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[Cee]

That pretty much sums up my thought process when writing fics

 

Either that, or this works too:

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Accurate.

 

Also when you look at feedback....people actually liked that? Huh.   

[Delphine]

Something something Magisters, something Solas something. Something something Samson. That's my version of what's going on, but I'm one of those unreliable narrators. 

 

[Sable Rhapsody]

Also when you look at feedback....people actually liked that? Huh. 

 

It's always the smut.  The couple of random sentences that I agonized over for hours?  No comment, apparently it's fine.  The smut?  ZOMG SO THIRSTY FOR MOAR.

 

Though I will totally admit to being guilty of this when I read fanfiction myself.  Science has not yet discovered the limits of my capacity for filthy, filthy elf smut.  So, you know, I should read more.  For science 

[Elira]

Thieves! Stealing all my likes with your amazing and wonderful posts. Goodness. I love you people so bloody much.

[Meer]

It's always the smut.  The couple of random sentences that I agonized over for hours?  No comment, apparently it's fine.  The smut?  ZOMG SO THIRSTY FOR MOAR.

 

TRUTHINESS. My recent Samson smut received as many views as my other stories did over several weeks, in two days. The pull of smut is strong.

[Sable Rhapsody]

TRUTHINESS. My recent Samson smut received as many views as my other stories did over several weeks, in two days. The pull of smut is strong.

 

For those of you who post on AO3, I have a question about the rating system.  Is it generally considered better to tag a fic as explicit/mature if you know there's going to be smut, but you just haven't reached that point yet?  Or do you just change the rating once you get to the hot, hot f***ing?

 

A noob.  I has one.

[Kestrel]

For those of you who post on AO3, I have a question about the rating system.  Is it generally considered better to tag a fic as explicit/mature if you know there's going to be smut, but you just haven't reached that point yet?  Or do you just change the rating once you get to the hot, hot f***ing?

 

A noob.  I has one.

 

I would probably change it once it actually gets around to it, but maybe add something in the description that there will be smut somewhere down the line? Otherwise, I think people explicitly going around looking for NSFW fics, and they might be sad there's nothing there.

 

Also, I think you guys missed the conversation on religion that got derailed like it hit Godzilla. 

[wildannie]

This is something I find interesting; many atheists say this. I am an atheist, but this argument does not work for me. What is the alternative, a perfect world? A world where something (god) makes everything good, where there's no fear, no darkness at all? What are we then, if we never know anything negative? Would we still feel much of anything at all? I think that if there is nothing bad, then we won't appreciate the good things as much either.

Also, on a rational level, if murder, sickness, accidents etc. did not happen, what would our world be like? We are overpopulated already as it is.

 

Actually, I often ponder about this; if our world would really be a better place if all negative things were removed. And if there was something that miraculously makes everything good, if people themselves would not need to work anymore to improve things, if there was nothing to fight for... what would we be like?

Faith (not meaning religious abuse now) is meant to make people work and improve, because "god helps those who help themselves". This is an aspect I appreciate tbh.

 

 

See quote above, she also has a problem with religious faith itself.

Hey,  I'm no athiest,  I believe in nothing except myself and my friends/family and don't have the effort to actively say that there is no, for want of a better word, 'god' so I'll go with agnostic.  I very much doubt there is one, but as I am just a glorified ape I'm very comfortable with not claiming definite knowledge that I couldn't possibly have, and also very uncomfortable with people claiming absolute faith, because I just don't get it, it hurts my head  .  

As to a world without murder etc etc... that's not really what I'm getting at,  I think I'm more thinking about justice... A higher authority that was wise, incorruptable, and engaged.  I do know one thing, if I was given the power of a god I wouldn't be sitting back and letting the world go to crap as it is right now,  I might not be able to cure all but I'd be knocking some heads together for sure... also if i learned that everyone had magic and it had been taken away from them,  I'd probably re-instate that... without asking...so its probably just as well I'm not a god   

However, my happiness is not related to sadness in that way,  the ups and downs are the bittersweetness of life but I'll take the sweet over the bitter any day, and I don't need the bitter to enjoy the sweet.  

 

Also... Solas,  he's my favorite Elf/god/puppy

[The Oracle]

For those of you who post on AO3, I have a question about the rating system.  Is it generally considered better to tag a fic as explicit/mature if you know there's going to be smut, but you just haven't reached that point yet?  Or do you just change the rating once you get to the hot, hot f***ing?

 

A noob.  I has one.

 

If you know for certain there will be smut later, then tag it for it from the beginning. Not gonna lie, it'll draw in a crowd and if they like your stuff from the beginning, they'll definitely stick around for the smut.

[Sable Rhapsody]

If you know for certain there will be smut later, then tag it for it from the beginning. Not gonna lie, it'll draw in a crowd and if they like your stuff from the beginning, they'll definitely stick around for the smut.

 

Right now it's like...50 pages in the Google Doc before smut appears.  50 pages of Lavellan and Fen'Harel getting to the point where smut is plausible without it being really creepy.  Or maybe I should just embrace the inherent creepy factor of marrying an elvhen god.

 

First world fanfiction problems.  Let me tell you about mine 

[Kestrel]

Right now it's like...50 pages in the Google Doc before smut appears.  50 pages of Lavellan and Fen'Harel getting to the point where smut is plausible without it being really creepy.  Or maybe I should just embrace the inherent creepy factor of marrying an elvhen god.

 

First world fanfiction problems.  Let me tell you about mine 

 

Don't even worry about it. There are fics out there with fifty plus chapters, so you're in good company. They are super popular. 

