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Fandom is a community and the only way it thrives is if we lift each other up and help each other out 🥰
Bucky is just some high school dropout working too many jobs to pay for his shitty apartment and his sister's tuition, so when he meets Steve Rogers and Tony Stark and they take an interest in him, it makes no sense. He can't understand why they would want to spend time with him, let alone date him, but he's just greedy enough to cling onto what they're offering and hope that when it ends, it won't crush him.
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Had to share this here because you're right and you should say it. It's incredible how many people came out of the woodwork as soon as AO3 was down and suddenly had no compunctions at all about screaming how much they love and need fanfic--on the AO3 twitter. Is it so much harder to do in the comment section?
At this point I don't care anymore if people call me entitled or think I'm out of line. If fanfic is so meaningful to you that you cannot go half an hour without, let alone 24h, then you can get over yourself long enough to write a fucking comment. No excuses.
"writing comments is hard and scary" yeah well GUESS WHAT so is writing fanfics. fandom as a community is dying, because it is instead treated as a COMMODITY, a CONSUMER PRODUCT. We're not asking for much. We're asking for a CONNECTION. We don't want to sell, we want to share.
You've shown your hand. You've admitted you cannot live without us. Now ACT LIKE IT. Go write a fucking comment.
I was absolutely at a loss without AO3. I have been trying to comment more anyway because it's such an easy way for me to say thanks to the people who put their stuff out there, for free, daily. I read for at least 2 hours a day, probably even more at weekends or when I'm gripped by a new enthralling fic. The bare minimum I can do is take 2 minutes to comment. After that first kudos I try to respond to a new chapter with a comment so the writer knows that someone is paying attention, that there is an ongoing interest in their efforts. Fandom needs community. Community needs communication. Say thanks. Say it made you laugh or smile, or it distracted you from grim reality for a while.
Just don't do negative or selfish comments.
Worried about leaving a "bad" comment?
There are only two ways to leave a comment that will make the recipient of said comment ☹️😒😟 instead of 🥰🫠😁.
🚫 Don't do these things: 🚫
1. Criticize when critique has not been requested. Remember that the people who write fanfiction, record podfics, and draw fanart are people. How would you feel if you spent a lot of time and energy creating a free entertainment experience for others to enjoy, and someone came in and just told you how it sucked?
2. Place an order. This ain't Burger King. I am not a robot. I am not a trained seal. I worked hard on this story (which, once again, I have provided for your enjoyment at no cost to you). Do not come here and say, "Thank you, next." There is a big, big difference between a comment that says, "I loved x, y, and z about this story, and I would love to read more!" and one that says nothing but, "I want a sequel :(," "why haven't you updated?" or—my personal favorite—one that is nothing but an order for a completely different story unrelated to the one you have just read.
Just don't do those two things, and you can't go wrong.
Come share with us.
This line. THIS LINE. (And if writing the fic is hard, just wait until you’re sitting with your finger hovering over the post button! Or sitting on your hands waiting for someone—anyone—to acknowledge and share in what you’ve done.)
Easy ways to comment -
- C&P a line you enjoyed and then mash the keyboard after it.
- leave an emoji
- say "i loved this!" Or "I'm enjoying this" or "thank you for writing this!"
It's not hard and scary. It's not. Unless you're taking swings at the writer, your comment will be loved and appreciated.
it’s unfortunate that (some) people in fandom spaces are starting to get too comfortable complaining and being rude to writers and artists who create contents they personally don’t like (“why are you making this character a top when he’s obviously a bottom? omg do you even understand his character?” “I’m so sick of seeing fan art and fanfic where this character is portrayed as a sadist when he’s actually misunderstood in my opinions, therefore anyone who disagrees with me is wrong and should be shamed” just to name a few I’ve seen) instead of curating their own fandom experiences by engaging only with contents they do like.
you want more fics where (x) is written in this specific way? either write one yourself or politely expressing your opinion about how you hope there will be more fics where (x) is written in this specific way instead of making fandom a toxic place by being rude to writers and artists who dare make contents that are not to your Personal Liking.
if the universe does not revolve around you, strangers and fandom spaces don’t have to cater exclusively to your personal preferences either.
