There is truly something wild about reading a real actual published novel that is actually just three AO3 fanfics in a trenchcoat
I’ve read some real masterpieces on ao3 that need to be published for the world to see. Unfortunately, it seems only the deep dark trenches of ao3 writing gets published
Ways to increase your chances of finding a good story on ao3:
Minimum words: 40-50k
Status: complete
Make sure the word to chapter ratio makes sense, at least double the number of chapters. For instance, a 10 chapter fic should have at least 20k words. The higher the word count ratio the better. You know it may not be as good or serious if there or 40 chapters and 32k words.
Look at the tags, and filter out tags for tropes or ships you don't like. It may take a couple of scrolls to find what you want but I've found a BUNCH of amazing fics with this, at least in the DCU Fandom. the filter system is also a lot better than wattpad and a lot easier to navigate.
Plus ao3 isn't as bad as wattpad💀, I swear that app is just mostly kids with the worst tropes in mind
@@loveemily1589there are physical copies of all the young boys (the big hp fan series)
And also at least one of Jeff the killer that I know about do to Jenny Nicolson
the pain when lexi said "she is not a dairy aisle" LMAO
I cannot with authors using "cream" to describe female wet/come. It grosses me out SO much.
29:33 say what you will - there is something so delightful about this cartoon character of a man with a fanny pack full of grenades. it’s like the author has actually never gone outside or had a conversation. it’s so detached from reality
The way he's written and the way Lexi read him has him looking like Michelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV show) in my brain
Idk some of the people i see out and about with fanny packs could definitely be hiding grenades in there 😂 me included
Girl you look EXHAUSTED halfway through the video 😭😭
Shes had enough
Hehe I am sat, comfortable, and ready to get kidnapped by a mafia boss, go clubbing, get kidnapped AGAIN by his rival at the club, and then be saved, BUT THEN actually fall in love with his rival instead of himm!!! 🤭🤭🤭
the occupations of "misogyny" and "knife" one after the other knocked me out
the day lexi stops posting is the day i delete this app
I don’t use the app, so I guess I’m just chucking my devices out the window should that happen.
Seeing the light leave Lexi's eyes as she continued to talk about Den of Vipers was a trip.
"The bartender spikes the orange juice, cause news flash that's still a drink"
So many funny quotes in this video but that one in particular really got me lmao
Okay but a mafia man prepping for a shoot-out by making tacos and putting them in a fanny pack is truly so funny to me
watching den of vipers slowly steal the light from your eyes was quite the experience
So many books are getting away with the “ just turned 18” character like we are supposed to think it’s not slightly on some ped0 stuff.
It's got the same energy as "an employer who pays you the minimum wage is saying they would pay you less if they wouldn't get in trouble for it." Barely legal is almost creepier than outright underage because at least the latter is self aware. The former is putting thought and planning into it.
yeah, tell that to Penelope Douglas 🤣 i read only the Devil's Night series because that one is somewhat decent, and didn't want to hear about her other books when i saw that the main characters from these books are only 18 and hanging around grown ass adults. also, what's even worse is that she was a teacher before becoming a full time author which gave me the ick so bad
Bruh. My Irish American family continues to hold grudges against a load of people we’ve never even met (including the whole of England). My dad marrying someone who wasn’t a full blooded Irish woman was like actually a problem. I cannot imagine the solution to a massive feud between the Irish mafia and the Italian mafia being to MIX THEIR BLOODLINES
everything in my body is physically recoiling at the words "mafia romance" but i'll still tune in for you
this is how this entire video production process felt for me actually so you're in safe hands
The 200,000 word trashy AU that you visit at 10PM and finish into the early morning just hits different, so true bestie
That last one with the "this character has repetitive thoughts because she is high-IQ" line had me speechless for a good ten minutes, lmao. That's not a symptom of high intelligence. That's called rumination, and it's just a symptom of stress. And, sure, you can have a character with obsessive thought patterns, but it is very difficult to do so without annoying the reader or sounding like you're just padding the word count. Which she did not avoid. And then she went out of her way to insult the reader by calling it a "high-IQ" thing like they wouldn't be "high-IQ" enough to know better.
