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There was a reply on that last post (which I have deleted, so don't go looking) asking why I want to defend pedophilia, and I think the crux of the issue is that i don't think fanfiction is pedophilia

The reason why pedophilia is such a shocking thing to think about and such a strong taboo across cultures is because it can result in the harm of children.

No child is harmed when someone types words on a screen and posts those words to the internet.

Now, I have no idea about the real life habits of the person who did the writing and the posting - I admit that. But neither does anyone else. That person could be a criminal, but it's much more likely they're a teenager writing a fantasy about an older actor/character they have a crush on. Or someone grappling with what was done to them when they were a child. Or someone who enjoys the sensation of being horrified and writes horrific stories because of that. Or a bunch of other types of people who have other reasons all their own.

Writing about sex (even sex you find absolutely horrific and vile) is not the same as having sex or committing rape. Writing about murder is not the same thing as actually killing someone. Writing about being drunk is not the same thing as chugging down a mickey of whiskey. I once wrote a story about waltzing and I've barely ever danced in my life.

The reason why people like me make a distinction between stories and real life is because the people in stories (even if those stories are about real people!) are only as real as the Barbies I played with when I was a kid. I used to smoosh their faces together to make them kiss. I'm doing the same thing with characters, and the smooshing is happening with words instead of dolls, but it amounts to the same thing.

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I truly truly believe that the most important thing you can do in fandom is be a cheerleader. comment on fics. reblog art and rave in the tags. support the people making the things you want to see. this is how you keep a fandom alive. this is how you get more of what you want. you never know: that person could have decided to make more just because you liked it.

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i think the funniest (or just fun?) thing about dead fandoms like 6teen or stoked which only have like a couple hundred fics on AO3 is that if you REALLY wanted like, you and your writing alone could turn your favourite ship or dynamic into the most popular one in the tag, in the fandom. with enough passion, you could personally see to it that the majority of fics for 6tn on AO3 have a lesbian caitlin or whatever for example. and no one could even stop you. like sometimes its lonely here, but other times its like, oh hey i can just turn this fandom into being about whatever i want it to be about lol

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I think the other reason I don't really get into ships as portrayed by fandom culture is that it seems like the mindset is more like. "I want these characters to be in a Romantic Relationship(TM)" instead of "I want these characters' relationship to be romantic"

What I mean here is that, so often I see pairings enacting romance tropes to the point of heavily altering or downright replacing their original dynamic - as if the people behind it only understand romance as a series of checklists to tick off. Couples like to kiss and sleep in the same bed and flirt with each other, so it doesn't matter who the characters are, if they're a couple then naturally they'll do those things, right??

And that's where the whole thing starts to lose me, because I would assume that the appeal of shipping characters is, y'know... the characters? Rather than just, the idea of a couple? If I'm thinking about how it'd be cool for them to be in love, my first thought is always "so how would they show it," because just like everything else about a person, the answer is going to be different on a case-by-case basis.

Maybe the characters involved aren't really into kissing, but they like arranging date activities. Maybe they aren't committed to the structure of dating at all, and just want to be around each other whenever they can. And even if they are the types to like doing traditionally romantic things, that doesn't suddenly erase whatever else they had going on before they started adding that on top of it.

I'm not saying that the more typical romance tropes and activities are bad, just that they're applied kind of excessively, regardless of whether or not they actually work for the characters involved. I want to see my favorite characters having relationships that are true to who they are, not what the stock depiction of a couple says they should be.

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a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.

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"Oh yeah, The Mighty Weasels are in town, rabies and all."

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do fic readers know that their comments actually influence the course of the story sometimes? i don't mean in a "you need to write it this way because i say so 😡" type of comment, i mean when people are asking questions or really engaging with the plot and the themes in the comments they sometimes bring up things that i didn't even think of, or dig into parts of the story that i've overlooked, or get really interested/fixated on something i was going to just kind of glance over--and it has me going 'oh wait that's actually really interesting, that's a good point' and fully adding or tweaking or changing things about the story going forward. i'm literally adding an entire additional chapter to something right now because someone's comment had me like "oh i didn't dig into that as much as i could have." you have impact!

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a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.

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one day i will make a true proper playlist of 6teen episodes in PERFECT order because, miraculously, both the 'as they aired' order and the 'actual order the eps were made' somehow BOTH have continuity errors as they are.

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current fan creation landscape is kinda like if you went to a party with a homemade cake and everyone takes a slice and silently thumbs up at you with no attempt to start a conversation except for occasionally some guy sits in the corner with a tape recorder critiquing the cake as though he was a restaurant critic and another guy is handing the cake to an uber driver like "yeah i need you to find a restaurant that makes cake like this so i can have more of it" and the only person that's talked to you in 30 minutes is a very sweet little guy who was like "hey i liked your cake" and then ran away apologizing for bothering you the moment you said thank you.

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hi! do u have any tips on writing smut i always struggle and suck at it! please anything will help

hi anon!! first of all: you absolutely don’t suck, smut is just HARD (pun intended) 😭 it takes time, trial and error, and a complete lack of shame. here are a few tips that helped me when I started writing filth:

1. Focus on the feeling, not just the logistics.

Readers care less about where the hands are and more about how it feels—physically, emotionally, psychologically. Is it frantic? Tender? Possessive? Filthy and degrading? Anchor the scene in that vibe.

2. Use all five senses.

Don’t just say “he kissed her”—talk about the taste of his mouth, the weight of his body, the sound of breath hitching. Smut is immersive, and sensory detail is your best friend.

3. Internal monologue is gold.

What’s the character thinking while they’re getting railed? Is their brain short-circuiting? Are they trying to hold back a moan? That tension is hot. Let us live in their head.

4. Word variety > medical terms.

Switch it up. “Cock” is fine. “Length,” “shaft,” “the heat of him”—spice it how you want.

5. Don’t be afraid to cringe.

You will write things that make you second-guess your existence. That’s part of the process. Write it anyway. Let it be messy. You can always edit later, but you can’t edit a blank page.

Bonus: read a LOT of smut. See what turns you on. What language sticks? What pacing works? Then steal like an artist and make it your own.

you got this!! the only way to get better at writing smut is to write it. often. shamelessly. with your whole chest and probably your whole pelvis too 🙂‍↕️

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Gonna make the good times last 😋