#fanfic on wattpad

[topsyturvy-turtely]

Strawberries & Cigarettes (Teenlock)

- now on Ao3!

cover art by @topsyturvy-turtely

Rating: Mature

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Underage

Category: M/M

Fandom: Sherlock (TV)

Relationship: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Molly Hooper, Mary Morstan, Jim Moriarty, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes

Additional Tags: Teenlock AU, Songfic, Bad Boy Sherlock Holmes, Good Boy John Watson, Gay John Watson, (i know he is actually bi but this is an AU), John is aware of his sexuality, Sherlock Holmes is a Bit Not Good, Angst, Fluff and Angst, but mostly Angst tbh, POV John Watson, POV First Person, Song: Strawberries & Cigarettes (Troye Sivan), Based on a Troye Sivan Song, There will be a sequel, first published on wattpad, Character Development, Side Characters are kinda unimportant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slight Smut, The tiniest bit of smut, Non-Graphic Smut, metaphorical writing, Metaphors, DO NOT COPY

Language: English

SUMMARY: "But strawberries and cigarettes always taste like you"

Rather average, kind of innocent, definitely homosexual John Watson falls hopelessly for mysterious, charming, bad boy Sherlock Holmes.

Chapters: 6/6 (everything is written & uploaded)

Originally published on Wattpad with the username "turtely". 1K views, 124 votes, 1K comments. #43 in the category #johnlock (status 13th Oct. 2022)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42350778/chapters/106347975

[camrenisforever]

Has anybody here ever read this little fic I wrote a while ago?

I'm back to this story, now working on it to make it long enough to be a real book. Anybody (besides me) thinks it's a good idea? 😆😆😆

https://www.wattpad.com/story/186059339?utm_source=android&utm_medium=com.tumblr&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=Alex-Unicorn&wp_originator=fw2nRfBOqHWp9YPCCIFH3za%2FNQv6Yw4hIMrvb6A1PZS61Zn%2FrGa4qPBAnBwwkwfWBnhj%2FmR5vU5fO7TJ2VxV6BWHkh8PZ%2Bz6fUnkZ3ZZpScjqYHCeCc5LL7KEAXbRdTd

[innerenigma]

•Normalize Fanart for Fanfics Again You Fools•

It's not cringe anymore (it SHOULDN'T be cringe anymore), just do it. You're doing something you enjoy, who cares what anybody else says! So spread the words my fellow internet brethren.

Spread the Word :)

[k9effect]

Reblog for a larger sample size!

No "show results", if you're not a fanfic writer just be patient.

I saw a post about an anon saying it was embarrasing to have an ao3 account in your 30s (it's absolutely not), so I want to do a poll and see what the age range actually is.

[vioyume]

I am a bored and curious human being who wants to know what the majority grew up with for their pleasure reading time.

[siriuslystargazing]

Is it worth posting a fic on wattpad?? Like what’s the vibe on that will it reach a few more people

[mywitchcultblr]

This is what happened when a fanfic site is profit driven. Wattpad sucks 😞

The email/DM from Wattpad is so condescending. Imagine pressuring writers to update and work while they are doing it for free and fun. Also, the discovery? Algorithm? Of Wattpad looks like a stressful popularity contest 😑

[silver104]

yeah sex is cool I guess

but have you ever had someone leave a comment with a paragraph-long review of your fanfic containing genuine praise, thorough criticism, and an in-depth analysis of all the lore hints you dropped that you spent ages intricately crafting

[daisy-mooon]

You know what? I believe that you can finish your writing project. I believe you can update your fic. I believe you can work on your WIP. I don't care if you think it's cringy or bad. I don't care if we've never met or interacted in our whole lives. I believe in you. Keep going - you've got this.

[reidiot]

don't fucking interrupt me when i'm reading my x reader fics it's rude

[simper-maximus]

Just a reminder for fanfic authors:

Fanfiction will ALWAYS be superior to character.ai

Please don't ever stop writing!!

