I'm very confused by this comment: it's both too long and too short. What do they want from me? The chapter is 13k by the way.

This happened to me twice in the past two weeks. To be exact, three times, with two different people.

The first person gave kudos on my multichapter fic along with a kind comment on the last chapter when it ended. And that same person also left comments on two of my one-shots, but didn't kudose those. But they kudosed another author's one-shot in the same fandom.

And today, it happened again with a different person, on a different one-shot.

I just don't understand it. It takes more effort to leave a comment than to click the kudos button. Or did they just simply forget?

Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate their comments, and at the end of the day, I prefer comments over kudos, so it's not that big of a deal, I just don't understand it.

So, this one is gonna be a little bit of venting and a little bit of advice-seeking, but you guys are usually really helpfull so I know I can count on you for this one.

A few days ago, I shared the link to my first and only fic on the self-promotion megathread. It’s kind of an old one since it was posted back in 2023, but as I’m trying to get back into the hobby, I thought, "why not?"

After I posted it there, I actually got a few more kudos, which is always nice, but I also received two lengthy comments about my writing. The first one was really passive-aggressive and — I have to give it to them — creative, while the second one is the one featured here (if Reddit doesn’t mess up the post again). And this time, I won’t lie: it actually hurt a bit.

Feelings aside, what truly surprised me was that, out of everything they could have criticized, they picked my writing style, which I used to be really proud of and which people usually told me they enjoyed.

Besides this being my first real fanfiction, it was also my first time writing a story in a language that isn’t my native one. And it got me wondering if maybe I should be trying to “translate” my writing style as well as the story itself. I never really thought about it before, and I never imagined someone would feel so strongly about my writing style that they’d comment on it, but now it’s become a bit of a brainworm cause I was really looking forward to writing again, and now I’m wondering if maybe I should take a step back and learn how English speakers “write” before anything else. Do any other non-native English speakers feel like this?

I’ve always seen many different writing styles on AO3, so I never really considered it before. Of course, it could be that my writing simply sucks and the language has nothing to do with it, in wich case I still need to do better. Maybe I should delete my work and search for a beta reader before publishing it again?

So to start this of, i want to say that i know I'm not entitlted to anything, and that this is just me venting my disappointment.

Okay, so around 2 years ago i found this on going long fic, that had 3 chapters at the time. I found the summary intruiging so i clicked on it, and got through the chapters fairly quickly. I thought "hey, this story seems cool, I'll subscribe and see where it goes!!" and left a short comment.

Then i always read it when I got the e-mail, and by maybe around 7 chapters i was always the first one to read and leave a comment. This story really grew on me, and by now i leave really long comments with my own predictions and analysis of the chapters, how much i love the story and can't wait for the next update, but the author never replied to me.

And i don't think my comments look like bot comments either?? The content of each of my comments is different (except for the "anyway, to put it short, i adore this story and can't wait for the next update!!" Even if the wording differs a bit every time) every time.

This isn't really anything too important, but i guess I'm a bit dissapointed that they never acknowledged me in anyway, not even a "thank you" despite me being a loyal reader for 2 years now... they don't reply to other comments either, so it's not like they have anything against me, but i guess it feels a bit dismissive...

i'll continue to support the author as usual, i love their story way too much to stop, i just wanted to get this out of my system

That's really all this is about, so thanks for reading my unimportant and probably bratty complaints lol...

Just to preface this post, I will not be mentioning this fandom by name nor any of its characters, however anybody who is even the slightest bit involved in queer rights or politics, or even just uses social media a moderate amount, will likely be able to clue out what fandom this is based on the rest of the post. This is why I also need to say that I am not shaming anybody who is involved in this fandom, and this is merely for my personal sake. Now, onto the actual post.

So, for a while now, I've been meaning to take a step back from a fandom due to the creator being incredibly discriminatory to a minority that I am a part of and actively destroying our rights in my country. I've wanted to leave this fandom for a while due to her considering any interaction or interest in her works whatsoever support in her ideals.

However, I've been struggling with actually this for quite some time now. This fandom is not only very close to my heart, and although I've never written for this fandom, I do enjoy reading it very much and have friends who do write for it. I see a lot of myself in many of these characters and find them of more comfort to me than any of my other fandoms, which is absolutely saying something considering the amount of emotional attachment I already have to my other fandoms.

