GoT Fic!

[netgirl_y2k]

You know, it occurred to me recently, because I've been writing a silly amount, that I don't actually know what the social-norm for posting fic is anymore. Like, are you supposed to post only to AO3 and link, or is each fic meant to get its own LJ/DW post? Do people still hate the AO3? Are fic comms even still a thing? Why is Tumblr?

Me = being bad at things that come naturally to the other kids since an undisclosed point in the 1980s.

Anyway, have some femslash with added dragons. Also, the title has nothing to do with anything, I just panicked.


They Will Crown You, They Will Take Your Legs
Game of Thrones; Daenerys/Doreah; PG; 2000 words.

She is not a god, Doreah told herself, she will not burn you.

Comments

[netgirl_y2k]

I had just gotten into the habit of posting only to the AO3 and linking here when the Avengers exploded and the servers went boom, and I went... uh, maybe that was a less than great idea.

Don't get me wrong, there are many things about the AO3 I still want to make-out with (Kudos! The uploading system!) but I think after recent events we're all starting to realise that we'd been perhaps a tad optimistic regarding the archive's robustness and longevity.

I don't know, I need a new system, or a fandom that doesn't so heavily favour locked fic comms, grrr...

SOPHIE, I AM ELDERLY AND CONFUSED AND TUMBLR BAFFLES ME. DON'T LEAVE ME, FANDOM.

[cdybedahl]

I'm also in the "I upload everything to AO3" camp. And I'd like to point out that one way to help fix their performance problems is to simply give them money. Or, if you have contextually useful skills, plain help them out. Unlike pretty much every other archive I know of, their organization is pretty open and transparent.

[netgirl_y2k]

All good points. But, my understanding was that you couldn't donate directly to the archive but to the whole OTW, and while I do love the archive and hope it lasts for a good long while, my feelings on some of their other projects are more, um, mixed. And I doubt that I'm the only person who feels that way.

[cdybedahl]

A very relevant question. I've emailed them asking about the possibility of donating to the AO3 specifically.