#over the edge ao3

[gayliketheancients]

if you're looking for a new marauders story, drop down for me

Hey, friends. dropping a sneak peak of my new story "Over The Edge"

this WIP has been going since November and I'm beyond exciting to start posting this summer. this story follows all the characters we know and love from day one of school all the way through to the war, and there is a sequel planned for Harry's era as well.

I bring sneak peaks in the form of angsty character quotes

#over the edge #over the edge ao3 #GayLikeTheAncients #glta writes on ao3 #glta writes fanfic #jegulus #wolfstar #marylily #pandalily #rosekiller #jily #flowerpott #snulciber #dorlene #james fleamont potter #peter pettigrew #sirius black #remus lupin #regulus black #lily evan #mary macdonald #dorcas meadowes #marlene mckinnon #evan rosier #barty crouch junior #severus snape #minerva mcgonagall #walburga black #marauders fanfic #marauders fanfiction

[wernerherzogs]

interesting

#lmao sorry to be Problematic and On Brand but. speaking of buck and dilfs. i'd rather do THIS #i swear i wasn't so salty about bucktommy at first but the way hardcore stans have been acting has pushed me over the EDGE #buddie warrior 4eva but if i decide to dabble a lil bit in this then well that's between me and ao3. #sorry i'm not using the show's tag on purpose i gotta stay safe out here

[amadeusevenstar]

ok I caved, i’m writing the fic where johnny and miyagi smoke weed together, you better all read it when it’s done

#literally one person asked me to do it and that was enough to push me over the edge #also you know it’s gonna be a lawrusso fic too #cobra kai #karate kid #johnny lawrence #daniel larusso #mr miyagi #ao3 writer #the karate kid 1984 #fanfic #lawrusso

[all-thestories-aretrue]

Soooooo I wrote this incredibly self-indulgent thing about Miles. I have many feelings about how he keeps himself so tightly in control. It's gotta go somewhere.

Disclaimer it's quite dark, so mind the trigger warning and keep yourself safe <3

TW: self-harm, not what I would consider graphic descriptions, but it is the central theme and way more than a mention

The lock clicks. He slips his suit jacket off. Loosens then removes his tie. Untucked, buttons undone. It’s all laid out on the bed. Step by step. Shoes set to the side and trousers swapped for silken pajama pants.

The bathroom door closes behind him. The second lock between him and the world. The shower comes on. Towel laid out on the counter.

His drawer, second down on the left. He pulls out the small black bag. Gold zipper. Supple leather. Inside, his collection. Three packs of new razor blades. An open pack of blades; used ones tucked into the back. A single hypodermic needle. A crafting knife. Two unopened band aids.

The rest of the drawer’s contents is ignored, antiseptic and suture kits, butterfly closures and rolls of gauze, in favor of practiced hands sliding the tin of blades from the bag and the blade from the tin.

He sits on the toilet, lid down. Elbow straight. Fist clenched. The first slice with a small inhale. Bright and sharp and stinging. Familiar and comforting. Line after line as red blooms from the wounds. The ecstasy second only to the Kiss. Rivulets follow gravity down. Strategically placed tissues catch the mess.

Stained crimson, they fall into the waste basket. He flexes his wrist, testing the pull of the broken skin, blots the last of the blood away. Blade inspected and stowed; everything returned to it’s place. Pajamas folded on top of the toilet, he steps into the shower.

#path of night podcast #my fic #*clenches fist* i WILL get better about sharing my writing #but yes many many thoughts about how he regulates himself emotionally and the toll that keeping himself in check takes #i dont have actual like coherent thoughts otherwise i would have written more lmao #but i always gotta have some character to slap the self-harm headcanon onto and unfortunately for miles he is The Chosen One this go around #i would imagine hes very methodical and ritualistic about it and finds it very centering and grounding and cathartic but also #tips right into that edge where he NEEDS it and its becoming a coping mechanism he doesn't really have a replacement for when push comes to #shove and how does he cope when this thing that supposedly gives him control leads him to being more out of control v juicy thoughts for me #if i actually bothered to write anything substantial i would probably post it to ao3 but for 250 words im not sure its worth it lmao #i feel like my tenses are all over the place too but im just going to live with it!!!!!!!!! #i also have many many thoughts about how marcos is involved and complicit spoiler hes the one who put all those medical supplies #in the bathroom just in case miles ever needed them #and the blood bond only complicates things

[jojea]

when you finish reading what is quite possibly the best and longest fic of your life and you just sit there like

#NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?????? #jk the fic author has like 84 other tgcf fics for me to check out but. but this one #the art of cruelty by butchgoth (gremlingirl) on ao3…… #holy shit i can’t do it justice by desciption but just know it was SO INCREDIBLY FUCKING GOOD #a masterpiece. a straight up novel in its own right #when i tell you the last few chapters had me on the edge of my seat and that this fic got me CRYING??? over found family hc and hx…. #ssssososos so good. i need this fic all over again but from hua/lian and quan/yin perspectives #how am i supposed to just Go To Sleep for my morning shift now!!!! #limited edition post

