Deepdiving my Wattpad (APPEASING YOU SICKOS!) | Brittany Broski

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  • Опубликовано: 22 апр 2022
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    I finally exposed my wattpad you gross sickos. You’ve seen the inside of my mind now . Don’t ever say I don’t give you anything
    Thanks @lastmanstanley for editing my big white face
    LOVE U GUYS HEHE BYE

Комментарии • 4,9 тыс.

  • @l.1020
    @l.1020 2 года назад +13334

    The author of the “kidnapped by Kylo Ren” fix updated the description with “*BRITTANY BROSKI APPROVED*” I can’t😭😭👏🏼

    • @id3389
      @id3389 Год назад +368

      Ultimate recognition 😌🙌

    • @Mineralmango
      @Mineralmango Год назад +63

      literally love that book tbh

    • @K3n0ugh
      @K3n0ugh 11 месяцев назад +51

      I READ THE KIDNAPPED ONE TOO LMAO

    • @asapasap22
      @asapasap22 11 месяцев назад +33

      Bro that book was so gOOD

    • @aafloofy
      @aafloofy 7 месяцев назад +9

      That’s ICONIC

  • @marcibator4375
    @marcibator4375 Год назад +9481

    i would literally rather publicize recordings of my therapy sessions than do this. the vulnerability, the authenticity, the strength this took. i’m living, laughing, and loving for this

    • @AC_RDR2_Q
      @AC_RDR2_Q 7 месяцев назад +1

      if you got kidnapped and they said “we are gonna expose your wattpad history or we can take a leg” I just know what i’d pick without hesitation. Let’s just say i’ll be hopping for the rest of my life

    • @christinahoffmann9250
      @christinahoffmann9250 6 месяцев назад +16

      SAME

    • @bellalobo7997
      @bellalobo7997 6 месяцев назад +69

      theres no amount of money on this earth that would get me to admit this publicly. this video took some BALLS

  • @dysfunctionalaf
    @dysfunctionalaf Год назад +9058

    i’d sooner bare my open asshole to the world, to my grandparents even, than share my fan fiction catalog to just one person

    • @kizzo490
      @kizzo490 Год назад +315

      This comment almost made me spit out my cereal😂

    • @mimzyy
      @mimzyy Год назад +79

      REAL

    • @artworld_create7627
      @artworld_create7627 Год назад +86

      Plzzzzz this made me audibly laugh 😭😭😭✋

    • @greentea0956
      @greentea0956 Год назад +93

      I was a Phan stan. I cannot show anyone my library id get taken to the police.

    • @zoeg1013
      @zoeg1013 11 месяцев назад +16

      oh my god

  • @alinad.8976
    @alinad.8976 Год назад +5101

    I feel like my wattpad library is the LAST thing the CIA could waterboard out of me. You're so brave for this 🤣😭

    • @hopelessopus660
      @hopelessopus660 4 месяца назад +7

      Oh my God, the video made me laugh so so much, and then I read your comment and literally almost died laughing 😂 this is so true 🤣

    • @hotwings2169
      @hotwings2169 4 месяца назад +4

      this is so real I can't even tell my dog I don't care how many of my bones someone breaks never telling

    • @mxria-kys
      @mxria-kys 3 месяца назад +4

      NAN FRRR

  • @shannonbullock807
    @shannonbullock807 2 года назад +28070

    Showing your wattpad library is literally the equivalent of baring your PUREST RAW NAKED FORM. Like everything is on the table now

    • @trinitygarcia5028
      @trinitygarcia5028 2 года назад +608

      Or your ao3 history 😭😭😭

    • @stxxrzz1238
      @stxxrzz1238 2 года назад +254

      I COULD NEVER☠️☠️

    • @tinymogi
      @tinymogi 2 года назад +28

      Literally

    • @clug906
      @clug906 2 года назад +122

      @@trinitygarcia5028 this sentence made my eyes fall into my skull and i started breaking and healing my bones like that one scene in old

    • @skulliecverwey3735
      @skulliecverwey3735 Год назад +8

      th facts of this comment ...
      this is the content i am here for !

  • @Cookiemonster1997
    @Cookiemonster1997 2 года назад +6170

    I love how Brittany talks about her "british phase" as if it's something of the past and that she's not still fully in it

    • @rebecaromero2957
      @rebecaromero2957 2 года назад +131

      As if she didn’t just do an ad with a British accent ☠️

    • @dulapeep6983
      @dulapeep6983 2 года назад +9

      Omg i literally thought the exact same thing, and was just thinking about writing a comment about it

    • @skyemadisyn163
      @skyemadisyn163 Год назад +29

      As if she didn’t meet Harry and greeted him with “ez that ‘Arry?”

  • @kdk1800
    @kdk1800 Год назад +3167

    i love how she blurs out her user at the top just for us to see it on the side when she’s reading her stories 😭

    • @Kat-py4jk
      @Kat-py4jk 9 месяцев назад +54

      fr😭😭

    • @freshlover
      @freshlover 6 месяцев назад +44

      THATS WHAT I SAID ☠️

    • @sonyeoshidae
      @sonyeoshidae 5 месяцев назад +14

      i was JUST about to say that 😭

    • @daerincakes
      @daerincakes 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@sonyeoshidaestan snsd for clear skin

    • @jordanbrown2692
      @jordanbrown2692 5 месяцев назад +41

      Stanley you had one job

  • @Alyrulz421
    @Alyrulz421 11 месяцев назад +1299

    “And it was bad don’t read it”
    “-actually I’m lying it was good”
    💀 me describing literally any fanfic

