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I've removed everything from AO3
Aug. 4th, 2023 01:04 pmAbout 300 fics, spanning two accounts. Part of me feels a little bad, but only because I know that it's not going to take any time at all before people start messaging me on various other accounts asking where all my fic went. But like, I idk how to let people know when I put announcements out to every channel I have available, but the collapse of social media across the board means I have about three active followers anywhere, and none of them read fic. But between fandom being fandom, and the OTW/AO3 having problems of its own, I'm done hosting my fic in public. I'm a drawerfic guy now. I just don't feel comfortable having that out in a space where anybody can find it and do with it what they will. I don't want AI to get it, and I don't trust archive-locking it to do a damn thing about that. Restricting comments to logged-in users does nothing to stop abuse, because people just leave abusive comments and instantly delete them, so you get them in your email, but there's nothing you can do about it. How can you report something that's already been deleted? Sure, you can block those people, but I can't just keep blocking people ad nauseam.
I did some shopping that needed done today, and ordered myself some new shirts and some new shoes, and in a little bit I'm gonna head down to Goodwill and see if I can find some jeans and a new pedal bike machine thing that doesn't smell of burning every time I use it. I've completely wrecked this machine of mine at this point, and I really need one that's meant for harder use, but also I need some jeans and maybe a few more pairs of trousers that aren't going to fall down every time I forget to tighten my belt. But I cannot wait to actually have some clothes that actually fit me properly, even if it is just a handful of weird shirts. When I ordered my shoes, I replaced my black and white Vans, because those are classic, and then got a pair of navy ones for some variety. And then I noticed you could do customs, and decided to go all out with it and put together a harlequin sort of design, which apparently won't get here for about two or three weeks. The other two will get here next week some time though, so that'll be nice. I can put up with trainers with giant holes in the heels until then, because it's the middle of summer, and it shouldn't be a problem. But they are otherwise fine besides that, so I think I'm just gonna keep them around for when I use my pedal bike machine, whether that's the one I've completely wrecked or whether I wind up getting a new one. I don't need heels for that, especially since I'm just sat on my sofa when I'm doing it.
I did some shopping that needed done today, and ordered myself some new shirts and some new shoes, and in a little bit I'm gonna head down to Goodwill and see if I can find some jeans and a new pedal bike machine thing that doesn't smell of burning every time I use it. I've completely wrecked this machine of mine at this point, and I really need one that's meant for harder use, but also I need some jeans and maybe a few more pairs of trousers that aren't going to fall down every time I forget to tighten my belt. But I cannot wait to actually have some clothes that actually fit me properly, even if it is just a handful of weird shirts. When I ordered my shoes, I replaced my black and white Vans, because those are classic, and then got a pair of navy ones for some variety. And then I noticed you could do customs, and decided to go all out with it and put together a harlequin sort of design, which apparently won't get here for about two or three weeks. The other two will get here next week some time though, so that'll be nice. I can put up with trainers with giant holes in the heels until then, because it's the middle of summer, and it shouldn't be a problem. But they are otherwise fine besides that, so I think I'm just gonna keep them around for when I use my pedal bike machine, whether that's the one I've completely wrecked or whether I wind up getting a new one. I don't need heels for that, especially since I'm just sat on my sofa when I'm doing it.
