#fandom culture

[not-mary-sue]

Alright, to ao3's soon to be arriving Wattpad Refugees, a basic guide to general user culture:

1.) Unlike Wattpads vote system that let's you like each chapter, the ao3 equivalent kudos only allows one per work. Everyone is generally quietly annoyed about this. To engage with each chapter, you're heavily encouraged to comment. Trust me, it makes people's day.

2.) Ao3 has no algorithm. By default it's latest updated work first. You can find things to your taste through searches, filters and tags.

3.) 'No archive warnings apply' and 'user has chosen not to use archive warnings' mean two very different things. No archives warnings means the work is free from any content that could require a warning tag (character death, graphic depictions of violence, non-con, etc). User has chosen not to use archive warnings means it could contain any of the warning content, be it hasn't been explicitly tagged. Treat it like an allergen. No archive warnings apply is allergen free. User has chosen not to use archive warnings, may contain traces or whole chunks of the allergen. If you're likely to have a bad reaction, maybe don't take the risk.

4.) Speaking of warnings, ao3 has very few restrictions on the type of work that's allowed. Whatever your personal thoughts or feelings on that are, thats how the site is. You're likely to run across some dark subject matters and a lot of people are uncomfortable with reading that. You're well within your rights not like these works and have your opinion on whether they should be allowed, but harassing the authors of such works (or any works) is more likely to come back on you than them. Ao3 operates on a strong policy of 'don't like, don't read'. Use the tagging system to your full advantage to only engage with the kind of works you want to see.

We look forward to welcoming you all and seeing the fantastic works you create. Happy writing!

#wattpad #wattpad purge #ao3 #archive of our own #fan fiction #fandom #fandom culture

[iamhereonlytobeanunstableshipper]

No cause nowadays fandom culture is sooo sensitive like i just saw someone asking why huskerdust from hazbin hotel is such a famous ship if they're a drug addict and an alcoholic so it doesnt seem very healthy...... BABES back in my day if a ship wasnt between a minor and a 30+ year old it was considered a win

#btw im the first one who gives my opinion on whether i think a relationship between two characters would be healthy or not #but like yeaaahhh dude i wonder why people would wanna ship two very fucking traumatized characters whos dynamic is: #'we're both fucked up but at least we have each other' #thats like. relatively incredibly healthy when it comes to ships #and anyways sometimes unhealthy fucked up ships are scrumptious #have you guys ever watched house md. the goldfinch. xmen. #hilson boreo cherik by beloved #huskerdust #hazbin hotel #husk #husker #hazbin hotel husk #husk hazbin hotel #angel dust #angel dust hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel angel dust #angelhusk #cherik #boreo #hilson #fandom culture

[aeolianblues]

The weirdly life affirming thing about fandom and some of the adoration that comes with it, particularly as pertains to real people, is that fans will love all the parts of you. That what is deemed ‘marketable’ by the press release and everything else they left out. If you come from something, fans will keep it alive. A Sam Fender fan away in Nebraska, USA will learn the Geordie dialect to accurately write Sam Fender x reader fanfic. They will keep alive a dialect declining even in Newcastle. As long as someone knows it, it lives on. The more people into it, the more beloved it becomes; it has a resurgence, it carries on. A Kneecap fan in Indonesia whose third language is English decides Irish Gaeilge can be their fourth. The Eurovision fans decided they can learn all of Finnish after being drawn to one song about piña coladas (and the super endearing Käärijä!)

Fandom is so much more than some base lowly shit to be embarrassed about that people like to reduce it to. It’s a powerful mode of culture. It’s so much more than about writing ‘your silly little stories about your pathetic men’; fandom is the reason American Blur fans flew thousands of miles overseas to be at Wembley last summer. Fandom is checking your IG stories after that gig and seeing that other well-loved musicians also have the same story as you because they were at that gig too. It is months later hearing Grian Chatten from Fontaines D.C. say that part of their new song was inspired by going to that Wembley show, and knowing exactly what he meant by that.

It is about shared cultural moments, it’s about the realisation that nothing is ever strictly in the past, and that we are sharing and creating culture in the now. I don’t know where I’m going with this, I was just struck by the connection between culture and pop culture. Don’t let people tell you they’re different worlds, I suppose

#Fandom #music #culture #Pop culture #yes this is oddly specific do not ask #Sam Fender #KNEECAP #Käärijä #fontaines d.c. #Blur #Blur band #idk man #just chatting shit generally #fandom meta #fandom culture

[theficlistpodcast]

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#ao3 bookmarks #private bookmarks #fanfiction #fanfic #fic #fandom #fandom culture #the fic list #tiktok #another queue bites the dust

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: He wakes up with no memories. He knows things, but he doesn’t know why. Who is he? And how did he get here?

Author: @die-erlkonigin6083

Submitter: @disillusioneddanny

Note from submitter: This author is so incredibly talented and kind!! Definitely recommend this fic 

#official fic poll #haveyoureadthisfic #pollblr #fanfiction #fandom culture #internet culture #fanfic #tumblr polls #fandom poll #A Second Life #danny phantom #dc batman #batman #dc comics #batman comics #dc universe #superbat #The Everlasting Trio

[my-castles-crumbling]

Hey there, greetings from Metale! We're a vibrant fanfic community powered by web3 technology. We absolutely love your amazing work, so I'm reaching out sincerely to ask if you'd be willing to grant me permission to mint your creations into NFTs.

