this is the post, I honestly have no fucking idea what they mean

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Anonymous #2 1d

At one point they didn’t understand that most of our “I can’t live without AO3” dramatic posts were exaggerated and something that happens every time there’s maintenance scheduled or otherwise. Idk if this is who I think they just really don’t like that we’re not turning to their supposed expertise to help because we don’t know code (they say they’re a developer).

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

if I had to guess, they’re probably a troll.

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

Hi no not that person and happy to explain

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Anonymous #2 1d

Maybe, but trolls don’t usually delete their posts and comments that quickly.

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Anonymous #3 1d

Ah I see there must’ve been a glitch cause now I can see your post

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

? No idea why it wouldn’t have been visible but The main point of the post, impossible to make in 255 characters, has to do with how I personally view fanfiction. And there is one specific fanfic that changed my entire view on this

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

It’s called “Daily Equestria Life With Monster Girl.” It’s about 720k words long. I went in expecting some silly little “centaur goes to equestria” shit What i got was a masterfully written, deeply cutting deconstruction of the american media empire that predicted january sixth.

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

And uh. This kinda sorta ROCKED MY SHIT amethyst, because i was not expecting THAT level of writing going into HORSEFIC. so i read some of the author’s other stuff and it becomes clear extremely quickly that this is not a fluke

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

And crucially, a BIG PART of why it’s not a fluke is that the author is weaving fucking webs. There’s a line in this fic. It reads “I looked down and I saw bodies outside the gates.” Without the five hundred thousand words of buildup, i wouldn’t have chucked my phone across the room in shock. And no, I’m not exaggerating. Five hundred thousand words of buildup for one line.

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

And this is where we must bring capitalism into the equation, because this author’s works are impossible. In a capitalist environment, the only thing that matters is the profit margin. And it takes a LOT OF FUCKIN PAPER to print 700k words, yes? Most publishing houses won’t do anything over 100k. Some will go up to 130k. But anything beyond that and the profit margin is at risk, so it doesn’t get printed

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Anonymous #3 1d

Fanfiction is the LITERAL ONLY MEDIUM OF LITERATURE where something 720k words long can even EXIST, and this leads to some absolutely wild shit! and i really want to talk about that! holy fuck amethyst i REALLY WANNA DIG INTO THAT! but it feels like every community for fanfiction is focused on ships and tags and dead dove do not eat and ao3 is down again and slowburns and etc

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Anonymous #3 1d

And that’s NOT AN INSULT. Enjoy it! I’m clearly the odd one out here! But ONE DAY I WANNA DIG INTO THAT SHIT AMETHYST

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

does that make literally any sense

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Anonymous #3 1d

I think I have the gist. Yeah this community is more focused on how many of us use fics as a form of escapism and make jokes that only make sense in fanfiction culture. Honestly I don’t think you’re gonna get the kind of discussion you want online, only in real life. Something about having that nuanced and complex of a conversation gets lost in translation on a digital landscape.

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

The hell did my original comment get deleted for?

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

yeah i supPOSE you’re right but considering the likelyhood of finding someone In Real Life willing to read horsefic just to be sure i’m not bullshitting is… zilch? please excuse me if i keep attempting the online route in futility (this is a joke lol)

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

Yeah, i was wondering why it vanished? As a us-politics frequenter i’m convinced they just have a bot that automatically approves all reports. one time i got banned for saying i DO NOT (and i repeat, DO NOT) support the unabomber

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

i’m not shitting you i got a 48 hour ban for this

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Anonymous #3 1d

Well I’m starting to think that the person who blocked me just deleted all of their side of the conversation, unblocked me, and is now being petty in a way I can’t call out. Don’t really have much proof but I do know their style of comments are showing up again and this isn’t the first time someone thought downvoting and reporting random things would be “revenge”. Honestly as long as they’re not crashing out on me again it doesn’t bother me.

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Anonymous #3 1d

Oh that’s cause the moderating ai doesn’t like the word 💣 all that much in reported comments.

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Anonymous #3 1d

I once got a 12 hour ban for saying the name of the mammal that canvas puts in a hammock when you have nothing due

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Anonymous #2 1d

🐼 <- that one?

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

yep

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Anonymous #2 1d

was literally talking about the canvas 🐼 too

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Anonymous #2 1d

Ok that one doesn’t even make sense!! But I guess that’s what happens when you have an ai run moderation instead of paying a human

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

fr

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

the amount of timeouts I’ve gotten for the most random bs is insane like ok fine yikyak i’ll go touch grass for saying this coach/players name or something completely irrelevant

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Anonymous #3 1d

THANK YEW for commenting, this is the context I needed. The way I could write ballads about “Honey Nut” by liketolaugh UGH genuinely there are some masterpieces on ao3 and I, too, need others to scream about them with

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Anonymous OP 1d

YES THIS

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Anonymous amethyst_popping_bottles 1d

well when you say it logically like THAT

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