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They are each other’s favorite sibling

They found the other two marauders!

'Just one photo Moony pleeasee-'

Punishment and worship

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in the midst of capitalism, fanfiction and archive of our own are always unconditionally and endlessly free. love, joy and passion, shared among human beings, are always unconditionally and endlessly free

The rest of the thread is here.

AO3 still doesn’t let you monetize those things on the site, because we don’t want the site to be commercial! Because that’s not what it’s for!

It’s not there for you (generic you) to make money off the efforts of the people who build and maintain the site for free! We aren’t getting paid for the work we do to give you a nice site to use, just like you aren’t getting paid for the work you do to create whatever art you share there. Because fandom is supposed to be a community where we share with each other, and therefore we all benefit.

to be clear, I believe younger artists and minors can write good fics (not to say “fanfic must always be good” either because it is a hobby and I still believe that as long as it’s done with love and the artist’s joy, it is good) and I believe it’s good when younger artists and minors start making art at young ages.

that said, a lot of fanfics out there that you read and love are done by adults with kids, jobs and responsibilities. adults who have years, decades of practice under their belts. adults who don’t let life and responsibilities take away their joy in creating.

Anytime his friends or parents started arguing, Peter would flop to the floor dramatically. He learnt how to made the loudest thud without getting hurt and he USED it.

Eventually, as he grew up, he dropped the habit, until one day in the dorms the marauders had a fight. A big one. Sirius was screaming, Remus yelling, James was stressing. Not one of them was looking at Peter.