Frantic, frantic...

[vellybelle]

In January GW Addiction vanished from the web, it's a devastating blow to an already crumbling fandom. Then I learned that A Little Piece of Gundam Wing (raygunworks) is also going offline.

Raygun was the site that got me into the fandom, I cried.

Its loss sparked an archiving frenzy, I haven't dedicated time to my GW fanfiction archive in years but in the last 4 days I have added around 350 fics to it. Thank heavens for the wayback machine, otherwise I would have never manged to get all the fics from Under the Bridge, which also went offline without me noticing it.

I have about 50 links to both active and inactive GW archives to get through in my effort to preserve as many of these treasures as I can, with luck I'll be able to find some of the stories I have been searching for.

I'll also keep working on my own fiction, though no body seems to be reading them, I'm determined to do what I can to keep the fandom from fading completely.

If anyone out there actually reads this and has a text archive of GW fiction and is willing to share what you have with me, I'll gladly, happily, take them and add them to my archive. I will also gladly share what I have. If you're looking for something just let me know and I'll send it to you, if I have it.

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[saharra_shadow]

I have GW fanfics saved on my comp. but they’re not organized. Shoot, I think I’ve just been dumping all my saves in one huge folder and depending on remembering them to keep track of what belongs where.