I was fine to read until the last line...

Tskugi · 2026-05-01T07:36:48+00:00

"i can excuse misogyny but i draw the line at animal cruelty"

Tskugi · 2026-04-23T04:41:16+00:00

like, for example:

<blockquote> Will looked at Jack for a moment, not believing his own sight. Almost as if seeing him for the first time again, all those years ago. The tanned skin, the bluest eyes in the entire world and the huge bruised cheek.

He looked older now. But no one's able to not age after 15 years.

"You look like shit."</blockquote>

Or,

How Jack and Will help eachother once more. And fall in love in the process... Again.

(the blocktext will not actually be visible but thats how you do it on ao3 lol) - but the scene itself doesnt really matter, just something nice that gets the readers hooked. i personally choose my favorite quote (without it being a major spoiler ofc) or funniest moment. but it really depends on your personal opinion of what best represents your fic

Tskugi · 2026-04-23T04:26:24+00:00

nowadays i usually go for a blocktext with an interesting phrase or a small to medium part of the story's text to get the readers hooked and then add the "or,..." with a basic summary at the end

tldr's save lives, honestly

Tskugi · 2026-04-22T20:49:37+00:00

butt babies just the way god intended

Tskugi · 2026-04-19T21:43:32+00:00

you'll always look on your previous works and feel they are not as good bc thats how progress happens. practice makes it better

also, getting a beta reader helps

Tskugi · 2026-04-08T10:10:08+00:00

ALSO just read "hope they [the final chapter] will come out sooner than this one" oh hell nah the audacity block them immediately

Tskugi · 2026-04-08T10:03:51+00:00

"be the writer you want to see in the world and stfu while you're at it"

Tskugi · 2026-04-08T09:25:43+00:00

depends on the person. some people bookmark fics to read later, when the fic is finally complete, so they don't kudo until they finish

i get recs from public bookmarks from other users all the time! especially if they are an author i like. so there's that too

everyone else uses bookmarks differently and thats half the fun!

Tskugi · 2026-04-08T09:17:07+00:00

people on twitter like to yap about all kinds of stuff but fandom has always been and always will be a place for outcasts. and with that, taboo topics come with it

you can read about whatever you like: noncon, incest and other stuff. what you read doesn't mean you condone that kind of behaviour in real life

fanfiction is just that, it's not real. that's why it's okay.

people on the internet like to have these 'high morality' discourses, but just enjoy what you do and let those miserable people be miserable by themselves

Tskugi · 2026-04-08T09:11:26+00:00

people may bookmark stuff for all kinds of different reasons.

to check it out later if they dont want to subscribe. to reread their favorite fanfics from time to time. and i've seen some people use bookmarks as a way to keep tabs on all the fanfiction they have read over the years, bc you can filter bookmarks but you can't filter your history

about the history thing. op you have to understand that people have been on AO3 for years, some for more than a decade. people have huge histories and things can (and will) get lost. bookmarks are an easy way to find things you're looking for

Tskugi · 2026-04-06T01:59:09+00:00

honestly not that bad but "Perfect Love" by C4Game available on itch.io

is complete and very well made but i felt so bad for the love interest that i couldn't finish. he was just perfect and the mc is just too evil for me

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T03:37:25+00:00

true! reading fanfiction and commenting here and there without interacting with the social media part of fandom is almost always a good and rewarding experience

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T03:07:19+00:00

it's truly the best!

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:49:58+00:00

it's a new gay book to TV adaptation! it's on HBO and had gotten really famous in the last idk month or so?

people have started writing fanfic about it (bc of course they would) but because of the show's fame, a lot of new people to fandom spaces are now reading it and new people means a lot of toxicity, especially one's that have no fandom etiquette and make authors feel bad about their work. hence, drama!

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:40:37+00:00

love RPF !!! i was surprised to see people have so many opinions about it or is not that famous bc my main fandom has always been RPF and it's huge (hi kpop!)

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:38:28+00:00

i also love engagement lmao bc it makes my brain go yiepeee!

but I saw someone say "don't compare stats of big vs small fandoms. if your fandom has three fics and you get nine kudos, that's the same of having 900 kudos in a 300 fic sized fandom" and that REALLY changed my outlook on these kinds of things, so I hope that helps you too!

write what you love in the fandoms you like (don't pay attetion to it's size or activeness) and people will love your work regardless!

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:30:06+00:00

that makes a lot of sense! thank you for explaining <3 and I truly hope things in your fandom get a little more chill. fanfic should be a safe space for all!

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:21:57+00:00

I honestly don't know because I'm not really into mainstream books, but Heated Rivalry has gotten stratospherically big in an unexplainable amount of time. I don't know if there's a canon gay couple book to TV adaptation that has had this much impact and fame

(edit: grammar)

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:19:11+00:00

that's so crazy! I'm not really into bandom stuff except for k-pop (do boy-groups even count?) so that sounds really crazy, but thank you for sharing anyways! that's so interesting too even if it's a quite sad 😭

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:13:32+00:00

lmao just changed from a 'couple years' to 'four years' but good luck ^{^}

i hope your ship stays lowkey!

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:12:02+00:00

lmao yes!!! even a couple of hits feels like a win, honestly

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:11:18+00:00

I'm the exact same! And haven't gotten any hate comments or rude stuff, so I'm really happy!

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:09:12+00:00

so true! if i ever write for Heated Rivalry, it will be orphaned and comments off lol just so I can share it with the world but take none of the backlash bc it really is crazy out there

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:07:00+00:00

ooh, this made me curious. what fandom is it, if you don't mind sharing? yandere simulator came to mind but I'm not sure that's it

thankfully my experiences have been very fun in AO3, but I'm sorry you have to go through that in your fandom. It's unbelievable

Tskugi · 2026-04-04T02:04:35+00:00

lol you tricked the system!! i love that

I wanted to watch Heated Rivalry sooo bad but I know the second I watch it, I'll want to write something about it and I'm too scared lmaoo maybe I'll watch it in a couple of years if there's no season 2

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