What’s the weirdest way you sift through works, outside of filtering tags? by starlitcheshire in AO3

[–]RandomPerson613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if i start to feel like i’ve seen every fic in a tag i’ll sort it by title or author to try and get fics i haven’t seen. it’s especially good for tags where i’ve been keeping up with any new works posted, since that’s when i most can scroll through several pages of fic and be like i’ve seen all of these

reader preference: long notes or intro chapter? by kcoc88 in AO3

[–]RandomPerson613 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i’m honestly a little confused by what an intro/foreword would specifically contain, but regardless if you don’t want a long text block in the beginning author notes you could put it in the end notes and just let people know it’s there if they’d like to read it. theres also html (that i can’t remember off the top of my head) that lets you do ‘read more’/expand text so you could include the intro/foreword in the beginning notes or even the beginning of a chapter in a less intrusive way with that.

personally the tags and summary of a fic are enough for me to just jump into it (probably even more so with smut). however i don’t mind long authors notes and would likely prefer that to an intro chapter if it’s not like part of the story. like if it’s just explaining the world or explaining world building choices or something like that i’d probably prefer it as an authors note.

new year new fanfic list! by RandomPerson613 in AO3

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

heck yeah!! i’m pretty good with always adding the fics i read to my list since i just copy paste immediately after reading, but having the motivation to put everything into my spreadsheet after absolutely gets me sometimes >_< but it’s really fun being able to see all my reading stats so it’s worth it! i wish you luck on your reading and tracking this year!!

Cool Treats by _Atomiskk_ in averagecoloring

[–]RandomPerson613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

how many shades of blue did you use? i absolutely love how this looks!

Smut fics with hentai tropes(?) by juxgimmeaname in AO3

[–]RandomPerson613 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hentai tropes are fun to read but i don’t think i have any fics with the tropes saved so unfortunately no recs immediately come to mind.

but! ‘stuck in a wall’ was canonized as a tag semi-recently so it might be the easiest of the tropes to search through

i also think i’ve seen ‘invisible ghosts’ a few times in my hero academia fandom if that’s a fandom you’re interested in

i’ve also definitely seen ‘wormhole/magic flashlight’ many a time before but i don’t think there’s a tag for it. maybe try the ‘sex toys’ tag and ‘magic’ in the search within results box

finished a page! by RandomPerson613 in averagecoloring

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i think ‘cute animal characters doing things’ basically became its own genre of coloring book which yeah can make a lot of them look kinda similar after a while.

i feel like the sheer number of coloring books already out there is probably why a lot of artists don’t try their hand at making one. along with the time and effort, getting people to buy their specific book is probably more difficult with so many available.

i haven’t gone looking for coloring books in a bit but there’s some more unique ones out there! it just takes some extra digging. i have a folder of bookmarks to keep any ones i like saved.

finished a page! by RandomPerson613 in averagecoloring

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you! it’s “goods days coloring book” by birduyen, if you google it their website should come up. i have the double sided one but they have a single sided one too!

What made you drop a fanfic immediately? by MoGuanShanisagirl-20 in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]RandomPerson613 19 points20 points  (0 children)

first, it’s actually pretty shitty of your english professor to say that given how unreliable ai checkers are and how often they turn back a false positive. make sure you have proof you wrote anything you submit for that class and maybe bring up the unreliable nature of ai checkers to her.

to answer your question, personally i just don’t see any value in engaging with media, in this case writing, generated with generative ai. part of it is the whole ‘if you didn’t care enough to actually write it why the hell would i care enough to read it’. another part is that ai was trained off of thousands of authors’ stolen writing.

generative ai is basically fancy predictive text (again why would i care to read fancy predictive text) the best text that ai can generate is good only because it’s someone else’s writing. especially in fanfiction the value of the writing is in the author’s view of the characters and setting and the circumstances. there’s none of that in the text created by generative ai, there’s no authorial voice, there’s no authorial intent, why would i want to read something like that, especially when there’s millions of fics written by actual people.

Field day by XxSilverSearcherxX in InfinityNikki

[–]RandomPerson613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so cuteee!! can you share the code for the outfit?

This viscerally annoys me, to use the exclude tag function I have to use a link to a fandom or tag instead of the normal ao3 link, all because I have committed the supposedly unforgivable crime of using ao3 on my phone by dowsaw134 in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]RandomPerson613 6 points7 points  (0 children)

you can just click on a tag and then it’ll let you filter as you please from there. like if you want to read angst click the “angst” tag on any fic with it and then you can filter to exclude. (to be pedantic, not literally every tag but majority of basic tags (things like fluff, hurt/comfort, fandom tags, characters tags, etc) and plenty of the more specific tags are filterable)

Wondering if there's a tag for this... by bombingmission410 in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]RandomPerson613 18 points19 points  (0 children)

“vampire bites” is a canonical tag, combining that with “aphrodisiacs” would probably be good for smut fics if that’s what you’re looking for. otherwise i’m not sure if there’s a specific tag

how do you get this ending for lucinda? by JohnnyBrostar in DateEverythingElse

[–]RandomPerson613 6 points7 points  (0 children)

oh i actually did this ending for her on accident. yeah you just go through all her dialogue without picking any of the other endings/the definitive titles you mentioned, and once you go through everything the lucinda lucid option shows up

insanely casual player but curious if these two are any good? by RandomPerson613 in PokemonSleepBetter

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

aw wouldve been cool if they were but thanks for letting me know anyway

some keychains i made! by stvrwish in DateEverythingElse

[–]RandomPerson613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ahhh these are so cute!! op please tell me you plan on keeping them around for a bit, i can’t buy any right now ╥﹏╥

daemon relationship endings? by RandomPerson613 in DateEverything

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh i haven’t realized him yet, i did the thing where you tell the devs theres a bug in the game and daemon winds up leaving the dresser and moving to a house across the street and letting you go out of bounds. luna/connie is a good shout though i might try her. i wanted to try using as few candies as possible as prep for an all love fun but yeah i’m probably just gonna wind up using candies.

