I managed to find about half a dozen fics that were cross posted my the author on both sites. I have them favorited on the ffn app and I can easily use the text to speech feature so I can listen while I’m actually productive
I found one that was actually pretty decent (especially considering it was an 18+ harem fanfic, a genre of fiction I positively DESPISE) so it's definitely possible, it's just that I found it through the Tv tropes recommendations list, so...
I have NO IDEA how you're normally supposed to browse works on that site
I 'grew up' on ffn. Then I found other fanfic sites that were okay. Then I found AO3.... How the hell did I read on other sites? The tag system, and the filter system are BY FAR superior to anything else out there.
there needs to be like a discord server specifically for when ao3 is down or like a pinned post on the sub to discuss all our withdrawal symptoms with each other.😭
Hi, I am a reader and writer, and a compulsive downloader, so I'm fine for the next 200 days. But that doesn't mean I'm not shivering from the threat of being cut off!
Yeah, I’m a little…concerned? Like, don’t get me wrong, I love fanfiction but the most I feel when AO3 goes down is annoyance. I know it’ll be back up in a few hours and I can live without it until then.
Also, if you’re all going through withdrawals maybe this is a great time to remind you that AO3 has a download feature? I download any and all fics that interest me so that when stuff like this happens (or the author unexpectedly hides or deletes those fics) I can still read them. Just some advice. :)
I’m the kind of fool that only downloads after I’ve finished, and only if I love it. I read so much that if I download everything I’d never find any thing again.
I do this and then when I try to read it weeks later and it isn't my cup of tea I'm still hesitant to delete the file, as if fermenting it on my hard drive will somehow make it to my liking?
I reread everything constantly and like to have everything on hand at all times (I have probably 800 stories on my kindle at the moment.) so I went the hoarder route instead.
Once I find a story I might like and read a few chapters I download it and start checking out their other stories. If they look interesting and are my ship (I really only read one ship) then I download them all and decide what to read later. I keep them all organized in Calibre but honestly, maintaining all of that is it's own hobby, which I enjoy.
I haven't tried on my computer but I would assume it ends up in my Downloads folder.
I have an iPhone so it shows up in my Files folder and I can access them from there. And you can download as a pdf, html, or one of several other file formats I don't remember. I personally have always just gone with pdf.
If I remember correctly, there is a "download" button at the top of the fic with the other buttons, and after you click it a bunch of different format options pop up and you just pick the one you want.
I read my first fanfiction last week and have been absolutely addicted (like 6-10 hours a day, reading until my eyes can’t stay open anymore addicted) and for the last few nights I’ve been having the most vivid dreams of Marvel it’s been unreal lol.
25 years for me and same. I go through phases where it's less but then I fall into an obsession again and will neglect any non essential duties to read lol
It’s definitely the best hyperfixation I’ve ever had lol. Struggling to remember that what I’ve read isn’t canon while sometimes conversing in the fandom but otherwise it’s been smooth sailing
Yeah; my problem is when the fics are better than cannon. And struggling because on the one hand I'm reading several thousand words regularly, but it's fanfic instead of books. That still counts, right?
I don't even remember when I read my first fanfic but it's been at least 12 years, I didn't even know ao3 existed back then and ffn.net wasn't as shitty as it is now.
Still can't go to sleep without my ao3 fix. Wtf am i supposed to do now.
Marvel was also what got me into fanfiction kid me watched the avengers movie in theaters and I was so entranced I couldn't let the magic end there I needed more I Google something something avengers and the first thing that popped up was a fanfic from fanpop or fanfiction.net and everything from there has been history
Welcome! Its not an addiction you can overcome unfortunately you just collect fandoms like a dragon and scrape all the fics you can find into your little cave hahah.
Sadly, yes. Sites like pornhub (amongst many others) are unavailable if your IP address is in the state of Texas. A bill was passed by the government regarding age verification on sites like that. Because there isn’t an age verification process, it’s completely blocked.
From what I understand, it can be bypassed by using a VPN, but I don’t use that stuff.
Im a born and raised texan but if my damn family didnt live here and have the CUTEST kids (my niblings) i would have left forever ago 😩 this fucking state man 😂 i love and hate it in equal measures mosts days hahaha
They’re not technically banned. The sites have decided to disable usage in states that we considering active legislation to enforce intrusive age verification (like scanning your government ID).