She went out of her way to write that note but not to fix the repetitive writing 💔
I was wondering about that lol. I wonder if she was going for the whole savant thing, since repetition can be associated with autism??? Either way, crazy excuse for repetitive writing 😭
The fact that she felt it was necessary to write a note explaining that the repetition was A Correct Characterization Choice, Actually, was just the reddest of red flags an author's note could possibly be.
the way i was so ready to cozy up with a new lexi vlog and forget about finals season and then the first book starts slandering my entire nation 😭😭 (i'm polish)
I feel like ‘the bar is in a place worse than hell’ accurately describes this genre
I thought I was prepared for whatever you were about to explain however I could never have been prepared for the smashing stabbing scene
I wasn’t prepared for the fact that it happens not even half way through the book 😦
I went straight to my goodreads account and deleted den of vipers from my tbr. Thank you for your service.
“My Mom sold me to One Direction”
Hahaha this video is pure fricken gold “me when the mafia men that bought me are hot” *lexi gives us her best sexy face* I DIED!!!!
“If capture. Why so hot?”
“Then they kidnap a judge to marry Roxxy to all of them well just Roxxy not the guys because that would be gay” hahaha
“Then they get a house and paint it black like all their souls”
Also side note aren’t these men brothers???? Not only would marriage be gay but also Incest???
no haunting Adeline is a crime because that book is so crazy i only trust you, our loyal soilder, to read it
“She is not a dairy aisle” PLZZZ😭😂
God bless you for always going through the trenches for your viewers.
The cartoons at the front of brutal Prince made me cringe so hard I instinctively closed TH-cam
THE TACO COMMENT IS LITERALLY SO ONE DIRECTION MAFIA FAN FICTION AND I WILL NEVER UNSEE IT
lexi being audibly on the verge of tears throughout den of vipers was truly the icing on the cake
I am so sorry for how shitty most of these books were but I will say this video made my weekend. I can’t stop laughing. This truly brightened my day.
sometimes i just put on videos out loud while my bf is playing video games in the bg so he will like tune in and out. the way we both just stopped what we were doing when u were explaining some of the stuff from den of vipers. i looked over to see if he was paying attention or if I was just suffering alone and he had paused the game and had his head in his hands.
excellent video. now I just wish we cld all forget den of vipers.
I started screaming “NO LEXI” when I saw the cover of den of vipers. You are a warrior for getting through that.
If you are in it for the self-torture (and you DID survive Creedence!), check out the "Vicious Lost Boys" series by Nikki St. Crowe. It's a "why choose" dark fantasy retelling of Peter Pan with a girl who calls herself, no joke, "Winnie W*ore". The best part of the four books - they are super super short. The worst part - well, all of the words, the characters and the plot (using that word lightly). The perfect hate read and maybe a contender for worse than these books. Seriously, she gets smashed by a tree.
@@newlynova I promise she's not exaggerating. Not a little bit. 😂
Not gonna lie, you kinda of sold me these books, I am nothing but CURIOUS.
@@jessicajessica4392 If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can get them that way. The tree smashing happens in the 2nd book. They are seriously all gang b@ng p*rn with no plot at all.
THE WAY I RAN WHEN I SAW THE NOTIFICATION 😭😭😭😭 was literally debating over which video of yours i was gonna rewatch
The slow, creeping horror I experienced wondering why "RuNyx" sounded so familiar, then remembering they wrote Gothikana (which is also believed to be a fanfic with the serial numbers filed off)
Losing my mind over roxxane wearing signed killers merch (presumably by mr. Brandon flowers himself), love that for her
lexi you're my low commitment (posting a video every two weeks when i'm lucky) long distance best friend!!
The amount of times “whiskey and sin” was mentioned in the predator was why I suspected it was a fan fiction, so I’m glad we found that out hahah
I was waiting for Den of Vipers and you did not disappoint. The characters winked so much I though they had eye problems.
the outfit description at 14:50 was so 2014 tumblr that it gave me war flashbacks
I'm not surprised that the last one was a fanfic, considering Runyx also wrote Gothikana which most people agree is a Snape x Harmoine University AU
the segway to the nordvpn sponsorship was SMOOOTH
Ok so random but you NEED to read ‘Sunburn’ … I think you will love it. It’s a sapphic coming of age novel with the most beautiful writing!!
