Easily Distractible

I'm sick of seeing that lie peddled by clickbait news sites and popular accounts trying to ridicule her with "Oh you didn't expect coffee to be hot?".

What actually happened should radicalise you.

In 1994, Stella Liebeck, who was 79 years old, spilled coffee on her lap while in the passengers seat of the car. The coffee was dangerously hot and caused third-degree burns over 16% of her body including her inner thighs and genitals.

*Warning - Very graphic images of the burns*

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Stella originally tried to settle with McDonald's for the cost of her medical care - $20,000. They only offered her $800.

Throughout the case it was discovered that McDonald's were selling coffee between 30-40 degrees higher than other places. That change in temperature causes third-degree burns much faster, if it had been from somewhere else she would have had roughly 20 seconds to wipe away the coffee and avoid third-degree burns.

Ungoliant

He beheld his sister Éowyn as she lay, and he knew her. He stood a moment as a man who is pierced in the midst of a cry by an arrow through the heart; and then his face went deathly white; and a cold fury rose in him, so that all speech failed him for a while.

Lick the boot that kicks you

Lancelot/Merlin ● G ● WC: 100 ● No Warnings // Written for @merlinmicrofic 2025, for the prompt 'Fading Light'.

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there is no "common tag" to use. because ao3 is an archive. not a social media platform. it doesn't have algorithm or "going viral." so no, there's no "fyp" tag on ao3.

the only tags you should use are tags that actually fit what your fic is about.

if you mistag or tag things that are not in your fic for visibility, most readers will avoid your works. and you can be reported for mistagging too.

so on ao3, you don't "post to reach lots of readers." you post to reach the right target audience, and you do it by tagging your works properly and accurately.

use summary that's interesting, summary that makes people want to know more about your fic and click on it. or maybe a climax scene from your fic that cuts off right before it reveals what's happening. or your favorite quote from the fic. anything. but it must actually be from the fic or what the fic is about. using clickbait or mistagging for visibility won't get you more views, because that's not how it works on ao3.