fanfiction/fanfic writer woes
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goodness gracious so many woes when it comes to fanfiction, both writing and reading it :,D
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which of these woes spoke to you the most? OJO
the one about writing about real ppl, I feel that way too much
ColeyDoesThings all of them
All the ones that are about being a bad writer or having an awful story
The one about writing a comment...I still have no clue how to do it
the one about fics being tagged complete when they aren't, it's so irritating
me: i want angst
fic: *has angst*
also me: hey now that was a joke-
Same here boi
I literally clicked on an awesome fic knowing it's going to be a hecking angsty one. Now I'm on the fifth chapter out of all 23 and can't even complete it because I feel like crying every time I read the next sentence.
I also want fics where my favourite character dies and when I actually find that I’m like “nah, not ready yet”
But I’ll NEVER BE READY
@@ElinorMahoney SAME!! AND ALSO WHEN THEY'RE GONNA SACRIFICE THEMSELVES OR GO FULL VILLIAN MODE!
........Dont mind me.........
smugsè ___ WHEN THEY GO FULL VILLAN AND ACCIDENTALLY KILL OR HARM THE OTHER HALF OF THE SHIP😭😭😭
Alternate:
“This fandom is crazy”
“Why don’t you just leave then?”
“I can’t, I’ve sold my soul and I can’t get it back so it’s too late.”
No refunds.
Why is this the truest thing I've seen in a while😂😂😂
The person: *Whatever that 4 panel equation meme with The Karen looking lady is called*
me when I fell down the Harry Potter and Eddsworld fandom
(Update: I've fallen into the Danganronpa and Haikyuu fandom, please help me-)
This is so me when I fell into the percy Jackson fandom
wait- people actually PLAN OUT THEIR FANFICTIONS WITH A GOOD PLOT?!?! I THOUGHT EVERYONE JUST CAME UP WITH IT ON THE SPOT LIKE I DID-
I do the same😂
Bruh, I'm sitting here rn listening to Coley while my mind tries to think of some kind of plot progression, but hands be like:
Ayooo where the sporadicity?
Damn I was looking for this comment LMAO
Yeah, I don't plan much...at all ^^;. I'm like Jack Sparrow when it comes to writing. No plans, just doing it xD.
i did that, made me give up writing lmfao. now after 7 years, i'm picking up from the beginning, and drafting out the plot properly. wish me luck xD
Me: has decent ideas for fanfics
Also me: *C A N ‘ T W R I T E FULL S T O R I E S*
and this is why I write headcannons
i do headcanons and imagines😭. i felt that-
i write full outlines for like novel-length fics and then never write them😭😭🤚i tried but after a chapter and a bit i gave up and write a oneshot
@@thatb1h855 we have to see it through bestie, even if it only goes up to like 20 chapters, you got this😩✊🏽
this is why i write oneshots 😔
I once wrote a drabble series. Once you've limited yourself to exactly 100 words, it gets a lot easier to write four or five times that, and it'salot less pressure to focus on just one scene at a time. It's such an adrenaline rush to be saying "crud, I wrote too much!", and after that, it's easier to connect the drabbles together and flesh them out into a full-fledged story.
No one:
Not even a soul:
Fanfic tags: *male pregnancy*
Still am like: wth
Basically wattpad
Werewolf alpha Omega mpreg fanfic
I'm telling ya, mpreg isn't the most worse thing to read
And that's only the edge of the abyss.
Fan artists:*deals with art problems*
Fan writer:*deals with author problems*
Fan Comic creators:*internal screaming because they deal with both*
I do writing and drawing, at once, and when I get out of the writer's block my drawing quality hits zero and beyond. Just me?
+ I would love to say that I got rid of both but unfortunately I now can't write nor draw. Fuck.
수학좀비
Same
ME AHAHAHAHA
PA I N
THE PAIN- I AM ALL THREE-
I’m all man I’m all
Don’t ever tell someone they’ll write the next Fifty Shades of Grey. It’s not a compliment
Yeah, it's more of an insult. Fifty Shades of Pain
@@natralskitsophrenia8465 Exactly
@@luanunes14 aaaaay, you guys get me
Literally saw someone say it unironically in a writers group I'm a part of. No, Brenda, 50 Shades is not something you aspire to write.
@@dbrooke3629 I mean, I've written mature stuff, I'll admit, but heeeeeell nah I'm not writing 50 shades!
Me reading angst fics: this is so sad it's literally causing me physical pain
*Let's read more*
Angst makes me actually feel something inside.
Angst is the best
@@FUNNI_LOSER 2:00 what's wromg with this fic
@@FUNNI_LOSER can i have my fanfics with a BIG SIDE OF ANGST
Why read fanfics WHEN WE GOT FF7? THAT'S ANGST CENTRAL, ESPECIALLY WITH FIRST SOLDIER GETTING AN UPDATE NEXT WEEK IN EVER CRISIS-
Or when dialogue is written like this
Person one: hey
Person two: hey
Like please we have "" for a reason
EXACTLY!
I do remember John Green doing that format in The Fault in Out Stars. So I guess that format can work if the book can survive with it
I agree. It also makes me confused when it's like...
"yo"
"yoyo"
"yoyoyoyoyyo"
like, who's speaking?
@@venus-qt3et I don't know if this is true but if the names are mentioned in the first two dialogue lines, then it is assumed that the characters are having a back and forth when no other names are said in the rest.
unless it a crack fic.
U S E
THE
F R E AK I N G “”
“You could write the next fifty shades of grey!”
“That is literally the shittiest thing you can say to a writer. Please do not compare my trash to that raging dumpster fire please”
That’s why I tell people if they want to compliment a fanfic writer with potential, say that they could write the next Godzilla vs Biollante. People love that movie
Why exactly do people hate Fifty Shades Of Grey exactly though?
