Unofficial Ao3 journal

Virginia Woolf Miscellany, Issue 99, Spring/Fall 2022 This issue of the Miscellany features the special topic “Portmanteau Woolf,” crafted by guest editors Shilo McGiff and Valérie Favre. The contributors to this section of the issue, in the order of …

🔗 If you want to dive into the connection between Woolf’s work, AO3 and fanfiction as a whole, check out page 26 of "Virginia Woolf Miscellany", Issue 99, from Spring/Fall 2022. (3/3)
virginiawoolfmiscellany.wordpress.com/virginia-woo...
#fanfiction #ao3 #virginiawoolf #booksky

📝 Likewise, Woolf’s work as many AO3 fanfictions and fanfiction culture put an emphasis on queer stories. Fanfic writers rewrite mainstream stories, even classics, from a queer point of view. (2/3)

📒Do you know why AO3 is called that way? It references Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”, an essay focusing on feminist issues and the need for women to have their own space. This resonates with fanfic writers & readers who longed for their own archive away from censorship or exterior control.⬇️

Creator chose not to use Archive Warnings : the creator chose to not use the archives warnings because they didn’t want to, maybe to avoid spoilers.

No Archive Warnings Apply : none of the warnings apply to their content.

For more question about it :
archiveofourown.org/tos_faq#rati...

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#ao3

Major Character Death : This work contains the death of a major character.

R@pe/Non-con: this work contain non consensual sexual activity

Underage : this work contains graphic descriptions or depictions of sexual activity by characters under the age of eighteen.
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Welcome to our 4th tutorial, this time on warnings! You can find them in the 3rd quadrants next to the fic.
AO3 requires that creators either warn for or explicitly choose not to warn users.

Graphic Depictions of Violence : this work contains gory, graphic or explicitly described violence.
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📖 It’s time for recs !
It’s Christmas in a month🎄 so we recommend you "Caitlyn Kiramman Vs The Hoverboard" by Knightslayer428 which is a small story about Vi at Christmas
#Arcane #Leagueoflegends #Caitlyn #Vi #fanfiction #Christmas

archiveofourown.org/works/35961478

In the top right corner is a cartoon man with a magnifying glass looking down. On the left side is an image of Margaery giving Sansa a rose. Text reads 'Feature Article, Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell'. On the right side is the reminder of the text is from the featured article post.

#FeaturedArticle is the ship Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell #Sansaery. A popular Game of Thrones non-canon ship between two future queens. If you want to see some of the highlighted fic recs or lovely fanart them, head over to the Fanlore page and read on: https://bit.ly/3ken9lx

It's #Meme Monday! Show off your favorite recent fanfic, #fandom, ship, etc. memes. To start, Mod Tiana presents one from the show she's been watching recently... #FMAB

Hey ! Today, I recommend a fantasy fanfiction inspired by Chinese mythology.

The mystical creatures are described faithfully and accurately. This story teaches us a lot about this topic.

I hope you like it.

archiveofourown.gay/works/745285...

#Ao3 #Fanfiction #Fantasy #Chinesemythology

🏷️ On #AO3, Elphaba and Glinda were on the top 100 Ships of Summer 2025! Check out the tag for more fics. And what about you, are you Team #Gelphie or Team #Fiyero ?🩷💚

🍿Yesterday, “Wicked: For Good” came out out in theaters! Do you know where this wonderful story comes from?
🧹The #Wicked movies are based on the 2003 #musical, itself inspired by Gregory Maguire’s book. The book could technically be considered fan-fiction of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum.

Attention friends! As a Cyber Sec Specialist, I feel a need to share this. If you receive an email from Ao3, alerting you to a password reset attempt, DO NOT click on the links! This is a scam to get you to provide your current password. Absolutely terrible. Safe cyber smart! #ao3 #scamalert

It's november 20th today! Keqing's birthday! Which mean it's time to read some fics about her! Don't hesitate to check out Keqing centered fic for the occasion at the tag "Keqing-centric (Genshin Impact)"
archiveofourown.org/tags/Keqing-...

#Ao3 #genshin #genshin_impact #keqing #fanfiction

#fanfiction #trope #rodrina

This kind of dynamic – the unexpected romance between the loser guy and the popular girl – is a popular trope in fanfiction and romance. A trope is a recurring theme sometimes specific to a genre, that can become cliché if overused.

⏩️ More on "Rodrina" and tropes: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

📝The crossover ship “Rodrina”, featuring Rodrick Heffley from “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and Regina George from “Mean Girls”, went viral on Tiktok a few weeks ago, and it’s already popular on AO3.

📎 For example, this fan-fiction amassed 62,465 hits in just a month.
➡️ archiveofourown.org/works/725934...

Ask an OTW Volunteer!

Ever wanted to peek behind the scenes of the #OTW? This is your chance! To celebrate this year's #IVD, from today until November 28, you can submit questions to ask our volunteers. Selected answers will be posted in December. Participate here: forms.gle/AQLBKng54R4j...

If you’re scared of opening one by accident, don’t worry. Users receive a warning before accessing a work If it has warning or is marked as “Not Rated” “Mature” or “Explicit”, unless it was disabled in their preferences.

Next tutorial I'll explains the Warnings put on works.
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Mature : It’s for work meant for adults. It warns the user that the work may contain adult themes (such as sex, violence etc) that aren’t as graphic as below.

Explicit : It’s for work meant for adults. The content contain explicit adult themes such as detailed graphic violence, sex scenes etc

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General audiences : The content in this fic is suitable for anyone. It is unlikely to be disturbing to anyone and is suitable for all ages.

Teen and Up Audiences : It means that the content may be inappropriate for audiences under 13

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I will explain what each ratings mean :

Not rated : This is the default option. For searching, screening, and other Archive functions, this may get treated the same way as mature and explicit-rated content.
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you can also sort and filter them as seen below :
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Welcome to our third tutorial! Today i will explain how ratings and warnings works on Ao3! This post will be in 6 parts

Ratings are meant to measure the intensity of a work’s content. It gives users an idea of the suitability of the work for them.
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Who created a #fanwork for our 16th birthday prompt? If you did, share it with us! Write/draw/edit a piece that involves the number 16: like the 16th season of a show or a character celebrating turning 16! Repost, reply, or use the tag #AO3Celebrates16 🎉

Hey ! Did you know that it's currently Disability Awareness Month ? Today, I'd like to share a fanfic on this topic.

This is a fanfiction of the game Deltarune. The characters' adventures are thrilling.

I hope you enjoy it.

archiveofourown.org/works/712724...

AO3 16

#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16

K-Pop Demon Hunters was released on June 20, 2025. And since then, it became internationally popular so much that the ship Rumi x Jinu is at the 99th place of the top 100 ships of this summer, in less than two months !

#ship #kpopdemonhunters #AO3 #rumi #jinu #kdh #rumijinu #huntrix #sajaboys

OTW Newsletter

In October, we successfully completed our #OTW Membership Drive, celebrated 16 million works on #AO3, and attended two conventions. Read more at otw-news.org/2s3j5mzp

➡️ More on the projects led by the OTW (5/5) : www.transformativeworks.org