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Title: Chaotic Calamaties
Platform: ao3
Creator: kuuniepop
Work type: fanfic
Fandom: tokyo revengers
rating: T
Pairing: mikey/draken
Word count: 16170
Warning: none
Number of Coments: 4
Completion Status: incomplete
Short summary/description: basically a sickfic with too much plot where mikey gets sick and draken takes care of him (+ other shenanigans from the rest of the gang)
Title: Not silenced
Platform: AO3
Creator: Caught_up_in_circles
Work Type: One shot
Fandom: MacGyver (2016)
Rating: G
Pairing: DesRiley Riley Davis/Desiree "Desi" Nguyen
Word count: 700
Warnings: None
Number of comments: Zero
Completion Status: Finished
Short summary/description: Being captured was part of the job, she could cope with that. Being silenced. That was different.
I may have slightly forgotten about April Fools day being a tumblr holiday because I had a really hectic week and did literally nothing but veg on the couch yesterday, but of course it is a tumblr holiday and that means you can submit works without having to comment on anything first. I’d love to see some submissions today!
I forgot to tag everyone, so here we go: @yellowmagicalgirl @sobqjmv @oddgreyhound and @emmalylis
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Title: contra spem spero
Platform: AO3
Creator: fallenidol_453
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: István a király
Rating: General Audiences
Pairing: None
Word count: 100
Warnings: None
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: Complete
Short summary/description: Réka runs and prays.
Snippet:
Flee or die!
The hateful words scream in her head.
She runs, pushing against the crowd of knights and nobles baying for her father’s death.
I may have slightly forgotten about April Fools day being a tumblr holiday because I had a really hectic week and did literally nothing but veg on the couch yesterday, but of course it is a tumblr holiday and that means you can submit works without having to comment on anything first. I’d love to see some submissions today!
TIMELINE
Sign-ups: April 1–28 Discord Server Opening/Orientation: May 1–3 Check In 1: May 2 Round 1: May 4–10 Break 1 and Check In 2: May 11–12 Round 2: May 13–19 Break 2 and Check In 3: May 20–21 Round 3: May 22–28 Break 4: May 29–30 Tiebreaker: May 31 Results: June 1
This is our sixth year running, and it's always a ton of fun! Click through to the linked post for a TON more info, and then, if it sounds like something you'd enjoy, you can sign up to play!
I desperately wish people would start actually reading the AO3's TOS before confidently making 'user guides' to the AO3 that are just blatantly, flatly wrong.
Yes the AO3 has banned content. They do not allow anything that's illegal under US law - though US law, importantly, does not ban fictional depictions of things - and they do not allow any commercial content. That includes your ko-fi link, or mentions that you do fic commissions. If you do post fic commissions to AO3 and want to mention the commissioner, the fic is a 'request' from the commissioner. This protects the AO3 and you from copyright law.
No the AO3 is not 'a creative fanfiction archive'. It is a fandom archive. Your meta, insights, and theories are absolutely welcome and encouraged there. AO3 also encourages you to post other types of fanworks, like fan videos, podfics, and art, but unfortunately isn't able to natively host those like it does text, so fic has kind of become what it's known for. That absolutely does not mean that other types of fanwork aren't allowed, or are discouraged by the site culture! Anybody who tells you otherwise is just plain wrong!
And another thing:
IT’S AN ARCHIVE - A STORAGE SPACE
IT’S A LIBRARY, NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE
So… (sigh) TAG YOUR FICS APPROPRIATELY AND PEOPLE WILL FIND YOUR STUFF.
That’s it.
Title: The Tale of the Risky Venture Launch Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23247958/chapters/72017928 Platform: AO3 Creator: MichellesPenScratchz Work Type: Fanfic Fandom: Borderlands Rating: T Pairing: Rhys/Sasha Word count: 2843 Warnings: None Number of comments: 2 Completion Status: WIP Short summary/description: Follows Rhys as leads a team to salvage Old Atlas’ abandoned facilities on Pandora, searching for the key to elevate his fledgling company to new heights.
Title: Sea Glass
Platform: ao3
Creator: me! 😁 emilie786 (tumblr) / Emilie_786 (AO3)
Work Type: fanfic
Fandom: The Mentalist (2008)
Rating: Gen
Pairing: Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon
Word Count: 958
Warnings: brief references to violent events in canon, including a serial killer, thinking about the possibility of electrucution, grief, mourning
Number of comments (Your replies to comments don’t count into that number): 0
Completion Status: complete.
Short summary/description: Patrick Jane sets up his Airstream and makes some choices.
