#gerlonso fanfic

[percervall]

Masterlist

Mar | she/her | 30s writing faq / sideblog / 1k celebration / kink bingo challenge

Players A-L

Players M-Z

Formula 1

Other fanfics

Fanfic recommendations ⇢ moving these to @percervalls-bookstore

Seasonal fics

Kisses challenge 2023

Song blurbs

Find me on AO3

©percervall 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤. 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗉𝗒𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗏𝖺𝗂𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗉𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌.

#Football fanfic #Football oneshot #Thiago Alcantara fanfic #Sergio ramos oneshot #gerlonso fanfic #Andy Robertson fanfic #kostas tsimikas fanfic #Xabi alonso fanfic #virgil van dijk fanfic #rodrigo de paul fanfic #leon goretzka fanfic #football masterlist #mario hermoso fanfic #mar's masterlist #f1 fanfic

[ftorres-9]

“I liked it when you kissed me, you know”

The words are out before Steven Gerrard can even think about exactly what he’s saying, worry about how Xabi might react. He regrets drinking so much champagne. Of course, he’s referring to approximately 4 hours prior when he had gone in for a mock kiss, meant as just a laugh for the cameras, and Xabi had leaned in and planted a soft, fleeting, peck on Steven’s lips that almost didn’t feel real and yet still managed to send shockwaves though Steven’s entire being. Steven had turned away immediately after, trying to hide his blush, laughing it off, when secretly he had wished it had lasted longer. Not that he’d tell Xabi that, of course. But Steven was much more sober then, and now the truth has burst forth like a dam breaking and there’s no taking it back. And then Xabi responds, he turns to Steven, smiling, his golden eyes holding a knowing glance, and he says in that gorgeous accent “You want another, yes?” And in that moment Steven’s heart skips a beat and he practically shouts “YES!” like a schoolboy about to have his first kiss. It’s not like Steven hasn’t kissed people before; being a famous footballer for Liverpool and England means being desired by models and celebrities and people with power, people like dolls with vacant eyes and expensive clothes who kiss without meaning after too many drinks. Fun, yes, but forgettable. But this is Xabi. This is different.

Before Steven has time to kick himself over his embarrassing level of enthusiasm, Xabi’s lips are on his and this time it’s real, it’s real and it’s electric and Steven’s whole body is on fire and Xabi tastes like champagne and victory and Steven can’t bring himself to stop even though he can hardly breathe and his heart is racing pumping Liverpool red blood through his veins and he can feel Xabi’s heart racing too, Xabi’s body pressed against his fitting just right, and Xabi is warm and feels like home in Steven’s arms, and then suddenly Xabi breaks the spell, pulling back slightly, golden eyes meeting Steven’s, and he says in almost a whisper, “miracles happen in Istanbul, Steven” and Steven holds Xabi a little tighter and replies, without a second thought because he knows, he knows in his heart, in his very soul, “You’re my miracle, Xabi.”

In that moment Steven is in love with everything; with Liverpool, the game, the night, the celebration, the victory, but most of all, Steven is deeply, passionately, undeniably in love with Xabier Alonso Olano.

(This is just me free writing a fanfic for the first time since March 2022, don’t mind it, I’m trying my best, thank you)

#liverpool fc #xabi alonso #steven gerrard #gerlonso #fanfic #short poetry #football

[kloppinthekop]

꧁ hello! ꧂

amy ᝰ ❧ scorpio sun and moon, she/they, grey-ace, 30s

i support liverpool f.c. and mostly write about domitrent on ao3.

i have a ph.d. in english literature, specializing in science fiction, but i really only write for fun these days.

other interests include: kate bush (queen of my heart), goth and post punk music/subculture, horror and sci-fi films, jane austen, mary shelley (i am always ready to bring frankenstein into any conversation), orphan black, star trek, studio ghibli, and more.

a masterlist of my fics and other scribblings are below the cut! a gentle reminder that i do not take requests for fics; however, headcanons are welcome and my askbox is open!

you can find most of my fics on archive of our own (ao3). some may be archive-locked (only viewable to users who are logged in on ao3). fics are sorted by type, ship/pairing, and then alphabetically listed within each category (for the most part). ratings are indicated in parentheses next to each title. if you are under the age of 18, please do not interact with any mature/explicit fics. full list of tags and any potential content warnings are available on ao3. masterlist to be updated periodically.

