PoppyCosmos

Tᴇᴀ ʙʀᴇᴡᴇʀ • Aɴɢsᴛ Wʀɪᴛᴇʀ • Hᴀs ᴀ ᴛᴇᴀᴘᴏᴛ ғɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs ᴛᴇᴀʀs.•𝖨 𝖺𝗆 𝖺 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖻𝗈𝗐.•𝖠U𝖣𝖧𝖣

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

#fanfic #a03 #fanfiction #xicheng I DECIDED TO CREATE THIS BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF SEEING SEVERAL OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS LEAVING FANDOMS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING ASSHOLES!! 😭😭

The Etiquette of Reading Fanfiction

Fanfiction is a strange and wonderful thing.

Unlike traditional books, fanfiction is usually written for free by fans who dedicate countless hours to creating stories simply because they love them. There are no publishing contracts, marketing teams, or editors demanding deadlines. Behind every fic is simply a person sharing a piece of themselves with strangers on the internet.

Because of that, fanfiction comes with its own culture and etiquette.

Read the Tags

The first rule of fanfiction is deceptively simple:

Read the tags.

Authors tag stories to help readers understand what they are about to consume. Whether it is romance, horror, major character death, alternate universes, controversial ships, or darker themes, the tags exist for a reason.

Complaining that a story contains something clearly tagged is considered poor fandom etiquette. If a story warns you about dragons, do not act surprised when dragons appear.

Tags are not decorations.

They are directions.

Use them.

Don't Like, Don't Read

One of the oldest fandom rules remains one of the best.

You do not have to read every story.

If a ship, trope, characterization, or plotline is not for you, simply close the tab and move on. Fanfiction archives contain thousands upon thousands of stories. There is no shortage of alternatives.

Not every story is written for every reader.

And that's okay.

Leave the Comment You Wish You Received

Many readers underestimate how much a single comment can mean.

You do not need to write an essay. You do not need literary analysis. Sometimes:

"This made me laugh."

"I stayed up until 3 a.m. reading this."

"I love how you write this character."

is enough to keep an author writing for months.

Fanfiction runs on enthusiasm.

Feed it.

Comments Are Gifts

Authors are not owed comments.

Readers are not owed updates.

Yet comments remain one of the greatest gifts a reader can give.

A simple:

"I loved this chapter."

can make an author's entire week.

Many fanfiction writers spend hours, days, or months creating stories for free. Engagement is often the only reward they receive.

Kudos Are Free. Use Them.

If you enjoyed a story, leave a kudos.

Think of it as returning a library book with a thank-you note tucked inside.

The author may never know exactly why you liked it, but they will know their work reached someone.

That matters more than many readers realize.

Criticism Is Not Always Welcome

Traditional publishing often encourages critique.

Fanfiction is different.

Unless an author specifically asks for constructive criticism, many readers follow a simple rule:

If you cannot say something kind, simply move on.

This does not mean readers must lie. It simply means understanding that fanfiction is often a hobby rather than a professional endeavor.

Not every fic is a workshop.

Sometimes it is simply someone sharing something they loved enough to write.

Respect Author Boundaries

Authors are people.

They have jobs, families, illnesses, school assignments, responsibilities, and lives outside fandom.

Comments demanding updates, insulting writing choices, or pressuring authors rarely accomplish anything except discouraging them.

Stories update when they update.

A kudos is not a purchase.

A bookmark is not a contract.

Authors are not vending machines.

Updates happen because inspiration returns, not because readers inserted enough coins.

Do Not Weaponize Popularity

A story having thousands of kudos does not automatically make it better than a story with twenty.

Some of the best stories in fandom are hidden deep within obscure tags, written by authors who never gained a large audience.

Read broadly.

Support generously.

Popularity and quality are not always the same thing.

Separate Fiction From Reality

One of the most important lessons in modern fandom is understanding that enjoying a fictional concept does not automatically mean supporting it in real life.

People explore difficult subjects, complicated relationships, moral dilemmas, and dark themes through fiction for countless reasons.

Reading or writing something does not necessarily reflect a person's morality, beliefs, or actions outside the story.

Fiction is a place where people explore ideas.

Not every exploration is an endorsement.

Fanfiction Is a Gift Economy

Fanfiction is one of the few places on the internet where people create enormous amounts of content with no expectation of payment.

Stories are shared because someone loved an idea enough to spend hours, weeks, months, or years bringing it to life.

The proper response to a gift is gratitude.

Not entitlement.

Leave Fandom Better Than You Found It

At its best, fandom is a community built on enthusiasm.

Recommend stories you love.

Leave encouraging comments.

Support writers and artists.

Help new readers find their footing.

Remember that behind every username is another human being trying to create something meaningful.

In Conclusion

Fanfiction is built on passion.

Every chapter, every one-shot, every unfinished work abandoned in 2017 and still haunting someone's bookmarks exists because a person cared enough to create it.

As readers, our responsibility is simple:

Read the tags.

Respect the author.

Leave kindness where you can.

And remember that behind every story is a human being who loved something enough to share it.

Treat that love gently.

After all, every fic was once someone's late-night idea that they loved enough to share with the world.

And fandom is at its best when we remember that. 🖤

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@Zidian_III @demonicfarmer69 Iver never been more jealous in my life! But I’m happy. Good for you 😒

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

“This reads like AI-”

No, sir, AI was trained on how I write. I grew up in the trenches of Tumblr, AO3, Wattpad, and fanfictionnet You can’t pry my rule of three from my cold, human hands.

