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AO3 was created deliberately as the place for taboo fanfiction that no one else wanted to host.
It was created in significant part in response to the spontaneous deletion of adult and queer content fanfic on other archives; specifically fanfiction.net and livejoural.com.
I cannot stress this enough. Fanfiction.net and livejoural.com straight up deleted users adult and queer content without warning, backup or recourse.
AO3 was created so that authors could host queer fic, porn, and transgressive adult material without the threat of deletion.
AO3 was created as the place for shipcest and underage fic.
If you want a clean archive with no taboo material, those archives exist. AO3 was created to be their alternative.
“But those archives suck.”
You are correct. That’s because the adult freaks who wanted a place for their transgressive bullshit built something they wanted, the way they wanted it. They created a nonprofit entity to support and protect their bullshit. They erected signs to make sure no one stumbled upon their freaky nonsense unaware.
It’s been a labor of love from the very beginning, and over time it has become significantly better and more functional as an archive.
And like everything else on the internet, you don’t have to go there. You have other options. You have the capability of making your own space if you want.
But this one is ours, in all its freaky, transgressive, disgusting glory.
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