꧁DOMITRENT꧂ (dominik szoboszlai/trent alexander arnold)

dream come true (M, eventually E) 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔰 ➾ [work in progress]

→ Dominik, whose dreams of becoming a professional football player ended years ago due to injury, has dedicated himself to a new passion: physiotherapy. After moving to Liverpool to complete his studies, he meets Trent, a local lad whose dream of playing in the first team is about to come true. But what if, in meeting one another, their dreams become intertwined?

⟡ by chapter: chapter one: skull and bones | chapter two: skeletons and secrets | chapter three: start of something | chapter four: sweet as sugar | chapter five: stay with me | chapter six: stuck on you | chapter seven: suddenly everything changes

꧁HENDOLLANA꧂ (jordan henderson/adam lallana)

borne in red (E; dubcon) → In a world where men have been discovered to be infertile, the few men who are not sterile are forced into service of Captains and their Wives. Adam Lallana is one of these "studs," also known as Reds. He is also, dangerously, in love with men. Over a course of Ceremonies, he discovers that his Captain has a secret, and that his proclivities may be indeed similar to Adam's own desires…

A Hendollana AU based on Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale.

⟡ by chapter: chapter one: waiting | chapter two: discovering | chapter three: being | chapter four: waiting | chapter five: coda

꧁DOMITRENT꧂ (dominik szoboszlai/trent alexander arnold)

we lit the fire and it's burning bright (E) → After the Liverpool vs Manchester City game (where Trent scores the equaliser), Dom takes Trent back to his apartment and proceeds to take him apart with his hands and lips.

working on the riddle of your heart (E) → Dominik can’t stop thinking about Trent. Ever since pre-season training, he has been obsessed. God, Dominik wants to be possessed by Trent.

you're out there killing the game (E) → Trent gets his arse out for all to see, but Dom wants it to be just his.

꧁CARRAVILLE꧂ (jamie carragher/gary neville)

gary knows; or, gary the fool in liverpool (T) → Liverpool’s lost the league, and Gary’s lost his damn mind.

a christmas carraville (merry crimbo, ye big lug) (G) → God I love him, but my husband is an idiot, Jamie thinks. In which Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher are married, but Gary doesn't know it yet.

champagne supernova (happy new year, ye tosser) (T) → It's New Year's Eve, and all Carra can think about is whether a certain Manc will kiss him at midnight. Maybe a little liquid courage will help light the way.

package deal (it's valentine's day, ye dimwit) (E) → Gary's got a Valentine’s date with an idiot.

꧁GERLONSO꧂ (steven gerrard/xabi alonso)

days of legends past (G) → "When you left, it broke my heart." Three vignettes related to various and sundry myths and legends.

꧁HENDOLLANA꧂ (jordan henderson/adam lallana)

fools in love (G; archive-locked) → aka, five times that other people noticed Jordan and Adam were dating before they did, and one time they finally realize that they’ve been a couple all along.

hounds of love (G; archive-locked) → Jordan's not sure what his soulmark will be yet, but what he does know is that he's terrified. A slow-burn soulmate AU.

merry to go 'round (G; archive-locked) → The lads buy a house together at the end of the 2026 World Cup campaign, and not a single one of their teammates (former teammates now) are surprised.

soft lad (E; archive-locked) → Five-hundred twenty-five thousand six-hundred minutes… it took a span of two pre-seasons for Hendo to realize that he was in love.

vignettes: tickertape (G; archive-locked) → After the trophy lift, Hendo searches for a tangible piece of memory…

vignettes: turf (G; archive-locked) → Lallana leaving LFC, but choosing a certain squad number for familiarity…

꧁OTHER SHIPS꧂

put myself on a pedestal - virgil van dijk/jarell quansah (E) → After the Union Saint-Gilloise match, Jarell says some things to the press that perhaps ought not to have been said. It's Virgil's job to educate him. But perhaps there are things that Virgil also ought not to say out loud… Then, Jarell comes over to his house one night after training, and Virgil finds a more effective way to stop Jarell from saying stupid things.

eu sou... - eric dier/dele alli (G; archive-locked) → Dele is um idiota but so is Eric. Pining ensues. footballers watch: eurovision 2019 - multi-ship (G; archive-locked) → What it says on the tin. [Pairings include: Carraville, Hendollana, Gerlonso, Deledier, and other random cameos.]

