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Stop telling people to just orphan their fics.

Orphaning a fic means giving up any and all ownership over it. No way to claim it back, edit it or delete it. Yes it's an archive but an author should still have the right to delete their work if they feel like they don't want it to be up anymore.

Readers always scream for authors to orphan their fics instead of deleting because they feel like they have a right to the fanworks that is shared with them for free. If it's so important to you to not lose a fic, download it. Also comment and encourage the authors, instead of telling them to give up all ownership to their work.

To authors, if you think about deleting your fics, there are other options you should employ first. If you don't want it connected to your name, put it into an anonymous collection. As long as it's in there, noone can see you wrote it, you still can edit ot or delete it and moderate comments on it. You can even move it to anther account, just create another one, add it as co author and then take your main account off. Then you can still edit it from your second account but it's no longer connected to your account.

If you don't want it to show anymore put it in a unrevealed collection, that way, the fic won't show up but it's still there, you can still see it, read comments and make it public again.

If you feel the urge to delete your fic, try one of these options first and see how you feel about it after a while, you can still delete or orphan afterwards, but this hopefully makes your decision easier.

The Composer of Life and Death

Multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter, producer, and philanthropist ZAYN has released his new single “Sideways,” an atmospheric pop R&B record that showcases his signature falsetto.

The single is the latest taste off his forthcoming fifth studio album KONNAKOL releasing April 17, 2026 via Mercury Records. Pre-order HERE. “Sideways” follows the album’s lead single “Die For Me,” released last month, which left fans and critics buzzing from his long-awaited return to his pop R&B roots.

KONNAKOL is ZAYN’s most culturally inspired project to date. The pop-forward album expands on the sound fans first heard on his record breaking debut studio album, Mind of Mine. The album is co-produced by ZAYN alongside Malay (Frank Ocean, Lorde) who he previously worked with on Mind of Mine and Icarus Falls. Full tracklisting below. The snow leopard, a profound symbol in South Asia, on the album art showcases how deeply his heritage has inspired the record.

ZAYN will kick off his largest solo tour to date, The KONNAKOL Tour, on May 12, 2026 in Manchester, UK. The tour will be making stops across the globe in London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, São Paulo, and more before concluding on Friday, November 20 in Miami, FL at Kaseya Center. Earlier this year ZAYN wrapped his first-ever Las Vegas residency, where he debuted and teased unreleased material from KONNAKOL. Variety praised his performance, “he delivered pristine vocals, his signature falsetto and a noticeably stronger stage presence than on his last tour.” Full tour routing below.

The album arrives after 2024’s critically acclaimed Room Under the Stairs, which he followed with his first ever solo tour across the U.S., UK and Mexico. He most recently teamed up with BLACKPINK’s Jisoo on “Eyes Closed”, which earned a 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nomination for Favorite K-Pop Collaboration and made an impressive global impact — debuting at #10 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart (43.9M streams first week), #72 on the US Hot 100, #21 on Spotify Global and topping iTunes in over 40 countries.

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