I just had a discussion with my friend about fanfiction and how we tend to assume that women are the writers without any actual proof. Then I said, hey, I know fanfiction written by gay and trans dudes. But then I remembered, wait, I think I know one writer who just must be cis het based on his work. Anyway, all writers, be honest, who are you?

Please reblog if you're interested in the results.

Hi,

It’s your friendly neighbor fanfic author here. In the light of this apparent new trend of people feeding unfinished fics to AI to get an “ending,” and some people even talking about “blanket permissions,” let me just say this:

I EXPLICITLY FORBID ANYONE TO FEED MY FICS TO AI. DUDE, THAT IS ABOUT THE LEAST RESPECTFUL THING YOU CAN DO. IF YOU DO IT, SHALL YOU BE EXCOMMUNICATED FROM YOUR FANDOM AND WALK ON LEGOS BAREFOOT TILL THE END OF DAYS.

That is my anti-permission.

Thank you for your attention.

we did it gamers

ghost

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader

Rating: Teen & Up

Warnings: Addiction, self harm, emeto, season 2 spoilers, talk of hospitals

Spencer has been so strung out lately that he doesn't notice you battling an addiction of your own.

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@hayleybarnes-x My username on there is calibo!

he knows

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader

Rating: Teen & Up

Warnings: Miscommunication, talk of cheating, talk of sexual abuse/CSA, victim blaming

After your first trip back home since you started dating, you start acting strangely around your boyfriend. When he finally confronts you, you break down and confess.

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only love

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader

Rating: Teen & Up

Warnings: Mentions of bullying

You thought that you were over your best friend (ex-best friend?). But a chance meeting in a D.C. coffee shop has your head spinning with everything you never said.

he knows

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader

Rating: Teen & Up

Warnings: Miscommunication, talk of cheating, talk of sexual abuse/CSA, victim blaming

After your first trip back home since you started dating, you start acting strangely around your boyfriend. When he finally confronts you, you break down and confess.

Read it here on AO3!

tethered

Fandom: Criminal Minds

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Kidnapping, beating, hospitals, meltdowns, harmful stims

After your kidnapping, Dr. Reid is left to help you pick up the pieces of your life.

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fanfic really is. like. it really is about the community. it's about the comments. it's about the story you rip directly for your heart and bleed out on your keyboard. it's about the i loved it when you... and the i screamed when you wrote... and the keyboard smashes and the i can't believe you did that!!!! and the i'm suing you for damages like it. this is community. fanfic is literally. an act of community. the greatest act of community in fandom because it comes with such raw, overwhelming vulnerability. whether you're writing kink fic or 100k words of trauma exploration, you're just like. hi hello this is my soul please embrace it and people do. oh my gosh

I made this callout meme for me and me specifically

ao3 is not instagram, and it’s not embarrassing to comment on a story that’s old. we understand that you just happened to come across it now; writing is magical in that you often come across the right story at just the time you need to read it.

also, authors will literally cry over their keyboard if you comment on the stuff they write.

Chapter two is officially up!

Warnings: Attempted suicide via gun, talk of physical and sexual abuse

Description: Worried about you ever since your episode earlier in the day, Lance goes to check on you after work and is almost too late.

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weigh your heart against my eyes

Fandom: Bones (2005)

Pairing: Lance Sweets x Reader

Rating: Teen & Up

Warnings: Discussions of CSA, CSEM, pedophilia, and sex trafficking. Descriptions of self-harming behaviour, severe panic attack, and flashbacks. Stay safe.

Description: When a case hits too close to home, it's up to Lance to pull you back from the brink.

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weigh your heart against my eyes

Fandom: Bones (2005)

Pairing: Lance Sweets x Reader

Rating: Teen & Up

Warnings: Discussions of CSA, CSEM, pedophilia, and sex trafficking. Descriptions of self-harming behaviour, severe panic attack, and flashbacks. Stay safe.

Description: When a case hits too close to home, it's up to Lance to pull you back from the brink.

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Control

Fandom: Bones (2005)

Pairing: Lance Sweets x Reader

Rating: Explicit (18+ only)

Warnings: BDSM

Description: Being in control was often integral to Dr. Lance Sweets' work, especially when it came to wrangling the wayward agents and scientists he shared a building with. Sometimes, however, it was important to hand someone else the reins. AKA he's so pathetic I can't NOT fuck him

Read it here on AO3!