Opinions, again

[lirazel]

I'm trying to decide which of my older fics to import over at Archive of Our Own (for any interested parties, my profile is here). Because I have quite a few older fics--mostly either Harry Potter or Firefly, and I don't have the time to go back and edit them all and shape them up. So I'm torn between my pride (which is worried that they're sub-par and doesn't want anyone else to see them) and my preservation instinct (which desperately wants all of my fic in one place. This is the part that wants me to archive all of my dozens of crossover ficlets there, too).

Any thoughts? What are y'all doing in reference to your older works?

Oh, and in case anybody's interested in glancing over my older stuff (in the interest of locating everything I've written lately in its correct historical context), it's all here

Why is conflicted not a mood option? Or torn? I'm using horny not because I am--I'm not--but because it's hilarious. I love my moodtheme.

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I'm just glad you don't write Stargate: Atlantis! I am apparently more competitive than I thought, and it's a bummer seeing that there's more activity there than with Buffy on AO3. If you add to the HP tally, at least it won't be listed in the same medium section. Otherwise, I have no opinion.

It's your thang, do whatchoo wanna do!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what's up with that? I seriously didn't know that that was that huge of a fandom. I would have expected it from, say, Supernatural or the aforementioned Harry Potter, but SG:A? Okaaaay.

I did, however, add a couple more of my crossovers, including a few that will show up under the Buffy label. So I'm doing my part!

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

I've had an account for quite a while and I haven't even started putting anything up - I haven't even edited my profile!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I was the same way--if it weren't for Yuletide, I probably would never have gotten off my rear and done anything with it. But it really is pretty easy to read, and I love the idea of all of my fic being in one place.

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

I'll probably get around to it.. eventually.

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

Well, you could always create an account for your sub-par fic, I guess. I know it's not all in one place, but I know that for this one site, I kept all my old fics on this one account and moved the ones that I liked onto another. I wrote for Harry Potter mostly ages 11-14, so some of my fics are bad

Also, that moodtheme is hilarious! But I know what you mean about LJ not having some moods that they should. I usually pic a moodtheme pic that works, and then put what I want to put in the box next to it. Silly LJ!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

True, although it was written under the same name, so that might cause some confusion.

Thankfully, my fics between the ages of 13 and 17 (the beginning of my fandom days) have sort of disappeared into the voice thank God. And my HP fics aren't bad, really, and I'm not necessarily embarassed by them, but I don't know if I want to be known for them.

[ohwaluvusbab.livejournal.com]

Um, I have no wise words for you, though if it were me I'd hang on to the older ones until I had time to shape them up.

::plans to check out fic::

I'm using horny not because I am--I'm not--but because it's hilarious.

Oh whatever ;) Where is that mini-clip from, out of curiosity?
Btw, I use inappropriate moods all the time on my posts.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I'll probably never have the time to shape them up, though, honestly, not between writing my current fic and working on my novel. *sigh*

None of them are awful or anything, not like the ones from my earlier teens that are thankfully lost in the depths of the internet; it's just that there's a bunch of them, and that's not the fandom I really want to be known for now.

It's from That '70s Show, which I have a ridiculous love of.

And yeah: only about half the time does my moodtheme pic actually match up to how I'm feeling.

[ohwaluvusbab.livejournal.com]

In that case I'd probably create a separate account.

It's from That '70s Show

Oh man, I totally didn't recognise Eric and Donna ::face-palm::

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

Personally, I found that importing my older stuff went pretty quick. I have 20+ older fics, and aside from the big 17 chapter thing of death, I didn't find tagging and checking the formatting on everything too time-consuming. The big fic of death I hate anyway so I'm not bothering. IT'S THERE IF PEOPLE REALLY WANT IT. ;)

ETA: my truly crappy old stuff is under another penname, but I will probably import it eventually, and I'm not going to try to revise or anything. It is what it is.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Meh. It's not the time so much as the question of whether I want to be associated with that particular fandom (aside from the two fics I am excessively fond of) anymore.

It is what it is.
True. *nods sagely*