it's designed to gut humanity and reduce it to controllable helplessness

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When it comes to writers, some of y’all don’t know what you have til it’s gone It’s the same song and dance when the site goes down; people bitch and moan about losing their “bedtime stories,” then once it’s back up, nothing changes Writers are artists, too. Give them the flowers they deserve

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All these feeble "make sure to go back and leave a comment when AO3 is back online 🙂" statements like...lol, most readers can't be bothered under normal circumstances, I'm sure people ripping through the thousands-of-fics drive will keep a careful spreadsheet of all the works they want to praise.

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It's interesting that AO3 is down for such a lengthy stretch during what's arguably the most consumption-oriented/extractive era in fanfic's history. People dumping thousands of fics on gdrive are being hailed as heroes, drowning out fic writers saying, I didn't consent to be *republished* there.

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with everyone lamenting AO3 being down for weeks, that means all the fic authors should be expecting an outward pouring of gratitude and appreciation for what we contribute to fandom spaces, right? 🫰

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