to all my beloved writers and artists, write whatever you want, draw whatever you want. portray that character in whichever way you want to portray. I hope you have fun doing what you love. don’t let anybody tell you what you can or can’t do with the blorbo. go wild. I will always support you
One of Tony's many slightly pornographic pin up mag covers that he took in the 70s that still float around on the internet
And reference used is here Pin on Picture ref
This is a slow fandom zone
None of that "Oh no they bomb-dropped all the episodes in a week 1 month ago, I'm late!" "The tag hasn't been active all week is the fandom dead?" "I only got a hundred shares the first hour no one cares about my art"
Slow down
Take a deep breath and slow down
Fandom is YOU. And me and everyone. If we doodle stick figures for a show that ended 30 years ago we aren't "late" or "doing too little", we're playing dolls in our own time and having fun with works of art that mean a lot to us
You can literally watch and engage with something that aired in 2004 as if it aired yesterday
If the tag hasn't been active for 14 months guess what? If YOU post there, it isn't dead. Literally you can talk about anything you want whenever you want there is no weird law against watching things that people aren't actively talk about
Let's be deranged about stories together
Tony is about to go into Heat. In the middle of a mission. If only there was a way to delay it... AKA, just two bros helping each other out with zero pining. None at all.
My reasoning is that I wanted to write porn. And the title amused me. There's a plot around here somewhere, but I literally could not be ignoring it harder
"I want old fandom culture back, but proshippers are disgusting, don't bring them into this" a real life TikTok post that I saw btw.
what the fuck do people think "proshipping" means anyway
I keep seeing it referenced as some kind of badge of dishonor
it means
"in favor of shipping and the freedom to ship whatever"
that's it
no, it does not stand for "problematic shipping" which is a real thing I saw someone try to claim
it came about as a response to ANTI-shipping
as in people being weird and toxic about other people's ships
like, stop that
that's what it means
Bringing in what I said in the group chat: they wouldn't survive in the LiveJournal communities that raised me.
If you wanted a place for just your ship, you made your own fanfiction archive for it and you maintained and moderated it yourself. And most of these only existed because it made it easier to find fics for your OTP, not because the sight of other ships disgusted you.
Have an issue with something you see on a kink meme? Don't read through the comments on the kink meme or wait until the Delicious board is up and filter just the tags you want.
If someone brought up fic or shipping to an actor, a containment breach klaxon would go off and everyone would talk shit in the private LJ and Dreamwidth communities. You did not make ship wars the problem of the actors, show runners, directors, or writers. That was internet bullshit that stayed on the internet. If someone became aware of it on their own, fine, but that was exceedingly rare. You definitely didn't ask shipping questions to the actors if you were a "journalist."
You shipped what you shipped, you were into what you were into, you left people alone, and you did not wave any of it in the face of the actors.
So yeah, bring back the old fandom culture. Please. Let shippers and the actors have some goddamn peace.
For the @ironmanbigbang and @miniblackraven and her super cute fic Sweet on You! What a fun event - I hope everyone reads the fic!
Bucky is just some high school dropout working too many jobs to pay for his shitty apartment and his sister's tuition, so when he meets Steve Rogers and Tony Stark and they take an interest in him, it makes no sense. He can't understand why they would want to spend time with him, let alone date him, but he's just greedy enough to cling onto what they're offering and hope that when it ends, it won't crush him.
"You have to become comfortable with the fact that most people who enjoy your fic will never bother to kudos or comment on it."
Shockingly, I am comfortable with this fact. Lack of kudos or comments doesn't bother me.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't change.
If you enjoy a fic, leave a kudos or a comment.
I'm sorry, WHAT?
"You have to become comfortable with the fact that most people who enjoy your fic will never bother to kudos or comment on it."
Why?
We writers work hard on these stories. We put real time into them. Time that is sometimes short, when we have work and family and other obligations pressing upon us. But we still find the time to write, to post.
Why should we adjust our hopes to accept that readers will simply consume our hard work, and then essentially walk away without a word in return?
If you took a free sample from a tray at the supermarket, wouldn't you tell the server thank you?
When you're at a restaurant and the server brings your food, don't you thank them?
If someone hands you a gift, simply because they thought of you while they were out, wouldn't you thank them for that gift?
What this comment is really saying is that we should accept that the readers of our works are entitled and can't be bothered to exert one teeny little bit of effort to acknowledge their enjoyment of the story to the person who wrote it.
We should simply accept that we're yelling into the void, and the void can't be bothered to respond.
You know what that will ultimately mean?
We'll stop yelling.
We'll stop posting.
And then the void will truly be empty.
Bucky is just some high school dropout working too many jobs to pay for his shitty apartment and his sister's tuition, so when he meets Steve Rogers and Tony Stark and they take an interest in him, it makes no sense. He can't understand why they would want to spend time with him, let alone date him, but he's just greedy enough to cling onto what they're offering and hope that when it ends, it won't crush him.
I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it
I always reblog this one when I see it on my dash. When someone posts their own art, writing, or music here they are really hoping you will share it.
It’s back! *smashes reblog button*
Yeah okay I’ll reblog that!
Thinking about married winteriron with tony wearing the biggest wedding ring with his hand on bucky’s metal arm showing it off
