) site with the issues. It's also a central hub for fandom - fandom's flagship project, made by fans for fans. And so, while fandom may be scattered across multiple social media platforms and blogging sites, a significant number of fans who are active on all of those sites also use AO3. AO3 may not be a universal touch point for transformative works fans, but it's definitely a common one.

An initiative like ours needs to be clear, accessible, and visible (and ideally: hard to ignore). Changing titles on AO3 seemed to tick all those boxes.

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#endotwracism #end otw racism #ao3 #otw #archive of our own #askbox #vexbatch

[kbirbpods]

Original Work: Gravedirt & Empty Hearts by @vexbatch

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Characters:  Jason Todd, Willow Rosenberg, Buffy Summers

Tags: Poetry, Fights, Angst, Magic, Vampires, Dark Willow Rosenberg (BtVS), Alternate Universe - Fusion, joker's dead, West Coast Best Coast, is this how outlaws starts now

Audio Length: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Summary:

In a world where Willow was there to help Jason Todd from the pit, in a world where Tara died and Buffy’s spirit is broken, they could save the world. They could do anything. But will it mean anything?

Podded for @reena-jenkins during Summer Swap 2023

#buffy summers #jason todd podfic #jason todd #willow rosenberg #buffy crossover #dc crossover #podfic #dc podfic #btvs podfic #summer swap #summer swap 2023 #vexbatch #vexbatch writes #kaje pods #poetry

[fth2023fanworks]

#fth 2023 #fandom trumps hate #podfic #marvel #vexbatch

[claraxbarton]

So uh listen friends.

There are currently 27 tagged Bucky/Clint/Jason Todd fics on AO3 and we are the problem but like… how can I support us and also challenge more people to be the problem too?

How to do we get this pairing up to 100 by the end of 2023? Or like… even more? You all in? Wanna do something crazy? Some kind of exchange or festival or anything?

@flowerparrish @noxnthea @kangofu-cb @there-must-be-a-lock @vexbatch @veryrach @bittercape

#jason todd #clint barton #bucky barnes #hey whats the ship tag anyway #redhawkwinter #red Winterhawk #gunsandbows #my dudes we need a ship name

[bakageta]

The first of many WIPs to be posted! This one does get explicit later on, but I haven't included that part here. I'll reblog with a link to the whole fic on AO3. It's also a gift fic for @vexbatch for @fandomtrumpshate I hope you enjoy it! Questions Explicit 5.8k words

Starting over sucked. And yeah, technically, Eddie wasn’t starting completely over—their reputation had recovered somewhat after they’d been proven right—but the transfer from spoken word to written word wasn’t without problems. They’d written much of the scripts for The Brock Report, but articles were different. Articles varied by type, by scope, by publication. Editing wasn’t just done for quality or length but also for page layout in a paper or for ad breaks on a website; things Eddie wasn’t used to accounting for.

It was an intimidating shift, not helped by the fact that they’d somehow managed to secure a job with CIR, the Center for Investigative Reporting. They’d been popular with their show on MNBN, but with CIR Eddie would have the opportunity to cover things on a much larger stage. Only— they had to not fuck everything up.

You will not fuck everything up. Venom rolled over into awareness in Eddie’s mind as they made their way out of CIR’s glass and brick offices and towards the parking deck they’d left their motorcycle in. Their symbiote had done a good job of letting them focus on the meeting with CIR’s editors.

They flushed. It must’ve been the temperature change from the air conditioned building to outside summer heat. “Thought I was a loser, huh?”

In most things, yes, Venom agreed matter-of-factly, drawing an offended squawk from Eddie. But this you are good at.

“Ah— thanks? Thanks.” Eddie ran a hand through their hair awkwardly, but they couldn’t help their pleased grin. “Means a lot coming from the alien slime who lives in my stomach.”

They expected Venom to posture or at least grumble about the alien slime comment, instead their symbiote hummed against their spine in a content sigh. Better.

“Better?” Eddie wondered. They’d finally reached their motorcycle, and when Venom made no immediate response, they slipped on the helmet Venom disliked, revved the engine, and kicked the bike into gear.

