Yes, I actually do have 114 opened tabs from 5 different fandoms on my browser as well speak.

Yes, I will be going to my Bookmarks to re-read something I’ve read a million times.

*opens AO3*
boypussy
*closes AO3*

From what fandom? And what was it about?

I think mine was for Death Note. LxOc, of course (lol). When I was about twelve years old. Oc had her own supernatural mascot (think it was a guardian angel. I conveniently forgot that Heaven and Hell aren't a thing in the Death Note world). He was supposed to eventually give her some plot armor later in the story. I don't remember how exactly this was supposed to work because I'm pretty sure I dropped the story four or six chapters in. A bit embarassing, but I do have fond memories about some ideas I loved and the entire writing process. I even had some active followers.

What about yours? What was your first fanfic like?

Yes, this is a real image. I dont know how it works tho :<

Recently read a fic that had a plot twist that almost made me stop reading, but the Author wrote everyone so well that I decided to stick with it, then after a few chapters I came around. Ended up loving the twist, even if it made me slightly uncomfortable at the same time lol.

Genuinely one of the best feelings.

Saw this on my feed now and had to share with the class

I’m so happy people actually like my fics 💗💗 I love writing and I’m happy to read their comments and thoughts on my fic 🥹

I know it’s personal because this author gets hundreds to thousands of comments under every chapter of their fic. I’m devastated. I genuinely don’t know what I did wrong. I’ve never left a negative comment before (nor will I even if I don’t like the fic; I’m a believer in don’t like don’t read) and I’ve only made positive comments under their fics that can’t be interpreted in a negative way even if you tried. I don’t have bookmarks under my account and I haven’t written any fics so it’s not like they saw what I’ve read and judged me for it. I’m heartbroken I love this author so much…has this happened to anyone before? 😭

Like wdym 50 people get an email when I update... The power...

It's 37 chapters 200k words and going!

I have a fic that I've been posting anonymously for the past several months. It used to get quite a lot of comments compared to anything else I've written (about 10 per chapter) until suddenly everyone just ... disappeared.

For the last 6 chapters or so I would be lucky to get one comment and it's usually a bot. A part of me wants to finish the story, because I only have two chapters left. The other part feels so discouraged because all these people who followed the story from the beginning and praised the world building are just gone. I feel like I'm writing for a void.

I k now that I sound selfish and that I'm not entitled to receiving comments from anyone. But I can't help but feel completely discouraged. Even though I like the story I wrote and I want to finish it, I feel like nobody cares about it anymore, so why should I post it?

I want to know if this happened to anyone else and if you have any advice for me.

113 isn't nothing, but damn I was rly thinking the Twihards have had so many years and numbers to get creative, surely in the year of our lord 2026 I would see so much evidence of the fans wising up to threesomes... One of media's most infamous love triangles and only 113 brave souls said "hey this triangle do be triangling tho 👀💦" ???

Is this shit not so nerve-wracking?? What do you mean I've been at this for 2 months and I have 12 kudos... I be opening the inbox and tapping at the glass like hello, dead goldfish? Wake up? Glub glub?

Now granted, I'm not writing the most popular topic in the world, so I couldn't rightly expect my work to be flooded buuuuut

How do y'all even cope with the readership slowburn?? Like yes the entire fic is literally yapping, but god do I wanna yap 😫

Never be like him or me. Yeah I wrote a guideline, several times because I decided to write a full fanfic instead of the one shot because I tent to go deeper than I should

🥹 proud of myself for a very small achievement. But to see that someone read and wanted to remember this little thing I made. Its a very nice feeling!!!

I am someone who never got into a good habit of creating bookmarks so I just rely on my history for everything. And when I'm quickly scrolling my history for something, sometimes I notice that the "Clear Entire History" button looks like it's pressed. I live in fear of actually pressing it one day and clearing my entire history 😰

UNTIL!!!!

I found a bit of code in this list to HIDE THAT BUTTON! You can check out the list for other cool little tweaks, but here is the code for the part I'm so excited about:

li:has(a[href$="/readings/confirm_clear"]) {

display: none;

}

I am so relieved I no longer have to worry about clearing my whole history by accident.

"I can't wait to write a oneshot of my favourite ship!" I said with joy..

Little did I know that I'd spend the next month setting up the plot, planning the world around the characters and when I finally get round to writing, I'd end up just focusing on them as characters, not the ship.. (it should be expected at this point).

How many have you guys bookmarked?

I’ve been reading fanfics for almost a decade and have accumulated atleast 4.9k bookmarks HAHA

I laughed myself out of the room with "barely contained, pearlescent milkshake of love*" the other day. What have you managed to refrain from (or didn't, and now it haunts you)? Come on, maybe your milkshake of love is just what someone else needs trash could be someone else's treasure!

*It wasn't even about what it sounds like

The amount of times I’ve gone into a fic blind and then the character dies and I’m like oh that’s - scroll up and boom major character death 😭😭

it’s the way I never learn my lesson either lol. This has been happening for years.

me: wow this story got dark fast crazy

the tags I ignored: dead dove, this is depressing, not a happy ending, etc etc

And before someone starts I'm not mad about it, I think it’s funny.

the epitome of if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions

So my fic was recently completed but thoughout it’s making its had very few kudos/comments, it is in a largish fandom but for some reason recently the ratings just kinda jumped up to double the views and a lot more kudos and comments and has since just plateaued. I ain’t complaining but I was wondering what caused this all of a sudden and if it’s happened to anyone else?