Are you an artist and have always wanted a writer to write the story of your art work?
Now is your chance!
The SKAM Reverse Bang does exactly that! Artists will create one or more artworks to inspire a story, and will then collaborate with a writer on that story!
A fun and laidback fandom event, the SKAM Reverse Bang is not meant to be stressful or competitive, but rather a celebration of all things SKAM. There's no pressure, just the gentle nudge of working together with fellow fans on a gift for the fandom.
Sounds god? Do not wait any longer, and sign up for the SKAM Reverse Bang 2025 by clicking on these links: for artists, for writers, or for beta readers. The sign ups for artists close on January 15th, so no time like the present! Writers and beta readers have some more time, but why wait? We're looking forward to connect with you.
Remember, the definition of art is very broad! Analog or digital, small or large, pretty much anything goes, as long as it can serve as a starting point to collaborate with a writer on a story.
All your questions are answered here. Feel free to contact us here or on social media if anything is unclear, or email us at skambigbang at gmail dot com, or join us on Discord.
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In 2025, the SKAM Big Bang event will be back… with a twist!
The SKAM Reverse Bang 2025 will continue the tradition of the annual SKAM Big Bang event. But this year, we will invite artists to create one or more pieces of fan art to inspire writers. With this role reversal, we hope the event will celebrate all things SKAM in a new fun, collaborative and fan-centric way.
Interested? Read on!
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SKAM REVERSE BANG 2025
The SKAM Reverse Bang 2025 celebrates all things SKAM.
This means that your work needs to be SKAM-centric. It can be an AU or a canon compliant, but it needs to focus on characters from the SKAMverse. You can place SKAM characters in a cross-over world (e.g. situate Fatou and Kieu My in Hogwarts), or retell a story with SKAM characters (e.g. give Isak and Even the story arc of Nick and Charlie from Heartstopper), but you may not have them interact with Hermione Granger or Tori Spring, as cool as that may be. You can, however, have characters from one SKAM universe meet characters from another SKAM universe. For example, Mayla meeting up with Crisana is perfectly fine.
All genres, ships, pairings, settings, tropes, and ratings are welcome.
The SKAM Reverse Bang 2025 celebrates original fan creations.
All works created for the Reverse Bang must be original and complete. Artists may create as many pieces of art as they like, but writers will only need to write one fic, with a word count between 5 000 and 30 000 words.
The SKAM Reverse Bang 2025 celebrates collaboration.
We encourage artists and writers to stay closely involved in each other’s work, as soon as they are paired. Often, this may lead to mutual inspiration, and works may grow and evolve thanks to feedback and suggestions from your partner. Beta readers, too, are often invaluable with insights and interpretations to early drafts. We hope the collaborative spirit of the event will lead to a fun and engaging experience for all. And who knows, you might even end up with a life-long friend and an invitation for a re-watch… at the other side of the world!
Read on under the cut for the timeline, and some more detailed rules and FAQ.
TIMELINE
ARTISTS
SIGN UP
15 NOVEMBER 2024 - 15 JANUARY 2025
Sign ups open on November 15th 2024 and will remain open until January 15th 2025. Sign up here!
2. CREATION
15 NOVEMBER 2024 - 01 MARCH 2025
You will create one or more pieces of art to inspire a writer.
During this time, you will be asked to check in once or twice to confirm you are on track for the next step.
On March 1st 2025 you will share some or all of your artwork, so writers can pick who they would like to collaborate with.
3. CLAIMS
MARCH 2025
At this point, the writers will get a chance to choose artists they would like to work with. You will be asked to provide some information on your preferences for the fic. At the end of this period, you will be paired with one writer, or possibly more, who will create a written work inspired by your art!
4. COLLABORATION
01 APRIL 2025 - 15 JUNE 2025
In the final months of the event you will finalize your artwork(s). You will also collaborate with the writer(s) you are paired with, leading to a written work to accompany and boost your art.
During this time, you will be asked to check in once or twice to confirm you are on track for the next step.
