Most shows I’ve seen that mention fan fiction readers/writers portray them as kinda oddball super-geeks with no lives or social skills.

So I wanna take a moment to appreciate the fact that in Parks & Recreation, the character who writes fan fiction is the intelligent, successful, and good-looking primary love interest of the main character.

Also I want to read the full fic he wrote.

let’s pour one out for the fics that you had perfectly planned in your head, those ones where you knew what was going to happen scene by scene and you had specific lines already written and you just daydreamed ‘em on repeat for days on end and you never wrote anything down because there’s no way you would forget that detail or that line but then you didn’t have the time to write it or the energy or the push and then a few months later you remember only the vaguest idea no matter how hard you think about it and you know there was more but its gone forever now…

RIP, stories i’ve forgotten. you were great.  i wish i could have gotten you out in time

current mood

Here’s my @thylabang 2017 contribution: a scene from the wonderful fic “The Wingman” by @noodleinabarrel! This fic is like a super fun rom-com romp, definitely go check it out along with all the other fantastic submissions from this round!

(Find the fic on AO3 here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/11320299/chapters/25337865)

imagine your otp… no. don’t imagine your otp. imagine my otp. and write fanfics about them. cause i need something to read.

those ao3 “kudos” emails where someone has gone through and read pretty much all of your stories, one after the other: blessings upon you and your household

fanfiction writers are the best. when your favorite characters get killed off, messed up, or screwed over they just swoop in like

When you’re reading a slow burn fic and the new chapter is marked NSFW

Originally posted by lawyerreaderfandomer

Elizabeth Minkel, in her article “Why it doesn’t matter what Benedict Cumberbatch thinks of Sherlock fan fiction”

OMG OMG this article, THIS FUCKING ARTICLE. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

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Brilliantly put..

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I just love the Orlando Jones bit. Bless him.

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Read the full article, it’s wonderful

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DEAR FANFICTION WRITERS

Thanks for existing

y'all are important donT EVER FUCKIN QUIT

Problems:

Reblog if you write fanfic and would be totally down with your followers coming into you askbox and talking to you about your fic

{UnWinona}: The Importance of Mary Sue  (via ultralaser)

idk if a lot of fic readers know this but commenting on a fic can sometimes influence the entire plot or characterization in a fic. if something in the story matters to you, even saying “i’m glad you’re including x theme” can matter. 

maybe the author was going to just touch lightly on it and will now devote more time to the idea; maybe they will change the trajectory of that plot depending on what part of it matters to you; maybe they hadn’t even realized they were using an overarching theme but now see a new possible outcome for the characters. 

a lot of fic authors write because they want to add representation to the canon, and someone saying “this thing matters a lot to me” can inspire them to consider how they’re approaching that topic in their own narrative. 

Also consider, the writer may not necessarily change the outcome or focus for that particular fic because of your comment, but you may impact her consideration of those issues, and influence her writing for stories to come. And that's pretty freaking amazing too.

I needed this just now thank you.

do you ever read a fic that is so much better than the actual canon that you get angry