  • @sairathi
    @sairathi 2 года назад +6619

    "I'm enjoying the literary experience of fanfiction" is the only way to tell your friends you read fanfiction all the time, can confirm

    • @angstydoodles1101
      @angstydoodles1101 6 месяцев назад +8

      Me explaining why I, as an asexual, sometimes read smut fics

  • @riley4762
    @riley4762 2 года назад +6957

    The movement from Wattpad to Ao3 is a stronger mark of maturation for a woman than anything else

    • @jakeverbeek
      @jakeverbeek 2 года назад +244

      this literally sent me because holy fuck this is so true

    • @peachy_talisman
      @peachy_talisman 2 года назад +107

      No because you’re absolutely right

    • @jadynfaith
      @jadynfaith 2 года назад +77

      tweet this please

    • @savannaherickson6895
      @savannaherickson6895 2 года назад +14

      couldn't agreee more

    • @rachel.beth99
      @rachel.beth99 2 года назад +9

      If I could like this more than once I would.

  • @tdaetaunm
    @tdaetaunm Год назад +1336

    "I am a changed woman. Whatever the fuck I wrOOH..OHH whatever I wrote back then does not reflect who I am today, even though it probably does." THIS SENT ME

  • @cj3617
    @cj3617 9 месяцев назад +795

    The way we all tried to describe getting drunk having NEVER touched alcohol💀💀

  • @jenny07223
    @jenny07223 2 года назад +28955

    Anyone who reads or writes fan fiction knows how SERIOUS AND PERSONAL this video is

  • @lm-bw4qf
    @lm-bw4qf 2 года назад +3906

    can we talk about how wattpad literally used to be free. like the iron grip capitalism has on every single thing i enjoyed as a pre teen

    • @mariac1984
      @mariac1984 2 года назад +223

      you also used to be able to change the color of the pages to blue, green, red, etc. and rip to the highlighter dictionary

    • @RaspberryMaroon
      @RaspberryMaroon 2 года назад +160

      Ao3 is still out thereeeee

    • @naomigary7930
      @naomigary7930 2 года назад +2

      fr.

    • @rachaelh8026
      @rachaelh8026 2 года назад +44

      Thats why i switched to ao3 omg

    • @sunshineissexy
      @sunshineissexy 2 года назад +25

      I read the entire vampire academy on wattpad back in the day 🥲

  • @sabfox546
    @sabfox546 Год назад +1092

    I love the way she screams “Im so embarrassed!!! Get over it.” 😭😭

  • @deathboy9246
    @deathboy9246 Год назад +1458

    She’s brave for reading her own fics to us. My Sword Art Online fanfics can literally burn in the pits of hell

    • @blockgirlygamer7714
      @blockgirlygamer7714 8 месяцев назад +19

      LMFAOOO

    • @probablyasleep5026
      @probablyasleep5026 7 месяцев назад +33

      Sword art online introduced me to fan fiction. Sometimes I wonder what life would’ve been like otherwise

    • @tayworrrrrrr
      @tayworrrrrrr 4 месяца назад +5

      me in my Dan and Phil phase

    • @deathboy9246
      @deathboy9246 4 месяца назад +2

      @@probablyasleep5026 ok I have to know if you had a favorite SAO fic now

  • @abbytheism
    @abbytheism 2 года назад +3895

    "In this comedic, smart romance story, you'll laugh, smile, amd cry" babe you wrote an argumentative thesis about your fanfiction

  • @trueblue001
    @trueblue001 Год назад +9338

    The fact she met harry and wasn't embarrassed at ALL GIRL YOU LITERALLY USED TO WRITE HARRY FANFICS HOW ARE YOU NOT PANICKING 😭😭

    • @lousunflower2834
      @lousunflower2834 Год назад +118

      HAHAHAH EXACTLY MY THOUGHT

    • @mikeyar4723
      @mikeyar4723 Год назад +425

      She should’ve asked him “catholic or Lutheran?”

    • @grace_slytherin9448
      @grace_slytherin9448 Год назад +247

      COULD YOU IMAGINE WHEN THEY MET HES LIKE “ Omg I’m such a big fan of you! Your stories are amazing 😍”

    • @victoriawilliams2262
      @victoriawilliams2262 Год назад +332

      i know a fanfic artist who wrote a fanfic about luke hemmings from 5sos that got published as an actual book and when she met him SHE BROUGHT THE BOOK AND TOLD HIM ABOUT IT 😭 i would genuinely rather die instead of telling a celebrity that i wrote a fanfic about them

    • @ririsan847
      @ririsan847 Год назад

      @@lousunflower2834

  • @anikapande1701
    @anikapande1701 6 месяцев назад +486

    the amount of serotonin she gives me. this is like PURE womanhood/girlhood sis... like everything is so relatable and i fucking LOVE how she shares shit that i'd hold myself back to admit.. we're healing

    • @10kCrows
      @10kCrows 5 месяцев назад +11

      same she makes me feel so SEEN 😭

  • @mattllosa3054
    @mattllosa3054 8 месяцев назад +605

    Girl, you couldn't WATERBOARD this information out of me, you're brave fr fr

  • @jameriee
    @jameriee 2 года назад +3598

    this is the bravest you’ve ever been with us

  • @lupedobal
    @lupedobal 2 года назад +3527

    Girl the literary QUALITY you can find in AO3 is literally UNMATCHED. Some insanely talented authors giving away their work for the benefit of the community and nothing else. I love it

