Meme As Story Prompt? Maybe

Meme as story prompt? Maybe

Vulture

The Bear’s Tastiest Ships, Ranked

Romance, table for two!

This was a fun read.

Reminding myself.

Reminder! Part 1 of TYRION'S SEASONS OF LOVE is on June 21st!

All ships are welcome! All types of fanworks are welcome! Please tag your posts as #tyrionseasons so that your posts can be reblogged here! If you are writing fic, please post to the Tyrion’s Seasons of Love Collection on AO3. The prompt for Part 1 is: I loved a maid as fair as summer with sunlight in her hair Alt: I loved a lad as fair as summer with sunlight in his hair Alt: I loved someone as fair as summer with sunlight in their hair For more information here is a link to the original post. We are so excited to see your creations!

Just posted Chapter 26: A Dream of Dragons (Walk Through Fire)

Excerpt:

"Circling above, their wings glinting in the sunlight, were three brightly colored dragons. They shimmered in the sunlight like jewels.  Gasps escaped the lips of the crowd as they pointed and stared.  Howland Reed stood among them.  His weathered face displaying the rare expression of amazement as he fixed his gaze on the creatures above.  Nestled deep within the Neck, Greywater Watch emerged from the murky depths of the marsh atop a colossal crannog.  Moss covered stones blended in seamlessly with the landscape making the castle nearly invisible to prying eyes or spies."

Dreams and Nightmares

Walk Through Fire Chapter 27

Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV)A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. MartinA Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms

Relationship: Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark

Summary: All seven hells break loose in the streets of King's Landing.

Excerpt:

The she-wolf roamed the Wolf’s wood at Winterfell.  The ground was soft and wet beneath her feet.  As the wolf quietly prowled the moonlit woods, her paws sank into the cold powdery snow that lightly covered the fallen leaves and dying grasses.  She braced herself against the biting wind that weaved through the skeletal branches above her, almost seeming to whisper to her.  Her senses were heightened.  Every faint rustle, or subtle scent upon the frozen air caught her notice.  She continued following the intoxicating scent, her head down, and her ears erect.  The scent trail lingered in the air, it enticed her and drew her deeper into the heart of the forest.  The scent carried the story of prey. 

Just sharing for info. I have seen these.

there is a new scourge on AO3 that I discovered recently...

that scourge is "Placeholder fics". This is thing, where someone posts a "fic" on AO3 with a summary and tags (and sometimes even a complete tag), but when you click on the "fic" the content of the "fic" is something like:

"coming soon" or "in progress" or "an idea I'll write someday"

This is a scourge on AO3 tags that directly violates TOS Section IV, as it is spam (sect B) and inappropriate content (sect H) (not, strictly speaking a fanwork).

If you see these "placeholder fics" on AO3 REPORT THEM. It is easy to do.

Link the fic in report and in the description, you can write something like this:

The linked "fic" is a so-called "placeholder fic" where the author posts a work to a tag and the only content is the words "In progress". The "fic" appears in tags, yet contains no content, so I would consider it to be spam. Thank you!

(This, btw is the actual thing that I wrote to report one of these a few weeks ago)

If you want to get jazzy you can even mention that you believe the "fic" violates TOS IV.H (which is what the AO3 mod told me in the email response to my report) or TOS IV.B.

You can report anonymously if you want afaik. Once you submit a report the AO3 moderators will get back to you at some point to update you on that report and action taken.

This is a simple way that YOU can make AO3 better today. If you see a "fic" that violates TOS in any way, REPORT IT. There are literally millions of fics on AO3 and the moderators can't possibly go through all of them without YOUR help.

I suspect that the people who are posting these "placeholder fics" are probably very young people who are very new to fandom and fanfiction and do not know better. If you are reading this post, and you are one of these people, know that I don't hate you, I just want you to know that what you are doing is a violation of the AO3 TOS and that it fills AO3 tags with spam, preventing readers from finding actual fic to read. There can be (and certainly are) MANY fics on AO3 with the SAME names, if that's what is motivating this.

AO3 isn't a social media site, it's an ARCHIVE for fanfiction. If you want to communicate with your following that you are planning on writing a new fic, use your tumblr, your reddit, your dreamwidth, your substack, your pillowfort, your livejournal, your bird site or whatever the fuck you have to do this. Link your socials in your bio on AO3 if you must. Mention it in the author's notes on your latest work. IDK, just don't post empty "fics" on the ARCHIVE.