what does this mean for the millions of stories on AO3?
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A 5 by 5 bingo grid. The top left features the AO3 logo then the title: 2026 AO3 writer bingo! by Tavylia_Sin See how many you can fill by 2027! The grid is in pink and pale lilac with a darker red for the centre square. The fills are as follows, going from left to right: Top Row Wrote whilst at home Used a beta reader Got a bot/scam comment Wrote 3k words in one day Got writer's block Second Row Dreamed or daydreamed about a WIP Wrote a new topic Made a cursed author's note Wrote for a new fandom Finished a longfic Middle row Felt joy from a kudos email Wrote for an old fandom Free space! Comment/Kudos on at least 12 works! Published with no beta reader Got invested in a new pairing Fourth Row Started a longfic Talked about fanfic with someone irl Wrote whilst away from home Gained a new kink or favourite character Replied to a genuine comment Bottom Line Finished an old WIP Researched some Lore Found a type after publishing Updated a longfic after a break Joined a fandom event The final text beneath the grid is as follows: Honour system! It's up to you to decide what counts for you, but here are some details~ Fandom Events can be prompt weeks, collabs, zines, exchanges, or anything involving the wider fandom. You can change the 3k in a day to any amount that feels like a large-but-achievable number for you! "New" counts as "new to you", and "old" is something you have left and come back to after some time has passed. Have fun and happy writing!
#AO3 Writer Bingo!
Feel free to share this wherever you want, use it however you'd like to, and please try to remember to add image description/alt text when sharing so everyone can know what's in the image and potentially join in~
#2026Bingo #writerbingo #AO3Writers #AO3Bingo
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used to be the bird app, but now am exclusively on #Bluesky.
I keep forgetting to post on #Tumblr
All of the stories reside on Archive of Our Own
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#Writers #WriteSky
#ArchiveofOurOwn #AO3Writers #QueerWriters #LGBT
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A great thread on AO3 bots. Keep yourself safe, writers.
#AO3 #AO3Writers
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since 2016 ,So my characters and the story have developed and evolved past what i initially imagined them to be.
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#WriteSky #AmWriting #AO3Writers #OriginalStory #QueerWriters
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#AO3Writers, question for you as a fanartist:
i see a lot of writers posting lists of links to fanart posted on social media in the chapter notes.
🤔 is it annoying when an artist posts their work on AO3 & denotes it as being inspired by your fic (which then shows up as its own separate link)?
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New post up on my Tumblr going into some of the thought process for grounding #teratophilia / Monster aficionado fics in plausible (if ya squint) physical space / lore. Starting with #yurgir
#bg3 #fanfic #Ao3writers #fanfiction #BG3fanfiction
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So... Today I announced a BIG THING...
#sequel #Poetsiren #GoodThingsCome #myfanfic #myfanfiction #mywriting #bg3 #astarion #astarionxtav #bg3fanfiction #romancedastarion #spawnastarion #softastarion
#AO3 #AO3writers
www.tumblr.com/poetsiren/79...
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Would anybody be interested in a beta-read swap for spicy fics? I normally just throw up the "Not Beta Read, We Die Like Yurgir" tag but I'd love to post stuff actually edited and I'm not willing to shate my smut with anybody I actually know 😅
#BG3FanFic #BG3NSFW #AO3Writers
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slowly breaking the habit of writing “he [verb]” at the start of every sentence (the writing is third person limited so i HAVE to write as if we’re within our mcs body lol!!!)
but it’s literally so damn hard
#writing #fanfiction #ao3writers #ao3
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🕯️ Chapter 1 of The Veil Rising just dropped early — 10,798 words of Veil fractures, rising tyranny, and messy magic.
OH MY?!
AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/66800152
#Fanfiction #TheVeilRising #HarryPotterFanfic #XMenFanfic #Veilwalker #HermioneGranger #AO3Writers
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A title and description of an AO3 fic: Summer Mead by LulaMillay Summary: As he sets out on his first adventure, Halsin learns how nature can find a sweet balance, even in civilization. Or, young Halsin has a lovely quickie with a halfling in a lavender field.
A NSFW excerpt from an AO3 Fic: Once freed, the halfling's breasts were everything he'd imagined. Pale and expansive, their soft weight shifted as she leaned back in the tilled soil, breathless from their impulsive sprint from the tavern to the lavender field. The rows of flowers were fragrant in full bloom, just tall enough to hide two young lovers as he kneeled before her. Her family’s bees hummed softly above, paying them no mind. His hand worked quickly inside her skirts while the other gently palmed one of those soft breasts, pulling a stiffening bud between his fingers as he buried his face in the warmth of it. Layered with the salt on her skin and the heat of her arousal she carried the sweet tang of the honey mead she had served him a scant half hour ago. It seemed infused into all of her. Her back arched as he found his prize, dipping inside to gently explore and scissor slick fingers. When he was confident she could take his girth if she wished, he leaned back to sample her arousal as it dripped down his hand. Honey mead, again, decadent and sweet.
