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116 pages of shit-all-first-draft done fuck yeah.
Tooru snaps his notebook shut with a tense face. “Again?” he snipes. “I already agreed about the front-“
“Not that,” Satori languidly interrupts the man before he can fly into another one of his rages. “But I mean, how we tried to get a look at it.”
Tooru narrows his eyes. “You also already expressed your displeasure over my idea of getting a higher vantage point,” he hisses. “Loudly.”
Well.
It did get them thrown into the damn river so Satori would really like to emphasize that it wasn’t just pettiness that had urged him to that particular folly. But that’s not the point right now.
“You gotta stop this, princess,” he sighs as he feels the weight of her small body spreading over his feet.
The tabby looks up at him with a slow, content blink as she oozes herself all over his shoes.
“I’m gonna pick you up and bring you home if you’re not careful, and you don’t even know what kind of man I am,” he lectures her, “that’s no way to find yourself a human.” But even as he chides her, he bends, scratching her behind her dainty, bright ears.
She pushes into his touch, eyes closing into a content cat-smile and Satori can’t help but echo the sentiment.
[tl;dr]
the universe does not revolve around you. now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.
heard someone say archive of our own should install a "dislike" button and I thought I should say this: no, there's absolutely no need for archive of our own to install a "dislike" button.
why? because archive of our own isn't tiktok or youtube or twitter/x where users can monetize their content. archive of our own is a nonprofit site run by fans for fans, which means every content — every fanfic — you see on archive of our own was made out of pure love and passion from the artists/authors.
ao3 authors write because writing about these characters is their happiness and passion. they write for themselves, but they were generous enough to share with you their creations.
they're not "content creators" the way tiktokers or youtubers or instagram models are. they don't "make content" for views and engagements that can be monetized.
so no, you don't get to "grade their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.
you don't get to "say what you dislike about their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.
you don't get to "dislike" works that are not made specifically to please you in the first place. you're just a guest in someone's house, a house in which they let you in because they were kind, you don't get to roam around their house and say what you dislike about their furniture. you don't get to roam around their house and say you "dislike their house".
of course, you can have your opinion about the house its host invites you in. but if it's a negative one and you find yourself not liking the house, the polite things for you to do is excuse yourself and leave without telling them you dislike their house.
and just because you personally dislike the house doesn't mean the house is "ugly" either. the house you dislike could be a favorite, most luxurious place to many others.
my point is, don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that you get to enjoy for free. don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that were made out of love and passion — things the artists made for themselves for fun.
it makes you look like an entitled jerk with main character syndrome. the universe does not revolve around you.
now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.
people are so used to contents that were made because it's a trend / contents like tiktok that were made with the main purpose of reaching high engagement and making profits that they forget sometimes things can be made out of love and be made just for fun. sometimes things are supposed to just be for people to enjoy, and if some people don't enjoy them, then they can simply leave without being unnecessary unkind.
His phone vibrates off the ledge and drops on his nose with tear-jerking insistence.
Fucker.
Satori rolls over with the grace of a half-dead street rat before he sits up, feet touching the clean, cold concrete of his apartment. Tenderly he rubs at his face, fingers prodding as he inhales deeply through his sore nose.
*emerges from the other room covered in blood* you should see the word document
when furudate wrote “today you happen to be the defeated. but what will you become tomorrow?” and then “nothing would ever get started if they didn't first think, 'let’s give it a try.'” and then “he who climbs the ladder must begin at the bottom” and then “we’re not limited to just one way of being great” and then “being weak means that there is room to grow” and then “does losing prove that you are weak? isn’t losing difficult for all of you? a challenge where, after ending up on your hands and knees, you must see if you can stand up again? if you stay on your hands and knees, that proves that you are weak.”
WHO GOT CAUGHT UP IN A PROMPT AND IS NOW BATTLING A 35-PAGE DRAFT THAT STILL ISN'T FINISHED?!?!?
not me, noooo, I'd never
(it's me- it's so me)
Haikyuu fans it’s Rare Pair Month!
We have 2 in the collection so far! Subscribe and submit!
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Let’s make this a hit!
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Haikyuu!! Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Akaashi Keiji & Bokuto Koutarou Characters: Bokuto Koutarou, Kuroo Tetsurou, Akaashi Keiji, Nishinoya Yuu, Hinata Shouyou Additional Tags: Found Family Feels, Volleyball Dorks & Nerds, Fluff and Humor, Remedial Lessons Shenanigans, Kuroo Tetsurou is a Good Friend, Physics, Pinhole Effect, The Perils of Inter-Team Friendships, Akaashi Keiji has one (1) regret Series: Part 9 of Soft Rally, Part 3 of Alternate Training Summary:
There's a good reason for his face, okay? (It's just that Keiji hadn't been aware of this either and that's a secret he can never let Koutarou know.)
My contribution for @marchingduck's HAIKYUU RARE PAIR MONTH 2025
Prompt: White Day
How to Fluster (Step One: Accept the Chocolates) (1591 words) by Out_Of_Custody Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Haikyuu!! Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kyoutani Kentarou/Yamaguchi Tadashi, Tsukishima Kei & Yamaguchi Tadashi Characters: Yamaguchi Tadashi, Kyoutani Kentarou, Tsukishima Kei Additional Tags: Yamaguchi Tadashi-centric, Haikyuu Rare Pair Month 2025, Prompt Fill, White Day, Soft, Protective Tsukishima Kei, Tsukishima Kei: Reluctant Wingman, Tadashi is Not Ready for This, Volleyball Dorks in Love, Aromantic Tsukishima Kei, Asexual Tsukishima Kei, Bisexual Yamaguchi Tadashi Summary:
The gym still smells like sweat and rubber, the echoes of sneakers against polished floors fading into the hush of a mostly empty hallway. Yamaguchi Tadashi stands rooted in place, the weight of a small, wrapped box pressing into his palm as he watches the blond glance at him—then away. A hand rubs the back of a tense neck, and then the Seijoh spiker is gone.
The smallest sun (is still a star) (899 words) by Out_Of_Custody Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Haikyuu!! Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hinata Natsu & Ushijima Wakatoshi Characters: Ushijima Wakatoshi, Hinata Shouyou, Hinata Natsu, Tendou Satori, Yamaguchi Tadashi, Tsukishima Kei, Goshiki Tsutomu Additional Tags: Found Family, Soft Ushijima Wakatoshi, Movie Night, Natsu Adopts Another Brother, Sleepy Cuddles, Fluff, Comfort Series: Part 8 of Soft Rally Summary:
Wakatoshi doesn't realise it yet, but somewhere between flying popcorn, bad action movies, and a tiny warmth leaning against his side, he's been adopted.