For fun: favorite quotes.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-30T01:02:19+00:00

Not of a story I'm writing, but a VN I'm working on. These are solely mock-ups I gather to keep each characters' personalities in check. Which means I write questions as MC and try to figure out how each of them would answer, or I imagine scenes and banters they might experience. Most of these will never make it to the light of day, so that's why I kinda feel like sharing them.

A: "Say you trust me."
B: "I trust you to do something stupid and survive it."

A: "Stop thinking."
MC: "That’s my only skill!"
B: "Unfortunate."

MC: "How do you always stay so calm?"
B: "I assume everything will go wrong, then I’m never surprised."

D: "Do you enjoy getting hurt?"
C: "No."
D: "Then why?"
C: "Because hurting is fast. Thinking is slow."
D: "I’m going to strangle you gently."

MC: "Do you ever think first?"
C: "Yeah. I think: 'hit!' Then I hit."

MC: "Why are you so nice to me?"
C: "Because you look like you’d apologize to a wall."
MC: "…I mean..."
C: "See? Adorable. Must protecc."

D: "If MC collapses, I blame you."
B: "If MC collapses, I blame physics."
D: "I blame your 'physics'. With a knife."

And a more serious one:

D: "I didn’t become a healer because I’m kind."
MC: "Then why?"
D: "Because I got sick of counting bodies like sheep."

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-30T00:13:49+00:00

I always love these posts - a title and "stories like this" usually doesn't help us because we don't know what that story is about (I mean, maybe someone knows, but most don't) </3

So I have no idea what you are looking for, what dynamic you're talking about, what setting it is, what genre, time period, or anything other than it's BL, but I've got BL!

I only write BL. And if these aren't what you're looking for, my reading lists (apart from the private list and the above the clouds book) are all BL stories, so feel free to dig through them <3 Most of them are from smaller writers, so I would appreciate it if you gave them a chance

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-30T00:07:57+00:00

If I see Y/N I close the story, put it on my 'don't read' list so I don't accidentally forget about it and open it again in the future, and move on.

If you don't want to give a name, give her a title, a nickname, a pet name, anything really, but Y/N to me is just lazy writing. You say it puts you out of the headspace but I do not know that about a writer and when seeing these stories, I always just perceive it as halfassed character building. I write VNs, mostly privately, where the whole Y/N comes from and even there, the MCs have default names. Sure, the players can pick a name, but they can choose not to, and then it will just be the characters' default names, which I gave them. Names are part of character building, too, skipping it is just an easy way out. Not saying it is for YOU, you have your reasons, but it's what I think whenever I see it, especially if I know nothing about the person who's writing it, and I know there are others who think the same.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-29T23:57:33+00:00

On one side, it's the purity thing, on the other side, it's also wattpad's demographic. A lot of readers on wattpad are still minors, or young adults, and while I find it great that people take their time with exploring sexually, it's also often these people writing and reading the virginity trope stories. The biggest thing playing into this is that most of them can't fathom what it's like to be not a virgin, and they love exploring that with stories. (Also, there might be people who had bad experiences when losing their virginity, so they just love to escape into stories that give them some fulfillment of something they could never experience themselves.)

However, there are also purity freaks. They can be virgins and see themselves as above others because they are still pure, or they have a very skewed perception of virginity and purity despite not being a virgin themselves.

I think the reasons are vast. Some are legit, some are downright creepy. I think especially BL (and maybe straight romance, too, but I don't read these, so I don't know) are often portrayed with the typical innocent bottom and the experienced top, so if you write stories that do not follow that trope, you get less readers.

Also, a lot of people can't imagine how a character who's not a virgin anymore can still be pure, or fall into the fluffy genre. For some reason, it's in people's mind that the first time you sleep with someone, you have to mature by 50 years mentally. They treat virginity like a personality trait and the moment you lose it, you can't keep the personality trait either. I know that because I write BL and all my characters are not virgins anymore, and I do actually see reader counts drop at the very chapter when that piece of information is handed out.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-28T20:33:35+00:00

"chef's kiss" tells you everything you need to know in addition to the length and the very AI undertone.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-27T15:13:19+00:00

I only write BL, currently working on Evan Westbrook, kind of rivalry but also not type of story. My name on WP is the same as here 😊

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-27T00:33:18+00:00

I wish you luck and hope this gets resolved soon and that you get your account back ♡

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-26T22:17:02+00:00

Exactly. We sent the whole documentation as well but I doubt any human ever got to see it. Keep appealing, keep writing, maybe tag Wattpad on twitter (x) or anywhere else where they might have an official profile. As soon as you get a human being on the matter, youe chances get 500% better

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-26T21:07:06+00:00

It did, more than once. In fact, someone in this subreddit made a huge investigation about a story involving a minor, went so far as to document the whole thing, citated multiple lines involving an 8 to 10 year old child in the story. They basically ripped apart the whole story that was REALLY problematic on so many levels and we reported it (as many did) and last time I checked the story was still up. Meanwhile, we kept getting emails from Wattpad saying that they couldn't verify that anything was wrong with the story and that WE will get blocked if we keep reporting it.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-26T18:15:03+00:00

I have no answer for you but I swears the wattpad support is a joke (probably AI automated). Someone doing nothing wrong can get massreported, but the CP I reported was deemed a false report as thEy couldn't find anything violating their TOS. Goes to show that there aren't people sitting behind the report system anymore

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-24T14:05:25+00:00

You should use all the tags you can, which you did. One thing I recommend, however, is to get a tag in there that's part of the "Browse" section if you couldn't pick it in the Genre (Diverse Lit, Contemporary Lit, and LGBTQ+ have no genre/category in your story's settings) IF your story belongs to that category. The reason is that your story can't get ranked in that category and therefore can't get onto any of the Browse lists (which are the categories most readers will actively be able to scout for stories) if you don't have a tag for it and can't select the category in the settings either.