This was one of my favourite books this year! Irish literary fiction is cooking!!
I literally was thinking, “I wonder if Lexi knows about my immort-ah yep there we go” at 15:18 😂
Having graduated from wattpad university, I think it's so funny that I have never read any mafia romance but I feel like I have read all of them at the same time😂
28:55 “that would be gay” unfortunate. as i feel every one of these books are missing their full potential 😔
I’m halfway through and I am absolutely ROLLING laughing at your descriptions of Den of Vipers. 😭
I didn’t LOVE the predator at first..that being said after reading all the books in the series (5 total) I just fell in love with the characters and story and you can pry these books from my cold dead hands
The suffering you endured is appreciated, now I won't have to wonder about these books and waste my own mental capacity. Thank you for your service.
bound by honor literally broke me in the sense where i wanted to jump off a bridge. i still have trauma.
i vividly remember the words "he will fvck you bloody" uttered by the woman he cheats on her with
@@newlynova i read four books in the series trying to figure out what the russians were planning in the b plot, and came to the conclusions that the russians don't know they're supposed to be planning something
Honestly the “tactical ballet flats” made me starting crying laughing. This video is a gem 🤣🩷
I read Misery recently and the fact that Diesel calls her dirty bird just makes me think of Annie in that book😭
my whole summer has been watching newly nova on repeat, and I am NOT upset about it
I love being able to vicariously experience these books thru you, bc i genuinely never would read them myself. And the way I would absolutely EAT UP a "truly deranged/thorough roast" type video of den of vipers
Oh my god the fanfiction rant at the end was something I SO relate and never had articulated before. The way I *consumed* fanfiction between the ages of 11-16 is truly mind-boggling now as a fully grown adult. But it's also a time that I look back on rather fondly, haha.
this is random but i've never really read books since highschool, then i came across your credence video and ended up watching half of your channel, because of this i checked out babel from my local library a couple days ago! thank you so much for inspiring me to start reading again
It is really funny to me you could technically say that credence inspired you to start reading again lol
Even you describing the smut scene in Den of Vipers terrified me. Thank you for taking one for the team so I never read it.
unrelated, but your hair (and entire look) was super cute at 2:00
“She is not a dairy isle” is iconic honestly
Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated, I had a very fun time here today.
Lexi has become my comfort TH-camr I appreciate her so much
waaar flashbacks when i heard the name Runyx, i truly felt like a sleeper agent
The way I stop everything and snuggle in the moment I'm notified about one of your videos
I read the title and cackled. I’m sending love and prayers, hope you recover LMFAO
The way you prefaced the "graphic" scene and I just KNEW which scene you were talking about. 😂 I remember that scene so vividly and it lives rent free in my mond against my will. 😭
Everytime she sais "den of vipers" I hear denim vipers and the thought of snakes in little jeans greatly improved my experience, thank you😊
NEW LEXI VIDEO AN HOUR AFTER I OFFICIALLY TYPE THE LAST WORDS OF MY MASTER'S THESIS? i feel blessed
"Those codes were her Frankenstein"? Tell me she didn't read Frankenstein without telling me lol
My favorite booktuber blesses us with her sick acting skillls
Some truly wonderful and whimsical earrings in this vid. I kept looking at the wave ones to cope with what I was hearing
I can't help but picture, in about 10-15 years from now, a handful of booktubers gathering in a poorly lit room in a church basement somewhere, discussing the trauma they experienced while reading high volumes of booktok recs. Not unlike combat veterans discussing the horrors of war.
Loved the video! 😂 Admittedly I don't mind some well written AO3 mafia romance, but I have yet to find an actual published book that slaps the same way. Thank you for yet another gem of a video!
I think the only thing worse than reading the Den of Vipers book is listening to the audiobook. I actually hurt myself from falling out of my chair from laughing and cringing so hard.