Like is the writing or the characters bad or do people just go "EW BDSM SMUTT" and that's only reason why?
I genuinely don't know why, I don't really know much about what it's about other than that it's kinky.
I am Bluepelt from what I heard, the characters are bland and the pacing isn’t good. The sex parts feel force and not genuine or earned.
The biggest reason why people hate fifty shades of gray is because it’s the first openly admitted fanfiction exposed to the mainstream. Meaning because of that movie, most people now associate FanFiction with raunchy and forced sex and romance with no variety.
@@dragonthunderx3250 Thank you for answering my question!
@@iambluepelt3904 also, toxic and abusive relationships are all that gets shown in that trash fire, but the author still insists it's a perfectly healthy and normal love story. Also, bad rep for the BDSM Community and the sex scenes are just shit.
me : *goes around wattpad*
me : boring, overused ideas, the character is too OOC, hiatus, unrealistic plot, marry sue oc, cringe, no
*5 hours later*
me closing my phone aggressively : fine I will make one myself.
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and kids, that's how I started writing fanfictions and stories.
The lesson here is go read on ao3, btw if you're gonna write there be sure you've already passed your cringey wattpad days bc as a reader thats gonna be a pain to navigate thru.
literally same, i never thought i would end up writing them myself but i love control so- 😳
yep, when you’ve read all the wattpad ones for your favorite character even if they aren’t good, you gotta write. that’s how I started and that’s how I’m gonna go down.
don't forget your least favorite character(s)/ship(s)
Looking for a fanfic that you want to read because of an idea you really like and cannot find it?
"Fine. I'll make it myself."
And that's why I became a fanfic writer til today.
"Where is the plot going?!"
Literally me when I write ANYTHING-
Same😂
Yup😂
fr- i *NEVER* plan anything, but i just started planning now...
There’s a reason most of mine are one-shots
thats the issue its starts off really nice and then halfway through you listen to some sad song and then u write a really emotional scene but after the high is gone you think back to it and realize how random that moment was and backspace like 3k words
“This fic is terrible.”
“Then why are you reading it?”
“I’m too invested in the plot.”
That is me with everything..
Same but for me it the weird stories
This is me with Voltron LOLOLOLOL
Me with Riverdale
Copy Rose me with Gacha life videos lol
99% of manga tbh
"Beginning is okay, the end is okay, what the f*ck is this in the middle"
Every fanfic writer ever can relate to this
Or just writer's in general
im opposite, i have the most trouble with starting and ending the story but the middle is my strong suit
I when it comes to writing, I relate to this way too much.
This is why I try to make outlines before writing, so everything makes sense and stays on track
SAAME
The “trying to leave the perfect comment” is literally me.
Exactly! In my brain it’s perfect and when I write the comment it comes out like ‘asffgjjka I lik chapter. It Good’
@@TheBest-ew1db I do the exact opposite and lace my comments with such flowery words and lay on such heavy compliments that sometimes I worry that I'm being too nice, like “oh god wait this is a lot for a fic that I thought was cute, should I really be saying all of this?? ‘Best fic I've read for this fandom’ is a little...extreme, especially since this fic is something I moderately enjoyed” but I can’t stop because I feel like if I don't say something like that it will somehow not be...a good comment-😭 I'm aware constructive criticism exists, and that that would be a much better thing to do rather than stroking all of these authors egos, but the newer they are to writing I just want to give them a confidence boost but take it too far-💀
SAME OMFG
@@freshcupofangst listen.
We love your kinds of comments. They fuel us. Don't feel bad.
@@shadow_shine3578 god but what if I'm just setting you all up to face harsher criticism?
When your original outline goes out the window and you accidentally write yourself into a corner and people are like “IM SO EXCITED FOR THE DIRECTION YOURE TAKING THIS IN!”
Me: ಠ_ಠ
I-I feel called out.
"Well...about that-"
@@pattychan3941 2:00 what's wrong with this fic
@@-chenlanying5818 I'm going to assume you aren't being sarcastic and answer you honestly. I have absolutely no idea how knowledgeable you are in fandom or fanfic in particular, so I'm gonna write out the whole, detailed explanation. The short(er) answer is the first paragraph, and the others just go more in depth. Feel free to stop reading once you get the gist.
The fic at 2:00 was written in 1st person (so using I, me, my, etc.), which is a red flag for a lot of people. Usually when the author writes themselves directly into the story, it's a sign that it's 1. written by an immature writer, 2. a really indulgent self-insert fic, or a combination of the two.
1. If the fic isn't a self-insert fic (where the reader is directly _in_ the story as a character), then using first person means the reader directly takes on the role of a different character. For example, if it's a Voltron fic, you might directly take the role of Lance; where (for that fic) you _are_ Lance. You talk as Lance, you act as Lance, you think as Lance, you feel as Lance.
It's a writing method that's supposed to make the reader sympathetic to the character, (because it forces the reader through the events and emotions that the character would feel), but there are honestly better ways to do it. A lot of people prefer to keep a fic in third person (she, he, they, etc.) because you can still express what a character's thinking and feeling even from that outside perspective. (This is where the stereotype that only new/immature writers use first person comes from. They assume the author is using first person to compensate for the fact that they cannot make a reader empathize without literally plopping the reader into the character's shoes.) Plus, when writers use first person, it also gets dangerously close to self-insert territory.
2. There's nothing inherently wrong with reader-insert stories; it can be fun to plop yourself directly into another universe with characters you like and go on an adventure. However, this is a bit of a slippery slope. Keep in mind that self-insert fics are ultimately wish fulfillment, (typically for both the reader _and_ the writer,) and that can lead to some icky situations.
