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

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  • @shannonbullock807
    @shannonbullock807 2 роки тому +29202

    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 роки тому +634

      Or your ao3 history 😭😭😭

    • @stxxrzz1238
      @stxxrzz1238 2 роки тому +263

      I COULD NEVER☠️☠️

    • @tinymogi
      @tinymogi 2 роки тому +28

      Literally

    • @clug906
      @clug906 2 роки тому +126

      @@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 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @dysfunctionalaf
    @dysfunctionalaf 2 роки тому +10665

    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 Рік тому +361

      This comment almost made me spit out my cereal😂

    • @mimzyy
      @mimzyy Рік тому +90

      REAL

    • @artworld_create7627
      @artworld_create7627 Рік тому +98

      Plzzzzz this made me audibly laugh 😭😭😭✋

    • @greentea0956
      @greentea0956 Рік тому +108

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

    • @zoeg1013
      @zoeg1013 Рік тому +18

      oh my god

  • @sairathi
    @sairathi 2 роки тому +7311

    "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 Рік тому +14

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

  • @marcibator4375
    @marcibator4375 2 роки тому +10716

    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 Рік тому +5

      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 Рік тому +20

      SAME

    • @bellalobela
      @bellalobela Рік тому +81

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

  • @riley4762
    @riley4762 2 роки тому +8149

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

    • @jakeverbeek
      @jakeverbeek 2 роки тому +270

      this literally sent me because holy fuck this is so true

    • @peachy_talisman
      @peachy_talisman 2 роки тому +118

      No because you’re absolutely right

    • @jadynfaith
      @jadynfaith 2 роки тому +83

      tweet this please

    • @savannaherickson6895
      @savannaherickson6895 2 роки тому +15

      couldn't agreee more

    • @rachel.beth99
      @rachel.beth99 2 роки тому +10

      If I could like this more than once I would.

  • @l.1020
    @l.1020 2 роки тому +14074

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

    • @Mineralmango
      @Mineralmango Рік тому +74

      literally love that book tbh

    • @K3n0ugh
      @K3n0ugh Рік тому +61

      I READ THE KIDNAPPED ONE TOO LMAO

    • @asapasap22
      @asapasap22 Рік тому +38

      Bro that book was so gOOD

    • @aafloofy
      @aafloofy Рік тому +16

      That’s ICONIC

  • @jenny_ohh
    @jenny_ohh 2 роки тому +30574

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

  • @tdaetaunm
    @tdaetaunm 2 роки тому +1549

    "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

  • @Cookiemonster1997
    @Cookiemonster1997 2 роки тому +6589

    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 роки тому +138

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

    • @dulapeep6983
      @dulapeep6983 2 роки тому +10

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

    • @skyemadisyn163
      @skyemadisyn163 2 роки тому +32

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

  • @jameriee
    @jameriee 2 роки тому +3810

    this is the bravest you’ve ever been with us

  • @alinad.8976
    @alinad.8976 2 роки тому +5799

    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 Рік тому +9

      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 11 місяців тому +8

      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 11 місяців тому +4

      NAN FRRR

    • @isabellavalecia7106
      @isabellavalecia7106 4 місяці тому

      For this reason, one of my biggest fears of dying is my family go thru my phone, and find my wattpad 💀

  • @Alyrulz421
    @Alyrulz421 Рік тому +1660

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

  • @zchick99
    @zchick99 2 роки тому +4751

    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 роки тому +2

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

    • @gabbytip
      @gabbytip 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @aysenurcigilli1951
      @aysenurcigilli1951 2 роки тому +20

      If i remember correct Kennedy Walsh acted her fan fic hahahhaha

    • @JasmineNorman2007
      @JasmineNorman2007 Рік тому +1

      @@aysenurcigilli1951 OH MY GOD YES SHE DID

    • @Iachesism
      @Iachesism Рік тому

      faline san

  • @abbytheism
    @abbytheism 2 роки тому +4065

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

  • @lupedobal
    @lupedobal 2 роки тому +3807

    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 роки тому +1021

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

    • @lupedobal
      @lupedobal 2 роки тому +255

      @@Brittany_Broski AO3 would never betray us like that

    • @summerhunny
      @summerhunny 2 роки тому +37

      @@lupedobal they would. they always do

    • @FrillWasTaken
      @FrillWasTaken 2 роки тому +180

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

    • @lupedobal
      @lupedobal 2 роки тому +139

      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

  • @kdk1800
    @kdk1800 2 роки тому +3644

    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 😭

  • @Adinamfeldman
    @Adinamfeldman 2 роки тому +3430

    Brittany losing her shit over her own fics had me ROLLING

    • @monroe8566
      @monroe8566 2 роки тому +45

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

  • @haleyjnewb6933
    @haleyjnewb6933 2 роки тому +4327

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

    • @charlottelouise2208
      @charlottelouise2208 Рік тому +11

      HONESTLY

    • @JJ-el6qx
      @JJ-el6qx Рік тому +109

      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 Рік тому +56

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

    • @erikajewel
      @erikajewel Рік тому +13

      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_morte
      @Margo_morte Рік тому +13

