ao3 is insanely alive, bro. like night-market at 3am alive. people binge, kudos, bookmark with essays, scream in the tags, make rec lists, run fests, the whole circus. it’s literally where the best longfics live and the community is weirdly wholesome for a site that routinely ruins my sleep schedule lol

wattpad feels like yelling into a hallway. ao3 is a library with a mosh pit. discoverability actually works because tags matter. series linking is clean. collections exist. people leave real comments and come back for updates.

if you hop over, you’ll thrive fast: — tag like a menace with clarity first — write a sharp summary with a hook and vibe words — post on a consistent cadence — make it a series if it’s multi-part — crosspost the update to tumblr with a snippet and a tiny tag dump — answer comments and pin bookmarks you love

Hey Internet. People Of Tumblr. I Require The Fics You’re Ferally Obsessed With. It’s A Medical Necessity. 💥

So Here’s What’s Happening:

Me + My Discord Community Are Building A Massive, Organized Fic Vault Together Using Archivemate (Aka: “Stop Losing Fics To The Void Forever”). It’s A Shared Master List Where We Collect:

Title + Link

Rating

Ship (Or “No Main Ship”)

Word Count (Rough Is Fine)

Status (Complete/WIP)

Tropes

A One-Line Pitch That Makes Someone Go “Oh No. I Have To Read That Immediately.”

The Community Master Sheet (Archivemate) Is Here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14WinVufT0kb6hyKabh6Jb5c5oezmxiL2nwN5qnb4MKo/edit?usp=sharing

How You Can Help Me (And The Class): Drop One MHA Fic You’d Recommend With Your Whole Chest And Add It To The Sheet — Or Comment It And I’ll Add It For You.

I Want The Ones That:

Rewired Your Brain

Made You Stare At A Wall

Ruined You Respectfully

Healed You A Little

Made You Whisper “This Author Is INSANE” At 2AM

And Since I’m Not About To Ask For Yours Without Declaring Mine—

My Favorite MHA Fic Of All Time (That I Didn’t Write Myself): The Way You Used To Do (TWYUTD) By edema_ruh (The Image On This Post Is TWYUTD’s Summary Page.)

It’s Long. It’s A Slow Burn. It’s Emotionally Nuclear In The Best Way. It’s The Kind Of Fic That Raises Your Standards For What Writing Can Do. I’ve Reread It Multiple Times And It Still Hits Different Every Single Time.

Now, If You Want To Come Yell About Fics With Actual Humans (And Help Build The Vault), I Run Two Servers:

Smash Reads Hero Course Hangout (13+) The All-Ages U.A. Common Room For Fic Recs, Writing Hype, Headcanons, And Fandom Chaos: https://discord.gg/hvbEvZKF3Q

✨Smash Reads Explosive Book Club✨ (18+) Same Obsession, Adult-Only Lanes. Deeper/Darker/Spicier Fic Talk Stays Over There So The 13+ Hub Stays Safe: https://discord.gg/3FRxrFt5W6