꧁GEN FICS꧂

klopp in the kop, forever - jürgen klopp (G) → Jürgen Klopp, the normal one, is about to live a normal life, for the first time in his life.

vignettes: takumi (G; archive-locked) → Second day at Anfield • Daemon!fic aka His Dark Materials/Football RPF

⟡ domitrent headcanon - who's naughtier, domi or trent?

⟡ domitrent headcanon - valentine's day

⟡ domitrent headcanon - who fell first

⟡ domitrent headcanon - dealing with injuries

⟡ domitrent headcanon - sex positions

⟡ domi and trent headcanons - fashion styles, shopping habits

⟡ domi, trent and jude headcanons - jealousy

⟡ trent and jude headcanons - food habits, sweet tooth

⟡ cheeky - domitrent

⟡ the prince and the scouser - domitrent

⟡ queen's gambit AU - domitrent

⟡ anfield is a cauldron - gen!fic

dividers created by @cafekitsune

#pinned post #about me #masterlist #fic masterlist #my fics #fanfiction #football rpf #ao3 #fanfic #domitrent #gerlonso #carraville #hendollana #virgil/jarell #liverpool fc #liverpool #kloppinthekop #blog intro

[baronessblixen]

How do you feel about ppl who write gillovny fanfics/real-life persons fanfics in general ?

Maybe unpopular opinion but I love them. The fics, I mean. And I'm in awe of everyone who is brave enough to post Gillovny fic these days cause I don't know how it is now, but people used to get a lot of shit for it. I have read (and written) RPF and I love it.

#lovely anons #that time when i read so much gerlonso fic oh those were the days #i mean hello i watch the crown and one of my fave movies is out of africa #that's real person fiction too even if it's not in written (fanfic) form

[longeyelashedtragedy]

it hit me that it’s like...my four year anniversary as a football fan?  i started actively watching club football in june 2019 after so many years of people wanting me to get into it.  i wandered into the pre-season so so confused, with nothing but faithful watching of the 2018 and 2019 world cups and a very solid primer on Gerlonso lore/the miracle of Istanbul by my side. why were players coming to preseason trainings and then signing for a new club the next day?  why were there huge summer games (i briefly had tickets to the madrid friendly derby in nyc before i had to sell them bc i was the brokest of the broke) that didn’t actually mean anything?  i remember an insta story of barça’s trip to japan of ivan rakitić hugging andres iniesta emotionally and i was like who tf is this random bald dude?  and why am i supposed to care about him?  i thought the premier league seemed boring, that chelsea manager frank lampard was french (????) and that dude mikel arteta was the “hot goth manager” (okay, so one thing i got right from the get go).  my family friends were OBSESSED with arsenal and i was like “lol dorks who would skip going out into the city to stay home and watch arsenal?” but that granit xhaka dude seemed hot, scary, and a badass.  my first footballer ship was rakidrić and my first favorite fanfic author was @protect-daniel-james (i won’t mention which fic was the first of hers that i read, but...it involved french people 😈).  so some things haven’t changed.  but overall, my friends, i knew NOTHING.  i only even watched one club!  i remember watching an atleti game to see šime and it felt like. scandalous.  now i am one of those multiclub heaux who everyone on tumblr hates and i’ve seen the beauty of the premier league, ligue 1, and so much more.  i’ll never have a childhood or geographic loyalty, but can i count as a real football fan yet?

#ihc watches futbol #NOSTALGIA #man i thot the grizi transfer drama was a whole lot #but that was just an average day at barça lol

[wrotefootballficiregretnothing]

It’s his party and he’ll sulk if he wants to. 

#you would sulk too if it happened to you #Gerlonso #football rpf #football fanfic #Gerlonso Day #moon-for-start #sorry I moved your birthday on August 14th

[ohsnapcracklepopfriends]

tagged by @casey-stoney thanks Alex❤️

Rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you want to get to know better/catch up with

Three ships: carraville(footy and my favorite ship because I love these complete idiots so much), gerlonso (footy), Roy and Keeley(Ted Lasso), and so many others these are just the first ones I thought of

Three friendships: troy and abed (community), rebecca and keeley(Ted lasso again), george and watts (Murdoch mysteries because my dad’s family’s from Canada and my grandmother was like it’s a period show with lesbians and I was sold)

Last song: LA PAURA DEL BUIO by Måneskin(I’ve been learning to play it on the bass!!!)

