AO3 Authors are not okay

ao3 authors are no okay is what i said, "ao3 authors are not okay" beacuse they will literally write under any circumstances its kind of worrisome
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[@bruhify]

his house exploded guys please be patient

[@SWreacts]

Eyy, been awhile since I heard from you

[@lolcandyyy]

💥

[@ajurado800]

NO EXCUSE, GIB FIC NOW.

[@hiba_stxr]

Ok

[@cycy8699]

bruhificated

[@smart7928]

ao3 author apologies range from “sorry for no updates i got shot and killed” to “sorry for no updates i didnt want to”

[@Red_Devil_Stew]

"Ya sorry everyone I was like kidnapped at gunpoint or whatever, also I had to take my dog on a walk so sorry for the late update"

[@Ryann9]

“Sorry guys, there were only 3 updates today because I had defend my house from the mafia, every single world government, and existential horrors simultaneously during 350 mph winds in 50 inches of rain, snow and hail while trying to find the sacred sword of the multiverse to avoid the threat of our universe suddenly imploding. Worst of all, I woke up a bit late today.”

[@bluecocoa13]

it’s not a range it’s one or the other

[@robynflame5473]

@@bluecocoa13 sometimes both... one day "oh yeah sorry guys my dog had to be put down and my cat was ran over so i had to go to their funerals" the next day "yeah sorry guys i just didn't want to update lmao"

[@OddestCreature]

Sorry everyone I was caught buying nfts by my stepdad and he beat me senseless until I couldn't sit down.

[@nic0_o]

There are two kinds of ao3 writers: the ones that almost die and still updating 20k a week and the ones that fake their death to avoid finishing a fic. I love this community

[@armaan4800]

I'm the later 😭😭😭 but also love the community lol

[@starlight8115]

Now I feel like a terrible author because I haven't updated my story since like, a year ago just because I haven't started writing the next chapter, even though I said there would probably yearly updates (as a joke lmao)

[@nic0_o]

@Starlight it's ok lmao you don't need to feel bad It happens all the time

[@phoenixmarionette5016]

I almost faked my death on ao3. Shit is wack.

[@no_opinion1065]

There's also the saints and those who still don't mark their fics as completed when it already is.

[@unofficialblob]

imagine trying to write a smut chapter but your beta reader is in jail so you send it in, but when they try to send the revised copy back the poor policemen or women have to read through the entire thing😭

[@SusanIvanova2257]

I was about to say, don't the prison guards check any mail inmates receive? Lmao imagine them trying to make sense of fanfiction coming through

[@devilsluk]

i made a similar comment on coley's video that i'm gonna make here; The prison guards are asking the beta reader for early updates about whatever drama is going on for future fanfic chapters, like whether the friends who aren't talking anymore after an argument are gonna make up or if this obvious ship are gonna get together or if they're gonna remain oblivious about it or- :D

[@red4679]

And they become fans and send some extra tips back with it

[@angelicaph483]

Damn, this makes me glad that im pursuing to become a Angst writer in Ao3 LMFAO

[@BugjoeCEO]

​@৳Broken Eye৳ NAWWWW

[@casstheshifter2176]

My favorite ao3 author's note was: "Sorry for the lack of updates. I got amnesia and had to re-learn English as it's my second language."

[@fallsky_19]

Wait what the hell yo 💀

[@stickynote-slumber]

i need to find that author and give them a hug, a pat on the back, 2 boxes of donuts, and another pat on the back-

[@milkman4407]

Ha

[@Lesbianduck]

WHAT 💀

[@Hollieanaaa]

I'd be like, b-tch wtf are you okay- I'm sending doughnuts to your location

[@exactly_one_goblin]

The two breeds of AO3 authors: “Lol sorry I haven’t updated in a few days I literally had a near death experience” And “Sorry I haven’t updated in five years I literally forgot this existed”

[@noabinnendijk361]

I was the latter but I'm about to become the former I hope. Completed unpublished fanfic on hand

[@triggerhappy4199]

And the 3rd authors succumbing to their own mortality due to events they couldn’t control

[@rllytrd3316]

im both

[@orangejellybean5873]

@@noabinnendijk361 please share the name!

[@mariannamckenzie7854]

My friend found a really good fix and sent the link to me but said the author hasn’t updated in like 3 years. And then I had to explain to her that I wrote it when I was seventeen, then totally forgot about it.

[@Charlottehopkinson]

I’m a fanfiction writer and my most extreme intro was as follows: “Sorry for the delay in stories my house got petrol bombed by my crazy roommate and I lost almost everything in the fire. No worries, I got a replacement laptop and will continue to write! Enjoy!”

[@QueenCami_123]

Bruuuuh💀

[@trevorphillips8415]

Sorry for not uploading boys and gals. Just got a mission from Micheal "Lebron" Jackson to go help free some unicorns from kanye and his funny mustache friend. Other than that I'm out with another banger! Lessgoooooooo!

[@numbers72927]

@@trevorphillips8415 FUNNY MUSTACHE FRIEND??? 😭

[@trevorphillips8415]

@@smn-hi9mn I hate you. But I just can't give you up.

[@s0livagant_]

@@trevorphillips8415would you say you would also let them down? never ginna tell them lies and desert you??

[@Softxcxre]

AO3 authors basically: “Hi my lovelies! Sorry I was gone for 3 years! An apocalypse broke out and I lost my whole family and struggled a bit with survival, but its all over now and I’ll be back to updating this fic! Thank you for your continued support, kudos, and tweets! They really make me have the motivation to continue thank you!

[@Gojiraga]

The only issue is that the author wouldn’t let the apocalypse halt production of the fix for more then a week.

[@violetbean8928]

@@Gojiraga at most, a month, and 2 weeks is pushing the upper limits

[@HailZod]

And then they don't continue and another year goes by

[@user-ob9pp]

That same author would probably still update despite being turned. Outcome 1 would be like "hi I'm zombie, here's update!

[@dreamy-tea]

omg pfp twins

[@hazel9490]

A serial killer could kidnap an AO3 author & their biggest concern would not be their imminent torture & murder but the fact that they won’t be able to update their MHA Todoroki x Y/N fanfic on time.

[@PapaGohn]

Please, they'd somehow convince the kidnapper to let them use the wifi to update their fic. The authors note would be something like "Heyy guys ! Sorry for the late update, I've been kidnapped! Apologies for any spelling mistakes, the basement has bad reception and my captor is standing over my shoulder and watching everything I type so you can imagine how stressful and uncomfortable that is (sksksks). Anyway, I hope you like the chapter :))"

[@MCantDraw]

Bold of you to assume said author wont try to turn their situation to a kidnapee x kidnapper type-thing

[@minminium6287]

todoroki turns yandere and y/n is kidnapped by him 💀

[@thatguy3903]

Literally saw a Hannibal fanfiction where the author got kidnapped for like 3 days

[@isekeilife1883]

@@thatguy3903 link?

[@jellsies]

I'm an avid AO3 consumer, Kwite. I have seen *shit* before. Literally one of the authors of a fic I follow said "sorry, I've been diagnosed with cancer and I'm going to need multiple surgeries done so sorry for making you all wait so long."

[@mauragetskitty]

oh i think i read that one what fandom was it in

[@user-jt7kn8sc5d]

The worst I’ve seen was “sorry I have to end this fic early I’m literally going to die from cancer and wouldn’t be able to finish anything longer”

[@thatguy3903]

I saw someone who got literally kidnapped and as soon as they got away, they returned to posting Hannibal smut

[@mauragetskitty]

@@thatguy3903 average ao3 writer

[@triggerhappy4199]

That’s sad they couldn’t even finish their story before they ran out of life

[@EvelinGrubbauer]

Cw for terminal cancer One of my closest friends, whom I met through writing fic, passed away last year. I met her because she offered to beta my fics for me and a few years after, when she found out she had cancer, she asked me to finish writing her last fic for her. I managed to get it done in time for her to actually still be coherent enough to read it, but I swear to god.. that’s the most important thing I’ll ever write. The friendships and the hard work that goes into fanfic are my favourite thing in the entire world. I miss her so much.

