"Why Can't The Freaks On AO3 Just Go And Make A Site For All The Gross Stuff And Leave AO3 Alone."

"Why can't the freaks on AO3 just go and make a site for all the gross stuff and leave AO3 alone."

Because AO3 is that site. Because AO3 was that site long before you decided AO3 was better than the sites you bullied us off of before, and I can promise you if someone somehow comes up with a fanfic site you like better specifically for the 'gross stuff' you'll try to bully us off that too so you can benefit from it.

AO3's specific core purpose is to preserve fanfiction, yes, but it was also instigated as a host site for the fanfiction that kept getting yeeted off other platforms like Wattpad. Its designed to preserve all fanfiction, not just the fanfiction you, personally, think is 'allowed' to be written.

AO3 is the site for all the gross stuff the freaks make. We've been there just as long as you. We've been funding it just as long as you have. AO3 has specifically said you have a place here. The timeline was literally:

Wattpad/FF.net/LiveJournal purge fanfics > AO3 is born > The people who's fics got purged moved over to AO3 > AO3 gains popularity as the best functioning site > The people who pushed for the fics to be purged off Wattpad move to AO3 > The same people try to push for AO3 to purge fics.

AO3's source coding is open-access. You go make a polished, strict, rigid site where nothing 'icky' is allowed. You go make a site where you can control what is hosted. We already have our space.

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Do you have some trouble sleeping?

Do you find yourself tossing and turning restlessly in bed?

Have you ever thought, "Gee, I sure could use a 15-minute long recitation of A Compiled List of Known Lan Clan Rules with a musical backdrop of a soothing guqin to help me fall asleep."

Well, LOOK NO FURTHER! You, too, can join us in being lulled into meditative sleep with the soft voices of this year's Voice Team members reciting the rules of the Gusu Lan!!! Enjoy a good night's rest or a restorative nap with this contemplative multi-voice podfic of the principles and virtues followed by highly esteemed cultivators, such as the noble Zewu-jun, the righteous Hanguang-jun, and the wise Grandmaster himself, Lan Qiren!

FEATURING A PODFIC OF:

A Compiled List Of Known Lan Clan Rules compiled by @unforth!

Read to you by @airgiodslv , avanie, @deepestbluesky @esbielle @flamingwell , @gavilansblog , jennisaisquoi @keriarentikai @kisahawklin LadyEn, pezzax, @polynomialpandemic, @pxssnelke , @semperfiona sisi_rambles @sunkitten-shash & @takonxmz! cover art by @esbielle, editing by @takonxmz!

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《Original Text by Unforth》

Hi 😊 I just wanted to say thank you for all the WWX LWJ fic recommendations on your page, I've been so happy since I found them. I'm very new to the fandom (I know I'm super late to the party) and just finished watching the untamed and I'm craving for more. I've read some of the LWJ POV stories and they were great so far. So I trust your taste 😁

So, I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate you sharing them!

And can you tell me maybe, where I can find the novel (in English)?

Have a lovely day!

Aw, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed them! If you have any particular kinds of fics you like, favorite tropes, that kind of thing, feel free to ask, & I'd be happy to make you a tailored rec list. It's usually how I end up making themed rec lists anyway. A friend will ask for something they're in the mood for or someone posts somewhere asking for something specific, & then I get inspired & off I go, haha.

As to your question about where to find the novel in English, I'm assuming you mean for free? I found them at my local library, & that's how I read MDZS the first time through before purchasing the e-books when I had the funds to. There are also fan translations floating around, though I know they tend to be pulled down a lot of the time once official translations become available.

The Guanyin temple confession is maybe my favorite scene of any piece of media I've ever consumed because it's so unpredictable.

You got the villain just halting his evil plot, full stop, in the middle of his gloating speech, no less, because "What do you MEAN you guys aren't even together?! What?! No, no, no, there won't be any romantic misunderstanding in my hostage situation! Honey, tell him!"

And then the calmest, most polite character alive procceeds to go his version of apeshit on this punk like "my brother like-likes you, you fucking pinecone! You useless twink! We all thought you were a hoe but you are just an imbecile!" (Which is a nice parallel to the Jiang brothers' hatred for the peacock, but I digress)

And THEN, when it's the perfect moment for a climatic love confession, homeboy goes and screams for everyone to hear that he... really wanted that dick, Hanguang-jun! Where's love? Who cares? WWX wants to ride you like a carnival ride: sticky and filthy and multiple times.

It's a wonder that Xichen didn't yank that string from Jing GuangYao to strangle WWX himself.

This has been my favorite addition, I cackled like a seal irl lol

Happy Pride!