Meta and tags for an Ao3 Fic: Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: F/M Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Relationship: Halsin (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Halsin (Baldur's Gate)Original Halfling Character(s) (Dungeons & Dragons) Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Gratuitous Smut, Short & Sweet, Young Love, Outdoor Sex, Quickies, Service Top Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Soft Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Halsin Has a Big Dick (Baldur's Gate), Halsin is Physically Large (Baldur's Gate) , Enthusiastic Consent, Explicit Consent, Size Difference, Large Breasts, Nipple Play, Vaginal Fingering, Penis In Vagina Sex, Squirting and Vaginal Ejaculation, Come Shot, Sexual Overstimulation, Flowers, Alcohol, Druid Class (Dungeons & Dragons), Halfling (Dungeons & Dragons), Real Science Facts as Foreplay, Bees (but they're totally chill and not the main focus), Referenced Big Dick Problems, Language:English Collections:Halsin Week 2025S Published:2025-05-31 Words:1,318
Day 6 of #HalsinWeek2025 and today it's all about Lavender.
Here's some short, sweet fluffy smut.
There are also some real science facts, so let's learn together my doves.
archiveofourown.org/works/66066889
#Halsin #BG3nsfw #BG3Fanfiction #Ao3Writers #BG3 #BaldursGate3
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The title, description, and notes for an AO3 fanfic: By My Oath by LulaMillay Summary: A newly-sworn paladin of Lolth brings vengeance to a house that scorned the spider queen. But when a beast chained in a bedchamber becomes her only option to succeed, she has to bargain with a prisoner who fears neither violence nor death. Notes: Please mind the tags on this one - nothing graphic but a lot of implied / offscreen violence in this. Drow's gonna Drow.
An excerpt from an Ao3 fanfic: Minthara recoiled. The matron had not captured some clever servant of her goddess; this was some shapeshifting darthiir. She had only heard of such aberrations, callow faerie who changed form at will and worshiped the strange green trees. She walked toward the matron’s pet calmly as it threw itself against wards that restrained it, jaws clipping inches from her throat. When she refused to show fear, the beast sat back, vibrating with fury. Subvocalizing punctuated a series of growls as it tried to communicate with her, but she had never lowered herself to learn the speech of common beasts. “Iblith, do you understand me?” The beast gave a low growl, then a quick, intelligent nod.
Tags and meta for an Ao3 fanfic Rating: Mature Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: GenOther Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game) Relationship: Minthara Baenre & Halsin Characters: Minthara BaenreHalsin (Baldur's Gate) Halsin's Past Trauma (Baldur's Gate), POV Minthara Baenre, Lolth-Sworn Drow (Dungeons & Dragons), Drow-Typical Sexism (Dungeons & Dragons), Captivity, Restraints, Non-Graphic Violence, Aftermath of Violence, Paladin Class (Dungeons & Dragons), Druid Class (Dungeons & Dragons), Bear Form Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Wild Shape (Dungeons & Dragons), Past Rape/Non-con, Forgotten Realms Elements, Drow-Typical Racism (Dungeons & Dragons), Drow-Typical Violence (Non-Grapic) Rating: Mature Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: GenOther Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game) Relationship: Minthara Baenre & Halsin Characters: Minthara BaenreHalsin (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Halsin's Past Trauma (Baldur's Gate)POV Minthara BaenreLolth-Sworn Drow (Dungeons & Dragons)Drow-Typical Sexism (Dungeons & Dragons)CaptivityRestraintsNon-Graphic ViolenceAftermath of ViolencePaladin Class (Dungeons & Dragons)Druid Class (Dungeons & Dragons)Bear Form Halsin (Baldur's Gate)Wild Shape (Dungeons & Dragons)Past Rape/Non-conForgotten Realms ElementsDrow-Typical Racism (Dungeons & Dragons)Drow-Typical Violence (Non-Grapic) Language:English Collections:Halsin Week 2025 Stats:Published:2025-05-30 Words:1,493 Chapters:1/1
#HalsinWeek2025 Day 5: Protection. Here, #Halsin gets protection at the moment he needed it the most.
Once again @didntjuno.bsky.social did a fantastic beta read!
archiveofourown.org/works/66031282
Mind the tags, dear readers.
