#On tumblr and ao3 and other places

[non-un-topo]

Wish there was an elixir that wasn't alcohol that you could take that just makes you write/draw and not care about the quality of your work or about what your potential audience might think

#posting cringe today lol #don't fall for my seeking reassurance pls the OCD has gotten kind of bad #the other elixir is just bugging my partner and desperately seeking reassurance from them sdghfds yikes #been going through another feeling-like-crap week i think it's just the mental illness at this point. like if it's all the time? hm. #but tumblr's new look might also be making me despair a little because it's just getting shittier and shittier lol #and this is the only platform i can post my work (besides ao3 but i mean.) #instagram is a shitty place for art. as is twitter now. if not tumblr then it's gotta be nowhere #like at this point i can't even just write or draw something for my own eyes. don't know why. #sig mayhaps the fact that your interests are becoming more specific/niche is causing you to fall into familiar patterns and self-isolate hm #like it's easier to self-isolate if you come up with reasons to be alone. just a thought. #i should dig into that lol. #overshare hours #haven't even been able to just sit down and catch up on reading fics because of This Feeling. like i just do nothing all the time. #i'm also sick and can't seem to kick this cold though. coughing is driving me crazy #alcohol mention #alcohol tw #tw alcohol #idk how to tag. if this site could just decide on one way to tag content warnings...

[hahskeleton]

you never realize how hard it is to put into text online how much you appreciate someone and what they’re doing until you actually try it

#getting compliments on no good was the best for me even though I know I made grammar errors and stuff in the past #you can’t physically hug someone and say thank you through tumblr or ao3 #but sometimes words can have heavier meanings than actions #speaking from experience; I have seriously wanted to reach through the screen and hug whoever was complimenting me on the other side #I don’t get many compliments from people so it’s nice to get some on here #not to mention how many comments have gotten me through the day smiling #even at school and that place is a nightmare #floppy says something #rambles #wholesome posting #that was kinda mushy but believe me if you ever experienced it you’d know what I mean :)

[creathur]

Actually getting really mad right now that ao3 is down and I can’t check for updates now since I need an account to see their twitter. If anyone can I would be so grateful if you could share any updates on tumblr.

#although even that's not a sure bet with the post view limit #also if theres any other place to see updates from them #google just says twitter and any tumblrs i find are very outdated #ao3 #ao3 update

[pizzaqueen]

I just can’t keep up with all the fic there is to read 😫😭

#I’m so sorry!!! #at least on AO3 I can mark for later or bookmark #but it’s so much harder on tumblr!!! #if I like it then it’s lost to the depths of my likes for ages #if I reblog and tag to read I’ll forget to go through the tag #if I save to mt drafts it gets lost among all my ramblings I’m too shy to post #i was thinking of making a side blog as a to read list but idk if that’s weird???? #plus it wouldn’t get anyone else’s eyes on the fic :( #though I could then reblog to my main once I’ve read it??? #would that be weird??? #i just feel so bad! #and I’m worried I’m going to lose all my friends because it’s happened before in other places 😞 #sorry that’s a bit too personal! #misc #tbd

[dandyshucks]

rattling the bars of my cage and gnawing on them as i try to decide if i want to post a little fic or not and how exactly to go about that because the three different options that i can think of all seem less than ideal

#TUMBLR PLEASE STOP PUTTING SHIT INTO SEARCHES WHEN THEY AREN'T TAGGED AS THE THING #but i guess that'd make it difficult to find posts. HMMM. idk what the solution is #i just dont want to have to censor names so they don't show up in ppls searches 😭😭 #but i suppose thats how websites normally work so ... shrug. not sure what the answer for this would be #anyways maybe i'll have to post stuff to ao3 but i think theres a lot of issues w that place so im urgghghh afraid of doing that #and then the other option would be to keep it in google docs and use a share link but i think that would be not ideal fjdskl #maybe i'll just have to use ao3 blech waugh patooey. sighs and kicks a rock. #dandy.cmd

[ereborne]

WIP ask game: "backflip, faceplant", please! (also what's your ao3 handle? if you got one/don't mind/other)

Backflip, faceplant!  Of all of these working titles, this is the one I think might work best as an actual title.  It’s fun to say—imagine me tilting my head one way and then the other as I say it—and more importantly it doesn’t require a full six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon word association game to make sense to a viewer outside my head:  it’s what happens in the first scene of the fic.   

