I Finally Finished And Posted The Chuuya B-day Fanfic! It's Just A Little Domestic Skk Fluff Where Dazai

how to have a healthier relationship with your stats page

1. Understand what stats can tell you - and what they can’t

AO3 stats tell you whether or not another user clicked something. That’s it. Hits tell you whether a user clicked the title of your fic. Kudos tell you that a user clicked the little ❤ at the bottom of the page. Comments tell you that a user typed something into a box and then hit the comment button. 

Stats do not tell you why a person did any of those things. They also don’t tell you why a person didn’t do them. You know why you do those things yourself, but there are many types of people in the world and we all have our reasons why we do things. You can’t assume that every other user of AO3 uses the site the same way you do. 

Stats are not a reliable way to find out if you’re good at writing. They’re not a way to tell if you are loved. They have nothing to do with the quality of your work or your worth as a person.

2. Don’t compare yourself to others - or yourself

Because stats are not a reliable way to judge quality or skill or the effort you put into a story, comparing your stats against another author will also not tell you which of you is the “better” author or which of you has a “better” story. They can tell you which story was more popular, but popularity itself has very little to do with skill or quality. 

This is also true of your own work. Chances are very real that the story you’re most proud of is not the story with the best stats. Don’t let one story’s relative success or failure affect how you feel about another’s. 

3. Focus on things you can control instead of things you can’t

Once you’ve posted your story, the reaction to it is out of your control. It will get however many hits, kudos, and comments other people decide to give it and you can’t do much about that at all. 

What you can control, however, is the work you put into the story before you post it. Celebrate statistics like word count or time spent writing or the number of WIP you’ve managed to finish. Those are all numbers that are in your control, that you have the power to alter and affect. 

Find something in every story that makes you happy. It doesn’t have to be the whole fic. It could be one particular characterization, a scene, or a line. Maybe you wrote a particularly funny joke or a really moving description or a hot love scene. 

Highlighting positive emotions and being proud of your own work will make you less reliant on the opinions of other people. You’ll develop more confidence, and that will help you avoid the stats spiral in the future. Finding motivations inside of yourself is much more reliable than getting motivation from people who might or might not continue to provide it.

4. If you can’t ignore stats, avoid them

The first time I had an unhealthy relationship with my stats page, I ended up quitting fic entirely for about a year. I still wrote, I just didn’t post anything on AO3. I couldn’t trust myself not to focus on the numbers and make myself crazy, and so I didn’t allow myself to look at them at all. 

The second time I found myself starting down the stats spiral, I knew the signs and I was able to pull myself out of it. I stopped looking at my stats page, but I was able to continue posting work. I still refreshed the page for the first day to see the hits/kudos/comments but after that first day I only returned to the fic in order to post a new chapter or answer another comment. 

There are tools you can use to help you avoid stats. This AO3 skin hides stats entirely. This code hides hits. Here’s one for hiding kudos with additional instructions on how to hide any stats you choose. 

5. Be your own cheerleader

When it comes right down to it, the reason why we focus in on stats is because we’re looking for reassurance. We want to know for sure whether we’re a good writer or not. Unfortunately, our stats are never going to tell us that. 

A lot of us are also told by others that being proud of something we’ve done or liking something that we’ve created is boastful or bragging or other negative personality traits. But there’s a difference between bragging about how good you are and acknowledging your own skills. 

Give yourself permission to like your own work. You might never get that permission from someone else, so you need to take that on yourself. 

Start talking to yourself the way you’d talk to a friend of yours who was working on a fic or a piece of art or doing anything else that requires time and skill. You wouldn’t tear them down, so don’t tear yourself down. Build yourself up. That positive self-talk can be difficult at first, but it’s a habit that pays off over time. 

6. Know that I’m proud of you

It takes courage and strength and determination to have an idea and then to act on it. It’s easy to think. It’s a lot harder to write things down. No matter whether you post your story online or you keep it to yourself. No matter whether you get a thousand hits or a dozen. You’re still amazing, and I’m so glad you took that leap ❤

The day the music...

