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Forgot to post this lol very WH inspired

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The pieces that won me an award recently. So happy to see my work leave its mark somewhere.

Just be patient for those of you who think you'll never get recognized like I did. Your time will come and your patience will make it all the sweeter. Never stop doing what you love no matter what anyone tells you!

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'Gone Cuckoo' - January 5, 2021. & four explosion studies from March 11, 2022.

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take it.

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i think the world is ready to see this one :)

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AO3 Etiquette

It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:

Kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished - you kudos.

If you liked it, you should comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.

No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it. Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity. Don't ruin that for them.

Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.

There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.

For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.

Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLANTONIC, like friendship or family.

Nothing is banned. This is an implicit rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.

People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.

Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.

Avoid deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - orphan it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to you anymore.

This is a creative fanfiction archive. No essays on your insights or theories please. There are other places for that.

I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.

I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.

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we should legalize polyamorous marriage  for all the other reasons we should but also because I wanna see what polygamous divorce looks like

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An overanalization of a 3 second clip of the Ruin DCA for drawing references.

The ruin trailer - slowed and brightened clip - my design idea before the trailer came out (<- I'm still sad about this)

I loved doing the hand page :)

Now do whatever you want with this information I'm throwing at your faces.

If I find something new I'll update the post.

When the DLC comes out I'll probably do a character ref of the whole endo.

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that feel when you meet another red/ yellow/ green lizard who wears spiked accessories and has 2 boyfriends

bowser: /holding a curious mr. L and a waving luigi/ hey

monty: /letting a curious sun and a waving moon cuddle hug his arms/ sup

rough draft included cuz i really like how it turned out

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“Y/N I phrew up���” *Pixelated sobbing*

Not to be dramatic or anything but if I stood by an arcade machine and THAT came out, I don’t think I’d even be able to scream

You know that moment when you’re so afraid all you do is whimper? Yeah that would be me. Big eyes and a pathetic squeak 😭

It's okay, they fall over constantly. Not much of a threat tbh.

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A rushed OC or two

Star

Sun/Moon's prototype that was never adequately programmed. Has a faulty wind-up music box in their head that only works at inconvenient moments (their mouth is a speaker). They are very finicky and have minor bugs (speech glitches and twitches). Likes wearing stolen daycare merch. When they showed up at the daycare to take Sun/Moon's place after the fire, they stumbled upon the half-melted daycare attendant and decided to hide them from being decommissioned.

Eli

One of Vanny's victims. Very bitter about dying. Hangs around Star because he is only familiar with the daycare (his parents would drop him off at the daycare but could never afford a pass for the atrium).

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My friend really likes Ballora, so being a good best friend I am... I wished to ruin that

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just some SAMS sketches

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dysfunctional SAMS family photo