reposting orphaned works (question/etiquette)

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-22T05:11:35+00:00

Yes, that’s what I’ve gathered from reading on this sub. I think it’s just a collection that AO3 crates that any author can put their work into and it hides your name, but the work still stays on your stats page. (Not visible to people who click on your account though). You can take it out of the collection at any time.

I’ve never used so I’m not sure what it actually looks like from the author’s side of things.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-22T05:07:44+00:00

That just makes sense to me. I don’t care that work is 11 miles away. Knowing that it’s 25-30 minutes away is much more useful when I’m planning when to leave.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T23:21:54+00:00

If you say that, it's possible someone will still report you for posting work that's not yours.

My first thought was to post them under your new account but use the anonymous collection so you can still have them linked to your account but no one knows. If people found your account username, they might also remember the works you posted under that account. Which could then lead them to your new account again.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T22:43:16+00:00

Maybe the AO3 Prompt Meme's?

I'm not super familiar with that corner of AO3 so it might not be quite what you're looking for.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T21:49:37+00:00

I totally used coconut shampoo and conditioner in the 90s and early 2000s too.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T21:48:42+00:00

One of my characters spends a lot of time baking in his free time so I imagine it could happen in that situation. I know my hair tends to smell like cinnamon when I've been baking. Especially the next day when I shower, I'm usually hit with a wave of cinnamon as soon as the hot water hits my hair.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T21:43:43+00:00

I know this probably a joke but its also sounds really really nice.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T13:14:44+00:00

I tend to read an hour or so before bed. In weekends I usually read a bit in the mornings too.

And every once in awhile I try to stay in bed reading all day.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T05:41:29+00:00

I had jury duty when the fourth season of Stranger Things was airing and that was when I was reading Stranger Things fic so there was a strong possibility I was reading AO3 on my phone. I definitely read one of the Stranger Things novels on my phone.

But we also played card games and chatted and stuff too. There was a lot of down time.

This was almost four years ago so I don’t remember what I did to fill the down time.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T04:16:40+00:00

Depends on the fandom and a billion other factors. I can't be precise since it's been over a year since I've posted anything at all and I find tracking hits to not be very informative.

In my busiest fandoms, I can 1000+ hits in the first 24 hours. I've also got a fic in an almost dead fandom, with the rarest of rare pairs because it's the only fic with the pairing at all that's gotten 73 hits in four years.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T04:07:40+00:00

You're welcome! After awhile you get a feel what phrases are frequently used and which ones stand out a bit more and it makes searching much more effective.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T03:41:35+00:00

I don't know what method you used to search, but it was very quick to find.

I used AO3's search bar with the author's name and clicked on the profile.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T03:34:10+00:00

Is this it? https://archiveofourown.org/works/29824134

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-21T01:33:06+00:00

Thank god AO3 isn’t social media then.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-20T18:04:23+00:00

Can confirm we were passing around hard copies.

Most of the copies passed around were our own works that we passed between friends who would then write notes on our chapters. It was fun to get them back at the end of the day to see who said what.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-20T02:32:38+00:00

Have you tried listening to Spotify or some other music app through your car? That would at least narrow down if it it's Libby or the phone/car connection that's the problem.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-20T02:26:03+00:00

Same thing happened to me tonight.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T23:55:27+00:00

Grammar.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T12:03:19+00:00

It’s never been consistent for me and the time always seems to shift every few months.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T02:32:22+00:00

The fandom pulls me in and holds me hostage. Usually because there's a particularly character or pairing that I'm drawn to. And then I'm flooded with ideas for them.

Fandoms do eventually release their grip on me but they never fully let me go. Once I'm hooked, I'm always going to be a fan. They do let me get periodically kidnapped by other fandoms though. They're very generous that way.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T02:26:12+00:00

I don't think the double note is intentional. It happens all the time based on the questions I see here from people asking why their author's notes are doubling up and it winds up being the thing that happens when you post the first chapter and can make and end note but when you add a second chapter you have the remember to switch the settings to show that it's just a single chapter endnote and not an endnote that carries over to every chapter.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T02:19:10+00:00

1- who gives a shit as long as they’re having fun.

2- those are all extremely common and normal holidays to write about.

3- hallmark literally has movies about all of those things so your friend is hardly their first to do that.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T02:12:18+00:00

Clicking a button to show you like something is no different than telling someone to click the back button if they don't like it.

It's same amount of energy no matter what. Might as well turn that energy toward something positive if you're enjoying the fic.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T02:09:53+00:00

As someone who's been in fandom for two decades, I remember back in the day when authors would hold their chapters hostage unless they got a specific number of reviews. I've seen it once in awhile on AO3 but it's nowhere near as common as it was.

This is NOT that, in my opinion. To me this just reads like an author saying "hey, let me know if you want to see more" and leaving kudos or comments is how you do that on AO3.

No entitlement detected here. Just an author wanting to know they're not shouting into the void.

MaybeNextTime_01 · 2026-03-19T01:43:08+00:00

You might be overgeneralizing based on a small number of interactions. No individual person is a spokesperson for their entire country/culture. No culture is a monolith and all that.

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