    • @Brittany_Broski
      @Brittany_Broski  2 года назад +921

      the day they inundate AO3 with ads is the day i riot

    • @lupedobal
      @lupedobal 2 года назад +229

      @@Brittany_Broski AO3 would never betray us like that

    • @summerhunny
      @summerhunny 2 года назад +32

      @@lupedobal they would. they always do

    • @FrillWasTaken
      @FrillWasTaken 2 года назад +164

      @@summerhunny they wont, they have huge fundraisers every year in order to keep the website ad free :)

    • @lupedobal
      @lupedobal 2 года назад +130

      Yup. They've been running on volunteer work and donations for over a decade. Monetizing the website would go against their very mission statement, so I trust AO3 with my life

  • @sophiacerminaro9652
    @sophiacerminaro9652 8 месяцев назад +258

    its honestly so refreshing to see someone else who was so immersed in fandom culture back then normalize this bc i would get made fun of for this shit

  • @kaiyaschaotic7003
    @kaiyaschaotic7003 6 месяцев назад +233

    as a 15 yr old girl, i find this to be biblically accurate

    • @Thepeanutcollector
      @Thepeanutcollector 2 месяца назад +3

      Me too bro. Like me currently having 52 google tabs open on my phone and 20 open on my computer, and like 5 parts of a fic in different google docs being made 😅

    • @nontoxicpaint
      @nontoxicpaint 2 месяца назад

      Me too! My Wattpad has so many books in my TBR and I have 48 ao3 tabs open. With ao3 fics I want to read I add them to homescreen and then categorise them by genre.

  • @zchick99
    @zchick99 2 года назад +4564

    brittany is the first social media girly i’ve seen openly discuss and share her fan fictions, i love it

    • @g.molina3269
      @g.molina3269 2 года назад +2

      @@lizroszel265 yes! I second this, I love Sarah sm

    • @gabbytip
      @gabbytip 2 года назад +3

      yess exactly what i was thinking of while watching this, their reactions are so similar lmaoo@@lizroszel265

    • @aysenurcigilli1951
      @aysenurcigilli1951 2 года назад +20

      If i remember correct Kennedy Walsh acted her fan fic hahahhaha

    • @jasmine31507
      @jasmine31507 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@aysenurcigilli1951 OH MY GOD YES SHE DID

    • @Iachesism
      @Iachesism 5 месяцев назад

      faline san

  • @FinR1256
    @FinR1256 2 года назад +2573

    how beautiful is this though? young people expressing themselves through literature in a communal space YEAH its iconic to me

    • @nina.k666
      @nina.k666 2 года назад +153

      Basically a thirsty, tech savvy Dead Poets Society w the girlies

    • @FinR1256
      @FinR1256 2 года назад +10

      @@nina.k666 exactly

    • @ultravioletcatastrophe
      @ultravioletcatastrophe 2 года назад +69

      it's fun to make fun of cringey shit people got up to in middle school but fr, expressing interest in literature and arts should always be encouraged, no matter the result

    • @333bree
      @333bree 2 года назад +9

      yes omg i used to spend hours on wattpad in the comments discussing stories with people 😭❤️

    • @r.i.pmydog7723
      @r.i.pmydog7723 2 года назад +20

      A lot of writers stared getting into writing bc of fanfics, I see it has a fun way to explore writing without the intimidation of needing start from scratch, kinda like writing training wheels if you will

  • @skyyballzz
    @skyyballzz 8 месяцев назад +92

    If you never had a sleepover where y’all giggled uncontrollably while reading out loud popcorn style the most unhinged fan fiction… were you even a girlie?

    • @jasmine31507
      @jasmine31507 7 месяцев назад +19

      I was a fanfic kid who didn't have friends 💀

    • @shreklovers9451
      @shreklovers9451 3 месяца назад +2

      did this once with a siggy shade book. 10/10 experience would do it again

    • @Thepeanutcollector
      @Thepeanutcollector 2 месяца назад

      Me when I’m going crazy over the best fic of my life

    • @tarakennedy2512
      @tarakennedy2512 Месяц назад

      Oh my God my friends and I did this IN THE LUNCHROOM. We decided it would be like an initiation in order for others to join our friend group LMFAOOO

  • @thisprismo6580
    @thisprismo6580 Год назад +56

    mandolorian fanfic on ao3 has had the most significant impact on my young adult life than anything ever

  • @rachelmcafterty6580
    @rachelmcafterty6580 2 года назад +3118

    Girl this is so brave, I would literally rather launch myself into a blackhole than share my fan fic reads. You're a real one

    • @coagulatedsalts4711
      @coagulatedsalts4711 2 года назад +27

      i looked at the first fic i read on my AO3 account and i CRINGED so damn hard, so for her to show this to us just makes me in awe.

    • @bellabyers2929
      @bellabyers2929 Год назад +14

      I was writing the most violent smut 💀 like VIOLENT 😭😭

    • @margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486
      @margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486 Год назад +4

      @@bellabyers2929 don’t be shy, drop the link

    • @RealElongatedMuskrat
      @RealElongatedMuskrat Год назад +11

      I'd rather my naked body be shown on a billboard for people to judge than my fanfic history be observed by any other human eyes

  • @meaganweber2290
    @meaganweber2290 7 месяцев назад +21

    “why was i emo i had a great childhood” i felt that one

  • @kibikino7553
    @kibikino7553 Год назад +60

    Bc of this video I found the Calum fan fiction I’ve been looking for since I was 15, I’m 22💀💀💀

  • @alexbaker4668
    @alexbaker4668 2 года назад +4759

    this is a legendary day for broski nation thank u brittany

    • @kaitles2193
      @kaitles2193 2 года назад +40

      This is our Independence Day

    • @alexbaker4668
      @alexbaker4668 2 года назад +8

      the fanfiction revolution, the battle of the one shots and the constitution of the imagines of tumblr