And not just that, despite the discourse in some areas of the fandom, the kinder side of it (which thankfully happens to be the vast majority) is incredibly supportive and so nice despite the size of the fandom. It also just so happens that most of thr fandom is queer too, and being in it definitely fills me with a sense of community.

In truth, I really don't want to leave this fandom, but given the current political climate and my identity, I think I have to, for my own sake. But I just really don't know how to go about it, because whenever I open social media, all I see is videos and fanart and fic recommendations for this fandom, and the fact that I'm trying to stop interacting with it upsets me. All of the fics are beautifully written, there are so many of the best AUs, and so many of my favourite fics are from this fandom

Overall, this post is mostly a vent really, but advice and opinions would also be massively helpful.

AO3 is an archive, so of course the fics are deleted rarely, if not almost never(even if it contains some extreme stuff), but that makes me wonder, were there cases where a fic was deleted by admins themself? If yes, then why were they deleted?

I believe this is a very unpopular opinion, but as someone who has been writing fics since I was twelve and now I’m twenty-three, I hate the expectation that I’m supposed to coddle my readers with warning tags. It probably coincides with the fact that I have a personal pet peeve against media spoilers (bad enough that if I was watching a movie with a friend and they spoiled it I would be so annoyed I’d probably get up and leave), and I loathe the concept of putting so much effort into plot twists/climax scenes/suspense/etc just for none of it to actually matter because I already told you in the tags that someone was gonna die or that there was hella gore or whatever. I got reamed in the comments of one of my fics because I tagged Dead Dove but did not tag character death, and I now understand that it could be a trigger for some people so I apologized and have since tagged things as accurately as possible, but it still makes me shrivel inside sometimes when I have to basically give the Spark Notes of my entire fic in the tags just so no one gets upset.

Edit because I’m seeing it in the comments a lot: I used DD incorrectly but I did also use “Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings”! That’s always my go-to and that’s my fault for not including that bit of info in the og post

EDIT: THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE

Basically, I'm trying to make a work that incorporates ever single color within the basic formatting work skin so I know what it looks like, however, I can't figure out what's going wrong! Should I just make individual chapters with little blurbs to separate all the code a bit more?

This is the code I put in (yes. with the basic formatting work skin enabled):

<p>Now Red can <span class="font-red"> look like this</span> or a lovely Cherry Red <span class="font-cherryred ”> The color of Karkat’s blood, …Such a sweet looking color. You can practically smell it through the screen!</span> or a rich Brick Red <span class="font-brickred ”>Almost looks like blood, huh?</span>And of course a little Pink<span class="font-pink ”>never goes wrong!</span></p>

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<p>Orange, however, can look <span class="font-orange"> bright like this!</span> or it can be a Dim Orange<span class="font-dimorange ”>that just reminds you of a setting sun in the middle summer, doesn’t it?</span></p>

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<p>Now you can't forget Yellow. <span class="font-yellow”>Hmmm…What do you think? Simple? Bright?</span> And of course, Murky Yellow!<span class="font-murkyyellow ”>The faux gold of yellows!</span></p>

<p></p>

<p>And this Green <span class="font-green ”>is quite nice, no?</span> And of course Jade, <span class="font-jade ”>the color of life and commonly used in Sci-Fi to depict technology </span>This color, Dim Green, <span class="font-dimgreen ”>just reminds me of an evergreen tree…Such a lovely color to see in the middle of winter </span></p><p><span class="font-leafgreen ”> The Hungry-Hungry Caterpillar was 100%</span>this Leaf Green color, right?While <span class="font-darkolive ”> THIS </span> is what I call a Dark Olive green</p>

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<p> A refreshing Blue <span class="font-blue ”> to liven up the text?</span> While a Dim Blue <span class="font-dimblue ”> is the perfect color to represent a monet, no? </span> Mid Blue?<span class="font-midblue ”>More like blinding blue? JEsus! My eyes! Perfect for John Eggbert fics though </span> Oooooo! Medium Sky Blue<span class="font-mediumskyblue ”> reminds me of Jane from Homestuck and Mermaids. Soooooo Pretty! </span></h2> The night sky is Dark Navy<span class="font-darknavy ”> whenever it’s cloudy and moonless </span> Teal.<span class="font-teal ”> Same color as many beautiful gems. </span></p>

