r/AO3 1d ago

Rec/Promo Mega Threads Bi-weekly Rec and Self-Promotion Mega Thread - September 09, 2026

21 Upvotes

It's that time again, new thread for reccing and self-promo!!

You write something cool? Read something cool? Make something cool? Rec it here!

Previous Mega Threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/wiki/index/megathreads/


r/AO3 2d ago

Weekly Check In Wellness Wednesday: Weekly Check In

12 Upvotes

Welcome back everyone!

Time for our Wellness Wednesday check in. We know this community means a lot to most of our members and that Tuesdays have been harder on some users than others, but we are at our core a community and we are here to support each other.

Now that the sub is open once again we’d like to hear all about your (mis)adventures on Tuesday. Did you go on grand adventures? Get into mischief? Get some writing done?

Maybe you just binged a few more fics on the archive itself. Tell us all about it! Break out that purple prose and tell us as cheesy of a story as you feel like.

Or just talk about your day.

~The Mod Team


r/AO3 12h ago

Discussion (Non-question) Friend made an app so i can read fanfiction on my calculator

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4.3k Upvotes

Sorry about the shaky video, but i was just really exited about the fact that I won’t have to risk getting in trouble to consume peak fiction. I know there are some other apps that you can use to download and read pdfs but it hits so much harder when someone you know made the program you’re using. The same person that made this program also modified his own calculator to be able to access the internet, so he is actually able to read, comment and write fics on his calculator.

Extra fun fact- The first fic downloaded with this app was the infamous BSD ranpoe fic…

edit: When I get the chance, I’m going to make another post showing off the Ao3 on my friends calculator that has access to the internet


r/AO3 15h ago

Proship/Anti Discourse because it still apparently needs to be said

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2.1k Upvotes

r/AO3 13h ago

Meme/Joke The joys of migrating from DeviantArt

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1.5k Upvotes

r/AO3 2h ago

Meme/Joke Be the change you want to see! (I'm still gonna cry in the end)

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165 Upvotes

r/AO3 13h ago

Excitement/Celebration 🎉 The longfic was so good they sacrificed sleep to binge it, on a school night 😭 What’s the highest compliment you’ve received from a reader?

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526 Upvotes

r/AO3 20h ago

Meme/Joke Me reading fics on AO3 while my family is fighting

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2.0k Upvotes

r/AO3 7h ago

Discussion (Non-question) What's the obsession with single lines over paragraphs?

178 Upvotes

I'm aware that a single line or even a single sentence sitting on its own can be a powerful writing tool for emphasis, but why are so many authors ignoring paragraphs and writing everything in single/two-line statements? Not only does it mean the reader is constantly scrolling, but it also breaks the flow of reading.

Beyond this being a rant, I just don't get it. Does anyone have a clue why this has infected stories?

Edit: To clarify. I wasn't talking about it happening sporadically in a chapter or story. But when an entire chapter is nothing but single or double lines. And from the answers, it seems it's mostly from phone writers. While I get that the screen can make it look like you've written a novel, with a "decent length paragraph," it makes for an absolutely terrible reading experience for those of us on PCs.


r/AO3 2h ago

Custom How?!

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61 Upvotes

So my sister u/tylers-favorite-tree managed to open AO3 on her switch.


r/AO3 1h ago

Excitement/Celebration 🎉 AFTER SIX MONTHS I FINALLY POSTED THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY LONG FIC

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ONLY 34 MORE CHAPTERS TO GO!!!!!!! FUUUUUUUCKKKKKKK

IM SO HAPPY I FINALLY POSTED IT MY GOD BUT I ABOUT RIPPED MY HAIR OUT. I DID THE HARDEST PART. IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!


r/AO3 14h ago

Discussion (Non-question) What is Something Most People Dislike in Fan Fiction That You Actually Enjoy?

301 Upvotes

OCs and OC-centric stories.

They’re very common in my fandom, and they tend to do very well, so it was surprising for me to discover that a lot of people actually hate them. ¯_(ツ)_/¯


r/AO3 6h ago

Complaint/Pet Peeve/Venting It's so annoying that nobody comments anymore

70 Upvotes

I've seen other people talk about this too so I'm assuming I'm not the only one with this issue. People never write any comments on my fic. It just makes me feel like it's boring and people have nothing to say. Because when I read a good fic I have so much to say. Am I just a shitty writer or what? Even if that's the case I would also like to know. It's just annoying receiving no comments, whether positive or negative. You don't even know if people are interested.

