Stan was not prepared
Max: [sees Charles wearing a suit and carrying flowers]
Max: [jealous] Oh, you have a date, who’s the lucky guy?
Charles:
Charles: I forgot to ask you, didn’t I?
Edward Steichen Japanese Vase ca. 1940 color print, dye imbibition process 24.0 x 18.3 cm. George Eastman Museum
the august preoccupations by Catherine Barnett
I keep getting comments on WIPs from readers—some who are registered AO3 users—expressing some form of “I like this story and check regularly for updates”. I don’t know if this is a permutation of “I can’t wait for an update” or if people genuinely don’t know about AO3’s Subscribe button.
Subscribing to a story automatically sends an email notification to the subscriber whenever the story is updated.
I don’t want to seem patronizing by mentioning subscriptions, but I also don’t want readers to be working so hard keeping up with a fic when there’s an easier solution. Or am I taking a compliment too literally?
Do you know about and/or use AO3’s Subscribe feature?
I know about it and use it71.2%
I know about it but don’t use it (explain?)13.9%
This is my first time hearing about it and I’ll use it7.1%
First time hearing about it but I won’t use it (explain?)2.8%
Not an AO3 reader/I’m bald/nuance/etc4.9%
Final result from 8,256 votes
(Please reblog for farther reach)
Odysseus: Okay let's just get over with this one more pile of bullshit and it will be smooth sailing from there.
The narrative: [sputters from laughing]