G1 pony fanfiction

[Gator]

Hi all.  I want to get back into writing pony fanfiction.  I searched some old posts here (2014 was the most recent), and I was wondering if there are folk who actually have an interest in reading this type of stuff and what sites are best?  Also, I see people in deviantart have uploaded writings, but how do you do it?  Do you write directly into deviantart or do you download a story in a similar way as a piece of art?   I would like to use deviantart because I could add pics to go with the story.   Thanks for any info. 

[Luxrayx]

I don't know about non-G4 fanfiction sites, but I do know how to upload text to DA.
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[Gator]

Cool, thank you. 

[Al-1701]

We need more G1 fanfiction.

[Loa]

There is a site out there that has it for G1, but you may have to google it.

[Al-1701]

Lexicon is a zombie.  Almost no one goes there anymore (and none of the mods are active).  There are some groups on THAT site geared towards G1 and other earlier generations, but they're extremely niche.

Fanfiction.net, Archive of Our Own, and Deviantart are general for fanfiction in general.  However, it would be nice to have a site like THAT site for other pony generations.

[Safflower]

Yeah, it would be nice to see some fan fiction for older gens and really nice to have a site for it.

[LadyMoondancer]

Honestly, AO3 would be sufficient for G1 fic, we just need to get G1 collectors writing fic and using the site.  AO3 has a great tagging system and a very pleasant layout.

As interesting as an all-G1-fic site would be, I don't think it's really necessary.

[Gator]

What does AO3 stand for?  And is it like AO3.com or should I Google it?

[Al-1701]

Archive of Our Own.

[Firehooves]

Ugh, I've been wanting this for years. Nobody on a g4 site wants to read a fanfic that focuses on any other generation. I wish we had an ACTIVE site for G1 fanfic.

[LadyMoondancer]

Like Al-1701 said, AO3 stands for Archive Of Our Own.   

Here's an example of the tags on one of my fics:

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As you can see, you can tag by character, by rating (G, PG, etc), and also tags related to content, like "fairy tale" or whatever.

Two tags for G1 already exist on the site. (One is "My Little Pony - Rescue at Midnight Castle" and the other is something like "My Little Pony - cartoon 1984".  It probably wouldn't be too hard to convince the peeps in charge of AO3 to add a "MLP - G1" tag, they seem very responsive.)

[Baby Sugarberry]

If I had fanfiction to post, it'd go to AO3 - really is by far the best place these days.   

The problem with dedicated hosting sites is that someone has to foot the bill, and when that someone decides they don't want to anymore, *poof* there goes all the content.  At least Archive of Our Own is fairly robust in both its support and mandate, which means it stands a better chance of enduring for future generations.  You can add embedded images to A03 stories as well, though I don't believe they host the actual graphics.

[LadyMoondancer]

That's a great point, Baby Sugarberry.  It's really 'safer' to have a website run by a general group like AO3 instead of one or two community members.

Besides which, what if someone wants to write both G4 and G1 fics?  It seems rather silly to build up followers on a G4-only site, and then different followers on a G1-only site.  Personally when I follow an author it's because I really like their style, so I am willing to give most anything they write a chance.   I just read a great Darkwing Duck fic which I only found because I was following someone who wrote great Transformers fic.  How would I ever have found that fic if there were a "Transformers fanfic only" site, a "Darkwing Duck fanfic only" site, etc?

[Al-1701]

That is true, and AO3's better tagging system makes it a superior choice to fanfiction.net.