#i hope for kudos and comments

[riverageleis]

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Characters: Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett Additional Tags: McShep - Freeform, Mutual Pining, Can you guess the love language, There is an actual Spotify playlist, Angst, Fluff Summary:

John does nice things for his team in an effort to cover up his attempts to get Rodney to notice him. Rodney, being Rodney, is so wrapped up in the grand gesture he has planned for John that he almost doesn't notice. Also, they play Battleship. (This seems like such a McShep thing to me...)

[moonsun2010]

Made an animatic summarising the entire book as a tribute to Dracula Daily and @re-dracula ! English subtitles provided, with translation by me and @ignitingthesky.

if you like this, do check out my kofi! there's a free pack of every single frame

[polutrope]

I had a thought about kudos on AO3. I know fic writers frequently express how much we love comments, and I really do love and cherish comments.

But kudos are also pretty amazing. A kudos means that somebody, more often than not somebody I have no personal connection to at all, found my fic out of thousands of others and chose to spend their time reading it. Bookmarks too are amazing, even the ones that are just marking an intention to read later. Just knowing someone wants to read my fic is flattering!

Even one kudos means that someone took a chance on my writing and spent precious time reading it, and I'm truly grateful for that, and honoured.

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

Heroes of Millennium (HoM) AU

Act 1: What was left behind. - Part 1 <- Part 2 <- Part 3 <- Part 4 <- Part 5 <- Part 6 (here)

Act 1, Omake: Master of Time - read here

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

All the fics I’ve read and really enjoyed in the past week-ish. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes. Please look at tags and warnings on ao3 before reading.

ATLA

Waiting on that morning sun by DustOnDaydreams

“To the Generals, Admirals, Officers, Soldiers and Sailors of the Fire Nation, Halt your advance. Pull back to your nearest military stronghold, and await further orders. Do not engage any forces unless absolutely necessary for your own defence. Put out any fires you come across. Sign it only with the full list of the Fire Lord's titles."

“Your Majesty, do you not want to put your name to the missive?” A young pimpled scribe squeaked out to the shocked silence.

“No. I want them to obey the order.”

Or Zuko's transition from child soldier to young monarch in charge of a corrupted nation

Harry Potter

The Cloak by MoonflowerMorningGlory

Harry is not going back to the Dursleys. He has been out of the cupboard for a whole year; he's not going back in. It's tricky - he doesn't really want to have to explain to anyone. But he's magic now! He has an invisibility cloak! And he's had a lot of practice lying still and pretending he doesn't exist. So he can definitely hide out and avoid being put back on the Hogwarts Express, right? Nothing can go wrong with an eleven year old by themselves for 9 weeks in a wild, magical castle, can it?

Nine Worlds

East First by fire_eyes_chica

"East first, then west and home"

Before they can settle into their well-deserved retirement, first Kip and Fitzroy need to return to the Palace of Stars for the Jubilee celebrations. It's harder than it seems.

these unfaithful hands by rattyjol

His feet were moving again, though he did not recall deciding to go anywhere. He crossed the room, past his desk, past the plinth with the asymmetrical vase, past the tapestry map and the golden nightingale in its cage. Past the terrace, where he had been pleased to break his fast with his Radiancy—only this morning? It felt a thousand years away.

He was standing before the ivory door to the inner apartments, which he had passed through only a handful of times before. His hand raised of its own accord, and the door fell open beneath it.

He became aware, with a creeping dread like tendrils up his throat, that something was terribly wrong.

The Goblin Emperor

Falling (Please Catch Me) by mabonwitch

Maia gains a wife, a lover, and a dav.

Or: "He needs affection, and closeness. He is all but starved for it, and we would see him glutted on it instead.” She raised her chin. “However that happens.”

The Imperial Salon by mabonwitch

The Imperial salon is full of marnei. Vazhik gets a firsthand look at why that might be.

Alternate Title: The Emperor's Gay Lover

the first long welcome by wizardcake

Just a few little conversations and scenes on the topic of Maia becoming, and being, a parent. Fluff with a couple shavings of angst on top for flavor and texture.

[conscience-killer]

Josh doing the thing

[goatpunches]

a touch of honey

Relationships: Zhuzhi-lang / Gongyi Xiao

Tags: Modern AU, Coffeeshop AU, Fluff, Background Tianxi

Word Count: 5.3k

Summary: Zhuzhi-lang is trying to make it as a writer, but his life is interrupted by a certain (annoyingly handsome) barista at his favorite coffee spot. It doesn't help when his friends and family seem intent on setting the two of them up.

Zhuzhi-lang frowns. “What?” This wasn’t part of the routine and he feels thrown off. The barista says something again, smiling and pointing at his face. Zhuzhi-lang sighs and takes his headphones off, nearly getting a migraine at the sudden influx of noise. “What?” He asks again. His eyes flit over the form of the barista, taking him in. He has dark hair tied up in a ponytail without a lock out of place, sleeves perfectly cuffed, and a clean-cut air that verges on unrealistic. He reminds Zhuzhi-lang of the protagonists in Tianlang-jun’s dramas whose appearances were signaled by slow-mo pans, showing off their perfect teeth and sparkling eyes. Zhuzhi-lang tries his best not to sneer. How annoying.