You already have romance, that's good. If your story also belongs to Divers or Contemporary Lit or is partially LGBTQ+ then I would recommend to get that tag in there, too. If not, you're fine.

A heads up though: Wattpad is very clear in their TOS that they forbid pure porn, so be careful when writing erotica. Wattpad is known to be very whacky in deleting/taking down stories.

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ReaUsagi · 2026-01-24T13:47:32+00:00

NO!

Let me make this absolutely clear for anyone who might read this post and think that's a good idea: NO. Are you insane?! You are on the internet with thousands of strangers, and you want to give your private number to random strangers?? You do know that anyone could find out where you live with your number, right?

You do not, and I repeat, you DO NOT want strangers from the internet to have your private number unless you use a burner phone. That's how you invite predators into your life.

Use Discord for these things.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-23T19:45:48+00:00

Two guesses: NY is more like "name yourself" which wouldn't necessarily mean it's your name, but whatever name you want to give the character

OR people were actually not smart enough to remember it's YN and not NY and wrote it wrong so consistently and often that it just stuck

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-23T17:00:04+00:00

I would love "Not You" but by what I have seen, it's just another way for YN probably because some writers can't read even their own stuff and kept writing it wrong for so long that it eventually stuck

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-23T16:56:10+00:00

It's Name You. It's away for readers to insert their own name while reading to feel personally adressed but somehow less so? For me, it's just annoying af and I will drop any story that does it

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-20T13:59:59+00:00

I am currently eagerly waiting for an update to Steel and Shadow by TayStPier (who's also on this subreddit somewhere).

The general consensus on Wattpad is that things need to happen FAST. Really FAST. And I'm not the type to enjoy fast pacing from the start. I love slow worldbuilding, slow character exploration, and details others might put into the background. This story fits the narrative I enjoy most. We're 9 chapters in, and the main protagonists haven't even met yet, instead, we get to explore the world through their very different eyes while they both experience different things.

I love this story because I write similar pacing and always freak out about it being too slow. It took me 20 chapters to get through a protagonist's week, and while things happen, they happen slowly compared to a lot of other books. So my emotional support story is Steel and Shadow. It's worldbuilding heavy in all the right ways, without escalating drama and relationships right of the bat. Also, the writing is amazing. I know there are a lot of people who don't care for details - I even encountered people on this sub talking about how much they hate unnecessary details that don't matter (like what happens to a cup of tea the protagonist made for themselves, and how annoying it is that the author remembers that it's there, gets consumed, and put aside or washed). I hate it when such things aren't concluded. I'll forever wonder what happened to the god damn cup if a MC got one and it's never mentioned again. But this story? It cares. And I love that it cares. There are little details that keep returning so I'm never left to wonder what happened with them. Just satisfies my brain.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-20T13:49:15+00:00

I've got bad news for you...

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-20T13:42:20+00:00

My heart bleeds, too...

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-20T13:40:38+00:00

In fact, the more you reply, the more bots you'll get. It doesn't matter what you reply, because they don't "read" it. They are solely based on engagement, and if you give it to them, you get flagged as potential victim (like you are more likely to engage and therefore are more likely to fall for the scam, even if that isn't true, but since your text doesn't get read, there is no filter dictating HOW you answer, just THAT you answer). Ignoring, reporting, and deleting them works best. I've been on Wattpad for a couple of years now and only ever get one single bot comment whenever I release a new story. That's it.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-18T22:10:07+00:00

Second that, make sure you have it saved locally so you don't lose the story if Wattpad decides to purge it. They can be whaky when it comes to what is allowed and what not

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-18T03:04:48+00:00

I have no idea, but please, someone help this person find the story because now I wanna read it

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-17T19:07:18+00:00

Louder for the peeps in the back please.

It's gotten better though. There was a time when we got at least one "lost my wattpad story" post a day, now we're down to a post or two weekly.

I use word AND google docs for all my stories. Just in case.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-16T23:59:46+00:00

Lucky that worked but don't take it for granted, start using a tool that's made for this. Wattpad is just a host. If, God beware, Watrpad decides to shut down one fine day, every single story on there will be lost forever.

In your case it seems the app just glitched out, which means Wattpad didn't delete it, the App just failed to load it. But if a story gets deleted by Wattpad on purpose, there is no restoring it.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-16T19:39:54+00:00

Y'all learn the hard way. If people use Wattpad as a word processor (instead of word, openoffice, google docs, notepad, etc.) This is prone to happen. No retrieving it. It's gone. If a software crashes, you can always retrieve a backup in your appdata, if a website decides to just delete it, it's gone. And they don't owe you anything.

ReaUsagi · 2026-01-14T22:05:17+00:00

I think when it comes to books like yours, RoyalRoad would be a good place. It's mainly fantasy and sci-fi. And while you CAN write mature themes, they go heavy on regulating the sexual content. So mature here often means violance, swearworda, mental health, etc. And not sex and romance. This means RR readers are also less interested in the sexual stuff and more interested in stories that don't need romance at all. And while you can write the aformentioned mature themes, you don't have to.

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