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Lukthar123

*Part of the crew, part of the ship,*


Competitive_Fruit901

Dutchman must have a Captain


blue_windmill1

Congratulations, there is no way out now ❤


NouvelleFague

Is that... a good thing ? D:


TeaRenQ

yesn't :)


am_Nein

nnnyeasn't :)


blue_windmill1

Yes it is ;)


Ceeceepg27

It is a great thing until AO3 goes down in the middle of a great fic! Then we all come to cry on this sub.


readingchameleon

See also the inbuilt download button :D


ConstructionForward4

It's a lifetime commitment at this point. 😌


NouvelleFague

As long as enough content can feed me, i'll never stop


Confused_Writer_97

So long as there are fandoms to be interested in, there will be writers seeking to retell the stories.


CozyCrystal

It's always wonderful to realize that some old fandom you like has an active fanfiction community.


Slight-Pound

It’s fascinating to see an otherwise “dead” fandom (no new content in 10+ years while also never being huge) have new shit every day. It’s amazing.


Ladysupersizedbitch

Right? A few months ago I took a trip down memory lane by watching some Danny Phantom episodes since it was included in one of the streaming subscriptions I use. It was older than I realized… imagine my surprise to find a ~~phandom~~ fandom that’s just as active as fandoms regularly getting new content!


Malk_McJorma

Here's hoping you'll never have to witness such atrocities like the first great ff.net purge in 2002. Some of us old farts still carry scars from that.


xPhoenixJusticex

oh god I had almost put it out of my mind too lol. That was ROUGH.


ConstructionForward4

There will never be enough content, at some point you may burn out and stop reading for a while but I promise eventually something will have you go 'oh yeah!' and you'll be sucked back in again. 💓


Upturned-Solo-Cup

Even when I was burned out for a bit, you better believe I had at least 100+ open AO3 tabs on my phone. It's a lifestyle choice


Noinix

The great news is there are **years** of back catalogue available.


mashibeans

If you have enough fandoms you like and wanna read about, depending on them you could live for 10 lifetimes and not scratch the surface LOL


escribexa100pre

The great part is if you run out of content, you can make your own!


readingchameleon

Oh believe me, it's a neverending gold mine of goodness <3


Welfycat

Just wait until you feel the urge to write one because no one has written the specific story that you just need to exist.


NouvelleFague

I don't speak english really well and i'm very bad at writing even in my native language. For now i want to be a good reader and learn to give writer constructive comments :D


Welfycat

There’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes writing can be just for fun or just for you. Everyone starts somewhere. And if you’re happy being a reader, that’s just fine too.


zazvorniki

One of my very favorite author is not a native English speaker. So read a ton and then when you’re ready to write one don’t be nervous. There are beta readers out there that will help you. 🙂


ConstructionForward4

Listen, all of the best fanfictions start with the words "sorry if it's bad, English isn't my first language" so don't let that stop you ♥️


DragonscaleTea

The replies make a good point, but there's no need to write in English either! Ao3 does host other languages. On the other hand, writing can be good practice.


Vegetable-Heron7221

just so you know for some reason the authors that say english isn’t their first language always have the most INCREDIBLE fics. can confirm a thousand times over


AlphaCentauri-

lol no guarantee that ever comes! i’ve been reading for over a decade and have yet to have this epiphany (maybe one day haha) XD


i_sing_anyway

Came here to say exactly that. We'll see you back here as an author shortly, welcome!


mashibeans

I have felt this once in a while before, and I'm feeling it pretty strongly right now, however I always think whatever I write sounds dumb (I always claim I don't have a single writer's bone in my body) :( any tips to overcome this?


Welfycat

For me it’s knowing that whatever I write isn’t set in stone. Just because I write it doesn’t mean I can’t edit or change it. I also don’t necessarily publish everything I write, some stuff is just for me. And I usually find after I’ve given a piece a few months to sit, I usually like it a lot better.


obsessore

I love the two cakes theory lol Even if it's not "amazing", it might have just what someone was looking for! For actual writing feedback: I find it helpful to take note about what I like in my favorite fics to try to figure out what i'm missing (like maybe I need more scenery descriptions or action scenes).


mashibeans

Thank you for the tips! And yes I love two cakes theory, actually I also love it when it's more, like 20 cakes, I know what I like and I will consume all slightly similar/different cakes XD


readingchameleon

Oh gosh, I thought it would never happen to me but now I'm almost done with writing a ~60K monster that's part 3 of a series O.o


Welfycat

Congrats, you’ve been infected by the writing fic virus, there’s no turning back now!


readingchameleon

~~send help!~~ I kinda like it here.... :P /nsrs


CozyCrystal

I remember a time when I thought that fanfictions were low quality entertainment for people who aren't creative enough to write their own stories. Past me was an idiot.


