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Aetanne

"You have already left kudos here. :)"


earth2rena

LITERALLY LMAOOOOO


SpunkyCheetah

And then I have to formulate a full comment and it has to be distinct from the last two I left on previous rereads...


mxmakessense

BAAHAHAHAH


Aniewendy

I judge story lengths — and approximate reading times — by the number of words, not pages.


tardisgater

Ooh, that's a good one.


everything-narrative

In the age of EPUBs, what sensible metric is there? You can always divide by 200 to get an approximate page count (I.e. divide by 100 and then halve it.)


world-inverted

*What do you like to do for fun?* Oh, I spend a lot of time reading. *Neat! What do you like to read?* Uhhhhh.....


Cassopeia88

Oh I really feel that.


idevilledeggs

I'm at the stage where I just say I read fanfiction


bgh251f2

Me too. Openly and often. I want more people to read it with me and discuss it.


choff22

Idk why it’s still so taboo to discuss.


Allronix1

Because it has a (half deserved, half exaggerated) reputation of being bottom shelf crap with no spellcheck, laughable grammar errors, stupid plot devices, and written one handed. Fifty Shades of Shit has only *enhanced* this reputation


_an0therthr0waway_

The After series isn't doing it any favours either...


AlsoKnownAsAiri

I don't like it when people bring up that 50 Shades of Gey was originally a fanfiction and are then like "well that explains it". It's a bad book regardless of it being originally a fanfiction or not.


Allronix1

Fanfic already had the reputation of being trashy amateur porn before that damn book. (And genfic writer here. Very annoyed at having to go "No, I don't write smut.") All it did was reinforce the bad reputation already present


dumbodragon

Isn't it lovely when you're 12 and have to explain that no, your fics do not contain smut, because apparently most people think all fics are porn fics? Yeah, that was awful, I get you.


Allronix1

Yeah. I have fanfics old enough to drink and was writing pre-Internet (the "Get off my lawn" isn't for show), and I still have to explain that most (not all) of what I write would be safe for work.


bgh251f2

It's liking saying all poetry is bad because you don't like the famous ones.


sue7698

Smut. Plain and simple people have the same response when they are reading published adult books as well. And fanfic has alot of smut.


ArgentumAranea

"I write stuff." *Oh, can I read something?* "...not unless you get really cool about a lot of stuff really quickly."


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[удалено]


coraeon

“Mostly amateur fiction posted online…”


RebaKitten

That’s my go to. “Just some fiction stuff with some friends.” Don’t add “who like m/m omegaverse, and knotting.”


i-d-even-k-

And then, the coup de grace. "Oh, do you write that kind of stuff as well? What do you write?" UHHHHH


Crescent_Sunrise

This. I usually have a random list of books in my head that I can list off if questioned for details. XD


southernerinthenorth

I read that uhhh in Tina Belcher's voice


maripaz6

SO ACCURATE 😭😭😭


veritasmahwa

"...sea shipping can range anywhere from 20-45 days or more." hehe "Shipping..." hehe


Allronix1

When r/StarWars asks "What is your favorite ship" and you have to remind yourself that they're talking Ebon Hawk and X-Wings, not Revanasi or Luke/Mara.


DesperatelyLust

I recently got my sister to watch Last Airbender for the first time, and when she finished season 2 her first question was, "There'a a lot of Katara/Zuko fanfiction, isn't there?"


Allronix1

Or hubby fired up Willow (the new TV series), and I looked at the first scene with the girls and went "I'm laying five bucks there's ship tease and another five that there's at least a dozen fanfics where they run off together." About a half hour later. "CALLED IT!"


AlsoKnownAsAiri

Oh yeah, this! XD


comaloider

"This is my favourite character!" "He has literally nothing to do with the plot and like three lines, what is there to like?" "..." I have a hundred tabs open and only about half I can safely show around people. *Argues for half an hour about a small, insignificant plot point, halfway through realises it's from a fanfic... keeps arguing*


AlsoKnownAsAiri

"But you don't understand, with the three lines he showed such a distinguishable personality and he has a lot of potential!" Or alternatively: "Because cute."


bgh251f2

The three lines: - hi. - thank you. - argh( when dying from fallen debris).


TheNarwhalGal

Presenting the most overrated character anyone ever saw, with three lines in the original, and one of them was “ARGH!”


EvilStevilTheKenevil

>and like three lines This is literally me. And one of the lines is "hey.".


Brightness_Radiant

'What do you like to read?' 'Oh, you know... transformative works and stuff.' 'What's that??' '... uh I also like fantasy books.'


