The Problem With Reading And Writing Leading To A Strong Vocabulary Is That You Tend To Know The Vibe

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Togachako nation!!!

Uraraka didn’t sign up for that when she went to find a side hustle👀

Vander: I've always liked the name Violet. Silco: *snorts a line* Hey, you know what I like?

Sex Bots really shouldn't be able to target ace people.

Like what's even the goal here?

Showing me pictures of naked people is like showing me pictures of hairless cats.

- interesting, but I don't see the appeal

Tears in my togachaco eyes ,,,

Comment resources

Receiving comments means so much to fic authors so we’d love to encourage people to leave more. But we appreciate that leaving comments can be a bit daunting or draining, especially on days when we are tired or already stressed. So here are a few resources to hopefully encourage us all to leave more and to make doing so easier.

Archive of Our Own floating comment boxes

There are a couple of versions of these out there and they can be helpful. They are browser extensions that allow you to keep the comment box on the screen whenever you like so that you can easily comment as you read, rather than getting to the end and panicking about what to say.

Here are two different versions:

AO3 Floating Comment Box by ScriptMouse

Floaty Review Box by ravenel ← I use this one and think it’s great - Squid 💕

Feed The Fandom Fest

Have you heard of the @feedthefandomfest bingo cards? Because if you’re participating in these, maybe one of the recs on this blog could be the perfect way to tick off a square on these cards. Or, if you’ve not started one yet, why not pick one to encourage yourself to comment more and have some fun while doing so?

Here are the different cards:

Original Card

For Beginners

Fluff Edition

Angst Edition

Smut Edition

Old Fic Edition

Billy Hargrove Edition

Or put your own together!

I’d also just recommend having a look through the Feed The Fandom Fest blog in general, it’s such a wonderful resource 💖

Additional AO3 Kudos

Here’s some images of additional kudos for when you’re longing to mash that button again but all it greets you with is that mocking red smiley face. These are complete with the html to easily put them in!

AO3 Random Nice Comments

This browser extension will give you a short, nice comment from a list at the press of a button. It may be useful for beginner commenters who want to say something nice but are unsure what.

Comment prompts

If you want to craft your own comments but are unsure what to say, here’s a few starting points:

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think back on the fic? I’m sure the author would love to know

Who was your favourite character in the fic? 

Where are you reading the fic?

Speculate on what could happen after the end of the fic

How did you react emotionally? Did you laugh? Cry? Smile? Scream?

Or there’s the simple but ever loved:

Keyboard smash

String of emojis

‘Loved this!’

Here’s some more lists of prompts:

Good and easy comment ideas by ao3-shenanigans

Some more easy comment suggestions by ao3-shenanigans

Unhinged fic comment ideas by magpie-murder 

Our comment stickers

Here’s a few stickers we made to use in place of comments if you want to leave something but still don’t know what to type out yourself:

html for the above, in order:

<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/yYRJxJ8C/readforbookclub-sticker.png" alt="sticker with stars and text reading: I READ THIS FIC FOR FANFIC BOOK CLUB AND LOVED IT"/>

<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/yxgDFxh9/greatwork-sticker.png" alt="sticker with stars and text reading: I ADORE THIS FIC GREAT WORK"/>

<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/c12gd7Zc/howtheactualheck-sticker.png" alt="sticker with stars and text reading: HOW THE ACTUAL HECK IS THIS SO GOOD?"/>

<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/V6HSrntm/amazingwriting-star-sticker.png" alt="star-shaped sticker with text reading: AMAZING WRITING!"/>

<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/RZzWHMW6/screamingcryingthrowingup-star-sticker.png" alt="star-shaped sticker with text reading: SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP"/>

<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/1XkfMSMd/mayiofferyoumyfirstborn-star-sticker.png" alt="star-shaped sticker with text reading: MAY I OFFER YOU MY FIRSTBORN? OR PERHAPS MY SOUL?"/>

I was in the groove, writing my fic and listening to music and absolutely flying through this scene. It was going so well, and I was like, "okay, what did I do wrong?" so I reread my last piece of dialogue..

"Something distracting you or something?"

This is why I don't divide my attention with music and shit while I write omg

I'm legit so ready to move on and pretend it never existed.

Himiko? Oh, yeah, after she got out of the hospital she went to live with Ochako! Since Ochako was in the hospital too, Izuku and Katsuki were nice enough to chip in cause their agency was doing really well! It's canon! I promise!

it's actually impressive how a single final chapter destroyed a yuri AND a yaoi ship in the most stale and cliche way possible while simultaneously undoing character development and a major pivotal plot point

His ass fell in that river and has not had a thought since TwT

reblogging for future reference

Ayo, alloromantics (anyone who experiences romantic attraction) help me out, this is for science 🤓

When you get a “crush” on someone, what do you think, feel, or notice you change in your behavior?

we've all got that one fic that just keeps getting hits, with the very rare comment, and it's like "No. Quit! This one is bad, it's super old and cringey and you need to look at this new one I made!" but you wouldn't dare take it down because that still is YOUR CHILD and people like it and even if it's bad we've all got that monkey brain that likes checking on it every once in a while and seeing that the number went up