#fic preservation

[dragonslayer26806]

Currently downloading every vsmp fic I can find because in light of recent events many people are going to delete or rewrite their fics let me know if you want any particular fic saved

[angstywriterangst]

Does anyone happen to have a copy of the fic Lies and Lightsabers by terapid? Years ago I think it was I started reading it, but never finished. I was reminded about it after lookimg through @pandacapuccino 's gorgeous art, but when I went to ao3, it appearas the author took it down and deleted their tumblr 😔 It was a fic I really enjoyed and it makes me sad I may never get to finish it and find out what happens 😭

[daltongraham]

WELL.

I found a giant epic fic, that I’ve read thru at least twice (no I mean it’s like 1M or something, it’s giant), that vanished everywhere except the fabulous Internet Archive. And I want to put it on AO3...but I do not know how to contact the author (the email that was saved on archive.org bounced, shockingly). And AO3 TOS do not allow that, quite reasonably. So I guess I’ll put it on my own server and do a link? Is that wildly unethical? I want to rescue this brilliant piece of writing...and I lean towards thinking that the site hosting this fic just fell apart, rather than this author wanting the fic to disappear, but heck, I don’t know what really happened. What do y’all think?

At the very least I’ll snarf it for my own library, but I think it’s sad that it’s not available to others.

[albatrossisland]

Trolled the Internet archive today and managed to save a treasure trove of Claire/Jack fics.

Will I read them all? Unlikely

Will I even like them? Who could say?

Was the effort worth it? Hell yes

But as I've discovered in the past, sometimes the finding is more important than the having. And I will absolutely keep what cannot be kept.