[ SECRET POST #3463 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3463 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera]


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03.
[Megazone23pt2's Bodysuit 23]


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04.
[Steve Shives]


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05.
[Awful Hospital]


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06.
[Rick & Michonne/Richonne | The Walking Dead]


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07.
[The West Wing, The Newsroom]


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08.
[Zootopia]


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[Archie Comics]











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 36 secrets from Secret Submission Post #495.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

You could always look for other fic sites, or sites specific to your fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess it depends on the fandom, too? I don't read much fic, but when I've dipped into the fandoms I like I've found good stuff.

One good trick, if you do find a fic you like, is to look through that writer's bookmarks; I think a lot of people tend to read things similar to what they write (or wish they could write).

[(Anonymous)]

There's a lot of good rec sites, here, on tumblr, on LJ, on specific fan sites... Widen your scope and be more open. You can't always judge a fic by its cover either.

[(Anonymous)]

Could be both. Small fandoms and pairings are always going to be subject to random vagaries of chance - if it's a really small fandom, you're probably not missing anything. Bad writers are always bad writers.

But filtering can help with stuff like getting rid of stuff that primarily features ships you don't like. It is a useful system.

[(Anonymous)]

At least 75% of all fanfic is shitty, OP, regardless of the site you're on. If you are looking for a fandom without much fic on AO3, or an unpopular pairing, or you have really specific criteria, you won't find much fic, and 75% of what you do find will be shitty - AO3 does not have some sort of special quality requirement. It just has a lot of fic for popular pairings and fandom, and a lot of users who are multiship/multifandom, so for those, you can read a long time before you get to the shit.

Small fandoms and rarepairs are out of luck everywhere.

(you do know how to sort by kudos/hits/bookmarks right? that's the closest there is to a quality filter on ao3.)

[(Anonymous)]

If you have little experience with advanced search tools, you will have to accept that it'll take a little while for you to get used to one.

Read the FAQ on searches: http://archiveofourown.org/faq/search-and-browse?language_id=en#howtosearch and try it out.

[kallanda_lee]

Do you like rarepairs or less common tropes? That might explain.

Surgeon's law, my friend

[(Anonymous)]

Always always true

Re: Surgeon's law, my friend

[(Anonymous)]

Sturgeon.

Re: Surgeon's law, my friend

[(Anonymous)]

You crazy. Sturgeon's a doctor who cuts you open when you sick.

[(Anonymous)]

I recommend searching for a ficfinders site for your fandoms and asking for recs for your pairing or kinks. Not all fandoms are well-represented on AO3. Some still use LJ or other platforms.

[(Anonymous)]

This. Let others' fingers do the walking for you.

If your fandom isn't brand new, you could try the now-moribund but still immensely worthwhile Crack Van (http://crack-van.livejournal.com/) community on LJ.

[otakugal15]

I feel you.

But at least you aren't in, say, the SWTOR fandom.

You are GIVEN LI's for your characters. But people like me? We end up LOVING the non-LIs, like Lord Scourge (JK), Gault Rennow (BH), the Twi'lek dude from the Consular story, the freakin' underworld main crime boss Rogun the Butcher from the Smuggler story and...there's like...MAYBE 2 pages worth of fanfic...if that, on Ao3.

:C

It also doesn't help that Bioware is patently refusing to either give us the option in the latest content to even ROMANCE those old companions, but that they have basically taken out the whole companion interaction thing entirely after chapter 3 that it's just...killed the fic community for those non-LI pairings...

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes there just isn't a lot of the kind of fic you want to read and that's just the way it is. We don't always get lucky and fall for a fandom/pairing/trope with a huge following that has a high output of fic.

You may not have exhausted your options, though. Other people in this thread have given good suggestions.

[dimestoresaint]

As others have said, maybe try another archive? I've found AO3 particularly frustrating to browse.

Just to take a different route-

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't meant to be condescending, but have you tried giving writing a chance? Not everyone likes to or can contribute to fandom, which is fine, but sometimes giving a new creative outlet a chance is good for you. If you are worried about the feedback, you could always get a beta reader or discuss ideas with someone in your fandom.

The other thing is that sometimes when people don't see something they want in a fandom they end up creating more of a reaction when they put out their own works instead. When one person sees a work then more might be inclined to contribute.

If none of this is up your alley, the other feedback is right. AO3 has changed. Don't be afraid to look on outside websites as well.