Essentially, this is my Dick Grayson character exploration, turned sort of emotional fix-it.  Dick gets kicked around so consistently in canon that he often doesn’t actually have the opportunity to live up to the Eldest Daughter characterization fandom loves to give him, and I am in the fashion of comics fans everywhere creating my own timeline mishmash to allow for a different outcome. 

What if before Jason died, Dick had managed to carve out a little space separate from his anger with Bruce, for the foundations of the brotherly relationship we all want them to have?  What if the first time he laid eyes on Tim, Dick turned a piece of his grief for Jason into determination to grow an even better brotherly relationship with him?  And what if Dick’s choice to grow those relationships had knock-on effects all the way down the line? 

Featuring such highlights as:  Tim and Babs conspiring to make sure Dick is never without backup in Bludhaven, professionally emotionally and otherwise; brain-scrambled Jason still pretty much autopilot adopting Damian in Nanda Parbat because when a kid falls over in front of you, you pick them the fuck up; ongoing ‘who can spill punch on the worst gala guest’ competitions between the Foxes and Waynes (surprise winner Kate Kane); the Titans and the Teen Titans and Timmy’s Weirdass Friends Too all working together better and more often; me rejecting p much everything New 52 except Strix, Strix can stay; a gargoyle with Dick Grayson’s perfect butt being commissioned for the Gotham Belltower as a loving and heartfelt tribute to everybody’s best big brother. 

I’m just writing whatever nonsense makes me happy with no regard to pacing, so it's gotten pretty sprawling—past sprawling, really, probably if I were going to post it up, I'd have the main story as one work and then a second work with multiple chapters of excerpted scenes—but it’s emotionally rewarding and an excellent thought exercise for me trying to decide what parts of DC’s bonkers-ass timeline(s) I think are important. 

Crime Alley natives only respond well to respect, and they never feel comfortable unless they’ve got the advantage.  Dick settles at the edge of the mat, dropping into an easy flat-footed squat, eye-level with the kid.  The kid immediately stands up from his crouch, and Dick doesn’t smirk, just tilts his head up to keep meeting his eyes.  “That was a good tumble.”  The kid’s looking for a lie, but he won’t find one.  He’d landed on his face in the end, sure, but he’d fallen well.  “You’ve got good balance, got reach—great instincts, which is more important.  Once you get the footwork down, you’ll be set.”  Dick, looking up into those suspicious eyes, realizes as he says it exactly how true it is.  It’ll be tricky, walking the line between Crime Alley and Bruce’s particular brand of do-goodery, but once the kid gets his feet underneath him, he’ll be amazing.  Well.  Nothing else for it, really.  There’s nobody better at finding a tricky balance point than Dick.  “Here, let me show you.”

#asks #nolanfa #thank you for asking! #this answer has gotten as sprawling and nonsensical as the fic document itself but hopefully it is also as much fun #as for the other half of your question: I don't have an AO3 handle #(or well I lie--my AO3 is Trickstersdaughter--I just haven't used it for anything other than kudos so far) #the WIP stuff I've been putting up this last year-ish is actually the closest I've ever come to posting any of my writing in like #a social-media-adjacent manner you know so that people who knew my name could see it #my early experiences with the internet taught me a lot of interesting lessons about decoupling my self from my content #and I've pretty much kept that habit up ever since #but the places I've been posting in so far are falling apart and my spot here on tumblr has been so consistently lovely (thank you <3) #and I'm reconsidering my approach #if/when I put up more things either they'll be here or I'll try to post links here as well so y'all can see them