    • @HelloFreya
      @HelloFreya 2 года назад +5

      The Queen said it's Taurus season and I will not let you forget

    • @ashleyshelley9774
      @ashleyshelley9774 2 года назад

      This is our peace treaty

  • @haleyjnewb6933
    @haleyjnewb6933 2 года назад +4200

    Also nothing is more soul-crushing than when a writer stops updating

    • @charlottelouise2208
      @charlottelouise2208 Год назад +11

      HONESTLY

    • @JJ-el6qx
      @JJ-el6qx Год назад +108

      When you find a good fic, read all the chapters just to realize it hasn't been updated in like 5 years

    • @i_know_who_you_are
      @i_know_who_you_are Год назад +54

      or you find the perfect one and the writer deletes everything 😭😭😭

    • @erikajewel
      @erikajewel 11 месяцев назад +12

      when you find one with only 30 short chapters but you decide to read it anyways then cry when you’re done cuz you want more 🥲

    • @Margo_death_incarnate
      @Margo_death_incarnate 9 месяцев назад +12

      Or when its put down as complete but it's not😢

  • @rennash2
    @rennash2 6 месяцев назад +52

    this is literally so healing as a former well known wattpad author at the ripe age of 15!! who literally never had a bf

  • @milkt3
    @milkt3 Год назад +112

    the fact that this video exists and brittany has now met harry styles in real life is possibly the most hilarious full circle moment ever

  • @Adinamfeldman
    @Adinamfeldman 2 года назад +3370

    Brittany losing her shit over her own fics had me ROLLING

    • @monroe8566
      @monroe8566 Год назад +45

      No bc I do that sometimes I’m like “damn I wrote this? I’m kinda kicking my feet and giggling rn”

    • @iluvmefr
      @iluvmefr Год назад +10

      @@monroe8566 NO FR LIKE I MAKE MYSELF GIGGLE AT MY PHONE

  • @marianbenker6111
    @marianbenker6111 2 года назад +2220

    OKAY the fact you pay for wattpad.. you really are dedicated and i admire that. GIVE THIS WOMAN A DISCOUNT CODE

    • @proboffensive
      @proboffensive 2 года назад +56

      IMAGINE getting sponsored by Wattpad

    • @naomigary7930
      @naomigary7930 2 года назад +12

      she can afford to pay though lol

  • @anonymoushumanhi
    @anonymoushumanhi 10 месяцев назад +204

    THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE SEXUALIZING THING UP. When we’re kids on Wattpad, it’s sooooo common to read and write those kinds of fan fictions because it’s what’s popular and we enjoy and and so does everyone else, but I’m glad you’ve acknowledged that it ain’t cool too. Heck yeah!!! Tbh I still write fan fiction, I just don’t publish lol.

  • @lyle1850
    @lyle1850 6 месяцев назад +30

    Imagine reading and commenting on a Harry Styles vampire fanfiction just to find out 10 years later that it was written by Brittany Broski

  • @bluespacecadet
    @bluespacecadet 2 года назад +1616

    Girl, you're braver than the Marines for doing this lol

    • @bellasleveland
      @bellasleveland 2 года назад +6

      I just logged back into mine…. I could NEVER share it with the world I don’t know what I was thinking 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @icyy_addi
    @icyy_addi 2 года назад +1371

    veteran fanfiction readers/writers deserve financial compensation

    • @daniellel230
      @daniellel230 2 года назад +64

      veteran's discount

    • @poopoopants4616
      @poopoopants4616 2 года назад +17

      @@daniellel230 I AM ON THE FLOOR VETERANS CISCOUNT

    • @roronoa_raf2201
      @roronoa_raf2201 2 года назад +12

      Righttt, I felt so seen when she mentioned people commenting for more updates 😭

    • @soup2667
      @soup2667 2 года назад

      I need one

    • @whyareyougeh3499
      @whyareyougeh3499 2 года назад

      @@daniellel230 💀💀💀

  • @ysaintlorraine
    @ysaintlorraine 7 месяцев назад +108

    you are so brave for this, queen~
    personally, my ao3 history is between me and god

  • @dancincoolkid
    @dancincoolkid 11 месяцев назад +125

    OMG the readings of YOUR OWN FAN FIC. I am screaming, crying, vomiting on the floor. I love this for you. I want more original authors to come forward and read their own fics. It is the content we truly need.

  • @anngry
    @anngry 2 года назад +5224

    I just want to state for the record that AO3 isn't just for grown women writers. It's also for grown ass gay men writers. Thank you, you may continue.

  • @fern5971
    @fern5971 2 года назад +3581

    YOU ARE SO BRAVE FOR POSTING THIS. I feel like we’ve reached a really pivotal point in our parasocial relationship.❤️

    • @elliottmcpeek7443
      @elliottmcpeek7443 2 года назад +57

      agreed, a threshold has been crossed

    • @savannaherickson6895
      @savannaherickson6895 2 года назад +8

      SO TRUE

    • @calliefuller1635
      @calliefuller1635 2 года назад +23

      the monumental door we just walked through has closed and locked behind us leaving us with no way back to the normal life we lived before that door opened

    • @fern5971
      @fern5971 2 года назад +2

      @@calliefuller1635 it feels like that really important sleep over in your senoir year of highschool when you realize who your friends really are

  • @breonnavandam-colvin1474
    @breonnavandam-colvin1474 Год назад +115

    Brittany speaking so openly about what we all kept in the dark for so long.

