WordsOfWilderness



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    How to AO3 by ,

    Fandoms: AO3  

    24 Sep 2023

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    New to AO3 (or even not so new)?  Have questions?  Dazed and confused?
      ...do your notes in chapter one stay stuck to the most recent last chapter? 😉
      Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? 
      Start here.

    🙂 DON'T PANIC ! 🙂

    This is a beginner's guide / primer / introduction for readers and writers (possibly better titled “Guide to the Archives”, as someone suggested on Facebook — though that makes me feel like Virgil to some Dantean cerchio or bolgia, prompting me to think instead “Guìdo della archivio” [my 13-14c Genoan is a bit rusty, seriously, so I hope that I got that right]).  My later tutorials in this series cover somewhat more advanced stuff, but I've seen so many people (sometimes long-timers) in need of the basic stuff that I finally decided to write this.

    One Stop Shop-'n'-Drop?  Not quite, but it explains a lot of things that you might not find easily (in some cases, not for years), or might assume work like some other site (which is a hit or miss assumption), and will point you to a number of resources.

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    02 Oct 2025

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    Your one stop shop on how to AO3!! Such a great resource, with brilliant navigation

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    The Great Superman Custody Battle by

    Fandoms: Superman (Movie 2025), The Batman (Movie 2022)  

    27 Jul 2025

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    u/city_0f_day_after_tmrw • 45 minutes ago
    I can’t believe the freaks of r/onlyingotham think Superman should move there
    He would have to become mediocre man or possibly even “fucking sucks” man #52nd in water quality #49th in literacy #only thing it’s number one is in is cannibalistic serial killers per capi…

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    15 Aug 2025

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    Omg this is such a fun read. With such attention to detail down to every username.

    Also, I LOVE the use of detail-summary tags as Reddit treads, it works brilliantly in such love-tech, no-stylesheet-required way.

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    Latchkey by

    Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics)  

    23 Dec 2019

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    or, How Tim Drake Found A Family, Became A Photojournalist, Learned To Love Coffee, and Grew Up, not necessarily in that order.

     

    Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is training himself to run the streets at night, and is doing absolutely peachy, thank you.

    Alfred and Jason disagree, and get Dick and Bruce involved in figuring out their weird nextdoor neighbor kid’s life. Everything goes uphill from there.

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    24 Jul 2025

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    Feels like getting put in the washing machine of therapy on the gentle cycle and then lovingly being put up to dry like you're that favourite shirt

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    We'll Find a Way to Offer Up the Night by

    Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, DCU  

    13 Nov 2023

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    His feet hit hard and his knees buckle beneath him. It hurts when his hands skid on the decorative rug, the price he pays for catching himself to keep from flopping face-first into the ground. He's dumbstruck and just kneels there for several long moments staring at his hands, at the bloom of rug burn forming before his eyes.

    "I can't fly," he says dumbly.

    "Noted. Any pain?" Bruce asks.

    Clark's world falls apart, and Superman is to blame. When he's at his lowest, Bruce Wayne gives him a gift: a room that strips him of his powers. A room where he can learn what it means to be human.

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    16 Jul 2025

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    Devastating character study on Clark and though it's all from Clark's perspective somehow also Bruce. Even all the supporting characters feels so well rounded and thought through.

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    Masking by

    Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types  

    03 Jan 2023

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    Then he took a deep breath and he changed. He ironed out every fold in his posture and his face until he looked like Superman again. His shoulders were broad, his gaze was confident, and his smile showed no sign of embarrassment or fear.

    It’s genuinely uncomfortable to watch.

    Especially since Bruce knows that change. He’s seen it in the mirror before entering parties or nightclubs. He’s always referred to it, internally, as 'putting on my better face.' The façade is his least favourite part of the day, ranking just below 'getting punched by supervillains.'

    The idea that Superman is just Kal's better face, that would explain a lot.

    It would also mean Bruce isn't alone.

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    04 Jun 2025

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    Look, they infodump on each other. That's true love right there, I don't care what anyone else says