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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

#ao3

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”You don't need to say anything.”

#tim drake #damian wayne #dc batfam

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Every single fic update there is an author trying frantically to find the right balance between a nonchalant aside of "leave a comment if you enjoyed =)" and clinging desperately to the coat tails of a random stranger, dragging along behind them on the street wailing "Please, please! I have to know what you thought! I'm desperate to talk to people about this! Ask me about the alliterative repetition! Ask me about the symbolism!"

#ao3 writer

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oracle, ban this guy

(some shitpost while i work on that bernard comic)

#tim drake #dc batfam

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the day cass learns to flirt its over for stephanie

#these two are such a vibe but ALSO #thought this was a gender bent timbern at first and HOW FUCKING FUNNY IS IT #that Tim and Steph have a Type #stephcass #stephanie brown #cassandra cain

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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.

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Why do the bookmark numbers on my stats page not match those on the browse page then /gen?

TIL that on ao3 all private bookmarks and subscriptions on a series are totally private, and even the author's stats page doesn't show those numbers!

#ao3

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright porn images being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, i'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

#ao3

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I’m super thankful to the guests who leave comments on my work- some of y’all have been the nicest, most consistent commenters I have. The fact that ao3 had to shut guest comments down due to bots sucks. But account verification is the only (small) protection we have against bot abuse, anon abuse, and AI scraping. I heavily debated turning my works to account only back when the AI stuff came out on tumblr, and it’s back in the forefront of my mind. Anyone who reads ao3 often should get an account. It’s free, very quick once you get your invite and you can save fics! I don’t know where I’d be without my bookmarks tbh.

#ao3

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If I had a nickel for every time I drew Tim insisting that Jason is a good person I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s sad that it’s happened twice.

anyways have some de-aged Tim angst

#what a vibe #I love that concept that ‘bad people don’t want to be good’ #that guilt is a sign you are trying #love love love #batman #tim drake #jason todd

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LEAVING A COMMENT ISN'T EMBARRASSING!!! KNOW WHATS REALLY EMBARRASSING??? NOT LEAVING A COMMENT!!!

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i hear your constantly sleep deprived tim drake. allow me to raise you one sleep deprived BUT prone to napping/passing out tim drake.

after a 72 hour mission, with no sleep, tim finishes up his report at the bat computer, stands up, takes three steps to the left, and curls into a ball on the floor and sleeps right there. Bruce finds him and moves him to somewhere more comfy.

alternatively, when he’s stressed and doesn’t want anyone to bother him, Tim finds the most inconvenient, out of sight place to nap so he can get back to work once he’s done. unfortunately sometimes he gets caught.

Jason: Why is Tim in the tea cabinet?

Dick: He’s tired, leave him be. I think this is the first time he’s slept in like two days.

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Damian: Father, why is Drake currently unconscious in the cave under the medical gurneys?

Bruce: He likes it there.

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i just like the idea that the family just rolls with it and accepts it as one of his many quirks. maybe even young justice gang gets in on it and is like oh yeah that’s tim for ya.

#both #why not both #this has been my answer #tim drake #dc batfam

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Has your #1 comfort character committed a crime?

#many counts ranging from vigilantism to art theft #to blowing up Mount Rushmore #whether he’s killed depends on your interpretation #tim drake

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media written by men: all the best and most complex characters are male, one-dimensional female characters or complex female characters are mistreated by the narrative, fandom obsessed with male characters and ignores female ones.

media written by women: all the best and most complex characters are male, one-dimensional female characters or complex female characters are mistreated by the narrative, fandom obsessed with male characters and ignores female ones.

#is it weird to say that it’s hard? #that we learn to write from examples and the examples I am given of fictional women are like this? #I guess the antidote to this is to base my female characters off of real-life women #probably not a bad idea for men either #ah something has clicked for me today I think

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I see a post, that asks the question "you are now married to your phone background, how fucked are you?"

I close the app and look. When was the last time I considered my phone background? I can't even remember it.

On the screen before me is a purple wildflower, a bergamot, or "bee balm" plant, photographed in North Dakota in 2019 in a family member's back yard.