  • @greene.apples
    @greene.apples Год назад +136

    brittany really is the people's princess, she is us

  • @MonarchsFactory
    @MonarchsFactory 2 года назад +2135

    "I would come home from theatre practice, do my homework, go eat dinner with my family, and then lock myself in my room and read fanfiction all night" - The most relatable theatre kid experience

    • @andream1636
      @andream1636 2 года назад +5

      no really 😭🤚🏻

  • @dinkyrussell75
    @dinkyrussell75 2 года назад +1315

    "I read Paul McCartney and John Lennon Fanfiction... not together obviously"
    Brittany acting like McLennon doesn't have the Fandom in a CHOKEHOLD

    • @ChiliCrisp88
      @ChiliCrisp88 2 года назад +38

      I didn’t realize how prolific McLennon actually is in our generation💀💀💀

    • @russell1626
      @russell1626 2 года назад +14

      McLennon was the good shit

    • @samsnothavingit2788
      @samsnothavingit2788 2 года назад +52

      The fact that the Beatles has a “fandom” is sending me and idk why LMAO

    • @laurenstewart3781
      @laurenstewart3781 2 года назад +7

      mclennon is real and no one can tell me shit 💅😔

    • @moppupaws
      @moppupaws 2 года назад +8

      these replies concern me 😭 i will never get the appeal of shipping real people

  • @tarakennedy2512
    @tarakennedy2512 10 месяцев назад +135

    You couldn’t torture this information out of me. You are so brave and I appreciate you sis

  • @elipeeli
    @elipeeli Год назад +56

    It's torture to sit and read a real book for an hour but when it comes to a fanfiction that will take me 9 hours to read, I'll read it in one sitting

  • @taylormanes2269
    @taylormanes2269 2 года назад +638

    the universal experience of being a sheltered kid trying and failing to write how you think adults behave lmaooo

  • @ameliamadrigal403
    @ameliamadrigal403 7 месяцев назад +13

    "I was probably writing this instead of studying for my AP European History exam" sent me 😭😭

  • @rebeccaellenc
    @rebeccaellenc Год назад +65

    i was so immersed in after when it was solely on wattled there was a point i had to take a break because i was beginning to resent harry for WHAT HE DID in a FANFIC

    • @rebeccaellenc
      @rebeccaellenc Год назад +5

      like it was giving me anxiety

    • @daniellemichael1
      @daniellemichael1 10 месяцев назад +9

      You're so real for this I get digestive issues when something happens in the shit I read

    • @umbellicalchick5635
      @umbellicalchick5635 9 месяцев назад +7

      I was DEEPLY affected by a fanfiction where the pairing breaks up and one of them is at the wedding and he's all heart broken. I even brought it up to my therapist wkjejdbej

  • @Anon12077
    @Anon12077 2 года назад +997

    I would literally rather someone look at my porn history than my fanfiction- Brittany is a fuckin warrior goddess

    • @mckdemps12
      @mckdemps12 2 года назад +106

      for me those r basically the same thing 😭

    • @wohdinhel
      @wohdinhel Год назад +5

      I KNOW what a fucking fearless legend

    • @redwineandagingerale
      @redwineandagingerale Год назад +7

      ​@@mckdemps12 you did not just

  • @madisonf6424
    @madisonf6424 2 года назад +296

    Brittany saying AO3 is for adults is so fucking true. It really is the professional league. AO3 authors deadass got mortgages and kids. They are so serious about their writing. I’ve read some of the most emotionally damaging media of my life there. And it’s endless. So many stories on AO3 have over 1 million words. It’s insane.

    • @captainfinn1130
      @captainfinn1130 10 месяцев назад +19

      And Ao3 fics are like goddamn novels. Like- I just read a Leon S. Kennedy x Chris Redfield fic that was like 200,000 words and it's the most beautiful and tragic thing I have ever read. (I'm a gay trans man. Just clarifying because I know there are a lot of cis women that read gay fanfiction.)

    • @madison_rose1289
      @madison_rose1289 9 месяцев назад +9

      AO3 fics are literally life CHANGING. it’s giving official books in Barnes and Noble’s online 😭😭✊🏼

    • @howthetubbiestelly
      @howthetubbiestelly 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@captainfinn1130PLEASE drop the title of the fic

    • @captainfinn1130
      @captainfinn1130 9 месяцев назад

      @@howthetubbiestelly its called "Once More With Chris, " and it broke my heart. If you can't find it ill give you the link.

    • @abigailpaige8552
      @abigailpaige8552 9 месяцев назад +6

      no you’re so right! i’ve read some of the most gut wrenching, toe curling, delicious, fan fictions on that website. the amount of dedication and impressive vocabulary and figurative language on that website is astounding.

  • @beep3225
    @beep3225 Год назад +39

    As someone who writes fanfic still i love when people go FERAL for them because me too

  • @josnichls
    @josnichls 8 месяцев назад +36

    This is so unbelievably real Brittany I’ve never laughed this hard in my life

  • @NC-ej5nt
    @NC-ej5nt 2 года назад +484

    Reading fanfic is literally the peak of understanding internet culture. It is truly the highest form of “if you get it, you get it”

  • @destana1xx
    @destana1xx 2 года назад +1652

    Not Brittany trying to explain herself to us when we’re all literally exactly like her. 💀😂
    Edit: No. Now we need ao3!

