I recently left a comment on a fic that was posted in 2012, and the author replied.
The shared joy. The connection. We both love these characters and this craft. This is what fandom is about to me
Okay so when people create art or fic they should just toss it in a bin and close the lid?
ao3 isn’t just a storage space. This mindset of taking and taking without showing any appreciation for enjoying someone’s creativity is sad and sounds honestly lonely
I’m actually mad because it took all of five hours for people to start immediately turning on fic writers yet again. God forbid we pour our hearts and time into this hobby and don’t want to do it to a void? God forbid we don’t want our stuff reposted??
I know it’ll take a bit of effort to keep track of, but the authors put a whole lot of effort into their writing just to share it with us for free on ao3. Please make sure to show some love back 💙💚
🚨‼️ WHILE AO3 is down ‼️🚨
If you read fic from someone’s shared drive, please keep in mind that the authors won’t see any hits/kudos on their work.
Once the site is back up, make sure to show those authors some love with kudos/comments. We must feed them if we want to eat