fic talk: old kindnesses

still feels so fucking weird to put titles on things. formalizing my thoughts? don't know her

anyways, as i was driving home today i thought about the very first few fics i wrote and posted back when i really first got into fandom; this was early 2011 rvb, pre-S9 rvb, which is to say, a whole different beast (and for me, pre-AO3. this was an archive hosted on its own site. a relic even in those times, i think). that's not especially relevant save for the date, though, and the fact that it was my first time writing fic intended for the consumption of others, and unleashing it on the world. 2011 was really my first true foray into fanfiction, since in the weeb days i only stuck to deviantart, and where i'm going with this is that i didn't know how to format fic. the first thing (or few things? idr) i published was formatted like a published book would be — chunks of paragraphs, indented dialogue, etc. also, reasonably sure it was a pwp. that'll be relevant later in this meandering post.

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