[ SECRET POST #4481 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4481 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Hobbit]


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03.
[Tim Burton's Dumbo]


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04.
[Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born]


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05.
[Giles Coren, writer and TV presenter]


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06.
[The Dragon Prince]


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07.
[Quicksand on Netflix]

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 43 secrets from Secret Submission Post #642.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I find this thread incredibly fascinating. I'd always made the assumption that fic writers who posted to AO3 were cool with people downloading their fic since that's a known feature of the site. I never felt weird about downloading fic from AO3 since, again, that's an option everyone is aware of.

If I find I fic I really love on LJ/DW/ff.net/etc and I want to save it, I'll usually ask for permission from the writer since those sites don't have a dl feature. I've done this about a dozen times and every writer I've asked has given me the go-ahead to dl their fic. One writer even sent me a word doc with their fic so I didn't have to copy-paste it myself. I don't have to ask for permission to dl their fic just like they don't have to give it, but as a writer myself, I just think it's a nice thing to do. (I'm actually quite flattered if people like my work enough to save it, even if I end up hating the fic somewhere down the line. It's nice to know it resonated enough with someone for them to want to reread it at some point.)

However, as I said above, I've never asked on AO3 because I just (apparently falsely) assumed AO3 writers were cool with people saving their stuff. After reading this thread, I may have to rethink that.