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Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

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337. I Need You To Do The Things I Can’t (Our Flag Means Death)

Title: I Need You To Do The Things I Can’t

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52259410

Platform: AO3

Creator: kingstoken

Work Type: fic

Fandom: Our Flag Means Death

Rating: T

Pairing: Ed/Izzy

Word Count: 1012

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Number of comments: 7

Completion Status: Complete

Short summary/description: After Izzy is injured during a raid, Ed reminds him who he belongs to. Set during the time between seasons 1 and 2.

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336. Sonata for the Broken Badass in E Minor (Khyber Shards)

Title: Sonata for the Broken Badass in E Minor 

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53167390/chapters/134530648

Platform: AO3 

Creator: YellowMagicalGirl 

Work Type: Fic 

Fandom: Khyber Shards 

Rating: T 

Pairing: Gen, Arlo Fletcher/Thora Tavin 

Word count: 3,342 

Warnings: Past Suicide Attempt, Depersonalization, Internalized Ableism 

Number of comments: 1 

Completion Status: Complete 

Short summary/description: After five years as the mindless weapon of Blackwheel, Thora is forced to become a person once more. Five years after Thora was presumed dead, her loved ones find out otherwise and try their best in the aftermath. 

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The Perfect Date...

...to submit an under-appreciated fan work to Comment Exchange!

All you need is to fill out this submission form, no need to provide proof that you commented on something first.

(Sorry, I meant to make this post last night and schedule it for this morning, but I forgot)

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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!

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"AO3 doesn't need a "dislike" button"

Um, actually, it already has one. Depending on your specs, it might look a little different but over all it looks kinda like this:

You can find it at the corner of your screen, which corner is dependent on your layout.

Anyway, if you dislike a fic, you can hit this Dislike Button until the fic goes away. It really is pretty amazing actually.

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

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So today I got a rather unkind comment on AO3 (one could call it hate), but I believe it to be a bot for several reasons:

Guest account, but username attached

Said username exists but person is unlikely to be reading Tolkien fic (according to their Tumblr and AO3, they are in other fandoms)

Two grammatically correct sentences

Super generic text that could apply to any fic:

"I've seen better fanfiction written by a toddler. Get it together!"

I'm curious, did anyone else get comments like this? Let me know.

And to those who have gotten rude comments and are now worried/upset: Maybe it was just a bot too. Either way: You're awesome for putting your writing out there for others to enjoy and you don't deserve to get rude comments for it. If you want feel free to message me to compare cases and discuss details :)

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Fandom: God there’s like NO content anymore. I wish we could get more art and fanfics :(((

Someone: Hey, I can’t draw anything digitally, because I can’t afford a tablet, but here’s a pen on paper drawing that I spent a lot of time and hard work on. Also, I took a shot at my first fanfic and I’d really like some feedback or at least some kudos if you enjoyed it :)

Fandom: Oh... yeah sorry no... not you. We actually meant writers that are already well known and popular to produce MORE content... I mean, if a popular blog shares your work then maybe. And we don’t really like pen to paper art. We just don’t think it’s professional or even looks good :/

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335. His Sondra (Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure)

Title: His Sondra

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37572019

Platform: AO3

Creator: temperamentalGuile

Work Type: Fanfic

Fandom: Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure

Rating: T

Pairing: Kakyoin Noriaki/Kujo Jotaro

Word count: 1,418

Warnings: yandere! Jotaro Kujo, abduction

Number of comments: 0

Completion Status: Complete

Short summary/description: When Kakyoin is fleshbudded by an enemy stand user for the second time, Jotaro Kujo takes drastic measures to ensure his Sondra is never harmed again.

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151. 30 Days of Ienzo Destia (Kingdom Hearts)

Title: 30 Days of Ienzo Destia Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22353757/chapters/53402137 Platform: Archive of Our Own Creator: ChaoteToTheCore (myself) Work Type: fanfiction Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Pairing: General Word count: 5581 Warnings: Ableism, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Child Death, Graphic Description of Corpses Number of comments: 8 Completion Status: Incomplete Short summary/description: Following a 30 Day Prompt List to get going again. AU where Ienzo drifts off to Destiny Islands with Kairi.

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249. I’ve Never Felt More Alone (Feels So Scary Getting Old) (Dimension 20)

Title: I’ve Never Felt More Alone (Feels So Scary Getting Old) Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37572019 Platform: AO3 Creator: YellowMagicalGirl Work Type: Fanfic Fandom: Dimension 20 Rating: G Pairing: Gen Word count: 903 Warnings: Mild Angst Number of comments: 1 Completion Status: Complete Short summary/description: Fig is a late bloomer when it comes to an important part of elf puberty: finally starting to trance instead of sleep.

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295. Echoes of the Past-Sounds of the Future (Primeval)

Title:  Echoes of the Past-Sounds of the Future Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41748849/chapters/104737677 Platform: AO3 Creator: GreyGullHaven Work Type: Fanfiction Fandom: Primeval  Rating: Mature/Explicit eventually  Pairing: Nick Cutter and Connor Temple Word count: 7k as of now Warnings: non-con, abuse, assault, past bad relationships, mention of suicide/past suicide attempt, hurt/comfort, angst, and whump. Number of comments: 0 Completion Status: WIP Short summary/description: Nick and Connor have been in a relationship for nearly six months, but things seem to be taking a turn for the worse. What secret is Connor hiding? Is it something Nick can help with? Is it something they can overcome together, or will it tear them apart?

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133. Dream Man (Transylvania 6-5000)

Title: Dream Man

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16485959/chapters/38608304

Platform: AO3

Creator: AnnetheCatDetective

Work Type: Fic

Fandom: Transylvania 6-5000

Rating: Mature

Pairing: Jack Harrison/Gil Turner

Word Count: 68,866

Warnings: None

Number of Comments: 3

Completion Status: Complete

Short Summary: A not-quite-a-soulmate-AU, built around the idea of dream-sharing/being psychically bonded.

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131. death is on my side (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Title: death is on my side Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25871236 Platform: AO3 Creator: fallenidol_453 Work Type: Fanfiction Fandom: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Rating: Mature Pairing: None Word count: 500 Warnings: Major Character Death Number of comments: 1 Completion Status: Complete Short summary/description: Hubert retreats, but he cannot die. Not yet.

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Why do people stop commenting on fics if they’re more than a week or two old? Please comment on old fics. Tell me you like my one shot from 2014. Tell me you like my old multi-chap I finished in 2016 that I spent a year writing. I will be fucking thrilled.

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I find it ironic that as AO3 has another donation drive, Wattpad is now having a purge. Guys, this is the reason why AO3 does donations. This way, it doesn't have to rely on advertiser revenue, and therefore doesn't have to worry about advertisers complaining about the "problematic" (whether this be darkfic, kinky smut, or just the most wholesome queer fanfic ever) content their advertisements are next to.

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