I am married to a bergamot. She is tall and shapely, moreso than myself, though her choice of purple raiments matched closely my own. She is my favorite color. Maybe that's how we met? Why I decided to woo her?

My wife the bergamot is a socialite. She has more friends than I. Every morning she gossips with a cabbage white butterfly, and cruelly shares their secrets with the rusty patched bumblebees, who compete for her affections with the domesticated aapis mellifera, which trail at her purple coattails like lapdogs.

Her favorite friend, however, is the ruby throated hummingbird. More insect than avian though it does contain a vertebral column, it iridesces like green beetle wings and in my heart I feel jealousy as my bergamot bride and the hummingbird kiss.

I sit with her for a season. Under the sun and the heat and the biting flies. She is covered in dewdrops and in spiders. I spare her from caterpillars and lavish my affections on her with a cup of water.

The world turns at last to its cool side, my bergamot changes her purple coat to her dusty toned night gown. She lies down to sleep and is buried beneath a bed of fresh snow come October.

Love so fleeting, marriage so brief, could I forget my bergamot and move on? Could my love be perennial and evergreen even when my beloved is not? It is winter and my bride is dead. How fucked am I?

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For reference mine was I was so mad at the canon ending for my favourite character in an otome game that I wrote fanfic to fix it

#the problem is #gun to my head I don't think I could name with complete certainty what my first fic was #I'm pretty sure that I wrote one before I ever read one #and I know I thought I invented the concept myself when I was younger but i didn't actually write one until after I knew that wasn't true #i know i never wrote one on paper but the first gmail account I used to write is gone now so there's no way to check #there's a high possibility that it was for a near fandomless book series called EAS by shelby bach #or it could've been percy jackson #i never actually wrote HP fanfic but that was the series that made me realize that if i wanted Blorbo in more Situations then I could just #imagine that myself

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Fan Joy July!

Coined by the sweet @isasan347 , Fan Joy July is an art challenge I've created for myself!

I will be drawing one piece of colored fan art every single day of July that corresponds to a scene in various Linked Universe Fanfics.

This challenge is meant to push myself to draw daily, give back to writers who make this fandom so much fun, and give others a chance to read something new they may enjoy 😄

I will be choosing some fics myself that I've read and enjoy, but I would love if others recommended their favorite LU fic. This way I can pick one LU fan fiction to draw for all 31 days. Feel free to self promote as well!

To recommend me a fic, please comment or reblog this post with the link so that I can see it easier. Please avoid sending asks if you can, just because I tend to get overwhelmed when my inbox gets full 🥴🥲 hehe

I'll be taking recommendations from April 11-30. After that I'm going to start drawing so that I can be ready to post in July! ( This is gonna take me a while so I need all the prep time I can get haha).

**I'm not asking anyone else to do this challenge, but I would ADORE if anyone wanted to join me! Even if it isn't for the whole month. **(I can be your excuse if you've ever wanted to draw for a writer but were too shy hehe)

I've also seen one or two writers interested in how they could participate. I think that maybe if there is an artist you enjoy you could write something for a drawing they've done? I know there are a ton of very talented LU artists in the fandom, so that could be a good challenge for writers 😀

--- General Notes:

Please note that I will only be doing 31 drawings and a recommendation does not guarantee I will draw for it ( I love you all, but I can only do so much)

I will be tagging my challenge as "FanJoyJuly" and will try my best to note posts appropriately

I will be tagging writers (if they have a Tumblr and I can find it)

I will be linking the story for each day in the post

I will not be releasing which stories I'm drawing for until I post them (for the DRAMA😉)

As we get closer to July, I'll create a master post and update it with each post I make in case people are interested in following along ❤️

Thank you all for the initial feedback for this idea, and I'm excited to get started!

#this sounds like a fucking blast!! #I definitely wouldn't be able to write for every day of July but I might just go hunt for my favorite LU art and ask for permission #or maybe see if my favorite artists have a request? #Just something to give back since writing about art feels a little more like it has the potential to commandeer instead of add onto the wor #FanJoyJuly #linked universe