Last movie: Much Ado About Nothing dir. by Kenneth Branaugh because I’m a nerd and I love Shakespeare

Currently watching: Community for the three hundredth time

Currently listening: I mostly listen to true crime podcasts and football. I’ve been enjoying Men in Blazers which is a podcast by two English dudes for Americans about football the guys are both genuinely hilarious. I think they try to make it as fun as possible to try to attract Americans to the game but they tell you the action in a funny, engaging way. It also mostly focuses on the misery of being an Everton fan which I enjoy.

Currently reading: ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston just arrived so I haven’t technically started it yet but I’m so excited. GIVE ME THE QUEER LADIES REPRESENTATION.

Currently craving: I would genuinely kill for a bagel right now or you know a new carraville fanfic

I don’t know who to tag so I’ll tag @miasanmadridista

[thebluesideofmyworld]

Chapters: 2/3 Fandom: Football RPF Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Soulmates Summary: Alternate Universe. Steven Gerrard runs a detective agency that helps people finding out information about their soulmates. Philipp Lahm comes to see him and asks him to find as much information as possible about a librarian named Xabier, as Philipp has the name Xabier tattooed on his skin. Steven takes the job, thinking that it will be an easy one.A librarian? The worse thing that can happen is this Xabier person has some parking tickets. Surely this one will be an easy job, right?

Chapter Summary: Stevie meets the subject of his investigation. A librarian that goes by the name Xabi Alonso. 

#Gerlonso #football RPF #football fanfic #football fanfiction #football AU

[eselcolacao]

Gerlonso Fanfic Marathon

boy what a fucking b l i s s

#steven gerrard #xabi alonso #gerlonso #fanfic

[howsareeasy]

fandom retrospective 2018

I’ve been doing this for a minute, so I shan’t stop now.

Looking back at my fandom stats, this year I did:

The longest fanfic I’ve ever written. Clear Blue Water  (Dele/Eric Dier tennis AU) clocked in at 52k. I had to change the way I wrote for this. As in, a clear outline, and having two betas. Then, putting it down for two months before going over and rereading (and adding another 10k words for it to have the equivalent of a good ‘mouth feel’ beause it was ragged in places). I also needed four cheerleaders/ people to hold me accountable for this story to get done. Shoutout to everyone. It really takes a village

14 - the number of fanfics I wrote and posted this year. It’s a bit more than I thought I’d done, tbh, because this year was the year of the...

Podfic! After watching and listening to @itsadrizzit for over a year going on about this podfic thing, I wanted to find out for myself how easy it was (narrator’s voice: reader, it wasn’t). Started with a gerlonso fic and did about 11 podfics in the space of four weeks. Then did a few more here and there. This included reading, edits, and podfic covers. I learnt a LOT about the technicalities and the artisty of the medium over time.  My main takeaway is that podficcers really undervalue their skill, and honestly shouldn’t. Ish is hard, y’all.

Permission Statements- did a huge push for this in 2018 and happy to say that a lot of writers did the same too!  Everytime I asked permssion for a story, I asked in the same breath for the writer to put up a statement of permssion, because we’re not wasting people’s time and creativity in 2019 and beyond. Hopefully the Permission Statements will open up a lot more people to do podficcing or other transformative works based on fanfic.

In addition to podfic, I loaned my skills to a small fandom challenge and did fic covers with accompanying soundtracks. Also did a mini team up to write a fanfic about a fandom I’ve never been in before.

More pairings! This was the year I expanded from my usual haunts. Did some prompts with the Spanish NT, French NT and various odd and rare pairings. The stories were a bit more varied, and I’d like to think a bit more creative.

Overall, I really think this year was relatively creative fandom wise. This despite moving countries, feeling restless IRL and just pretty much junking an old life for a new one. Here’s hoping for more creative fandom adventures. What was your fandom year in review like? Do an entry and give me a shoutout, because I wanna read.

