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Reasons to get an AO3 account as a reader

Every time I see someone who reads lots of fic on AO3 but doesn’t have an account, I have to wonder if they realize how many features AO3 has just for readers. This is not an exhaustive list, but here are a few (and I’ve saved the best for last!):

There are probably more, but those are the main ones. Yes, you have to wait a few days to get an account, but it’s worth it. If you’re worried because you don’t want people seeing you kudos certain fics (that one tentacle fic you’ll never admit to having read?) - the way login is setup it’s actually super easy to log out, leave anonymous kudos, and log back in without leaving the fic. AO3 is designed by users; they’ve got your back.

And hey, if you ever decide to take the plunge and post something, that’s one step out of your way!

(And seriously, subscribing is a game-changer.)

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abstract and modern art haters are sooo snobby like klein literally Created an entirely new pigment and then painted a canvas in a way where the brush strokes wouldn't be visible. the insinuation that people with no skill could reproduce that is so annoying because unless you are skilled at color mixing and painting you definitely couldn’t lmao

i hope it's okay to add this because i think it hits the nail directly on the head

Honestly, it's like picking up a book and saying "I know all these words, I can type, I could have written this" like there's no middle step between the technical ability and the finished work.

i feel so bad for jojo siwa tiktok is obsessedddd with making fun of her atm its like a lot. people choose such weird famous people to obsessively bully and it's alwayyys just a woman they dislike or find annoying. but they will try and find dumb reasons to justify it to feel like they are actually doing soemthing Good. and even if some reasons to dislike them Are totally valid, the excessive dog piling just kind of cancels that out because it's never proportional. there's a bunch of billionares and violent abusers who u could use this obsessive bullying for yknow. instead of a slightly cringe twenty year old lesbian who's been exploited and judged and famous since she was a Baby. of course she's a bit weird!!! all this talk about exploited children/ child stars and yet no one ever learns their lesson about it

stop replying to this with completely untrue reasons why u hate jojo siwa it is embarrassing me because none of you are correct. she didn't "Steal" music she bought a song that another artist had previously demo'd. which is literally just how the music industry works I hate to break it to yall but every artist buys songs even ur fave. and she definitely did not "make a disbaled child dance until she bled and almost died" like the way people are saying that is SO detached from the actual article they are referencing which is mainly about how jojos Mother is a child abuser and exploiter. and SHE is the one who made a disbled kid dance until she bled from her belly button and then said dance more. jojo wasn't even mentioned in that incident yet is getting all the heat for it while her abusive mother skates by. maybe Don't blame the victim of child abuse and exploitation for... having a mother that abuses and exploits children?? like yeah no fucking shit how do u think jojo even got famous. like sorry if you think the hate against her is justified but ur truly just repeating the child star turns adult and everyone bullies them cycle. because the "reasons" people have are literally nothing!! you just find her annoying

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we put so much importance on romantic love in queer spaces that i think we can forget about how important queer friendships are. having queer friends makes it so much easier to accept yourself and learn to accept others. queer friendships have so much love stored in them

Pangur :}

I was inspired to paint Pangur so I could have the little goblin watch me sleep at night (or scream silently)

Photo reference from @pangur-and-grim

there's a massive cadre of people on here who can best be described by the phrase "be gay do war crimes"

#it's me#I'm that person

this is not intended to be a funny quirky joke meme phrase it's a description of american or otherwise western gays with deeply imperialist and racist tendencies, you do not want to say you're this person

Genuinely can you shut the fuck up. do you hear yourself rn

@clarissa39 are you sure you kicked the racism and imperialism? Cause it sure doesn't fucking seem like it

Yeah you're right, it's an ongoing process to correct my attitudes and it's going to take a lot of time and effort but is very much the right thing to do. What I mean here is what I have done and been complicit in in the past doesn't go away because I'm getting better and trying to correct my past errors.

Also because I was involved in the YPG in Syria as an irregular, so an illegal combatant...you know, a war criminal

Like very literally this is why I joke about it.

you could've led with that last part and saved everyone a lot of trouble but it is admittedly very funny that you didn't

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