[danzafila]

clicked into the nintendo dream engage poll thread on r/fireemblem even though i haven't even played this game and LMAO so many comments about how these results aren't reflective of the fanbase as a whole/totally irrelevant because it's mostly (straight apparently??) girls voting. but then people are also turning around and saying wait for the CYL results that's the TRUE metric ...as if heroes isn't disproportionately full of (STRAIGHT) guys compared to the fanbase as a whole

#like yeah the FE fandom has a big misogyny problem and the male dominated areas consistently dismiss female fans ik that's not news #but there's something specific about how they focus in on blaming *STRAIGHT* women specifically that is so weird??? #not to be all conspiracist but rly wonder just how much of the preoccupation w/ straight women in particular #while queer women get a pass is bc the ede|stan fanboys think queer women are their allies in supporting their waifu ngl #no matter how many times they're told hey knock it off we don't like you using us as a shield for your misogyny #& they weren't just dismissing ND but literally anywhere that women congregate more than men (like AO3 and tumblr too) #apparently none of the fanwork producing areas of the fandom count. just the places men congregate to argue w/ each other #sto parlando #general fe blogging tag

[1990jeevas]

#shit self #im not expecting many yes' bc i dont rly promote my fics or anything but i feel like i need a place to rb all the fics i read that #wont annoy people who hate x readers which is mainly what i read on tumblr #plus then i could set up like. requests or maybe even comms #idk #i never promote my socials on my ao3 either bc i dont talk writing on them #so it just feels like i should make one so i have a place to promote in works but also to rb others stuff #edit for context: i dont write x readers but i would rb them along with ship content #and i would be open to doing x reader requests but im better at ship writing ig

[hopecel]

I just realized what is my favourite thing about this cringe ass website. I love that no matter whatever obscure piece of media I decide to obsess over – an old tv show, a niche film or a book, a theatre piece, a video game – I always find if not an entire fandom then at least some kind of content on here and maybe other passionate people to talk to. Whatever I can think of someone's already talked about it on here before me, it's incredible.

#even though this place is riddled with p8rn bots and ads and unnecessary features every few month #i cant think of any other alternative to this: not twitter not tiktok certainly not inatagram and not even youtube #which isn't to say people there dont talk about all if these things - i just dont find any additional “fan” content there #or it's there but it's not easy to find among whatever the current trends gen z is obsessed atm #ao3 is great too i suppose but that's just one form of content whereas tumblr encompasses all of the fan stuff

[you-are-my-neverland]

nano d2 update!!

wrote: 1124 words

favorite line:

Blood beaded up around the edges of some of the splotches and lines, delicate dots of red that bloomed like pearls, dropping down onto the wood with a soft pat pat pat.

#.txt #nano 2023 #wip: pirates #my writing #nanowrimo 2023 #it is late...(for me to be writing. i should be relaxing but oh well) #genuinely trying to set aside 30 mins usually at the end of the day to write instead of wasting time on ao3 or tumblr or you know #the other places and ways i could waste time #writing in the perspective of a 9 year old is hard...pretty sure i'm not doing justice #but in my defense i remember being 9 and having a lot going on up in my head so #nevertheless working with kids has not helped me understand them #for instance the 10 year olds i taught today were doing some off the charts behavior i really do not understand them

[day0walker]

noooo dont leave you and your ocs are so sexy

but fr i totally understand if you want to remake please just take us with you in a little moving box

hmmmmmm venmo's you a little something extra haha as a treat

Okay y'all make me emotional and crazy and I'm kissing you all. The more thought I give to it, the more appealing but! I have so much on this blog already LMAO Remaking a hassle. Would have to use a new email and everything ugh

That being said, I'll promise to stay mutuals with anyone who wants me (heart eyes at all my mutuals) and also post the link if I do! We'll see how things go!!!

#ask #anon #also btw i would still write fanfic it would just be on my ao3 exclusively probably #so y'all waiting for my price fic or any other fics dont lose hope #kisses u and loves u #tumblr is just...mm #it might not be the fanfic place for me #but a cool hangout place !