If the writer is indulging in their own fantasy, then that can sometimes lead to out-of-character (OOC) behavior or reducing characters to their stereotypes. So (going back to Voltron) a self-insert fic that is Lance/Reader might have Lance acting OOC or only portray him as a flirtatious f*ckboy in order to have him fit the fantasy situation that the writer is making. (And disclaimer: this happens with fics that are not self-insert as well, in fact it can literally happen _anywhere_ in fiction. But the act of writing with the main goal of being self-indulgent does increase the possibility of this happening.)
And for the reader (and also the writer to what is usually a lesser extent), self-insert fics can reenforce a sense of your parasocial relationship with these characters/people. Once again, this isn't a bad thing on its own: literally _every_ relationship you form on the internet is parasocial (despite the connotation around the word). But some people are susceptible to becoming so entangled in the illusion that they have a direct and meaningful relationship with the character or person that it starts to change their behavior. (This what people usually think of as 'parasocial.')
This is especially harmful in the fandoms surrounding content creators (singers, artists, writers; your favorite k-pop band, TH-camrs, Twitch streamers, vTubers, etc.) who happen to be real, living people. So if a fan starts to internalize these fantasies about their favorite content creator, they might end up doing and saying things that harm themselves, the community, and the content creators themselves. Again: this is _not_ always the natural progression of self-insert fics, just a risk. You just have to be aware that all of it is parasocial (that you do not actually know these people personally unless _both_ of you have agreed on it), and make sure to respect a content creator's boundaries (like in any relationship).
Anyways, with all of that having been said, not all first person fics are badly written; nor are first person fics inherently problematic. But people do tend to recoil when they realize it's in first person (especially if it wasn't explicitly tagged that the reader is one of the characters) for many of these reasons.
I hope that answered your question!
The old trope of "i just write the thing"😅
Fanfic: has a good, unique premise
me: yes
fanfic: finished with 70,000+ words
me: YES
Fanfic: good characterization and moral questioning + literary analysis
me: Y E S
me, finishing at 3 a.m. realizing I missed the "based off a bad ending" tag:
I came here for the good kush and now im leaving with the sad kush
That sounds cool to me. I can appreciate a good story with a sad ending. There aren't enough of those in American media.
Kringe Kat That's what happened to me, I knew it was gonna be sad at the end but it GUTTED me
@@ratboy2 lmao we are already sad enough as it is, we just want something happy
That’s what you get when u go to the dollar store
Good ending? Cool
Bad ending? Amazing
Open ending? Who cares?
Any ending at all? Absolutly
*I WILL READ EVERYTHING*
My personal favorite:
When your ironic fic slowly becomes *unironic*
Oh shiiiit
FDJDJJSSJ i fELT this
Ugh I wrote one chapter of a fic that was a silly idea bordering on parody... five chapters in, there have been a few mental breakdowns, a night vigil for the dead and quite a bit of character development...
I felt this
Me at twelve writing crack fics: haha this is fun
three chapters in: WHY IS THIS NOW A SERIOUS MYSTERY FIC
me: I don't crave validation.
also me: please, ma'am, spare validation, any validation, anyone?
send a link to one of your fics i will read it :))))
What sort of fan fic do you write
@@sashakirchheiner8802 can i send u a link to mine
Mood. I'm literally holding a paper coffee cup out while crouching in a corner.
you have no idea how HAPPY I was to see my 1st comment on my 1st fic...surge of creativity boosters right there
never understood how people carry their projects till the end. writing is the prettiest of nightmares. some days i cant even write a damn paragraph
"Prettiest of nightmares" is a wonderful way to put it
isso foi bem poético
I know, right? I've got so many ideas and I have written them all down from beginning to end but I can't actually write the entire story
Yeah, I have a lot of stories that I am working on myself. I haven't post them yet, but you are free to check them out in a private chat on a platform to be in.
Can relate, i had a month of writer's block because of real life stuff and im struggling to write a paragraph at all-
_fanfiction stress noises_
Hi I'm a comment after the day after that comment above me (plus fanfic noises ain't pretty)
_slurp_
Me who has art block: hhhhhhhh- :')
*deletes the entire book*
WHAT ARE YOU DOINGHERE
"i aM nEveR tOuCHiNg a pENcIL eVeR aGaiN!" *Wattpad has entered the chat*
Inkitt has entered the chat
Ao3 has entered the chat
I have too many ddlc Fanfictions for it to be healthy at this point-
This has 666 likes. I want to like this comment so bad but if I do I’ll ruin it :(
Fanfiction.com has entered the chat
as a fan fiction writer, I can assure you that when you think that a comment is too enthusiastic, it is actually appreciated a lot.
(at least for me. Any comment really is validating)
Same here. From time to time, I wish I got more comments...
Yes, I absolutely agree with this. I smile at every review. Sometimes even the mean ones make me happy because they're entertaining.
Honestly. XD
After all, it's the half-part sobbing, half-part key smash, all parts feral comments that Crippling Self-Doubt can't logic away neatly. :)
Oh absolutely
The other day I got a comment from someone saying they made an account just to comment on my fic and it made my day tbh
The biggest problem: not publishing one of your fanfictions because you are afraid that someone might insult you.
Someone's gonna insult you either way, might as well just publish.
That was me. Take a deep breath and publish it. You'll do just fine
If you honestly use your time to insult a fanfic your WAY more embarrassing than the author. Don’t worry
I haven't published my fanfic yet because my Beta Reader hasn't gotten back to me about feedback, and I'm worried they find my writing style to be terrible and didn't bother finishing it, but they don't want to hurt my feelings, so they're not saying anything about it...
I totally get that. If you upload your fics on Ao3, you have the option to orphan your work so it won't be associated with your account/ online persona. I think this helps somewhat in easing the anxiety of the (imaginary) barrage of insults, criticism and judgement.
me: *imagines the climax and ending of my story before the prologue*
and then i'm like "and somehow we get there"
t H i S i S F I n E
HONESTLY
Stop attacking me😅
noooo don't call me out like this
I'm the 420th like 😌
This isn't just fanfic guys, this is writing
right?