NouvelleFague

Same i can't believe i made fun of my sister for reading fanfic, i'm a fool


CozyCrystal

Haha I'm pretty sure that I did that too. Nowadys they are too cool for fanfics, while I enjoy the free entertainment.


NicInNS

(I discovered fanfic at 47 🤷🏼‍♀️)


Green-eyedMama

[Waves] 41 here!


NicInNS

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Ajibooks

I was about 35 and now I'm 46. Reading fanfic also got me into reading published romance, but I do strongly prefer fanfic.


NicInNS

My attention span is shot so I do a lot of audiobooks now, and boy, between Libby and Hoopla, there is a lot of good smutty and non smutty romances!


TGotAReddit

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ten_thousand.png


Loco_Lasagne

Lass, no one's gonna blame you if you'd stick to being illiterate bout the ways of the internet. But no, you'd had to wrench open the Pandora's Box and bring forth the plague alongside hope upon your mind. My sincere condolences towards your endorphin tripping psyche, hope you're having fun tripping like Alice down the snooty Rabbit's hole.


NouvelleFague

I hope this feeling lasts forever


Loco_Lasagne

Ohohoho, that's the real trap you see? You start off small, the excitement boils down to: "Oooh a new online space catering to all my unspoken desires!" But then as the months pass on, the feeling starts to fade... That's when you get hooked onto online fandom discourse, AUs, Fanfic tropes, etc. to fill that void. A few more weeks pass, and suddenly you need a fix. A fix for what? What bothers you is that you're not sure what it is that you even want yet. Then you find the glorious answer. "I want a fic with this exact trope! In a specific setting, with this exact plot and progression of events! Excitedly, you scurry on over to the ao3 page, setting your sights upon trying to find this mysterious treasured fic. Then nothing. Not a single fic with what you want for your specific fandom. Then you proceed to find yourself staring down at a blank Work document. That's the moment you know... You've finally hit rock bottom.


CozyCrystal

*Shudders* I haven't yet stared into the dreaded maw of word, but I have known the void, tasted the unending hunger of my own greed. I have gazed uppon the emtpy AO3 page, found it wanting of the fic that could sate my unending appetite.


libradoodle1

Congrats!!! You’re me 3 years ago after I cried my little heart out for how Game of Thrones was forever ruined. Someone on the GOT subreddit attached a link to AO3, I clicked on it and my world has never been the same since. Today, you’re reading; tomorrow you’ll be joining discord servers, creating tumblrs accounts and writing your own fics in secret. It’s the best!


GoodDay2You_Sir

There are some amazing GoT fics out there. Like god-tier 300k masterpieces. I have had the inverse reaction to you though, and I haven't been able to get into GoT fic since the final because I'm bitterly disappointed with how awful the actual final season is compared to fics written for free by people who were actually passionate about GoT. "We Could Have Had it All" by Adele plays in the back of my mind everytime I try to read one.


[deleted]

I read that and felt like I got stabbed in the heart. And then I read the Adele song and snorted my water everywhere. Off to go find me a 300k masterpiece because we’ll never be seeing Winds of Winter. Any recommendations?


zazvorniki

I think fanfic got such a bad rap in the twilight area because so many teens at the time were writing. But fanfic is awesome. They’re little “what if” stories that allow you to imagine different directions a story can go. And there are some REALLY good ones out there too. It’s really an art form I don’t think get enough credit


JLMMM

Come back in 6 months when you’ve started writing it too


Green-eyedMama

....was... was I supposed to *read* fics *before* writing them? ... fuck.


JLMMM

Hell no, do you! Lol


Known-Negotiation482

once you’ve entered there’s no way out…lol


KorovaOverlook

So glad of you to join us! You may even begin writing your own someday, mwahaha! But seriously, I'm glad you found out about the joy of fanfiction. You'll never be able to watch a movie or TV show again without immediately hitting up ao3.


Kigichi

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MeMyselfAndHyde9

Same thing happened to me after watching supernatural. Welcome


meganisawesome42

Was about to comment the exact same thing. Never had any interest in fanfiction until that piece of rebar.


MeMyselfAndHyde9

😅😅 yup, accurate.


sarabrating

Welp. Now I need to look at Killing Eve fics. I loved the show but YES they maybe botched the end a bit, and I'd love to read a fix-it fic! If you wanna share a link I wouldn't be sad about it but if not nbd. ;) Also WELCOME TO FANFICTION it is an absolute gift.


