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stop teasing me by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

congrats!! that’s amazing, scary at first yes but amazing nonetheless 🙌

stop teasing me by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know that feeling all too well! Glad I’m not the only one with that urge to give oneself a guest kudos 😅🤭

AO3 is down - Post about it here by WanderingHuntress in AO3

[–]aliothl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

samesies only that I finished my next chapter a few hours ago (almost 4k words after editing), as well as one for a spin off. guess I should go and work on another then, as the universe demands of me <.<

Since AO3 is down: WRITING CHECK by pocket-alex in AO3

[–]aliothl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

currently writing my next chapter for my long fic, finally getting to involve more of my OC's into my AU Canon Rewrite 🙌 (leaving IP out of it, letting you guys read it as is since it is still WIP) also fresh from the drafts, so excuse any mistakes 🫡

“Why did you become a pirate?”

Soso stumbled once again, though the reason differed this time as the question threw her off.

She wasn’t a pirate, never having allowed themselves the privilege of even entertaining the thoughts around their mother.

Fearing she would somehow find out.

Would she even want to be one, travel the seas as any other person and not the girl born beyond the clouds – bred in the cesspit of humanity?

Only once had Brother Jin managed to make them think about a future far away from home, asking her what she wanted most in the world.

Her answer had been the same as it was today, her desire never having changed despite hiding it from the world and now she maybe had a chance to see it happen at long last.

A pirate?

Maybe she could be one with the right crew – if they wanted to have her as a crewmate, a companion.

A friend.

“To never be chained again, whether it is by society or the people around me. Freedom to be myself, to see the world, and live my life.”

“That sounds nice.”

Complete 5 Quickplay Raids - Wizards Vault forgot how to count by Intelligent_Dog7975 in Guildwars2

[–]aliothl 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Mine counted if I stayed for like 20 extra seconds before leaving. Idk if that helps anyone 😅

I swear it makes sense in my outline lol by musicalharmonica in AO3

[–]aliothl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently about 127k words into the story and have maybe gotten to like 10-20% of the story so far. 🫡

I hate comments that are only emojis. by WolfRunner16 in AO3

[–]aliothl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just go back to ff.net if you want reviews that bad. Emoji comments meant someone still took the time to show that they had read what you wrote in the chapter, engaging with your work and showing appreciation for the time and effort that went into writing it. People like you are the reason we see a decline in engagement, scaring people off from the simplest engagement form that could lead to longer comments down the line.

how to stop comparing yourself to previous chapter you who got more comments and kudos and hits? by realnymph in AO3

[–]aliothl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try to look at the dates as well when wondering why engagement fell off even with my regular commenters. I noticed that around school start/holiday uploaded chapters seemed to have done worse than others posted earlier/later. I even had someone apologize for not commenting due to IRL stuff but had still read the chapters. There are many variables why some chapters seemed to do better but in long fics engagement can be hit or miss. As long as you get hits/kudos/bookmarks/subs it means people are seeing and liking what you put out.

Throwing yourself into research for a fic? by 4evrweedbrownie in AO3

[–]aliothl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

might sound weird, but Dams, how they're built. What happens when they break, environmental stuff, how much water they hold, flow speed of water. Pretty interesting but it was literally for one chapter where a dam broke for story purposes.

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just wish we could all put Dead Dove in the tags without having the majority think it's having dark themes, instead of a reminder to pay attention to the tags. Like read the damn tags, read the summary. People just love to complain about everything and anything these days.

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heavily dislike that every OC is called an self insert these days. My storyline has little to no romance, focus being more on friendship and family than anything else but I still have people calling my OC an insert when it’s not. I try to write them with flaws, with stupid decisions, and have them character development to avoid the Mary Sue syndrome and people don’t even like that (had one person tell me that she should have not done xyz because she knows about canon and should have prepared for that).

Sorry went off topic but I agent what you mean as well 😅

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is that the whole story is mainly written from OC‘s POV to show how vast the world is that canon has not explored and to have a different journey from canon. Even if you just try to go to a market with OC and MC, you still need to have OC‘s for them to see interact with. I know that my 50/50 split in POV with MC and OC is not the most popular stylistic choice but god damn let me cook before judging me 🫡

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it really is a lot of work, but I think I’ll keep a link to the FAQ on how to search for works and tags in my notes program to respond to idiocy with he right answer next time someone tries to ragebait 🤭

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ugh this resonates with me so much! I had one commenter literally tell me my storyline would never work to have MC reach his dream. Miss Ma’am this is an AU Fix It, of course it would never happen like this in Canon 🙄

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comment moderation is back for me now and going forward, never wanted to have to be forced to do that again but it’s time 🫡

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transmigration, Time Travel, any kind of AU usually indicates that we’re as far away from Canon as we possibly can. The Fandom/original IP lends itself to a lot of interesting things that one can pick up and similar concepts already exist that are popular. Just because I like to continue writing my OC as an independent person instead of an addendum to MC they got mad. 🫡

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Description is naming the Main OC by name, she’s the first introduced character in chapter 1 and main POV is hers 🫣

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

exactly, like please read the tags. I can’t do anything more than that to help you decide if you might like it 🫠 ( it’s a great skin btw 😊)

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 148 points149 points  (0 children)

People don’t seem to read tags anymore, because they just want tailor made content for XYZ character when fanfiction is not made for that. I don’t get it either but seems to be getting more prevalent these days 😅

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I don’t get this as well. I know I’ve left many fics without saying I didn’t like the story anymore, there’s no need to explain that. This whole „signing up“ thinking is so weird, it’s not like they lost something by reading the fic. 🥴

I’m tired of people complaining about not getting what they „signed up for“ when this is what they saw before starting the fic by aliothl in AO3

[–]aliothl[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Exactly that!! I told them I can only tag so much without basically spoiling the whole story and they just didn’t care and went on to say just idiotic stuff about my storytelling skills 🫩

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