#...fair

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i’d say don’t bring up vld on main but honestly? i bring up lance in literally every conversation so like.

I asked why Ao3 deserves 200k a year if they don’t provide any services or protections you couldn’t find elsewhere (which they don’t--your fic can be stolen and sold with no repercussions, despite clear IP violations, and despite Ao3 mods claiming to keep lawyers who specialize in that subject on retainer; writers are not required to specifically tag triggering subjects such as sexual violence; non-white fans' protestations against blatantly racist fics are ignored, but satirical fics referring vaguely to fandom racism are deleted with a quickness; and despite Ao3 positioning itself as the sole online bastion of non-profit literary freedom, there are dozens of small sites where you can write the most vile shit imaginable and it will never be taken down--the only thing Ao3 has that these sites don’t is popularity).