[heywriters]

once again, to the people charging money for fanfiction: be more freaking careful before you get us all taken down?!?!?!?! you shouldn't be doing that at all because you don't have any right to make money off someone else's copyright, but making noise about it risks legal repercussions even for people who don't charge! STOP THAT.

and DEFINITELY don't be advertising it on AO3

[magpie-murder]

okay we need to have an intervention.

i've noticed that people don't leave the same kind of unhinged compliments under fanfics that visual artists usually receive (eg, "i want to eat your art"), so i've come up with a list that you need to start employing when your friends send you their WIPs and when your favorites update on ao3 but you're having a hard time commenting something that sounds intelligent and you still want to support them

"you're like if [famos author] (eg, Victor Hugo if the fic is angst) was into [fandom]"

"well THIS has been added to my pre-sleep daydream schedule"

"this fic invaded my mind and consumed my brain like a spore"

"I'M LOSING SLEEP OVER THIS ONE, FOLKS"

"yOu'Ve AlReAdY lEfT kUdOs HeRe"

"this fic has me scratching at my yellow wallpaper, it's so good"

"this fic has me checking under my floorboards for the heart of a kind man i murdered, it's so good"

"i'm making my parents read this"

"i know only one chapter is out so far, but i'm going to print this out, staple it together, and put it on my bookshelf next to the canon material"

"this fic gave me another mental illness"

(you can only do this one once) "i made an ao3 account specifically to bookmark this"

"i'm going to print this out so i can eat the words on the paper"

and a couple that are just nice (without the feral nature):

"i made a custom playlist to listen to while i read this fic"

"this fic reminds me of [song]"

"i really liked the part where [x], it really stuck with me"

"i really liked this line, [quote the line,] it was so well-written!"

artists: draw fanart of the fic!! it doesn't matter if you think your art skills are good and it doesnt matter if it's just a sketch!! let the author see it!!

make a moodboard!! for the fic!! let the author see it!!

[dasloddl]

your desire to write the same trope over and over again

🤝

my desire to read the same trope over and over again

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

why taking commissions for fanfics can KILL Archive of Our Own and fanfic culture as a whole

okay, so thing is, fanfics are allowed — as in they’re not banned — because nobody is supposed to be profiting off of copyrighted characters.

this is why popular site like Archive of Our Own is allowed to be up and running, because no one is supposed to be making money from fanfics.

the fact AO3 is allowed to be up and running, unfortunately, can and will most likely change if people start normalizing commissioning fanfics and making profit off of them.

because the second those big companies learn people are profiting off of their copyrighted characters, the target they will attack after you (in terms of legal action) is a platform like Archive of Our Own, which will likely ruin it all for everybody and every fandom.

imagine Archive of Our Own getting shut down because fanfics were banned because people were profiting off of them. (I know AO3 isn’t only about fanfics, but since it’s mostly known for fanfics, it will most likely get targeted and that will most likely mean it’ll get shut down if worst comes to worst.)

honestly. most people write fanfics in their free time for free out of passion and love they have for their favorite characters.

people read fanfics for free because that’s their source of happiness.

I’m not saying there will be no fanfics left in this world if they really are banned, because people will always find a way. but it WILL be so much harder having to sneak around and find a way to post fanfics without them getting removed at best, the authors getting sued at worst. and it WILL be harder for readers to find your works if we have to censor key words and character names in order to avoid getting caught.

it’s so much easier like this, we can freely post fanfics without having to hide and censor key words or worrying about anything.

no, I’m not making this post for the sake of those big companies. this post isn’t about “hey, don’t profit off of their characters”. it’s about “hey, don’t risk ruining fanfics culture as a whole for everybody by profiting off of them and putting a platform like Archive of Our Own in jeopardy.”

if you don’t want to live in a fandom without AO3, keep fanfics free.