ameaoi:

shadowen:

all-the-ships-from-all-the-shows:

realhunterswearplaid:

just-like-we-dreamed-it:

licoriceplease:

angelmojo:

do you ever notice how like, we have our own language for fanfic that only readers understand?

for example

“36k wip destiel hs au on ao3”

I can’t believe I understood all those words

oh my god

this is so legit

there’s only one real word in that sentence.

Fun story! 

My friend and I once did a presentation in a linguistics class about language in fandom. There was a question about a particular concept, and we turned to each other for a second to discuss it in fannish terms before we could explain. When we turned back, the class was sort of staring at us like 0_0. The teacher just said, “And there’s a good example of code switching.”

“Code Switching” is when speakers who share fluency in different languages flip between the languages during conversation, thus confusing the hell out of everyone else.

when you want to talk with your sibling at work about this one fanfic “jdt abo verse fluffy angst. pair with mocha for it to be better than crack”

coworker: crack?

me:crack fic not powderd sugar crack.