[@endervoir]

Hi, sorry if this sounds insensitive or if its too painful to bring up for you, but do you have a link to the fic? I'd love to read it if it's okay.

[@endervoir]

@@EvelinGrubbauer ooh thank you!! :D

[@ilovedogsilovethem]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I bet that meant so much for her, you finishing the fic for her. In a way it means she'll always live on, not just in this fic, but also in the ones she beta'd for you. She sounds like a wonderful person. Wishing both of you all my love and support

[@manilovefnaf_ch3rr1]

Currently about to sob So sorry for your loss, i really hope you feel better now ! 💗

[@LILYPAD2763]

Im sorry for your loss ❤

[@ETori380]

There was a writer I followed on wattpad and once there was an update where the notes were: "sorry for the late update, I was busy taking care of my two kids alone because my husband is in a coma because of C0vid :( btw enjoy the double update 💞" And these two chapters were literally a work of art that changed my whole view about religion, prejudices, faith, the meaning of life, and what humanity values ​​and how it impacts the environment and our relationships as individuals. All this in a fanfic Drarry pirates and merpeople AU

[@ilumi6727]

omg lowkey drop the link

[@ccalxndr]

please share!! pirates AND merpeople- i need it

[@moonchild8421]

Help OP please please don't ghost us and drop the link please

[@salamander6014]

drop the link I'm curious now

[@-.SpaceNoah.-]

Omg this is gold

[@gumtm]

An ACTUAL authors note i read on ao3 word for word : “cracked my backbone yesterday from a bone-crushing hug and it put my body into a state of shock which ends up with me getting high fever at midnight, i'm okay now, but my back still hurts A WHOLE DAMN LOT.”

[@optimisticwatermelon]

Literally the opposite of subhuman. They're like, one step above human..

[@teethcoat4274]

@@optimisticwatermelon Like superhuman?

[@optimisticwatermelon]

@@teethcoat4274 Human might be part of their evolutionary cycle?

[@snakes7303]

💀💀

[@blueberrynana]

haha this is unrelated but the authors note reminded me of yor hugging her brother from spy x family

[@Abby-mq5tq]

i once read a story and the author was like, “sorry for not updating i got shot” and two chapters later SHE SAID SHE GOT SHOT AGAIN

[@nobetawedielikemysanity]

DAMN IT THAT FIC IS CURSED

[@No1MizukiFan827]

HOLY-

[@x_.mizuki._x3231]

I don't know what to say other than this:😨😨😨😨

[@ChibiChidorii]

I read it as she got *the* shot, so for a moment I was like "yeah I also almost die with the booster shot" 💀💀

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

Hood niggas

[@CultLeaderCashew]

7:56 Therapist: are you okay? Me: sorry, it’s just hard to open up to people… Therapist:…what’s your Ao3? Me: w-what? Therapist: I’ll read your author notes then evaluate you that way

[@warcatfurever101writeroffanfic]

Why do I low key want this 😂😭 My therapist would be so concerned 😭 And I don’t even write smut 😂 (It’s the mental illness for me~)

[@KimDokja-fs3pe]

My favourite fanfic writer got poisoned, went to the hospital, their whole city had a power outage and still managed to post a 30k chapter on scheduled time 🙇

[@liyuchii]

30k? God damn bless the writer

[@KimDokja-fs3pe]

@@liyuchii I think God either loves them or hates them and he can’t decide

[@thememeqween]

Holy crap I need this fic

[@koathekid8255]

@@KimDokja-fs3peit’s hates they just keep winning

[@riposko]

Theres so many authors on ao3 being ashamed of what they've created and its literally hilarious

[@drew2789]

That’s the post-nut clarity

[@AlexeArt]

As an author on ao3, I second this.

[@spilledmilkii]

i get ashamed and cringe at my own work but keep writing it

[@iEcilpse]

they just suddenly become aware of their sins /j

[@astersucks]

@@iEcilpse The way they might actually

[@orangejellybean5873]

I remember reading a fic and the note said "sorry the chapter is late. I got married today and the ceremony was till 5. I apologise for the long wait." Had me baffeld

[@cidercake4373]

WHAT- they could be late all they want in that week, they got succesfully married, I assume! That's cool!

[@TabbyCatq]

I had one like this but it was: "Sorry, I said weekly updates, but i got married yesterday and I had my honeymoon today." Like. Dude did the deed then posted (probably a few) hours later.

[@YataTheFifteenth]

@@TabbyCatq imagine if it was smut and the AN said "don't worry guys I'm experienced now I can assure you this is accurate"

[@TabbyCatq]

@@YataTheFifteenth omfg, now I'm kinda wishing it was XD

[@Its_Asteria]

@@YataTheFifteenth BABAHAHA you my friend, got a wheeze out of me. "I have experience now" got me

[@masontyler8047]

I saw an author who consistantly was battling murder charges throughout the writing of the fic. They gave us an extra chapter when the case was finally dropped.

[@malaizze]

Your honor in my defense it was tagged “all hurt no comfort” so the victim clearly knew what they were getting into

[@rxa_xna9370]

LINK???

[@KamKaz00]

WHAT

[@jayradoff2439]

LINK PLEASE

[@samefornever5637]

One AO3 fic I read, the author died and had their lawyer post on every one of their stories telling everyone that they died I thought it was hilarious that this guy felt the need to do this

[@ilovedogsilovethem]

That is hilarious but also I feel bad for finding it funny... talk about gallows humor sheesh

[@hamburger7243]

i would honestly do the same

[@asturrrr]

i need to know what fanfic this was lmao

[@thecaprikid1329]

LMAO I'm not sorry that's hilarious

[@KAITLYN-wq2rq]

What a thorough lawyer.

[@jennie22279]

Damn i actually read one author's note throughout their chapters, starting from "Guys, I think I have cancer, but even if I die, I have 45 chapters written already, so you don't have to worry about getting regular updates." to "Guys, I went to the doctor, maybe I do have cancer. In case I die (now that I have a literal deadline), I am powering through the fic" to finally "GUYS I LIVED, I DON'T HAVE CANCER. NOW WE ARE BACK TO UPDATES TWICE A WEEK"

[@joukhr]

when the authors notes are a story of their own

[@aadhya3229]

why do i feel proud for a random a03 fanfic author now

[@itiswhatitismindset]

@This ain't worth searchin yall what

[@plasma2125]

That makes me happy

[@nyoom1111]

omg, i swear AO3 writers have the curse of every bad thing being thrown at them, but they can’t feel the sweet release of death.

[@chiachimariachi4682]

AO3 Author waking up from a coma: Where am I? Doctor: You were in a coma for three years. We didn’t think you’d ever wake up again. It’s a miracle you’re even speaking- wait what are you doing? AO3 Author, suddenly ripping out medical stuff and sprinting out the door: *SHIT SHIT MY UNDERTALE FANFICTION-*

[@sophiebubbles07]

This author will ship Frisk and Sans

[@thunderspark1536]

When the author realizes deltarune released

[@Ramsey276one]

Doctor: finally saw one of those Miracles… XD

[@Tweedle-Stupid]

And that author was TheWill. If you know you know

[@wide_s]

​@@Tweedle-Stupid who is he?

[@ottobab]

i think im truly embracing the ao3 author today. i don’t write fanfictions but i wrote stories about my original characters and i finished my first multi-chapter one yesterday guess what happens the day after. my house catches HALFWAY ON FUCKING FIRE.

[@azure7304]

are you okay???

[@udontevenwannaknowbruv]

It’s a curse

[@greytelmer8376]

all online authors are cursed with never ending bad luck

[@part6jotaro302]

No way bruh 😭😭

[@-AccountVisible]

@@greytelmer8376 im a wattpad author. Am i also going to have this curse aswell.?!! I already fell and hit my head once.

[@martesempai6811]

We all know AO3 authors are stronger than soldiers and more resistant than diamond, they are like: "Sorry I don't will update next week I have to be in full surveillance cause I tried to jump a cliff, and my parents didn't like it" or they are sorry because their house was in fire and his family died, AO3 authors are just incredibles

[@katanah3195]

I swear the gods read fanfic and make scary shit like this strike around their favourite authors, but leave them barely alive cause they don't want the fic to stop without an ending.

