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Sorry for the lack of fic updates everyone I was having an existential crisis

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okay so I was talking with a friend about writing, and I was about to infodump about an au of mine over discord to them because I can't actually write out the ideas rn since ao3 is dOWN-

and they freaked out??? Apparently I'm weird for writing my works *in* ao3? Like I know people usually write in docs or something but I only feel motivated to write when I'm in the ao3 textbox HJLGFJGDH

So now I have a question for fellow writers on ao3:

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PSA: bot comments are taking over ao3

The above examples have been provided with the authors' permission to demonstrate what these look like.

Basic rundown:

They are all 3 sentences long

Perfect grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

Like absolutely flawless English teacher-style writing with only a single exclamation mark, ever

No mentions whatsoever of character names, settings, situations, or anything that could be tied to the story

The usernames may be identical to people who exist on ao3, but the name is not clickable, and no profile is associated with it EXCEPT when you directly search for that name. What this means: the comments come from an unregistered (not logged in) reader, bots scrape the site for real usernames, attach that to the comment, and post

Please spread the word about this so authors can filter comments and report them accordingly

There has been some speculation about why this is happening at all, and the best guess is that this is a feature that AI-training story-scraping tools are implementing to try and make their browsing traffic look legitimate

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AO3 is under a DDoS attack meaning that the servers are purposefully being overwhelmed by an attacker. Please do not refresh ao3 related links because each time you do, another request is sent to the servers meaning you are contributing to the DDoS! Wait for the official announcement from their twitter and then visit the site because the servers will keep crashing otherwise!

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I was gonna update my timetravel AU today and now I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for ao3 Twitter updates

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these percentages are optimistic and may not reflect reality

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Kunsel: I was taught to think before I act-

Kunsel: -so if I smack the shit out of you, know that I thought about it beforehand and I'm pretty confident in my decision.

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Anyone else immediately forget what they’ve written after they’ve written it bc all your fics feel like they’re already written and you’re just reading them and copying the words onto the computer, or is that just me 😐

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Enlightenment chapter 6/10 “A Round of Confession for Three, Please”

“Early as always, hmm?” Genesis leans against the doorframe, gaze traveling slowly up his body. Sephiroth feels faint warmth on his cheeks – when has he ever looked at him like that before? “You should know by now that I always am.” He reminds him. Genesis smirks. “Hopefully not always.” He mutters. Sephiroth cocks his head. “What?”

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new chapter preview 😊

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“You were right.” Angeal whispers, quiet enough that Fair can’t hear. “He does move like them.”

“But you’re impressed.” Sephiroth notices. Angeal hums.

“I am.” He admits. He leans closer, giving him a private smile. Its small and soft, aimed at him only, and Sephiroth feels some knot of nerves in him loosen just a fraction. “I can also see your influence on him. You’re doing a good job. It’s clear he looks up to you.”

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Enlightenment chapter 5/10 "In Times of Strife"

[AKA the Cloud Strife Interlude]

“Sure.” He runs his hand over a keypad on the wall. “Lay down in the middle – don’t give me that look! It’ll be worth it, I swear. And close your eyes.” He lowers himself down.

“You’re not stripping or something, are you?” he asks. He closes his eyes, something strange and fluttering in his gut.

“Wha – no!” Zack sputters. “Man, just – shut up and relax! I’m trynna be nice.” His country accent gets thicker when he’s flustered. Cloud lets himself laugh.

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not to spoil my fic or anything but the dad Vincent reveal is coming soon 👀

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Enlightenment chapter 4/10 "Who and Why"

Sephiroth/Genesis/Angeal

Even his life before he was officially made a first is redacted, though he remembers it. His level of clearance is supposed to be one of the highest, just under the president and the board.

Can they see what he can’t?

The idea makes his blood boil. What right does the board have to his history, to his life, that he doesn’t?

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Wow! It didn’t

My laptop restarting when I’m almost done with this next chapter?????? Let’s hope it saved I guess 💀

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My laptop restarting when I’m almost done with this next chapter?????? Let’s hope it saved I guess 💀

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really struggling to finish this chapter 😭