[jedibongrip]

i think if you ask a writer (who is very active and FREQUENTLY [or even INFREQUENTLY] updating and posting things) if they've abandoned a fic (which has been updated within the last year) you deserve 10 lashes and 6 hours in the digital stockade

#YES this is about tennessoui WHEN will ppl stop asking them if vowbreaker is abandoned #imo a fic should only be thought of as abandoned if the author has straight up said its abandoned #asking for updates is imo not in good form and only excusable if youve commented previously without asking AND IF its been like 3+ years #AND EVEN THEN.... THERE ARE BETTER WAYS OF ASKNG... 'cant wait to see what happens next' 'there are so many places this could go #so excited to see where you take it' 'just came back to this fic again and i love it even more cant wait for the ending' etc. #fic writers ae putting this shit out for free !!!! they got lives!!!! we got other shit going on !!!!! #and tennessoui is SO ACTIVE and putting out SO MANY FANWORKS on ao3 and tumblr !!!!! let them live people!!!!!! #like i am also frothing at the mouth for the next vowbreaker update but !!!!!!!! bugging them about it is not productive !!! and more likel #to make writers NOT want to update or not want to engage !!!!!! #m

[protaetia]

🐞

#i think that if you wanna post your fic/writing to ao3 then post it there #same if you want to post stuff to twitter or insta #it's really all for attracting attention #but i think something that people need to understand is that those spaces are not really radical or community oriented #and I think we need to be realistic about them #a personal issue i definitely have with ao3 supporters is the rhetoric they use about the platform #as if it's a radical space when no not really lol #but if you wanna give it money go hog but don't lie about what it really is to convince other people to do so as well #it has the same vibe as people saying we have to give tumblr money to save it lol no you don't #it's just another place that has capitalized on how a lot of people don't know how to build their own online space #it banks on people not knowing how to built their own websites #or set up an RSS feed #or seek out actual community #and really if you have a problem with ao3 just post your stuff elsewhere #yeah it sucks that all that stuff is on it #but it's also on twitter and facebook etc (like what smarter people than me have pointed out) #ao3 is just another example that there is something just... wrong with the internet under capitalism #I built my own website out of love for my art and spite towards platforms #we can create our own good vibes #we are not as trapped as people make us out to be #🐞

[azurexsnake]

I don’t think I’ll ever write here again. Not like write write. I might cross post ao3 links, but that has my old tumblr’s username. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

#I miss that account so much I’m not even gonna lie to you #I’ve thought about going back #I’m attached to that user specifically #it’s been me for literally years on my ao3 first before I even made that tumblr #and I don’t wanna change it just to avoid more pointless drama #I’m honestly really mad I ever left in the first place #and let other people create so much disquiet in my own safe space #but it is what it is #no one probably even remembers what happened except me by now anyway #or cares #hm #color: blue 🎨

[t4tbedehopmar]

so this whole thing was useless ig.......

#is ao3 working again...? no ofc not silly #so maybe tumblr? nah too lazy #there's no other place w fics....... dies

[waka-chan-out]

god this is one of the dumbest things i’ve ever read in my life

#what an asshole #‘how long did you work on it?’ #‘i took it as a compliment’ #y’all know nothing about writing do you???? #you ever head of a short story? they’re this cool thing where you work for weeks or months or years on very few pages. #and they are just as legitimate as every other art form #also tumblr is a perfectly fine place for it? you can share things around just unlike ao3 #tumblr was build for reblogs man #a like is an acknowledgment that you …..liked the piece #a reblog is saying ‘ i like this and i want other people to experience it too’ #sure you don’t owe somebody a reblog. but if you like a writer and want to support them #REBLOGS ARE THE WAY #otherwise it just feels like writing in an echo chamber #sure my normal audience likes it and i LOVE that #but damn it’s nice to see it reaching other people too #it’s also totally unnecessary to say shit like this #very few fanfiction writers will ever publish original work and THAT’S FUCKING FINE. NOT MANY PEOPLE TURN OUT TO BE WRITERS. #let people write what they want to write and express their feelings about their writing without being a complete piece of shit #GOD #i’m so mad at this. so i’m just gonna post it once and be done. #i just thought people should see this and understand what a fucking disaster this way of thinking is #meg’s thoughts