[@_Your.fav.loser_]

Lmao I’m the first one. I couldn’t update my fic for 3 months bc I tried to unalive myself & got sent to a phyc ward 😎✌️

[@magnusthevaliant]

As an ao3 author who hasn't done anything like this, I'm impressed just by consistent updates.

[@sleepdeprived_inc.]

Dude I read a fic once where one of the authors literally died in a car accident, and the other one pulled in a couple of their friends to finish the last chapter or so in their memory. It was honestly heartbreaking. I cried for someone I’d known barely anything about, and had only seen their writing.

[@BitterJoyXx]

I know you probably don't remember but if you do, can you send me the link to the fanfic?

[@sleepdeprived_inc.]

@@BitterJoyXx ...I would, but I am p embarrassed on what the fic was about ngl 😭🤚🏻

[@justaperson4656]

​@@sleepdeprived_inc. dude, trust me, we are all embarrassed about our fanfic interests

[@sleepdeprived_inc.]

@@justaperson4656 It was a one off Miraculous Ladybug fic where they were handcuffed together for like, a day. 😭😩 It’s called Under Lock and Key by EdenDaphne(edelet) and Maerynn. All of Maerynn’s works stoped after 2018, since her accident, and the last chapter she actively was writing in Under Lock and Key was chapter 4. All of her other works that had co-writers continued and finished their stories in her memory.

[@BitterJoyXx]

@@sleepdeprived_inc. Oh my god I just read the note and it's so fucking sad, holy shit

[@snorp6781]

Things that will survive a nuclear apocolypse: 1. Cockroaches 2. A few world leaders 3. Several million Swiss citizens 4. AO3 authors

[@iambored5585]

They would apologize like sorry it took so long to update was dealing with the nuclear fallout more updates soon

[@admiralmeow3161]

sorry guys couldnt update these past few weeks! ive been trying to find a pigeon that wasnt too horribly mutated so i can send people fics by pigeon! unfortunately i have also gotten sick from the nuclear snow, so i am cutting the fanfic short by a few unimportant plotlines so i can finish before the radiation kills me. but now i should be back on the regular update schedule :)

[@flyingrat6330]

5. The camera man

[@ukiitukii7425]

@@admiralmeow3161 This shit killed me

[@SerfOfTheYear]

6. A mailman from Las Vegas

[@nei_zan6715]

The best author note was "Hi guys sorry for all the mistakes ı wasn't able to proofread because someone broke into my house and realized that ı was awake so they threw chemicals at my face. Now I'm half blind and half of my face is gone. Anyways enjoy the chapter guys lol"

[@BlueBlueberries]

This one takes the cake. ☠️

[@flamefangstar]

Were Were they okay????

[@bencenagy5459]

what the fuck?

[@Deflamed_Sphere]

name of the fic with that author note?

[@budmaam]

Am I going crazy or are your i’s circumcised

[@SuburbaniteUrbanite]

AO3 is just that one SCP that forces people to finish it with their own blood.

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

Ao3 is that SCP's more successful son

[@Dragonmongamer]

SCP-012

[@tireddtye]

I’m an AO3 writer and I just want to say, we all apologize for not uploading whether it be for family issues, some insane thing happening, some mental health issues, or for some other reason.

[@cobcusklive1340]

All a03 writers are canon Canadian

[@allywilliams6849]

It’s always family issues when I read

[@shad0wchateau]

also as an ao3 writer, can confirm

[@lobster6944]

The chapter was amazing, :] *write it faster.* but seriously I hope your day is going well. And I know it might be a joke, but if you are having mental issues, it's okay to ask for help and to get help :]

[@tireddtye]

@@lobster6944 Don’t worry I have a therapist and I’m currently working on getting my mental health issues under control

[@smoov22_sonic]

Authors note: there are 10 pounds of asbestos in my garage so Tails Goes to College 7 will not get any updates this week

[@smoov22_sonic]

damn if we’re all linking shit I actually did write a fic today go read it

[@isabellafortune1705]

“so sorry about the late update, my family and i got shot and i’m posting this from the back of an ambulance, anyway, here’s the next chapter of mario x bowser hardcore smut” not something i’ve exactly seen, (espically not that ship) but pretty damn close to one i’ve seen. (i’m not putting myself on blast that hard)

[@Blanch590]

@@isabellafortune1705 no judgment here. I’m curious now

[@perpetuallyconfused09]

@@smoov22_sonic then link it deadass💀

[@saltyfrgnwater]

@@smoov22_sonic link? Title?

[@Sedow1231]

Once I read someone saying “i had exams” to “sorry guys i got hit by a car” AO3 authors built different

[@teddyjlockwood]

Me, an ao3 fic writer, watching this: God I haven't updated in awhile, and not even that much has been going on... Also me: getting diagnosed with ptsd, discovering severe life long anxiety, getting ready for surgery, discovering some life altering things about myself, dealing with my parents (who I was living with at the time) moving across country without making sure I had a place to go, moving, looking for a job, deciding what I want to do with my life, recovering from 13 years of burnout, recovering from two traumatizing therapists, etc.

[@APatientDinosaur]

Um... are you okay? Like I know the ao3 writers are built different, but damn

[@teddyjlockwood]

@@APatientDinosaur this is really sweet of you to ask. Thank you. Yeah, I'm doing quite a bit better. I have a job, I have an idea of what I want to do in my life. I've found a much better therapist, though unfortunately I will have to find a new one soon. Turns out I also have OCD, but I'm learning how to manage both that and the PTSD. And I've recovered, happy and healthy, from surgery. Things are looking up. I have not published anything on AO3 for a while though, but have been working on other passion projects. Thanks again for checking in, I really appreciate it.

[@APatientDinosaur]

@@teddyjlockwood I hope it continues to get better! Also, I hope you find a really good therapist to help!❤️

[@j_fenrir]

Homie, people DO give legal advice in the comments. An author will rant about their troubles and I guarantee half of the comments will be genuinely helpful advice. Fucking love the fanfic community, we look out for each other.

[@neymiiie]

So true. I once read a fic where the author offhandedly mentioned that someone they knew had stolen shit from her, and that she was feeling down because of it. Like half the comments were like “great chapter as always! Also here’s some resources for what you can do to get your things back” it was wild

[@lachelnderhund]

I got called 7 slurs for requesting a niche character fanfic because their requests were open, about 6 months ago, the fanfic community is a dumpster fire

[@rat-gang-]

@@lachelnderhund did you happen to ask for it in a particularly feral fandom? most fanfic communities i've been part of were pretty nice, it only seems to get rough in anime communities because most of the fans are younger

[@kallamarsspouse]

@@lachelnderhund What did you request?

[@mortarion9813]

@@rat-gang- Great rule of thumb is just to avoid the communities where the younger folks will usually hang around in, like anime. Little bastards get _very_ hostile.

[@aleashashackleton5262]

my author said at the end of a chapter “i’m having heart surgery today and wanted to post this. if i don’t post within the next week, i’m dead” and they didn’t post :( it’s so heartbreaking

[@kaylakrey]

Thats really sad im so sorry for them

[@youwhat.]

Broooo

[@piksween5075]

oh god thats awful

[@giuls273]

That's horrible. I hope they just forget about it because they are recovering.

