*sigh*

I've installed eFiction 3.3 on my site and am in the process of uploading every fic I've ever written there. I've been using LJ as an archive of sorts for the last couple of years; in fact most links from my web page go to LJ entries. And with everything that's happened lately, the thought of having a good chunk of my fic only on LJ is a bit disconcerting. I have a lot of it archived in other places (like Skyehawke and TQP), but there was really no single place where every bit of it was located. Well, there will be very soon!

So I'm re-reading a lot of my fic as I go, which is kind of fun, but also a bit sad. So much of what I've written is connected to someone else's work -- to a post someone made, to a piece of art someone drew, or to another fic someone wrote. And as those things get moved or flocked, all of that connectivity is being lost. I have a lot of dead links now, sadly, and I know I'm not the only one. It's not quite the same without the context, and I'm angry and saddened to see that slipping away. I understand that no one wants to be a test case for LJ Abuse, but at the same time I want to tell people not to back down so quickly, you know? *sigh* I'm not flocking any of my stuff on my own journal, FWIW.

By the way, if you have anything posted on pornish_pixies or erotic_elves on LJ, please go and flock it if you haven't already. If you don't do it by the comms' deadlines, your work might be deleted -- meaning that we've lost yet another bit of our fandom history. And if you are 18 or older, please go JOIN those comms so that you can still read all the good flocked stuff. More info on PP here and on EE here.

Just an opinion.

This has been bothering me for a while now, and slytherincess  made a post that hit my feelings about it right on the nose.

I'm honestly boggling about all of this anger about LJ allowing anorexia comms while deleting two of our porny fanartists. Before you yell at me -- I get that anorexia is bad. I know it hurts many people, even causes their deaths, and causes irreparable harm. I do understand that it is a mental disease.

But when you go off on LJ about letting those comms stay, do you realize that you're essentially saying if they let other comms where people share their experiences with a mental disease stay, they should let adult-oriented fanfic stay too? In other words, you're directly comparing (and even equating) people who write fanfic to those with a mental illness. o_0

Okay, that's extreme, I'll admit, but here is my point: The decision of who gets to be on LJ is NOT a zero-sum game. The existence of those comms does not affect the existence of fanfic communities. We aren't competing for space. At most, we're asking LJ to be just as open-minded with us as they are with those anorexia comms, but to call for those to be deleted seems bizarre to me. After all, there are a hell of a lot of people out there who think that we are the sickos who are hurting kids. They're wrong, but how can we ask them not to judge us while we point a judgmental finger at others, no matter how warped we think they are?  Pity them, comment to them, even mock them if you want -- hell, I've happily mocked furry zoophiles in the past -- but they have a right to be on LJ too.  We are the LAST people who should be encouraging LJ to censor anyone. 

Edit: According to this comment, this is the same way the breastfeeding wank (aka Nipplegate) started. Someone pointed the finger at nursing icons when pissed off about his own being deemed inappropriate.  LJ's response?  To ban the default nursing icons.   Sound familiar?  Thanks to spare_change for this link about how badly LJ handled that one.

I'd really prefer this post not be linked from Metafandom -- thanks.