SPLAT!

before you stab someone: THINK!

how can you make it Tender?

how can you make it Homoerotic?

how can you make it Implicitly intimate?

how can you make it Noticeably a metaphor for sex?

how can you make it Kind of gay?

"i want a dislike button on ao3" so you want less fanfic. even if you don't think you want less fanfic you want less fanfic. because when people start getting dislikes on their fanfic they will want to write less fanfic. hope this helps <3

Dislike buttons aren't that bad

for fanfic? for things people put their hearts and souls into for free? for creative works where there is literally no reason to downvote a fic except to just be mean? where negative reception (and even just unwanted constructive criticism) could potentially kill someone's passion for their fic or even their motivation to ever write again? You're right! They're actually not that bad!

They're terrible! And it would be a terrible idea to ever implement them.

if you dislike the fic just fucking leave you're not being forced to finish something you're not enjoying. back button. if you're feeling especially hateful you can even block authors now.

People can barely bother to comment but some of you really are ready to jump on the negativity train (\button) huh?

No wonder so many writers are burnt out

"AO3 needs a dislike button" is some content-monkey "consumer" brained bullshit.

Fanfictions are labors of love shared with you for free. Don't like something you read? Shut the hell up and leave it alone.

dislikes, likes, and rating systems are more helpful for determining what an audience likes and wants, which is needed when your trying to maximize money from it. this is why services like netflix and youtube have these features.

however ao3 authors can NOT make money from it. there's absolutely no algorithm. kudos are more of a "i got to the bottom of this and felt like giving you a small dopamine reward in return" than an actual like function.

if a dislike button were added to ao3, it would serve only as the opposite. "i got to the bottom of this and am taking away dopamine from you just to be mean. maybe also give you sum cortisol (stress hormone)"

if you want to see more of what you like, THERE'S FUCKING TAGS!! wanna see less of something? AGAIN, TAGS.

dear guildmaster !

what if you wore a shirt that featured a picture of you trying to claw your way out of the shirt with a horrid desperate expression and the text "THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME I'M TRAPPED IN THE SHIRT"

the winter soldier fanart in 2025? it's more likely than you think

I'm in your fandom, polyculing your found family.

Veteran "I NEED to put my dick in him Idc if he doesn't want it" vs newbie "I'd like him to kiss me"

Video captions: And stop trying to show your ex what they missed out on! Stop trying to teach your family a lesson for not believing in you! Stop trying to shit on your haters! Do it for you! Do it because you deserve it! Do it for YOU! Water your dreams with love! Don’t put no hate and resentment, and try to — “oh Imma fucking show them, Imma show” — FUCK THEM! Fuck them, do it for you! They don’t matter! They NEVER mattered.

Armed and dangerous? More like submissive and breedable 🦾🙂‍↔️

I see no difference

bucky figure sketches or something

fun fact! every ship is a "proship" because proship isn't a type of ship, it's just letting people ship what they want!

i love farkas. need to see him writhe

Tornado

I want every non-Midwesterner to know that we are drilled in tornado safety from a young age and know exactly what we should do to keep ourselves safe. And yet we do exactly as pictured in the bottom image every time a tornado comes around.