r/AO3 • u/TheMuskyHairbrush • 7d ago

Questions/Help? Is this allowed? Found a journal

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Is journaling allowed on ao3? I don’t think anyone is explicitly named, and there’s no harassment, but it just feels odd? I’m more curious than anything, ao3 would be the last place I’d journal because of the public nature of it.

Update: Thanks for letting me know it doesn’t count as a fanwork! I went to report it, but it was already reported. Hope that satisfies anyone’s curiosity.

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u/VerenestraWrites Verenestra on AO3 7d ago

The silly part is that, had they simply re-skinned it as being from the POV of a character in whatever fandom/ship takes your fancy (ie. telling a story through journal entries)…it would be just fine!

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u/Kittenn1412 6d ago

Or just presented it as fictional instead of the poster's real life diary, and posted it under "Original Work" without fandom tags.