gravitates never misses with this trope! this one hurt so good T.T It is angst with a happy ending though so everything will work out dw! Anyone who has been in an LDR, you will probably relate ;-;
this one has some cw for self-harm and suicidal ideation so make sure to check the tags before you dive in. That aside, beautifully done, as always <3 bit more of a slow burn but it pays off in the end
cw for bullying and homophobia ;-; it’s a refreshing take though, and a satisfying journey to see these boys bridge the gap between them and come together in the end. also smut warning for the end
This is somewhat fluffy with a good dose of smut. Good read if you like the “FWB to something more” dynamic. The “Can I kiss you?” really got me. Would love to see a sequel for this.
Ah, hello angst my old friend. The pining in this one is downright sadistic but it hurts so good. Beautifully characterized. Don’t worry, there’s an eventual happy ending but you definitely suffer along the way.
I had to include another one by gravitates who does the quirkless!Izuku and Katsuki dynamic SO WELL. This one hit pretty close to home for me personally because I’ve been there, watching painfully from the sidelines.
“Maybe I should just be a friend, Kacchan,” he threatens, sounding so foreign even to himself, “because at least friends get to sit with you at lunch. Friends get to talk to you in school. Friends get to make you laugh without being afraid of giving anything away.”
like gd can you try not to rip me apart with that? ;-; but in all seriousness, very delicately and beautifully written. Another “Angst with a Happy Ending” for the books, but so well-deserved.
This might be one of my fave AU concepts ever. I’m also generally just a sucker for multiverse/parallel worldlines (prolly why Stein’s;gate is one of my fave anime of all time) so this one definitely hits that sweet spot. The writing itself is so mystical and hypnotizing and downright heartbreaking at various points. I cried at multiple points but it was definitely worth the ride. I highly recommend this one for the world-building, characterization, literary skills, and overall relationship development between bkdk.
Placing the last rec under the cut due to sensitive content!
love how tumblr staff has time to censor words like “paint mixing” and “my face” and yet they can’t get rid of ssexsophie8127 thats been liking my posts from 2017
I write my fics out in Google Docs and then paste the text into Ao3 when I'm ready to post it. Does anyone else have the problem of pasting with italics? If there's a word in italics next to punctuation, Ao3 will add in a space for some reason and it's kind of infuriating.
One of the AO3 translation volunteers (Min) created a Google Docs script to handle issues when copying from a doc into AO3. It’s really easy to use
create a copy of this google doc. It contains the script that will do all of the HTML formatting for you.
Delete all of the text from the document.
Write or paste your fic/chapter into the document.
Go up to the top menu and click the new menu option Post to AO3, then choose Prepare for posting into the HTML editor
Note: because this is an apps script, you’ll need to give it permission to run the first time.
The script will automatically mark up your document with the required HTML that you can then paste into the AO3 composition window. \o/
To revert your text back to normal, just go back up to that menu and choose Remove HTML. It will look like regular text again.
Once you have the doc, you can make a new copy of it for each new fic you write and that way you’ll always have that script available when you need it :)
For other cool stuff, read this post from @ao3org - which is where I found this script in the first place ❤
