ok for clarification i saw this post on twitter about people writing RPF smut of real life minors. i do NOT think real minors should have smut written of them under any circumstance, and the people who defend that sort of RPF are weirdos, BUT i dont think ao3 should be deleted at all. ao3 isnt just a place to upload "weird and gross" fanfics that wouldn't be hosted anywhere else, ao3 is an ARCHIVE of over 18 million works, some of which are from the 70s, 60s, 50s, and are stored NOWHERE else
yes, ao3 is a website with no censorship as to what you can upload on it, and while i never expected people to not take a problem with that, ao3 above all else is one of the most expansive archives of fanfiction and writing dating back decades and deleting ao3 would be to completely wipe millions of lovingly handcrafted pieces of fanwork from the only place they would be kept safe














