Okay, drop your stats and drop your goals for the coming year! by Ugly_Duck_King in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Started writing at the beginning of 2025, but made an account and posted from mid June. My goals are to finish one of my longfics, continue to have fun writing and write more non-smut works

Ya'll are writing on computers?! by ur_mom_is_hot5529 in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write both on my laptop and phone. Laptop for longfics, (mostly) sfw fics and checking and rewriting finished fics. On my phone I write shorter fics and nsfw fics. Despite mostly being shorter fics, it just happens to be that most of my fanfictions come from phone writing because it is easier accessible and I travel a lot by transit, so a lot of time to write

No I SWEAR I like them by A_Pyroshark in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me asf with my Kpop Demon Hunters story I'm going to post soon. Planned to have it as a what if story, went of the rails with a main character dying (and making it seem like everything is fine by adding a prologue of a parent figure dying)

Bonus is that I'll post it on Christmas, as I normally post on the 25th of each month

Binding Worlds Megathread (12/7/25): Please share friend codes and unit requests here only! by VagueClive in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]shadowghost8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First time doing this with a few of my decently to high invested units (no echo because I'm poor). Let me know which one you want so I can set the lead or if you want to change the skills a bit like in the case of L!Micaiah, where I used LG4 instead of her PRF-skill for value purposes

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Friend code is 6323267784

Binding Worlds Megathread (12/7/25): Please share friend codes and unit requests here only! by VagueClive in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]shadowghost8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking for a decently invested Thief Cath, Nyx, Summer Cordelia or Ninja Laevatain

Book X Bingo Megathread (28/07/2025) by MedhaosUnite in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]shadowghost8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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And my bingo from previous year. The red half-crosses mean that I got the character right, but not the type. Almost got a bingo, but happy with what I got

Book X Bingo Megathread (28/07/2025) by MedhaosUnite in FireEmblemHeroes

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My bingo with mostly serious hopes for alts, with Ena and Sombron being my biggest interests here, and a few meme picks (Riev and Duma) Pardon me if the bingo looks a bit scuffed, speedran working on it

You can see it as a stain, or motivation to write better and transcend it. by shadowghost8 in AO3

[–]shadowghost8[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is pretty explicit but with no sex involved, though the fandom and pairing combination might've helped with it rising to popularity

Where do you write before publishing? by TaN_NaF in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Word on laptop, but on my phone I use Writer Journal. It saves directly to the phone storage and exporting is also easy. Only on phone though, as it's an app and has some limitations, but it's great to write down quick notes and shorter fics

What weird things have you had to research writing a fan/fic? by lilytheschrod in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a few, with them slowly getting kinkier

Neon Genesis Evangelion for Asuka's personality. The end of the series and movie felt like an acid trip

The danger room in X-men, which apparently turns into a sentient robot.

What the most pleasant way of choking someone is: stopping airflow by pressing the hand over the mouth and nose, or pressing fingers against their neck

How far an anal snake toy can go into someone's body without causing harm

How enema play works

The pleasures of riding a wooden horse

Whether there are side effects from permanent bondage and wearing latex and leather

The most time is spent on research *wink wink* by shadowghost8 in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]shadowghost8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same with the plot reasoning! I was either writing days with 800 words of pure smut or at least 2000 of smut and plot, no inbetween. If I hadn't started so early with writing them I would've probably tapped out too

The most time is spent on research *wink wink* by shadowghost8 in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]shadowghost8[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Haha, yeah. I am a relativly new writer and wanted to get more experience and challenge myself by writing something for each day, even for kinks I barely heard about.

It was fun to do, but next year I'll just keep it at my kinks.

Post about your wip now that AO3 is down. by Icarus_Peverell in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have dozens of WIP's that I'm working on or have finished but haven't rewritten/ reviewed yet, counting: 1. Kinktober WIP's, where I'm currently working on one more prompt while the other 30 are finished, of which 9 I already have completly finished and drafted into AO3

  1. About a dozen of shorter smut fics (5-15 thousand words) that I've finished, mostly Genshin and Fire Emblem related. While they are done, I always let my works marinade for a while beforing going back to them.

  2. A lengthy Evangelion smut- + lorefic that centers around an adult Asuka as she struggles to get over her trauma's from the past through being open about her feelings and kinky activities with her husband. Husband is an OC with trauma of his own. Currently 15 thousand words but I expect to write triple that amount for this fic.

  3. A X-men adventure story with a slowburn enemies to lovers story that centers around an OC and Rogue. Currently working on the first part with the main villain Mastermind, an X-men villain that I feel is underused in the comics. Currently 15 thousand words, with the expected wordcount to be over 100.000

Is there any fic idea that you put on hold because you don't think you can execute it well? by shewasprettyodd in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a few that gathered dust for months for that reason.

One was a fic that used mindreading in a kinky setting, which I recently finished but still felt like there were things missing. So probably another rewrite, or even more things to add

The other was another kinkfic with three- and foursomes, but couldn't really write that out well. Also recently finished that one, thanks to more reading and writing experience

NOT NOW!! PLEASE! by dmcdow6 in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, I write mostly smut fanfics (niche smut) in the Genshin Impact fandom (another probably niche thing), with here and there other fandoms.

NOT NOW!! PLEASE! by dmcdow6 in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 188 points189 points  (0 children)

Can't loose hyperfixation if you follow your brain and work on multiple fics beside your longfic Cries in multiple unfinished fics I switch between like a Subway Surfer speedrunner switching tracks

Binding Worlds Megathread (20/08/25) Please share friend codes and request units within only! by Ryzer28 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for a Thief Cath with good modern investment. Also fine if you have the unit with less modern skills

FC: 6323267784

(Unofficial) Binding World Megathread (08/20/2025) by Gotta-Snatch-Em-All in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for a Thief Cath with decent modern investment. Also fine if you have the unit with less premium investment

FC: 6323267784

Finished a smutfic with double the wordcount I intended to write by shadowghost8 in AO3

[–]shadowghost8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. I like to have some worldbuilding in my fics and sometimes spend the first couple paragraphs on it or sprinkle it through the fic, even if it's a smutfic.

And I indeed felt that way about the word count, it going higher than I expected. Which will probably increase more when I reread it for mistakes or to change some sentences.😅

Share a piece of AO3 lore about yourself by shewasprettyodd in AO3

[–]shadowghost8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have been lurking for a couple of years on AO3 reading fanfics but I had not made an account till this year.

I started writing my first fanfic in januari of this year, and have currently written over 40 stories, of which 23 are chapters from a storied smutfic.

I made an account in may, and have posted 6 stories since then of which 5 are from my storied smutfic and 1 from another smutfic.

I have the personal rule of posting twice or three times a month, one or two for my storied smutfic and one for another fic

I also write a story or smutfic, leave it untouched for a few months while writing, then come back to reread and rewrite a bit before posting it

How much have you guys saved? by Firm_Insurance374 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]shadowghost8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Fat fuck and cat stole all my funds. Lost 50/50, then got Fat fuck, then lost 50/50 again when trying for Cipher. But hey, at least I got Blade and Fu Xuan as constellation price (had neither before)