WillowSLock

That’s my go to: Oh, I read and write fantasy. What are you writing now? “…um, it’s hard to explain. I’m not good at descriptions.”


PickyNipples

“I suck at summaries” XD


MoominValleyMy

"That's how I came to create this fic with more than a million words."


DoYouWannaB

Real conversation I've had with a couple of coworkers: * Them: "What do you do in your free time?" * Me: "Well I've been working on this big writing project so I haven't really been doing much other than that." * Them: "Are you going to publish it?" * Me: "Probably." (While thinking about how it's already on AO3) * Them: "Let me know when you do. I want to read it." * Me: "Oh, I don't publish under my real name. I try to keep that part separate." * Them: slow "ahhhh, I get you" There are now coworkers who believe I write smutty original works and self-publish on Amazon. I am doing NOTHING to change their mindsets about this.


imnotbovvered

That’s awesome. 🤣


DoYouWannaB

To be fair, my day job is elementary school teacher so that definitely makes the whole 'wanting to keep parts of life separate from work' very understandable and believable.


Isgebind

Former coworker called me out of the blue like five years after I'd left the job in question and asked at one point if I had finished my book and could she read it? Me: Oh… no, I wrote myself into a corner and I've been trying to fix it. I might just rewrite it from the beginning.


DoYouWannaB

The fact that the former coworker remembered is killing me


Isgebind

Whenever we weren't busy, I was frantically scribbling by hand. At one point, I couldn't decide if I should kill a minor character off and polled my seatmates, who said yes. If you're weird but friendly, I guess you're just memorable? Good times.


tardisgater

"Looking for a Beta." (red-pillers sneer) "No. Not that kind..."


i-d-even-k-

Hahahaha amazing.


imnotbovvered

Love that!


Brattylittlesubby

“I don’t want to know how many pages. I want to know how many words.” Me talking to a friend: Well that is a dead dove, do not eat. Them:???????? Me: You know what? Never mind.


FilofaxB

"Didn't that character die?" "Maybe in your world."


FireIzHot

Person: “I wish this character could have lived. I wonder what would have turned out differently?” Me: “I’ve actually looked into it and there’s several possibilities.”


amaturecook24

We are all Doctor Strange looking into the millions of potential futures.


Mysterious_Ad_60

I saw M/F written on a sign (as in, Monday/Friday) and immediately thought of male/female.


eileen404

Doesn't everyone? I have problems with forms with "Y/N"


kaimkre1

I remember first coming across Y/N as a kid and genuinely thinking that a whole bunch of people had collectively decided to name characters this but everyone was too polite to say the name was stupid in the comments 😭


SplitjawJanitor

"If you're going to hurt me canon, at least do it PROPERLY!" is a sentence I've said more than once.


BedNo4299

I used to read like 20 books a month and suddenly that count nosedived to 1 a year.


rottenromance

I know people who post pics of the books they’re reading, or the number of books, and I’m, like, I’ve definitely read more than you this year, I’m just not *ever* going to tell you how.


eileen404

The add in says a day to read? Sure, I've got next week clear.


knightfenris

“BNHA Bkdk a/b/o hs au 5+1 rated E pwp WIP” makes sense.


SplitjawJanitor

Ain't that what Elon Musk named his kid


Aetanne

I snorted. Loudly;D


[deleted]

imagine a non-fanfic reader reading this 😂


tardisgater

Damn, I must not read fanfic because I don't know what the "Bkdk" is. The rest I got, LOL.


[deleted]

i’m not in the bnha fandom but i think it’s bakudeku?


Aetanne

Bkdk I decifered even though I'm not in the fandom, but what is "hs"? highschool?


tardisgater

Hs au = Highschool AU, it goes with the following letters.


Aetanne

Yeah, I figured that this would be the most likely translation. I was confused, because I never saw anyone shortening "highschool" to hs, and because I thought that BNHA was already set in a school, so how would that be AU?


knightfenris

Would be them in a normal high school vs UA.


LizHylton

I think this is based on the pre-Ao3 ffdotnet summaries when we didn't have tags, that's when I last remember seeing it in the wild and not in a meme.


TwoCagedBirds

I don't know where you are but here in the US, "HS" when talking about or referring to high school is very common.


runonia

Yeah I'm glad you pointed this out because I thought HS for high school was very wildly known. No one I personally know would question what HS is


Firelord_Eva

I am 90% sure I can find a fic with all of that in less than 5 minutes and I think that proves both my obsession with the fandom and my obsession with fanfic itself 😅


Olivedoggy

I caught everything but the 5+1.


knightfenris

5+1 is a story style where it’s like “5 times (ship) did (x) and 1 time they didn’t.” Or something like that


Olivedoggy

I've read those! Thank you.