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

  • @icyy_addi
    @icyy_addi 2 роки тому +1437

    veteran fanfiction readers/writers deserve financial compensation

    • @poopoopants4616
      @poopoopants4616 2 роки тому +17

      @@daniellel230 I AM ON THE FLOOR VETERANS CISCOUNT

    • @roronoa_raf2201
      @roronoa_raf2201 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @soup2667
      @soup2667 2 роки тому

      I need one

    • @whyareyougeh3499
      @whyareyougeh3499 2 роки тому

      @@daniellel230 💀💀💀

  • @cj3617
    @cj3617 Рік тому +1082

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

    • @Thepeanutcollector
      @Thepeanutcollector 6 місяців тому +5

      She literally described me writing a bar scene

  • @lm-bw4qf
    @lm-bw4qf 2 роки тому +4183

    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 роки тому +241

      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 роки тому +169

      Ao3 is still out thereeeee

    • @naomigary7930
      @naomigary7930 2 роки тому +2

      fr.

    • @rachaelh8026
      @rachaelh8026 2 роки тому +43

      Thats why i switched to ao3 omg

    • @SunshineJournals
      @SunshineJournals 2 роки тому +26

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

  • @alexbaker4668
    @alexbaker4668 2 роки тому +4839

    this is a legendary day for broski nation thank u brittany

    • @kaitles2193
      @kaitles2193 2 роки тому +40

      This is our Independence Day

    • @alexbaker4668
      @alexbaker4668 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @HelloFreya
      @HelloFreya 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @ashleyshelley9774
      @ashleyshelley9774 2 роки тому

      This is our peace treaty

  • @trueblue001
    @trueblue001 2 роки тому +9503

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

    • @fayzotterx
      @fayzotterx 2 роки тому +122

      HAHAHAH EXACTLY MY THOUGHT

    • @mikeyar4723
      @mikeyar4723 2 роки тому +440

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

    • @grace_slytherin9448
      @grace_slytherin9448 2 роки тому +257

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

    • @victoriawilliams2262
      @victoriawilliams2262 2 роки тому +346

      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 2 роки тому

      @@fayzotterx

  • @sabfox546
    @sabfox546 2 роки тому +1239

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

  • @rachelmcafterty6580
    @rachelmcafterty6580 2 роки тому +3220

    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 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +14

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

    • @margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486
      @margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @RealElongatedMuskrat
      @RealElongatedMuskrat 2 роки тому +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

  • @bluespacecadet
    @bluespacecadet 2 роки тому +1663

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

    • @b_3ll_a
      @b_3ll_a 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @FinR1256
    @FinR1256 2 роки тому +2695

    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 роки тому +156

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

    • @FinR1256
      @FinR1256 2 роки тому +11

      @@nina.k666 exactly

    • @ultravioletcatastrophe
      @ultravioletcatastrophe 2 роки тому +72

      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 роки тому +10

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

    • @r.i.pmydog7723
      @r.i.pmydog7723 2 роки тому +23

      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

  • @deathboy9246
    @deathboy9246 2 роки тому +1577

    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 Рік тому +19

      LMFAOOO

    • @probablyasleep5026
      @probablyasleep5026 Рік тому +36

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

    • @tayworrrrrrr
      @tayworrrrrrr 11 місяців тому +7

      me in my Dan and Phil phase

    • @deathboy9246
      @deathboy9246 11 місяців тому +2

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

    • @Thepeanutcollector
      @Thepeanutcollector 6 місяців тому +1

      @@tayworrrrrrrthis sentence scared me into think you read dr Phil fanfiction at first glance

  • @MonarchsFactory
    @MonarchsFactory 2 роки тому +2185

    "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

  • @dinkyrussell75
    @dinkyrussell75 2 роки тому +1362

    "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 роки тому +39

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

    • @russell1626
      @russell1626 2 роки тому +14

      McLennon was the good shit

    • @samsnothavingit2788
      @samsnothavingit2788 2 роки тому +55

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

    • @laurenstewart3781
      @laurenstewart3781 2 роки тому +9

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

    • @angelicpretty777
      @angelicpretty777 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @taylormanes2269
    @taylormanes2269 2 роки тому +645