Living in a place that is still affected by mafia organizations the concept of "mafia romance" makes me want to throw myself in a volcano, but your commentary is the only way I can get through any of it so thank you for your sacrifice 😂
Hiii, just wanted to say thank you so much for documenting your periods of struggles. They really helped me cope with my soul crushing A level exam stress knowing that other ppl can also be going through it. It made me feel seen. Thank you so much for displaying the more human side of content creation, it rlly makes a difference :))
When you said this felt like Wattpad and what you really wanted is AO3 I instantly knew what you meant, how did you describe something so specific so well
Im so sorry but watching you speedrun the 5 stages of grief during my lunch break is the highlight of my week and it's only monday
wow! i’m so early 😭
anyways, just wanted to say that Sophie Lark is honestly the only Dark Romance author I really enjoy. I like her FMCs and the respect she gives them by allowing them to process their feelings and the situations they get into with the MMCs. Every other author seems to gloss over the traumas and turmoils, and go straight to what always ends up being just a watered down version of Stockholm Syndrome. - Just my personal opinion though! 💕
6:55 just talks about drowning so normally 🥲
not to intentionally beg you to walk through hell, but i will now be checking twice daily for a full plot recap of den of vipers. thank you for your service
Den of vipers was the only book that i dnf ed
I couldn’t take it anymore it disgusted me profusely 😭 the whole “shes mine she will be my wife im gonna make her mine” FROM ALL FOUR OF THEM 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Having read Den of Vipers, it's truly validating to see someone else have the terrible experience I did because I hated that so much. I annotated it for my friend as a joke and most of the notes are just "???????"
you deserve a congressional medal of honor for this
1st: Congrats on the new apartment, hope its everything and more
2nd: Thank you for enduring the pain of reading these so that i did not have to
3rd: thank you for making a vid long enough for me eat to
4th: "She is not a dairy aisle" is one of my favorite sayings ever now
my condolences about like, every book you picked up, thank you for your sacrifice
The way this is going to get me through all my unpacking... thanks for taking one for the team. Your videos are always this perfect blend of chaos and art and humor and I love them so much. Thank you!
the den of vipers struggle was so relatable. "this is not a dairy aisle" both made me feel seen and induced nam-veteran-adjacent flashbacks.
You're so well spoken.... it's make me obsessed with your video..
The monotone voice adds so much to the beginning it’s so funny.
the face i made when she mentioned being a rocker chick followed by the killers. baby, the killers is rock for theatre kids (i love them btw)
i’m a simple human, i see a Lexi video, i immediately watch and like 🤷🏻♀️
“The smile that didn’t reach her eyes or the breath she didn’t know she was holding” I love you!!!😂😂😂😂😂
I have never attempted to read Den of Vipers because the reviews scared me, I am glad I avoided it. Thank you for taking that bullet for us.
I picked up Den of Vipers expecting a stupid goofy romance but oh my god the writing was so bad. There was a major editing miss early on and I was like ?? The characterization?? I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thought of My Immortal 💀 you’re so brave for reading past page 50
Mafia men gave me whiplash into another timezone. Thank you for your sacrifice😭
The way I SCREAMED when I got a new video notification. I love you lexiii pls don't ever stop reading bad books
The way I audibly said "Lexi Nooooo!" when den of vipers came up 😅😅
that scene you talked about in den of vipers is... WILD WTF
good lord. thank you for your service.
You’re literally my comfort person Lexie. I’m sending you comfort ❤
me jumping to get a snack, drink, blanket, and airpods to prepare for 50 minutes of joy 😝😝
Not Ebony-- 😭 😭
Was NOT expecting to get reminded of My Immortal today.
The flashbacks are real, man.
My favorite trope now is bad books referencing universally beloved literature as a way of pretending to be a better book
with movies i call this neil breen syndrome. the book equivalent is, what, e.l. james syndrome?
I immediately thought of Bella in Twilight being an Brontë/Jane Austen girlie
When did this ever happen lmao
Amen 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Also "After" mentioning Pride and Prejudice lmao@@deargodwhyamihere