i try very hard not to be a negative nancy on here, but so many folks have been both passive and purposeful in revealing just how much they do not care about the people behind written fan work. what do you mean etiquette and the connotation of consent only apply to traditional

who don't see the value in their own time and effort. its all so disheartening and degrading. i adore writing and i adore writers. finding community in a common interest is as old as time. but commodification has weaseled its way into these spaces and connections to the point

seeing people legitimately sad if their fics aren't being included in these drives bc they correlate it to no one caring about their writing is so depressing man

this has gotten some traction, but since ao3 is down, i feel bad that y'all can't read it 😭😭 so if an epub isn't floating around somewhere, here's the ellipsus reader link !! ellipsus.com/read/5pPkqnTc56…