Oh yeah definitely
Caz Tailby Especially the first part, the writers block, and the having too many ideas part.
Truth
Yeah XD
When you type your fanfics but then you have to delete a whole paragraph and you just watch the letters disappear like:
👁👄👁💧
and then when you have to delete whole chapters?? this is why i hate editing. the pain is real.
Ok, recommendation here: make a document and name it whatever. That's where you put your discarded sentences and paragraphs. If a certain piece of your writing doesn't sit well with the entirety of your story, but you just don't have the heart to delete it, copy and paste it in that document. That way, when you seem to have no idea how to write a certain scene or just need SOMETHING to hit you with inspiration, you can scroll through that document and perhaps reuse a discarded paragraph or two.
@@frogingtum.thecrumbling woah, hello? Mr (or ms or mx) author over here?? Giving out free tips like this??
@@frogingtum.thecrumbling This is what I do! Most of the time there’s at least one or two phrases/lines of dialogue/descriptions worth reusing or that can be turned into something new so I just dump all discarded passages in a doc called “snippets to be repurposed: * fic title *”
@@kittykatz2781 That's really smart! The hack has saved me loads of time so glad to see ppl doing the same. Srsly its a life saver sometimes
the worst feeling is finding your super old work, getting invested in your own writing only to get frustrated when you realise it you never finished it and left it in the middle of a chapter or something lmao
And then you can't remember the plot
@@SobreDunas but you know that you had a plan, you just don’t remember what it was
pls i just reread one of my most amazing drafts ever, and i didn't even finish the sentence. i got so invested in the angst i wrote i got mad at the author for just leaving things like that until i remembered i was the one to write it. i am currently in the process of cursing past me out as i will never write something of that quality again and it sucks knowing that 🙂
THIS
@@veeistiredasf why not try to write a resolution? after all you the author can decide what you want to do and how the story ends. I'm a rookie author and I have trouble going from point a to point b. might try my hand at updating my Diluc and keaya reconciliation fic.
Top ten reasons i dont let people know i write fanfiction
1. "Can i read it?"
no, no you may not. the smut is unholy.
Me. This is me.
Charolette The Vampire OMG this is me.
Charolette The Vampire This is me but I write about people torturing each other. That awkward moment when my teacher looked over my shoulder and started reading my book out loud. I slammed my case so quickly, before he got to the torture part, I think I may have cracked my iPad and I wanted to die to avoid dealing with the embarrassment. Then he asked me what kind of book I was writing. “Wars, battles, and fantasy creatures.”
Ruiy Takishi lol. What’s your favorite band? Maybe I’ve heard of them.
That’s the biggest mood I’ve ever felt
She forgot the biggest problem ever: coming up with a title
Agreed I’ve literally considered paying people to cd up with titles for me
*G O D*
Really?I actually think of a title and using that title I'll create the storyline
I'm thinking of writing some fanfic
@burningthemidnightoil my chapter titles are just numbers 😂😂
when you procrastinate on your fanfic so you watch videos about fanfics instead
You don't have to call me out like that T∆T
Yeah ! Me neither !
😳…
...Shit.
Ok, as a writer, my story is the “terrible story that readers only read because they became too invested” 😅😭
Same😭😂
Me writing: "Oh god this plot is so over used, no one will ever read this crap!"
Also me: *reads the same plot with same charactes 1033729 times* Amazing. Love it.
That is the single most relatable part for me XD
@Trin Silvers Eyyy! The villain part is so True lmao.
yEs. I'm for some reason obsessed with Skip fics.
At a certain point they start to bleed together and you have read all of the fanfics from the specific thing you searched you can find
Bitches will read every single good omens fic under the outsider pov tag (its me im bitches)
Me at 13 years old: "This story is awesome!"
Me at 16 years old: "Why tf did I write this? Okay... Let's fix it I guess?"
Me now at 21 years old: "... You know what? *Deletes entire story and rewrites the entire FREAKIN' PLOT.*
Ok lmao this is definitely me right now thinking why I wrote the entire thing-
Literally me.
...I'm thirteen right now...I don't like to delete stuff...but I already know I get embarrassed very easily. I just don't want to delete a fic someone loves by accident.
uh oh can't wait to see that as soon as i turn 21 💀
I'm in the 16 years old phase
That’s me at the start
When the A/N’s note be like: “I’m sorry I haven’t updated! My mother kicked me out and my brother stabbed me and I fell of a clif-“
'The less work you put into a fic, the better...?'
I felt that in my soul... my most popular story is the one I literally want to burn.
*when the fic is entirely in lower case to be "aesthetic"*
.................. Why........... Why are we still here.......
When they center the text.
Eh, those are just Sans trying to troll you. At least if you think of it that way you wouldn't get too annoyed.
That is just torture.
damn you didn't have to call me out like that
Me, a fanfic reader: I love reading!
Hunan being: What's your favorite book?
Me:😓
Exactly!
I can never tell people I love to read as a hobby anymore cause they always end up asking what you like to read
OMFG me!!
I can feel ya 😩
I read some actual books once in a while just so I can kill these mudafuckas when they ask what I read. If they say what's my favourite book, I just say it's Harry Potter and Philosopher Stone 😤
I don't know, Logic hunan being
Me who just started writing fanfic for the first time: **oh sh*t what am I stepping into**
ME
A whole new world of feels, epicness, cringe, and "WTAF have I read"
@@r_r_rasputin7300 welp I need motivation but so far I've got 7500 words and that's pretty good I think??
@@pian816 eyooo that’s a great start! I’m also working on my first fanfic and so far it’s around 5k 🤔 this definitely makes me respect authors more for those who go 20k or 30k or 75k??? 😔🤚
@@fluffycorn_njst Haha thank you :3 I read this one Loki fic that was 128k, and it took me the entire night to read it. I can’t remember the name, but months later, I’m still infinitely impressed.
