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Finding Deleted Fics: A Multi-Method Guide
i feel like we are the fandom who needs this post the most any fandom has needed it ever.
all of these methods require you to know the title, author and/or link of the fic.
[disclaimer: the fic i am using as an example is not deleted, i just can't think of any other fics to use as an example right now.]
Method #1: Wayback Machine
this is my go to method that i always try first.
steps:
every fic on ao3 has a url of archiveofourown.org/[specific-numbers]. you're gonna need that url, doesn't matter if it doesn't work anymore.
eg.
2. now you're gonna go to archive.org and enter your url in the search bar.
3. something like this will come up. it probably won't be saved as many times though, just once or twice.
just click any of the links now, either the dates marked blue on the calendar or the earliest/latest date. that's it.
drawbacks:
often, a problem arises when searching for fics rated mature or explicit.
the site will have archived this page but not the actual fic. though, maybe lady luck is on your side and clicking proceed will lead you to a saved version of the actual fic. but usually not. and not all fics are saved here. in those cases, i have some more methods.
Method #2: Search Engine Cache
search engines like google and yandex often save a cached version of sites, though yandex is much more reliable than google. i'll give you a tutorial for both.
steps (yandex):
the link isn't completely necessary, just the title and author of the fic will suffice.
go to yandex.com and search for your fic by either entering the url or entering the title and author as such.
3. this will probably immediately come up.
just enter the captcha and it should let you in on the first go but there's a glitch i've encountered where you could be entering the captcha completely correct but for some reason the site still won't let you in. for that, you just have to keep trying again and again until eventually the site lets you in. might take more than 10 tries.
4. once you're in, search results will pop up. directly clicking them will only lead you to the not found page. what you're gonna do is hover over the box of the search result and you'll see 3 dots pop up on the right.
click those and a dropdown menu will appear. click the first option 'saved copy'.
and thats it! this is a much more efficient method especially for explicit or mature fics.
drawbacks:
for some reason, when i open yandex in google chrome, i can't see the 3 dots. i can in firefox though. don't really know what thats all about.
i'll show you how to do it with google too just in case yandex doesn't work.
steps (google):
in the url bar, type cache:[link of fic]. that's pretty much it. google doesn't have a lot of fics saved though so you'll probably get a 404 page.
Method #3: Reddit
there's a subreddit called r/DeletedFanfiction that can probably help you out. either search for the fic as it may have already been posted or req it and someone will probably get you a google drive link soon enough. u/throwthisaway11112 is my lord and savior.
afaik it's still up and running fine despite the reddit protest thing (which i recommend taking a minute to look into).
Method #4: Archive.org Database
okay, now you're gonna need a lot of memory on computer for this one. i'm not gonna even bother and try to explain it, i'll just link you to the original post. thank you once again to the anon who sent me this method!
Method #5: Fandom
if absolutely none of those methods work, you can still just send me an ask and maybe my followers or i will have a saved copy. same for any other fandom, i recommend asking around in popular fandom spaces, someone is bound to have it.
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Hey Christine! What are some of your favourite deleted sterek fics?
There are so many!!! Everything by Circe6 and Grimm.
Alpha Spikes by starbeast | 70.1K | Explicit
Unchained by exclamation | 156.1K | Explicit
Werewolves are considered little better than animals and often treated much worse, forced into slavery from birth. Derek has been owned by enough humans to know their cruelty. When he’s bought by Stiles, he expects more of the same. But Stiles is not like any human he’s dealt with before.
The ETA from You to Me by tylerfucklin | 105K | Explicit
No Way Out by trilliath | 121.5K | Explicit
this town is only gonna eat you by sempiternalsea | 16.3K | Mature
On the outskirts of Stockholm, Derek takes down six men of eight with nothing but a boot knife and Stiles at his back. By the end, he’s covered in an array of bruises and blood and dirty snow, crouched low to the ground. Stiles stands by him, posture perfectly erect, Glock still raised. He’s got a smear of lipstick on his mouth and gunpowder residue on his sleeve. The men at their feet do not stir. (An AU where Stiles is a spy and Derek is his assassin.)