You can read it here!

[wlwinry]

surprise people its paladin au day. and that means its fig day

She belongs here. She’s glad she finally figured it out. Now she just needs to get her friends back and bring them here, even if it means digging up their corpses and shoving the stars Porter commands into their chests and letting them make their choice. They’re not gonna be like Lucy Frostblade, though. She knows them. The Rat Grinders were a mess, six people dragged into a loose approximation of a party and forced into being versions of themselves that served their so-called leader even when it went against their higher goal. The love between them was easy to lose, easy to break. Her party, though? They’re unbreakable. They walked through hell together, both literally and metaphorically, and they came out alive. It might take them a little while to figure out that Porter’s in the right, but they’ll come back. They’ll choose to come back if it means being together. They’ll come back for her. ... Figueroth Faeth is going to kill her best friends and put rage crystals in their chests. It's gonna be epic. They'll be a party again. All she has to do is convince Porter to let her. And then a song she started writing before Porter ascended comes on the radio, and everything changes.

hope yall enjoy it i keep putting oisin hakinvar into comedic duos.

[greatlyblessed]

I'd like to take a moment to say hi to the fandom ghosts.

You guys out there who read fics, look at the pretty arts, watch the fanvids. Don't comment, don't like, don't kudos. Just enjoy.

I for one am glad you're here. I'm glad that you chose to spend your spare time reading the stories I've put out there. It's okay that you don't kudos, or leave a comment. I put my fics out there for anyone who cares to read, and that includes you guys.

I hope you continue to find things that spark joy. Even if we never know about it.

[massivewaffle]

One Like You: aka the AU fanfic where Fit and Pac are actual roommates.

Summary:

Single dad FitMC is doing his goddamn best, okay?

Even good dads need some help, and while Fit is doing well enough, it just isn't enough to give the life he's dreamed of to his beautiful baby boy made in Heaven by God himself. He needs to get Ramon into the same school district as his friends before school starts, which means he needs to finish the loft so they can move in. A task that proves harder than expected when Fit adds up the costs.

In order to make a little extra money, Fit's best friend, Phil, suggests he lets one of Forever's old housemates stay with him at a reduced rate. Fit has an extra bedroom, and Pac could use a place as soon as possible, so everyone gets something out of being roommates!

What happens, however, when you realize you just might be in love with your new roommate?

(I am estimating about 7 to 10 chapters for this, releasing as quickly as I can write. Likely weekly/biweekly as I work full time and have a family!!!!)

[swordsonnet]

the stubborn grace of being loved (regardless, regardless)

Aziraphale/Crowley, 19k words, rated E. read here on ao3!

Summary:

After a failed stint in Heaven, Aziraphale returns to Earth and tries to patch things up with Crowley. Naturally, it doesn't quite go as expected. Or: ducks, Jane Austen, sudden rainstorms, and words (un)spoken.

i've been working on this fic for far longer than i care to admit, but now it's finally ready to see the light of day, so i'm posting it as a birthday gift to myself. hope you enjoy! :3

[lunarharp]

lil extras for the free day

[tavina-writes]

Yes it's a response to your last poll reblogged... I try to not care about kudos and comments but it's hard

AH

sorry nonny my reading comprehension rn is like -50% due to being distracted at all times by the show dropping tomorrow morning, but like, I think it's a matter of like, not necessarily not caring about kudos and comments and such because like, these are nice things to have! We are wired to like it when people go "I LIKE THIS!" about stuff that we make. Why would a person stop caring about that? That seems counter intuitive to me.

But more like, getting stuck on a toxic spiral of "I am creating this so someone will tell me that they like it" -> "I am sad because no one has told me they like it yet" is perhaps, not the greatest use of emotional bandwidth or time.

Also I've seen this happen and like, there comes a point in this spiral where even the biggest numbers imaginable will not fulfill a person who's stuck in this spiral. Think thousands of comments, four or five digit kudos counts, dozens of comments per chapter. None of it actually fulfilled them. They spent so much time obsessing over when to drop a chapter to get the maximum amount of "engagement" that it really sucked all the joy out of like, even getting comments at all. Or writing. Which sucked!

I'm a big proponent of hoarding those good feelings you have about your own work whenever you can, and not letting those good feelings be dictated by stuff you can't control, like other people reacting to it in some way, which is yes, easier said than done.

Overall, sending you a hug Nonny, because I think we all get this way sometimes.

[tired-luluworld-castmember]

Finally posted the first chapter for the sequel of my getting together radioapple fic! For those interested in the Vox and Lilith related fallout check it out:

He Will Not Make Me Better

And if you haven't read the original:

I Can Make Him Worse

[allthefoolishdreams]

tempted to start leaving this with the words "leave a comment" at the end of my fics

[gendervapor14]

i left a comment i've been meaning to leave for weeks!!

huh? did i reply to any of my comments?

.....

no.

but i left a comment. progress has been made.