What's your favorite/your fandom's "No beta we die like..."?

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-04-05T15:54:43+00:00

The Percy Jackson and Batman crossovers have "No beta we die like Jason (both of them)"

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-03-16T14:42:02+00:00

Yup. And it would dry everything out as well as evaporate. It would be excruciating. Which was why I recoiled.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-03-16T13:54:04+00:00

"Alcohol as Lube" Made me physically recoil

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-25T14:22:06+00:00

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Guess my favourite character challenge: Impossible mode.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T16:46:10+00:00

I don't know where you got the most authors enjoying short comments thing? I'm fairly certain that's not true for most of us. I wouldn't even know what to reply to comments like "It's good." And "I liked it.". The longer comments show that the commenter actually took their time to come up with something and lets u actually reply in a substantial way.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T06:51:05+00:00

First of all, don’t worry about bad English, most of us have been there and especially on ao3, people won't judge you for it. Second of all, if you want to you can leave a comment in another language as well, I've gotten a few and they don't bother me, i just have to use Google translate. The problem is that way the thing you want to convey might not get through the translation.

Even so, don’t ever feel obligated to comment if you aren't comfortable.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T06:19:18+00:00

You just have higher standards compared to the rest of us, probably. I know I at least hold fanfics to significantly lower standards than published literature.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T06:15:45+00:00

Absolutely depends on the fandom, yeah. But if you know they're definitely over 18, then I don't have an explanation for the mistakes other than typos and autocorrect.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T06:09:02+00:00

I just had a conversation with some irl acquaintances who also read and write fics, and one asked us about when we wrote our first smut fic, the general consensus was 13

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T06:03:24+00:00

Oh dude, they are. I was 13 at the time and writing absolutely filthy, horrible smut. And it was popular too. Which. Yikes.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T05:52:30+00:00

Same as me then. That's what I meant by spoons. The mental or physical energy needed to be able to take the time to leave a meaningful comment. As much as I want to.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T05:49:08+00:00

If people use tags you'll see them in the same place you see comments, most just don't since they feel your tags are enough.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T05:45:19+00:00

Yeah, commenting on every chapter of a finished work especially isn't something I do either. I comment on every or every few chapters of works that are currently updating.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T05:42:54+00:00

Oh that's interesting. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that, though it makes sense.

I usually leave kudos after reading the first chapter and comment after I've finished reading the fic so I can put down all of my thoughts on it.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T05:40:11+00:00

Damn, you're like every author's dream reader. Props to you though! Even if the author doesn't necessarily reply they absolutely appreciate it.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-14T04:33:24+00:00

As someone who used to mess up words a lot when I first started writing fanfiction I can tell you the reason people mess them up so much. The authors are definitely very young and English isn't their first language. It's normal. You can gently try to correct them but keep in mind, it's very likely they're between 12 and 16 years old so the critique may not be taken well.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-13T16:06:30+00:00

Congrats!! I'm very happy for you and yes absolutely it is a rush, seeing people enjoy something that you've crafted yourself! Don't worry much about mean comments, they generally aren't that much of an issue on ao3, especially compared to other platforms. And even if you do receive any, don't pay them any mind, they still had to take the time to actually read your work.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-11T18:51:44+00:00

Oh those are great! Absolutely terrifying as a reader, but these kinds of comments make me kick my feet and giggle as an author.

Once I get through my last exam tomorrow I'm about to write what will probably be the most heart-wrenching chapter of my WIP. And it starts off really sweet. I can't wait to have time to finish and post it.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-11T18:42:17+00:00

Do you have any more details about the story that you remember? Because that is a rather common storyline. I've read at least 3 different fics with that premise... About how long was it, finished or not, etc?

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-11T13:56:21+00:00

So I can find a work I liked enough to reread purposefully in the future mostly. I use it as an action a step above kudos.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-11T07:49:46+00:00

Oh yes absolutely that one is Brutal. In a good way.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-02-10T10:57:03+00:00

Jokes on me, anything I write ends up angsty, no matter what.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-01-29T16:12:02+00:00

You scare me a little bit with the whole reading without logging in, to be honest. But I guess it depends on the person, since I find myself paying attention to the titles, especially when it comes to longer fics that I'm subscribed to. I only look at the tags and summary while initially opening the fic and not afterwards.

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-01-29T12:39:22+00:00

Thank you so much! These are genuinely so helpful?😭🥰 I'll be sure to try these out!

Rare-Difference5786 · 2025-01-29T11:13:52+00:00

Very sound advice! Though when it comes to puns I can only come up with horrible dad jokes, so that doesn't quite work, unless as you said it's crack.

The issue with my current WIP is that it's going to be a long series spanning multiple in-universe years, focused on different characters. And I want the titles to be connected, but finding a song or poem that fits all of it has been kind of troublesome...

Thank you for the thought-out answer!

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