Resurrecting my Zero Comment Challenge – to find fics out on Archive of Our Own that have no comments, but deserve a little love. I’m aiming for a couple of searches a week, but life may have other ideas.
If you want to join me – go over to Ao3′s Search Works page – plug in your preferred fandom, character(s), rating and/or pairing, then scroll down to the Work Stats section of the page and type a “0″ in the Comments field – easy peasy!
Once you find a fic that sounds interesting, read it and COMMENT. I know, I know, that’s the hard part! But honestly, even a quick “this was fun!” or “I like your take on <CHARACTER>” or “Great interaction between X and Y” can be enough to make someone’s day.
I’m going to reblog this each time I find a fic that fits the bill – like this one:
Redemption_Arc. A young Clint Barton is caught at a crossroads in his life, with assistance coming from an unlikely source.
I think there’s maybe supposed to be more coming, but it’s currently listed as a single chapter? (I’ve made that mistake myself)This is an astoundingly awesome idea and I’m mad I didn’t come up with it. 😀 I think more people should take up the challenge especially if you’re finding that your regular reading has stagnated lately or if you want to train yourself to comment more.
AO3′s search function is pretty powerful so you can also do cool stuff like sorting by hits, meaning you could get a story with a ton of hits and no comments, which I know is especially dispiriting to some people, or sort by date-ascending so you get the oldest stories with no comments, which is what I did.
This led me to locate a JARVIS/Ziggy (MCU/Quantum Leap) crossover and what a fantastic ship.
Zero Comment Challenge: Nov-Dec
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