We will also ask you to provide some information about your work and your experience with the Reverse Bang to promote the event by May 15th.
5. CELEBRATION
21 JUNE 2025 - 01 AUGUST 2025
Time to share the finished work and celebrate all things SKAM!
WRITERS
SIGN UP
15 NOVEMBER 2024 - 15 FEBRUARY 2025
Sign ups open on November 15th 2024 and will remain open until February 15th 2025. Sign up here!
2. CLAIMS
MARCH 2025
Writers will get to pick at least three artists whose work inspires them to write a fic. At the end of this period, writers will be paired with one artist to create a fic based on their art.
3. CREATION / COLLABORATION
01 APRIL 2025 - 15 JUNE 2025
You will write a fic of minimum 5 000 and maximum 30 000 words. Ideally, you will do so in collaboration with the artist you are paired with, leading to a written work to accompany and boost the art.
During this time, you will be asked to check in once or twice to confirm you are on track for the next step. We will also ask you to provide some information about your work and your experience with the Reverse Bang to promote the event by May 15th.
By June 15th 2025 you will need to provide us with information on word and chapter count.
4. CELEBRATION
21 JUNE 2025 - 01 AUGUST 2025
Time to share the finished work and celebrate all things SKAM!
BETA READERS
SIGN UP
15 NOVEMBER 2024 - 15 APRIL 2025
Sign ups open on November 15th 2024 and will remain open until April 15th 2025. Sign up here!
2. COLLABORATION
15 APRIL 2025 - 15 JUNE 2025
As agreed between you and the author you are paired with, you may be asked to beta read chapter per chapter, or the complete work in one go. Be sure to communicate well to manage expectations on both sides.
3. CELEBRATION
21 JUNE 2025 - 01 AUGUST 2025
Time to share the finished work and celebrate all things SKAM!
RULES & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
GENERAL
What is a Reverse Bang?
In a reverse of a more traditional ‘Big Bang’ fan event, a Reverse Bang is a fan-centric collaborative event where writers write a fic based on art created by fellow fans.
Both the ‘Big Bang’ and ‘Reverse Bang’ type of event can be traced back to the tradition of fanzines, which often combined visual and written fan art.
How can I be part of the Reverse Bang 2025?
There are three ways to participate: as an artist, as a writer, or as a beta reader.
Artists will create original artworks to celebrate SKAM. Writers will then create a written work specifically inspired by the artwork. And beta readers will be cheering on the authors, and helping them polish their work.
If you cannot be part of the Reverse Bang this year, we invite you warmly to enjoy the art and the fics starting on June 21st 2025, and give the finished works your love to keep the fandom alive!
You may join in more than one role, if you’d like… but be sure you can really commit to the tasks expected of you before you do so.
Can I join together with my friend?
Of course! In past events, there have been teams of writers working together on one fic. We welcome artists to do the same, if they like. In that case, you can join as a team - just let us know the contact data of all team members.
Artists and writers cannot join up as a team. The spirit of the event is to be paired up with someone you might not know before. But we hope you’ll join anyway, and meet new SKAM fans to collaborate with!
Beta readers and writers can team up if they wish to do so, but they will need to sign up separately.
Is the SKAM Reverse Bang 2025 open to all versions of SKAM and all ships?
YES! All versions of SKAM, all seasons, all ships are allowed. The more the merrier!
How many people will I be paired up with?
The short answer is: at least one.
The slightly longer answer is that we cannot give any exact numbers yet, because we don’t know yet how many people will sign up as artists, as writers, or as beta readers. It is likely that some artists may get paired with more than one writer. If there are more artists than writers, we will check in with the writers to find out if people are willing to write more than one story.
A second consideration is that our fandom encompasses many verses, generations, and ships; of which some are very popular and others relatively obscure. The broader the horizon of the artwork, the more writers will be able to write for it.
That said, we will try our absolute best to make sure every artist is paired with at least one writer, and vice versa.
Do I have to keep my creations a secret before the posting date?
