And to all the young fans on that Anne Rice post going “I don’t get it what’s the big deal”
“sniffles, wipes away tears” Ao3 was founded in the hopes that people would say those words one day, and here we are, in a world where fans do not live in fear.
All our fights have been worthwhile, y’all. We did it. Fly, young fans. Fly and flourish.
That is… That’s amazing. The fact that we’ve actually made it to a point where fandom creators don’t have to be afraid of legal action for things they create and share. That the fear isn’t just… Part and parcel of creating and posting your works.
I know!
It’s making me a little emotional. The fans today won’t have to live through the abject fear we did back in the day. We’ve made the world better for them. We won, y’all. We won.
(via sapphireswimming)