    • @normalizeappendicitis
      @normalizeappendicitis Год назад +87

      honestly i would rather launch myself off a cliff into an ocean of lava than show someone my ao3 reads, so if she does make a video on that i’ll bow down to her forever 💀

  • @live_laugh._girlobotomy
    @live_laugh._girlobotomy 3 месяца назад +7

    give her a purple heart for her bravery...i would rather shit in my hand and clap then make my fanfic history public to one person, much less thousands of people. we salute u brittany

  • @lord-licht
    @lord-licht 9 месяцев назад +49

    I am only on the m/m side of AO3 but I wholeheartedly support her in this and felt the screeching and joy and intensity of this video in my SOUL. No greater act of intimacy than showing the world your fanfic, periodt.

  • @laylarodriguez2135
    @laylarodriguez2135 2 года назад +1302

    I could never share my wattpad library... your bravery will never be forgotten soldier 🤝

    • @naomigary7930
      @naomigary7930 2 года назад +55

      there have been points where ive been so embarrassed about what i had read that i emptied my entire library, despite the fact that i was the only who could actually see my library 💀💀💀💀

    • @nandini9184
      @nandini9184 2 года назад +6

      @@naomigary7930 MEEEE

    • @firdosinizam3443
      @firdosinizam3443 2 года назад +5

      @@naomigary7930 oh my god same, I deleted my entire account lmfao

    • @majocuellar9363
      @majocuellar9363 2 года назад +2

      @@naomigary7930 sameeee I could never add anything to my library cuz I was so scareeed somebody was going to see it 😀

    • @laylarodriguez2135
      @laylarodriguez2135 2 года назад +1

      @@naomigary7930 I JUST DID THIS A FEW DAYS AGO LMAO

  • @elsab373
    @elsab373 2 года назад +2088

    No girl Wattpad 2022 is a completely different thing now. The authors on there are legit better than most NY times best selling authors. There’s obviously still a lot of those old Wattpad stories that was very poorly written by some 14 year old 7 years ago, but the content being produced today is on a whole new level.

    • @yessica5231
      @yessica5231 Год назад +206

      fr!!! like some stuff on their is so good and don't even get me started on the smut? it's like poetic and hot and not raunchy and porny like some published stuff!

    • @Aaa-sq1ol
      @Aaa-sq1ol Год назад +8

      Fr omg

    • @elsab373
      @elsab373 Год назад +7

      @@kiarasophie8907 all I read are Harry styles fan fics lol idk if you’re into that

    • @kiarasophie8907
      @kiarasophie8907 Год назад +4

      @@elsab373 honestly not big on harry himself but i did read the whole after series soo..

    • @elsab373
      @elsab373 Год назад +20

      @@kiarasophie8907 then I’d start with either duplicity or cherry

  • @sydneyyyy6337
    @sydneyyyy6337 4 месяца назад +11

    HELP I AM 14 AND HAVE BEEN DEEP IN MY FANFIC ERA FOR LIKE 3 YEARS AND LITERALLY NOBODY KNOWS I COULD NEVERRR SHOW PEOPLE LIKE THANK YOU FOR JUST PUTTING IT ALL OUT THERE LOVE U GIRL

    • @juliannad6091
      @juliannad6091 4 месяца назад

      I’ve been reading fan fiction for like 10 years now (I’m almost 20) and I just have to wonder if half the ppl watching this know how brave this woman is 😭

  • @aaddrriiaannaa
    @aaddrriiaannaa 7 месяцев назад +18

    I’m not worried about my family going thru my phone when I’m dead. I’m worried about my family going thru my wattpad library.

  • @spacey-sam
    @spacey-sam 2 года назад +1448

    Your bravery and confidence to share this stuff with us is amazing I could NEVER

  • @hhhhhhhhh803
    @hhhhhhhhh803 2 года назад +504

    15-year-old Brittany seeing current Brittany wearing a black t-shirt with a few tattoos visible on her arms: Ooh, a rebel.

  • @Right_LeadEquestrian
    @Right_LeadEquestrian 7 месяцев назад +50

    The thing I like about Wattpad is how it’s so easy to find tons of stories being recommended to you but ao3 you have to go DIGGING to find something you want

    • @jasmine31507
      @jasmine31507 7 месяцев назад +13

      But ao3 is just better

    • @sarahfeng
      @sarahfeng 2 месяца назад +1

      REALLY?? I find the tagging and search system on ao3 to be SO much more intuitive, like the ability to exclude certain tags, search multiple tags, key word searches, tags that mean the same thing being consolidated (i.e. character x reader all being filed under character/you so that it all comes up under one search regardless of which tag you type in), sorting by word count or hits or kudos or date, etc. Is something I find sorely lacking on ANY other fic platform. I don't even know how to get everything from a specific tag to come up on wattpad, it seems to just default to showing the most popular ones???

  • @meganh9637
    @meganh9637 7 месяцев назад +32

    i had to stop reading fanfiction after i read one that sent me into a depressive spiral for weeks. it emotionally destroyed me. i could barely read my screen during half of the fic bc there were so many tears in my eyes. my life was permanently altered by that fic and i haven't read any fanfic since 😭

    • @trrich02
      @trrich02 5 месяцев назад +7

      Okay no I haven't read fanfiction in FIVE YEARS because the last one I read wrecked me *so* thoroughly

    • @kartolina444
      @kartolina444 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@trrich02i feel so seen rn cause same

    • @pikopikozu2
      @pikopikozu2 4 месяца назад +5

      Please....drop some names girl

    • @chururira6510
      @chururira6510 28 дней назад

      YOU CANT JUST SAY THIS AND LEAVE?? NAME DROP PLEASE!!! 😭

  • @abbiijenkins3805
    @abbiijenkins3805 2 года назад +1273

    AO3 is a literal goldmine, and authors are posting their stories for free!! It’s incredible and I thank everyone who writes anything on there.

