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i’m going to say something that might make me seem ungrateful, but i think it’s true of many fic writers:

we want you to leave comments ON ao3.

we’re not angry or disappointed or anything like that when you leave qrts or lots of tags on our fic posts, not at all. we don’t NOT want you to message us to tell us how a fic touched you. but in addition to that, please consider just copying those words and posting them on ao3 as a comment.

why?

the reason is simple: leaving commentary in other places is ephemeral. story posts get pushed down. chats get pushed down in the list of chats, or worse, pushed up in lists of messages as the conversation continues. but comments on ao3 are easily accessible. and this is important because writers read and reread these comments regularly.

writing, especially writing longfics, is exhausting and drains your confidence over time. having a collection of people who enjoyed your past work at your fingertips is an excellent way to build yourself up when you’re feeling down. fic writers need this a lot.

i know over the past few years there’s this trend to be very descriptive with what is an “acceptable” comment. that’s all nonsense, as long as you’re not being an asshole, just say what’s on your heart.

but post it on ao3. please.

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asterion: has incredibly toxic relationships with sex and power, hates acts of kindness, can and will repeat the cycle of abuse unimpeded

fangirls: i can fix him

gale: has an ex girlfriend

fangirls, for some reason: absolutely toxic, i cannot work with this. disgustang. how can anyone put up with this bullshit.

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July 10, 2023 - (18:00 UTC)

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Hmmmmmm 👀

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY RED WEB!!!! You've gotten so big!

Here is my art that I did for the Red Web Anniversary Collab (thank you again to Clay and Logan for running this awesome collab 💖💖)

I decided to do the HQ's Library, because what's a good taskforce hq without a library full of weird books and several cats? Also please rove your eyeballs over the book spines because 1) each one has a title and they took me forever and 2) some books may not appear to be books that you would normally see in a library setting ;3c

Also big thank you to Trevor and Alfredo (and the rest of the Red Web team!) for making such an awesome podcast that opened me up to such an amazing community and so many cool mysteries!

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Hello and welcome to week three of Alfreyco Appreciation Month!

It’s also Red Web’s anniversary on July 6, so be sure to wish them a happy birthday on Twitter! This week’s prompts are all specifically Red Web themed in honor of the anniversary as well. 😀

Below are the themed prompts for week three for both writing and art, so if you’ve created art for those prompts please post them throughout the week so we can share everyone’s takes on those ideas! Don’t forget to use the tag “alfreyco appreciation month 2023” on Tumblr, and post to the appreciation month collection on AO3 if you wrote fic.

As a gentle reminder, these prompts are for both general and shipping media, so please be respectful and if you see something that’s not your cup of tea, just move on until you find something that is!

Themed prompts for week three:

Writing Prompts - paired prompts: Red Web actual investigators au + “Run! You have to keep running!”

single prompt: person A gets kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and person B goes after them (potentially revealing scary/bamf side of them they haven’t shown before)

Art Prompt: inside the Red Web canon! (aka if they actually were the leaders of a mystery-solving taskforce)

Thank you all for sharing and contributing, and I can’t wait to see what everyone makes!!

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Alfreyco Appreciation Month begins tomorrow!!

I’ll be posting an official welcome tomorrow with the first week’s prompts, but I wanted to make one more post before we start with all the open prompts!

In case you missed my introductory posts before now, these prompts are little bits of inspiration to get you started on any writing or art you want to make, and they’re open for you to post any time in the next month! If you want to use both free prompts and themed prompts please do; these are just some starting points for you to go off of. 😊 When you post, please be sure to use the tag “alfreyco appreciation month 2023” on Tumblr, and post to the appreciation month collection on AO3!

Also as a gentle reminder, these prompts are for both general and shipping media, so please be respectful and if you see something that’s not your cup of tea, just move on until you find something that is! 

Now without further ado, here’s the list of open prompts for the month: 

Pining + “red string of fate” trope

Soulmate + reincarnation (“in every lifetime I will find my way back to you”)

Fake AH Crew sparring practice

Friends-to-lovers, person A is a prince and person B is their loyal bodyguard (bonus prompt, there’s an attempt on the prince’s life and they have to figure out who it is)

Wearing each other’s clothes

Investigating a paranormal situation which turns out to be a spirit that’s trying to matchmake them together

Friends-to-lovers, person A stands up for person B to B’s terrible ex-partner when they see how poorly they’re being treated

Hit men/assassins au

Minecraft au [a classic!]

