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Jergling The Darkest Timeline Since: Apr, 2011
The Darkest Timeline
#1: Aug 16th 2012 at 7:06:00 PM

Dear TV Tropes Users,

It has come to my attention that a travesty so heinous, so vile and so unforgivable has begun that I have returned as a forumgoer to bring this to your collective attention. In the recent wave of Fanfiction deletions and bans, a number of trollfics have been removed from the site, and more are being taken down every day. While this may be great for the website, it is destroying a historical element of the community, and consequently wiping some of the literature off the face of the internet. Due to fanfiction's "no archive bots" rule, the complete works of Hans von Hozel are already gone. Please grab what you can for the sake of the internet.

I always feared the day I wouldn't be able to read about Goku danubing across Germany to fight Hitler, and that day has finally come.

Sessalisk from Wheeeeeeeee Since: Sep, 2011
#2: Aug 16th 2012 at 7:11:59 PM

If Thirty Hs gets removed from the web, I am going to murder someone. Hard.

Caaan anybody find me... Somebody to ♠
Jergling The Darkest Timeline Since: Apr, 2011
The Darkest Timeline
#3: Aug 16th 2012 at 7:15:10 PM

Remember, if you've got something you want to save, you can use fanfictiondownloader.appspot.com to save them as epub or html files for archiving.

EDIT: Removed potentially dangerous link. Please use the appspot address, not the .net one.

edited 18th Aug '12 8:26:02 AM by Jergling

EvaUnit01 Fandom Heretic Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Fandom Heretic
#4: Aug 16th 2012 at 8:10:41 PM

Or you could go to where the fic is, and hit File -> Save As... and do it that way for each chapter.

Just sayin'.

TwoGunAngel The Demon Slayer Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Demon Slayer
#5: Aug 17th 2012 at 4:38:54 AM

Best off using the appspot site — fanfictiondownloader.net is setting off Site Advisor's red flags like crazy.

edited 17th Aug '12 4:42:44 AM by TwoGunAngel

RN452 X-ALL! from Kakiland Since: Nov, 2011
X-ALL!
#6: Aug 17th 2012 at 5:45:12 AM

Well, I guess trollfics can be considered a Sturgeon trope and that ff dot net wants to remove the trollfics that are grammar-spelling poor, so I fear for Half Life: Full Life Consequences, but I think that Thirth HS is safe from deletion.

My work is here. Current main fic: Tengen Toppa Gurren Solvernia
SapphireBlue from California Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#7: Aug 18th 2012 at 9:26:10 PM

Wait, Hans von Hozel's stuff is gone? D:

tacogolem Mindless Candied Shell from Land of Tents and Mirth Since: Jun, 2012
Mindless Candied Shell
#8: Aug 21st 2012 at 12:41:07 AM

Perhaps petition FF.net to restore the fics? I would hope they would respond to a large user outcry...

Proudly serving those who enjoy my shell since [FABRICATED TIME HERE].
NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#9: Aug 21st 2012 at 4:50:19 AM

FF.Net, answering to popular demands? AH HA HA HA HA, good one!

MrMallard wak from Australia, mate Since: Oct, 2010
wak
#10: Aug 21st 2012 at 4:53:15 AM

the only way to stop Fanfiction.net is to stop using Fanfiction.net. Archive Of Our Own is an alright site; it has a fair few fics under its belt, and it's only getting bigger. Plus, smut rating ^-^

Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#11: Aug 21st 2012 at 5:57:02 AM

[up][up][up][up] No, its still here. For now.

Have the MODS been alerted?

edited 21st Aug '12 5:58:17 AM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
tacogolem Mindless Candied Shell from Land of Tents and Mirth Since: Jun, 2012
Mindless Candied Shell
#12: Aug 21st 2012 at 9:51:55 AM

Therefore, a boycott is in order. So long as it actually encompasses more than just us tropers.

Proudly serving those who enjoy my shell since [FABRICATED TIME HERE].
Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#13: Aug 21st 2012 at 11:21:52 AM

Assumption: even all the tropers actually care. They've had a rule about "at least attempt spelling and grammar" since I was in high school about a decade ago, the fact they're enforcing it now doesn't really bother me.

Nous restons ici.
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