    • @Lonodono
      @Lonodono Год назад +39

      YES OMG, so many good fanfics which usually aren’t cringe lmao. I can’t read on watt pad it scares me

    • @nerissa8531
      @nerissa8531 Год назад

      does it have a comment section like wp?

    • @abbiijenkins3805
      @abbiijenkins3805 Год назад +9

      @@nerissa8531 yeah it has a comment section! You can have an account with AO3 or you can choose to do a lot of things as a guest/anonymous. I’m not sure whether you can leave comments as a guest though? I know you can leave kudos (likes) without an account though!

    • @abbiijenkins3805
      @abbiijenkins3805 Год назад +14

      @@Lonodono so, so, so much good stuff on there! The filtering is a life saver as well!!

    • @GotAnUmbrella
      @GotAnUmbrella Год назад +12

      @@abbiijenkins3805 the filters are a lifesaver

  • @pinkopat
    @pinkopat 2 года назад +764

    fanfiction readers and writers need to come together and fight the stigma against it, it's not cringe, it's a literary experience

  • @scarlett8782
    @scarlett8782 Год назад +32

    when she said "enjoying the literary experience of fan fiction" while trying not to snort I was literally laying on my back kicking my feet up in the air laughing hysterically THE LIES the absolute lies we tell ourselves

  • @presleyrainsoklahoma
    @presleyrainsoklahoma Год назад +9

    girl honestly tumblr is kind of underrated as a fanfiction platform imo so thank you for shouting us out!! especially when it comes to x readers, like tumblr has EVERYTHINGGGG

  • @volksboi511
    @volksboi511 2 года назад +1602

    brittany: *blurs out username*
    also brittany: 4:40 *talks for a solid minute with it in the background*

    • @shannonbullock807
      @shannonbullock807 2 года назад +94

      godwontletmedie

    • @arianahorne6911
      @arianahorne6911 2 года назад +136

      can we talk about that username tho- could not be more angsty theater kid if she tried

    • @volksboi511
      @volksboi511 2 года назад +20

      @@arianahorne6911 if she tried to be more, the universe would implode

    • @wohdinhel
      @wohdinhel Год назад +5

      it’s still in multiple places lmao

    • @_sootyfoot
      @_sootyfoot Год назад +9

      I was CACKLING at this

  • @JM-qd6ot
    @JM-qd6ot 2 года назад +364

    brittany my freshman english professor who is in fact a nun admitted to my class that she used to write star trek fanfiction in the 80s, I think your hobbies are more than justified babe

    • @TheNickleChick
      @TheNickleChick 2 года назад +11

      Can confirm: catholics love star trek.

  • @georgianicholson2183
    @georgianicholson2183 7 месяцев назад +2

    The CIA couldn't get this information out of me

  • @rileyp2151
    @rileyp2151 2 года назад +445

    not even the FBI could get this information out of me you're so brave Brittany 🙏

    • @mobojen
      @mobojen 2 года назад +1

      no seriously LMFAOOOOOOOOO

  • @ThePoisonLotus
    @ThePoisonLotus 2 года назад +393

    April 23rd will forever be known as the day that our Broski overlord opened her fanfic vaults and fed the starving masses, ending hunger and also somehow unemployment in all of Broski Nation

  • @ThePupSquad
    @ThePupSquad 7 месяцев назад +9

    reading ur own fanfic from 2013 is so vulnerable i commend you

  • @rubbaduckduck7156
    @rubbaduckduck7156 11 месяцев назад +5

    I will go to the electric chair before I ever even consider talking about my Wattpad library 💀

  • @loneguy17
    @loneguy17 2 года назад +979

    I genuinely respect this because I would never, EVER, be brave enough to share ANY fic I've read. Especially when I was a teenager...omg you brave girl

  • @SavannahCarnley
    @SavannahCarnley 2 года назад +535

    GIRL SAME, I literally used to get absolutely NO sleep because I would stay up all night reading a fan fiction on wattpad, I still do it honestly.

    • @andreawest2194
      @andreawest2194 2 года назад +15

      Same, I thought I would out grow it but I’m about to enter my 20’s and Nope still love wattpad 🤣

    • @Daisyjonesstan1
      @Daisyjonesstan1 2 года назад +4

      Same, best days of my life

    • @auroreis2308
      @auroreis2308 2 года назад +2

      Same I'm even about to write my own content to give back to the community. And to think I thought I was about to grow out of it 💀💀

    • @cleetus_
      @cleetus_ 2 года назад +8

      No cause i literally FINISHED all the fanfics 😭😭😭 literally stayed up at night reading every. gay. smut. and read all through the day… now i’m all watted out. Any suggestions?

    • @auroreis2308
      @auroreis2308 2 года назад +3

      @@cleetus_ I FEEL SEEN AND HEARD

  • @kylene7030
    @kylene7030 Год назад +12

    Watching this while staying up to do my nails and eat chocolate feels like sleepovers in high school where we spent the entire sleepover looking at fan art on DeviantArt

  • @bethg7fortser733
    @bethg7fortser733 9 месяцев назад +34

    Know she’ll probably never see this but I’m in a toxic relationship and I’m watching ur vids to cheer me up. Thanks for being my little escape from reality rn.

    • @shahdoweis6657
      @shahdoweis6657 7 месяцев назад +5

      i hope you’re ok :(

    • @Himanshi.Y
      @Himanshi.Y 7 месяцев назад +8

      I hope you are able to get out of it :(

    • @oliviagrace2246
      @oliviagrace2246 5 месяцев назад +2

      hey babe? are you doing any better? can I keep y’all in my prayers?

