#ao3 rarepair

[hepalien]

Hey rarepair shippers, I'm about to change your lives.

The AO3 Primary Ship Search add-on for Firefox (it's called AO3 First Tag Search for Chrome) adds this little checkbox to the AO3 advanced search page

And if you check the box, the search only returns fics where the pairing you entered is the first one tagged. This is better than the otp:true operator imo because it will show fics with secondary/background pairings too as long as your preferred ship is the main one.

You can even use the add-on in Firefox or Kiwi browser on Android mobile.

Have fun 😘

(more ao3 tips here)

#ao3 #archive of our own #ao3 tips #rarepair #rare pair #rare pairing #femslash #rarepairs #rarepair shipping #ao3 extensions

[kazoosandfannypacks]

#shipping #fanfiction #archive of our own #kazzy's memes #ao3 #ffn #rarepair #memes

[bigbigtruck]

visiting ao3 for the first time since 2019 bc i finally have a ship outside of my own characters for the first time in ages

there are 44 fics for the fandom

three fics for my ship

one in english

and it’s t rated

edit: oh, but it’s lovely!

#fortunately i can cook my own food #unfortunately not in prose form #also fortunately i can read spanish #ao3 #rarepair hell

[miscellaneousrenaissant]

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #izutsumei #izutsumi #meijack chils #meijack #I've been wanting to draw them all week and then a fic was posted on AO3 on Friday and it filled me with so much serotonin #the power of rarepairs lmao #art #testing out a different shading technique

[fumifooms]

Hien & Benichidori compilation

Okay so I put a & but this absolutely a shippy post, the hienichidori community is quiet af and there is no discourse but their comics in their Adventurer’s Bible profiles…!!! Many may ask, does Benichidori canonically have a crush on Hien?! Straightforward answer: It’s left heavily implied but yes. Alternate answer: If the framing of Falin in an explosion as Toshiro says that he loves her isn’t meant to associate the explosion with falling in love when it is mirrored in the next page, then… I think it’s a mix of both, I don’t think just this is true because Hien wouldn’t know who Shuro is talking about or even what Falin looks like, but it could be that the explosion is instead meant to show a world vision being shaken, the thing blowing you away. So for Hien, having Shuro say that breaks this unsaid assumption she’s always had that they might end up together, and thus Falin is taken like an explosion to the face. Similarly, for someone with facial dysmorphia and for who appearances and being subservient are everything, having Hien be confident and totally assume her plain looks, even uplifting herself, that also shakes her world like a bomb. And yes it’s not just about the makeup!! Benichidori’s drawn to her confidence, to her unapologetic attitude, to her attitude. Benichidori unexpectedly snapped at Hien too, but she was totally unshaken and she replied casually and lightheartedly even then; Benichidori saying she can be herself with Hien is about Hien not caring about her mask, both her makeup and her subdued demeanor. Hien is canonically special to Benichidori.

And on the note of that comic, I took a picture from my Adventurer’s Bible for this but I think the fantranslations I’ve seen are lovely too, really gets across all the meaning of the original sentence… Where Benichidori said "She was the only one I could be my unadorned self in front of" (which is my fave) or "I’m able to act my honest self with her". Benichidori having body(more specifically facial) dysmorphia is explicitly stated in the Adventurer’s Bible btw.

Pleasee how Hien’s extra is her talking about her life story and Toshiro to Benichidori… How Hien says "That guy is blind!" and Benichidori says "I’ve noticed that 😊" as if saying that Toshiro is blind to what a catch Hien is… Also in the ninja girls’ shared inn room Benichidori puts her futon next to Hien’s bed.

#Dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #hien #benichidori #hienichidori #Hienbeni #Nakamatsu would also be cute #Hien x benichidori #Benichidori x hien #I would make this part of my rarepair series but they don’t need it they already have interest + i don’t have much to write #Hope this can boost them in the ship tourney… The Flokes are a worthy adversary #dunmeshi rarepairs #Sorryyy some of them are blurrier… As always #Will add more if I find more #That one hienichidori fic on ao3… Thank u for ur service you 100% see the vision #I don’t even think Hien truly crushed on Toshiro but the unrequited angst from benichidori’s pov is also very tasty #they have sm potential #Hienidori as a nickname #Benihien #Rarepair spotlight #Benichihien #Incredible that Benichidori could find such a positive bond in such an hostile environment tbh

[spokelseskladden]

hey guys i imprinted on another minor character and now im making it everyone's problem :)

#lityerses #toa #trials of apollo #pjo #apollo #litpollo #ebart #i think there's some potential with apollo/lityerses if they like. interacted just a bit more lol. that won't stop me tho #the thing about me is that i need to find a rarepair with like 30 fics on ao3 to survive

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

when you mentioned in your tags that there was hardly any laughingstock i didn't believe you at first, but holy shit ur right. YOU AND @krasytoonz MADE ME INTO A LAUGHINGSTOCK BELIEVER. I WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE SKRUNGLY FUCKERS SOON, MARK MY WORDS *shakes fist into the void*

no yeah Seriously though its just us out here, fighting for our lives in the fucking Trenches. in ten years someone is gonna use the word 'laughingstock' casually in conversation and im gonna have War Flashbacks

#no please get out while you still can #once you let them in all the way They Will Not Fucking Leave they are There Forever #the inside of my brain is just me huddled in a corner while they make out in the middle of my skull #BUT YEAH THERES BARELY ANYTHING #trust me whenever krasytoonz posts them i am instantly there to ravenously devour the crumbs like a rabid pigeon #they are my only outside source of barnaby/howdy #them and the side plot in Stamps by Indigopoptart on ao3 #oh the side plot my beloved.... im still starving but sometimes they trick me into feeling like im Feasting.... #and that one tidbit in Beautiful Boy Its Only Love by ImaginatorOf Things - also on ao3 ofc #and thats IT thats ALL I HAVE. all We have #shoving my entire fist into my mouth and biting it off while sobbing. screaming. etc. #oh the pain and joy of rarepairs... its been a while since ive been so taken with one... #who knows? with the power of friendship and this gun i found maybe one day it wont just be viewed as a crackship by the masses #rambles from the bog #gotta be honest. krasytoonz also converted me all the way #like i was tenuous about it at first... #it was just a Thought yk yk #i was like 'oh thats cute but like. as a side thing. a background thing. they dont have much going for them' #i think that was because i had nothing to enjoy outside of my own brain #i liked the very rare very jokey crumbs from a couple of clownsuu's posts #but it wasnt enough to make me go Theyre Mine Now #then i stumbled upon krasytoonz and one scrolling session later! i was fully hooked! just like that! #laughingstock went from a nebulous interest to a Permanent Fixture In My Braincase! #but yeah uhhhhh glad i could contribute to passing on the Illness #if you ever get free i will envy you #and to future me: if youre free i envy you as well. but i also pity you bc theyre so so good theyre so cute whats wrong with you- #i hate them & i love them & theyre nothing & theyre everything & they wont leave & ive locked the door

[kankuroplease]

Rarepair Valentines - OmoIno (?)

#ino yamanaka #omoi #omoi naruto #omoino #inoomi #I have no clue what this ship would be called again 🤣 #I found 1 fic on ao3 #that was definitely a ship fic #but at least 30 with both of them in in #my art #they’re both blondes so I went with some lorph inspo #rarepair valentines 2024

[frownyalfred]

dropping into rarepair hell and seeing your mutual in the kudos/bookmarks like

#goatfucker69 what are YOU doing here! #but also thanks for being here #we’re in rarepair hell #ao3 #archive of our own #fanfic #fanfiction #fic #reading things #oh there’s 7 works in this fandom and three are podfics? #no worries cool cool cool #i am in rarepair hell

[hopefulqueer]

Lots of good posts about the AO3 situation going around and I just want to add:

If you find that you are distressed about not being able to access the stories that you love, tell the authors of those stories once the archive is up again! Tell them you missed them, tell them you were in the middle of one of their fics when it went down and not being able to click the Next Chapter button was agonizing, tell them all of the things you appreciate about their writing. If you're relying on artists (that includes fanfic writers!) for joy or comfort or pleasure or distraction or any other positive experience, they want to hear about it! That will make them happy, too!