[bisexualspidermansblog]

let me just say that @ronancebuckley (moonflowery on ao3) is an actual menace of a writer. the plot never stops twisting, the titles are often misleading (in a heartbreaking good way), AND THEIR USE OF WORDS IS EXQUISITE, SENSATIONAL, AMAZING, ASTONISHING, BREATH TAKING, UNBELIEVABLE, WONDROUS

I ACTUALLY LACK THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE

they are one of my favorite writers on ao3

#ronance #make my menace into someone youd adore #moonflowery #i am always at the edge of my seat #ao3 writers need to publish their work im not even joking #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #st4 #robin x nancy #ronance has taken over my mind #ronancedaily #i constantly refresh in hopes of a new chapter

[penguinsomething]

Is AO3 down again? Bc if it is I’m gonna cry

#penguinsomething #personal #ao3 #I’ve been having an emotional roller coaster of a week #and this might be the thing that finally puts me over the edge

[fiersza]

The absolute insanity of AO3 writers who write 40k+ fics AND THEN PUT IT IN ONLY ONE CHAPTER!

#do you not need to breathe? #or eat or sleep? #that deserves a four chapter minimum #because 10k chapter writers are their own kind of insanity but not THAT insanity #ao3 #writing #fan fiction #fan fic stuff #it was a drarry fic that pushed me over the edge

[phoenixcatch7]

When it's got hanahaki AND mcd you know it's going to be good.

#Not the kind of good I am touching at this hour #BUT #so many tropes veer so close to disaster and sometimes you gotta tip over the edge #Get the tension back #Sometimes you gotta know what happens when you fail to appreciate the good stuff you know? #hanahaki #ao3 #Fanfic #ao3 memes

[bsaka7]

why have you written about max so much when you rank him so low on your most liked drivers list. like. he's your third most tagged characcter

because i used to like him/find him interesting and compelling and now i don't.... tastes change...

#I believe i have only written 3 fics with him this year #And one of them was for a friend #I think i wrote an explanation of why I don't really write fic about him anymore a while ago #But the gist is. I enjoyed watching him on the edge of 2021 and honestly. Crack under pressure. #I'm not as interested when hes just winning all the time #And the Piquet stuff and the Lewis stuff. I will say a lot of the drivers are shitty but it was just. Idk. I don't need this #also i think as I got deeper in fandom I figured out my own characterizations etc and those converge and diverge with other ppl as they do #Also cuz my friend who was into max isn't anymore. That too. #Just a lot of factors #Ask #Sorry im trying to treat this with... Some graciousness. I really do write what I want. And that changes. #As you can see by my ao3 over time lol

[subukunojess]

#AO3 Fanfiction #Sam and Max #Bendy #Beetlejuice #Twisted Wonderland #Cult of the Lamb #This Time It’s Virtual #poker night at the inventory #Poker Night 3 #AU #Passiflora #21 Freelance Street #Seven Deadly Vices #Ink Gluttony #On The Edge Of Living #Legends Over The Horizon #Guess who got polls and wants to be self indulgent about it?

[gayliketheancients]

I NEED HELP FROM A MARAUDERS FAN (or many idk man)

okay, cool, Hello & thank you. Now that I have your attention. I need someone to read the first chapter of my marauders fic. it is Canon complaint and follows our babies from day one of school all the way through. There is a sequel planned for Harry's era.

This WIP is over 80k(mostly the war), but the 1st chapter is the hardest for me to write of anything. The outline is DONE. I have many scenes done. But that FIRST FUCKIN CHAPTER, MAN. I have over 70 chapters planned, and this one makes me the most nervous.

Heres the plan: Wolfstar, Jegulus, Jily, Dorlene, Rosekiller, Bartylus, etc etc. The plan is to start posting in September, and this work is PAINFUL. Big ouches everywhere. I need a volunteer to read and give feedback.

someone. help. be the volunteer for pain. I'll give you a gold star 🌟 & all my love

#over the edge ao3 #gay writes #gayliketheancients #jegulus #wolfstar #jily #dorlene #bartylus #rosekiller #over the edge #the marauders #marauders fanfic #hop in my dms or my inbox

[a-chaotic-dumbass]

well maybe i WILL set up an ao3 acc bc this is getting ridiculous

#chaotic but like not on topic #PURELLY bc of the fact that gwydions introduction is so long and has sm Lore #thank u bbg for pushing me over the edge never thought id need to write abt the funeral to make an ao3 acc

[niennanir]

Listen to your elders

So last week I posted abut the importance of downloading your fic. And then three days later AO3 went down for 24 hours. No one was more weirded out by this than I was. But while y’all were acting like the library at Alexandria was on fire I was reading my download fic and editing chapter eight of Buck, Rogers, and the 21st Century. And also thinking about what I could do to be helpful when the crisis was actually over.

So first off, I’m going to repeat that if you’re going to bookmark a fic, you really need to also download the fic and back it up in a safe place. I just do it automatically now and it’s a good habit to get into.

But let’s talk about some other scenarios. Last October I lost power for over a week after hurricane Ian. Apart from not having internet or A/C I did find plenty to do, I collect books so I had plenty to read, but maybe, unlike me, your favorite comfort reads aren’t sitting on a bookshelf. So let’s do something about that, shall we?