#Minthara #BG3 #BG3Fanfiction #BG3Fanfic #Ao3Writers #FanFiction
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Day five of #HalsinWeek2025 is Protector! Halsin and Aranel go into the final battle. Big spoilers in this one; skip it if you haven't finished the game!
archiveofourown.org/works/65825944
#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #Fanfiction #BG3Fanfiction #Ao3Writers
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My Ao3 account has finally been achieved, a relief to my floor I was pacing a hole into. A story started five years ago, refreshed, revised, and ready to go.
#writersky #creativewriting #ACValhalla #Eivor #Ao3writers #Ao3fic #fanfiction #ocwriting #EivorVarinsson
archiveofourown.org/works/660152...
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Title and summary for an AO3 fanfic The Living Three by LulaMillay Summary: After their first hectic day in the city, Durge needs a break. Halsin invites them to the woods to unwind and gets more than he bargained for. Smut with some fluff / humor and a dash of Durge angst.
The dragonborn nodded, “I didn’t expect him to put this thing in me.” Durge put their head in their hands, “When I killed that bard he gave me a cool cape, and next it’s this? I don’t even know what I’m supposed to do with the Slayer. I was hoping to get a sweet hat or something.” “You killed Isobel for the chance at a ‘sweet hat’?” Durge shrugged, “It was a cool cape.” They sighed and hugged their knees. “I’m sorry for springing all of this on you. My mind is already full of holes, and now my body can do that. It takes so much effort to keep myself in line.”
With a kiss and a gentle hand, Halsin took hold of Durge’s sex. One finger made an exploratory swipe into their slit. He stilled as Durge's sex began to bloom under his touch. Two girthy cocks emerged, the same cobalt blue as dragonborn's forked tongue. Falling to either side, thick sapphire crowns glistened in the moonlight as they pushed free of each long shaft. The dragonborn took one in their hand, stroking it with a contented hum. Glancing at the druid, they stilled when they saw his surprise. “You can use our words if you want." As Halsin watched Durge's body transform, the surprise turned to wonder. "I don't need our words, but I may need some direction," he smiled with carnal heat. Durge returned his smile and resumed stroking. "Not many dragonborn around the Emerald Grove?”
Tags and meta for an AO3 fanfic Rating:Explicit Archive Warning:No Archive Warnings Apply Category:Other Fandom:Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Relationship:The Dark Urge/Halsin (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags:Canon Compliant, Soft Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate), Soft Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Bonding, Angst, Fluff, Smut, Humor, Dragonborn Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate), They/Them Pronouns for Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate), The Dark Urge Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate), Safeword Use, Explicit Consent, Halsin Has a Big Dick (Baldur's Gate), Dragonborn Have Two Penises (Dungeons & Dragons), Top Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate), Bottom Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Intersex Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate), Praise Kink, Frottage, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Anal Play, Cunnilingus, Inappropriate Use of Dark Urge Slayer Form (Baldur's Gate), Spoilers for Act 3 (Baldur's Gate 3), Spoilers for Quest: The Urge | The Dark Urge Storyline (Baldur's Gate), Halsin Romance Route (Baldur's Gate), Mentioned All Companions / Camp Followers in Act 3, Mentioned Withers Big Naturals Language:English Collections:Halsin Week 2025 Stats:Published:2025-05-29 Words:3,478
#HalsinWeek2025 Day 4: Bonding / First Kiss, and here's some more smut, darlings.
This time with humor, fluff, a lesson in dragonborn anatomy, and some light Durge angst.
Deepest thanks to @didntjuno.bsky.social for the beta read!
#BG3nsfw #BG3Fanfiction #Ao3Writers #TheDarkUrge #Halsin
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Day 4 of #HalsinWeek2025 is First Kiss! Here's part 4 of my fic, in which Halsin and Aranel get physical
archiveofourown.org/works/65825890
#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #BG3Fanfiction #Fanfiction #AO3Writers #NSFW
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Title and summary for fanfic on AO3: The Raven and Her Bear by LulaMillay Summary: As a young druid, Halsin returns to his home and rekindles his first love. This is wall to wall smut.