#fandom #fandom retrospective #fandom 2018 #fanfic

[percervall]

Other

Football

🌺 fluff 🌶 smut 🥀 angst

Dominik Szoboszlai

the devil's in the details

John Stones

all I want for Christmas 🌺

Mario Hermoso

that's the kind of love (I've been dreaming of) 🌶

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Slash fiction

Iker Casillas

Heal (slash fic/AU) 🥀

Gerlonso

Writing silly poems for each other 🌺

Sernando

we bleed the same 🥀

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Other

BBC The Muskteers

18. “This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had. Of course I’m in.”

Santiago Cabrera

Night Changes

#football fanfic #mario hermoso fanfic #john stones fanfic #iker casillas fanfic #gerlonso fanfic #bbc musketeers fanfic

[carraville]

3, 12, 17, 23.

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

Mmmmmmmm honestly this year’s been a good year for me in terms of writing and I have a lot of lines that I like (LMAO SELF BUTTPATT) buuuuut I really enjoyed writing all the England scenes in strangeways, here we come because I am always! always emo about England and our perennial underachieving SO I think maybe 

Believe rises above them all. Maybe it's delusional. Maybe it's arrogant. Beckham takes a free kick that delights and astonishes the way his free kicks do and it ends up in the back of the net. Every four years St George goes back up and people who still remember '66 are bought a pint, and for every we'll go out at the group stages there's an underlying thread of god help me, we might win this yet, because what is hope if not alive?

Come on England. The cup awaits you and is yours.

12. favorite character to write about this year

I’m gonna try to be LESS PREDICTABLE and say becks because he’s such an interesting person and I really liked writing from his POV which I don’t do v often! 

17. fics you’ll continue next year

UM the only WIPs I have rn that I don’t aim to finish by this year are, um, sekrit Beville Porno for shaz and the Sir Alex/CO92 Boatload of Feelings that I’ve been writing since like 2015 l m a o 

23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t

LOOK I JUST WANT TO WRITE EVERY FIC OK. But um Gerlonso soulmate au and Broville ghost au are probably at the top of my list?? and another Germ one but I can’t remember where I was going with that so I Guess Not

fanfic end of year asks

#ask box games #i have... a lot to go through welp #Anonymous

[kloppinthekop]

Welp, I wrote crackfic. 

It’s pretty much what it says on the tin.

#football rpf #carraville #hendollana #gerlonso #deledier #mojan #my fanfics #eurovision 2019 #crackfic #fanfiction #my fanfiction #too tired and lazy to tag

[footballmetrics]

Football RPF Survey -  Reading section

This section features responses to the Reading Football Fanfiction part of the Football Fandom survey. To remind everyone, it follows the Demographic section that was posted yesterday. The first question had 202 responders, while the rest of the section had 187 responders. A big thank you to everyone that participated and we hope you’ll find the results interesting.

Do you read football fanfic?

The vast majority of responses (187 of a total 202 participants, or 92.6%) told us that they read football fanfiction. Responders mentioned that it’s fun, interesting, that it makes them happy to read about their favorite people falling in love. Several people also said that reading fanfiction allowed them to get a different perspective of the players, and that while they realized that it’s a guess at their personalities, they still liked to think about the fullness of their lives beyond the ninety minutes on the pitch. They also mentioned that reading fanfic helped them improve their English and vocabulary.

For some, fanfiction was a way for them to see themselves represented in a way they would never get from traditional media, particularly in terms of gender identity and sexuality. Most of the responses we got said that they read fanfic because it was well written, and that reading and commenting on fanfic was their way of interacting with fandom.

There were a few people who said no to reading football fanfiction, because they had ethical reservations about writing about real people, or because they felt that a lot of fanfic was sexual and they didn’t see the players like that.

Is football your first RPF fandom?

Over half of responders who answered yes to reading fic have been part of other RPF fandoms aside from football (105 surveyed, or 56.1%). 82 responders (43.9%) said that football is their first RPF fandom.

In general, how often do you read fic?

Of the 187 participants who read fanfiction:

13 (7%) read fanfiction a few times a year

39 (20.9%) read fanfiction a few times a month

66 (33.7%) read fanfiction a few times a week

70 (37.4%) read fanfiction every day

2 (1.1%) said the amount of fanfiction they read is limited by either their ship or the amount of time they have

Quite a large number of people said that they read football fic on a daily or weekly basis, which surprised us, because it’s a higher number of consistent readers than we expected. Based on our survey, over half of those surveyed read fanfiction at least a few times a week. Our working theory is that the readership is scattered because of the different clubs people support/read about and that’s why it feels like consistent readership is smaller than it actually is.

