Archieee~

I Write when I feel like it | PROFESSIONAL overthinker | CRK enjoyer

everything posted here passed through zero quality control (drafts are for cowards)

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

@nolongerlen no sorry, fandom now requires extroversion. you must now emerge from your cave and express support at full volume, and absolutely NOT just leave a heart and scurry away. lurking is now considered hostile behavior. keep up

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

ao3 going down really forced different users into first contact and now everyone’s discovering that we are, in fact, completely different species of alien with vastly different ways of participating in the community

and some of you are so visibly upset the other species exists

[Eunice @ebbandflowph]

In my undergrad thesis many many years ago, I included lurkers (folks who don't interact much, not even to leave a comment at times, but read fic or look at fanart, watch edits/fanvids, etc.) because fandom has long seen lurkers as key members of the community.

Lurkers were never seen as bad, they were just doing community quietly.

In fandom, you give what you can give and your participation or role is never something that is set in stone. You can be a lurker one day and organizing a Christmas challenge the next. You can be less active today and more in the future. And so on.

Do not let people make you believe that you have to be productive and/or visible all of the time to be seen as a "real fan".

But also, do not forget that when you're part of a community, you're not alone, and giving people small kindnesses, like liking a post or even just sending up a positive emoji when you see something you've enjoyed is part of maintaining a healthy, happy community. It does make a difference.

(That said, please don't shake people down for positive interactions. We're all humans trying to find joy on a planet in a polycrisis.)

Remember: You love the thing, you show it in your own way, and belong to a community. Do all that and treat people kindly, and that's all you need to be a fan. Do not lose the fun and whimsy!

[Luna @tranqullizer]

Shoutout to everyone that keeps tweeting with zero likes.

[tumblr @tumblr]

while our spouse ao3 is still resting drop your fav fanfics and authors to fill the void

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

ok y’all genuinely need to retire the monetization conversation quickly before a snitch or anne rice 2.0 decides to go hunting. we already have enough cautionary tales, from disney to pissed authors with lawyers. stop testing the line before an entire corner of fandom gets nuked.

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

@lycoaeris wait... someone bring me up to speed, is "master" no longer the gender neutral emergency exit or did that also get caught in the PC crossfire too.

[kaz ✿ @vamprblood]

73 horas sin ao3 y a los autores los invadió el espíritu de anne rice

[🎱🟨 @lesbianeology]

it's fascinating how the internet has moved on from everything being open source and pirating being encouraged to whatever this is lmao

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

@frejamart bookmarking this so i know exactly who to blame if you speak this into existence

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

@_marokiya you know what the painful part is? you have to DIG for these sometimes because they'll be sitting there with 12 kudos and a dream.

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

@Nick_Malicious1 counterpoint: pockets. i'm all for it but women's clothes need to stop playing games with me. WHERE ARE THE POCKETS

[aries 🐏 @mithanberg]

i'm so glad libraries were a thing grandfathered into society or else people on here would be comparing their existence to raping authors

[✩ 日 • sᴜɴɴɪɪɪɪᴇ ✩ @Uta66600]

The pure anger in that community note 😭

[ᵖˡˢMANU @wiseturtlebear]

i think some of you are too young to remember the “I don’t own *original IP* or the characters. All rights belong to the creator. I gain no profit from this body of work.” disclaimer that was copy-pasted onto the start of every fanfic. bc wdym you think you “own” your fanfic 😭

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

looks like i missed most of the fire but smoke is still in the air. love seeing everyone acting like wartime widows waiting for their husbands tho #AO3Down #ao3

[Vividest List @VividestL]

I feel like some of yall are losing the plot… THE HISTORY OF FANFICTION IS PASSING STORIES BETWEEN FANS

THE STAR TREK FANDOM, FOUNDERS OF FANFICTION, WOULD TYPE FICS ON THEIR LITTLE TYPEWRITERS, PHOTOCOPY THEM, AND PASS THEM AROUND AT CONS

[🦋Mellie🦋 @melliemoo22]

free to use AO3 badges for when we get back on there
#ao3

[Archieee~ @probablyarchie]

I leave socmed for a few months and come back to whatever the fuck is going on over here. I'm almost afraid to ask what the heck i even missed.
#ao3

[neg. @youallalongphan]

the fic characters whenever i stop reading mid sex scene and now they have to wait for me to come back https://t.co/1lzrKjYLmb