Meta and tags for an AO3 fic. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: F/M Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Relationship: Francesca/Halsin (Baldur's Gate) Characters: Halsin (Baldur's Gate)Francesca (Baldur's Gate) Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Shameless Smut , Eventual Fluff , Friends With Benefits , Wild Shape (Dungeons & Dragons) , Inappropriate Use of Wild Shape (Dungeons & Dragons), Tiefling Biology (Dungeons & Dragons) , Purring Tieflings (Dungeons & Dragons) , Tiefling Tails (Dungeons & Dragons), Rough Sex, Multiple Orgasms, Forehead Kisses, Halsin Has a Big Dick (Baldur's Gate), Soft Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Cunnilingus, Druid Class (Dungeons & Dragons), Aftercare, Sexual Overstimulation, Tears, Romantic Friendship, Anal Play, Fingerfucking, Penis In Vagina Sex, Pet Names, Squirting and Vaginal Ejaculation, Face-Fucking, Sounding (Just The Tip), Tiefling Horns are Erogenous Zones, Elf Ears are Erogenous Zones, Halsin Gets a Hug, Pre-Canon Language:EnglishCollections:Halsin Week 2025 Published:2025-05-28 Words:2,197 Chapters:1/1
A SFW snippet from an AO3 fanfic: The sturdy tiefling was exactly as he remembered her, always. Earth-red skin, tawny hair braided down her back, horns etched with the vines of their order that twined down both their faces. He sighed in contentment, running his hands up her legs to feel the ridges of her thighs beneath her robes. She dipped her forehead to touch his. “Francesca. My heart.” “Halsin. You bloody stupid bastard .” She stood and Halsin’s world expanded past the aching heat of her to the crowded public plaza. “You said you'd be back in a season, maybe two. It's been five years. Five .” She extended a hand to help him to his feet. The tiefling rested her chin on his head as she pulled him into a long embrace. She sighed, leaning down to murmur in his ear. “Let's go somewhere more private, little bear, so you can give me a proper apology.”
A NSFW snippet from an AO3 fanfic: Francesca spread languid beneath him, drunk with bliss. He stood to watch her hitch and stretch around him, slick and pliant as he filled her with gentle thrusts. He had shared the pleasures of his body with many beings in his hundred and fifty years but she had been his first. None took him better, and none sang sweeter than his darling friend. It had been this way since they were initiates and improved each time they returned with more to share. He brushed a wisp of hair from her face, careful to avoid her overstimulated horns. She leaned her cheek into his touch, canting her hips to meet him again as she floated back from her release.
Day 3 of #HalsinWeek2025 is upon us and it's time for some smut, my loves.
Today we answer the eternal question: What if Francesca of the High Forest was a huge shit-kicking tiefling who made #Halsin feel safe and smol?
archiveofourown.org/works/65974483
#BG3nsfw #BG3Fanfiction #Ao3Writers
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Day three of #HalsinWeek2025 is Lover! Here's part three of the fic, where Aranel tries to create some levity in the Shadow-Cursed Lands by asking Halsin about his past lovers
archiveofourown.org/works/65709697
#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #BG3Fanfiction #Fanfiction #Ao3Writers
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Day two of #HalsinWeek2025 is Changes! Here's part 2 of my Halsin and OC fic, which takes place during and the morning after the tiefling party
archiveofourown.org/works/65709601
#AO3Writers #Fanfiction #BaldursGate3 #BG3 #BG3Fanfiction
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It's #HalsinWeek2025! I wrote a seven-part fic following Aranel and Halsin through the story of BG3 and part one, Leader, is up now!
archiveofourown.org/works/65709439
#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #BG3Fanfiction #Fanfiction #AO3Writers
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What fanfic would you LOVE to see traditionally published?
#WritingCommunty #Writers #Prompts #WriterSky #AuthorSky #AmWriting #AmRevising #Ao3Writers #Fanfic #ao3
READ MORE: www.themanuscripteditor.com/post/the-fan...
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AO3 writers, what do you do when you have a multi-chapter story and you want dramatically different tags on each chapter? Do you just put them all on the work and say in the chapter summary which ones matter? Or do you do a series instead of chapters?
#AO3Writers #Fanfiction #FanfictionWriters
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So AO3 has been scraped for its public works. Again. Fuck Gen AI and fuck anyone who thinks it belongs in fandom spaces. AI-gen "fanfic" is made by a machine mashing up thousands of stolen works.
#ao3 #fuckai #fuckgenai #fanfic #ao3writers
www.reddit.com/r/AO3/s/OFv1...
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#fuckai #ao3 #archiveofourown #writingcommunity #fanfiction #fanficwriters #writersofbluesky #ao3fanfic #ao3writers
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Alright, starting at 807 words on my last chapter of an exchange fic I’ve been working on. Let’s see how many words I can get in the next hour and a half before I have to pick up my kids from school. #writersky #fanficwriters #ao3writers
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If you like reading about elf prince pussy getting used by big orc invaders, man, do I have a story for you (provided you have an AO3 account, sorry):
archiveofourown.org/works/58143589
#cuntboy #ao3writers #fantasyfiction #deaddove
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