Hii,
I read Only a Boy on ao3 sometime last year and it literally opened my eyes to the potential of crossover fics. I'm one of those peripheral fans who hasn't read or watched any of the canon stuff, but just lives off of the fandom work, so I usually avoid crossovers to limit the number of references I won't understand. But I was on the hunt for a Merlin-centric fic and gave it a try on a whim. Then, if I remember right, I spent two nights without sleep reading what has become one of my top 5 fics (top 3 even??).
I'm sending my ask to thank you profusely for your story (and also for the sequel), but I also wanted to ask if you were alright with people printing and binding personal copies (ie. not for profit) of the fic for themselves.
I've been hand binding sketchbooks on and off for a little while, and I saw a tiktok of someone's self-bound versions of their favourite fics and thought that trying my hand at fic binding would be a fun project for this summer.
I just wanted to ask bc I heard some authors aren't okay with personal prints, so just let me know please; I'll always love the story regardless.
Oh, wow thank you so much, I'm touched! Yeah, I'm okay with you making a personal print. It's fanfiction so like, it'll never become a book in any other way than in someone's personal library, and dsjhalfjla; honestly what an honor.
I cringe since I desperately wish to edit the story (amazing how much one's writing changes over a decade) but it's a slow project that doesn't have a deadline. I plan to work on it in earnest after I've finished my original manuscript.
