One of my favourite things when reading fanfiction is when you click with an author’s style so much that you adore the fanfiction you’re reading, and once it’s over you need more. So you go to their page and hope that there’s more for any fandom you might know- only there isn’t any. They’ve written for other fandoms you aren’t familiar with and never would’ve thought about before.
But you’re down so bad for their style and talent that they got you wading in like:
hi idk if you remember this (if you don’t i’m literally so sorry) but i was just wondering if you got my ask from a little bit ago asking for recs for authors of color?
hi babe, im so sorry! i did not forget, i just had a fun format idea for it but never got around to making it all pretty so i’ll just drop the list of my fav black/poc authors. i will always make sure to try and keep this updated and other people–please feel free to reblog with additions as well <3
Remember that girls can do anything. We are amazing, beautiful and strong as hell. Break the boundaries people try to impose on us. Do what you love and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.
This is your semi frequent reminder that there is no official AO3 app
All those are unofficial and available on the Google play store as of August 13th 2025. They mirror AO3’s content and insert ads, for which the developer gets paid by page impression (that’s every time the ad appears in the fic you’re reading) not just clicks.
No money goes to AO3, nor to the fic writer. It goes to the person who did the bare minimum.
Many of these apps have poorly worded or non existent privacy policies, so they may also be mining as much data as possible and selling that on to unknown third parties.
Please, just use the official AO3 site and the browser.
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.
There’s a theory already that this makes it easier for copyright infringers to steal fanfics because you can’t prove the authorship of a deleted work.
This is pure evil
Spread the word
p.s. The comments look something like this:
p.p.s. There’s no “new” policy that bans original works, either. Everything that was allowed, is still allowed. This is a “please read our TOS ffs” awareness campaign - not a surprise rugpull. Don’t delete anything, please. It’s an archive.
