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I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.

(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)

The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.

So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.

I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.

First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?

And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:

Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.

Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.

I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!

Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.

Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).

Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.

So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.

They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.

I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.

Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.

these 20’s really aint roaring man

Shuri waking Bucky up from Cyro

Bucky: Am I healed yet?

Shuri: No, not yet.

Bucky: Shuri, this is the 23rd time. Is it Steve again?

Steve:

Just found out, and honestly, it's amazing, but what the heck people, why is it trending? (Appart from the obviously never dying fandom :) )

Let's say it's 'cause it's pride month and our babies gotta celebrate too

why is merlin trending rn literally nothing has happened

Traduction française :

Au cas où vous l'auriez loupée :

Voici le lien vers une initiative européenne contre les pratiques de conversion : https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

Elle prend fin samedi (17 juin), donc ça devient pas mal urgent.

In case you've missed it:

Here's the link to an EU citizen's initiative to ban conversion practices, it ends on Saturday (June 17th), so it is kind of a pressing issue now: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

The 2024 Beginners' Guide to F1 from Shunted Towers.

#I didn't know I needed that until I saw it #my heart is mealting #flowers AND formula 1?!? #too much for me to survive I'm afraid

f1 drivers x spring flowers

in the spirit of the spring-themed event the lovely tsgc discord server is hosting, i am kindly asking you to suspend your disbelief, put your silly goofy goggles on and follow me into the abyss in which i have spent far too much time trying to match f1 drivers to spring flowers and their myriad of different meanings!

logan sargeant x lilies of the valley

pierre gasly x zinnias

charles leclerc x bluebells

alex albon x hyacinths

esteban ocon x crocuses

lewis hamilton x lilacs

carlos sainz x snowdrops

george russell x narcissi

oscar piastri x azaleas

bonus 1: sebastian vettel x irises

bonus 2: lestappen x pansies

bonus 3: landoscar x primroses

crying as we speak

my super homophobic relative asked me for ya books to read, preferably contemporary and u know what i gave them

ari and dante

muahahhahahahhahhahahahah they’re in for a surprise