I wish that ao3 had an option to filter warnings (and tbh certain authors) out like I will never ever want to read it and just seeing it puts me off so much that often I end up closing my browser because that content upsets me so much lmao
Okay look, I very much enjoyed S3 of TUA. Many of the scenes warmed my black heart and other scenes hurt it. Viktor coming out, Five having some moments with his brothers, Klaus getting his powers down, etc. All in all, it was a rollercoaster I’d love to ride again and experience for the first time.
That being said…
FUCK THE SHOW FOR TRIGGERING MY TRYPOPHOBIA BECAUSE I BASICALLY RECOILED BACK IN FEAR/DISGUST WHEN I SAW HIS NASTY ASS FACE! I BROKE INTO GOOSEBUMPS THAT ENTIRE TIME EVEN AFTER IT WAS COVERED, FUCK YOU WRITERS WHYYYY?!!?
Three months ago I pitched an idea for a party game. Today, ‘WHAT THE PLOT?!™’ is a real game and available for pre-order! I am so excited. Thank you everyone for your support!
i see posts sometimes that say things like “wouldn’t it be cool if ao3 would recommend you fics similar to the one you just read?” or “wouldn’t it be cool if ao3 had a function similar to spotify wrapped that showed you your fic reading habits over the year?” etc. and while on one hand, yes, i can see how these functions might be neat & fun & helpful, i think the fact that ao3 *doesn’t* do any of these typical media website things is actually utterly spectacular
like, i enjoy looking at my spotify wrapped as much as the next person, but when you start to think about that, it is honestly pretty horrifying that spotify collects & stores all this data about its users & can produce it at a moment’s notice. and netflix is not recommending you shows because it actually cares that you watch something you enjoy. it’s recommending them because in the digital age, attention is money & every website is fighting for as much of yours as it can get.
the fact that a website hosting as much media as ao3 doesn’t try to analyze or predict or manipulate your content consumption in any way is truly an oasis in a landscape where user data is the most valuable commodity around. ao3 gives all of the agency to its users & i don’t think we realize just how rare that is. you go looking for the content you want. you sort and filter based on your preferences. you subscribe to the story or author updates you’d like to see. so on and so forth. nothing is recommended for you. no algorithm is trying to maximize the time you spend on the website. you engage with it completely on your own terms. and given the way most media websites choose to operate, that is nothing short of a miracle.
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