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Hi. I'm looking for skeletal_grin and atsugari8 fics but all their accounts have been deleted for years. Do you happen to have their fics saved? I could only find Best Idea Ever by skeletal_grin
Hi there,
I have answered this type of question before here.
Good luck!
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Goodbye, Fatebegins
So it appears that the talented Fatebegins has deleted their Ao3 and Tumblr accounts. They deleted their LiveJournal many years ago, too. You can still download some of their work here, courtesy of Spnstoryfinder’s Deleted Authors page. Considering how they are scrubbing themselves off the internet, I would suggest downloading this now before it is deleted as well.
Included in that zip are the following stories:
And This Too, Shall Pass Away It Takes One To Know One (I Think You Got It Bad) Just Give It Time Silk and Steel Dreaming Of A World As It Should Be I'll Be Home For Christmas It Never Gets Easier Can You Help Me Remember How To Smile Breathe Again Scandalous Verse Unexpected Verse Spoiled Rotten Verse Anything Verse Best Served Cold Dark Love + Love In The Dark You Were Romeo Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
Anything beyond that is now gone as the Wayback Machine cannot access anything of theirs. And given that their work was plagiarized for profit on Amazon not once, but twice, I am sure they do not want anything shared. To quote Dean Winchester, “This is why we can’t have nice things.”
Their work was some of the earliest mpreg I ever read, and everything they wrote was top!Jensen/bottom!Jared. I had hoped when they came back to finish up Above Us Only Sky that they might finish You and I, but that appears to be a pipe dream now.
Thank you, Fatebegins, for sharing so many stories with us for so long. We’re sad to see you go.
Saw your post about fic hunting. It breaks my heart when authors take their fics down for good. I learned to save copies of fics I like because of Morgan’s Free Rangers: A Tale of Courage and Daring in the Tayasha Badlands. Which I have been looking for for nearly 5 years now. It was my first J2 I think. Hope your day is going well.
I agree that it is very sad when a story goes down, but, at the end of the day, it belongs to the author who generously shared it for nothing in the first place.
I’ve read some good things about Morgan’s Free Rangers (not having read it myself). But calamitycrow took it down with the hopes of publishing it and doesn’t want it shared any longer. We have to respect their wishes because even though we have an attachment to the characters, it’s the author’s work, time and effort. We did nothing but consume it. Heck, we didn’t even pay for it.
I’ve found myself sputtering right along with other folks, going, “But…but…” with an unwarranted possessiveness over stories that disappeared or were abandoned by an author who has gone on to write other things. And that, I believe, is part of the double-edged sword of writing for a fandom. Everyone reading it feels a connection and a certain level of ownership toward the characters that’s unjustified.
I feel your pain about lost stories, which was part of the reason I made that post. At the end of the day, we just have to be accepting of a writer’s decision and respect it even though it feels like we lost something. We have to remind ourselves that it was never ours to begin with.
Hope you have a great week!
Do you know where I can look/ask for deleted fics ? I stumble upon delicious bookmarks of hundred of bottom Jared fics I never read but sadly a lot of them were based on deleted/purged journal :(
A really good place to start your search is with Spnstoryfinders on LiveJournal. There are two great lists to check.
The first is a list of deleted/purged journals, which you can find here. This list will show you if the author doesn’t want their work shared. Many remove their stuff for publishing. Whatever the reason, if the author has stated they don’t want the work shared, then it is gone for good. This list also includes download links to works that can be shared and links to searches for specific stories by said author. That will tell you that no one has been able to find a copy of it yet.
The second link is for deleted stories, but author are still active and you can find that here. This will also let you know if authors don’t want those stories shared. If they do, there is usually a download link for it there. This will also show links to searches for specific stories by said author. That will tell you that no one has been able to find a copy of it.
If you don’t see the author you were looking for and/or the specific story (if the author did not expressly deny permission for the story to be shared), then you might consider posting a request on Spnstoryfinders (I know you can reply anonymously, but I don’t think you can post a request anonymously so you may have to join LJ in that case).
Another possibility is to check Audiofic. Although they are still restoring their files since a server move/backup, you can sometimes find podfics of deleted stories (it's how I found Laurel Heights by letsgetstarted, for example). I know a podfic might not be ideal format for some folks, but it may be the only version left.
The reality is some stories are gone for good. A good idea is to always grab a copy (if on Ao3) or make one yourself if it is a story you really love. I know that doesn’t help for past ones, however. Authors generously share their work and it is theirs to control. They have no obligation to make their story free and available to us forever. Some reader is always going to be late to the party(*raises hand*) and that’s just the way it goes.
I hope these suggestions help and good hunting!
hi :) do you have another link for In Harm’s Way by asteroidbuckle? i'd like to read it but they deleted their journal
Sadly, she only posted it on her LiveJournal and it looks like that was very recently deleted (since it has not been purged yet). :(
Since she did delete everything, I am going to assume that she does not want anything shared (or it would still be available, along with her other stories).
There is a podfic of it here, but that site has still not fully restored their archives and it cannot be currently downloaded. Hopefully, it will be restored soon.
Nicarox, we don’t know who you are but we love you!
(this journal was deleted some time after this comment was posted!)
