girl, so confusing

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

@lgbtqcreators creator bingo — [4/10] lgbtq+ character → santana lopez from glee

sirius: and yet you’re wearing the gucci pajamas mother bought you and you’re currently online shopping using fathers credit card

regulus: they gave me a horrible childhood, they can make up for it by buying me things *turns to james* would you like a giraffe? there’s currently one for sale on craigslist for $70,000 and i think that’s just enough to make mother go crazy

james: omg yes yes yes

sirius:

sirius: wait buy me one too

remus: absolutely not, you are not bringing a giraffe to the dorm

regulus: come on remus, let them have their giraffes. i’ll buy you a cat

remus: this is not the regulus i’m used to, usually you always agree with me

regulus: today i’m trying to erase my childhood trauma by buying things

remus:

remus: yeah get me the cat