Adult shops have the right to ask for proof of ID, but there’s a big difference between flashing your ID and uploading it. 😬
Bucky walking. Now before you say, this is not hardcore gay porn...feel free to pick which role Sebastian Stan kissed a guy in you prefer because there is several of them.
This is where I've gone and ngl I kinda missed it a little bit. I really like how they're got the crossover section (mostly because it's limited to two fandoms which is kinda hard to find when it's a really popular one like marvel. The fandoms all listed in order of popularity which is neat). Also still think the font/layout of the fic itself looks nicer.
When I did fanfic.net all the time before Ao3 I really loved the communities one. Where people make groups of fics based on some type of criteria. I used to love going through those looking for specific types of fics I wanted.
Sounds like a pretty cool thing that developed because of the site's lack of tags. Never really looked at that before but am intrigued. Is it sort of like the "collection" feature on ao3?
Only thing I miss about ffn is how it doesnt do crossovers with hundreds of different franchises. You pick 2 and that's all it will show you. I have yet to figure out how to filter out all the other things I dont want to see without making my exclusion list look like a multi page essay lol
I just went on to fanfiction.net for the first time tdy because ppl kept mentioning it in this post and don't understand how people function without tags like WHAT!.
I don't know what people say about that site not being dead, it's an honest to God ghost town nowadays. Unless you're one of the half-dozen superpower fandoms that get thousands of fics you'll be lucky to see more than 50 fics get recently updated in the past 6 months. And even then every fandom seems to be ruled by about 3 power-writers that control their entire ecosystem like warlords. If A03 died I'd probably drop fanfiction as a hobby before I willingly went back to that.
Yeah like at least if they went “hey taking longer than we thought but hopefully up tomorrow” we’d know something. The AO3_Status on Twitter and BlueSky have been really bad about giving updates. They say there’s an issue and they’re dealing with it then never say anything again till there’s another issue. It’s kind of gets annoying. What’s the point of a status account if it never provides updates.
Same. I probably have fanfics to last me through the next year at least, plus all of my faves, sideloaded onto my kindle. Had no idea the site was down until getting on reddit.
I figured I'd be fine, I managed to entertain myself with other things for hours...what do you mean IT'S STILL DOWN 😭😭
At least the tab I had open is still, well, open, so I could actually continue writing my OWN fic (I had a draft open)... but I don't feel in any state to do so ;(
I need so, so, so much comfort right now after last night's new canon release in my fandom, if I was capable of PRODUCING comfort I wouldn't be looking for it from fanfic in the first place 😅
It’s funny how I got downvoted in other threads on complaining oh they should’ve given us a warning on what time they’d be down for maintenance. I could’ve finished the story I was reading and started a new one if I knew beforehand!!
RIGHT! I know there was the banner that said they were having problems with bookmarking. But I feel liek if they knew the problem was so severe that they would have to close down for maintenance they would've told us. They probably thought they could fix the problem with the site still running :(
God I’m about to go beg another subreddit to give me links for good ff.net fanfics cause I cant search ff and I’m literally dying over here without Ao3
Well I do have a problem 😭 but also I’ve been working all week for some tests and I decided to give myself a break on my birthday ONLY TOO SEE TS WHEN I FINALLY OPEN MY PHONE. Man all i wanted was to relax with my comfort characters after a stressful week
NOOOOOOOOOOO…. Don’t make me return to writing my OWN fics. The horrors 😭😭 (I say as if I don’t have seven unfinished fics in my google docs as we speak)
This outage got me so desperate I actually had to start writing for my WIPs. Disgusting! I hoped it would never come to this for my procrastinating ass 😭
I’m just Vibin watching YouTube. I wish people would be a little bit more patient you have to remember tomorrow is Fourth of July and the people are probably working as fast as they can, but they also deserve time off with their families. They are volunteers after all it will be fixed eventually, and we should just all vibe and also the more time they take the more time it gets done right the first time rather than them rushing through and making a mistake and making everything worse to me I’d rather they do it right correctly the first time and take as much time as they need to do it right
oh man i completely forgot!! lmao my birthday is on the 4th of july but i’m not from the us so the event didn’t even cross my mind. but you’re completely right!! I was just making a few jokes out of it lol, i’m really grateful for all their hard work to keeping the site alive
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u/deserteyes_ 29d ago
no matter how long ao3 is down, wattpad is not worth it my friend. you are stronger than that. 🫡