#ao3 #to experience the rewards of community and more art u like. #u must submit to the mortifying ordeal of talking to the artists. #even--no ESPECIALLY if ur reading for a small fandom/rarepair/gen grouping that doesnt get much attention #it's about the community!!!!! u have to help build it! it's not gonna just magically happen! #i havent even tried to be on ao3 today but i'm resolving to make an extra effort re:commenting when i go back #okay post over i have to go do ornithology classwork

[invader-reggie]

Wishing you could specifically block/mute a fic series on ao3 because you like the authors other works but you hate that one fic series they're also writing.

#when you're excited to see another fic added in the fandom but it's just a fic from THAT fkin series you hate #ESPECIALLY in a rarepair fandom #rarepairs #radiostatic #staticradio #staticlovetune #moonseeker #dron #karushuu #securitywaiter #dreamtheory #adamsapple #shadilver #metadow #squidbob #ao3 fanfic #ao3feed #ao3 #hazbin hotel #marauders #harry potter #sonic the hedgehog #regulus black #remus lupin #vox #silver #alastor #shadow the hedgehog #metal sonic

[the-bar-sinister]

TBH I love rarepairs and crackships that you'd never expect and are the result of a pair of rp partners having accidentally let the characters vibe in a scene next to one another too long and sexual tension developed.

#fandom #fanfiction #fan fiction #roleplay #fanfic #archive of our own #ao3 #rarepair #crack ship

[nekorenge]

rainy day shelter

#nekorenge #please ignore beelzenef being missing- i wanted him to be using both of his hands #they are my idiots i love them #ohshc #ouran high school host club #fanfiction #ohshc fanfic #renge houshakuji #umehito nekozawa #ouran #ao3 #rarepair #fanart #ouran fanart #ohshc art #ohshc fanart #my art #illustration #renge x nekozawa #nekozawa x renge

[therealdistortion]

Me and my comfort rare pairs who have never interacted in canon

#I love them #please I need more content #Helen and Annabelle only have 14 fics on ao3 😭 #doorkeay #gerrymichael #terminal velocity #trapdoor #Gerry Keay x Michael Shelley #Gerry Keay x michael distortion #Oliver banks x mike crew #Helen distortion x annabelle came #gerry keay #michael shelley #michael distortion #oliver banks #mike crew #helen distortion #annabelle cane #rarepair #the magnus archives #tma #magpod

[yonemurishiroku]

Tbh with that scarce amount of interaction that technically put them in the rarepair category, I find it surprising that Valdangelo has that number of dedicated fans.

#i mean. i cant talk since i’m the patron of rarepair but #for ex. nicobaster has liek. 10 followers at most? valdangelo has 743 works on AO3. which is impressive #considering how little they interact in canon #(or did i miss somethign? i cant tell anymore) #i’m actually surprised people are so invested in valdangelo. ngl i half expected it to be barren ya know. #but i guess the dynamic wins over ? lol #which is a good thing!! long live the valdangelo nation #nico di angelo #pjo #hoo #toa #yone rambling #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #leo valdez #valdangelo

[diezmil10000]

Regret and Delight

#revue starlight #akihisa #honami hisame #akira yukishiro #shoujo kageki revue starlight #my art #revstar #entering my rarepair era (1 fic on ao3 and 0 works on pixiv) #it's always a pain to tag gacha game fanart and even more if the context is a stageplay that 10 people have watched #but oh what a good stageplay. edel delight you rewired my brain