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

  • @anikapande1701
    @anikapande1701 Рік тому +608

    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 Рік тому +16

      same she makes me feel so SEEN 😭

  • @NC-ej5nt
    @NC-ej5nt 2 роки тому +510

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

  • @marianbenker6111
    @marianbenker6111 2 роки тому +2250

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

    • @proboffensive
      @proboffensive 2 роки тому +58

      IMAGINE getting sponsored by Wattpad

    • @naomigary7930
      @naomigary7930 2 роки тому +13

      she can afford to pay though lol

  • @mattllosa3054
    @mattllosa3054 Рік тому +669

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

  • @fern5971
    @fern5971 2 роки тому +3614

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

    • @elliottmcpeek7443
      @elliottmcpeek7443 2 роки тому +57

      agreed, a threshold has been crossed

    • @savannaherickson6895
      @savannaherickson6895 2 роки тому +8

      SO TRUE

    • @calliefuller1635
      @calliefuller1635 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

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

  • @sam-the-moomin
    @sam-the-moomin 2 роки тому +1467

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

  • @laylarodriguez2135
    @laylarodriguez2135 2 роки тому +1329

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

    • @naomigary7930
      @naomigary7930 2 роки тому +54

      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 роки тому +6

      @@naomigary7930 MEEEE

    • @firdosinizam3443
      @firdosinizam3443 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @majocuellar9363
      @majocuellar9363 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

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

  • @sophiacerminaro9652
    @sophiacerminaro9652 Рік тому +281

    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

  • @pinkopat
    @pinkopat 2 роки тому +768

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

  • @Anon12077
    @Anon12077 2 роки тому +1002

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

    • @mckdemps12
      @mckdemps12 2 роки тому +109

      for me those r basically the same thing 😭

    • @wohdinhel
      @wohdinhel 2 роки тому +5

      I KNOW what a fucking fearless legend

    • @redwineandagingerale
      @redwineandagingerale 2 роки тому +8

      ​@@mckdemps12 you did not just

  • @anngry
    @anngry 2 роки тому +5246

    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.

  • @kaiyaschaotic7003
    @kaiyaschaotic7003 Рік тому +290

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

    • @Thepeanutcollector
      @Thepeanutcollector 10 місяців тому +6

      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 10 місяців тому +1

      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.

  • @rileyp2151
    @rileyp2151 2 роки тому +460

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

    • @mobojen
      @mobojen 2 роки тому +2

      no seriously LMFAOOOOOOOOO

  • @ThePoisonLotus
    @ThePoisonLotus 2 роки тому +397

    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

  • @thisprismo6580
    @thisprismo6580 Рік тому +78

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

  • @destana1xx
    @destana1xx 2 роки тому +1658

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

    • @normalizeappendicitis
      @normalizeappendicitis 2 роки тому +86

      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 💀

  • @abbiijenkins3805
    @abbiijenkins3805 2 роки тому +1284

    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 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому

      does it have a comment section like wp?

    • @abbiijenkins3805
      @abbiijenkins3805 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +14

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

    • @GotAnUmbrella
      @GotAnUmbrella 2 роки тому +12

      @@abbiijenkins3805 the filters are a lifesaver

  • @loneguy17
    @loneguy17 2 роки тому +983

    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

  • @skyyballzz
    @skyyballzz Рік тому +137

    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?

    • @JasmineNorman2007
      @JasmineNorman2007 Рік тому +22

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

    • @shreklovers9451
      @shreklovers9451 11 місяців тому +4

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

    • @Thepeanutcollector
      @Thepeanutcollector 10 місяців тому

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

    • @tarakennedy2512
      @tarakennedy2512 9 місяців тому

      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

  • @therealarwen
    @therealarwen 2 роки тому +598

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

  • @JM-qd6ot
    @JM-qd6ot 2 роки тому +382

    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 роки тому +13

      Can confirm: catholics love star trek.

  • @madisonf6424
    @madisonf6424 2 роки тому +314

    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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +9

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

    • @howthetubbiestelly
      @howthetubbiestelly Рік тому +2

      @@captainfinn1130PLEASE drop the title of the fic

    • @captainfinn1130
      @captainfinn1130 Рік тому +1

      @@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 Рік тому +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.