[@zuskull1]

Oh my god… I hope they’re just recovering…

[@Mia-sr1mz]

I remember reading this fanfic about a straight couple and the writer stopped writing in the middle because she found out she was a lesbian 😂 and she didn't feel comfortable writing straight love stories, which is completely understandable. I just love the irony 😂

[@aidanaylward9237]

mood

[@darkember408]

Honestly, same kind of? I mainly write BL fanfictions now, though I do have a few M/F stories

[@inestabilidad]

I don't feel comfy with writing anything involving a woman, it has to be a male, trans ftm, nb, gn, anything but female characters that aren't broskies. Wait am I aroace? LMAO

[@halliewright3116]

I almost wrote on a recent chapter "sorry the next chapter will probably be really late, my grandma just died and I have to travel across the country for her funeral" before realizing I didn't have to apologize for that and just thanking the readers for their preemptive support. Of course they were super nice about it

[@bassyxgrelle8659]

I think the saddest author note I've ever read was when someone else was given their account and updated one of their fics that I was reading with "so the previous author left me their fics in their will because unfortunately they have passed away." And I was like holy shit we joke about fanfic authors being on the brink of death a lot but it actually happened

[@mochhhhee]

Actually in AO3 you can designate your fannish next of kin so there's literal plans like oh if i die I'll leave my account to this person and they can continue my fics or just tell people what happened, and, wow.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Yeah, the worst is when no one takes over so you just never officially know if the person's gone or not

[@WhiffleWaffles]

@@flyingstonemon3564 I worry about this with friends I have made online. I want them to know what happened to me if I were in an accident or something, but it feels like there's no one in my family who would understand ao3, discord, etc. :(

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@WhiffleWaffles Yeah It's a heart wrench, knowing you won't be able to warn your friends or readers hurts

[@alita8900]

Those author notes are really sad, but I don't think I'll ever fully recover from the authors notes from dramas I've seen where people decide to just fake their death??? Not really a fanfic author, but an artist of a certain cringe fandom did this. They pretended to be their brother, got into a ton of drama, pretended they had cancer and died, only to reappear on another account and got called out. It was some crazy shit to see play out in blog journals.

[@kaeldrarhiannon]

7:19 IS MINE AHAHAHAHAH I can give a little insight into this. As an AO3 author, typically you create a story just because you love the story concept and want to indulge your muse/creativity, and then you find out that a significant number of people fall in love with the idea too and are depending on you to reveal what happens.... it gives you a very intense feeling of responsibility and ownership. When you go through anything that prevents you from posting that update, there's an immense sense of guilt and obligation because you are literally *the only person* that can finish the story. The readers are depending on you.

[@aphsg]

I hope your life's better now!! Wishing you all the best >_

[@firebreathingchickenduck4936]

I'm glad your doing better!

[@froggpiss6592]

if you don't mind me asking... link to fic?👀

[@huhoka.y3163]

Hope your doing fine!

[@blissin444]

yesss! a03 and tumblr are much better to me than wattpad, the writing is so much more mature. i still use wattpad but it has to be a very specific type of fic these days where i know that the writing will be good.

[@TheWaterUnderTheBridge]

I SAW A AUTHOR BE LIKE "sorry i havn't posted in a while i got married, got pregnant, had a misscarriage, mourned, and got pregnant again, and have been raising my twins lately" AFTER NOT POSTING IN JUST OVER A YEAR LIKE BABES IVE SEEN SOMEBODY COME BACK AFTER 3 YEARS

[@Cl0udS1nks]

I swear writing fanfiction must come with some kind of curse. It’s a multi stage thing and this happens to a lot of writers. First you get addicted to writing, you’ll be planning and writing your fic during the most inappropriate times; in school, at work, when you’re eating…And when you don’t feel like writing, your fic kinda gnaws in the back of your mind going “Hey, you need to write this 20000 word long chapter and begin working on the next one immediately after.” The next stage is the addiction. Every view, every comment and every vote/kudos on your fix becomes more addictive than crack. The sheer joy you feel when even one person likes your fic becomes unmatched, it like a constant high, and that shit will get you hooked fast and hard, you can’t stop thinking about the one random person who commented “Nice chapter” on your fic and when you post and don’t get any sort of reaction from the readers the withdrawal hits hard and you’ll be stuck going through your fic repeatedly wondering if there’s anything wrong with it and feeling insecure about your writing and considering taking the chapter down to rewrite it even though there’s nothing wrong with it. And then, the interference starts, it could be anything, ranging from disease to losing your house to losing a loved one or just being too busy, but something will always come up that will interfere with the writing and posting process. And even though your readers are probably understanding people you can’t help but feel like a failure for something that isn’t even your fault, so you try to make it up to them;you try to get the next chapter out, but you don’t feel good enough, so you work extra hard on it to appease to the readers, who you think will be satisfied and they are definitely more than satisfied, they are overjoyed to see that you’re ok. Finally the last stage, finishing or quitting. You either power through the interference and are able to finish your fic, whether or not the last chapter had as much heart put into it as you could or was half assed really depends on your mental state at the time and the circumstances going on in your day to day life. You’ve reached the end of the characters’ wacky journey, they’ve changed across the course of the story and whether you know it or not, you have too. You might look back on the beginning chapters and recall how you felt during the whole thing, and think about how different things may have been when you first started. Your readers may have been impacted in some way and if this book will have a place in their heart as a book that they enjoyed and learnt something from. Whether by following the characters’ journey, or you, the author’s journey. Or, alternatively…you discontinue your fic, typically end it on a high note, but never really reach an ending. Unfinished character arcs, unresolved plot points…you just end it all. Even when you do this, you occasionally want to go back to continue writing, continue where you left off, let these characters continue to grow and not remain in a world that has been paused permanently. But time and again you decide not to and you may leave a note telling your readers why…or you may fake your death, much like I have considered doing several times. This may seem bad, but in the end you learnt something from this experience, and although you may have lost interest or motivation to continue writing, you’ll still remember the journey with the characters and the readers. Even if you forget the story itself, you won’t forget who you were back then. You’ll leave the fic up so people can read it, they might enjoy the little they got to experience. Fanfic writing is a scary process, too much unexplainable bs happens, but in the end, it ends up being really memorable, typically at least. If you’re wondering my basis for all of this, I used to write fanfic, but then my grandma died, a close friend got cancer and I ended up in the hospital. Much like heroin, fanfics are really addicting but also bad for your health if you’re the author.

[@AmericaSucksBalls]

Wow, i guessed you were an author based on how much you wrote and wow

[@AmericaSucksBalls]

This is accurate tho

[@Oturan20]

I can tell you're actually decent at writing... because this isn't a wall of text. There are quite a few people who can't see that hitting Enter a few times can help make their stories and comments more readable.

[@MondkeksLP]

First of all love that so many who write or wrote fic always write a fucking novel as a comment. I love to read them and love tho write them myself. And I think you are really onto something. The addiction is real and it burns so bright only tho make us succumb to the flames. And as so many we try so hard to not care to much about the stats, not become addicted but it gets us every time. Maybe that is the reason I bailed on every fic I started. But am so determined to push trough this time. What a beautiful curse this is. The whole idea of a fanfiction idea manifesting like a dark omen that give unlimited creative power or a parasite affecting its host is such a cool concept for a fanfic honestly. Just wish it wouldn’t feel this real. Sometimes it feels like there are so many bad things happening to awesome and creative people.

[@meh_b]

Literally search up ao3 syndrome 😭

[@Akoalaisntabear]

Authors notes are more entertaining than the actual story

[@mauragetskitty]

we'll try to keep you on your toes

[@bidoof367]

@one of one finally its here

[@popplejam2128]

you don’t find author notes like this all the time, unless you’re following some long running fics. however, reading fic tags and descriptions is about as entertaining. i remember laughing for like 5 minutes over the dumbest crossover fic i’ve ever seen. i wouldn’t read it, because it’s an awful piece of writing, but the fact that it exists is funny. sometimes i do read bad or below average fics just for the out of context quotes. ex: “ ‘you got stabbed’ ‘i got better’ “ (that scene was supposed to be taken serious)

[@le_horse]

@JHONNY eat sand

[@Akoalaisntabear]

@@popplejam2128 AO3 is honestly just a wild ride, at least we’re never bored

[@lonelypizzaslice4845]

Ok wait i want to share an example: i read a fanfic a while back that was basically just the saddest, miserable angst fic centering arround one-sided love and torture, and in the authors notes on the early chapters the writter mentioned how the fic was to vent/get over a really bad breakup. But by the end of the fic, the author had completely changed the ending, requited the love between the two, freed the protagonist from the torture, and changed the bad ending to be super sweet and all fluff - and it was all because they got married and settled down by the end of writing the fic (i think it was like 6 years time?). Wild stuff. Reading that fic + the author notes was like watching two stories unfold symultaniously.

