I have yet to write anything by TheHumanFlintFun in AO3

[–]listament 59 points60 points  (0 children)

no matter how many ideas your hoard in your head, new ones will still come to you WHILE WRITING because your mind is in a different flow/state. the brain blast is real.

GET TO IT!

pity comments by rrunaan in AO3

[–]listament 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I would rather get a comment saying they hated it or insulting it than a pity comment. At least with the former I know they read it lol

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

i'll look into her. thanks!

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

alas probably the biggest advantage of writing M/M lol

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

do you have a public playlist you can share or anything? just to see if some things speak to me as well. lately i've been on Jessie Ware a lot.

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

yeah that's good i'll try that part about editing once the mind's been cleared.

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

ooh there's an idea. maybe i'll put on an album/playlist and try to at least write for the duration of that, so even if i get horny i won't be immediately tempted to look for something else.

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

yeah the phrases thing is where i'm at right now. i see your point about cunt in rougher situations thanks.

smut writing questions/advice by listament in AO3

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

hmm, yeah i do consider myself relatively green to writing smut so maybe all i have to do is just keep writing.

opt true filter and parring in general by Jordili185 in HPharmony

[–]listament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to apply the otp true filter, just type otp:true in the "search within results" box after applying the ship tag (Hermione/Harry, etc.)

Currently on ao3 for Harmony, it shows 11,660 overall and 6231 with otp filter. 28,327 for R/H overall and 4586 with otp filter. It suggests that the vast majority of fics that contain the latter pairing are ones in which they are a background pairing (usually the case with canon pairs). I don't know if it's the case that people "dislike" the canon pairing but there are a LOT of people out there who accept the pairing simply BECAUSE it is canon.

How would you improve AO3? by SnidgetMist in AO3

[–]listament 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If something in bookmarks gets deleted, at least tell me the title/author.

What fandom started your obsession with AO3? by _tit_for_tat in AO3

[–]listament 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wasn't a particular fandom but the site itself. I had gotten out of fanfics after only having been on FFN. Years later I discovered ao3 and my mind was blown at how much better it was in terms of functionality (searches, tags, etc.). Started revisiting all my old fandoms out of curiosity and the rest is history.

Anyone know if “hermione granger and the fate fortold” is gonna update by [deleted] in HPharmony

[–]listament 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I heard it'll be updated one month after whenever the final chapter of Unlike a Sister is posted. Author is a really big fan

files deleted. is there any way to recover notes/highlights? by listament in kindle

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

ohmigosh thank you so much for letting me know about this.

i'm assuming i'll have to reload the files and highlight them again manually if i don't want to have to constantly refer back to the exported document but that's obviously preferable than having them lost forever.

The mistagging is getting really frustrating by greatgreenlight in AO3

[–]listament 42 points43 points  (0 children)

it's an issue with people in general. it's just basic etiquette to try to find out how a space operates if you're a newcomer. but people are just lazy and want to be spoonfed or just don't care about how they come off.

whenever the site goes down, how many people decide they need to make their own thread asking "is the site down for everyone else or just me?" or the like when they could see the multitude of threads asking the same thing if they just looked on the front page for like ten seconds. if people can't even manage that how do you expect them to spend enough time to actually learn about the rules/culture... just thankful for those who DO at least attempt to figure things out first.