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5 Buffyverse Writers Who Posted Classic Fic to AO3 in 2013

Jan 05, 2014 15:51

Goodbye, JustRewards.com. Farewell, spikeskat.rogue-poet.com. Au revoir, The-Sandlot.com. You still may be partially available via Wayback Machine, but I miss you in all your full-functionality ( Read more... )

char: andrew, form: ficlet, pairing: buffy/spike, fandom: btvs, pairing: xander/spike, form: archive

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rebcake January 6 2014, 18:09:29 UTC

Every time I get down about what's not out there anymore, I get cheered up by what is!

velvetwhip January 6 2014, 00:17:44 UTC

It is so sad when websites pass away...

Gabrielle

rebcake January 6 2014, 18:12:40 UTC

Yes. Then I get mad. Don't they know that they are taking away MY FIC!???!?!?!!!! Give it back! *pant, pant* Then I cry. Bitter, bitter tears. Then I find something that got archived and all is rainbows...until the next time.

yourlibrarian January 6 2014, 01:19:38 UTC

Which is why I am SO EXCITED when favorite writers start to put their old stuff up on Archive of Our Own, where it will presumably gain immortality a longer life.

Amen to that. The amount of fic and archives that have disappeared is truly sad to contemplate. And so, so true about having a one-click download, especially now when so many people are reading on other devices or on-the-go.

rebcake January 6 2014, 18:14:26 UTC

Librarians everywhere weep. But all is not lost! Just some. :(

jacobs_muse January 6 2014, 02:22:15 UTC

Huh, Spike's Kat's site was still up some time in 2013. Must have let it lapse recently.

rebcake January 6 2014, 18:16:19 UTC

Yep. I've tried to contact her, as have others, but so far no response. That and Just Rewards are recent losses.

slaymesoftly January 6 2014, 18:56:30 UTC

I'll ask Kat what she's up to. We agreed the other day that she needs to take a drive up here so we can catch up. But I thought she'd let rogue poet (the award part, anyway) go some time ago. Are you referring to her own website of her own stuff?

rebcake January 6 2014, 19:03:43 UTC

Yep, her own stories is now only available via Wayback, as far as I can tell. Even her original LJ is decommissioned. A lot of people still ask about "Lost in Time", so it would be great if she would allow Susan at Elysian Fields to post it there- and the rest of her Spuffy stuff, too. Or maybe she's thinking of reworking it for original fic?

Lots of folks would be forever grateful if you could find out! (And I'll bet there are people who would adopt Rogue Poet, if she's willing.)

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ladycallie January 6 2014, 02:57:30 UTC

An excellence Top 5! Thank you for sharing!

rebcake January 6 2014, 18:16:50 UTC

Sure! Even the Wayback links are better than nothing, I think.