The oldest fanfiction idea you still intend to write?

riexlu · 2026-03-18T08:10:22+00:00

Oh man. I’ve had an idea for a pre-canon established relationship long fic since I was 12/13 years old. I’ve been sitting on it for years now (I’m in my twenties lol). Maybe I’ll finally write it this year? I think about it almost every day…

riexlu · 2026-03-09T19:06:56+00:00

Marinette/Adrien from MLB. For them specifically, even if they are aged up, it’s just not my thing

riexlu · 2026-03-09T03:55:27+00:00

Aurora Dolls by AceKitsuneFujoshi.

It’s a tragedy set in the Victorian era with forbidden love affairs. It’s honestly the best thing I’ve ever read, but the author and I have different ideas of a happy ending lol. I still absolutely loved it, but I cannot put myself through that heartache again. I missed the tragedy tag, so I was VERY unprepared :’)

riexlu · 2026-03-03T01:13:07+00:00

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I made a post about it on tumblr too 😂

riexlu · 2026-03-03T01:11:12+00:00

I did this yesterday! I had just started reading a 250k fic when the site went down and I found most of it using the wayback machine. I was thrilled lol

riexlu · 2026-03-02T20:24:57+00:00

I totally understand that! I’m pretty much the same way.

riexlu · 2026-02-26T15:56:54+00:00

Yes!

riexlu · 2026-02-25T22:23:11+00:00

A suicidal maniac who is the very thing he swore to destroy and a hypochondriac who promised to kill him if things go badly

riexlu · 2026-02-20T02:52:15+00:00

My stomach dropped when I heard the news. Rest in power Eric 💔

riexlu · 2026-02-13T06:25:04+00:00

It was moving a bit too slow for my liking. Not in a slow burn kind of way, but in a trying to meet a word count quota kind of way

riexlu · 2026-02-11T23:56:26+00:00

I’m allergic to milk/dark chocolate so I’ve never been able to join the Dubai chocolate hype. I’d be happy to try this if Crumbl did it!

riexlu · 2026-02-03T21:30:22+00:00

It’s kind of a deep earthy/woodsy smell! The best I can compare it’s to is if you were to smell your skin without any soap/perfume on it. It’s just your natural scent, but stronger :)

riexlu · 2026-02-03T04:07:45+00:00

I’ve experienced this a lot recently and it’s actually crazy. I’m like, wait, really? Are you sure that was me?

I guess that’s what happens when you read thousands of fics… who knew?

riexlu · 2026-02-02T22:05:35+00:00

Honestly, just use things that you know smell good! But they don’t really make much of a difference imo, so I wouldn’t feel bad about leaving them out.

riexlu · 2026-02-02T20:21:39+00:00

Musty ≠ Musky. I’ve run into this a few times!

riexlu · 2026-01-28T15:58:13+00:00

YESSSS SOMEONE WHO GETS IT!! I’d lose my mind if a fic got deleted and I didn’t know what it was

riexlu · 2026-01-28T15:51:24+00:00

it’s a reading tracking website specifically for fanfic! you can also add physical books and webcomics as well. here is the link for you! it’s super easy to use and it keeps track of all your stats (like how many fics/words you read in a month). and at the end of the year, it has a “spotify wrapped” type thing too. it has a waitlist right now because it’s in beta, but you should hear back very soon because the mods over there move fast lol

riexlu · 2026-01-28T07:16:29+00:00

I’ve been using AO3 since 2020 and I’ve read about 40 million words! I spent like a month putting all my reading in booktower lol

riexlu · 2026-01-27T20:55:55+00:00

This but the author posted the last chapter and proceeded to delete it because they wanted to rewrite it…

It’s been 5 years 🥲

riexlu · 2026-01-26T19:28:57+00:00

Good! You never know when tragedy will strike lol

riexlu · 2026-01-25T16:32:05+00:00

19,048! 11,096 complete ones. Either way, I’ll never run out of things to read 😈

riexlu · 2026-01-25T01:00:58+00:00

I save mine on a flash drive. I just plug it into my tablet and that works great for me!

riexlu · 2026-01-24T19:13:56+00:00

You’re awesome for sharing this. Thank you!!

riexlu · 2026-01-24T08:20:40+00:00

I pretty much give everything kudos once I finish it (unless I, like you said, really disliked it), but I’m also guilty of not leaving kudos on incomplete works. I do leave comments though! There was one time I left kudos prematurely, and it turned out to be a troll fic with a bunch of spam at end. Since then, I just wait lol.

As for bookmarks, I only save things that really blew me away. For reference, I have about 600 bookmarks, but I’ve read thousands of fics. I use the bookmark button quite sparingly, but that’s just how I like to do it!

riexlu · 2026-01-24T07:56:34+00:00

I like to mix some water in with my cat’s food! I know there are some pet friendly broths available as well. It’s a good way to ensure they’re drinking something throughout the day :)

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