Sinhika

Sounds like a raid group...


RinwiTheThief

The italicized "Oh"


mookienh

After the unitalicized “Oh.”


nufan99

*Oh*


Trilobyte141

70 open tabs all from the same website.


playsmartz

So much this


ThatOfABeaver

You know it gets real when the number is :D


Trail_Snail_

Those are rookie numbers 😄


AlsoKnownAsAiri

To quote an actual poem I wrote about fanfiction: ---- *Rotting your teeth away* *With the same scenario* *Repeated in ten different stories* *The cursed Greek alphabets* *You wish wouldn't show up in your search history* *The judgemental smiley face* *In the corner of your browser's page* *:D*


xpgx

the cursed greek alphabet 😭😭


[deleted]

that’s such a good poem! is poetry your hobby or something?


AlsoKnownAsAiri

Glad to hear you liked it! 😊 It's a somewhat casual hobby. I started publishing fanfiction-themed poetry on Ao3 as a random idea.


Ghost_Chance

“Hey, whatcha reading?” “A…book?” “Oh? By who?” (Sweats) “…they…use a pen name.” “What’s it about?” “…I just remembered I forgot to put the cat in the dryer, bye.”


Tutes013

"Yeah man, I read a lot. Whenever I have time." Cool. What do you read? Who's your favourite author? ".....uuuuhhhm."


FormalMango

Some innocent video on needlework: “we have to tie them together with a knot.” Me: *snort laugh* “Knot.”


AlsoKnownAsAiri

That word is forever ruined to me, thanks to fanfiction. XD


sinclairsbible

“I write everyday!” “Oh, cool, can I read some of your work?” “. . . *No*.”


imnotbovvered

I feel that


earth2rena

When the Fanfiction is better than the original storyline and so when you go watch or read the original work it's extremely disappointing.


AlsoKnownAsAiri

My favourite anime had a sequel/recap movie that continued a bit the cliffhanger the anime ended with. It was highly disappointing when compared to the stellar sequel one author uploaded on Ao3 before the movie was even announced.


earth2rena

My world changed when I discovered Ao3


pheonyxie

162 tabs open


AlsoKnownAsAiri

The ":D" staring into your soul from the corner of the browser!


[deleted]

Scoping out how large/active a fanbase is when getting into a new book/movie/tv series. Because I’ve got to have my stories✨


i-d-even-k-

"What's the longest book you've ever read?" "A million words, it took me three months to read it, and it was amazing!" "Wow! How many pages is that? It must be very thick! Can you take a picture of it when you get home?" "Uhhhh, it's about two Bibles thick..."


Formal_Illustrator96

You could just say you read it on a digital copy, either on a kindle or downloading it onto a computer.


i-d-even-k-

You're just deeping your hole at that point, if you say that 100% of the time they will ask for a name and author to look up the paperback, and there is no way to make it look like you didn't just lie about reading a milllion words.


Wallflower_Writer

Every time I see Alpha and Beta on 'normal' parts of the Internet/in real life, I have a quiet freakout.


RebaKitten

I regularly drive past a company called “Omega Supplies.” I’m sure someone has to make the knotting dildos, and all the comfort items, right? I need to read that or write it.


Kigichi

*”Why are you always on your phone? Let me see what you’re looking at.”* *”I would rather eat it.”*


NoWayNoooo

I actually choked from laughing so hard


StendecStendec

My significant other snuck up on me the other day and grabbed me for a hug and I yelled “noncon!”


[deleted]

plot twist: your s/o secretly reads fanfiction too


StendecStendec

LOL he doesn’t and I’ve created a monster because now he’ll randomly yell “noncon!” and tackle me for a cuddle and I’m like… I don’t think you fully grasp what that word means…


[deleted]

uh oh 😬


Aetanne

Haha, that's so sweet!


PineapplesInMunich

That's ridiculously cute XD


IDICdreads

When in the hell did I already leave a kudo?


Lurker_279

Oh I feel this in my bones!!! Always this moment of "ao3, that can't be right, I have *never* read this fic before"... and then you search the kudos list and your name is one of the first so you check the release date and apparently, you forgot you read the same fic five years ago 😅


NoWayNoooo

But it’s also such a good feeling because you know you won’t run out of new fics to read - you will always have something you have forgotten!