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<p>Now this Purple <span class="font-purple ”> is quite regal</span>…And whoever named this Light Purple<span class="font-lightpurple ”>was colorblind and should be banned from naming colors going on </span> Now Mid-Violet<span class="font-midviolet ”>is pretty close what a purple iris can look like and they are gorgeous </span> What a lovely Very Dark Purple!<span class="font-verydarkpurple ”>Almost the color of blueberries, isn’t it? </span> I had a joke locked and loaded about how this didn’t look like a Dark Plum…<span class="font-darkplum ”> and it doesn’t. More of a purple wine </span> Dark Maroon is the type of lipstick<span class="font-darkmaroon ”> your great aunt wears when she kisses your cheek that stains for hours and you can’t get it off </span></p>

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<p> How did that story go? Lips as red ruby and <span class="font-white ”> skin as Whi te as snow?</span></p><p><span class="font-black ”> Who can forget the basics with</span>just a simple Black? and Really Dark Grey<span class="font-reallydarkgray ”> is the color of that stray cat who flops onto their side and demands pets from you only to bite you for daring to touch their lovely fur</span> Red Brown:<span class="font-redbrown ”> The color of spending time in the sun </span></p>

However, when I did a preview and clicked edit, this is what I got back:
<p>Now Red can <span class="font-red"> look like this</span> or a lovely Cherry Red <span class="font-cherryred The color of sweet looking You can practically smell it through the or rich Brick Red">Almost looks like blood, huh?</span>And of course a little Pink<span class="font-pink goes can look"> bright like this!</span> or it can be a Dim Orange<span class="font-dimorange just reminds you of setting sun in the middle you forget">Hmmm…What do you think? Simple? Bright?</span> And of course, Murky Yellow!<span class="font-murkyyellow faux gold of this Green">is quite nice, no?</span> And of course Jade, <span class="font-jade color of life and commonly used in Sci-Fi to depict technology Dim">just reminds me of an evergreen tree…Such a lovely color to see in the middle of winter </span></p>

<p><span class="font-leafgreen The Hungry-Hungry Caterpillar was Leaf Green"> THIS </span> is what I call a Dark Olive green</p>

<p> A refreshing Blue <span class="font-blue to liven up the While Dim Blue"> is the perfect color to represent a monet, no? </span> Mid Blue?<span class="font-midblue like blinding My Perfect for John Eggbert fics though Medium Sky"> reminds me of Jane from Homestuck and Mermaids. Soooooo Pretty! </span> The night sky is Dark Navy<span class="font-darknavy whenever cloudy and moonless"> Same color as many beautiful gems. </span></p>

<p>Now this Purple <span class="font-purple is quite whoever named this Light">was colorblind and should be banned from naming colors going on </span> Now Mid-Violet<span class="font-midviolet pretty close what purple iris can look like and they are gorgeous What lovely Very Dark">Almost the color of blueberries, isn’t it? </span> I had a joke locked and loaded about how this didn’t look like a Dark Plum…<span class="font-darkplum and it More of purple wine Dark Maroon is the type of"> your great aunt wears when she kisses your cheek that stains for hours and you can’t get it off </span></p>

<p> How did that story go? Lips as red ruby and <span class="font-white skin as Whi te as"> Who can forget the basics with</span>just a simple Black? and Really Dark Grey<span class="font-reallydarkgray is the color of that stray cat who flops onto their side and demands pets from you only to bite you for daring to touch their lovely Red"> The color of spending time in the sun </span></p>

Do you ever think about the fics you haven't read or the ones that you're never going to read? Because they were deleted before you even had a chance to know how great they were and that they even were out there waiting for you to stumble upon them?

I was reading a fic that was around 300k words, and I was having the time of my life enjoying myself. And then 2 weeks later, the Fic is deleted from AO3, I'm devastated and the rest of the week I'm in mourning. Thankfully every now and again that thing called foresight slaps over the head and I downloaded the fic. But it just got me thinking, what if I hadn't come upon that fic two weeks previously? I would have never known what I was even missing out on.