My Patience is a Medal by Saucery | 6.1K | Mature
Lead Me Home by Circe6
"Yeah, the world had gone to shit. What's left of it split into territories, viciously fought over andprotected, as if anything is worth protecting any more. Forests to the north, wastelands to the south.There are human territories, wolf territories, witch territories and no-man's lands, where the Chimerasrule."
A post-apocalyptic fairytale
The Silver Lining Of Smog by Circe6
Set in a dystopian future in the year 250X, where everyone lives in large metropolises known asthe Poleis. Each Poleis is controlled by the guilds and the gangs that dominate the seedy underworld.
Derek is a member of the notorious Triskele gang, working as a drug runner for his 'Uncle' Peter, who is a pimp and a ganglord. After Derek brings in a stray werefox he found on the run from the police, his entire world begins to change.
a mountain to climb by grimm | 126.4K
“Don’t do it,” he mutters. “Don’t do it, please, don’t do it.”
But there it is, a soft pink line appearing right next to the control. Stiles’ legs give out from under him; he sinks to the bathroom floor, hands shaking, his entire body shaking. It’s hard to breathe, his vision blurring around the edges. There’s a knock on the door behind him and then it opens and Scott sits down next to him.
“I’m fucked,” Stiles gasps, tears prickling at his eyes. “I’m fucked!”
Want is a Dangerous Thing by grimm | 19.2K | Explicit
It was bad enough that Derek was so terrible at meeting people that he had to buy himself a mate, but it was even worse that his mother called a pack meeting about it. Laura was never, ever going to let him live this down.
Dating Backwards by RemainNameless | 85.8K
Pornstars Derek and Stiles work for the same company. Derek only shoots with werewolves and Stiles only shoots with humans. That’s not going to change after they meet. It’s really not.
(It might.)
Its Called a Heart Boner by RemainNameless | 26.7K | Mature
The five times Derek saves a very drunk Stiles and the one time Stiles saves him back.
hold on to me because I’m a little unsteady by starcanopus | 6K | Time Travel AU
show me something beautiful by starcanopus | 9K
Isaac is the one who first catches sight of the ring, an entire two months after the captain had joined the 14th precinct. It’s somewhat pathetic, really, considering the fact that an entire floor full of detectives hadn’t noticed right off the bat.
But when he does see it—a thin, silver band so innocuous that it could have just been a trick of the light—he trips headfirst into a recycling bin, earning a dirty glance from his boss through the window of the man’s office and Isaac kind of wants to sink into the ground and never come back out, but he has a duty to fulfill: spreading the news to every floor of the precinct that the captain is married.
Captain Derek Hale is married.
Circe6 | Grimm | Saucery | RemainNameless | Starcanopus.
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Hello,
Do you have Zarah5's fics saved? I missed the window to download them before they got deleted. Thanks
Hi, love. I have 16 of her fics here.
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This fic is being taken off the Archive in fall 2024. If you want to re-read this version of RL in the future, you can download it and save it for private use.
Riptide Lover by jinglebell (114K, E, Johnlock)
The year is 1866. When John becomes swept overboard, he never expects to encounter a living creature of myth. When the merman absconds with John, the lost sailor must use every tool at his disposal to convince Sherlock not to kill him. But it seems that killing John Watson is not what the deadly, beautiful creature has in mind at all...
Victorian mermaid AU. Heed the tags. Complete!
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Hi! I heard that you can help with finding some lost fics, I just went through my boomarks and saw that quite some are deleted and I thought I would ask if you can help with any of them :) Absolutely no stress if not obviously! I am not sure what you all need but these are the information I have:
Take My Oxygen (I Can't Breathe) - polaroidpaints - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42317778
home - enderdust - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32116321
under the weather - by an anonymous account - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38921157
hold me, kiss me, love me - hahamellie - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41564118
I'm here to help - hahamellie - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38724216
kiss me 'til it kills me - polaroidpants - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41362182
all the quiet nights you bear - buildyourfences - url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40852563
Thanks in advance for your help <33
hey! i managed to get them all. here you go:
Take My Oxygen (I Can't Breathe) by polaroidpaints
home by enderdust
under the weather by anonymous
hold me, kiss me, love me by hahamellie
I'm here to help by hahamellie
kiss me 'til it kills me by polaroidpants
all the quiet nights you bear by buildyourfences
if you have any problems with the links, please let me know!! i apologize for any potential mistakes on formatting and stuff
edit: just realized "I'm here to help" is titled "I'm here to help you" on the doc, I manually typed it out lmao, my bad. The actual title is the one in the name of the doc, without the "you" in the end 😭
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Do you or anyone else have on the other side by standinginanicedress? I found it on wayback but can’t actually access/read it :(
Hi anon. Check out @christinesficrecs dropbox.