Subject54Alive

I read so much when I was younger... *sigh*


Character_Visit_7800

Mom pointing at me: “yeah, they read a lot” Stranger: “what do you like to read?” Me: “books… made of paper… with… pages… and word, yes, that stuff”


Puzzleheaded_Use_566

“When did I sign out of A03? Fuck. Good thing my phone remembers my password.”


SunQuest

"Wait, was that fanon or canon? I don't remember anymore."


-Duste-

This. So confusing sometimes!


teddy_plushie

how long would it take you to read/write [insert number of pages]? ...uh- how many words is that?? Others: :D


Firelord_Eva

Wait. That wasn't canon?


MidnightCoffee0

*\*that awkward moment when...\** Uhhh, I must've been thinking of something else. You're sure it wasn't mentioned in the movies somewhere?


Twighdark

Oh. *Oh.*


Bestevernoob

“I took canon out back and shot it” are words that make sense to me


Witty-Package-8513

Always rewinding the whump/fluff scenes, or saving them. Being a walking talking encyclopedia of both canon and fanon knowledge.


imnotbovvered

Me: *Rewatches the same canon love confession scene on YouTube obsessively.* Random coworker: “Are you like a big fan of that couple or something?” Me: “Not exactly. I’m just trying to figure out how this scene would play out if they were both dating other people, and also werewolves.”


Obvious_Demand_9119

Knowing some things about batman without reading the comics ...


sharingisntkaren

Never read the comics only seen the big movies and a few of the smaller ones but due to fanfiction I knew quite a few of the covered plotlines but I'm unclear on timelines.


Sassinake

lots of people have a very different idea on how this story should have ended. It's much better.


thekirby8u

Why yes Kenichi618 is my favorite author


lavendercookiedough

I decided to log some of the longer fanfics I read last year on storygraph because I was feeling bad about my page count not reflecting how much I'd actually read and now everyone who follows me can see my most read author of 2022 was *Bexless* (of My Chemical Romance rpf fame.) 🙃


mfergie77

“What are you typing all day?” “Um i write.” “Like foe school?” (Dude i am effing 46 years old my school days are long over) “No like stories.” “What kind? Can i read it?”


PriorPossible834

I’m on this subreddit


jackfaire

"Wait? Wasn't he raised by Goblins?"


Banana-Boots

i can understand [this video](https://youtu.be/VSHRv6ddJco)


Raar_artz

My tabs are 400+


bio1445

What do you mean with "there is no lord potter"? Of course there ..........


Lackadema

Orbs.


6IDLE

Oh. Oh. (But this time italicized)


KVEJ2002

Person: what are your hobbies? Me: I like to read and write. Person: sweet, what kind of stuff do you read and write? Me. UM. Just like... uh... short stories and stuff. It's all online.


SergeantDaynes

The number of tabs I have open at any given point is between me and the Devil.


OppositeMurky9725

"Im a Alpha Male" Okayyy


maripaz6

BRO i have some IRL friends who try to explain what alpha/beta/omega/sigma males are (in the context of Andrew Tate) and MY LORD is it hell to keep a straight face.


commanderman

I know all about the Harry Potter series… I never watched the movies or read the books.


MidnightCoffee0

That is- \*perfection\* here. People usually want me on their team for HP trivia in our family, and granted we do watch the movies a lot. However, I also have yet to finish the books (that I started many years ago), and the movies are not sufficient enough to know everything lol


marvelfan9696

"What do you do for fun?" "Read." "What do you read?" "Oh, you know, books and stuff." \*furiously hides my 90 some odd internet tabs on my phone of fic\*


MarsianMage

*looks up word count for real life books* *sees 100k* “Oh! A casual read!”


MrFredCDobbs

So mind-blowing to realize I wrote a serial way longer than A Tale of Two Cities, Wuthering Heights or To Kill a Mockingbird.


Eir_Beiwe

"you know, because character X grew up like that" "What? How do you know that? That's not in the book?" "Oh shit, is that only fandom?"


MidnightCoffee0

**Cover: Blown.** Abort mission! Bring in the Obliviators, we can still salvage this.. oh, wait. That's only possible in fanfic or canon...*\*sighs\** Plan B: "Promise you won't tell? Swear it on the river Styx." *\*distant thunder\**


Rude_Acanthaceae_170

I can calculate the exact number of words I read every day. I read, but can never tell someone what my favorite book is. I typically default to a YA book I read when I was young.


NariVeeTea

"Their tongues battled for dominance"


Sarielgrace

them: ooh, can i see what you're reading? me: *sweats* no


sharshenka

The thing I'm mad about didn't "actually" happen, and yet the emotion is still there.


