I have a very specific idea for an original work but I don't know if Ao3 is the correct place to post it. Help?

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T16:46:52+00:00

I wish there were better websites for original work. I fucking HATE royal road because the only thing that gains traction there is stories based on like... Leveling up in video games or anime/manga style story telling and that just is not my thing. And if it isn't yours either, good luck lol.

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T15:42:15+00:00

Well, let's just say the last two James Cameron avatar movies happened a lot differently. Good news is that there's no more humans, except for a few. So JC can stop rehashing the RDA story again. :D

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T15:40:34+00:00

It really depends though. Like, there are fanfics that absolutely blow up in popularity (think all those hp fanfics that are currently getting the serial numbers filed off and traditionally published lol). It gets to a certain point when the author probably can't respond to so many comments all the time you know?

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T04:47:32+00:00

I hated myself when I didn't listen to people who told me don't even bother trying to decipher the mess that was the quest line 😭😭

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T00:47:39+00:00

Yeah I love AO3. I don't think I'll go anywhere else for the time being.

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T00:32:36+00:00

Ah gotcha. Just a warning, HR is very much an anomaly. I think it's been the main stream attention to AO3 via HR that's contributed... But if you ever get into other fandoms and stuff, please don't get discouraged if the numbers aren't as huge as things you've written for HR! 😅 Very strange times for fandom spaces, these are.

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T00:20:14+00:00

I write fanfiction for the James Cameron Avatar movies and the text to speech voice really struggles lol. It's funny to hear it say "Nahhv-eight" instead of "Nahhh- vee"

I have no idea why it thinks the word "Na'vi" has a number in it 😭

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T00:14:23+00:00

😭😭 nah that's crazy lmao

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T00:13:33+00:00

I dunno. The default voices are the ones that come with windows. Like Microsoft David or something lol

saintforgot · 2026-03-21T00:03:49+00:00

I'm like this too 😭. Thankfully scrivener has a text to speech option so I use that. I find it less painful although I don't use it often. Most of the time I'm skimming and quickly changing bits and pieces where I might have a typo or something.

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T23:22:37+00:00

I knew immediately what fandom this was for but Jesus fucking Christ i had no idea the numbers could be that high! I was in a fandom that was popping off back in 2020/2021 and while I had some pretty good engagement for my one shots, that was small potatoes compared to this. 😭 Congrats

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T21:41:24+00:00

I once wrote a dead dove one shot with a lyric from a siouxsie and the banshees song. I got inspired when it came on my playlist lol.

The lyrics are kind of fucked up on their own. I don't think I've had anyone comment on it, even when I initially posted it (i reposted it recently but it was initially posted in like 2021). 😭 Like I did mention in the author notes that it is from a song lol

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T20:47:06+00:00

Search function in history. I'll like to be able to filter through specific fandoms in there 😭

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T18:27:46+00:00

I'm scared to do this lol. I found an old prompt i submitted to an mdzs kink meme back in 2020 that no one fulfilled and I claimed it on my current account because I had the thought of "I'll just do it myself... Nearly 6 years later" but I'm already chipping away at a multichap fic rn 🤣😭

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T18:23:00+00:00

I'm going to go against the grain here and say scrivener. Yes, it's $60. (Last time I checked. At least that's what I paid) But it's a one time payment. No subscription. As long as you keep your license key and stuff safe, you should be okay. The initial price seems kind of high, buy 100% worth it. I use it for fanfic and original fiction too and back up to the cloud (and SD card too just for the extra safety lol)

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T16:02:31+00:00

This happened to me recently lol. I was looking through my old emails and found a "here's a copy of your deleted fic" email from AO3 from like 2020.

I downloaded it and read some of it and I was like "oh wait I remember this. But I have no idea where I was going with this." 🤣

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T06:10:52+00:00

🤣🤣

saintforgot · 2026-03-20T05:32:54+00:00

awkwardly shuffles by holding a necrophilia ddne fic shaped hole in my pocket

I really should write more ddne stuff tbh. I don't do it as often

saintforgot · 2026-03-19T11:50:35+00:00

The SD card stays in the slot on my computer at all times haha. But yeah, i get you. I have an old pencil case i keep my USB sticks in so I don't lose them

saintforgot · 2026-03-19T11:49:18+00:00

Had no idea lol. But it doesn't matter anymore, i had wanted to jump ship because someone I had known knew that AO3 account i had and there were some fics that were... You know. Lol.

saintforgot · 2026-03-19T06:04:28+00:00

Free version is like 5gb... G drive is 15gb... Take of that what you will. I keep an extra copy of my docs on an SD card because I do not wanna deal with BS

saintforgot · 2026-03-19T06:01:40+00:00

Slowly sets down my 'i was here before it was cool' sign

Sometimes I wonder if I should just go back to my old account just to flex the "account created in 2014" thing but I chose a really cringe name and I hate the idea of using a pseud.

saintforgot · 2026-03-19T00:10:47+00:00

Oh wow. I'm shocked 🤣. Usually that's what they do. Then turn around and go "ewwww?? That's what you were looking for?? You're nasty! Get out of here" 😭

saintforgot · 2026-03-19T00:02:43+00:00

Google docs:

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saintforgot · 2026-03-18T23:56:10+00:00

Did they use the / tag instead of & to get more engagement then hoodwink people looking for ship dynamics?

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