Fic Writing Review 2024

i put bucky barnes into some of my own fruitiest outfits, we are so back

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?"/>

Slash Multiverse Daily Winter Prompts 2023 - Masterlist

Baking/Aftercare : The final blow / Winterhawk (Clint x Bucky) / 1172 / Teen and Up Audiences

Warm Bath/Cockwarming : / / /

Surprise/Mutual Masturbation : Birthday sex / WinterIron (Bucky x Tony) / 2708 / Explicit

Proposal/Bratting : / / /

Candle/Restraint : / / /

Scarf/Table Sex : / / /

Vacation/Ritual Sex : / / /

Guest/Fingering : / / /

Relief/Overstimulation : / / /

Slippers/Dream Sex : / / /

Movies/Spanking : / / /

Mint/Wedging : / / /

Music/Tender Sex : Show me your World / Matt Murdock x Charles Xavier / 5474 / Explicit

Angel/Rimming : / / /

Markets/Accidental Stimulation : / / /

Tradition/Tied Up : / / /

Cuddle/Phone Sex : / / /

Snowflake/Blush : / / /

Dancing/Biting : / / /

Sweater/Body Worship : / / /

Greeting Card /Finger Kink : / / /

Gifts/Riding : / / /

Decorations/Uniforms : Crying under the Christmas Tree / Avocados (Matt Murdock & Foggy Nelson) / 2622 / Mature / TW: Cheating, Trauma, non-sexual

Stars/Begging : / / /

Fireplace/Dirty Talk : / / /

Blankets/Dry Humping : / / /

Relaxation/Tied to the Bed : / / /

Frost/Lingerie : / / /

Fireworks/Power Bottom : Class Reunion / Tony Stark x Charles Xavier / 6311 / Explicit

Lights/Lap Dance : / / /

Champagne/Breathplay : / / /

@slashmultiverse

The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and the Protector

Title: The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and the Protector

Pairing: Matt Murdock/ Eddie Brock

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 2333

Warnings: Graphic Intimacy

Summary: Matt picks up a strange man in a bar. But when he takes him home, the evening turns even stranger.

Created for:

@slashmultiverse Daily Pride Prompts: 2: "Formal Wear", 3: Threesome/Moresome

@anyfandomgoesbingo / Square(s) Filled: "Threesome"

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47597293

Marvel Rare Pair Bingo Round 3 - Masterlist

Rough Sex : Marks on Your Skin / Foggy Nelson x Erik Lehnsherr / 4336 / Explicit

Breaking the Rules : To touch the Star(s) / Chapter 1: Battlin' the Wall / Jack Murdock x Yvaine / 1830 / Mature

Apology/Forgiveness : The Bakery Job: Marvel Rare Pairs Bingo Round Robin-Dec 2023 / Scott Lang x Clint Barton / 10080 / Teen and Up Audiences

FREE SPACE : Tempting Cookie Jar / Barton Family / 1436 / Teen and Up Audiences

Seduction : Show me your World / Matt Murdock x Charles Xavier / 5474 / Explicit

Heart Trouble : Crying under the Christmas Tree / Avocados / 2622 / Mature / TW: Cheating, Trauma, non-sexual

Dancing : Sing, then, wherever you may be / MattFoggy / 3545 / Teen and Up Audiences

Cooking with Love : New Here / WinterHawk / 1654 / Teen and Up Audiences

Forced to Rely on Enemy/Rival : Now I wear my scars just like Tattoos / Chapter 3: Consequences / WinterHawk / 2260 / Mature

@marvelrarepairbingo

-a little sketch for wonderful @0nelittlebirdtoldme 🤲❤️

What's that? A new mod, you say?

That's right! Many of you know and love @42donotpanic (and if you run a bingo yourself, you'll definitely be familiar with the name...), and now they're a part of the team! Hopefully this will ease the pressure on us, and we're super grateful for the help! They're already churning out cards at a ridiculous pace!

Welcome aboard, Panic! It's great to have you!

[Podfic] Hoodie Thief by @42donotpanic

Marvel: Clint Barton/Matt Murdock | Rated: T | Length: 6 mns

Clint comes went to Matt to complain about Tony. But when he sees the Lawyer in his sweater, he just can't be angry at anyone anymore.

Podded as a treat for @42donotpanic for the @summerpodficswap!

WIP Warriors FFB Edition 1

So, apparently one WIP Warriors isn't enough, so now there is Fandom Free Bingo Edition too...

Also I was more or less dared to make it 500 Words/Vote...

Yes, I should be doing other things, why are you asking?

Hi, I have been summoned.

I have feels for this too.

Jack had the upper hand; he had control over the ring, and everything was going right.

But Matt had underestimated Creel.

And in his hazy state of what was probably at least a moderately severe concussion, so did Jack.

Creel landed a calculated hit, breaking out of the corner, then another to push Battlin’ Jack into the opposite corner and a third to knock him off his feet.

Jack hit the mat, but the smack of flesh on plastic-covered rubber wasn’t what took Matt’s breath away.

It wasn’t the sound of ribs creaking with the impact or the smell of blood spilling from yet another cut on Jack’s face either.

Tell me more about Double Kill for the wip ask game?

Double Kill is a collab with @42donotpanic for our Kill A Character bingo... Maximum feels and sadness. He sobbed, and nobody could fix him. He screamed, and soon even those that were supposed to care seemed to stop. His grief was unfixable, and it was better to spend time on the people the nuns could fix. 

It was in the dark and cool of the night he’d find himself sneaking out to sit beside his father’s grave, the soil damp under the dew. There was little point in trying to sleep, he knew by now it was futile.