Are you satisfied with the amount of fic for the pairings you prefer to read?

Only 15 people are satisfied with the amount of fic for the pairings they prefer to read, and those are mostly popular Real Madrid pairings (Seriker, Crismes, Criska), Germany NT pairings (Benedikt Höwedes/Mats Hummels, Marco Reus/Mario Götze) or Liverpool FC pairings (Gerlonso, Gernando, Hendollana), as well as Reader/Player fanfictions. A lot of those people also mention not being picky about pairings.

But the vast majority feel that while there are some fanfics written for their favorite pairings, there should be more. Some people also told us that they were the only ones creating content for their pairings. A lot of the ‘other’ answers, were people saying that for some pairings there was enough fic, but for others not.

What is the primary language of fic you read?

A majority of answers to this question was ‘English’, three people put German and one person put Chinese.

In what other languages do you read fic, if any?

In this section, people mentioned Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Serbian, Russian and Bahasa Indonesia.

How do you find new fics?

The majority of responders find fic through searching Archive of Our Own. Quite a few (106 out of 187) choose following authors they were already familiar with, and a few (94 out of 187) choose the searching the player or ship tag on tumblr.

This would suggest that we need to compile a list of writers and their tumblrs, as well as special tags on tumblr that would allow us to spread awareness of fic more easily.

Do you have other ways of finding fic?

People mentioned that they find fic through searching Wattpad, Google search, following the AO3-feed tumblr or searching through livejournal communities.

How often do you read fanfic by authors who are new to you?

A significant majority of survey participants who read fanfiction (164 responses, or 88.2%) are willing to read authors they are not familiar with. This may be particularly reassuring to new writers that readers in football fandom are largely not concerned with their familiarity of the author, but what is being written.

15 responders (8.1%) answered they will read new authors sometimes, if recommended; and 7 (3.8%) tend to read authors whose works they already know.

Where do you read fic?

Archive of Our Own is the most popular platform for reading fic (173 responders, 92.5%), and Tumblr the second most popular platform (127, 67.9%). 64 responders (34.2%) read fic posted on Livejournal, while some are also using Dreamwidth (9, 4.8%), Wattpad (36, 19.3%), and Fanfiction.net (41, 21.9%).

Other sites used for reading fic included fanfiktion.de and Lofter, for German and Chinese language fics, respectively.

What is your preferred platform for reading fic and why?

The majority of people prefer ao3, because it’s easier to search and tag, it’s better for long-format reading, legibility, and has the options of bookmarking, sorting, and filtering. It’s also easier to leave a comment there. A lot of people mentioned that they liked to download fic and read it on other programs.

Tumblr can be problematic for text based content, because many people have themes that are hard to read, and Read More cuts frequently disappear on mobile. Fic also frequently gets lost among the other content and some people might be uncomfortable putting it in the player tags.

A few people mentioned liking livejournal, but find it hard to navigate and feeling like the communities on there are dead.

After reading a fic, how often do you leave feedback?

When asked how often readers leave feedback on the fics they read, 187 of the total number of people surveyed responded:

Always - 23 (12.3%)

Frequently - 69 (36.9%)

Sometimes - 72 (38.5%)

Rarely - 16 (8.6%)

Never - 7 (3.7%)

In what form do you leave feedback? Check all that apply.

In addition to how often fic readers leave feedback, we asked what kinds of feedback they left. Almost all of the 181 responders to this question stated that they leave kudos or likes on Tumblr (168, 92.8%). Comments were the second most popular form of feedback (139, 76.8%), followed by reblogging a rec post on tumblr (56, 30.9%), and messaging the author on tumblr (54, 29.8%).

After reading a fic, how often do you leave feedback and in what form?

We also asked more specifically for people to rate how frequently they left different kinds of feedback, such as comments, kudos or likes, messaging the author directly, and reblogging a post on Tumblr.

These graphs show that the fic readers surveyed almost always leave kudos on the fics they read, but less frequently interact with authors directly, whether through comments or private messaging.

What other kinds of feedback do you leave, if any?

Other kinds of feedback that people mentioned are bookmarking, putting a link to the fic on a fic rec blog, making a spin off fic, fanart or a graphics edit for the fanfic, or recommending it to other people privately.