One-shot within a YDYD season (could be Minecraft or Seven Days!)

Hurt/comfort (e.g. sick fic, FAHC post-torture or injury, rescue from a murderous cult…)

Werewolves/shifters/monsters/cryptids

Helping each other escape from being kidnapped or taken as hostages

They’re in space!

They’ve become the MCs in your favorite movie!

They’ve become the MCs in your favorite video game!

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🏆 ZINE RELEASED! 🏆

Here it is: Achieve! Zine! Our contributors have done an amazing job, and we hope you enjoy the fruits of their labour <3

READ HERE!

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Brb putting this on my CV.

okay your ask inspired me so more AH asks for you: 1, 5, 8, 25, 34, 48, 51!! <3

Thank you for the questions Emrys :3

1) How did you get into AH?

Already answered, but I got into them by seeing a video somebody made on youtube with a bunch of other fandoms that were popular on Tumblr in 2014.

5) Favorite team?

Whatever the hell team name Trevor and Alfredo have now (tho Team Nice Dynamite is always right behind them in my heart)

8) Favorite AU?

Hmm favorite AU would have to be the Fake AH Crew AU just because of all the memories I have of messing around in that AU and all the great content that people have created using that AU. There's just so much to do when the characters you're playing with are literal criminals.

25) Has a video or specific moment ever made you emotional?

Not sure if this is for like sad emotional or happy emotional or whatever, but the first video I can remember off the top of my head that made me emotional in the sad way was when Meg had to host The Know after Monty passed away.

34) Have you seen the musical?

Yep I have! Watched the whole thing when it was mixed with the GTA video.

48) If you have one, who’s your favorite fic author or fan artist?

OOoohhh boy do I *cracks knuckles*

Since I know I can't narrow this down to like one author and artist I'm just gonna do a handful of the large amount of people that have created some of my favorite works and inspired me/influenced me with how I write.

So author wise I have to first give it up for @confusedeevee who without her I would most likely not be writing AH fanfic like I am today, plus she's an excellent beta, amazing writing partner and always helps me brainstorm when I need it and will listen to me rant and rave about all my au ideas even tho it's probably 3 am for her :') and her fics are out of this world, please go read them.

Next is @futureboy LIGHT OF MY FUCKING LIFE who fed (and continues to feed tbh) my alfreyco cravings and has some of the best written dialogue out there and a head full of incredible ideas when it comes to writing! They just have some of the best writing out there and they're honestly killing it with the ST fics right now.

And since we're talking about Alfreyco (because how could we not am i right??) @jusst-you-wait is honestly really to blame for me still writing AH fic to this day, because this lovely alfreyco obsession of mine started when I read her Fake AH fic about Trevor and Alfredo investigating some abandoned building for Geoff and that's all she wrote. Also one of the best hype mans out there and such a great writer!

And I can't forget @shadeofazmeinya and @sorcererinthestars who also have some of the best fics out there in my opinion. And tbh I included both of them in one thing because one is not far from the other when it comes to fics and tumblr and there places in my HEART! Love these two so much and both have them have produced such fantastic work in this fandom and appreciate that every single DAY.

Ok now with artists unfortunately there aren't as many as there used to be in the ye olden days of the fandom, but that doesn't mean we don't have some excellent artists still!

Firstly is @keeningthoughts who without them I would not have the lovely alfreyco outlast fanart that I cry over almost daily and would not have known the joys of being in a server dedicated to a podcast co-lead by two very silly boys. Clay, your everchanging art style and the art you've drawn, no matter how silly, have always made me so happy when i see them on here or twitter :3

And then @ursifors who has created some of the most awesome art in this fandom. Just the way you draw the AH members (and Jeremy lbr) is so incredible and fun to look at. Your shading and the way you draw expressions are always the best. Like the way you nail people's faces is just 👌👌👌👌

51) Any videos, series, podcasts, etc. you’d recommend to new fans?

Would definitely recommend Red Web (how can I not?) if you're into spooky things and conspiracy theories, but for general AH stuff I would recommend Off Topic because that is always a good, tho sometimes chaotic, way to get a feel for the vibes at AH. As for videos, any Between the Games and Shenanigans videos are always great to watch. Series wise, there are always MC and GTA videos, which are CLASSICS even if they're older and Play Pals which is 👌. Always recommend those. Some more recent ones would be GMOD and 7 days to die. Also the Rage Quit anniversary video they came out like two weeks ago. That was an excellent video.