    • @kyu9635
      @kyu9635 3 месяца назад

      hope ur ok 😢

  • @commanderpinkie7617
    @commanderpinkie7617 2 года назад +591

    To say I screamed when you called out AO3…I didn’t realize you were such a genuine degenerate and I’m so happy to be fully represented. It saves me from having to be the one sharing my old fics.

    • @andream1636
      @andream1636 2 года назад +43

      a genuine degenerate 😭😭 you’re so right though, I heard ao3 praise and I was like oh she’s CULTURED

    • @shannonbullock807
      @shannonbullock807 2 года назад +1

      LMFAOOO

  • @therealarwen
    @therealarwen 2 года назад +595

    a mainstream influencer even mentioning the phrase “ao3” makes me feel so seen and honestly represented

  • @em_yu
    @em_yu 8 месяцев назад +12

    Makes me relax knowing that Brittany reads and enjoys fanfiction - in fact, the same fanfiction that I do. I only got into it this year having picked up Rough Day, and I'm still feeling awkward telling people I enjoy this stuff. It's nice sharing this kind of entertainment with other women, it validates my tender feelings amidst my loneliness 😢😂❤

  • @misssherlock
    @misssherlock Год назад +1

    I had a horrible week.
    And this video made me smile genuinely in days..
    Thank you.

  • @jennamarie303
    @jennamarie303 2 года назад +364

    its so relieving to hear brittany was absolutely obsessed with fanfiction the same way i was in middle and highschool 😭😭😭 it was so unhealthy but i can never regret it

    • @emilythomson418
      @emilythomson418 2 года назад +6

      Ik same !! ngl i feel so much better about the situation i was in in high school, reading fanfiction while all my friends were dating real life guys 😂

    • @jodielee6253
      @jodielee6253 2 года назад +2

      RIGHT. i feel so seen

  • @Angie-hp7tx
    @Angie-hp7tx 2 года назад +600

    not alot of people know the pain of finding a really good fic and reading it all in a few hours and seeing it hasn't been updated for months😭

    • @tinalyzhen
      @tinalyzhen 2 года назад +24

      or reading a currently ongoing fanfic, bookmarking that shit n leaving comments... and then the author never uploads again

    • @charleneae
      @charleneae 2 года назад

      fax!

    • @charbri_8855
      @charbri_8855 2 года назад +2

      I found one last year that hadn't been updated since 2009 🥲

    • @coraautumn1130
      @coraautumn1130 2 года назад +5

      @@charbri_8855 Don't give up hope, I found one not updated since 2011- AND THE AUTHOR HAS JUST STARTED UPDATING AGAIN!! ahahah so it's possible

    • @adaileah
      @adaileah 2 года назад +3

      I stopped putting myself through that pain by only reading complete works. It ain't worth the heart ache.

  • @meredythwithay5187
    @meredythwithay5187 5 месяцев назад +5

    This video inspired me to go back and read my Walking Dead Wattpad fanfiction from 8th and 9th grade. It was excruciating. I've since graduated to AO3 where I currently have 10 works I'm very proud of. We all had to start on Wattpad as 12 year olds, though. No glow up without humble beginnings.

  • @brittanyabbley2982
    @brittanyabbley2982 Год назад +14

    Omg Brittany the fact that you’re sharing this and making me feel so much less awkward about reading fanfic LOL I commend you this is so personal and I’m here for it

  • @moppupaws
    @moppupaws 2 года назад +507

    as somebody who's been reading and writing fanfics for years, it actually makes me really happy to see someone basically normalizing it. its considered so "cringe" for whatever reason, as if its not the exact same as reading one of those romance novels made for 30 year old women.

    • @taylorswan4311
      @taylorswan4311 2 года назад +13

      You’re right but I will still tell my family when they ask that I’m reading that it’s Harry Potter. every time 😭

    • @moppupaws
      @moppupaws 2 года назад

      @@taylorswan4311 LMAO yeah I felt that

    • @adaileah
      @adaileah 2 года назад +4

      So many of those novels are based on fanfiction, too. It's such a double standard haha

    • @anngry
      @anngry 2 года назад +3

      This!!! To see finally fics called out for being great instead of shameful!! Maybe the 2022 world ain't so bad after all

    • @shirokakitsune6606
      @shirokakitsune6606 2 года назад +7

      It's probably because some people find it weird to fantasize about real people and make up stories about them. Like I see their point, but some fics are still better than lots of cheesy erotic novels that are actually published and sold for money

  • @astronaut4389
    @astronaut4389 Год назад +655

    When she mentioned mandalorian fanfics on AO3 my whole body TENSED as if she knew exactly what I’ve been reading like almost every day.

    • @imthejokababy
      @imthejokababy Год назад +21

      ANY RECOMMENDATIONS??

    • @taylorhaley1077
      @taylorhaley1077 10 месяцев назад +5

      BRUH LITTERALLY ME. When she said that i felt was like "AHH ME TOO"

  • @jehicah
    @jehicah Год назад +32

    It’s so validating to me that Ms. Brittany herself also read Beatles fan fictions

  • @highbiscusx
    @highbiscusx Год назад +18

    I NEED you to narrate a fanfic or something I YEARN for it, Brittany!

  • @yoongiboongi6126
    @yoongiboongi6126 2 года назад +183

    she’s braver than the marines, exposing herself like this on the internet💀

  • @gigirants
    @gigirants 2 года назад +341

    The embarrassment but excitement in her tone made me KNOW she's talking real shit lol. If I couldn't love Brittany more.

  • @tinaroach3252
    @tinaroach3252 9 месяцев назад +2

    The way you are baring your SOUL here!!! I simply couldn’t show mine everrrr