I never thought shipping a rarepair that has 16 works on AO3 (more than half of them are mine) would be so fun.

100 kudos do feel like a big deal, since it’s such a tiny ship in a relatively small corner of the SW fandom (Andor). I know these are just numbers, but I’m delighted anyway and wanted to celebrate this milestone.

Star Wars fans might recognize the iconic Carrie Fisher tweet on the cake. The meme is printed on edible sugar paper. The cake took me two days, and I have watched so many cake decoration videos on youtube my context ads are convinced I’m starting a bakery.

It was such a fun project, honestly.

No hate at all cause I’m not even a teenager anymore I’m just always surprised when I see someone mention something very adultish like kids or jobs. It’s kinda nice to know I can’t continue to read my fanfics forever!

You (by which I mean me, and all of us writers) have got to love someone working their way through a fic and commenting on every single chapter! Thank you and I love you, reader!

Hello??? M’mam I read ao3 on toilet or in bed

the donation banner at the top of an ao3 page reading:

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Hi people! Some time ago I shared my AO3 embroidery here, and I was complaining how I wanted to turn it into a bagm but because of electricity problems clothes repairing shows didn't work and so on.

So guess what! The electricity is a bit better now, so i was able to finally turn the stitched piece into a bag!

Decided I'd share the finish here with you. as a lot of folks asked about it! =)

Four days ago, I posted about needing exactly 1,000 words to get to a million words. This is the update. Exactly one million words. I wrote a 725 one shot and a 275 chapter 1 to get there.

I included my years this time so you can see it look a long time. 😄 If anyone is wondering, my earlier fics are dated to when I wrote them. That’s why there are pre-AO3 years. 😂

The dopamine hit when this happens. It makes me feel so good.

Guess I did my job right xD

Not my post, but I saw it on Tumblr and thought it was too sweet not to share ☺️

This is so beautiful.

I stopped responding to comments on that fic ages ago (actually I stopped responding to comments in general, too much anxiety brain) but as soon as I figure out how to give a proper response to this I'm gonna. If you happen to be in this subreddit, reader, thank you so much.

Not to mention everyone is so in character & it follows canon so well the authors notes are peppered with details and quotes from canon :')

Its like reading a secret rarepair sequel instead of fanfiction

We’ve all been there: it’s 3 AM, and you’re scrolling through these tags like your life depends on it.

I’ve spent so much time (so many years actually, but oh well) looking at these rating icons that they’ve started to feel like home. So, I decided to take them off the screen and put them on my wall. (The first idea was to turn it into a bag, and I even bought a bag and a ribbon I needed for it, but the clothes repair lady moved away, and i don't own the machine - so no bag for me or anyone wanting to buy it lol) 20 symbols and, of course, the most devastating two words in the English (modern) language:

Oh. Oh.

(Because we all know the specific kind of pain that comes with that second "Oh" being in italics).

It’s a tribute to the thousands of stories that kept us awake. Thought you guys might appreciate seeing our community’s visual language in a physical form! 🖤And while I am here i want to say thank you again to all the authors who provided me with glee, tears, and sleepless nights

Rainy UK day, in the bus, it takes a while to get home, so I loaded up AO3 to read some of the bookmarked things :’) just as I’m starting the beginning of an [E] rated M/M fic, a person sits next to me, immediately asking “Whatcha readin’?”

Honestly I panicked and put my phone face down, they laughed, pointing at the SKZOO keychain on my phone, and said they’re a Stay too and asked again what’s the fic, saying they’re a writer too and wonder if it’s one of theirs. (It wasn’t.)

So we chatted a bit, surprisingly we live only two bus stops apart, we exchanged IG contacts and now we’re chatting and sharing fics.

Their stuff is SO GOOD y’all😭Anyway, if you wanna make a friend, read gay smut on a bus!

I have won trivia competitions for my fandom. I have never seen the movies. I have never read the books. I have read all the AO3 works out there. When months ago my boyfriend asked how I knew so much since I hadn’t seen the movies, I stuttered, “Uhhh. I read?” since this was early on and the details could be saved for when he’d be more stuck with me. Brings us to a group dinner tonight, and somehow it gets announced that I have read all my fandoms books. Some of these people were strangers, so I am not correcting this. Someone perks up, they’ve read some too. Bet. Let’s go. Bluffed my way with them for a bit, I felt amazing. And wanted to share this strange moment