...died

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The Moonstone Shining Amongst the Stars (2397 words) by Astrals_Freedom Chapters: 1/? Fandom: In Stars And Time (Video Game) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Odile & Siffrin (In Stars And Time), Minor or Background Relationship(s) Additional Tags: Minor Isabeau/Siffrin (In Stars and Time), Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Odile (In Stars and Time), POV Second Person, Odile-centric (In Stars and Time), no beta we die like Siffrin, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Tags May Change, Rating May Change Summary: So here all of you are, at the end. Victors against the king and saviors of Vaugarde. Siffrin had spoken to you first. You almost wished they hadn’t. You had a feeling that something would happen, yet, you also wanted to get it off your chest as fast as possible. However, you could have never predicted this. AKA, an AU where after the sus event, Odile begins looping in time with Siffrin :D

HELLOOOOOOOOOOO

You remember my suspicion AU i yapped about a while ago? Well I finally got a title for the fic SO ITS FINALLY POSTEDDDDDDDDDD

Having a lot of fun writing this so I hope yall enjoy it! I'm hoping to get chapters out every week or two? No promises though sadly :(

I have set myself a rule to strictly use Fyodor when I'm talking about bsd and Dostoevsky when I'm talking about classical literature to always avoid confusion considering I'm in both of the fandoms lmao

Fun (not really) Fact: Atsushi being kicked is made WORSE by the fact that he was still a minor by Japanese law. Up until 2022, the legal age of adulthood in Japan was 20, not 18. From what I know, the first chapter or bsd was written in around 2012. MEANING Atsushi wouldn't have aged out for another 2 years AND that the Headmaster really did set him up for death or at the very least an equally shitty situation. Giving him nothing about the real world, the whole bounty situation that you can't tell me that the headmaster didn't know about, AND making it so that if not for the ADA finding him, Atsushi probably would've been sent to the police to head back to another orphanage or foster home that would probably abuse him too because of the tiger when he was found IF he hadn't starved to death by then.

Kall's Valentine

I am so sorry.

Tonight is gonna be the Loneliest...

Happy Valentine's Day.

Now that you got this far you can go back from the start with another feeling... Closing Valentine's Day posts with tears, so glad I can share the angst with you all. And the perfect song for it too. 💙

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #329 )✅️

‼️Please don’t skip taking a look 🍉🇵🇸I am

ahmad from Gaza. I am 26 years old. I stand before you as a person trying to preserve his family. 🇵🇸💔💔

We try to live under miserable conditions in tents in Mawasi Khan Yunis, south of Gaza. It is difficult for me to find the words to describe what we face every day in Gaza. No food, no medicine, no clean drinking water, oppression, helplessness, psychological pressures, doubts, and daily trauma due to the loss of loved ones. In Gaza, it's not just hunger, disease and fear; Rather, it means actual death.

With a heart weighed down by sorrow, I reach out to you, hoping that kindness and humanity still shine in this world. My family and I have lost everything—the home that once sheltered us, the walls that echoed with laughter, the warmth and security that every human deserves. The relentless attacks on Gaza have turned our lives into a daily fight for survival. What was once a place of comfort and love is now nothing but rubble, and we are left with nothing but the clothes on our backs and a fragile tent that barely stands against the bitter cold.

Now, our days and nights are consumed by hardship. The icy wind pierces through the thin fabric of our tent, leaving us shivering, with no escape from the freezing temperatures. Food is scarce, clean water is hard to find, and the most basic necessities have become luxuries beyond our reach. Every day, we struggle—not just to live, but to preserve the dignity that war tries to strip away.

Amid this suffering, a new life was brought into the world—my brother’s daughter, an innocent soul who took her first breath in a tent instead of a warm home, her tiny body wrapped in whatever scraps of fabric we could find. She was born not into joy, but into loss, into hunger, into the unforgiving reality of war. And as we watch her, so fragile and pure, our hearts break knowing that we cannot give her the comfort and security she deserves and we cannot provide enough milk, diapers, medicines, and vitamins for her😭😭😭😭💔💔💔

I do not ask for much—just a little help to keep us going through these unimaginable times. A warm blanket to protect us from the cold, food to fill our empty stomachs, or even simply sharing our story so that others may hear our cries for help. Every small act of kindness can make a difference. 💔🍉🇵🇸😭

Your generosity has the power to bring warmth to our freezing nights, hope to our despair, and life to those struggling to survive. May the kindness you extend be returned to you a hundredfold.

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AHSIDOSUGA I GOT MY WIG FOR MY DAZAI COSPLAY BUT I FORGOT I HAVE LITTERALLY NOTHING TO STYLE IT WITH YALL IM DYING RN

that "OKAY SO" before someone u love starts infodumping........ most blessed feeling in the world