Yes, and no.
Unlike previous SKAM Big Bang events, we will not have an anonymous pairing. This means that writers will know which artists have created which artworks, when they choose the works that inspire them. This also means that you can freely talk about your project during the creating period.
However, we ask that you do not share significant parts of your works outside of the event participants. A tease, a snippet, a mention for Six Sentence Sunday, … - these are fine; but we’d like the fandom to enjoy all the new artworks and fics during the posting period of the Reverse Bang. Let’s make it a true celebration of all things SKAM!
My English is not perfect. Will that be a problem?
Not at all! Most of us aren’t native English speakers, and we all make mistakes. Some of us speak other languages too, so we will find a way to communicate - even if we have to rely on online translators.
What do you mean by ‘checking in’?
During the timeframe of the creation of art or stories, we will check in with you to ensure you are on track to be ready by the end date, to help you find solutions to any problem that may arise, to encourage you during the creative process, and to make sure you are still having fun.
Is this event age restricted?
The SKAM Reverse Bang is open for fans aged 16 and over. However, if you are under 18, we will ask that both the art and the written work that you and your partner create, will be non-explicit in nature. Beta readers under 18 will only be paired with teams creating non-explicit works.
Will there be a place to hang out while we are creating and posting for the Reverse Bang event?
Every participant will be invited to a pre-existing lively Discord server with a group of enthusiastic, friendly and helpful SKAM fans. Note that this year there will be no separate Discord server dedicated to the event, but a section of the 21:21 SKAM Fan Content Creators server will be set up to host the SKAM Reverse Bang 2025. Join the server here!
While we hope you will join the Discord server, there is no obligation to do so.
What will be the main form of communication between participants and mods?
As said, all participants will be invited to join our Discord server full of SKAM fans.
However, should you choose not to, you can reach the Reverse Bang mods via email, or you can ask your question on the Skam Big Bang Tumblr account.
Where will the art and the stories created for the event be published and shared?
All written works will be posted on Archive Of Our Own (ao3), in a collection dedicated to the Reverse Bang. The author will include the art, a picture of the art, or link to the art, in their post. Artists may choose to post their art in a separate post on Archive Of Our Own (ao3).
If you want to participate, but have no Archive Of Our Own (ao3) account, we encourage you to request one as soon as you register for the Reverse Bang. You can ask the mods for help, if needed.
After the works have been posted into the collection, both writers and artists will be free to post their works on any other site, including their social media.
Of course, you will need your partner’s permission to post their work. And obviously you must credit your partner appropriately when posting their work alongside your own!
What if I cannot meet a deadline?
While an event like this relies heavily on everybody involved being accountable, we understand there is this thing called life. If something pops up that makes you have to defer on a deadline, or have to drop out completely, please let us know as soon as possible. We are ready to figure out the best possible solution, but we need to know in order to keep the event moving seamlessly for everybody. Communication is key. Do not hesitate to contact us! Better a solution that's not needed in the end, than a problem snowballing into an experience that leaves someone unhappy.
That said, please take the deadlines and timelines into careful consideration before committing to participating. An event like this can only run smoothly if all the parts run smoothly. With that in mind, exceptions to the deadlines must remain rare exceptions.
Can I use AI?
AI takes many forms nowadays. While many of us use some form of AI as a tool while creating, we want this Reverse Bang to reflect the many talents of fans and fan-created works. Therefore, we will not allow any art or stories which were created solely by prompting an AI generator, even if you lightly edit or modify the result.
That said, use of AI as a tool can be permitted, provided it is disclosed. Disclosing will allow people not to engage with your work, should they so choose.
To make the difference clear, let’s consider some examples.
Let’s say your art has a background consisting of a repeated pattern. It might be fine to do that manually, but if you want, you could also use some form of AI to create a repetition of something you created. Or, if you want to draw a female figure in a certain position but have difficulty finding a good reference, you could ask AI to create one for you, as long as you then draw the final artwork yourself.