They’d tried to time their meeting to miss out on the worst of the Bay Area traffic on their way home from Emeryville and hadn’t been entirely successful. Ahead of them, the cars slowed to a crawl, forcing Eddie to weave the bike's front tire back and forth in an effort to keep momentum as they slowed. It was a lost cause; eventually Eddie had to plant their feet on the interstate.

Times like this they almost regretted the motorcycle. A car would have at least had air conditioning.

We could swim, Venom pointed out, focusing Eddie’s eyes off to the side of the Bay Bridge ahead.

“We’d have to come back for the bike,” Eddie pointed out instead of flatly refusing. They’d quickly learned that Venom usually accepted reasoning, so long as the reasoning made sense.

That is not a no.

"Also not a yes." They crept closer to the base of the bridge. It would be better once they got on it. There would be a breeze.

Venom grumbled in Eddie’s head, but not in any sort of verbal way. It felt more like poking an old bruise to see if it was still there. At least let me be our helmet. We will be cooler.

"Sure." They pulled their helmet off and tucked it into the cargo netting on the tail of their motorcycle. Compromise was good, and anyone who caught sight of them as their symbiote formed over their head probably wouldn't believe their eyes.

Venom swept out from the base of Eddie’s skull in a cool wave over their scalp, face, and around their jaw. For a moment they were blinded, then the span of their symbiote’s glossy, white eyespots opened on the front of their false helmet and they could see. Their field of view was wider like this, and Venom helped compensate for the difference, soothing away the contradictions irritating their neurons. The perpetual toothy grin of their masked head unfurled along their jaw. Immediately, they felt cooler.

#my writing #fanfiction #symbrock #movie based #eddie brock #venom symbiote #written for Fandom Trumps Hate

[observethewalrus]

Rules: List 8 tv shows for your followers to get to know you!

@fancy-a-dance-brigadier I’m stealing your idea of listing different trek shows separately <3

1- Star Trek TOS

2- Star Trek Deep Space Nine

3- Star Trek Enterprise

4- Our Flag Means Death

5- Qi

6- What We Do In The Shadows

7- Futurama

8- Sailor Moon

Sometimes I want to adopt blorbos and rotate them in my mind for months at a time and sometimes I wanna watch something interesting but mindless enough that I can do other stuff. And then there’s sailor moon just cuz nostalgia

Tagging @vexbatch @emmianuel @absolutely-pedestrian @xoxoemynn @edsbacktattoo @sgtcoolbeans @goldkirk @toboldlynerd

#tag game

[dragonpressgraphics]

Get to Know You

I got tagged twice! thanks @vexbatch and @ialwayscomewhenyoucall !!

Last song: Wintergreen - The East Pointers Favorite color: BLUE!!! Currently watching: My Hero Academia Sweet/savory/spicy: Savory Relationship status: Married Current obsession: Umm…. Also My Hero Academia Last thing you searched: When did the Voyager 1 Launch, followed by, When did Star Trek 1 the Motion Picture come out. (Followed by me explaining why the two are connected to my daughter)

Tag friends: hey, no pressure y’all

@fivedayslater @hilariousseagoat @li-izumi

#get to know you #game

[noxnthea]

20 Questions for Writers

Thanks for the tag @artaxlivs and @carcrash429!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

45!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

524,893! woah.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Teen Wolf right now, but I wouldn't say I'm done with Marvel. Especially because I owe a MTH fic eek

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The One with the Pottery Barn Couch (jason/clint/bucky), Murder, Magic, and a Masterclass in Denial (sterek), and Thank You for Staying with Us (clint/bucky) -- four and five are also marshmallow crimelords fics!

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! 97% of the time. though it does occasionally take me months.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

um have you met me. i couldn't do an angsty ending if my life depended on it. I'd say the closest I've gotten to "angst" at an ending was the one with Jason's birthday, which ends happily while you wipe tears from your cheeks because it's just packed full of feels and references to, hmm, canonical angst? But like let's be honest, the deepest cuts from that fic were probably @there-must-be-a-lock's influence/contribution

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

i repeat: HAVE YOU MET ME I CAN'T DO UNHAPPY. BUT -- if we wanna get technical about this, Redundancies is a multiverse fic with THREE HAPPY ENDINGS

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

only recently! like. literally in only two fics so far.