  • @ysaintlorraine
    @ysaintlorraine Рік тому +120

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

  • @SavannahCarnley
    @SavannahCarnley 2 роки тому +548

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +4

      Same, best days of my life

    • @auroreis2308
      @auroreis2308 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

      @@cleetus_ I FEEL SEEN AND HEARD

  • @elsab373
    @elsab373 2 роки тому +2095

    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 2 роки тому +207

      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 2 роки тому +8

      Fr omg

    • @elsab373
      @elsab373 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @kiarasophie8907
      @kiarasophie8907 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @elsab373
      @elsab373 2 роки тому +21

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

  • @Angie-hp7tx
    @Angie-hp7tx 2 роки тому +614

    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 роки тому +24

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

    • @charleneae
      @charleneae 2 роки тому

      fax!

    • @ccharbri
      @ccharbri 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @coraautumn1130
      @coraautumn1130 2 роки тому +5

      @@ccharbri 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 роки тому +3

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

  • @meaganweber2290
    @meaganweber2290 Рік тому +45

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

  • @commanderpinkie7617
    @commanderpinkie7617 2 роки тому +596

    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 роки тому +48

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

    • @shannonbullock807
      @shannonbullock807 2 роки тому +1

      LMFAOOO

  • @red_elbows
    @red_elbows 2 роки тому +1611

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

    • @shannonbullock807
      @shannonbullock807 2 роки тому +96

      godwontletmedie

    • @arianahorne6911
      @arianahorne6911 2 роки тому +137

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

    • @red_elbows
      @red_elbows 2 роки тому +21

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

    • @wohdinhel
      @wohdinhel 2 роки тому +6

      it’s still in multiple places lmao

    • @_sootyfoot
      @_sootyfoot 2 роки тому +9

      I was CACKLING at this

  • @hhhhhhhhh803
    @hhhhhhhhh803 2 роки тому +512

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

  • @breonnavandam-colvin1474
    @breonnavandam-colvin1474 2 роки тому +121

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

  • @astronaut4389
    @astronaut4389 2 роки тому +659

    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 Рік тому +21

      ANY RECOMMENDATIONS??

    • @taylorhaley1077
      @taylorhaley1077 Рік тому +5

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

  • @yoongiboongi6126
    @yoongiboongi6126 2 роки тому +184

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

  • @nowherejulia
    @nowherejulia 2 роки тому +285

    I relate to Brittany climbing on her couch laughing in embarrassment SO MUCH

  • @rennash2
    @rennash2 Рік тому +63

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

  • @jennamarie303
    @jennamarie303 2 роки тому +370

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

      RIGHT. i feel so seen

  • @angelicpretty777
    @angelicpretty777 2 роки тому +512

    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 роки тому +14

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

    • @angelicpretty777
      @angelicpretty777 2 роки тому +1

      @@taylorswan4311 LMAO yeah I felt that

    • @adaileah
      @adaileah 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @anngry
      @anngry 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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

  • @alex-6647
    @alex-6647 2 роки тому +225

    I was in high school writing GRAPHIC smut content that I had no business writing because I didn’t even kiss anyone until I was 17. You’re definitely not alone, sis. If I remembered my wattpad username, I probably wouldn’t even have the courage to go back and look at it myself. I think my soul would simply leave my body.

  • @dancincoolkid
    @dancincoolkid Рік тому +130

    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.

  • @c1nnamodoll
    @c1nnamodoll 2 роки тому +258

    EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS VIDEO IS SO VALIDATING AND RELATABLE 😭the EXTENSIVE research for a FANFICTION, the emberassing old shit in your wattpad library 😭going back to your old writing and finding it really impressive....HAVING ONE FANFIC LOWKEY POP OFF LMFAOO, this is incredibly validating thank you brittany

  • @isa_bean
    @isa_bean 2 роки тому +129

    THIS is representation. I feel both seen and humiliated, thank you

  • @emiyonce
    @emiyonce 2 роки тому +270

    no way this is actually happening. Brittany, you are a brave soldier.

  • @tarakennedy2512
    @tarakennedy2512 Рік тому +142

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

  • @claybowls1590
    @claybowls1590 2 роки тому +145

    the most raw, honest, and vulnerable video ever made to be quite honest. youre braver than any us marine.

  • @chairnowhere
    @chairnowhere 2 роки тому +601

    i love that we as a society can openly talk about reading and writing fanfiction. i feel as if it was such a huge part of many peoples childhoods and young adult hoods and it means so much to see THE BRITNEY BROSKI showing us her own written work !!!

