15 Tweets You'll Understand If Fanfiction Is Your Quarantine Coping Mechanism

    *opens another AO3 tab*

    If you're anything like me, your sleep schedule has probably gotten a little messed up during quarantine. With so much going on in the world, it can be a tad hard to wind down.

    Some people are coping with everything by going on runs, baking, or learning to knit...and some of us are coping by reading fanfiction in bed until 3 a.m.

    Here are 15 painfully accurate tweets for everyone who's spent their quarantine reading or writing a lot of fanfic:

    1.

    i love reading fanfiction so much. it’s like “yeah the world is on fire and everything is terrible, but at least I’m reading this slow burn fanfic with seemingly unrequited yearning and a happy ending”

    2.

    “how are you coping in the pandemic?” *shoves 85 ao3 tabs under the table* ummm yea fine

    3.

    let’s stop focusing on the bad parts of the quarantine and bring light to the good. fanfiction tropes that are coming to life RIGHT NOW. somewhere out there two ppl who hate each other have to share a ROOm.

    4.

    the sexual tension between u at 3 am and the 50k fanfic with misunderstandings and a happy ending

    5.

    Me at home during quarantine reading fanfic, ignoring the raging dumpster fire that is the world around me.

    6.

    ao3 writers be like ‘sorry i’ve been ia 😅 i gave birth, got hit by a car, completed my masters, got divorced and moved to a foreign country and didn’t have much time to write so here’s a shorter chapter 😌’ and then write 30k of the best angst/fluff you’ll ever read

    7.

    life rn just feels like waiting for the fanfic author to update like bitch???? what’s next???????

    8.

    fanfic authors are insane they'll write about your whole world crumbling in pain despair lost love and darkness and then u see Notes: ________________ ayyy lmao ✌ I had pancakes this morning while writing this and my cat walked into flour it was funny hmu on twt hehe PEACE

    9.

    if soemone asks what ur reading say you’re studying unpublished fiction by young authors influenced by modern pop culture and how that contributes to how the concept of novel writing is evolving instead of saying fanfic if ur insecure

    10.

    Friend: Here is a fic rec Me: Thank you. I will now avoid reading it for 7-10 business days and then read it all in a single sitting at an irresponsible hour at night

    11.

    reader: omg thank you for writing this fic writer: thank you for reading reader: thank you writer: thank you reader: thank you writer: thank you reader: thank you writer: thank you reader: thank you writer: thank you

    12.

    sir these are my emotional support 100 tabs of unread fanfiction

    13.

    Me, 6 months ago: you know, in high school I read some... *whispers* fanfiction Me, now: HEY YOU WANNA READ SOME GOOD FANFIC, I HAVE FORTY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU, HERE THIS ONE IS THE LENGHT OF LIKE THREE NOVELS

    14.

    bitches be like “yeah i read a lot during quarantine” and then close their ao3 browsers

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