howdy hoo, yes, 'tis I, the gentleman piratess! *glomps* (Mainly in order to use the verb 'glomps', and in fact, the whole third person singular construction that is so next-to-last decade). Hey, did you ever publish your alien college story?? I loved that story.
I have ringbinders upon ringbinders of lotrips, SGA, HP and inception fic. It's madness. But I know that some stories are only available as print-outs in those ringbinders, e.g. stories by Quisling who stomped out of fandom in a huff and deleted everything and was never to be heard of again (was that even her name? no: Quiseyes! she wrote Craig Parker which nobody else wrote).
The old archiving and chronology mindset seems to have vanished with the years. Tumblr was the first platform I remember that confounded any sense of linearity or memory. At least, AO3 is an actual archive. Everything that is there just stays put (unless deleted); it doesn't scroll past or randomly pop up. And at least there are time stamps. I do feel sad for older fic, though. They are orphaned. They might have got loads of comments and feedback and spawned discussion but now they sit there with four kudos. Also: kinkfic. Impossible to import.
I have resorted to sorting by bookmarks and then revolted against myself and sought out those least loved. Reccing has become harder. I like Gav's newsletter (do you subscribe?) with recs but often they're in fandoms that I'm not interested in. I used to have my trusted circle of friends whose recs I read. I also now don't know where to rec others' stories. Sometimes I want to shout about a fab fic -- but to whom?
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Date: 12/28/22 09:44 pm (UTC)I have ringbinders upon ringbinders of lotrips, SGA, HP and inception fic. It's madness. But I know that some stories are only available as print-outs in those ringbinders, e.g. stories by Quisling who stomped out of fandom in a huff and deleted everything and was never to be heard of again (was that even her name? no: Quiseyes! she wrote Craig Parker which nobody else wrote).
The old archiving and chronology mindset seems to have vanished with the years. Tumblr was the first platform I remember that confounded any sense of linearity or memory. At least, AO3 is an actual archive. Everything that is there just stays put (unless deleted); it doesn't scroll past or randomly pop up. And at least there are time stamps. I do feel sad for older fic, though. They are orphaned. They might have got loads of comments and feedback and spawned discussion but now they sit there with four kudos. Also: kinkfic. Impossible to import.
I have resorted to sorting by bookmarks and then revolted against myself and sought out those least loved. Reccing has become harder. I like Gav's newsletter (do you subscribe?) with recs but often they're in fandoms that I'm not interested in. I used to have my trusted circle of friends whose recs I read. I also now don't know where to rec others' stories. Sometimes I want to shout about a fab fic -- but to whom?