For writers, you might like to ask a chatbot to suggest some names of fantasy lands if you draw a blank. Or maybe you can prompt an AI story generator to describe the atmosphere of a Mediterranean marketplace, which you then use as inspiration to enhance one short paragraph of your story.
The examples above are meant to illustrate that minor uses of AI to help create a work of art or a story, where the AI generated part is either a minor detail of the final product and/or used as reference or inspiration without it ending up in the final product, will be permitted for this Reverse Bang.
To be abundantly clear: Art or stories which were, at their core, created by generative AI based on a prompt by a human, will not be permitted for this event.
You didn’t answer my question!
Oh no! We’re sorry, and we invite you to please contact us through email at [email protected]. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
ARTISTS
So, what do you mean by ‘art’ or ‘artwork’?
Basically, anything can be art! Most often, artists choose to create some form of visual art, but it can also be a piece of music or a song, if you feel so inclined! Visual art can be analog or digital, and it can mean many things: feel free to create a drawing, cartoon, painting, mood board, banner, gifset, video, photo manip, collage… Or create art that exists in the physical world: hand-lettering, paper art, knitted art, sculpted art, carved art, … You could even create a nicely formatted playlist, social media page, an item of clothing, a game - you name it! As long as it features the SKAM multiverse and inspires a writer, you’re set.
Does my art need to be finished by March 1st 2025?
Not at all! What we need at that time from you, is something you are happy to share with the writers and which represents you and your work, so they can choose what art inspires them to create a written work to accompany it.
Since the Reverse Bang is in essence a collaborative event, we expect that your art might evolve as you talk more with the writer you are paired with - but if you want to have your final piece(s) ready by March, then that’s fine too! The main point is for you to have fun, and for the fandom to get to enjoy your creations.
What if the writer I am paired with wants to write a story I do not want to be associated with?
As an artist, we will allow you to list a limited number of themes, tropes or triggers you would rather not see featured in the works associated with your art.
WRITERS
Do I have to write in English?
No. However, writing in another language might make collaboration with your artist more difficult. If you want to write in another language, but feel unsure, please contact us. We are happy to try to come up with a solution together!
Will I get to choose which artist to collaborate with?
Yes and no.
During the ‘claims’ period of the Reverse Bang, you will get to choose at least three artists you would like to work with. You will then be paired with one of these by the mods. To help you choose, the artists will provide (part of) their art works, and some guidelines about what they would like to see or not see in the fic associated with their work.
What if I want to write more or less than the specified word count?
While we like to read long epic stories as much as the next fan, we want to ensure first and foremost that this event is fun for everyone. That means that we don’t want you to burn out, feel stressed or pressured, or even have to drop out of the event. Hence the maximum word count.
On the flip side, the minimum word count means that no artist needs to feel like they drew the short stick when it comes to the stories and fics created specifically inspired by their art. While you may feel that 5 000 words is a significant number, we really hope you will give it a chance. Working together with an artist and being part of a collective creative challenge might make it a lot easier to reach the word count before you know it!
However, we can definitely discuss the minimum word count if you want to create some other form of written work, rather than a story. If you feel more at ease writing poetry, for example, or maybe a comic combining words and pictures, or a social media fic, feel free to contact us so we can work out the details!
Is the use of a beta reader mandatory?
No, but it is encouraged. You are not obliged to use a beta reader at all, or you may use a beta reader who is not affiliated with the Reverse Bang; but if you like, we can get you in contact with some eager beta readers. If you do use a beta reader, please be clear about your expectations, needs, and wants; and agree with your beta reader on a time frame.
What is the policy about tagging my work?
All works on Archive Of Our Own (ao3) must use the main tags (i.e. Graphic depictions of violence, Major character death, Rape/Non-con, Underage sex) if present in the work. All other tags are discretionary, but please tag for major triggers and/or include them in the author’s notes.
BETA READERS
What is the job of a beta reader?