Why do you leave feedback on a fic? If you leave a comment, what makes you decide to do so?

Responders mentioned that they leave comments on fics that really touched them in some emotional way, or when they feel like there’s something that stood out in it, either style-wise or content wise. A lot of people mentioned that they are writers themselves and know how important feedback is to other writers, and that this is their biggest motivation when leaving comments especially.

If the pairing is rare, they might leave a comment to encourage the author to write more of it, or if they’re just starting out, to encourage them to keep going. Some people mentioned that they only comment on fic written by their friends.

A few people mentioned that they’d been really trying to comment more recently, which we think is really positive.

Several people mentioned that they don't always have the time to comment, but that they might end up coming back to the fic weeks/months later, because the know how important it is for artists to be recognized for their work and they know the time and effort that goes into crafting fic.

If you rarely leave feedback on a fic, why is that the case?

Responders said that they rarely leave feedback because of shyness or anxiety, or because they’re not confident in their English skills. Commenting is harder on mobile so those who read on their phone don’t comment because of that, and the people who have downloaded the fic rarely return to comment on it, even if they liked it.

Some mentioned that they wanted to leave the author a longer comment, instead of just ‘I liked it’ and this was why they sometimes struggle, because either they don’t know what to say or they don’t have to energy to do that. Several also mentioned that they were afraid that the author would not reply to their comment or that they feel like they wouldn’t care.

How do you think reading fic in football fandom compares with other fandoms?

A few responders mentioned that they felt like the football fandom had an inherently tribalised nature and that because of this, people don't tend to read fic outside their teams and players, which makes everything quite niche.

Someone mentioned that it sometimes felt like this fandom had more extreme highs and lows compared to some larger fandoms they’ve been in. Fics can be very poorly written, or are really incredibly written and characterized and stick with you for several days. They said that it’s less often that have a very 'meh' reaction to a fic, where they find that in most large fandoms the majority of the fic is pretty standard, competently written using standard tropes, while someone else felt that the fic was less diverse and less tropey than in other fandoms, and that there were a lot of AUs and PWP.

Several people mentioned that they felt that the European background of the fandom is pretty distinct (especially when you're coming from an American fandom), which made it interesting. Someone said that in other larger fandoms they’ve been in, there were more works but most of them were bad, whereas in the football fandom there are fewer works but nearly all of them are good.

Someone also mentioned that they were pleasantly surprised at the amount of 'old' fic that still gets passed around and circulates.

Someone said that they felt that reading in football fandom is very similar to reading in small fandoms in that there isn't a huge amount of new content being produced on say, a daily basis, but, unlike a lot of small fandoms, football produces a bright wide array of pairings because there are literally so many possibilities. Responders also mentioned that they were more likely to read a pairing out of their usual pairings in the football fandom than in other fandom, just because they like the author.

Some also felt like there is a higher prevalence of fics with tropes they dislike in football fandom (fic featuring cheating, homophobia, etc.)

What do you think would improve your experience in fandom as a reader?

Responders mentioned that they wanted to see better grammar and formatting in fic, which could be helped by the presence of a beta reader. They also felt that awareness of other readers and writers was low, and that this means that their fic goes unread. Several mentioned feeling a lack of a writing/reading community that would exist in the bigger football fandom, and the absence of places to connect and talk about fic.

Several people said that they wanted more fic exchange type of events as well as the return of the cornerflag fic challenge on livejournal.

They also mentioned that they felt like there was an absence a space to solicit and share fic recommendations.

Several people also asked for less fetishization and misunderstanding of the LGBTQ+ community and the experience of people of other minorities, whether it be race or religion. Someone also mentioned that it would be good if people started writing more fics where the main ship included a POC. They said that it's important for fandoms to self reflect on racism and that one of the most glaring examples of racism in the (tumblr) football fandom is the lack of popular ships involving POC (specifically black men and women) despite the amount of diversity there is on the pitch.

Someone mentioned that they wanted more accurate tags, specifically when it comes to things like hate crimes, slurs, and other bigotry and summaries that are actual reflections of the fic. They would also like to have better ideas of how to connect with the authors who do produce content for their pairings (like their multiple accounts being linked somehow) and with authors who don't necessarily produce content for their pairings but whose style they like who I could convince to write for their pairings.