Me: Oooh this fic looks like a good read
Fic: *isn't put into paragraphs*
Me: *screeches in terror*
Also, the one with the checking for comments and feedback was like a PUNCH TO THE GUT
That very specific breed of fanfic makes me want to offer to help edit for them; just so I don't continue to get an aneurysm trying to figure out which character is talking.
Also, I felt that.
I think writer's block can summed up in one sentence.
The...
hahahhahahhahhahahhahaha
accurate
Deadman Paul or TheRealFanmaster BREAK TIME!
Flipping Spongebob
Reminds me of that Spongebob episode
I feel this, and I feel attacked
Me: This fanfic is so bad and confusing
Also me: Stays up until 3am to finish it
mE-
Because usually it's either a sub par fan fiction that gives you what your looking for but horrible writing or nothing lol.
I stop reading after the first few paragraphs/chapter if the grammar/spelling is bad enough, solely to try and avoid this 😂
very relatable
I do thAT-
"Not being able to stop reading a bad fic." That is so me it's painful
I don't know how but i'm inmune to that.
Never. EVER. Read helluva loud adventures. The precursor of one of my favorite crossover between helluva boss and loud house, but also the most infamous case of character assassination and character bashing i've read in my entire goddamn life. I left it when i could at chapter 17, and is still updating to this day.
The author of it has my entire disrespect for all eternity👿
A loud among demons on the other hand IS 👏THE👏 GOAT👏 on this particular crossover
That entire first scene before the rest of the video is the most relatable thing I have ever seen-
"50 shades of grey! You could write the next 50 shades of grey!"
Writer: * visible cringe *
I hate when I say i read fanfiction and people look at me like i'm some kinky monster like-
honey, I have read better quality fanfiction than anything you've read in your *life*
some fanfics that are published are good. my favorite one is shadows upon netherfield her writing is just as bewitching as pair of fine eyes (P and P reference anyone) but I haven't even seen/read 50 shades of grey nor would I want to.
Fanfiction reader woes: Trying to find fanfics that don’t involve shipping.
ƒαιтн αят
Yet I’m the one who only reads fanfics that has ships
Haha, try the Good Omens fandom. Most of it involves ineffable husbands. Not that I'm complaining.
Bullshit. Doesn't exist.
Idk, if u search for super messed up ones, ya know character deaths, mental illness, basically all angst and depressing relatability you shouldnt find too much shipping going on
GAWD ain't that the truth!
"I'm invested in the plot it's too late now."
How fans felt when Game of Thrones season 8 happened lol.
Am still salty about that
@@ahardworker2154 I went through all the stages of grief at once when the Battle of Winterfell happened so by the time Daenerys burned King's Landing I was just kind of numb to it all lol.
@@TheRibottoStudios well we can always look forward to the books when they come out (two more to go)
@@ahardworker2154 *sobs*
@Morro me with Steven Universe lol
*Got the perfect storyline and basically spent the whole night making a fic in my head*
too lazy to type a sentence
Me holding my phone with my notes in my hand, meanwhile playing out all the good ideas for fanfiction in my head.
One hour later: why tf didn't I write any of that down???
Me.
5:46 - But when you're writing fanfiction, it's still another person's character, their baby, can't help but feel you need to respect them some way or another.
Oh my gosh THIS. I was writing a fic with my friend's original character in it and I like- sent them snippets asking if I was writing them right lol
I try to stick to canon or with what au that I try to follow what is either generally accepted in fanon if they have no set personality in canon. but I try to stick to canon reactions or actions if possible.
I actually feel the creators looking over my shoulder as I write their characters. Jhonen Vasquez has taken up permanent residence in my head.
A massive one is "Oh, you write fanfiction? That's weird."
"I swear, it's not"
"But, it's like anime sex, right?"
"... No. Why does everyone assume that?"
*Looks at the ungodly hoard of dirty fics plaguing the name of fanfiction*
"... I mean... I understand. But! Some fics use it in a beautiful way to add to the rising tension or love building throughout the story!"
"... So you read smut."
"Wha- no! I mean... not in a dirty way..."
I can sympathize with you
I feel this....
Dude this is literally everything I’ve ever written ever XD
this hit me harder than my pens hitting the walls every ten minutes.
Me
Not gonna lie, this is accurate
True
very true
Completely true
I thought this was just me who did this
GQ! Frisk yeah it is
ah yes, the first person betrayal, never ceases to make me cry after finally finding the perfect fic
Why do people hate First Person so much?
@@DaisyFlow14 makes you feel like it's you, even if you are aware that 1st person character is another character. It does work when it's y/n fanfics but otherwise it just feels too self insert-y and can make ppl cringe.
Me, who much more comfortable on writing first person POV narrative than third person POV: **Sweating nervously**
@@angelicaph483same--💀
@@Its_gettingLateDon't worry, there are at least some fanfictions that are received somewhat well while still being first person. Admittedly the most famous one that I know of was written by an author who had a big following and had previously written several well-received third-person fanfictions. So that probably made a difference. But it still is possible.
Although I might have a bit of bias since I'm also writing in the first person.
My problem is I think of a ✨perfect✨scene but have no idea how to start or end the fic
"If you want a certain fic, you have to write it yourself"
*AHAHAH NO-*
I feel like that
I never write a big text in english sooo... no
Aurascent Storm that’s literally me 😂😂 I’ll try and find a fic and when I can’t find it, I tell that to myself. Let’s just say that those fics still don’t exist
Please don't, I already started too many to ever finish any of them
True
The best quote ever:
“Maybe if I do this then I can see where my plot is going.”
**has a piece of paper on her face**
so accurate
I cqnt stop laughing help- 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
I can relate that
I am someone who is writing a fanfic with setting and characters from a franchise. And I gotta say, the struggles of keeping the characters as close to canon as possible is a struggle... and also a way to lose motivation to write. Especially when you're out of the fandom but still want to complete this one fanfic.