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Hey, do you have any deleted mafia Larry fics? Any mafia au?
Hello! Here's the ones I could find in my files, I hope you like them!
The King of Spades by @hazmesentir (109K) | Explicit
Undercover Metropolitan Police officer DC Louis Tomlinson has worked his way up the ranks of a prominent London crime family without raising suspicion, but when he finds himself pitted against a rising crime boss with a police background and a favoured employee by the name of Harry Styles, everything starts to unravel. Finding himself in the middle of an escalating war between two bosses whose bad blood runs deep into a violent past, Louis has to be even more careful where he steps in case his big secret catches up to him – and if it does, he knows he won't survive it.
Not to mention he's falling for someone he can't have – whose earnestness and honesty is a bright spot in a dark world – he can't sleep because his nightmares haunt him and he's in way over his head, but it's just a game, always just a game, and if Louis plays his cards right he might just make it out alive.
Deleted Fics
All Of An Eternity. by SS98 (7K)
The Arrangement by daddyy_harryy, HyFrLarry1224 (218K)
somethin' bout you by missandrogyny (59K)
I really fucking hate you by seducedbycurls (83K)
kiss kiss, bang by bittersweetbaby (4K)
#mafia au fics#deleted fics#ss98#daddyy_harryy#HyFrLarry1224#missandrogyny#seducedbycurls#bittersweetbaby#fic rec
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Hellooo! I hope you're doing well :) I just saw that you were helping archive some lost DNF fics in the community! Firstly, thank you so much for taking the time & effort to compile this library. It's sad to see how much has been lost. Your work is very much appreciated <3
Now, here's a list of my saved fics that I've found are now deleted. I know there's a lot so sorry LMAO. I hope this helps! Have a great day!
Title: Liebestraum
Author: backtopluto
Wordcount: 22.3k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GamQoIv3EA6N4LUBd88FavF0xJ62H7pZ/view?usp=sharing
Title: fight god or become him
Author: honeyplease
Wordcount: 2k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/162qlNlA3_H5JPBK_4_RVxK0cQeLdLWu8/view?usp=sharing
Title: moon tides
Author: othxllo
Wordcount: 6.4k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uPZ_pjS4iMqhyv7InnLNUQGn8HEtWU_m/view?usp=sharing
Title: my kingdom come undone
Author: fcngs
Wordcount: 6.8k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTKr9quVr2OfMI46FCyOkQOJJcDVI4C1/view?usp=sharing
Title: revelation
Author: ffnppnOF (ffonippop)
Wordcount: 28.8k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYpISi9mKsEEJ-Sm5y-cRPjM_p8OAHEY/view?usp=sharing
Title: Tender is the Night
Author: backtopluto
Wordcount: 18.8k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bjbDXVAcu0hFS9xARI8OLkn26fGimli6/view?usp=sharing
Title: The Night Window
Author: backtopluto
Wordcount: 51.9k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14gggrFRVUZeiN6HHtC9VBPr2ASuuAMA0/view?usp=sharing
Title: The Sun Did Not Yet Know
Author: keepAPlaceForMe
Wordcount: 4.1k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WQ-1LUQwFb8I3Jekq6wiZyoL5pANHPHw/view?usp=sharing
Title: Till There's Nothing Left To See
Author: backtopluto
Wordcount: 60.3k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18dZnJXNbj-X2_56eYStOdTpclsErLY1x/view?usp=sharing
Title: All We See
Author: backtopluto
Wordcount: 13k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10JuR91oOwiZ-t_XgV_JSl3v_NbaR2HVC/view?usp=sharing
Title: deathconsciousness
Author: Anonymous
Wordcount: 45.4k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W9qlsmsN8--WPugwb1wqO_SrDW3x9T-9/view?usp=sharing
Title: The Wasteland
Author: backtopluto
Wordcount: 118.4k
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSdxm3Zepl8v9ByzCWdvIJfU0BZn5Qtq/view?usp=sharing
Hello! Thank you so much for sharing! We are going to add these to our collection!