[@charlie-dq1zn]

honestly thats really beautiful lmao?? like they character's life changed as theirs did. they got better and their characters did too.

[@liamconde337]

oh my, what's the name of the fic??

[@hollowone777]

Yeah, what's the name? I needs my reads!

[@blue_the_boy_kisser]

deadass post a link of it my guy 👀

[@deceasedsalmon825]

That is so fucking beautiful like omg

[@cosmicrosary]

The joke Kwite made at 5:40 about god sparing the author of his favorite fanfic is literally the plot of a WEBTOON

[@lucas-hw6jm]

name?

[@VivelaSlime]

Name?

[@g0ingb4tty]

FR?!??? Name???????

[@heinrichkrull2523]

Name

[@kohaiame2691]

It's been a year. Do you remember which webtoon it is?

[@chxrryk1sses179]

Gosh, now I'm remembering that time an ao3 author I liked reading from took an unexpected hiatus. Here are their notes, word for word: "basicallt, i broke up w my boyfriend bc he was using me 4 my body lolz , went to a concert, nearly got into a car crash, nearly got kidnapped, found out my mom is cheating on my dad w her cousin and i dead ass hate this chapter sm but i wanted to get something out. its 7 pages, which is two to three pages longer than the other chapters, so! have fun! it’s just pure fuckin fluff. NOT PROOFREAD OR BETAD WE DIE LIKE REAL FUCKIN MEN" "GUYS IM OK I PROMISE MY LIFE IS A MOVIE (a tragic comedy) BUT STILL A MOVIE. MORE CHAPTERS COMING SOON BUT THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE SPORADIC IM SORHRURUEURU"

[@user-dr1xt7tj7t]

I feel bad for the author 😨

[@hamburger7243]

please tell me they are okay

[@ahseymania]

Jesus i hope theyre alright

[@ItsKadelyn]

Hey why there a w is the creator support there mon cheating on the dad or did you put it but i hope the creator okay

[@mugi9949]

a week ago a story i read updated and the author was like “sorry for the month hiatus but on the bright side i finally got the manslaughter case dropped!” LIKE THE WHAT???

[@gaspshichat]

WHAT PLEASE LINK THIS

[@evadoornewaard6559]

Someone probably saw their search history and reported them or some shit

[@lunarkinght123]

Bro not me seeing this on Twitter today

[@El-de6nj]

I know this fic! it was a riddler highschool AU made by Scribbleshrimp

[@kiivies]

I was able to look up the author (thx to the person who dropped their name) and i’m laughing so hard

[@strawberrysoupiii4801]

ao3 is insane, man. i remember reading this one fic in middle school and i ended up following the writer through their whole character development arc bc the fic was really long and took like 3 years to complete. and at the last chapter they wrote this whole letter about how the fic + the community around it helped them get thru high school + college, kept them going during rough times and inspired their love for writing and now theyre pursuing professional writing and everything. the authors note was longer than the actual epilogue chapter but no one minded bc we were all so invested in this persons growth and it was lowkey emotional. the fic was a fucking fire emblem awakening modern vampire au

[@cyn6676]

HELP ME NOT FIRE EMBLEM. THIS IS SO FUNNY

[@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251]

do you have a link, actually?

[@Ansytea]

Woah wait fire emblem? Yo can you drop the link? I was intrigued and became even more invested that it's a *modern vampire au* lmfao

[@radioactivepower600nanaspersec]

Could you give the name of the author and title of the fic, please? I actually wanna read it now

[@sarahking1589]

Link pls

[@llamachai]

can confirm as a retired fanfic writer, a story CAN be a brainworm i committed to a year-long story that was 52 chapters long and never stopped thinking abt it until the day I clicked 'Publish' on the epilogue

[@ashleyduong9108]

I, to this day, recall a fanfic that made me cry more than when some of my family members died. It was so beautifully written and ruined me emotionally. The author deleted it and I was inconsolable for days, it was so good. And you'd be surprised to hear it was actually on Wattpad.

[@koathekid8255]

Yeah my favorite fic is also on there and… it has the WORST name It’s “the class that no one else chose” for those that want to see it It’s like a weighted d100 but instead of going towards a hundred it goes to a one and instead of being a 100 at the end it’s a OO and it always surprises me

[@craddock222]

Knowing that Kwite reads spider man fanfic like me is very comforting to hear.

[@Jade-zm2tg]

ikr

[@shkrimp5607]

Same 🥺

[@craddock222]

@Mason How no fr

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

Hearing people say they read fanfiction of a fandom you write for feels nice too, there's also the possibility they've read your fic (though in my case it's unlikely since i write for a specific part of the spider-man fandom that's not popular)

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

@Mason How ultimate spider-man, the tv show not the comics

[@aidanshea5942]

Kwite: "You aren't gonna turn fan fic into a career" E.L. James: "That's where you're wrong kiddo!"

[@Forlorn_Overseer]

Who's that?/genq

[@aidanshea5942]

@@Forlorn_Overseer The woman who wrote Fifty Shades of Grey, which was originally a twilight fan fic

[@PlayerZeroStart]

God how I wish he was right

[@interndoug2750]

@@aidanshea5942 it's funny but sad

[@willahoey6499]

also Ali Hazelwood

[@valj137]

I'm the fanfic author that doesn't have any good excuses for not updating in months and I get comments from readers asking me if I'm ok and show genuine concern for my wellbeing and I get so touched that we humans can feel so much compassion for people we've never even met

[@Pebble-With-a-Pen]

A quote from the notes of a fic I've read: "Today I left my phone in my uber and I sprinted after the car on foot, lost sight of it, and then hijacked someone else's phone to hunt it down. Then I couldn't get dinner because my local grocery store is on strike. busy day! But here's a chapter!"

[@eli5950]

As a fanfiction writer, (that's embarresing to admit) i can say that you never stop writing because it is THE outlet. It's literally the only way to fully emerse yourself into another world and just let reality go, at least for me. Sorry I didn't proofread this, I had to go to my grandmother's funeral.

[@firebreathingmoonbeam3961]

Lol for me it's the opposite. Writting does nothing for me but reading fanfiction does :)

[@briannavincent8540]

@@firebreathingmoonbeam3961 same

[@tobyandahalf]

I open Google docs and stare angrily at the screen waiting for the words in my head to appear on the doc in perfect grammatical order an edit: i started writing my fanfics like essays accidentally

[@melaniecheshire6420]

I get it. Like, I only got my autism diagnosis at 20 years. After school, relationships and work went all down the drain. And through the process, I just went like "Fuck this shit, I'll read/write something to calm down"

[@bethaniie_]

As someone also going through an autism diagnosis, me too. My old coping mechanisms aren’t doing anything but opening up a private draft and just making a scenario with a character I like is just fun and I can distance myself from my issues by using a whole different reality. It’s a way to push away real problems by delving into a fictional word where I understand what’s happening, and I don’t have to spend time creating characters because I’m really bad at that 💀💀

[@itzfearitself]

As an AO3 Writer myself, I have to agree, fanfic ideas are absolutely blood-sucking parasites! They leach onto your body and gets to eat an inch of skin for every day without an update and in return I get one nice comment if I'm lucky since I have the personal curse of writing for tiny fandoms 😃👍 edit: I don't usually edit comments but since this popped off, I impart a tidbit of advice. If you got an idea, write and it share it to the world. It doesn't matter how awful of a writer you may be or how much you think no one will read it but I've gotten some of my best friends from my fanfics. Sure you probs won't get Heat Waves or Passerine big or anything, but the right people will be grateful for what you've created. It's the best feeling to wake up to 20+ notifs of someone binge reading you're entire trilogy and pleading for an update 😌 ok that's it

[@rach3092]

Legit one was like that so badly that it turned into an entire original story 😂

[@sabreen16]

what's your name on ao3? i'm curious to read your works now lol

[@SkydiaStrike]

@@sabreen16 same here, would love to see their works lol

[@LifeAvoiding]

Name. Now. I’m reading it

[@hollowone777]

Yes! Me too, me too! I needs reads!