Depending on what your author needs, you can be asked to read through an author’s first (or second, third, …) draft to help them point out plot holes, continuity errors, or factual mistakes. Some authors only ask their beta readers to do a spelling, grammar and punctuation check. Sometimes, a beta reader is a cheerleader, or sometimes they help an author brainstorm narrative points, or they can provide tips for a better story flow.
You can let us know what you are willing to do when signing up, and we will try to match you with an author suited to your strengths.
Will I get to choose who I work with?
Yes and no.
You can definitely join the event together with a writer you’ve worked with before; but you can also ask to be paired randomly. In that case, we will check what your limits are in terms of story triggers, story lengths, etc. before pairing you up.
Take care of yourself any way you can. Hug a loved one or a pet. Put on your favourite music and dance in your room, or on the streets if that's your jam. Get some sleep after all the stress and worry. Take a bath. Eat something, even if it's just some comfort junk food. Take a breath. Take two. Create, draw, write, bake, take a picture of the sky. Call a friend. Cry, then laugh. My geography teacher used to say you can handle a lot more if you laugh for five minutes a day.
And if nothing helps, then rage. Make sure the world hears your voice. March. Protest and organize, resist and protect. Do not lie down in defeat, but fight back.
It's okay to be upset. It's okay to be worried. It's okay to be incredulous and scared and grieving. But like with Pandora's box - if you can, remember to hold on to hope too. There's still love. There's still joy. There's still good.
cloud watcher!lucas and weather god!eliott for next fcf!
Oh, man. Remember when I was actually doing this type of thing? Nowadays I wish for just any old words. My ao3 account is as boring and dead as this one.
That said... Hmmm, cloud watcher and weather gods, huh? *rubs chin* In-te-res-ting! My fingers are getting itchy...
We've had some wonderful art for our stories this year. We wanted to celebrate them one more time, and spread some love and support.
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The Dream of Life (M) by Flatfootmonster with art by Alterlove2021
I turn to you (when I can’t sleep through the lonely night) (T) by selfsufficient with art by Hodge (COMPLETE)
To Build A Home (E) by Happily_Evak_After with art by CelesteKayy (COMPLETE)
The Cure (E) by Anna _Driesen2121 and Viola_player1 with art by monikacharaabi (COMPLETE)
Some say I should learn to cry but I only learned how to fly (T) by Arfel with art by Garce (COMPLETE)
The Time of our Lives (M) by Sprookjes with art by Pauline
Murder at 21:21 (M) by Hodge with art by Laika (COMPLETE)
Superstar (M) by Miniloc Island and Ghostcat with art by Parallel-Univers
Parallel pieces of You & Me by Jules with art by Katmylittlesunshine (COMPLETE)
Attraction - (M) by Laika and Midlifecrisis with art by Eirabach (COMPLETE)
Blessings of Babylon - (T) by Veronese_green with art from Bean Awake (COMPLETE)
Heated Rivalry (E) by Beulaugh with art by Polaris.Artwork (COMPLETE)
Blood in the Water (E) by Tea with art by Mariana/MiranhasArt (COMPLETE)
Him (M) by Maddie with art by CelesteKayy (COMPLETE)
I’m trying hard to fit among your scheme of things (E) by JackFrost_Sander with art by Hodge
Cracks in the Ice (E) by AltErLove2021 with art by Mazarin (COMPLETE)
As His Own Soul (M) by Midlife Crisis with art by Miranhasart (COMPLETE)
Cinderfella (T) by TeeJaySnow with art by Garce (COMPLETE)
Unmasked (M) by Prevalent_Masters with art by AltErLove2021 (COMPLETE)
From Christmas Eve to Wedding Vows (M) by SamuelFauvel 123 with art by Jazzi_123 (COMPLETE)
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Check out these stories in the 2024 Skam Big Bang collection and show them all the love 🎉 because Kudos and comments are super appreciated, especially for our first-time authors.