If anyone is looking for fics on either Ao3 or that have been deleted, we are hoping to be able to find them, so any saved fics or recommendations are always welcome!
It will take some time to build our library, but we'll try to get to asks and start creating recommendation lists!
For now, we'll be posting daily recommendations
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Do you perhaps have Renatus downloaded it’s been deleted and I never got chance to download 😔
Hi Anon:
Sorry, it's against Tomione Finds policy to provide links to downloads. Authors own their work and we respect their privacy. -Haus
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Hi, I am looking for the Blackbird sings series but it's been deleted I think? Is it possible anyone might have a downloaded copy of it?? I loved that series so much and I'm dying to read it again.
Sorry, so very sorry but I don't have it and have no idea if anyone else does.
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hi starkers! looks like ao3 is still down so i put some old deleted starker fics in a drive, please read the tags before proceeding!
starker deleted fics
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Hello ! First, i'd like to thank you for the work. I'm looking for a time-travel, fix-it fic. Stiles get the flu and fell into coma. He wakes up in the past before the Hale fire. I remember that he left a paper with instructions. Laura is a bitch to Derek in this fic. Thank you for your help !
I found it! It's deleted but follow the link to the dropbox.
What Butterfly Effect? by chimera01 | 38.2K | Mature
After the attacks by the Darach and the Alpha Pack, Stiles falls victim to a nasty flu epidemic, which affects his magical “spark”. Thrust into the past, before the time of the Hale fire, Stiles has the chance to right some serious wrongs. How will his actions affect his life and relationships in his proper timeline?
Also, Chimera has a website and I believe you can read the entire series there.
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Thank you so much @haloume I haven't had a chance to go through all of these yet, but I'll try to update if there are deleted fics among these titles.
LINK
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I am WAY impressed that you found that story by sideris on the Wayback Machine! Can you tell me how you did it? Like what search terms/commands did you use? There are several works that are gone from AO3 that I'd love to find. You don't have to answer publicly if you don't want to. Thanks!
Reply: I'm sure there are lots of better tutorials on how to use the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive but here's my method:
Find the link of the fic you want to retrieve. I do this by googling the fic title and author, which usually leads to a link on a rec list.
Plug the dead link into the Wayback.
If you're lucky, it will return a set of dates when the page was archived. You may need to check more than one date to find the most complete version.
If you're unlucky, it may say there are no archived pages for that url. You can then try variations such as adding ?view_full_work=true at the end, or finding a link to an individual chapter and trying that.
Very rarely, you can find the download version. For example, here is a download version of Bakers With Benefits by Raina_at (this is not a deleted fic, it's just an example). The template link is https://download.archiveofourown.org/downloads/PUT THE FIC NUMBER HERE/Put_The_Title_Here.pdf (or .mobi, .html, .epub, .azw3)
This is trickier because the title may not be the full title. I don't know if there is an exact algorithm for how the title gets rendered. The title needs to have underscores between the words.
I hope that helps you, and if anyone has any additional tricks or tips, feel free to comment.
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Hi, I am on an MTR kick right now and saw your post on strangerthanfanfictionpodcast asking about a fic that's been deleted. I remembered reading that fic a long time ago and was very sad it is deleted. But, I searched the web and found out it has been archived on a site called fichub. I submitted the link as a post to you since I can't add links in asks. I wanted to let you know, just in case you're still interested in reading it!
Hi! Omggggg, thank you SO much for this!!! 😭😭😭 I was so disappointed to hear that the author had lost their original files in addition to having deleted the fic, so I am BEYOND excited to finally have a way to read These Small Hours.
Again, thank you so much! And thank you also for following and sifting through my MTR tag, lol! 💖
For anyone who may also be interested, here's the link for fichub: https://fichub.net/
And here is the link to the fic - all you have to do is paste this link into the export box on fichub and the site will offer ways to download it for reading: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10708052/7/These-Small-Hours
#meet the robinsons#meet the robinsons fanfiction#mtr#meettherobinsons#fanfiction#fichub#asks#deleted fics#useful#reference
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Do you have an epub of not enough by paxterhobber
Check out @christinesficrecs! They have a very extensive dropbox linked on their blog.
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