[@tarutaglia.]

i used to be a fanfic writer, not on ao3 and i’m not even gonna lie i’ve left similar author notes after i got homeless and had to delay chapters 💀💀

[@st.l0ckette]

finally, a popular commentary youtuber who doesnt aggressively make fun of fanfiction

[@flow185]

"Yo that's so cringe! You enjoy [Insert thing] and I don't that's so cringe bruh"

[@Jakeee108]

Literally it’s so refreshing😭

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

I know nothing about the fanfic community, but I do know that the most judged communities are also usually the most judgemental.

[@nineparr3110]

ColeyDoesThings is good too

[@noobio2129]

I can’t blame people for judging it, just look up Tim x Moby and boom I wish i disintegrated

[@j_fenrir]

Knowing that Kwite not only reads fanfic, but watches ColeyDoesThings, brings me an insurmountable amout of joy

[@chichichichichichiOwO]

I was shocked tbh

[@Enbypotat53]

Same here lmao

[@thatonetiredfrog.2426]

Bro, i think we ALL were shocked bruh

[@sarahmorris4575]

Sammee

[@21habitS]

One of us, one of us!

[@pokeparkwiipikachusadventure]

back when i was like 12 years old there was this one author who wrote really good fics on quotev but then suddenly just. dissappeared. i was sad that id never get to find out the ending of their fics, until one day i found out they jumped off a bridge. which was. great

[@airconditionedBreeze]

Ouch. That fucking breaks my heart.

[@the_dionysus_cabin]

my god...

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

There was also this one DeviantArt user who posted Powerpuff Girls fanart, and one day some thugs bullied her because of something about K-pop and jumped off a building. It's been years since her passing and her account has essentially become a memorial of some sorts. Her last ever post was of Bubbles as a ballerina I think.

[@ItsKadelyn]

...🫶🫂❤️

[@ItsKadelyn]

​@@nevaehhamilton3493❤🫂🫶

[@harper-collins]

As someone who reads AO3 fanfic a lot, I genuinely do get concerned for the writers haha! I've just started writing my own fics too... Hope nothing bad happens

[@flowingdandelion]

Are you still okay now? 😭

[@harper-collins]

@@flowingdandelion Yes! I still write fanfic daily and I'm alright! I wonder how long it'll last though...

[@Jake28]

@@harper-collins Thank goodness. Hopefully fanfic writing isn't cursed or anything

[@VivelaSlime]

@@harper-collins(oh wow, I just realized this video is older than I realized…) You still doing good? Has the curse taken effect?

[@harper-collins]

@@VivelaSlime Partially, someone close to me died if that counts, but I'm still semi regular!

[@magicallydelicious1673]

Was reading a fic and the main character suddenly and randomly had their appendix rupture- turns out, the author actually had their appendix rupture WHILE WRITING and just HAD to describe the pain as it was happening and ig it came out really good because they put it in the chapter. The note was actually from the ER like what????

[@x_.mizuki._x3231]

AS IT WAS HAPPENING?? Ao3 authors are a different type of human, like, WOW, that is crazy!

[@JohnDoe-ns5su]

You know what they say, write what you know.

[@h4rleen197]

that’s a whole art form ngl

[@dandanthedandan7558]

I get that. Ever since I got into writing I've been paying attention to my senses so I can describe them in words if I ever need to write it

[@piksween5075]

drop the fic name what

[@autumnrose9655]

I’ve had Wattpad authors pop up like, “Hey, sorry for my absence. I went through a divorce and was SAed by a coworker so lots of legalities to go through. Here’s two chapters to make up for it~” Like, what? Are you okay?

[@adriannethornheart8516]

oh god, i hope they’re okay

[@autumnrose9655]

@@adriannethornheart8516 they haven’t updated sense so I wouldn’t know

[@usernameqxq8539]

This sounds familiar- I think I've read this fanfic before....

[@kuya8329]

That sounds like a fanfic

[@kaylakrey]

I hope theyre ok

[@d33p345]

as an ao3 reader, i will always always ALWAYS make sure authors get all my love and support and know that its OK to post irregularly or take hiatuses, because far too many authors pressure themselves to post consistently or quickly and it really can burn them out. so if any AO# authors read this, remember to take care of y'all selves ok

[@thatoneperson6727]

3:28 I'VE READ THAT FIC I REMEMBER THAT AUTHOR NOTE

[@Themakerofbadgames]

Hey, uh, sauce? Just curious

[@thatoneperson6727]

@@Themakerofbadgames sorry late reply my family moved and then I had to go through my reading history BUT it's called "and all I am are darkened lines" the account that posted it hss since been orphaned but it's still a pretty good read.

[@Themakerofbadgames]

@@thatoneperson6727 thank you good sir/ma’am/person

[@thatoneperson6727]

@@Themakerofbadgames no problem my dude :)

[@flipflopzthreeonethree1873]

The wildest authors note I ever read was the author explaining they had to go into a medical coma for a few weeks, but don't worry guys cause their mom was going to answer comments! HUH???? YOUR MOM????

[@michelleobamafootcream9292]

That’s so sweet tho lol

[@GalacticalHistorian]

I’ve literally read that fic! The author’s okay now, because they’ve continued to update!

[@Yanarizaki]

Was the fic called 'salvaged' because I had extreme whiplash when I read an author's note exactly like that

[@YourLocalAnonAccount]

Damn the amount of trust and support she has from one of her parents for her mom to agree to answering her fanfiction comments-

[@justaperson4656]

@@GalacticalHistorian WAIT WHAT GIMME THE LINK

[@le-oct4837]

I imagine someone once wrote: “Sorry I didn’t update! I kinda became blind! It’s hard to update now! Luckily, I found a fan that helps me write these! Haha! Enjoy this chapter!”

[@lord__lee9838]

You.... you can still write if you are blind... literally anyone can use text-to-speach

[@le-oct4837]

@@lord__lee9838 yeah but you need someone to proofread

[@lord__lee9838]

@@le-oct4837 There are free apps and sites that read text outloud

[@le-oct4837]

@@lord__lee9838 oh cool!

[@NoxNovak]

... it must be kinda embarrassing to narrate explicit fanfics to a machine and then having it read it to you though...

[@Bees_Bag]

As an ao3 author can confirm I was still posting while homeless and sleeping in a cardbard and paper bin out the back of a large chain retailer

[@gcr1082]

Should mention the audience too. I came across a fanfic on ao3 the other days where the author said her husband has cancer so she can't update as much as before. I'm subbed to the author, she's writing at least three stories atm. All the chapters she posts are at least 1500 words long. In the comment section there are people giving her tips to help her husband beat cancer and she's just responding to people thanking them for reading and the support. It's so wholesome.

[@imjustsomebunny]

I hate that I've had one of these moments as an ao3 writer... 💀 They range anywhere from "sorry for the lack of updates guys, I just graduated! 🥰" to "sorry, my entire family had covid and I went into a horrific mental spiral haha, I'll try to get out an update earlier next time"

[@imjustsomebunny]

Also, is it bad that one of my primary concerns if I die is "who's gonna let my readers and friends online know I died???"

[@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251]

@@imjustsomebunny not really.

[@imjustsomebunny]

@@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251 Oh, good. So I'm not the only one? 😅

[@DrawciaGleam02]

@@imjustsomebunny I've thought that too! Though just with online friends; I haven't written fanfiction...YET...

[@imjustsomebunny]

@@DrawciaGleam02 Yet. 😉

[@f1rewalkwithme_]

I once saw one that was something along the lines of: "sorry for not updating for a while, i was playing a drinking game of bloody knuckles last week and the next morning i was incredibly hungover and ate a whole bag of takis and me forgetting about my ripped open knuckles got taki dust all over my open wounds, i dont know why i didnt clean my knuckles beforehand but they got infected and ive been on heavy antibiotics for the last 3 days. i really hate being 22."

[@ConnorDrawss]

Holy fuckin shit...Fanfic writers really are built different, no doubt about that.

[@celery7094]

I love that this is framed like just a normal part of being 22

[@sarroumarbeu6810]

@@celery7094 yup we all get bad hand infections after a night of heavy drinking and end up on a heavy regimen of antibiotics that makes you ill and loopy ...at 22..lol at 22 my craziest story was pulling an all nighter for an exam

[@BhuriThebest-jx4yn]

5:46 god is peter Griffin?