Relatable TvT
2:54 "knowing a fic has a tragic ending and reading it anyway"
_stares at In Another Life bookmark on AO3_
For some reason, I now really wanna read this,pls send the link if you can find it
before reading that i was like "I already know it's tragic, why should I cry? 🤷♂️" then transition to me bawling ugly when Bokuto started to have speech problems because of his sickness
Me: *to teacher* i like to write in my free time
Teacher: can i see?
Me: *sweats thinking about that smut i wrote*
Oml😂😂
why was this me in 6th grAde-
uM wElL i aM iN yEaR 6 (uk) sO
i actually am 11 tho so kjdsdjskjdks
@@sophiaa8494 lmao I'm in 7th and 12 year old
Opens Fic
Sees "I"
Closes Fic Immediately
_i felt that in my soul_
What if it's from a character's perspective?
Also you. I avoid reader insert like plege
Uh... is there an issue with first person? Second person I totally understand, but what’s the issue with first person?
Yeah first person is fine, I just dont like insert reader.
@@jaxusr235 sometimes it can sound really cringey. Don't get me wrong there can be great first person stories but alot of them are cringe.
as a new writer, i just experienced the first one today
The area of “the beginning is good, the end is good, what the f*** is this middle though” describes my struggles as a writer, I can come up with a beginning and an end, how do I get there though-
*“InSpIrAtIoN hAs StRuCk Me LiKe A lIgHtNiNg RaHd!!!!!”*
_LITERALLY ME_
My inspiration usually hits while I'm at work and can't do anything about it.
It normally hits me when I’am trying to S L E E P
It happens to me at random moments lol
okay but me in school during this math test and it was literally the best plot idea and i forgot it :(
1,000th like uwu
*sees smut* “WhAt aRE thEY eVEn dOINg?!” *Keeps reading smut*
I can relate that so much.
omg i hate this i feel so attacked
**writes smut**
Me writing my Star Wars and Harry Potter Fanfiction:
*Having to work out how Wizards and Force sensitives are the same,*
*If I should make Midiclorian's and Wizarding Genes the same*
*My last braincell trying to split school and writing*
*How the fuck does politics work, HOW DOES IT WORK*
*Being a teenager*
*Hours of research*
*Working out ages, times and dates*
*Science*
Could you send the link of the fic???? Please?
@@andehuimatadamas5643 I've also decided to discontinue it since I want to write my more original stories and other fanfic projects,
Really felt the "Surprise smut" one- Some legit go from a 0 to a 100 real quick-
when you’re writing a fanfiction and your worried that your not capturing their personality right
Evelyn5000 bruh that is literally the most nerve wracking thing. I legitimately stopped trying to write stories with already established characters because I feel like I can’t write them correctly lmao 😂
when i write fics i draw inspiration from my egos and personalities. i cast myself but with a different name
why doesnt this comment have more likes.
Same, I started writing a fan fic that's basically enemies to lovers but I feel like the characters aren't hating each other enough and I am therefore writing them wrong cause that's how they be ;-;
they're acting too considerate lol I might just revise the plot I had in mind but whatever
Literal mood
Me developing a fanfic:
10% coming up with oc ideas, ships, ending, setting, plot points
90% trying to fill my thousands of plotholes
I once wrote something about a highschool au, and they were on a party and got drunk. They were 16.
LIKE HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THAT EARLIER-
THIS IS ME
The plot holes are there so your characters can breath
@@cinnie_bun i mean, if you live in americs that's pretty normal
Meeee 😭😂
The thing that bugs the most as a fanfic writer is when I have the perfect story... plot and dialogue all imagined in my head to the last detail... then I start writing it, and it feels like I'm writing crap for my 1st draft.. smh
Same. I’m also the type who has many ideas in my head, but they never see the light of day since most of these ideas are random prompts, and outlines scattered across multiple notebooks
the version that exists is always going to be better than the version in your head, because it exists. ive lost so many amazing stories to the blackhole of my memory where no one will ever read them. it takes work (revisions, drafts, editing) to truly realize your vision, but it's worth it in the end to make your story tangible and real, able to be shared with other people
I relate way too much to "trying to leave the perfect comment"
Current fanfic mood: Being able to keep a perfectly straight face while reading smut but also squealing and giggling during great fluff fics
Mood
Yes lol. Because fluff has more heart, and unless there is also a bit of fluff in the smut that has me going "aww" (like if one of them says something sweet and/or funny) or give me warm feelings of happiness in my chest, I'm just gonna keep a straight face.
Alex Fierro Ez.
Accurate 😂
Reading smut in a room full off people and pulling it off like reading a boring business email is a skill I tell you
I want to read some spicy fanfiction
*5 minutes later*
I regret everything....
Warm Lillie I felt that
*continues to read fic after fic in disgust*
We might be a bunch of masochists.
Hermione × Snape fanfics disguised as something else (such as Hannibal Lecter becoming the school psychologist).
I did not write it, by the way.
OMG MEEEE
The reason that she only spent 20 minutes during lunchtime and got so much good stats
*Is because food brings creativity*
When I start writing a new fanfic and it has a really good idea and I have a really good story for the AU and then you write way too much *and lose motivation and then you never work on it again because of it.* Then also you compare your writing to someone else and then realize your fanfic is literally just a bunch of words mushed together and it is probably incredibly boring to read. After that you lose a ton of inspiration and stop writing for 2 weeks and then come back to see your comment is full with people spamming you to update or you just realize you spent hours writing it and it got no reads at all. Can relate to all of these, nice, especially when your friends find out you write fanfiction and then think you write a ton of smut which is the exact opposite of what I do. Pain.
Me: Writes for a really empty fandom cause it's really empty and these two idiots deserve more love.