In olden times many long years ago around 1995 we printed off a lot of fic. It was mostly SOP to print a fic you planned to reread and stick it in a three ring binder. And that’s totally valid today too, but you can also make a very nice paperback with a minimum amount of skill and materials.

Let’s start with the download; Go to Ao3 and select your fic, we’ll be working with one of mine. This method works best with one shots, long fic tends to need a more complicated approach. Get yourself an HTML download

Open up the HTML download and select all then copy paste into any word processor. Set the page to landscape and two columns, then change the font to something you find easy to read, this is your book, no judgement. This is all you have to do for layout but I like to play a little bit. I move all the meta, summary, notes to the end and pick out a fun font for the title: 

No time like the present to do a quick proofread. Congratulations, you’ve just created your first typeset. On to the fun part.

Now you’re going to need some materials:  8.5x11in paper ruler one sheet of 12x12 medium card stock (60-80lb) scissors pencil pen or fine tip marker sheet of wax paper white glue two binder clips 2 heavy books or 1 brick butter knife

You’ll also need a printer, if you’re in the US there is almost a 100% chance your local library has a printer you can use if you don’t have your own. None of these materials are expensive and you can literally use cheap copy paper and Elmers glue.

Print your text block, one page per side. Fold the first page in half so that the blank side is inside and the printed side out:

use the butter knife to crease the edge. Repeat on all the sheets. When you’ve finished, stack them up with the raw edge on the left and the folded edge on the right. I used standard copy paper, because you’re only printing on one side there’s no bleed to worry about. Take the text block and line everything up. Use the binder clips to hold the raw edge in place.

Wrap the text block in the wax paper so that the raw edge and binder clips are facing out. I’m going to use my home built book press but you don’t need one, a brick or a couple of books or anything else heavy will work fine.

Once the text block is anchored down, take off he binder clips and get out the glue.

You can use a brush but you don’t need one, smear some glue on that raw edge.

Go make a margarita, watch The Mandalorian, call your mother. Don’t come back for at least an hour

In an hour smear some more glue on there and shift your brick forward so that the whole book is covered. This keeps the paper from warping. While glue part 2 is drying we’ll do the cover. Get out your 12x12 cardstock

Mark the cardstock off at 8.5 inches and cut it. Measure in 5.5 inches from the left and put in a score line with the butter knife (the back edge not the sharp edge)

Carefully fold the score line, this is your front cover. You have some options for the cover title, you can use a cutting machine like a cricut if you have one, you can print out a title on the computer and use carbon paper to transfer the text to the cardstock. I was in a mood so I just freehanded that beoch. Pencil first then in pen.

Take your text block out from under your brick. Line it up against the score mark and mark the second score on the other side of the spine

Fold the score and glue the textblock into the cover at the spine. Once the glue dries up mark the back cover with the pencil and then trim the back cover to fit with your scissors.

Voila:

I’m going to put this baby on the shelf next to the Silmarillion.

The whole process, not counting drying time, took less than an hour.

If you want to make a book of a longer fic, I recommend Renegade Publishing, they have a ton of resources for fan-binders. 

#fanbinding #fanfiction #Nir paperback

[redysetdare]

Fanfiction dot net my beloved

#text #found out it was still up (i thought it had shut down) and so I made an account and went to reread all the fanfics i read as a kid #that place is where i got ALLLLL my fanfics from #tbh i only knew of wattpad and fanfiction and fanfiction was always the better option imo #there was no Ao3 #tho tbh i think i still choose fanfiction over Ao3 #Feature wise? hell no. but Ao3 is scary while fanfiction dot net is familiar #it is what i love even if it is a little rough around the edges #anyways would it be silly of me to start posting my fanfics on fanfiction dot net or what lolll #ik they wouldn't get as much attention as they would on Ao3 but tbh thats not really why I'd post them heh

[tinycatstars]

sumtimes regressign is being in that inbetween space and watching a charlie slimecicle stream while eating watermelon. n thats ok

#emmy talks #hi gonna vent in the tags u don thave to read this at all #have trouyble regressing recently. i dunno y #it may be cause last fww times ive fully been in headspace i got rlly uoset and lonley and really embarrased at myself which was no good #also been busy w school and working and gettig everything done in time so i can have time w friends #but been getting more and more self concious abt regressinf again and i dunno what sparked it :( #nohting happened!! id dunno why i cant just regress all the way im stuck in this between space a lot and i cant push myself over the edge #sucks #>:P #bc imiss regressing #but like also #bad thoughts and also being lonley :( bc i dontlike regressinf w people but i wanna be around them #i feel like so. its not fair for me to want to be takenn care of like this. not fair for me to subject someone to htis #even THOUGH its so valid i just. irs so hard #god sorry this is a lot wowowowo <:0 #uhmm #anwys #posted some stuff anonymously for thi 1st time on ao3 wooooop #ntohing bad ofc just like. hrmmm dunno #felt like it #ok im goona watch my stream now. i lvoe this goopy guy :] #i luv jazzpunk and i love mr slimecicl #e #🌀