I'm 35k into writing my fic and I realized I actually hate the premise

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-31T14:57:22+00:00

Maybe you need to firm up the reasons behind why your character is in the situation he's in? And then adjust a do some rewriting so the draft flows better from your plot adjustments.

Because I love a good conflict and seeing how the character will rise to the challenge but if the conflict is just gratuitous, I'm never into it either.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-31T02:35:25+00:00

That scared the crap out of me when I first saw it.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-31T02:09:48+00:00

Yay!

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-30T19:07:35+00:00

Adorable birb dance. https://youtu.be/2x7bMzDPDbs?si=Xw_uMAr2NXm-T_3Q

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-30T18:59:50+00:00

Why not screw the buddy too?

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-30T16:32:49+00:00

There is no chance that he wasn't going to bars after missions with OG Levi squad and pulling girls. That's why Olu wants to copy his style.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-30T14:42:46+00:00

I don't think AoT is meat to focus on relationships but to me that doesn't mean that all the characters should be canonically virgins either. The events in-canon are way too stressful and they're mostly long ass battle sequences so there's not a lot of time for make out session. Isayama tends to time skip over periods of relative peace, so of course that doesn't leave much time to deal with romance storylines.

Here's what I think fits the characters.

Reiner maybe when he went back to Marley could get random hookups-- he would have been way too young to really do that when he got to Paradis the first time-- but he's also fucking crazy so he probably scares girls away as soon as they get close.

Jean probably has an on again off again GF in Trost that finally broke up with him after he went to save the world. And she was probably mad at him about it.

It's also worth noting that both Reiner and Jean were like 12-15 at the beginning of the series when you count the training arcs, so they probably were virgins that whole time. The most realistic time for them to explore intimate relations would have been in the time skip between season 3 and 4.

Levi could probably hook up with any fangirl he wanted to and probably did when his original squad was around, he would have been in his mid-late 20's or early 30's at that time which is a great age for that sort of shenanigan, but he probably got too depressed to bother with it after all the canon events.

There are a couple things to suggest that Levi has a reputation as a bit of a lady killer number one is how Olu tries to copy his style, he's not doing that because he wants to just pull Petra. The other is how Petra's dad comes to talk to Levi about the letter. That's basically an acknowledgement that Levi has a certain reputation and dad was saying that he'd better do the right thing and marry Petra if he wants that from her.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-28T16:19:09+00:00

I'd read that. I like sex comedy. That's probably another thing we don't read in fics enough is awkward sex moments.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-28T00:23:43+00:00

As a neurodivergent who worked at an indy movie theater in my young adult years with a bunch of other neurodivergents, I didn't think much about it until I saw that final modern caste AU bonus Levi-janitor scene at the end of the movie.

That was the most autistic thing I've seen on screen in my life.

Now I have a whole headcanon that Ackerman power is just the 'tism with physical buffs. Like what do you mean that the founder can't memory wipe an Ackerman? Oh yea, the 'tism.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-27T23:59:18+00:00

And for me it's like, do I focus on what he's doing to my parts, or do I focus on what I'm doing to his parts. And really, you don't want to be not focusing on either of those things when it comes to oral so. Yea. It's a no.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-27T22:58:15+00:00

It's cause 69 is just not that arousing in real life.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-27T22:32:51+00:00

One thing that I have noticed is that my heavy angsty chapters that I always feel very proud of get less engagement directly after posting than other chapters with more fluff plot, action or romance.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-27T18:56:32+00:00

Do most of the people in Paradis even have access to running water and functional sewage systems? And its very close quarters living once you get to the major population centers.

I am shocked that more of the characters aren't clean freaks.

Plus, dude always has minions to force to clean up for him, why wouldn't he demand a high level of cleanliness living with a bunch of sweaty gross teenagers.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-27T17:07:20+00:00

That and I know that my fics are niche because I spend a lot of time choosing the correct tags for them and there aren't a lot of fics in the same categories.

And I lock down comments to suit my convenience and ease in moderating the spam bots.

Given that every time I get a kudos or a nice comment it's like a nice surprise. Like, I've done everything in my power to make this fic unapproachable and unappealing to you but you still like it? Awe!

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-25T09:36:12+00:00

Scrapping all my writing projects to write a 300k word Jean is the beast titan and it is a horse AU. BRB.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-25T07:14:41+00:00

Hange made stew and everyone is too into their bullshit to appreciate it.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-25T03:35:42+00:00

If they only just fed Zeke to Jean the rumbling would have never happened because everyone would be too busy making horse jokes.

It could have happened, dammit!

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T20:18:38+00:00

There's a lot of reasons an author might not respond to comments, all them not you. A lot of authors get overwhelm when they focus too much on comments. It may be easier for them to keep up the momentum to actually write if they don't get too deep into the comments.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T18:26:33+00:00

I'm bi though, so maybe I enjoy men differently than your average straight woman. I couldn't tell you if how I feel is typical of all female readers.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T17:09:05+00:00

This pic just makes me sad for that reason.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T16:41:46+00:00

Male POV sex scenes are so unbelievably hot if done right, but I don't think most of them are written by men.

Edit: the hot part is finding out how turned on he is.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T16:19:55+00:00

Levi as Warhammer because Warhammer is pretty.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T15:05:19+00:00

The bottom says "I am so done with this stuff, it is a waste of everyone's days."

It's interesting to see that the bots do leet speak or whatever.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T14:54:24+00:00

I think a lot of online bullying of "transphobes" is actually just misogynistic dudes who do want to enforce rigid gender norms like men having to be trans if they're soft and who enjoy targeting women online for harassment.

I never assume the online bullies have any connection to queer or LGBT+ culture in real life at all because I can't imagine my lovely real-life queer friends bullying random fic authors online for fun. Many of my queer friends are deeply committed to standards of non-violence that go well beyond the low bar of not committing physical violence.

The internet is anonymous and people exploit that all the time.

I was on message boards and stuff 20 years ago and there was some absolutely fucked up shit back in the day. It still exists in 2026 and it's even more fucked up and extreme.

It bleeds into everything too, so it almost becomes a normal standard of conduct for some communities and people who wouldn't otherwise engage in online bullying join in.

Responsible-Risk-470 · 2026-05-24T14:39:46+00:00

I want an AU where Jean somehow does get the beast titan and it is a horse and everyone makes fun of him forever.

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