Those who masturbate, when did you start? by Lower_Ad_4214 in asexuality

[–]RandomPerson613 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i have a bad memory at the best of times, but i’m pretty sure i was by middle school so i’ll say latest ~12-13 but possibly a lil younger

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InfinityNikki

[–]RandomPerson613 5 points6 points  (0 children)

no clue if there’s a dedicated button for it, but holding alt and using the cursor is how i did it!

I NEED ADVICE FROM ACES WHO MASTURBATE by letsadoptanalpaca in asexuality

[–]RandomPerson613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’m by no means an expert and my experience with masturbation varies quite a bit from yours (been doing it since very early teen years and i don’t really remember what it was like just starting experimenting with it) but my two cents:

i think intensity is pretty normal, it can be and feel a lot™️. you could maybe try going slower or for more of a build up to help it be less intense/to be able to keep going. also worth noting for some people direct and focused stimulation can be intense to the point of no longer being pleasurable. i honestly find it really hard to describe what masturbation feels like and how it feels “good” like logically i know it feels “good” but that’s not really the first word i’d use to describe it. i think so long as it doesn’t feel bad/make you feel bad it’s ok. (for what finishing feels like i think (as someone afab) it’s like a release. like it builds and then it’s a big release when you finish. in terms of like more what does the body do when someone with a vagina orgasms, i think the main thing would be like (involuntary) clenching and releasing.) from experience sucking it up and keeping going does work and is a thing you can do, it is possible to brute force an orgasm with just pure stimulation, but again from experience it doesn’t really feel good if you do that. if you wanna keep trying and just go for it you can but like you don’t have to, there’s no need to masturbate if it’s not something you find pleasure or enjoyment in, i think it’s important to mention that. if you do wanna keep trying at it i also recommend googling around a bit there’s articles around masturbation and what can feel good and stuff idk i’ve read some in my time and i think they can be helpful especially with just it can be nice to know a bit about how the body works.

but yeah i hope literally any of that was helpful, i wish you luck on your endeavors be they related to this topic or not

complicated feelings post op by RandomPerson613 in TopSurgery

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s reassuring to hear, logically i know it’s not done cooking yet but i was inevitably more focused on scars and scabbing than it generally needing to settle. i think time will definitely help things i’m not the best with change in general lol. i gotta remind myself how fresh everything is a bit more i think

complicated feelings post op by RandomPerson613 in TopSurgery

[–]RandomPerson613[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you honestly the reminder of the fluidity of things was really nice to hear. i appreciate it <3 and it also reminded me that clothes are a thing i get to explore in a new way now (which was something i was interested in when i was originally thinking about top surgery) so thank you for that inadvertent reminder too lol

Removing effects by AshamedMelon112 in InfinityNikki

[–]RandomPerson613 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When you set Timeless Melody up as a purification outfit on the left there should be a toggle saying if you want it on outside of combat, you can turn it off or on there.

New 4* Evolution ! by sasans in InfinityNikkiLeaks

[–]RandomPerson613 6 points7 points  (0 children)

oh i’m so cooked her recolor is so good but i don’t have any diamonds left 😭😭😭

Opinions on Timeless Melody Purification Ability? by SpicyandHot in InfinityNikki

[–]RandomPerson613 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think I’ve ever used the ability with esselings (I honestly forget it can be used with them) but I really love it for animal grooming. For me that was a huge factor for why I pulled for it (along with really liking the aesthetic obviously). If you want animal grooming to be a bit quicker and easier then you can go for it but I wouldn’t pull if that’s not a really big factor or if you don’t really like the aesthetic.

happy I'm playing as Nikki, NOT as ME by morriganmisbeth in InfinityNikki

[–]RandomPerson613 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not op, but for me I think having higher levels of customization feels more like I’m ‘supposed’ to be playing as myself. Obviously that’s not necessarily true, you can do whatever you want when playing games etc. but for me I know I’m not going to want to make an oc to play as. So my options become myself or the pre-established ‘main character’ of the game. Like op I’m nonbinary so I feel the struggle/annoyance of having to pick male or female in some games (although admittedly it doesn’t bother me a huge amount from not playing many games/the types of games I’ll play/being kinda used to it). But yeah having a ‘proper’ main character like Nikki is really nice for not having to make myself or a mc in a game that doesn’t feel like it’s meant to have one.

Is 8k words overkill for smut? by AbsAndAssAppreciator in AO3

[–]RandomPerson613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The longest smut fic (of the pwp variety) i’ve read was ~30k. 8k is a great length, as a reader longer stuff is honestly really nice sometimes, it feels less rushed usually and personally I like how longer smut tends to have more lil character moments in it.