10. Do you write crossovers?

yeahhhh buddy

11. Are any of your fics converted into podfics?

Yes!! because I have wonderful friends

@flowerparrish has podficced The One with the Pottery Barn Couch, as well as the things that matter. @vexbatch ALSO podded the things that matter, as well as the first chapter for This Just In! Also I podficced my own fic, The Tricks and Capers of the Mountain Stiles

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes! all of the marshmallow crimelords series with lou ^^.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

i don't! believe! in favorites!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I feel persecuted by this question and shall therefore not answer it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

based on the comments I just responded to? banter. I think I've gotten pretty decent at comedic timing. and @bekala says I'm good at plot structure, and she obviously knows best.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

the romance. I have to be really intentional about plotting out romantic progression and sexual tension because they do nottt happen naturally for me. at all.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I'd be hesitant to do it in any language I don't speak, but wouldn't be opposed to including it! I'd definitely focus a lot on ensuring that it was accessible for people.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Marvel/MCU

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I do not do favorites! I got a super nice comment on This Just In recently, and I'm very proud of that fic and all the HTML I did for it.

tagging -- anyone who sees this and wants to do it!

#tag game #i really hope i removed all of cc's answers from when i copied and pasted this but if not whoops cc i am you

[flowerparrish]

Last Line Challenge!

tagged by @ifonlyweknewwhatiwasdoing <3

tagging: @mothdustmouth @ladysongmaster @trashcanakin @shatteredhourglass @vexbatch @nephilimswitchlight @seascribbling aaaand anyone else who wants to do this!

Rules: Post the last line you wrote and try to tag as many people as there are words!

Snippet:

Cody takes Obi-Wan's hand, and ze clings to it, a lifeline in the storm of this upheaval to zir carefully maintained bubble.

#tag game

[wilfriede]

[Podfic of] Mustn't

For a very long time I've been thinking about recording some of @telanu's DWP stories. And then @vexbatch was my recipient in the Purimgifts exchange and their requests and likes immediately made me think of Telanu's Mustn't.

Summary:

They really shouldn't be doing this. Even more than usual.

Additional Tags: Adultery, Angst Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Length: 20:20 (So it's a bit less than 20 minutes of smut :D)

Listen to it on AO3!

#dwp #my podfic #telanu #purimgifts #the devil wears prada #mirandy #miranda priestly #andrea sachs #femslash #podfic

[betweensaintsandmonsters]

Nine (or however many) people you'd like to get to know better

Thank you for the tag, @teaforkenobi!

Last Song: okay so i listen to so much music because i can't be alone with my thoughts for two and a half minutes, but the last song i chose to listen to is casual by chappell roan

Favorite Color: indigo! one time in college i had to explain to a group of guys that it's the crayon that looks blue and colors purple, and they looked at me and went "that makes so much sense." i think of this often

Currently Watching: dimension 20: junior year, but also love island (the us version)

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: preferences are sweet and spicy!

Relationship Status: single, but like not stressed about it? still hung up on a boy who lives across the ocean? idk man not in a real relationship tho

Current Obsession: star wars recently, jellyfish, dnd, and painting!

Last Thing You Googled: "colorado rockies mascot" to explain to my roommate why i support a baseball team with 100 losses last season

Tag a few friends, new and old: @ragnarlothcat @tideswept @intermundia @vexbatch @isthisfree @piecesofeden11

#about me #tag games!

[ialwayscomewhenyoucall]

the heart’s affections

Clint’s in medical

(again)

this time with a broken ankle

and several bruised ribs.

There’s more, but Clint’s

hazy

on the details.

Who knew trying to stop a moving car

with his body

wouldn’t work?

The room feels too

small,

too much like a

cage.

Out of nowhere

there’s a giant stuffed

unicorn

and a balloon bouquet

in the doorway.

Hey Wade.

Clint’s voice is syrupy,

dripping with pain meds.

How’d you know it was me?

Wade’s scarred and

smiling

face peeks

from behind the unicorn.

Somehow the room

feels less oppressive

even as it fills

to capacity.

Wade does that.