[Chlo 🥀 @Weeping2TheMoon]

If you want to read meaningful, well-written fics, you need to stop chasing authors away by leaving negative comments. The AO3 comment section is not Goodreads; it's a place to share your love and appreciation for a fic, not complaints.

Don't like a fic? Close the tab! 🗣️

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

#a03 #fanfiction Has anyone else just read a chapter of a story that's clearly 1.k words written and been enraged? Just wrath filling up the heart because it was so good; and it ONLY HAS ONE COMMENT?!!!?!?!

GUYS; I'M LEAVING THEM AT LEAST A 500-1K COMMENT BECAUSE ONLY ONE COMMENT?!?! 😭😭

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@Dardo_de_Plata 😭

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

⸻
#Xicheng (The Aberrations of Jiang Cheng)

Jiang Cheng dies.

Then wakes up.

Not in the afterlife.

Not reborn.

Not transmigrated.

Just…

somewhere else.

Another world.

Another life.

Another Jiang Cheng.

Same face.

Same name.

Different circumstances.

At first, he thinks it’s reincarnation.

Then he dies again.

And wakes up somewhere else.

Again…

Cultivator Jiang Cheng.

Modern Jiang Cheng.

Actor Jiang Cheng.

Mafia Boss Jiang Cheng.

Omega Jiang Cheng.

Sect Leader Jiang Cheng.

The worlds change.

He doesn’t.

The strangest part?

Everyone else is there too.

Always.

Wei Wuxian is always Wei Wuxian.

Jiang Yanli is always Jiang Yanli.

Lan Wangji is always Lan Wangji.

Nie Huaisang is always Nie Huaisang.

And Lan Xichen…

Lan Xichen is always there.

Different worlds.

Different lives.

Different histories.

Sometimes he’s a doctor.

Sometimes an emperor.

Sometimes a CEO.

Sometimes a wandering cultivator.

But he’s always Lan Xichen.

Always has the same smile.

The same eyes.

The same impossible kindness.

Only Jiang Cheng remembers.

Every life.

Every death.

Every loss.

After enough worlds, he stops counting.

After enough funerals, he stops crying.

After enough goodbyes, he stops getting attached.

Because what’s the point?

Everyone comes back eventually.

Just not the version he loved

Then one day he gets tired.

Tired of dying.

Tired of waking up somewhere new.

Tired of carrying memories nobody else remembers.

⸻

So he kills himself.

Deliberately.

Certain this time there will finally be nothing..

Instead, he wakes up in a tea house.

And someone is waiting.

A Death Reaper.

Who looks at him with the exhausted expression of someone dealing with a recurring problem.

“You finally noticed.”
“Noticed what?” Jiang Cheng asks.

The Reaper sighs. “You are an Aberration.”

Most people live one possibility.

One life.

One path.

Jiang Cheng somehow lives all of them.

Every world is real.

Every version is real.

Every possibility exists.

And when one Jiang Cheng dies—

another wakes up.

The system isn’t broken.

It was never supposed to let him remember.

Which means Jiang Cheng isn’t immortal.

He’s a mistake.

An anomaly.

A contradiction.

A soul that refuses to stay in one reality.

The Aberration of Jiang Cheng.

And then things get worse.

Because in Life #83—

for the first time Lan Xichen remembers too.

Reality can survive one Aberration.

It was never prepared for two…

[Platinumdescent @Delatroyaa]

Chapter one of my WWM x MDZS fic “Where Water Parts, We’ll Meet Again” is out! The absolutely jawdropping cover art of Xicheng under a tree is done by the talented @OtsiraN !
💬 3.9K +
🔗 https://t.co/692CedENtc
🌱 #xicheng #lanxichen #jiangcheng

[Valy 🎩🎭 @liderfiscal]

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¿Nos ayudas con el #RTMasivo?

#TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@jiangwantyin I’m sorry! 😭😂

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@RespectfulMemes

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

Just thinking on this cause Transmigration ideas have been floating around. #Xicheng 🤔

Jiang Cheng, who was a dirt-poor college student, dies and finds himself waking up as the villain of a a/b/o danmei he had been writing secretly that featured people he knew from his real

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@therlwrites Stephen King's Red Rose, and I was 7/8?

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

#Xicheng (former) #Zhancheng (former) A/B/O modern

Just had the thought of Omega Jiang Cheng somehow always falling into loving the Lan's.

He dated Wangji first, but he left and cheated on him with Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian felt guilty because he couldn't help it. Wangji only

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@Stormi_luv My fucking child🥹

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

Day one of asking politely for this Slurpee flavor. 👀 I even made this for you to get inspired. 😩

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

#xicheng (time travel/modern?)

Jiang Cheng (an omega) falls into an ancestral well at his family’s countryside home when he is a little kid. On the other side? An ancient, mystical world.

He meets a young Lan Xichen (alpha) and his baby brother Wangji (omega) living in the Cold Palace. Jiang Cheng periodically travels back and forth through the well over the years, helping them survive. But each trip shifts time in strange ways.

Then one day, the well collapses—and Jiang Cheng is trapped in his world/future? Unable to go back.

Years later, just before college, Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian fall back into the well now fixed. But now, Lan Xichen has grown into a leader, while Jiang Cheng—now younger due to time’s trick—has to face the man he once knew. Let the drama begin!

[PoppyCosmos @PoppiCosmos]

@RialAstral Um I think you forgot to continue this thread into fanfic of at least 50k plus words. 🙄😒

[温晚吟 @RialAstral]

I want. Okay.

Transmigrator JC. But here's the thing. No one finds out until AFTER canon. The system this JC is using is one that doesn't really let you be OOC until AFTER it's all said and done. After the credits roll, so to speak.

JC has played his part well, he's sure. He