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some of the best writing advice I’ve ever received: always put the punch line at the end of the sentence.
it doesn’t have to be a “punch line” as in the end of a joke. It could be the part that punches you in the gut. The most exciting, juicy, shocking info goes at the end of the sentence. Two different examples that show the difference it makes:
doing it wrong:
She saw her brother’s dead body when she caught the smell of something rotting, thought it was coming from the fridge, and followed it into the kitchen.
doing it right:
Catching the smell of something rotten wafting from the kitchen—probably from the fridge, she thought—she followed the smell into the kitchen, and saw her brother’s dead body.
Periods are where you stop to process the sentence. Put the dead body at the start of the sentence and by the time you reach the end of the sentence, you’ve piled a whole kitchen and a weird fridge smell on top of it, and THEN you have to process the body, and it’s buried so much it barely has an impact. Put the dead body at the end, and it’s like an emotional exclamation point. Everything’s normal and then BAM, her brother’s dead.
This rule doesn’t just apply to sentences: structuring lists or paragraphs like this, by putting the important info at the end, increases their punch too. It’s why in tropes like Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking or Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, the odd item out comes at the end of the list.
Subverting this rule can also be used to manipulate reader’s emotional reactions or tell them how shocking they SHOULD find a piece of information in the context of a story. For example, a more conventional sentence that follows this rule:
She opened the pantry door, looking for a jar of grape jelly, but the view of the shelves was blocked by a ghost.
Oh! There’s a ghost! That’s shocking! Probably the character in our sentence doesn’t even care about the jelly anymore because the spirit of a dead person has suddenly appeared inside her pantry, and that’s obviously a much higher priority. But, subvert the rule:
She opened the pantry door, found a ghost blocking her view of the shelves, and couldn’t see past it to where the grape jelly was supposed to be.
Because the ghost is in the middle of the sentence, it’s presented like it’s a mere shelf-blocking pest, and thus less important than the REAL goal of this sentence: the grape jelly. The ghost is diminished, and now you get the impression that the character is probably not too surprised by ghosts in her pantry. Maybe it lives there. Maybe she sees a dozen ghosts a day. In any case, it’s not a big deal. Even though both sentences convey the exact same information, they set up the reader to regard the presence of ghosts very differently in this story.
I'm swept away by a wave of nostalgia so here I am sending u an ask just like back then in the old days. Also I just saw an ask ju sent stela which I took as an inspo.
Hope you're good. I really do.
So much has changed in my life and basically I'm a new person. I like it, now, my little life. But I do miss some things from past, such as our banter.
You're so lovely, I send u a virtual hug. Mayhaps we're gonna meet up again sometime?
Anyways,
Love, nat <3
Sis. My wonderful 🐤.
I have been struggling. Like, a lot. My job environment got really toxic, so I changed jobs. Then I got sued for something I didn't do. I feel empty often. One of my best friends died unexpectedly earlier this year - he was so full of life, so vibrant, so alive with joy. And I'm grieving a lot of things - personal, private things.
But I'm trying to get better. I'm trying to find the energy to the things I love, the things that make me feel worthwhile.
I do miss those times we were all going feral over some fictional boys together, writing and creating. Did you see I did finish Project X?
Mostly I miss the people.
I'm so happy you found the life you always deserved. I'm so happy I could play a teeny tiny little role in you getting to your happy ever after. It's all I ever wished for you.
You deserve all and more. Please go after your dreams and grab happiness wherever it finds you.
Happy new year!
Just wanted to send you some love this year and ask you how are you doing?
I'm not that active on tumblr lately but I'm always thinking of you 🖤 and I hope you're well and happy!!
Lovely, lovely, lovely angel of me!
I haven't been on here either. But thank you so much for thinking of me. I have been going through some things, and it's not been easy all the time. But I think I felt your caring 💙
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✨🖤✨ send this to ten bloggers you think are wonderful. keep the game going ✨🖤✨ (hi, my dearest Jane! How are you doing? I hope you're good, well rested and hydrated. I miss your stories and theatre au every day. Sending you an embarrassing amount of love 🖤)
Stela! Oh, my gosh! I haven't been on this site in AAAAAGES, and this is just sitting here ready to make me feel loved! So sorry, Miss!
