I'm like Connie: whatever I happen to think of at the time. Sometimes, after reading someone else's fic I'll think, "huh, maybe that's a tag I could add to fic X." When I first starting tagging on AO3, mine were very minimal. I used the "choose not to warn" constantly, because I figured anything I felt the reader needed to know would be in the tags I use. Still feel that way, pretty much.
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
SailAweigh - Aug 28, 2015 5:27:42 pm PDT #9733 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
SailAweigh - Aug 31, 2015 4:48:28 am PDT #9734 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Speaking of comments on fic, I was surprised to get a comment on a fic written two years ago from someone who had commented on it when I first posted it. Although, they didn't kudo either time. ::shrugs:: It just made me happy that the story made that much of an impression on them, that they felt the need to come back and leave an even more detailed comment than the first time around. It's nice to know that the story really hit them where it counts.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2015 5:45:18 am PDT #9735 of 10434
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Comments on old stories are terrific. I love that people are still discovering my stuff and liking it.
SailAweigh - Aug 31, 2015 6:02:24 am PDT #9736 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It made me even happier that this time around, they also bookmarked it. Then I really know I achieved what I set out to do.
Juliebird - Sep 05, 2015 9:31:45 pm PDT #9737 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
First instance of reading "mind field" I chalked up to some kind of authourial pun. It kinda fit in the context. No, second instance and it's definitely an "intensive purposes" blunder.
Beverly - Sep 06, 2015 11:13:08 am PDT #9738 of 10434
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"laundry shoot"
Juliebird - Sep 06, 2015 12:05:42 pm PDT #9739 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Also, I'd never say this to her face because I don't want her to stop writing, but for awhile now scifigrrl47 has become too infatuated with her OCs and with writing witty banter. Yay her for getting unique and original but these are not the reasons why I started reading her and liked it. And yet these stories exist in 'verses that in invested in. Or was. But now I think I must finally unsubscribe from the tertiary characters and their dry repartee.
Calli - Sep 06, 2015 2:27:04 pm PDT #9740 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The OCs weren't why I signed up either. But I'm quite fond of them now, so I've been enjoying the focus on them. Eh, different folks, different AO3 subscriptions.
Juliebird - Sep 06, 2015 6:18:16 pm PDT #9741 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
and these here are narcissuses," turning to another patch, "and here's daffodils.
No! Ach! That's the same fucking thing! One way to make this worse is to include the mention of Jonquils.
P.M. Marc - Sep 07, 2015 12:27:08 pm PDT #9742 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
To be fair, at a nursery, the narcissus and the daffodil are considered different beasts, albeit siblings.