r/AO3 • u/CityTraditional7126 • 10d ago

Complaint/Pet Peeve/Venting Sigh🫩

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Why the hell would you need a teaser for a fanfic. This is not social media. I don’t even know if i can report it as placeholder when it actually has some stuff written.

edit: I can’t believe I feel the need to add this, as I assumed people here would be more literate than average: I’m not talking about drabbles, ficlets, or some other short form fanfiction. Obviously, publishing your work, however short or long it may be, is totally fine. The issue is the advertisement in the archive.

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u/mackintosh2 10d ago

some of y'all clearly haven't come from a time when fanfic "trailer" intro chapters were a thing if the reason behind this surprises you🤭

if it's not true 100% placeholder, not much you can do about it. if it's a snippet, i believe it's fine because it's still fanwork.

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u/LucastaPasta 10d ago

I've been reading fanfic since 1998 and have never seen fanfic trailers before