Hai everybody! :3
We haven't been around much lately, but we've missed you all <3
As much as we enjoy talking about electromagnetism and the like, we're really feeling trans joy as the theme for this mega post. And we'd love to hear some of the things that have brought you all some joy lately (without doxxing yourselves of course).
Something that is bringing us a lot of joy right now is seeing the local trans community finding each other and making joy for ourselves. They're planning events, going out, finding love and friendship, and refusing to allow our circumstances prevent us from enjoying life and having fun as much as possible. And we're part of it! We've been doing the same! And it doesn't just make this life tolerable in the face of all the bad stuff happening, it's making this life beautiful and filled with love and happiness.
In order to try to get back in the habit of participating here, we're going to try to at least post one bit of trans joy every day here this week.
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I want to start reading fanfics. How do you know if a fanfic is going to be good?
That's the fun part! :')
hm well, a couple of things ive noticed, mind you i mostly read femslash, this may be different in yaoi or hetshit.
firstly if the ship youre looking for is from an ip with an older audience that usually implies more quality.
secondly look at the kudos to hits ratio. something like 1 to 10 is decent that works on the stories that arent the most popular ones. on that point the most kudosed works may not be the best ones, theres a clear inertia some works get if theyre the first one in a niche or have an unique tag or plenty of reasons really.
thirdly dont just go to a ship and check the most kudosed, look at the last updated and theres like 66% chance there's a smaller story that has like 5 to 10 hit to kudos ratio and is excellent
fourth if you enjoy something from an author check if they have other works, or check their bookmarks.
and finally, there are so many works that are fucking excellent, but unfinished. ymmv but usually its worth it to read something unfinished and enjoy the ride without a destination.
anyway uh, yea have fun
There really needs to be a "Most kudos in the past year/month/whatever" option because older fandoms tend to have works from years and years ago calcify at the top.