Title: “A Friend Like You”
Creator: Lady Yomi
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: Hakuouki
Rating: M
Pairing: Toudou Heisuke/Original Character(s), Okita Souji/Original Character(s), Hijikata Toshizou/Kondou Isami, Saitou Hajime/Yukimura Chizuru
Word count: 117.198
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Vampires/Blood Drinking, Period Typical Attitudes, Ableism, Depression, War, Bad Parenting, Possessive Behavior, Kidnapping, Grief/Mourning
Number of comments: 5
Completion Status: WIP
Short summary/description: Chie and Kohana’s mother (a priestess with an enigmatic background), commits a major transgression that causes a renowned Yokai clan to curse her daughters. Amidst the turmoil of the Boshin Civil War, Heisuke and Okita (both fearless captains of the “Shinsengumi” ronin group), struggle to navigate the deadly consequences of involving themselves with the cursed sisters; all while fighting their own visceral battles against the bloodlust that threatens to consume the fragile memories they cling to in order to avoid turning into monsters.
Snippet (max. 200 words):
Heisuke walked several feet ahead of her, making his way through the snow as his light blue haori blended with the brightness of his surroundings; briefly reminding her of the fleeting flash of a sky from the distant past. It was then that, just as suddenly as the snowflake fall began, her mind was overcome by the echo of Izanagi’s mysterious statement at the clinic: What did her father mean… when he said the two of them used to get along?
Title: You Got me Catching Feelings
Platform: AO3
Creator: MeggieJolly
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: Gen
Pairing: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
Word count: 3092
Warnings: None
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: Complete
Short summary/description: The Marauders are hanging out on the grounds on a hot summer afternoon when Mary showing up and playing with Padfoot unearths some jealousy in Remus and leads him to some realizations.
okay but there is something disquieting about this urge to cast fan writers as altruists. they give us all this for free!! well, no.
they’re sharing
it’s a key difference in perception. fic isn’t given. it’s shared. it’s part of a fandom community— in which readers are also an integral part.
it’s probably inevitable mission creep from the increasingly transactional nature of the internet and fandom-as-consumerism, which was always gonna happen after corps worked out how much bank there is to make from those weirdo fan people
but like. fandom is sharing. i think we’ve lost that somewhere.
Title: An Ocean Between Us Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41078100/chapters/102959310 Platform: AO3 Creator: BrendaChenowith (me) Work type: fanfiction Fandom: Once Upon a Time Rating: M Pairing: SwanQueen (Regina Mills/Emma Swan) Word count: 115K Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, Non-con Number of comments: 15 Completion status: complete Summary: She loved the water. But not just any water—the ocean. The way the waves of salt water felt when they crashed into her skin, or the way the ocean breeze tossed her long blonde hair around. All she ever wanted was to be in the water, or near it while sitting on the beach. The ocean was her happy place. While she lived a quiet life, spending her days out on the water fishing, she was concealing a secret, one that only a few people knew. When a beautiful brunette woman with the most amazing brown eyes entered her life one night, pieces of the puzzle began to surface, and more questions began to form. Could the mysterious woman she sees sitting alone at the beach at night hold the key to the mystery that is her life?
Tags: mermaid au, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, a few instances of non-con/dubious-con and sexual abuse, never between our favorite ladies, Hurt/Comfort, Mermaid!Regina, Human!Emma, Happy Ending, Killian is the worst
for the second time in less than 3 months, a podficcer has thanked me for having a permission statement on my ao3 profile
my statement says that I welcome podfics and other transformations of my work, and it also says what I don't give permission for
these kinds of statements are helpful to your fellow fans who might be inspired by your work but uncertain how to talk to you about it. by giving (or denying) them permission up front, you save them that bit of anxiety and/or logistical stress
if you've never made a permission statement before, you can read this Fanlore page about them or check out @fanworkspermissionstatement for a handy template
Title: Seklos and Gaylen, They Were Cagemates!
Platform: AO3
Creator: YellowMagicalGirl
Work Type: Fic
Fandom: Tales of Arcadia
Rating: T
Pairing: Hisirdoux “Douxie” Casperan/Krel Tarron
Word count: 6028
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Kidnapping, Medical Torture
Number of comments: 2
Completion Status: Incomplete
Short summary/description: Agents of Area 49-B are there during the chaos of the Eternal Night, and unnoticed they manage to capture two specimens: an emo wizard and an Akiridion prince. Douxie and Krel must rely on each other to make it out alive, but neither expected such a deep bond to form between the two of them.
Title: Tenderly
Platform: AO3
Creator: Hagar, wilfriede0815, stargateinmybasement, ChaosKiro, Juulna, Tipsy Kitty, horchata, Flowerparrish
Work Type: Fic & Podfic
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Pairing: n/a
Word count: 9257 words | 1hr3min
Warnings: n/a
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: Complete
Short summary/description: In Denmark 50yr into the future, schoolteacher Amalie Madsen attempts to solve a mystery in her classroom.