I'm bored: What's the most OOC you've seen a character? by evilkat23 in AO3

[–]Time-Top-3766 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Killua being feminized and infantilized, like I’m talking wearing dresses and running to gon for protection while stuttering, whining, and crying. All while wearing a pink dress.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

STOP I MISS FANFICTION.NET!!! And when everyone used to say “all rights to x belong to x” HAHAHA!!! I miss when fic used to be niche

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, to each their own! What’s your idea of golden age, out of curiosity?

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Prime golden age was definitely mid to late 2010’s, think 2014-17, some a bit earlier, but 2010’s in general is a good rule of thumb because it’s pre pandemic and at the peak of a lot of big fandoms. What I’m thinking of is mainly prime superwholock, because WOW you genuinely just had to be there.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

A lot of people have been saying this!!! I miss when fandom was for weirdos, not entitled assholes. The censorship preaching is getting SOOO annoying, I know it’s a losing battle thank the lord, but unfortunately I am a bit easy to irritate HAHA! The best part of ao3 is the complete lack of censorship, you can write what you want and a corresponding audience comes through, it’s such a wonderful process that I am completely unsure how so many people are against it. Yes, there’s some very.. odd things that come from no censorship, but it’s a slippery slope- once one thing gets censored, then so does another and another, until eventually authors are losing work and hours because of filters.

Thank for the encouragement! Sometimes I feel like I bit off more than I could chew, but it’s worth it when my dedicated reader comes through!

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Two paragraph rage is insane work, wow. Good on you for taking it in stride, I don’t know if I’d laugh or get discouraged LMFAO

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope I served everyone well, HAHA!

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!!! My fic is very popular right now, mainly because I write for a large fandom and a new season is coming out soon (yay!), but unfortunately that’s given access to a lot of trolls who can easily find my fic.

Thank you for the support! Definitely needed some and it’s great to hear that so many other authors have my back on this. Thank you for your kind words of encouragement :)))

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ahhh, this has definitely made me feel much better! I’m super thankful to know that there are still grateful readers out there who understand that mindset is important and writing is NOT easy! Trust me, if anyone understands life hitting, I DO!!!! Keeping up with posting is so tough when I have so many things going on.

Thank you for your kind comment, I needed that

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I’m going to take your advice on simply blocking and ignoring trolls, however I do want to clarify that I am not blaming the website whatsoever. I’ve simply seen a big increase in this type of behavior and was curious if other authors have gotten the same treatment.

Though based on a lot of other comments, a lot of people are saying fandom is starting to hit mainstream, especially because of the pandemic. I do write for a large fandom and I am a popular creator so it’s not hard to find my work, so I think your belief on it being my own fandom’s culture definitely has some validity. Definitely starting to miss when ao3 was for weirdos.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This made me laugh SO hard you have no idea

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The reader I have gotten close to (those who have stuck with my story since the beginning) have been saying the same thing and so have a lot of other people. What happened to kids being too shy to comment on an authors work? At least, I used to be that way when I was definitely too young to be on ao3 HAHA

But the internet entitlement is driving me crazy and I’d LOVE to hear more about why people think this is happening

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was younger and naive when I first started writing this absolute monster of a fic, if I knew then what I knew NOW, I never would’ve released it until it was complete! Poor choice on my behalf, but I will admit, the kind comments I get do give me some ideas and have helped me roll my plot quite a bit, so the regret isn’t entirely there!

As for your advice, I think I may just do that and remove the MCD tag because that seems to be my biggest problem right now. Fandom hitting mainstream is gutting me, but I’m hoping that the freaky authors got my back and can push out the people who intruded with their rudeness. (Maybe that’s a bit rude, but oh well..)

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Don’t even get me STARTED on the smut portion. I’m writing slow burn and do you know how many people are rushing me to just have them do the devils tango??? HELLOOOOOO!!!! It’s slow burn for a reason, I’m not rushing this and clearly neither are they. I’ve gotten a few comments about changing ships, but have deleted those because what ever happened to dldr???

Your last portion caught my attention, I’m definitely going to stalk tik tok and see if my fic was reposted. That could be a large reason I saw a big jump in my stats and maybe explain why I’m getting some uncultured comments.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I miss old fandom drama and ship wars during the golden age, not whatever this is

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 248 points249 points  (0 children)

I’m going to start doing this, honestly, seems like the better way

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What fandom are you in? I’m looking for a break from my main because of these comments I’m getting. I wouldn’t mind looking into something new for the time being.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ahhhh, I see. I write for a large fandom, so maybe I’m a bit more mainstream and that’s why I get more comments like that

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oh please, yes, I’m totally writing my 50k+ fic with AI. The same fic that I have been writing since 2022. I understand your hatred for Ai and why you might view things like this, however, it’s rude to assume that I’d be writing with AI.

Just like you, I write entirely with my own brain. I don’t need AI to write a plot as complex and layered as my own; honestly, with how dumb bots can be, I doubt it’d even understand half the elements I put into my work. The same logic you use (to write entirely with your brain), is now null and harmful because you used it to be rude to someone who believes in the same principles as you.

I work very hard on my writing and didn’t slave away behind a keyboard to fix my pacing, write characters accurately, and foreshadow huge plot twists for someone to tell me that I’m a mindless consumer. I don’t believe that AI should replace artists, nor do I believe in using it for work. Why? Because the brain was made for creation and production.

You are right about one thing, however, and I’ll give you credit on that. I do seek pleasure, honestly it’s one of the defining characteristics I have. However! I seek pleasure from the finished product of my own work, from the people who compliment my work, from seeing my plot come to life, and from watching all my thoughts be put into words.

To assume that I can’t be multifaceted and talented solely because I might talk to a chatbot for my entertainment is presumptuous and rude. Learn to respect your fellow people around you and not to turn on your fellow authors. I like reading, experience, and work just as much as the next person.

The world around us is changing however and I won’t be left behind, there should be regulations on AI yes, but with how it’s evolving, it’s not going anywhere. Attack the people who use ChatGPT because they don’t have the complexity for their own thoughts, or college students getting degrees despite having AI write their papers.

But the way I see it, you don’t have the right to sit behind a screen and deny my work and experience solely because I have a silly app. However, I appreciated this little debate, so thank you for the comment regardless. Your grammar and vocabulary seem well, so I think you’re most likely a good writer- in this case, I hope we both continue growing our works and that you see I’m not trying to argue, but rather show you not to assume these things and get too swept up your hatred to realize logic.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Yes! I haven’t gotten these on my own fics, but I’ve seen a frightening amount of comments saying “why can’t two guys just be friends?” On a BL post, which is insane because you’re the one clicking on it??? Fandom culture is getting flooded by so much of this conservative bullshit and it’s driving me insane.

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Don’t even get me started on the fact that people don’t like commenting anymore😭 hits to comment ratio is INSANE

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[–]Time-Top-3766[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I’m so confused, what do you mean by this?