[@onlywalicia2139]

6:12 *WAIT! I KNOW THIS FIC!* It's Apex Predator by silver jackdaw (cizzi)!

[@sophachu]

i know you said "imagine if the readers were that passionate and giving legal advice" but like,,,,you don't have to imagine. they ARE

[@mkgaca8721]

this isn't a joke AT ALL. i once saw a hs fanfic writer get advice on good motels to stay at while they were they were trying to find a job in the city they were in. i dont rember why they were homeless, but it was fucking WILD.

[@sarahj6795]

I once had a webtoon author apologise for a late update because: "the internet has been out since there was a military coup recently" so very casually it felt like they'd be surprised if someone expressed serious concern.

[@norasyikinali6283]

Where did they live? Myanmar??

[@sarahj6795]

@@norasyikinali6283 Yeah, I believe so.

[@coolterra8491]

So I'm assuming the author was from Myanmar

[@PhoenixT70]

@@norasyikinali6283 I'm guessing either Myanmar/Burma or Turkey. It feels like the Turks have coups in their spare time.

[@GreyScaleArtist]

I had a webtoon author apologize literally yesterday for not uploading because they live in Ukraine and their city was being continuously bombed... Edit: they and their family are safe btw!

[@foxue204]

As a fanfic writer I would like to speak for all of us when I say that my fanifics are more important than my life

[@snowqueen3166]

6:30 That would make a cool story idea in itself - call it The Brain Worm or something, make it super creepy and slap it into the horror genre somewhere

[@macaron_ii]

AO3 apology that I read somewhere and screenshotted it: “I'm back. I never planned on being gone but, well, stuff happened. My grandma fell and broke her arm- she's better now. Thank god. My great- uncle has terminal cancer, I won first place in five different piano competitions, and I passed my beginners ASL exam. Honestly, I'm feeling a little burnt from that emotional whiplash. But I'm back. This chapter was, like, 99.9% fluff because my mental health needed it so there. No excuses. Just 100% coping mechanism. Thanks for your patience.”

[@slurgv2810]

damn

[@josepha377]

Mf has literally all of the excuse wtf do they mean “no excuse” goofy ass

[@trinis8726]

@@slurgv2810 that's what I said 😭

[@pokaay3163]

Good for them.. and sorry that happened.. and uhh, feel better.. holy shit

[@Otothegreat]

I’m a wattpad writer and we’ll be gone for months or years and randomly post a new chapter with no explanation. AO3 authors out here be having little bit messed up schedule from trauma and apologize to the reader for it

[@crescentfeather7]

As an ex Wattpad writer I posted my status updates on AO3 in chapter form instead of in the notes lmao

[@obsidianyuhh]

Yeah, Wattpad is.... Really something, huh?

[@crescentfeather7]

@@obsidianyuhh Yeah that place fuckin traumatized me lmao, not even exaggerating

[@thatguy3903]

AO3 is like the adult version of Wattpad imo, like it's the "hey I know we haven't talked in months, wanna meet up for drinks" rather than "yo let's go to the park 5 times this week"

[@R_i_t_s_u]

as a Wattpad and AO3 reader/writer, yeah, i agree. some of us on Wattpad just disappear off the face of the earth and some of us on AO3 rush to get a chapter out every day, and if we miss a day or two, its like a year for us lmao

[@Katjam_]

1:52 not the monster prom 💀

[@grahamcracker7029]

as a fanfic writer, I won't update for a month consistently and then just tell the 7 people reading "fuck you I was too busy doing nothing" and they love it

[@ivilrat]

i was reading a fic when i was like 13, and the author was like "sorry, this story will be on hiatus, my boyfriend got me pregnant and i'm gonna be busy dealing with legal issues and pregnancy. don't know when i'll be back :/" and i think about it daily

[@tinalyzhen]

did they continue writing the fic doe?

[@theofficalsilentraven]

I...uhm ..wow

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Oh dear. I hope she’s okay.

[@helledising8273]

I once read a fic where the author was writing about the struggle between indigenous peoples in Alaska and the oil industry. They then vanished for several years and came back having become a climate activist and gone to Alaska because of the research they did for their fic. Amazing

[@deezno3666]

Omg 😨

[@Khookies-lp2lu]

Don't you hate it when you did so much research for a fanfic you become an activist

[@michelleobamafootcream9292]

That’s crazy lmao. Good for her tho

[@cylyte2436]

drop the link👀

[@turtie7736]

Link?🌝

[@aaronsings007]

Ao3 has brought me so many hours of joy but dude EVERY story is like "Sorry my post is late, my arm was ripped off but I'm here!" lmao.

[@tsubakiofmelancholy6297]

There is one author who vanished from AO3 for a while. When she returned, she explained she was sick, hospitalized, and missing an eye. Yet kept updating...still is doing so to my knowledge. Every time she has to go away for her illness or surgery she begs for forgiveness as if she has committed some great sin by not writing.

[@Vickynger]

i love that theres no way to monetize fanfics bc it makes it such a pure art form. sure, lots of it is shitty and lots of it is cringe, but you always know that that shit and cringe comes from deep inside someone's heart. theres no other reason they wrote this than the shere need to express themselves and i think that makes it beautiful.

[@alaskabane5340]

if you sort by bookmarks on ao3 you'd get stories BETTER than published books, it's a wild ride.

[@flow185]

"Literally everything a human being does is cringe" -SomeOrdinaryGamers

[@alaskabane5340]

@@ceci--lia pls, those are one of my few vices, I know it says 50K but it's a one shot uwu

[@thegoat9219]

"You always know that that shit and cringe comes from deep inside someone's heart" Funniest sentence I've read this year.

[@therighttrousers343]

Many include links to a pa treon.

[@clairelao8829]

Fellow A03 writer, i can admit to this madness. I was submitted in the mental ward for being suicidal and my first request was to be given a notebook and a pen since my phone was pretty much dead for a week until I found out i can get it charged at the nurses office ☠. All i could think off were the fics i needed to update and how was i going to apologize to my readers for being gone so suddenly. Doing much better now though, and yes my readers are the most wholesome bunch who have wholeheartedly support me and are willingly waiting for my stupid ass to update.

[@user-qn6yv6dw8s]

Chill out bro 💀💀💀

[@vandergrift5557]

Take it easy!

[@Viroh]

Why do you care about anonymous readers? Maybe u belong in a psych ward u freak

[@PhoenixT70]

They say that we authors are a different breed, but I submit that readers can be just as awesome.

[@justaperson4656]

Awwww that's super cute, I'm glad your readers are there to support you and I'm beyond happy that you're doing better /gen

[@WHATDOESTHISMEAN1]

Bro one time a author updated their fic saying "sorry this is late me and ny friends got roofied lol" AND I LITTERLY WAS LIKR WHAT😭😭

[@lavender_lights9193]

Today I learned Kwite watches Coley and that really opened my worldview

[@diasinx6216]

Kwite watching Coley feels like a multiverse crossover that I was not ready for-

[@ConiferConnieTreeCow]

DUDE SAME

[@deviouscrackers9464]

same bro same

[@lei_9222]

SAMEE

[@Enbypotat53]

SAME

[@herruiner]

I saw this one fanfiction, absolutely destroyed me. Was the most beautiful, heart wrenching fic I’ve ever read. The author apologized for bad English, but their English was better than mine. I looked a couple years later, and it was removed. Heartbreaking.

[@Unknownrandomdude]

What was it?

