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Okay it’s been enough time I’m ready for the wilds season 3

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just a heads up to my fellow writers out there that AO3 is currently fighting off bots commenting on people’s works to tell them that AO3 will delete their fics “due to the works being deprecated”, and the deletion will affect their accounts unless the authors delete the fics themselves first. IT IS A SCAM. AO3 will NOT delete your works. please do NOT fall for these bots!

I’ve been told the reason why these bots are doing this is due to copyright infringement issue where they’re trying to steal your works (possibly to train AI but this is just a guess) ‼️‼️‼️and once you deleted your fics, it will be either very difficult or impossible for you to claim ownership of your own fics when they were already deleted.‼️‼️‼️

a reminder that AO3 will never contact you through your comments section (in case they claim to be one of the moderators). AO3 will only contact you through your email address which you use to register your account, and it will be from AO3’s official handle. not some sketchy ass @

so if you get a comment telling you you should “delete your works to protect your account because AO3 is doing blah blah blah” report that comment. don’t delete your works.

PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THESE SCAM.

AO3 IS NOT DELETING WORKS.

DO NOT DELETE YOUR WORKS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE CLAIMS THEY KNOW SOMETHING.

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Unfortunately, the AI comment bots are constantly evolving and this is the latest thing. Do not delete your works, it is nonsense. Do not worry about your original works. There's some more information on Fanlore (linked below) about some of these infuriating frequent bots.

You can check the TOS Spotlight post I've also linked to learn about what is a non-fanwork and would be deleted, but it's not what these comment bots are portraying it as.

https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/31732

Wow, now there's a bot going around on Ao3 telling people that the "moderators" will delete works from "deprecated" fandoms and impose bans.

Fearmongering bullshit, but it's fearmongering bullshit that seems to be taking advantage of the recent spotlight series in order to trick authors into deleting their fics.

Just. Why.

What the hell does anyone get out of making these bots.

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the best fanfic is the one the author had fun writing actually.

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🕯 hehe demonology 101 🕯

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eepy hehes 🐣🐣🐣

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It’s International Fanworks Day 2025!

IFD 2025 is here! Join us for 30 hours of fandom-related games, or hang out in our Discord chatroom and talk to fellow fans. Find out more at https://otw-news.org/579x8fdf

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original by clairetablizo

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current mantra

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Hey, don't cry. Five thousand fanfic daydream scenarios inside your head about the super-obscure fictional character you've latched onto like an orphaned duckling, okay?

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I got a comment today that said smth along the lines of "I didn't wanna be weird commenting on a four month old fic"

Baby, bless your heart but four months isn't old by any means and ao3 isn't fucking instagram. Comment on fics you like, regardless of how old they are! The worst that could happen is you make an author's day. Writing is art, not content.

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I only watched MFS once the show was already on the final season and, after the first few episodes, took a glance over at AO3 (I was looking for Abigail/Raelle fics for the whole antagonistic, reluctant teammates thing they had going on). There I saw that Tally/Alder was one of the two most popular ships.

Now, this surprised me at the time because there hadn't been much interaction between them at the point I was up to, but there was that kind of hero worshipping and mentor thing potentially, so I watched some more.

Got to the end of season one, thought "Well, there was sacrificing her youth to save Alder...maybe that was the spark?" But that didn't feel quite like the fannish spark that would usually ignite a pairing this much. So, I kept watching.

And eventually got to this scene.

At which point, it all clicked. In those few minutes I got it. I absolutely and completely understood why the pairing had generated such enthusiasm. These two had incredible chemistry with just about every character they were put with and even moreso with one another.

You just had to be there

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Our favorite lesbians wish you a Merry Christmas Eve 🫶

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something I think we all know about fanfic, but don’t talk about because it would hurt writers feelings is that some fics are like fast food. I mean this as a compliment. I don’t always want to sit down for a six course meal that will be a flavor experience. Sometimes I just wanna dip some fries in a frosty. Sometimes I want something homecooked and delicious and super niche, but super comforting. Sometimes I want to eat an entire dark chocolate cheesecake in one sitting even though I know Its gonna make me sick. Just. holy crap, y’all. Sometimes I don’t even want fast food, I just want to eat an entire bag of chips. and yeah, I’m ashamed of myself afterwards, but at the time it was exactly what I wanted. So, no, we’re never going to say to our fanfic writers that we consider their writing to be the equivalent of a midnight run to taco bell - and we shouldn’t, feelings would be hurt by that. But writers, please, please, please, remember this. You don’t need to create a six course meal if you don’t want to. You don’t have to make something complex and homemade if you don’t want to. You don’t even have to finish cooking it - because someone will be thrilled that you brought a bowl of cookie dough and a spoon, because they cannot even consider sitting down and having a proper meal right now. It’s okay writers, whatever you decided to make. Someone was happy to have it. You gave them what they needed. You made them happy. You did good.

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Some of the WSL teams woke up this weekend and went "fuck your fantasy teams" 🥰 and I love the chaos.