I have been... not so good. I haven't written anything in a year. But I miss those days in 2020 when we had nothing to do, all locked up in our houses, and got frantic over some fictional French boys. And I miss all the friends I made back then. I'm slowly getting better, though... so who knows, maybe I'll get around to writing again at some point too.
Hope you're doing well, that you are happy and healthy, and know that there's a little yellow house in Belgium where you are often remembered fondly.
🍃🌺🌙If you receive this you make somebody happy. Go and send this to ten of your followers who make you happy or somebody you think needs cheering up. If you get it back even better 🌙🌺🍃
Oh my gosh, thank you! I have no idea how long this has been sitting in my inbox just waiting for me to see it and brighten my day, but thank you so much!
YOU SAID PROMPTS ARE OK? Matteo and David already being together some time (like a relationship, english is hard) and fooling around, just being idiot's and Matteo's then like 'oh I know you have a crush on me' and David gets all serious and says 'way more than that, I love you so much' and Matteo gets flustered and asks why he had to become so serious and David is like 'you deserve to know how much I love you all the time' something like that? Just cheesy. Hit us up with cheesiness? Please?
(also you can change the dialogues up obviously, just smth like that? Maybe? If you wanna)
Hiiiiii!
Hope you are doing fine!
I have no idea how long this has been in my inbox... I haven't been on this site in forever and it might have been an old ask when still was around... So I doubt you're waiting around for an answer but I'm gonna give you one anyway.
Sorry, dear anon, that I never got around to this. I'm not completely out of the SKAM / Druck fandom, but - I have had a very hard time, got pretty burned out, and I haven't written in a year. I'm trying to take it back up... So I'll keep this in mind, if that's okay with you.
With the latest crap of someone making an unofficial ao3 app and actually charging people to use it… why do you want an ao3 app so badly? Why are you willing to pay for an otherwise free website that works fine in mobile browsers? I’m so confused. Like, y’all are willing to have that as a security risk? And pay for it? I don’t understand at all. I saw people on the OTW’s recent post about it arguing for the existence of this app instead of against it.
Also, the whole thing is just so shady. There’s someone out there making money off of tons of people’s free work. Not cool, guys. Not cool. Don’t support the app.
What really did my head in - most of the people on the OTW's post arguing for the existence of the app were saying that the app has features that AO3 doesn't have, and then naming features that AO3 already fucking has.
The two main ones: downloading fics for offline reading and having fics read to you like an audiobook.
I don't have personal experience with either of these features, these are not things I use - but I have known for years that you can download fics for offline reading. It's easy. If you have a long commute or a one time trip, or even if you're worried that AO3 is gonna go down in the middle of you reading a long fic - download it. (But please, make sure to go back to the online version and leave the author a comment telling them that their fic was enjoyable and worth downloading.)
As for the audiobook thing - many browsers have 'text to speech' screenreaders that are meant as a disability accessibility tool, and I can't imagine that the app is paying people to actually read out fics - they're just using one of these. Other than that - do the kids not know about Podfics???
People make 'audiobooks' of fics and post them on AO3. Actual, live readings of fics that they post on AO3. And sometimes it's just a fic they admire and wanna make a reading of, not even their own fic that they wrote. If you have a favourite pairing or a favourite tag, go onto that tag and search up 'podfic'. You will find the audiobook style that you are looking for.
You don't need any AO3 app. All it will bring is paywalling and censorship. If you want to give AO3 money, and you have extra money to give- donate to a real donation drive. (And you can actually get benefits from it). Authors don't post their fics on AO3 for them to be paywalled by a scamming 3rd party.
When I first started reading fanfiction, my options to download them for offline reading was "carefully select full chapter text, copy and paste to Word Document". It was highly necessary because Internet connection was still dial up and expensive as hell.
If you can't be bothered to click on the "download" button AO3 already provides, kindly shut the fuck up.
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