Someone mentioned that they would be more comfortable if people stopped hating on other people's ships (especially hating on rarepairs and polyamory) and also if they stopped hating on stories and interpretations they didn't personally agree with.

Someone also mentioned that there should be a dedicated tag(s) on tumblr for recs, and someone asked if writers could tag their stories with the club they were writing for, because that way they would be able to find all the fic for members of their clubs, even the rarepairs.

Someone said that they would like to see the Women's Soccer RPF tag separate from the men's when they search for football RPF, because they didn’t want to scroll through dozens of USWNT fics to find new stories.

Conclusion

In conclusion to this section, I wanted to focus on the feedback aspect a little bit more. In the following section on writing football fic, we will talk about how the lack of feedback makes writers feel more in-depth, but to summarize, several people felt discouraged by the low amount of feedback, but were mostly satisfied with the quality of the feedback they received.

But, let’s talk about what it feels for an author to see the hits and kudos rise, but to get no comments. The best allegory I’ve been able to find is that it feels like you sent a text to someone who you want to talk with and you see that the other person saw it, but chose not to respond. Not a nice feeling, is it?

This can lead to authors thinking their stories aren’t good, which can frequently discourage them from writing. It might lead them to compare between fandoms, deciding that they favor the one who gives them more feedback, and driving them out of the fandom (this is a thing that has happened to the football fandom - reading older fic, you can frequently see that the authors moved to other fandoms).

Commenting allows us to establish and strengthen personal relationships between the author and the reader, fostering a sense of community that we all seem to be missing. It encourages authors to produce more content, and constructive criticism enables them to improve, producing higher quality content as a result.

And as writers, we should also be reflecting as to why our fics don’t get as much feedback as maybe other fics in the same tag do. Is our formatting/grammar not up to the task? Did we tag things poorly or write a summary that isn’t eye-catching? Are we writing tropes and pairings that just aren’t appealing to the majority of readers?

There’s so many reasons as to why some fic gets more feedback than other, and it can be nothing to do with the quality or the writer of the fic.

This is why it would be helpful to have a meta space where not only authors, but also readers can share what they like and dislike about fic in the fandom, preferably anonymously.

Straightening the bond between reader and writer benefits everyone, and will help our fandom hopefully produce content that writers love writing and readers love reading.

Join us again tomorrow, on the @footballmetrics blog, for the Writing section of the report. As ever, feel free to leave your comments in the reblogs as you like, or contact us through the askbox.

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[fabiochampioraro]

Liverpool F.C.

Thanks anon for saving me from boredom! 😊 So Liverpool... 

1 is my favourite mmmhh Henderson2 i like the most when it comes to the appearance Karius for sure3 i would play a prank on Leiva don’t ask me why4 i would get drunk with Gerlonso’s chil..ehm Moreno5 i would choose for my partner if i got an invitation for a wedding Emre Can6 i could just cuddle all day long Mignolet7 i would ask for an advice if i had problems Henderson i think8 i would bake cookies for KLOPPO9 i would read a fanfic about Lallana maybe??10 i would write a fanfic about i cannot write fanfics to save my life!!11 i would prefer to play in another team I dunno....

[amarielrandomwords]

Can you please please please do a gerralonso based on the song "The Promise: Into the Light" by In This Moment--please :)

(The Promise: Into the Light - In This Moment)

Their hands intertwined one another. Steven has a hard time to realize what is happening right then. He remembers the driving, the fight, then the light – oh the light and then the horns and the rest is gone. He could remember he’s looking at his side – Xabi staring right at him, smiling. His handtries – tried – to reach Xabi but it hurt a lot.

Xabi mouthed something and it’s blurry but Steven tried hard to take what his partner – soulmate – told him. But then it’s black again. The sound of sirens and people shouting are the last thing he could hear.

He opens his eyes to realize he’s somewhere he doesn’t recognize. He looks for Xabi but found nothing except a sleeping Torres on a chair. Steven shifts his body, waking Torres up. Wasting no time, he asks, “Where’s Xabi?”

And the next thing happens in that room is the shouting agony coming from Steven.

“I’ll wait for you,Steve.”

�160 words�

This song is so beautiful, thanks for introducing me to it!

(Send me a song and a couple/character and I’ll write a drabble that revolves around it)

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