Wilde_Guess

Hi, @BronxWench and @Desiderius Price FFN does have the “by chapter” hit counter visible to the author. They also figured out how to monetize the eyeballs out of content from unpaid authors. I have no idea what AO3 has. AFF has more responsive tech support to the authors, particularly since no one is getting paid to work on it. Deleting or splitting and shifting chapters will ‘break’ your metrics if you try to watch them going back ‘forever.’ It isn’t quite as bad if you make notes of if, when, and to what degree you up-end your story because you had a near-catastrophic continuity mess-up, and the only way to fix it was to put in several entirely new scenes, and seriously flesh out a couple more. “Whole story” counters are better than no counters at all. But it still comes back around to the original question, or at least my version of it; How do you know if anyone likes your story? Thanks again.

Hi, all. The “dragon prints” are fine for public display. Being able to track individual chapter hits, visible only to the author would be more helpful, since the “typical” reader doesn’t seem to leave a review. So, your dragon prints are going up. Are the readers actually trying to read the whole story, or are they just seeing “Chapter 1,” and running away in fright? If you update frequently enough, your story will always be on the first page of your “fandom,” and will get hits for that alone. But, absent reviews, you don’t know if the reader is making it beyond Chapter 1, especially if you only see the total hits for everything. If I have 2900 dragon prints for a 32 chapter WIP, did I get 91 readers reading everything, or 2850 hits on Chapter 1, with only my proof-reading and editing even making it to Chapter 2? Thanks in advance.

Hi, all. It started happening around or shortly before 11:45 EDT today. When I caught it, some pen names were still right, while others had the ‘123123” value instead. Or, it happened earlier, and there were just that many people who had already ‘fixed’ their accounts. But it didn’t look like that. And, @BronxWench, I’ll leave it up to the people who it’s actually up to, to diagnose and fix it. I know that whoever is suppose to actually do stuff like that, that it isn’t me. Thanks again, all.

Hi, All. @Desiderius Price’s ‘temporary fix’ is double-confirmed by me. I refreshed the Original Writing page, and his name came up instead of the numbers. I logged in, changed my user name back to what it is from the numbers, and logged back out. When I logged in again, it was as it should be, and when I refreshed the Original Writing page, both Price’s user name and mine were correctly displayed. Since the value was the same for every user, I’m guessing that it is a benign placeholder for an invalid field rather than an opening for ‘major mischief’ for the database itself. But it is a problem just the same. so good luck in figuring it out Thanks again for all the thankless work in keeping the site running.

Hi, all. And now I’ve also tagged @BronxWench too, in case she needed to be told. I’m sure they’re working on it, keeping in mind that none of the staff are paid full-time employees. Thanks.

Hi, Thundercloud. I sent a on-form PM to @DemonGoddess when this started happening just before Noon Eastern Time. No reply yet, but I’m sure they’re working on it. Thanks.

Hi. Are you actually a UK native? If so, where in the UK do you live? Thanks in advance.

I posted Chapter 27 earlier tonight.

Did you write it? Did it involve a time turner? Hermione Granger is the only JKR Verse character who both could and would pull off an incest scene as an only child. Cheers!

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I have posted Chapter 10. It hasn’t been majorly changed from “elsewhere’ yet, but I might change it. If I do, I’ll announce it here.

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I am now up to Chapter 9 here. There may be a major change from the version posted on “St. Elsewhere.” Reviews and Beta desperately needed. Thanks for reading.

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In my opinion, “classic rape” is a uniquely odious assault that one person may inflict upon another. Like anything else, it can be used by “lazy” writers as well as “hard-working” ones, as you’ve written. The same holds true for dealing with the aftermath of the assault. I tend to try reading stories that are well-written. Rape, like any other form of violence may have its place in the narrative of a story. Like any other form of violence one may inflict on another, I believe that it shouldn’t be portrayed in a light where the perpetrator is “glorified” for committing it. I also find the act “anti-erotic,” and I will usually avoid stories where the author seriously attempts to portray it otherwise. Stories that portray “Forced consent” favorably also tend to be a turn-off, as do stories where one of the participants in the act is genuinely unable to provide any form of consent.

Author’s notes, Chapter 1 I originally came up with the idea for this story when I was “bored,” and searched a couple of fanfiction sites to see what kind of “relationships” fanfiction authors were putting Harry in. Since in canon, Harry’s best friend is Ron Weasley, I thought there would be a fair number of those. Actually, “Harry/Ron” stories are few and far between. I couldn’t make sense of that at all. Even more “nonsensical,” most of the “M/M” Harry Potter stories out there had Harry “getting it on” with Snape, both male Malfoys, Sirius Black, and various incarnations of Voldemort! “Converting” the situation to “het” terms, I could not envision myself having a sexual relationship with the woman who murdered my parents, my father’s ex-girlfriend, female cohorts of the woman who murdered my parents, or a beloved surrogate mother. I would much sooner have sex with my closest female friend my age. Secondly, “MPREG” is one of the blatantly most stupid ideas I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen some rather stupid things over the years. Thus, the first Soul Bond is Harry/Ron. While both of them will father children, it won’t be with each other. The “Soul Bond” is a “convenient” way to reduce 50k plus of serious relationship building down to only two words. I will make every effort to counter that “laziness” with having the characters explore and improve their relationships. Ron is not a “Sue/Stu,” however he is more than slightly powerful. Harry will still be more “powerful,” and this won’t bother Ron one bit. You will notice that some of the canon villains have been “dealt with.” One or two should be conspicuous by their absence, and at least one that appears to have been dealt with is not nearly as far out of the picture as you might think. Dumbledore and Snape will be more or less “canon,” which means that both are “heroes,” though Dumbledore will be tempted to be somewhat manipulative, and Snape, while being more “friendly” with “Harry and Co.” than in canon will not be “nice.” Dumbledore will also be a “realist,” and will change his methods, at least to the point where Harry and Ron can trust him somewhat. Snape will also “appear” far “nicer” than in canon. Without the temptation of getting “total revenge” on the one person he hated more than James Potter and Voldemort combined, and “extra” time to be “forced” to “forgive” Remus, he will actually be able to be civil in the presence of the werewolf, and eventually forgive Sirius, This “change of displayed heart” will complicate Snape’s ability to resume spying successfully should he need to do so. He might actually retire from the “spying” business. If he remains, his “friendlier and fairer” teaching manner will need to be explained. He may or may not be successful in doing this. This story is told “first-person” by Ron Weasley himself. When I edit this chapter, I will try to “convert” one or two scenes over to proper “flashback” from being described by Ron. Also, since this is “first-person-imperfect,” you will only ever see or know what Ron does at the time. If anything “defies explanation,” you will only have “explained” what Ron has explained to him.

“Just in case...” Author: Wilde_Guess Title: Third Time’s a Soul Bond? Summary: After the “Girl Who Conquered's” girlfriend ambushed DOM Battle Mage Ron Weasley, he'd hoped he was back in his original world, even with starting from conception yet again. But he discovered that he should have learned a LOT more about that magical mystery, the Soul Bond. Now, while dealing with four Soul Bonds, he has the future of the wizarding world both in his hands and between his legs. He is now the chosen one of a "Chosen One" far stronger yet far more fragile than he'd ever imagined. The prophecy only said "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches," not that he'd win. Feedback:Fandom: Reviews greatly appreciated. Beta also needed. Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing: Harry/Ron, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Luna, Neville/Hermione Warnings: Abuse Anal Bi HJ HC Inc MF MiCD Minor1 MM Oral Rim Solo Spank Solo story or chaptered story: Chaptered story, 7 of ?? URL: http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600099686