Me: Gets essentially no feedback cause it's a really empty fandom.
Me: Surprised pikachu face.
Omg I kinda feel you but in a different situation. Just got into the fandom when the quarantine started but the fandom is not that active anymore. *It's too late now*
i’m writing starkid one shots and the community isn’t like the biggest, but it’s still a bit big?? hahahah
Honestly. I've made it my goal to write for underrated ships, yet I still get disappointed when they get no traction :(
@@nayabsanchez3972 awww it's okay. I feel you. My ship isn't as popular as others tho they're not really that underrated. But yeah, other ships have a lot of fans than my ship and I can see it from the number of readers and aside the fact that I just entered the fandom this year.
@@nayabsanchez3972 just continue to write and one day, you'll see the result. Even though my fanfic is not that popular and not that good compared to others, I still receive kudos and comments about it which makes me smile since there are people who appreciate and enjoy it!
7 chapters into a fic: surprise smut
Me: *stares at T rating in betrayal*
sarcomeresarecool I feel you, it’s like ok, this is teen, this will be pretty clean, sure, maybe a damn or something, but not s*x!
Sees s*x: YOU SAID IT WAS TEEN
Same, I got betrayed. Absolutely nothing of warning anywhere and then HOLY CRAP THEY DID WHAT?
OMG the ratings are total fakes sometimes. I remember reading a fic rated K when I was, like, 12...and immediately closing out of it when people started taking off clothes. Nopenopenopenope--
@Good Day what, in a fic rated G or T??????
@Good Day i was specifically complaining about fics on ao3--which has ratings g (general), t (teen), m (mature), and e (explicit)--which are rated T and then deliver highly explicit smut
*
The problem isn't the smut lol, it's the fact that the rating is highly misleading
I'm also a fanfiction writer who is like "well, there'll probably be around 6 chapters to this. Oh.... now I have notes for 12 characters..... HOLD ON HOW DID I GET THE IDEA/NOTES FOR 26 CHAPTERS!?"
me, at 2am, approx November 2020: *I’m gonna write this amazing chapter!*
Me, last night, re-reading said chapter: *WHY DOES IT STOP IN THE MIDDLEEEEEE??? WHAT THE HELLL?*
My personal favorite is “I started this and I know exactly how to get from the start to the end but I literally just cannot.”
THANK YOU
FOR PUTTING IT INTO WORDS
Like, I wrote out the entire plot on my notebook and it's there, ready, but I just won't write it.
RIGHT?!
Ikr
SAME
Coley: THIS PLOT IS A MESS
one-shot writers: 😎
absolute mood.
I love reading those lmao they’re so fun.
I write oneshots
I do that in my originals. Idk how many time I reformed the plot
I write the too
Ahaha it's true never disregard the tag and warnings, as a reader its normal for me to ignore them but when I've read fanfictions I've got traumatized and swear to always read the tags before reading. Well in general I've learned to consider the mature content warnings of the authors.
Years ago, I was criticized on writing a bad fanfiction. I didn't take it well and stopped writing fanfiction for an entire year.
What a mooddd. Granted, my fanfic was pretty bad but it’s some traumatizing words. I hope you keep writing though! For that one bad comment, there might be dozens of silent readers eagerly awaiting for updates!
@@isleofivies9741 I have a webnovel account now.
Lets alll pretend we don’t recognize that website...
ao3? what's an ao3? never heard of her
;)
At least its better than Fanfiction . net or Wattpad
Why is ao3 better than Fanfiction.net? I mean I understand when you talk about wattpad but Fanfiction.net?
@@giadaisabella7005 The kudos system is nicer than favorites in my objective opinion, and the ao3 search engine is a lot better (unlimited and specific tags, in particular, make it so much easier to find fanfiction you actually want to read). Also, ao3 is a more aesthetic and user friendly platform. And ffn has ads. Ao3 is just a superior platform, Fight me.
Mom: stop being on your phone so much, go read a book.
Me: *_u h_*
Same tho
OMG THIS IS SO TRUE
This hurt me
Ha
ME
Me: doesnt update in literal months
also me: updates again within 2 days of updating
writer's block
having too many ideas at once
unable to connect the dots
the "complete" fic
knowing all the details but "whAt'S plOT?"
abandoning the fic (cuz i honestly suck at writing)
the less work, the better (I swear to god I'm legit in science class and writing...)
Author: Oh you’re wondering about my fanfic?
Fanfic: *Burning in all nine realms*
Author: It’s fine I guess
Mom: What are you doing?
Me: I'm just writing.
Mom: Oh, can I read?
Me: *frantically searches for some sentences that don't make it obvious I'm writing Drarry fanfiction*
Me looking in my "tag: religious conflict" stories for something that isn't anti-christian, or a conflict the pagans didn't win...
BAHAHAHAHA
Same
Me when my parents learned I wrote fanfic and half my stories are my mxm otp... I just sent them my WTS fic because it's the only one that isn't...
Edit: I literally said in the first chapter of one of the fics (and I quote):
"Hulac shot up. Theron looked worried. The Raginis brother shook as the nightmare replayed in his mind. His husband would die. He couldn't let that happen."
Me: "Nope, nobody gets to read what I write, this is private."
"Being unable to connect the dots"
See, this is why I only have one fanfiction out and I haven't even finished it...Goddmanit why is it so hard to think of what to do to get to point freaking B!!!!
3:39 BRO, THEY DIDN’T PUT THE SMUT TAGS!!! I SWEAR! Honestly tho idk why they didn’t put the tag on there, how would I have know my eyes would need bleaching.
me: *writing fanfiction*
my mom: you write so much, youre gonna need to show me that story youre writing if its that good
*my mind flashing back into all of the bad words and sexual tension* hhhhhhaha no
ME
I so do that. I write fanfics all the time, and I don't let anybody read them. Maybe someday though if they're good enough.