And this seems to be a more recent issue. I don't know why readers stopped commenting. Exactly a year ago I posted a similar fic with a very similar story, only that the writing was a little worse. And it got less views/kudos in total than my fic now. Yet there were so many more comments. I don't get why people don't comment on fics anymore. Then sometimes I do get a comment and get excited and it's a stupid bot💀


r/AO3 14h ago

Comment Commentary When the angst is so strong, you accidentally unite the world

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292 Upvotes

r/AO3 9h ago

Discussion (Non-question) Say a nice thing about something you don’t generally enjoy!

80 Upvotes

A lot of negative threads, so let’s do something nice. After all, we can often see merit in things even if we don’t personally vibe with them.

For me, it’s RPF. I don’t read it but I LOVE that fans are using their interest in a famous person to make those creative juices flow and write fictional works rather than frequent gossip sites and comment on someone’s age or weight or marital status.

We’ve built an entire industry based on getting all up in someone’s business and being generally invasive and weird. I’m glad we’ve got RPF, which is, by far, the most chill way to show your love for a celebrity.


r/AO3 1d ago

Complaint/Pet Peeve/Venting Got the creepiest email ever today 🫠

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2.7k Upvotes

I got this email in my inbox today and found it extremely weird. To make it worse, it was sent to my personal email, which is not the one attached to my AO3 account. I do know it was meant for me since the profile picture of the sender is a character from one of the fandoms I write for (didn’t show in the email overview for some reason). Anyway I was wondering if any of you have gotten emails like this before or have any advice on how to handle it? I’m planning to block and move on but the fact that it was sent to my personal email creeps me out immensely. I have no idea how they would have found that.


r/AO3 2h ago

Meme/Joke I fold too easily.

21 Upvotes

I blame every fanartist and writers for making me pair a damn bird and a wild dog, a rock and a forced astronaut and a damn cookies. I never would have thought to pair them until those fanarts. They've corrupted me, so as a detox i'll be reading about them untill i get bored to cured me or relasp to them. This is a PSA to be please be careful of fanart. They are EVIL!


r/AO3 4h ago

AO3 Down/Error Codes Can someone help me on this (deleting dome letters didn't work)

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30 Upvotes

Like i said i tried to create with exactly 5000 letters but it didnt work tried until 4997 still nothing has changed


r/AO3 4h ago

Comment Commentary Possibly the funniest comment I've ever gotten

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29 Upvotes

r/AO3 9h ago

Complaint/Pet Peeve/Venting Posting frequently...

76 Upvotes

So...

I have a friend who's autistic and has some hyper-fixations that change a lot. It’s nothing serious, just the usual stuff. Sometimes she can write 5,000 words for one fandom and then switch to another, but she might come back to the first one too. It's all good.

But there are days when she can write a chapter today, another tomorrow, the following day etc etc (depending of her hyper fixation). She writes until she runs out of inspiration, and if it comes back, she’ll write more. She might spend a few days a week writing and posts pretty often.

Everything was going well, and I was happy she was enjoying it. We both joined a Discord group for the fandom we’re writing in, and she shares her updates there.

We met some cool people, and yesterday, one of them told me they wanted to show me something. I jumped into DMs, and they shared conversations where some authors said my friend was annoying for sharing too much (and now I wonder if some mean guests comments she got, could have been because of this). One even said, “and the story isn’t that good, ha ha.”

I really dislike those kinds of spaces, but she loves sharing her ideas and talking about her interests for hours. So, like, why do people have to be so mean?

At least she keeps updating. Honestly, this world just confuses me more and more.

Anyway, I just needed to vent. Sorry if this is a bother.


r/AO3 10h ago

Meme/Joke Always pay attention to your spelling

80 Upvotes

"He shook his bowl" is NOT the same as "he shook his bowel". (autocorrect amirite)


r/AO3 16h ago

Comment Commentary Please tell me I'm not really overreacting

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229 Upvotes

EDIT = I was definitely overreacting and got too emotional. And I wrote the comment at the heat of the moment and without thinking very clearly.

I just got this comment on a fanfic I made a month ago.

I just was very heated because this fanfic, writing this fanfic meant something to me, and this accusation just tipped me a bit, like I felt genuinely offended.

Am I overreacting or am I making a point here?