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How to make your fanfiction easy to find (ao3 edition)

1. Ratings

Ratings are important.

On ao3 you have G, T, M, E, or no rating.

Something important to know is that Explicit is usually used on really smutty fics. And sometimes it's used for really really violent fics.

If you're writing smut, I recommend you rate it M or E. (Depends on the smut, really)

Teen and General should be easy to figure out. They're for more tamer fics, but Teen is usually used if the fic has swearing or just a little bit of violence.

2. Tags

Tags such as "hurt/comfort" or "enemies to lovers" or "alternate universe" makes it really easy for readers to find what they're looking for when they turn to filters for help.

What kind of story are you writing? Is it fluffy? Is it angsty? Does it have a major conflict that the character goes through? Will the story have a happy ending? Try to be specific. Make your reader excited by giving them a hint.

I also recommend relationship tags. If it's a platonic/family relationship, tag "character a & character b". If it's romantic, make it "character a/character b". It's very important that you never mix up the two with certain dynamics (like an adult and a child) because it will drive readers away. Anyway, relationship tags also make easier for readers to find what they're looking for. It's also good to include more than one!

(For example, I more often than not find a fic that has scenes of Eda being motherly to Luz, but it does not include the "Eda Clawthorne & Luz Noceda" tag, just "Amity Blight/Luz Noceda", and it's kinda frustrating)

Character tags are just as important. And I think that's easy to figure out.

3. Warnings

Reading those charts should be easy enough. If your story includes any violence, major character death, or r*pe, include a warning. This isn't a case of a reader finding the story, but more of them knowing what they're getting into.

4. Ships

People mix these up commonly.

For example, I've seen people mistake F/F for platonic/family relationship when really it's usually used romantically.

Much like relationship tags, it's important to not mix up the difference, otherwise the reader may get confused.

(Also I've seen the "other" tag be used for Raeda stories so I assume that's an appropriate tag for enby ships)

Hey, d'you want to hear a horrifying Episode Echoes theory?

y'know we've had a lore book entry stating varying encounters with the Vex on Nessus and how weird they're behaving - like a Guardian saying they swore one was making sandcastles etc. kind of weird and almost childlike. And other reports have talked about how the Vex are spontaneously changing, adapting, learning, in a way that is wholly new for them?

so... remember that fucking weird Swarmers lore from Lightfall?

The CloudArk and Neomuna in the early days was being attacked by the Vex though they didn't know then it was the Vex. They were approached by an Axis Mind named Aesop, which offered to help them in exchange for their loyalty. When they refused... the children's connection to the CloudArk was severed which presumably killed them?

It's a nursery rhyme, so isn't going to be 100% historically accurate - it could well be entirely allegorical.

But I can't help but think about the minds of the children and if they got stuck inside the Vex network rather than outright dying...

And some part of them is now inhabiting the Vex...

Actually thinking about it... the Swarmers nursery rhyme is essentially the story of the Pied Piper, who killed the rats in Hamelin, and when they refused the promised payment, lured the children away with music (often implied to be magical, so the children couldn't resist).

Kind of like the Conductor did with Saint...

Hands you a million spectras

I know I missed the Undertale Yellow stuff but I did do my own sprites of the main five to eight. Standard NPC sheet stuff will resume. lemme know if you wanna see them doing stuff

Relatable Scars AU

What if Vee and Hunter got the chance to meet in the Demon Realm. Leading to Hunter discovering the monster Belos really is (What if AU #2)

This one could start with Hunter being very stressed after failing a mission for Belos. A passing Scout notices this and says something like "go out and touch some grass kid, you look awful" realizing he has nothing better to do he goes out (without the uniform, gonna blend with the civilians)

During his little adventure, he comes across a homeless kid probably asking for food or money. Hunter, who was planning to spend his salary in something for himself, decides to also buy something for the kid and stay with her until she is done.

It becomes a habit for Hunter to go out every once in a while and, if he is in the mood, check on the kid he encountered that day. He goes from buying food, and clothes to her to actually showing concern when he finds her injured after she got robbed by someone (he shortly after found who and beat the crap out of them.)

Many things happen between them every time they meet. One time while being out Hunter was accused of robbery and had no choice but to run away from the scouts, he is shortly saved by Vee who guides him around the alleyways until he loses his trackers.

Also, with every visit, both of them discover something from each other, mostly bad things. from each other's nasty scars to the way they react to certain things (Vee's absolute raw fear of the Emperor's coven) to (Hunter's absolute obsession to pleasure his Uncle)

After some things happen, (Hunter discovers that Vee is a basilisk, then she disappears shortly after) and starts to investigate some of the most obscure Coven's activities. Hunter not only discovers the way the rest of the isles are being treated by them, but His investigation also leads him to the secret floors of the Conformatoriun, which inside are taking place not only the basilisk experiments.

And then after a couple more major plot moments, Hunter discovers Belos's plans, discovers he is a Grimmwalker, and that the Titan's will is no more than a lie. Vee and Hunter escape Belos to live together as low-key criminals. As sister and brother willing to trust each other with their lives.

I'm planning to work in this one someday, but I'm already busy with the other two Long-Fics so it... Better to just leave this one here in case I forget about it. I also have many loose ideas for this story, like, maybe at some point they escape to the Human Realm with Eda's help?

Anyway, feel free to share any ideas, believe me, having somebody to talk about this would be quite helpful so... don't be shy!

Vee redesign for my AU, 'Snakes and Mirrors'.

Look at this little happy childhood haver (her ass is unaware of the horrors behind her creation).

Sometimes a family is a strange small child, three grown ass monsters who tried and failed to kill said small child, and the most delightful bird you ever will meet 😋

A wish you shall not fear, O' Beloved of mine.`` Ahamkara were many things, kind and loving were not of those. Yet now, he looks down to the joyful face of his mate, and feels his heart flutter in a hollow chest.

i also play destiny (2) here's my guardians

guy on the left is korhal, ahamkara who managed to survive the great hunt by immediately laying low. not actually a hunter but pretends to be one because no one questions guardians being weird. pretending to be a hunter specifically because doing all the paperwork everyone else refuses to do makes them essential enough to keep around, and keeps them off the front lines.

guy on the right is cricket, eliksni warlock. he likes fish. and pink. i'm not actually sure when exactly they were first risen but they survived out in the ruins of old earth for a fair bit of time before getting picked up by the vanguard

naked refs below the cut, no actual nsfw

Yay, goat knight!

Also you´re getting better at drawing

goat child kris

I’m not sure if I’ll add Goat Kris to this AU since DeltaRune is something completely different than Undertale, and at the same time, I don’t know how to fit them in XD But hey, that doesn’t mean I can’t doodle them! Blue gote 👌

And there’s a little comparison to Normal Kris vs Goat Kris :v (The doodle for Goat Kris was rushed sorry-)