My mom just asked me that because I wouldn't stop shoving my book cover design in her face.
I have a lot of regrets .
Me🙋🙋
Yeah not bad words or sexual tension (OK a Lil bit just a Lil bit) I am just embarrassed to know all that little stuff that I know besides the x reader that I wrote is just my mom finding out isn't the best thing that can happen
Fanfiction written in the 1st person is literal Satan
I don't get it tho, what's wrong with it?
Vicki Barkley I guess it’s because they’re two separate people in the ship with their own ship name, and it’s just weird if u kinda inserted itself into their lives like that. Even if they’re fictional characters, it still sounds weird
@@vickibarkley2810
First-person isn't bad in itself, especially when related fiction is consistent with it. Animorphs (showing my age, haha) is an example of a series that consistently uses first person even when the POV changes over time. A fanfic based on that would be expected to be in first person.
The reason first-person has gotten a bad rap in fanfiction in particular is because it tends to go hand-in-hand with author self-insert. And self-insert, as I'm sure you've noticed, tends to be rife with gratuitous wish fullfillment to the detriment of the work.
@Vicki Barkley Yeah basically what BonaparteBardithion said. When your reading about your ships getting together to. keep reading the pronouns “I” and “my” and “me”... it’s a very strange, unpleasant feeling most people don’t want to experience.
Obviously self insert and first person are not the same thing and first person can be a very good method to use... for many, it’s just way to similar to self insert for comfort. If you don’t get why many find self insert so cringy, I recommend Coleys’ vid “more popular fanfiction tropes” around the end, I think it was the last skit.
I raise you second person. It's rare, bit it's awful
As a fanfiction writer myself, I had gone through my own self homemade hell-hole, and pass through many stages of grief a couple of times, and it hits harder than before.
I don't know what I'm doing as a writer, but I just did it
I love having no standards what so ever and a burning resolve to refuse authority which means I love reading 1st and 2nd P.O.V's because my teacher hated that I liked to write my fiction stories 1st person because I'm a poetic asshole
Me: This is such a good fic!
Author: I'm sorry for this trashy fic so I am discontinuing it. This is so bad OMGGG JUST SOOOO BAD
Me: *chokes*
im just happy no one seemed to care about my only published fic
i could delete it without feeling bad because no one said they liked it
i didnt like it at all and it only had two chapters when i deleted it
might try rewriting it
This happened with my favorite fic and I just started sobbing. It had so much emotion and it was so beautifully written but the author deleted their account as a whole. 😔
I tend to apologize in my fanfics for having bad grammar or writing skills sometimes, but I still keep those stories for other people to enjoy. It makes me sad when people discontinue or delete their stories because they think its bad.
I finished a book early because I wrote it two years ago and it was HORRIBLE, the only reason i'm keeping it up is bc it has nearly 7k views
Same, I feel your pain. Honestly, it annoys me, because WHY THE FUCK ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE GOOD AUTHORS DISCONTINUING THEIR WRITTEN WORKS?!
You forgot one! When everything looks alright:
- Interesting summary
- Favorite/Good/Canon ship (Take your pick)
- The right tags
- Decent word count (I tend to immediately skip fanfics that have a way too low word count for certain amount of chapters like: 500 words for 7 chapters)
- Fricking everything else you want!!
And then you click.... AND IT'S ONE GIANT BLOCK OF TEXT!! Not a single time the author got even CLOSE to the enter key, sentences run for waaaay too long, author clearly doesn't know when to use comma and when to end with a period (I was guilty of this one in my first fanfic), and you're just left wondering how the fuck they saw nothing wrong with it
That's just a crime on the eyes. How do you even keep track of what you were writing that way?
Bonus points for not using spell- or grammar-check even though most computers will do it automatically now.
@@BonaparteBardithion The only way I can (sometimes) read those blocks of text is when I'm reading on mobile....But it's still annoying as fuck
Props for those who manage to keep track of it, now never write like that again xD
Okay, honestly, stuff like this happens on Wattpad all the dang time. It was my first introduction to where one can write and read fanfiction and stuff, so that's why I have it. That's why I'm forever salty when one of the good writers that could have their stuff on AO3 have maybe 1k reads or something, but literal trash stuff or stuff that could definitely be better has over 500k.
Hahaha, omg, yes!
❤😂❤
I love this
HOLY SHIT YES I HATE I CANT EVEN WITH BLOCK TEXTS
as a writer; the first one had me feeling attacked so damn much, I fell from my chair. lmao..
and as a reader; finding a "complete" fic with that kind of 'I discontinued this' ending is the worst heartache I ever had..
Gosh as a young fanfic writer everything in this applies to me especially people pestering me for updates. Like i have a life outside writing I have school work, I have chores, I have friends and family. Also sometimes I just don't feel like writing and I don't want to throw some crappy chapter at y'all just to get an update out.
“I am a terrible writer, I am never writing again”
Me, questioning HOW I’m in English honors. 😂
Same thing here lmao
ME! I'm actually shit at analyzing and shit.
Me, except it applies to Global/History honors, we do a lot of writing. XD
r i g h t
Same
*my friend reading a (person) x reader fanfic*
her: this fanfic is terrible
me: so why won't you stop reading it
her: its so funny
One time I read a bunch of x readers about a character that I really dislike. He's an ass and lacks self awareness until he's already hurt the people he cares about. I read through several x readers, though.
That’s so my sister
I hate reader fics.... with a passion
I'm embarrassed now bc reader fics are like 95% of what I read😔😤
@@briannamccray7947 still, valid
Me: ✍️
Mom: Can I read it?
My mind: bruh it’s Taekook.
Me: *slowly closing the app* Oopsie, I deleted it. Sorry mom.
amen
it's what? 🙂🔪
@@mars4322 Taekook
Mom: can I read it?
Me: *throws phone out the window* sorry what?