[Giton]

TRUTHINESS. My recent Samson smut received as many views as my other stories did over several weeks, in two days. The pull of smut is strong.

To be fair, while the siren song of smut is very strong, your smut is glorious, quality smut. The kind of smut that makes angels cry. So, that might be another factor.

[NightSymphony]

Meh..no one is reading my smut. I've pretty much stopped writing it anyway. I think I got it out my system for the time being.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Meh..no one is reading my smut. I've pretty much stopped writing it anyway. I think I got it out my system for the time being.

 

Was DeviantArt the only place you posted it?  You get a better audience from dedicated fanfiction sites like AO3 or FF.net.  AO3 has grown on me lately.  So much easier to use.

[NightSymphony]

Yeah...just DA. Since I had an account there already.  Hmm, alright..maybe I should expand.

[Uirebhiril]

 

As to a world without murder etc etc... that's not really what I'm getting at,  I think I'm more thinking about justice... A higher authority that was wise, incorruptable, and engaged.  I do know one thing, if I was given the power of a god I wouldn't be sitting back and letting the world go to crap as it is right now,  I might not be able to cure all but I'd be knocking some heads together for sure... also if i learned that everyone had magic and it had been taken away from them,  I'd probably re-instate that... without asking...so its probably just as well I'm not a god   

 

Which makes things really interesting to consider as far as Solas/Fen'Harel/whatever happened in the past/whatever he's going to do next, doesn't it? Maybe that was his idea too. Or someone's. Stuff like this is what makes me eager to discover the rest of the story.

[Heidirs]

Since we're talking about fanfiction, I've pretty much decided I'm going to take all my Sollavellan dribbles and put them in a collection type fic. So each chapter will be it's own mini story. At least then they will be somewhere other than sitting unloved on my computer.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Since we're talking about fanfiction, I've pretty much decided I'm going to take all my Sollavellan dribbles and put them in a collection type fic. So each chapter will be it's own mini story. At least then they will be somewhere other than sitting unloved on my computer.

 

 

More.  More fanfiction is always better.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Which makes things really interesting to consider as far as Solas/Fen'Harel/whatever happened in the past/whatever he's going to do next, doesn't it? Maybe that was his idea too. Or someone's. Stuff like this is what makes me eager to discover the rest of the story.

 

Stuff like this is also what makes me terrified for Solas.

 

Change from the top-down is...problematic.  You can't force the world to change, and if you try, no matter how well-intentioned you are there will always be backlash.  And likely horrible consequences that you can't foresee.  It's why I don't really buy softened Leliana's Divine epilogue.  If *I* had the power of a god, I'm not saying I wouldn't use it.  But I would perhaps take the Athena approach, using it to nudge normal people to great deeds rather than trying to do it myself.  Oh, and I'd be scared s***less.  That too.

 

tl;dr: Sable is a bad candidate for ultimate power    Also, ToP:

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source: http://shalizeh7.tumblr.com/

[Dark_Rogue]

Yeah...just DA. Since I had an account there already.  Hmm, alright..maybe I should expand.

I'm on DA as well since I already had an account too! I occasionally consider expanding and publishing more stuff but I don't have a lot of faith in my writing, a lot of my things are scribbles that remain unfinished and I used to be wary of publishing anything that actually did get finished for fear of the dreaded trolls. Then again, you get them anywhere 

 

I think I'm in the small bracket of "No-one really wants to read my stuff, so I'll keep it here." where it sits on my computer gathering dust.  Doesn't stop me from reading other fics though, some people just have more talent than I.  Also, I don't really write smut, I guess I'm missing out on a HUGE audience there 

 

On topic: Solas, something something...Gods...Dread Wolf...something.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Everyone on AO3 has been very nice.  So have the folks on Tumblr, to my immense surprise.  And in the rare instance that they aren't, there's always this glorious wisdom, which I first encountered on Gaider's blog (spoilered for profanity):

 

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[NightSymphony]

I don't have a lot of faith in my writing either. I have several fanfics that I started and never finished. I have writer's block at the moment.

[Renmiri1]

Right now it's like...50 pages in the Google Doc before smut appears.  50 pages of Lavellan and Fen'Harel getting to the point where smut is plausible without it being really creepy.  Or maybe I should just embrace the inherent creepy factor of marrying an elvhen god.

 

First world fanfiction problems.  Let me tell you about mine 

Heh I have a 50,000 word novel on Google docs I wrote for NaNoWriMo last November but never finished. And a barely started Solavellan fanfic

 

And I keep always missing the Kink Memes submission dates to put some Solavellan prompts

[Dark_Rogue]

Everyone on AO3 has been very nice.  So have the folks on Tumblr, to my immense surprise.  And in the rare instance that they aren't, there's always this glorious wisdom, which I first encountered on Gaider's blog (spoilered for profanity):

 

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HAH! Oh god, I'm saving that, I laughed XD

 

I seem to come across a lot of bits and pieces on AO3, sounds like the in-site for fanfics nowadays.

 

I don't have a lot of faith in my writing either. I have several fanfics that I started and never finished. I have writer's block at the moment.

Aww, same here.  I had severe writer's block before Christmas, thankfully finishing DAI has picked me up out of it, but I worry that I'm going to run out of ideas again soon...Or I just end up using the same style of words and phrases over and over again...

[nikki-tikki]

I don't have a lot of faith in my writing either. I have several fanfics that I started and never finished. I have writer's block at the moment.

 

 

I just write for myself. If other people like it, then cool.