  • @naomis2774
    @naomis2774 2 роки тому +136

    i feel so seen when she’s talking about staying up all night reading fanfics and it being a routine because that was also my life in high school😭 also just the fact that fan fiction consumed my thoughts 85% of the time but i never talked about it with ANYONE

  • @milkt3
    @milkt3 2 роки тому +123

    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

  • @gigirants
    @gigirants 2 роки тому +344

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

  • @swee435
    @swee435 2 роки тому +230

    I love seeing like a 20 something year old admitting and talking about how she still reads fanfics cause lately its been made fun of but i still go strong on reading fanfics like theyre so good

    • @milicastepanovic5477
      @milicastepanovic5477 2 роки тому +16

      they can try to take fanfiction from my cold dead 25 years old hands

    • @sensen4161
      @sensen4161 2 роки тому +8

      Im 16 and read fan fics and i know im the target demographic but i swear ill be reading pwp/angst/hurt/comfort fics till im 92 and on life support.

  • @greene.apples
    @greene.apples 2 роки тому +137

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

  • @aoifekearney1572
    @aoifekearney1572 2 роки тому +306

    I would *genuinely* rather give a Ted talk to everyone I know while naked than show someone my Wattpad library💀

  • @randomaccessmemories8912
    @randomaccessmemories8912 2 роки тому +103

    Dang girl, If i had to publicly read the fan fiction i wrote when i was 15 i’d simply pass away

  • @ellafarmer9100
    @ellafarmer9100 2 роки тому +202

    The fact that I also stayed up until 6am every night and got completely ABSORBED into writing/reading magcon fan fiction for 3 years of my life. I’d say it was by far my favorite era of my life thus far.

  • @kibikino7553
    @kibikino7553 2 роки тому +87

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

  • @kevinfreeman19
    @kevinfreeman19 2 роки тому +159

    girl ok straight up as someone who lived and breathed wattpad growing up- you letting us see your stories/recents is EVERYTHING!! Literally the biggest, goofiest smile on my face watching this rn- And yes, your writing is good and I'm going to need updates in the nearest future please and thanks

  • @MayaTheOwl
    @MayaTheOwl 2 роки тому +234

    I could literally listen to brittany talk about fanfiction forever girl i feel SO happy just being able to hear someone talk so openly about their embarrassing interest and crushes like i feel like im having a heart to heart at a sleepover rn

  • @smiley370
    @smiley370 2 роки тому +161

    this fucking woman has the courage of a soldier like damn. love you Brittany ya lil freak, never change

  • @anonymoushumanhi
    @anonymoushumanhi Рік тому +212

    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.

  • @occasionallyrye
    @occasionallyrye 2 роки тому +225

    brittany u couldn’t have waterboarded my ao3 history out of me you’re so brave babe 😭

  • @laurenkelly8426
    @laurenkelly8426 2 роки тому +119

    LITERALLYYYY when i made a fanfic in middle school i felt like an actual author and looked up every little thing to make sure it was “accurate”😂 this speaks to me on such a deep level

  • @mateakalanj3988
    @mateakalanj3988 2 роки тому +59

    waterboarding couldn't have gotten this out of me. you are so brave, thank you for your service to weird little girls everywhere

  • @lyle60023
    @lyle60023 Рік тому +44

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

  • @moonriverinc7896
    @moonriverinc7896 2 роки тому +79

    Thank you for your vulnerability Brittany you deserve the Purple Heart for this

  • @sranice
    @sranice 2 роки тому +216

    I think I had an out of body experience watching this. The idea of hundreds of thousands of people judging my wattpad library makes me ill. Brittany is a strong women couldn't be me.

  • @1kellic1
    @1kellic1 2 роки тому +148

    You’re the bravest woman of our generation

  • @elipeeli
    @elipeeli 2 роки тому +62

    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

  • @kaylaramage554
    @kaylaramage554 2 роки тому +97

    The fact that her Wattpad name is God won’t let me die and how it’s been blurred out on the Wattpad home screen but when she’s reading the stories is literally right there on the page LMAO

  • @renaexxx5246
    @renaexxx5246 2 роки тому +152

    Girl I fucking love you. I'm 21 and thought I would have gotten over reading fan fiction but I never did lol. You literally make me feel better and less ashamed. Love you Queen.

    • @gigglesmurf2004
      @gigglesmurf2004 2 роки тому +12

      You don’t ever have to get over it. I didn’t get into it until 38. I’m in gc with 40-something women who trade recs 😆

  • @srishtiverma1701
    @srishtiverma1701 2 роки тому +82

    She was so brave for this I couldn't even show my wattpad to my own boyfriend