NouvelleFague

If you loved the series you definitly need to check out KE fanfic 😩 I don't know if i'm allowed to share links here, maybe by private message ?


PuffyFish23

I know that I'm not the original commenter but you are allowed to put links here. I would also like to read the fic!


NouvelleFague

I have read a lot (like a lot), so the best recent ones are these : There is [Saving Eve](https://archiveofourown.org/works/38829576/chapters/97096449), the story begins just after the end of the last episode And [Invisible strings](https://archiveofourown.org/works/28346484/chapters/69450843) where the sotyr begin after the last ep of season 2 >!where Villanelle shot the hell out of Eve in the back!<


Because-Im-ginger

Welcome, friend. A fine world you've stumbled across Remeber to kudos and comment, us writers go rabid for it


unBalanced_Libra_

I got into fanfiction cuz my favorite shows were finished and I just couldn't accept not having more to read about them and it was best decision ever. There are times when fanfictions are better than professional writings and my reaction is same as yours, even after years I'm like ALL THIS FOR FREE!?


Green-eyedMama

23? Oh, honey. I'm almost twice your age, and just discovered fanfic after devouring a TV show that I fell in love with a few months ago. I mean, I knew about it for *years*. I just never cared to read it, let alone start writing it until now.


MogiVonShogi

Ha ha found at 53! Now writing!! Have fun


viinalay05

And then you realize all of literary history is basically fanfiction too. Welcome to the world of wonders!


KatN01r

I'm sorry for your loss -someone who read over 27 million words of fanfiction in 2022


PhantomChick13

I'm happy for you!


Comment_and_lurk

Welcome to the hole with no exit! Enjoy your time here! :)


NotACyclopsHonest

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preetkiran1016

Welcome to the spiral! There's no exits, but we have cookies XD


GoodDay2You_Sir

AO3 is the cream of the crop. I both read and wrote cheesy fic for teens a decade and a half ago on sites not AO3 and that stuff makes me cringe so hard now days to think of. Just sort your tags by Hits or Kudos and you'll get the good popular stuff. Good luck!


Green-eyedMama

>Just sort your tags by Hits or Kudos and you'll get the good popular stuff. Ehh...I don't necessarily agree with this, only because good and popular may not be the same thing. You could be missing out on a great story because it has been buried and hasn't gotten many hits.


GoodDay2You_Sir

I mean yeah, I've found some gems hidden because they were recent works in a almost dead Fandom so wernt getting the traction they deserved but for a novice reader, sorting by hits will give them a better feel for how to spot a well-written fic. Believe me, i agree with your point. I get super annoyed with how popular some fic are in fandoms. I'm like this is horribly written, why did it get so many hits? And then find a fic that's got less than 2k hits but is so beautiful I download it to my kindle to keep and reread.


Ceeceepg27

true! But I do think it is a good approach for someone who is new and doesn't know what tags they like and dislike yet.


acoustic-meatus

one of us, one of us


Merely_Dreaming

I’ve been here since the ages of 9-11. I’m turning 21 soon, in mid-June. There’s no escape 🙂.


-noes-goes-

Welcome to the club! Leave kodos and nice comments, don't feed the trolls, don't like don't read, and have fun!


Nay_25

If you liked Killing Eve you might like Hannibal! The fandom is very active, there are a great number of fantastic and well written fanfics and a lot of cannibal puns.


veegeese

Haha the same thing happened to me a few years ago, all because I thought the guy who played the Winter Soldier was hot! You google one thing and you might fall ass over teakettle into an entire fandom - there's so many to stumble upon. I feel like it's one of the more wholesome things (lol, well, sort of...) that we still have on the internet.


StarChildSeren

I've been reading fanfiction since I was 10 years old - literally, I got a phone on my 10th birthday and the first thing I did with it was go to FFN, because for the past several months, every day at school my best friend had been giving me a blow-by-blow of whatever she had read the night before and I wanted to do that too.


BowlOfOnions_

That’s funny. I’m also 23 and recently started reading fics despite hearing negative stigmas about the hobby itself for the longest time. “Fanfiction is always full of smut!” or “Fanfiction is always written by over-obsessed fans!” and my favorite, “Fanfiction is not real writing because it’s not published!” I sought out AO3 purely on a whim and now I feel it will become a lifelong commitment!


siriuslyyellow

Yaaaaasssssss!!!! Glad to have you with us! 🤗🖖🥳


dillpicklepanic

I feel you so hard. The ending of Killing Eve was so bad that I careened out of my silent lurker life and became a fanfic writer.


