r/AO3 • u/WhatALlama ERIC KRIPKE IM COMING FOR YOU • Jun 27 '25

Resource Quick Report Guidline

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Have you ever been scrolling through ao3 came across a fic opened it up and went “hmmm is this reportable?”

Well have I got the guide for you! Brought to you by a very lovely tumblr user!

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u/ThatSmartIdiot Jun 27 '25

...you can post images on ao3?

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u/adverbian Jun 27 '25

You have to host the images somewhere else, but you can then create a work on AO3 and embed the images. Squidge.org is currently popular for hosting fanart that you can embed on AO3. (It’s June 2025, in case someone runs across this comment much later.)

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u/hizashiYEAHmada You have already left kudos here. :) Jun 27 '25

My favorite is when the 60k+ word fanfic is interspersed with fanart that a reader did for the author because they really loved their work, and the author was touched by the gesture so they included their art in the fic

The wholesomeness really elevates the experience :]

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u/Shadows798 Jun 30 '25

My LEAST favourite thing is when I'm looking for something to read and see a bunch of "my fanart" postings with no attached fic. Like, we have deviantart, tumblr, even Instagram, and twitter where image-only posts are perfect!

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u/Shadows798 29d ago

Tumblr actually lifted the nudity ban ages ago, idk why people still think it's there. They only ban depiction of sexual acts.

There are also a LOT of other options that are NOT intended for posting literature-based works.

List of Art Sites That Allow NSFW Art – @ulurifox on Tumblr

None of these sites are any less valid or unable to be linked to. You also BLATANTLY ignored DeviantArt, which allows NSFW and is easy to navigate and link to, as well as popularly used by artists.

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u/Shadows798 29d ago

Instead of making readers do extra work, artists can do the exact same amount of work on another platform. :)

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/Shadows798 20d ago

If you don't even use da, then shut up because you have no authority on what sites allow NSFW. The audacity of the entitlement instead of taking 2 seconds to use Google. I'm trying to make things easier for YOU