are ao3 fanfic authors okay?

Be sure to check on your fanfic writing friends every once in a while. They might be having an angsty crisis.

To be clear for some people who cannot tell: this is not meant to make fun of fanfiction authors. I write fanfic too, I go through some of these emotions too, and this is just a lighthearted look at how many of us suffer a bit for the sake of art :)

You can send me more fanfic stuff on Twitter @joey_tonka

[Flameclaw]

The "no beta we die like [character]" tag is my favorite running joke that spans practically all fandoms lmao

[gabyisstupid]

My personal favorite is probably "i wrote the end on the toilet and cried on the toilet" greatest tag I have ever seen.

[kenny]

“This is rated t for I tried” HAS ME IN TEARS

[thesleepydot]

the fact that the “I wrote this while paranoidly watching a daddy long legs crawling across my wall” is titled “Everything is different now” cracks me up so bad

[sb_bbee]

The "no beta we die like - -" are always some of the best ones 💀

[solariace]

Just for anyone wondering, at 1:28 when they said that they skipped studying for their math final to write that fanfic

They state that they end up failing said math final in the very next tag

[blueblank]

“Are AO3 authors okay?”

The first one said they don’t like macarons. Of course not.

[moonlight.z]

"I hope this makes you question all the decisions that led you to this point"

THIS WORK IS A CROSSOVER OF SHREK AND TWILIGHT, I'M ALREADY QUESTIONING MY EYES.

[JackoHeartz]

as someone who has written fics, no, we AO3 writers are not okay, send help /j

[haleylampley]

I found a fic once that was tagged "nonconsentual waterfall jumping"

That is literally what it was. A character was forced to jump over a waterfall against their will.

Twice.

That was the whole fic.

[cloudhhhh]

do you THINK ao3 authors are okay they're like "sorry I couldn't post the next chapter i got hit by a car went into a coma and when I woke up I found out i had slight brain damage which keeps me from writing properly sometimes" in the author's notes like go

and then they go and write the best smut you've read to date

[bobatea]

"Janky dialogue because I don't understand how humans communicate"
Literally everything I write

[anirex]

“I forgot how heterosexuality works so sue me” is a huge mood

[jaslikeart]

Wattpad is a gold mine for funny jokes in serious occasions and ao3 is needing therapy but pretends everything's ok

[taylors]

The short answer- "No" no we are not OK
The long answer- Still no, we are far from OK. We are a special breed

[Madisongs]

THIS. THIS IS THE CONTENT I’VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER YOUTUBE FOR. THANK YOU.

[sicilyperez]

My favourite ones I’ve come across are *“I had to research how much blood humans have in their body”* and the tag next to it was *“I also had to research bat sex”* then *“I’m pretty sure the fbi has me on their watch list now but whatever”* next to *“no beta we die like my sanity has”* I’m also sure that this was a twilight fic 😭

[sadgayyeehaw]

i once got physically assaulted and my dad tried to burn the house down, but then three days later i updated my fic and apologized for how quick it'd been 😃 then i just eventually tagged "author notes are wack"


thanks for the food though!! im adding these to my album for ao3 highlights

[justadanette]

My personal favorites are:
"Psychological violence over a cup of tea"
"Graphic descriptions of dumbass energy"
AND "attempts at medical realism, i went in page 2 of google for it"

These are all in the same fic.

[FiveAlive]

“Do they deserve a break? Yes. Will I give them that break? No.”

And a favourite Author’s Note of mine:
“You know that one TikTok of the guy playing Into The Thick of It but in minor key? That’s what writing the end of the season felt like.”