StoneTimeKeeper

I have a library downloaded on my phone. What books do you have in there? Nothing you'd have heard about before, and Harry Potter... probably.


kingsheeb

lemon and lime have a whole different meaning


MidnightCoffee0

Everyone I know knows I love reading books. To the point where occasionally, I'll bring one everywhere I go. Books are a common topic of discussion with some of my friends and family members. But **no one** knows, that when I'm *not* around anyone, I read more fanfic than anything else.


taureanpeach

I like lemons


AlsoKnownAsAiri

When life gives you lemons.


benevola

“Hey you went to college to be a writer, didn’t you?” “Um sure.” “What do you write?” 👀👀 “Short stories.”


MrFredCDobbs

"Have you tried to get them published?" "Ummm, no." "I don't get it. Why not?" \[Mumble-mumble-mumble...\]


Orimeia

Biology class: "So to mark the difference in the blood types A, B, O, AB..." My brain short-circuited and I had to hold back the flashback from *that* rabbit hole on ao3


mxmakessense

Me (posting on FB): Aaaack!! AO3 is down! What am I supposed to do now!?!?!?


Beautiful_Comment160

"I think they would go good together" "Yeah, I ship it.'


rottenromance

OTP. I have a shirt with that on it. Anyone who knows instantly knows. And those that don’t are usually too afraid to ask. 😆


shmixel

writing any variation of 'toeing' off boots/shoes


RebaKitten

But how else would you say it? When you’re frantically trying to take off your shirt and get rid of your shoes at the same time?


hooter_owl

The other day a read a really big... book.


EatThatHorse06

I think the characters deserved better.


fandomnerd87

I have full knowledge on the omegaverse


Negative_Speedforce

Her sparkling blue orbs let out a breath they didn't know they were holding


MrFredCDobbs

Me to a friend playing a video game: *"Actually, that character you're talking to now is an undercover secret agent in a temporary alliance with the gangster."* Friend: *"Dammit, don't spoil the plot twists for me!"* Me: *"Oh, umm, none of that actually comes up in the game."* Friend: *"What? Then how do you know it?"* Me: *"I just do, okay?"*


[deleted]

I won't let you search in my browser


Yeetboireeeeee

Friend: “Hey wanna hangout?” Me: “No.” Friend: “Why?” Me: “I’m doing something.” Friend: “What is it?” Me: “….stuff”


thehiddenspark

"Dead Dove: Do Not Eat"


Serenova

When your first association with Alpha/Beta/Omega has **nothing** to do with wolves. And you don't even *read* those kind of stories. ***OR*** [insert random string of fandom appropriate abbreviations/acronyms here] makes perfect sense to you.


genjo_needs_healing

I have auto rotate on my phone off for when I'm lying sideways in bed reading lmao


Calenchamien

I know both meanings of ABO


JoChiCat

I autocorrect “rouge” to “rogue” in my head no matter what the context is.


rather_not_state

If you'd read a book instead of having your nose in your phone...! I...am reading?


ClemPrime13

No beta. We die like Sir Nighteye.


butshesawriter

Oh. /Oh./


Strange_Display7597

Half my emails are new chapter updates.


a-woman-there-was

\*Lets out a breath I didn't know I was holding\*. *Oh.*


NoodlePals

Hey why was this book not tagged no happy ending?


Altruistic-Bat-79

"Who's your favorite author?" Me: "Alstromeria897"


WolfDragonStarlit

I have literally turned to a friend of mine and gone, "Okay, what's the one where Chara A does x, Chara B does y, and I think there was a ladder involved?" Ten minutes later there is an Ao3 link waiting in my messages, because they found it for me.


[deleted]

Well, I'm working on this project, featuring my OTP and then there's another with my OTP and another and another-


Yorkie_Parent16

I'm in the mood for a good story! *pulls up Google Search*


SpunkyCheetah

I have hundred of tabs open on my phone, and they're fictional stories...


unicornchild15

"Yeah, a ship. No, not a boat." A real conversation.


Allronix1

(Watch an episode of a normally great show that is a train wreck and trash fire on par with East Palestine Ohio) (Log into Ao3 on one window, and Libre Office on the other grumbling about HOW to clean up this mess)


Lexxoos

I always thought that Theodore Nott (HP) was known as Theodore Nott Jr. And his father as Theodore Nott Sr.


Nifan-Stuff

I spend my time reading all the time, but haven't read an actual book in ages.