[@justaperson4656]

@@megancress1384 do you know if the way back machine archives wattpad? There's a fic I've been recommended a thousand times over but the original author deleted their account. I'd love to find it again, since a lot of fics I've read reference it as one of the best works for that fandom and/or the reason they started writing

[@lafunbug]

@@justaperson4656 I think it does

[@utente_4554]

​@@justaperson4656 if you have the link and someone saved the page then yes

[@ambergirl986]

i always download my favs bc of this 😥

[@nagitopleasestfu]

Ooc: im a fanfic writer, and the amount of stuff that has happened to me that I still updated until it was finished surprised me. Once I had gotten ran over, I had went through some mental issues in a psych ward, got stabbed in the STOMACH, and I got struck by lightning 2 times once each month

[@QueenCami_123]

Bro the ao3 author curse hit you hard

[@Anaea]

Sir/Ma'am/Person how the fuck

[@astronomicallyfine]

That is crazy

[@lefthandedscout9923]

what is the "ooc" label here supposed to imply

[@digitmidget6973]

Wow, you ARE the ultimate lucky student. (Or unlucky depending on how you see it lol)

[@linnevea]

Long ago I found a fanfic that started out really unnoticed by an author, and followed them through everything and tried my best to comment on a lot of things every chapter! Now it’s been almost two years, they have three books in the same series, 240 followers and about 150k reads on wattpad! But what I love most is that they got me, alongside other readers in a group chat and we talk like actual friends ^^ Not about the book but around everyday things, I’m so happy I found them otherwise I would have missed a great friend.

[@liferestarter2.043]

6:28 Kwite, I can confirm yes there is an obsession that grows within till you just give up. I remember being 14 and realizing a monster of a fic idea but not writing it because I knew it'd be cringe. But every night I'd go to sleep, when I was dozing off, I'd just conjure up scenes, dialogue, doodling what I wanted to write. I'm not joking when I say it haunted my every waking moment. In the end, I gave up and popped into a Google docs, where 100K was born

[@justaperson4656]

gimme the doc, dude

[@1dkreally]

also currently in a similar place with a huge fic/au idea, but its based around topics that i probably shouldnt be handling so im hesitant to write anything in case i end up accidentally writing something unpleasant/offensive

[@deviouscrackers9464]

@@1dkreally my writing life in a nutshell

[@klmao4379]

This is literally me but I won't actually write since my English vocab sucks

[@objectivelylonely3606]

Bro, I feel this so much. I have insomnia ( I find it extremely hard to sleep, not that I can't sleep at all ), and even my counselor suspects I have ADHD at this point, so my mind is constantly running and it has a lot of time to do so, and when I tell you I have 10+ fleshed out storys I'm not kidding, I will name the basic plots for all of them right now. My mind is constantly coming up with new things but I can never full fill my dreams of writing it because I cringe at the first sentence and immediately lose motivation and hate myself for it everytime 😭

[@celestewoodworth5627]

Okay, the whole, "Fics are sentient and forcing authors to write them," is absolutely true. There is also, however, "The characters I made for this fic to give it more depth have become sentient and now won't shut the fuck up even though I finished writing the fic years ago."

[@justaperson4656]

Say it with me now, maladaptive daydreaming!

[@celestewoodworth5627]

@@justaperson4656 Wait, what?

[@Zeelian]

My characters keep hijacking the story and running it in all kinds of weird directions. Started a fic that was supposed to be like 4-5 chapters ~50k words back in august 2020, I'm currently writing my 44th 10k word chapter and I'm nowhere near done...

[@mochacup1868]

I've seen so many authors say that, it’s fascinating It must happen when you have a good internalized profile and understanding of the character in the story, so much so that you instinctively know how they would react in the fanfiction, and like they seem to breathe and live through the words in your fanfiction This must be an incredible experience for an author

[@celestewoodworth5627]

@@mochacup1868 it is. The first time one of the characters starts talking with you is weird and amazing at the same time. But after the tenth time they keep you up till 2 a.m. it starts to lose it's charm.

[@Wertsir]

4:47 Oh my god, when are people going to stop comparing writing fanfiction with serving in a warzone? Fanfiction writers have way more ptsd. Like sure grandpa, Nam was bad, but have you ever read your way through the sonic and omegaverse fandoms? Thats the real shit, and we were in it up to our necks.

[@Sakachi18]

God, I don't read fanfiction myself and used to not understand it or people who read them at all. But then I saw this particular video by Coley and now I like to watch videos like this, because seeing the way fanfiction changes people like this is actually hilarious.

[@ace1148]

I was reading a fic and the authors note was like a saga about how the author was trying to enter a window, but there were hornets and their uncle was there and it was chaotic

[@aranelnemonia6376]

Oh that’s funny...do you have the link? I kind of want to read that.

[@d-righty]

@@aranelnemonia6376 I second this. Hand over the link

[@thattaigaforest_]

@@d-righty i third this (is that even the correct term?) i want to see this now, link please if you find it

[@salem-01]

@@thattaigaforest_ I fourth this

[@jack.___.__._._._]

I fifth this

[@rey3292]

nah man, fanfiction is legitimately great. these people are out there writing entire novels just because the want to. Your average novel is about 90,000 words. these people are crazy, and deserve respect

[@GenderIsAnIllusion]

ppl will go further than that, they will write fics the length of the entire harry potter series over the course of 3 or 4 years and still apologise for how short their most recent 7k+ word chapter

[@REN-no6zx]

i saw a fanfic with like 449,772(? some number like that) words, like bruh wtf

[@ndf0715]

@@REN-no6zx I've seen a few that are longer/similar in length that have been posted in the span of less 3-4 month

[@evadoornewaard6559]

I recently saw a fic with 100+ (and still *actively* counting, like it was updated pretty recently) chapters. 150k+ words. Insane.

[@esuterunokitsune3556]

One of my all time favorites is 207 758 words in 4 chapters. It takes about 5 seconds to scroll through it as fast as possible.Reading a single chapter could take a day or two, depending on how angsty and heartwrenching it was.

[@AthenazGirl]

i read one where she was like " sorry i havent updated , i got shot lol! no exscuse ik im sorry" like gurl what😭😨

[@Ravenlikesbooks]

I'm convinced that the instant you post a singular work on Ao3 you are CURSED! The Ao3 curse is no joke, I worked up the bravery to get an account and post some of my writing back in December 2022, February 2023 (mere days after I posted the first chapter of my first long fic) my mom gets diagnosed with breast cancer and I have like 5 panic attacks for the first time in my life in the span of three days :) needless to say I've barely posted since then while we've been dealing with surgery, recovery, radiation, etc. (before anyone asks she is fully recovered now, the medication to stop the cancer from coming back has been messing with her hormones a bit which sucks but nobody is gonna die this time. still havent updated the fic though bc I have to track down what 24 separate ppl were doing over the course of 3 months in order to get the next chapter finished and I dont have the time for that rn) This is what I would consider a very mild instance of the curse kicking in lol. I am genuinely scared for when it's been a few years of me writing on there but also it would be kinda cool to end up in the Ao3 hall of fame for a day

[@brookehansen6973]

Glad your mom is doing better! I've been writing for a few years on AO3 and it's been a wild ride but not anything to the degree you've experienced I think I'm doing something wrong Nonetheless, you should take the leap! I just recently found out one of my works is being passed around on Tumblr after all this time

[@Post_Stall_Maneuver]

As a new AO3 author (registered and posted on my account a few days ago)... ...this will be interesting.

[@absoultethings4213]

So I really shouldn’t post on AO3, especially when I already feel like I’m at the door of insanity. Got it

[@jessicaholscher4097]

I work as a writer now, and i got started with writing fanfiction (this was like literally 18ish years ago and way before fanfiction was well-known). I never wrote anything before that , but i hated the poorly written fanfiction, and i was like, "i can do better than this," and then i realized i loved writing and literature and fully switched my major from biology to lit. literally, without fanfiction, i would not have found my calling in life. I don't read it or write it anymore, but it was fun while it lasted, and i'll always hold a special place in my heart for fanfiction writers.

[@cocobako2582]

What an inspiring story ♥️

[@catsantos353]

As an unofficial, lifelong writer, I can safely say that I strongly detest PENNING fanfics yet, still, I am an *avid* consumer of it.

[@sarahwarnock2707]

Wonderful💗

[@madeofcastiron]

yo same. i couldn't find any good fanfics that were to my liking, so i decided to write a fanfic i like. ended up really enjoying writing and literature analysis. i didn't change my major or do anything drastic, but i did end up getting the best grade for my university entrance exams's english writing paper, so there's that.