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.
Absolutely not. I want everyone to know that despite me using a03 for my fics, I in no way support underage or proship of any nature. I do not care if it is ‘fake.’ Proshippers will not be tolerated.
Why the fuck are you interacting with this proship post about the history of AO3?
Catbus, homie, Ao3 was made by your enemy. Go back to wattpad, ff.net, and pinterest if you want sanitized nonproblematic fic/art
Hell, if those don’t cut it for you, AO3 is open source, you can literally make your own
AO3 actively WANTS you to make your own. They never set out to be a the main fandom hub.
