#bc you'd get taken down and sued so fast

[xenonz]

Nothing shows me more that the kids these days don't appreciate what they've got than looking at AO3 and seeing Interview With a Vampire fanfiction

#Ya'll don't understand #look up some fandom history for a more detailed answer but just know this #Anne Rice used to be the boogeyman fic writers would whisper about in warning #You used to NOT touch her work with a 10 foot pole bc she was fucking crazy and militant #to the point that she was the one author pointed out specifically in fanfiction.net's rules about stuff you couldn't write about #bc you'd get taken down and sued so fast #ya'll don't even realize in this day and age that the Not Mine Don't Sue disclaimers at the tops of fics were once 100% genuine #now a days I can't tell if writers know that or if they just put it because it's standard practice or if they think it's a meme #rants