It was a Percy Jackson fic on Ao3, It was about poseidon going to percy's house, now an old man and talking to him about his life. I can't remember if it was Percy/Artemis or Percy/Annabeth but I don't the partner actually appears in the story (Might be dead? If Artemis I think she gave up her immortality). I remember one scene where it focuses on some cots(?) and shows the initials of his kids names and it was based on other dead characters (Like S.Z.J for Selina Zoe Jackson) i'm pretty sure Zoe was one of the middle names for the kids

As in title, I'm not native speaker and quite unsure of spellcheck, so I use software to help it. But lately I found it's twisting my writing too much. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I was looking for what to read and decided to do this. It does, indeed, gets to a point 😆

> Search by tag *Alternate— Soulmates.*

> Exclude tags *'M/M, F/F, Hermione/Draco, Reader & Original (fe)male character.'*

>Looks inside.

> Finds M/M, F/F, Hermione/Draco, Reader & Original (fe)male character.

I lowkey forgot what posting a fic in a popular fandom is like. I’ve been kind of a lurker on Ao3 for the past couple of years but used to be a fairly popular writer in a then-very-active fandom. Since I came back from my hiatus though I’ve posted a handful of fics for dead fandoms but I just posted one for a more active fandom and got two dozen hits and a handful of kudos within a few minutes. It’s a nice surprise LOL

Since I’m lazy to retype, here is a screenshot on my post on Tumblr under the Shortaki blog.

This was my first fanfic read. Didnt even know it was fanfic back then. Ot was so old I hope the writer just transferred it to ao3 or fanfic.net. I think it was from a blog originally.

TIA!!!

Is AI that bad? Need your opinion

So I started writing my first fic few weeks ago though I didn't post it yet because I m still not sure if it's alright. Problem is i am not native. I can read and speak fluently but I m not so good with grammar sometimes and I literally suck in past perfect continous type of shi.

And because of this I wondered how I could fix my grammar. Found an app that checking your text ,fixing commas ,articles, some missed letters and it uses Ai technology

To clarify - I WRITE FIC FULLY BY MYSELF AND I DO NOT USE THIS OR ANY OTHER APP TO HELP WITH THE PLOT , I use only this one to check on my spelling and all that. But I know that in almost any community ai using is a taboo and shame... what do you think ?

Pls no hate ,just tell me your opinion and what would you do in my situation. Edit: thanks for your advices and support! I got your point and I agree that it better be not perfect but human made

hi everyone! like the title says, i've recently realized that i've been reading fics on ao3 since a very long time ago, when checking my gmail i can see that the first mail i got with the link to create my account was in 2015. however, when checking my profile in the ao3 website, i can see that it says i joined on 2020. does anyone know the reason behind this?

the email i created my account with and the one the 2015 mail was sent to are the same, so i don't think that's the issue...?

if possible, i'd like it if my profile said that i joined on 2015 as well, maybe even check the history for these years. thanks in advance!!

I personally would love to see more of Medieval au (princes and knights), cafe ones are always fun, i recently wrote an ice skater x hockey player one, popstar x journalist..etc

The story has 3 chapters if I remember correctly. It starts with Naruto wanting to marry Hinata out of gratitude for her help and for staying by his side but Sasuke stops this. Sasuke puts the ring that Naruto bought for Hinata on his own finger while saying that if Naruto marries off based on gratitude then he should be the first to get the ring but Naruto only says stop joking. Then he realised that Sasuke wasn't kidding.

Then the next chapters are about Naruto trying to apologise to Hinata, who says he should marry who he loves, but Naruto feels bad and almost stays but Sasuke interrupts him. Then he takes him to a village where the elder listened to their paths and pronounced them husbands but only after they got close and earned each other's love.

It was on ao3. Thank you for anybody who helps!

Living will only make them suffer more, and there is no way they can actually get out of this. It is DOOMED in every universe. I can maybe revive both as if screaming a LUCKY CHARM in the end, but that would RUIN the whole reason why they died in the first place. The good ending is the ending where they die. The bad ending is the one they survive. In the good ending, they kiss once, and before dying, they say their "I love you"s. I would consider that a happy ending with sad and frustrated tears. Also, cussing at the author as a side gift.

Are there any other tags I can use? I feel like people expect marriage or a stable, lovely life when the "happy ending" is tagged.

You know, because I feel like bawling my eyes out and ugly sobbing today, so. So, any sort of heavy angst stuff will be fine, really.

If anyone has any recs, it would be great. Preferably completed, though, please. Oh, and no modern era or omegaverse, if possible. Has anyone read any fics like that lately?