#The best conversations happen at 3 am

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I was fortunate enough to commission this lovely piece of art from @kayaczek for my unwritten Alfreyco fantasy fic and oh my gosh I am stunned with how amazing this turned out! Like I was speechless when I first saw this you all, I kid you not. If you want some beautiful commissioned art please go check out their page, you will not be disappointed 💖💖

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Something to take heart in. I spent years writing AH fanfic, both shared and unshared. I'm a better writer for it.

Too all the people who created fan content for RT AH and seeing what is coming out.

Too all the people who spent countless hours working on fan content and are seeing this shit show.

To all the people who feel like they wasted days, months, or years creating stuff for a YouTube company that is shattering.

I feel for you as I am along side you. But what was not wasted was the hours spent honning your work to be better than before.

Take the knowledge of betterment and move on from this train wreck. Use the skills gained from this to your advantage. Do not give up be it art. Edits. Writings. Or even simple cutting of audio/video.

Keep going foreward and breath a bit easier that it was not wasted. At least not entirely.

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What happened to Matt Bragg is utter trash, but I know he'll be okay. But fuck whoever made that decision. And fuck Warner Bros in general.

#achievement hunter #matt bragg

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i don’t believe the vod is going to be uploaded due to copyrighted music, so i saved a clip just in case

for those who missed it, towards the end of his stream earlier today, ray found out that matt’s job position at achievement hunter had been dissolved. this is a huge chunk of his live reaction, but note that tt i had to cut off the rest of it due to video limits. what i cut out was mostly ray inviting matt to collab and stream some games with him, like rental randomizer in pokémon stadium.

ray also promised to raid matt the next time he’s streaming :’)

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Achievement Hunter x Uno Fanart Collab!

I want to thank everyone who participated, everyone’s cards were absolutely fantastic. This came out exactly like I was hoping, where each card and art has its own unique personality. You all did a fucking amazing job!!

I want to thank Logan @ursifors , without whom I would not have been able to do this. He was my sounding board, my problem solver, my emotional support pocket gremlin. Seriously dude, thank you so fucking much.

I want to also thank Julia @scarlettheknight , at every possible issue with someone dropping out or not responding, she stepped up and offered to help cover. You took so much pressure of me, I honestly can’t express it.

I need to thank the cast and crew at Achievement Hunter @officialah , who obviously this wouldn’t be possible without. You all inspire and entertain us all every day, have created such an amazing, inclusive, and creative community around you all. The support you’ve all shown liking, retweeting/reblogging, and commenting on the art… It means the world to us. Thank you for putting on an amazing stream (so far)!

Lastly, I want to thank the community. Yall’s involvement, appreciation, sharing and appreciating of all these artist and their cards… Thank you.

You’ve all made this spur of the moment silly collab so fucking amazing.

CREDITS! (top to bottom, right to left, each column)

Joe No. 5 by @donovanhua | Michael No. 3 by @00moqar | Trevor No. 5 by @nightingalewithavoiceoflonging | Ky No. 6 by @crazygreattoo

Jack Miss-a-Turn by @asgardiancapes | Gavin No. 2 by @uy8hg | Trevor No. 9 by @renegadenightmare

Lindsay Reverse by @boonsweetie | Geoff No. 0 by @scarlettheknight | BK Reverse by @/awaywardcerberus | Michael No. 2 by @spencerkeg

Draw Four by @keen-arts | Wild Card by @keen-arts | Alfredo No. 8 by @ursifors | Jeremy No. 4 by @roochievement

Ky No. 8 by @achievehunt | Card Backs by @keen-arts | Jeremy Miss-a-Turn by @ursifors | Fiona No. 1 by @rickmeister

Joe Draw Two by @alwaysd2 | Matt Draw Two by @bizarepistachio | Matt No. 4 by @somegrumpynerd | Ky No. 6 by @scarlettheknight

Jack No. 1 by @kingpattillo | BK No. 9 by @piplupcola | Lindsay No. 3 by @lovelyachieve

Gavin No. 7 by @collarful-clover | Fiona No. 7 by @bizarepistachio | Alfredo No. 6 by @fornhaus

Again, THANK YOU EVERYONE! PLEASE everyone go show these artists ALL the love! ALSO ON TWITTER!

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uno infinite: beginning and end

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uno infinite: candid camera

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uno infinite: behind the scenes

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uno infinite: close ups