He climbs onto the hospital bed;

anyone watching would have

gasped

and scolded Wade

for his recklessness,

but Clint can feel

the careful way

he avoids anything injured.

He settles lightly at Clint’s side,

touches his nose to Clint’s,

eyes full of mischief

…and something deeper

Clint can’t

quite

reach.

Let’s try to remember

that you don’t have magical

healing

powers

like yours truly, m’kay?

‘m fine.

Clint tries

to flap a hand

but winces.

I could have lost you.

Hurts a little less now,

Clint mumbles.

His tongue feels thick,

his eyelids heavy.

Let me be indestructible

for both of us, babe.

Clint is drifting now,

floating away

on whatever’s dripping

into his veins.

Before he’s all the way to sleep

he find’s Wade’s eyes

with his own.

Thanks.

Wade

will be there

when he wakes up.

NaPoWriMo day 1: Clint Barton, “everything hurts a little less now” (from Everything Hurts by King Shelter) for @vexbatch

#lirael writes #napowrimo 2024 #marvel #hawkpool #fandom poetry #fluff #hurt/comfort #clint is in medical again

[kbirbpods]

Original Fic: I've Got Our Heading by @vexbatch on ao3

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Tags: plot relevant body piercings, Drabble, Mission Fic, Treasure Hunting

Audio Length: 2 minutes, 3 seconds

Summary:

"What do you mean, you've got our heading; they took the bloody map!" Ed just grins back at Stede, but that's not Ed's smile; that's all Blackbeard.

Notes: For the Voiceteam Mystery Box Challenge "3 Minute Masterpiece," in which we had to do three post-production effects to a podfic that was 3 or less minutes.

#our flag means death fan fic #our flag means death podfic #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd fanfic #ofmd podfic #voiceteam #voiceteam mystery box #vexbatch #kaje pods

[thedowneyheart]

vexbatch | magicalgrrrlz | dorian.they | ariechooses | becky_cochran04 | handsybasilica | mintsixx | izzyspinkitoe | amazingspidrhan | 7h4n.3 | magsc79 | hackbenjamin22 | sammyjobooboo | letlovewinx | fight_woman_ | tqybuwu

#con o'neill #con o’neill #nycc 2023

[hullomoon]

[podfic] Goosey Nature

written by Clocketpatch

read by @hullomoon, @amanita-fierce, @n0connections, @vexbatch, @schitthappens, @thesleepyskipper, AirgiodSLV, @inklingdancer, @mistbornhero, @devilwithabirddress, @tipsyxkitty

"Don't you shake your tail feathers at me!" [01:42]

#hullomoon podfics #doctor who #untitled goose game

[pherryt]

Tagged by @fivedayslater

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Okay, um… I've been struggling with writing for a while so i think a good chunk of this has been on the previous versions of this game. Please forgive me. Also - Multifandom.

One Piece:

Wanted Poster

I Don't Care

Inkpot Gods

Zoro and Luffy (Part of the "Walk in at Your Own Risk" Series)

Marvel:

Hit the Spot

Tale of Two Bartons (may have to abandon this one at this point pout)

MTH for Vex

Her Boys (Final installment of Broken Angels)

Witcher:

Sleeping Witchers (Lost Witcher series)

Second Chances Part 12 and possibly 13

If You Don't Have Your Own Deathworlder, Homegrown Is Fine

Ignored Part 2

Misc:

Skif and Wintermoon (Heralds of Valdemar)

Moments with All Might

Baby Steps (Supernatural - final installment of Just Right)

Crossovers:

Fawn and Dag meet a Witcher (Witcher/Sharing Knife)

Spn/Witcher

Witcher/Marvel

Witcher/Others

geralt meets the wolfriders

Route 66 (very long hiatus Cries SPN/Doctor Who)

Out of the Depths (Possibly complete SPN/Old Guard. Crossing fingers might start posting soon)

@vexbatch @ialwayscomewhenyoucall @xianvar @ltleflrt @treefrogie84 @sevdrag @feathers-and-cigarettes or anyone who wants to do it, honestly. and i have too many wips so i'm not tagging as many people as wips. sorry?

#writing #wips #wip game #ask game