27 y/o | she/her |๐ฉ๐ช| Occasional fandom enjoyer, frequent fanfiction abandoner ๐ posting wips so you can peer pressure me into finishing chapters
Erid
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I think there is a big misunderstanding in what fanfiction writers mean when they say "engagement". I blame it once more on the mainstreamification of fandom and our influencer culture. But we don't want "likes" and comments and hits bc it provides us a monetary value (...)
(...) or some sense of importance necessarily. I want to know people enjoy what we do! I want community! I want to be a nerd with other nerds! Tell me your thoughts! If I wanted to be famous I'd post my fics as slide shows on fucking tiktok!
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never letting people forget this side of grace HEHE #ProjectHailMary
ยป๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ช๐ ๐'๐ถ ๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐พ๐ป๐ท. ยซ
"Goodbye To A Lover Again" x #strattland
#ProjectHailMary #phmedit
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"You don't own the rights to your fanwork anyway!" - except you do on the grounds of that work being transfromative. Ao3 has two clauses explaining how it works. Which a platform with a full team of lawyers would know something about.
Maybe ACTUALLY read that ToS next time, hm?
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Thank you for all the support you've shared! We have no further updates beyond our earlier October 30 post, but keep an eye on official #OTW channels! While #AO3 is down, we wanted to share some internet safety reminders with all of you. Read more at: ao3-news.org/2z5ya9px
I know I have a relatively small audience on here but I'd still like to share my works during this time on my own terms and with ways to interact with it bc I most value the community in fandom *๐ซถ๐ป So please enjoy this improved version!
ellipsus.com/read/3Ez3XwyEe8โฆ
Hello everyone I published my first phm fic! This one was 100% fueled by the 3am scaries
archiveofourown.org/works/89โฆ
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people seeing commenting/engaging with fic as transactional rather than conversational is the root of all fandom evil tbh
That's why calling her a "dictator" weighs extra heavy. She knows it's necessary. But she also knows exactly why she will have to relinquish her power and be punished for it and she wants it that way for a reason.
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why does all fanfiction discourse always get reduced to stupid, unnuanced either-or arguments?? general writing advice is okay; targetted unsolicited criticism is NOT. sharing epubs is okay; reposting fics is NOT. *some* writers not wanting their work included in archive drives
People claiming the fic drives are for community well then you could've made it an community effort instead of trampling over authors. You could've opened a drive for willing fic authors to put their works! Most of us don't write on the archive directly we do have copies!
Give authors some agency over their works, be respectful towards them. I think that's really what the whole discourse boils down to. Allow us to give instead of ripping it from our hands.
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Arguably the biggest and most saddening part of this fanfic repost discourse is that the issue is less about the reposting and more about the fact that people will do everything in their power to remove authors from the equation while still wanting their work.
I really do wonder if people actually expect authors to continue sharing fanfiction with joy if in addition to all the crap talk already happening every day, they also will insult and threaten them directly over daring to have an opinion on the distribution of their work?
The absolute disgusting things I have seen on here to day is just so disgraceful and disheartening and it's robbing me of the joy fandom usually brings me. Have you all no shame?