To import or not to import?

[kangeiko]

I am slowly but surely moving all my fic across to AO3. It is taking a while. Now, the big question: do I move across all the really old, horrible early fic I wrote (and when I say 'early' I mean stuff I wrote in the 90s!) that has now been thoroughly Jossed in plot as well as character development and motivation? Or do I disavow all knowledge? It's still up on the Pit of Voles, so some people still see it occasionally. OTOH, there's something to be said for having all my stuff in one place, even if it's the horrible early poetry I wrote when I was - gulp - in my teens. Thoughs?

Comments

[andraste]

You could always post them but tag them 'Embarassing Old Fic' so people know that you've moved on since then *g*.

I am so, so glad that I wasn't writing down my fanfic in my teens. I was twenty before I started posting (ten years!) so while my oldest stuff isn't very polished it mostly doesn't make me want to go hide under a rock.

[kangeiko]

Actually, the very first fic I wrote (now lost forever) was a gen fic for DSN which focused on a young Bajoran widow with a small child living on a station during a visit by Dukat, who decides to take revenge for her husband's death (I think I vaguely linked them both to the Kohn Mah) by blowing herself - and Dukat - into smithereens. It was probably very badly executed, but concept-wise, I am quite amused that my first ficcing instinct was a take on the Black Widows rather than a Mary Sue (which was actually my second fic...)

[andraste]

It was probably very badly executed, but concept-wise, I am quite amused that my first ficcing instinct was a take on the Black Widows rather than a Mary Sue (which was actually my second fic...)

That does sound interesting! Clearly teenage you had good fanfiction instincts already *g*.

[bluerosefairy.livejournal.com]

I'm uploading even my early stuff - some of which isn't as horrible as I thought it was - but the stuff that is, I'm throwing a disclaimer on saying "yeah, this is old and I'm posting it here for posterity's sake".

So yeah, I think it's all in what you want - a complete online archive, or stuff that you're actually proud of and don't mind people reading.

[kangeiko]

I've decided to go ahead and archive it all, but importing it using the original date of posting, and using the 'my early fic' tag - just so people are aware of how sucky it is!