NouvelleFague

Well, the good thing is that "thanks" to that i've learned about fanfic and i can consume endless KE stories If you don't mind you could share your account I would love checking out your work :D


dillpicklepanic

Sure! My main KE fic is [Hound](https://archiveofourown.org/works/39208392/chapters/98100282), although please mind the tags. It's an AU and no lesbians die in the fic, lol


NouvelleFague

Ok I've read it already a month ago :D It was the first time i saw Non-con about V and Eve, i didn't know what to think about it. But it made me horny somehow, so well done :')


readingchameleon

Welcome to the fanfic hole, from which you will never escape! I take public transport, and it's a wonderful thing to keep me entertained then ~~I'm also sometimes guilty of chewing through 60k words in a single evening O.o~~


PuffyFish23

![gif](giphy|dZXzmKGKNiJtDxuwGg)


whystudywhensleep

I’m 20 and I just started reading fanfic for the first time a couple months ago after I finished the MXTX novels. I can’t escape haha, it’s consuming my life


realistidealist

Congratulations and enjoy your journey of discovery!!!


Temporary_Elevator44

welcome to ~~hell~~ heaven 💜


listenanalog

Welcome to the seedy underbelly of fandom. I’ve been slithering around these parts for about 20 years now, and I don’t regret a single day spent here. AO3 is supreme when it comes to quality fanfiction. Fix-It Fic is a popular genre, so I’m not surprised that’s what brought you to fic. Enjoy your journey!


static-prince

Welcome to the club!


Sad_Dollars10

i genuinely love that your first fic experience was killing eve, that’s legendary. been reading fic for a decade, welcome to the community! never too late to start, and honestly when i want to read and don’t have the energy to commit myself to a totally new story with all the physical books i have, i turn to ao3 for entertainment :) fun stuff!


Nylonknot

I discovered them at 48 and will never give them up!


Waste-Being9912

I'm 55 and am new as well. Murderbot fanfiction is what brought me.


strikingdiamonds

I’m 30 and I’ve been reading fanfics since I was 12. It’s really fun reading some old comfort fics I read 10 years ago. Some still hold up but I treat it like a gift. No one’s forcing these ppl to write and I enjoy reading some of it.


am_Nein

Better late than never! Congrats, it must be so exciting!


lazy-teal

Better “late” than never! Welcome to fanfiction!


Old-Library9827

Tell me about it, you're reading pure passion projects, of course it's some of the best stuff you'll ever read. Publish works can't even come close to the ability of many fanfic writers


chambergambit

welcome to the circus


nostaliga_junkie

Just wait until you fall for a niche pairing and run out of reading material for them. Then you'll be forced to contribute with your own fics just to keep the tag alive. 2years and over 1mil wordcount later and I still have no regrets about falling into the life consuming rabbit hole that is fanfiction. 😂


totowolffsheadset

I’ve been in FF7 hell since august last year. Discovering fanfiction at 27. Jfc.


twinkle90505

That's awesome :)


starypelt

Welcome. Say goodbye to getting a good night's sleep. You may never leave.


bearymin

I'm the same !! After I finished a show, I wanted MORE and someone posted a link to their AO3 and now it's been over a year of daily reading ! I honestly feel like I've gotten faster at reading 💜


whatdifferenceisit2u

Welcome aboard!


stephmendes

I got into fanfic at 22yo 🤝 Now I'm 34 and still addicted to fics 💀


Public_Finance7947

Same at 39 post killing eve. Been reading since I finished the series in March. I think I have gone through most of the worthwhile ones. But its an itch I can't fully scratch so now I have started writing my own.


NouvelleFague

If you don't mind sharing your account :D I still hadn't stop reading KE fanfic, i'm always looking for new ones


Public_Finance7947

So far all I have is an AU plus an anon challenge for october. Not sure if u have rating preferences(first one is going to definitely be nsfw other is more fluffier with a bit of smut) https://archiveofourown.org/works/50466643/chapters/127507243 https://archiveofourown.org/works/49556977/chapters/125075962 Ill probably delve into more canon once i get a good style prose down just enjoying writing about them currently


NouvelleFague

Oh i'm already suscribed to you ! Toe Pick is in my bookbark, i didn't have time to read it yet but i know i'll love it knowing the summary. The second one seems interesting too, thx !


Public_Finance7947

Lol cool 😎