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I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.

(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)

The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.

So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.

I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.

First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?

And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:

Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.

Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.

I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!

Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.

Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).

Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.

So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.

They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.

I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.

Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.

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Possum now lives in Spain, hopefully not without the S. But yeah, little fella got a bit lost, like wrong kind of continent lost 😂

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“Let’s do something dumb with a bow and arrow!”

I can only assume that this is how LotR elves chop wood…

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unstoppable force (desire to write) vs immovable object (tired)

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Random Kapkan HC of the day:

Kapkan is sooo eldest daughter coded.

He is the oldest of 3 siblings and both his parents worked at the factories, which is described as a grueling life he wanted to escape in his bio. You can bet he was the one taking care of his siblings most of the time, and also carrying the high expectations of his parents who encouraged him to enlist (maybe even to help provide for the family).

That man is self-sufficient cause from a very young age he had to be reliable one. I bet he's also a bit of a mother hen when he cares about someone.

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Hmmmmm.........

When you stick out like a sore thumb but your homies accept and defend you

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You’re so right I don’t trust Ubisoft at all because they can’t even make a coherent storyline!!!

I will stay on my corner banging the bars of cell fiending for my goobers and loving all art that is created of them

That is the spirit!

I definitely don't trust Ubisoft with ships... nor the plotline tbh 😂 And banging the bars of your enclosure and creating stuff for yourself and those two friends who cheer on you is the true fandom experience, indeed! We're all on the same boat, trying to convince others of the virtues of our ships to other while admiring our friends' ships as well :D

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I love it when my cats lend a helping hand!

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today on neat hozier retweets: disappearing birds!

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you came back wrong and i am racked with guilt because i cannot bear to see you like this and i should have let you rest. i loved you so much that i defied death itself but i do not think either of us are happy

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Boss can i go home early some shit is happening in my fandom and im a pretty active person in the community so my presence is needed

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impostor syndrome is a common problem in academia. For example my colleagues keep putting me in the airlock and ejecting me into space