(((Digimon Is Forever)))

I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, but more people should read incomplete/unfinished/in-progress fanfics.

I've noticed this huge trend where creators on tiktok and tumblr who will be explaining how to use Archive Of Our Own to new users and they always say "and make sure to scroll down and click completed only" or how people will go out of their way to mention they only read completed fics 'because they were traumatized when they forgot to check the dates and didn't realize this fic hadn't been updated since 2012'.

The thing is - I think by not engaging with and/or actively avoiding writer's WIPs readers are potentially adding to the aggregate of abandoned works. Now this obviously isn't the case for all abandoned fics, anything from major life events, to loss of interest, to getting busy can be a reason for a fic getting abandoned - but at least on some level I just know that writers are quitting while they're ahead when they aren't garnering any response or feedback because reading WIPs has become unpopular. If you're worried about reading something that hasn't been updated since 2012 then you can use the date updated function to sort out old fics.

Anyways, support your favorite fanfic writers by engaging with their WIPs.

The first known fan-created AMV received its public debut in 1982.

Internet access became available to the general public in 1994 (it had previously been restricted to university campuses, military bases, and certain other specialised venues).

For all intents and purposes, AMVs as a medium of expression pre-date the Internet by over a decade. Though they’re often thought of as a cultural phenomenon of the early 2000s, the medium was twenty years old by that point – the early 2000s is simply when home Internet connections reached the point of being fast and stable enough that distributing AMVs online became feasible, particularly once YouTube entered the picture in 2005.

If you’ve ever wondered why AMVs seemed to just pop into existence as a fully realised art form circa 2000, well, the reason might be that there’s two decades of history you’re not seeing.