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jrd17 in sentinelficfind

Need New Link

Oct 15, 2010 08:45

I just discovered that Saving The Day has been removed from the 852 Archive. Does anyone have an active link to this story ( Read more... )

author: karen, *fic no longer available

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magician113 October 15 2010, 13:58:20 UTC

No, because the archivist just put up robots to prevent the WBM from working. I haven't found another place for Karen's fic. If you want copies of it and any other Karen stories I have, I've saved them as htm files and will send you them in a zip.

merlin dot 113 at hotmail dot com

janedavitt October 15 2010, 17:26:25 UTC

Why did they do that? When I was trying to track down links for LMFA, the WBM was a lifesaver! Okay, I get that if you wnat your fic down, you want it down, I suppose, though it always saddens me to see fic go...

magician114 October 15 2010, 17:53:36 UTC

Quite honestly I don't know. I think it must be the decision of the archivist, because I don't think she would have had time to contact all the authors for their choice. When you read her home page it sounds like she's busy enough without taking that further, time-consuming step of accommodating individual authors' wishes. I expect the only way it will change is if someone takes her up on her offer to take over the archive. I wish I had the skill.

knitty_woman October 15 2010, 17:56:49 UTC

That makes me sad to hear that WBM won't work at 852 anymore. I guess I understand about people wanting their fic down as well, but still.

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jslvr4vr October 15 2010, 19:24:30 UTC

I actually have it saved. Send me a pm and I can give it to you. Hopefully it is the same one. I'm going through it now and it looks like it is.

iadorespike October 15 2010, 22:52:19 UTC

You know, just hearing about stories disappearing breaks my heart. :(

amberle_chan October 16 2010, 00:32:20 UTC

It makes me sad, too. For years now, I've heard about how wonderful Bast's stories are, but you can't find them online anymore. I know she's got her stuff in zines now, but I simply cannot afford to buy them. I'm beginning to think I'll never get to read them.

I wish more authors would realize that taking their stories offline deprives some readers from enjoying these stories.

New link anonymous May 22 2021, 19:51:25 UTC

I know this thread is really old but I found it while looking for this story. It has been reposted under a new name and here is the current link. https://archiveofourown.org/works/804410