There won't be any fees involved on your end, and once minted, your work will live on indefinitely in the web3 world as NFTs, thanks to the immutability of on-chain data and information. You'll receive copyright protection in the web3 world and earn royalties from every sale and transaction of your NFTs.

Additionally, you can use fractionalized NFTs and all our support to reward and engage with your readers, expanding your influence.

The entire process is super simple, with professionals guiding and assisting every step of the way. We're looking to cultivate superstar authors in the fanfic realm.

Are you interested?

So I feel like this is spam, but I'm posting it just to remind everyone:

Fanfic cannot be monetized.

If you monetize fanfic, it gives authors grounds to take down content, and it threatens the whole system. If you want fanfic and fandom to continue, and you are a creator, please be very careful about monetizing content. Don't ruin it for the rest of us.

#fandom problems #fanfic #fandom #fandom culture #fandom etiquette #fandom things #fanfics #fanfiction

[hadeantaiga]

I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

#shipping #fandom #fandom culture

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

#i often wonder about how many things would be considered classic or high art had they only received the marketing #how many short films that were made for class could have been the most powerful thing you'd ever seen? if you'd seen them? #“you know the greatest films of all time were never made” etc etc #but like. these works of art ARE being made. it's just enjoyed by a smaller audience with equal impact though #i think about this one furry i used to follow on insta who had the coolest worldbuilding ever. it's been years. #thought prompted by that sketch of nimona from ten years ago that was just for a character design #posted to the creator's tumblr and now it's nominated for best animated feature film at the oscars #and by the genuine emotional reaction a fan comic made me feel. how much work had gone into it. how beautiful it was to me. #idk what to tag this but i hope whoever needs to hear it does #writing #writer #fandom #fandom culture #artist

[phantasm-masquerade]

reblog for a bigger sample size if you feel like it

#hibiki//discourse #fandom culture #canon vs fanon #fanonization #polls #i love polls #fandom discourse #fandom bs

[anxious-m3ss]

“I hope this email finds you well”

First of all the only emails that ever find me well are from AO3

#fanfiction writing #ao3 #ao3 author #ao3 stuff #archive of our own #ao3 meta #fandom culture #fanfiction culture #ao3 etiquette

[laughableillusions]

You! American fan of foreign or otherwise un-American media! Are you aware of the nuances and cultural differences that are portrayed in that media and have an understanding that you as an outsider looking in should be careful with the lenses you analyze that media in because you have a different perspective that is not catered to?

#media analysis #this post was made by an American btw #fandom culture #fandom #also that subtitles and translations are not always exactly correct

[theliteraryluggage]

Had to share this here because you're right and you should say it. It's incredible how many people came out of the woodwork as soon as AO3 was down and suddenly had no compunctions at all about screaming how much they love and need fanfic--on the AO3 twitter. Is it so much harder to do in the comment section?

At this point I don't care anymore if people call me entitled or think I'm out of line. If fanfic is so meaningful to you that you cannot go half an hour without, let alone 24h, then you can get over yourself long enough to write a fucking comment. No excuses.

"writing comments is hard and scary" yeah well GUESS WHAT so is writing fanfics. fandom as a community is dying, because it is instead treated as a COMMODITY, a CONSUMER PRODUCT. We're not asking for much. We're asking for a CONNECTION. We don't want to sell, we want to share.

You've shown your hand. You've admitted you cannot live without us. Now ACT LIKE IT. Go write a fucking comment.

#ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #fanfic #comments #from the sleeves #fandom culture #10000

[curiositysavesthecat]

additional comment from the anon: this mostly applies to things like smut or nsfw art. I see a lot of blogs that are 18+ and I’ve always wondered if people actually listen to "minors dni (do not interact)" or if they just ignore them.

*this poll was submitted to us and we simply posted it so people could vote and discuss their opinions on the matter. if you’d like for us to ask the internet a question for you, feel free to drop the poll of your choice in our inbox and we’ll post them anonymously (for more info, please check our pinned post)

#incognito polls #tumblr poll #polls #poll #tumblr polls #tumblr #smut #meme #memes #fandom #fandoms #blorbo #comfort character #ao3 #archive of our own #fan art #fanfic #fanfiction #fandom police #fandom culture

[druvjelly]

There’s no results

You have to pick

And one and 2, electricity and Wi-Fi does magically work

For the scotch bonnet, during the start of the industrial revolution

(Putting it in big because I won’t answer the same question over and over again)

#polls #history #ao3 #fandom culture #fandom poll #poll #cursed poll

[just-french-me-up]

I'm sorry, cringe culture can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause it's dead!

#fandom #fandom culture #writing #fanart #fanfiction #fanfiction writing #fanfiction writers #fanfic #artists #look free yourself from the preconceived notion that your creativity has limits #draw that character however the fuck you want #write that OC #draw that OC #publish a fic with that ship you like #write self insert #fuck your fav character if you want? Hell #15 of them if you want #it's all made up #it's all in our heads #it's fine #just be respectful of people #and don't commit crimes i guess #also pretending you never imagined yourself as part of your fav narrative.... please #we're all weird it's fine #it's called being human #the sooner we all realise that the sooner we can have fun #mine

[thecoramaria]

Fanfic readers trying to find another fic exactly like the last one they read:

#cora's original posts #just fanfic things #fanfiction #fanfiction memes #fanfic memes #just fanfiction things #fanfiction meta #fanfic meta #fandom culture #two cakes #second breakfast