I Want To Be Reading Fanfic, Not Writing It. Unfortunately, I Want To Be Reading Very Specific Fanfic

Take 2, please reblog for spread

Happy birthday Genzo kun

this one https://x.com/wilmonsoulmates/status/1869801516212871673?t=mIuJApnFK-YYFq5U1draZQ&s=19

Oh, yeah! But I remember he meant his S2/S3 hair. Not S1 hair.

what is an RSS feed and why does AO3 have them?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and the word syndication here is referring to broadcasting or transferring or otherwise sharing information. I first encountered it as a way to aggregate all of the news sites and blogs I wanted to read that were scattered all over the internet.

You might already be familiar with tumblr blogs that start with ao3feed - these are automated blogs that create a new post every time a work is posted in the feed(s) that they track. You can follow those tumblr blogs and learn about new works that way. They've subscribed to the RSS feed so that you don't have to.

If you wish that you could get push notifications from AO3 on your phone instead? The RSS feed will allow you to do that. You just need to get an account with an RSS reader first. Here are a few that are free:

Feedly 

NewsBlur 

Inoreader 

They each have slightly different features, so depending on the search and filter options you want or how you like your information displayed, you might like one better than the others. All three work on the web, on iOS, and on Android.

Once you have a feed reader, tap on the RSS Feed button at the top of the tag results page that you want to get notifications for and open up the XML file. If it downloads instead, try opening in a new tab or just copying the link address. You'll want to grab a url that looks like this: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/9835/feed.atom (this is the url for Kirk/Spock, if you're curious)

That feed.atom ending on the url is what you're looking for. When you open your RSS reader and create a new feed, you can use that url to set it up.

Once it's set up, you'll be able to see everything currently available in that tab, listed out in your reader. Just like the ao3feed tumblr blogs, the reader will show you the title, author, summary and tags for each fic, and then it will provide you with a link to read the work on AO3.

It will also notify you every time a new work is posted to that tag. You can adjust your notifications to suit you.

Not every tag on AO3 has an RSS feed, but it's worth checking out if you've never tried it before.

Editing to add: the AO3 FAQ also talks about these feeds

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Amazing art!

Happy birthday Genzo kun

From an author’s note on Pink Pussy by oatlybrandoatmilk

Sixteen

To be Loved

Taro Misaki x Genzo Wakabayashi

Boys Love / Established Relationship / Romantic Moment

Genzo was waiting for the seconds until midnight when the last song released by Elevator’s boys will be released. He had the premier pulled up on his phone, eyes glued to the screen. 

When it finally started to play he felt a couple of arms winding around his shoulders. The sweet smell of his boyfriend hit him straight in the face and made him smile. Without thinking he searched for the other’s lips to share a soft kiss. 

“How was dinner with your boys?” he asked, hiding his face against the goalkeeper's neck. 

“Good. I told them about you… us.” He confessed softly. “And they told me something interesting today.” Misaki hummed. “First, one of them told me they would like to have both of us as boyfriend, which is weird. I don’t like to share.” 

“Of course you don’t like to share, Mr. Wakabayashi.” Tom mocked him but kissed the soft skin over his neck. “You are far too possessive to share.” 

“Hum,” he wasn’t going to deny that fact. Tom knew him. He accepted him like that. 

He leaned in and kissed his boyfriend again.

Reblog if you write fan fiction

Doesn’t matter if you write in a frequent basis, or once in a blue moon, just how many of us are there?