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I got curious and I wanted to know what was the first fanfic on A03, and I guess other people wanted to know because I looked it up and there are other people asking, now most people say the first fanfic is “All You Had to Do Was Ask” by Elizabeth (watersword) (you have to have an account to read it), and it was published on 13 Sep 2008. However, I decided to look on A03, how? I go to A03, then I search something random (it’s not important), then I edit search, delete what I just wrote keep everything the same as when you edit search except for change sort by to date posted, and make sure it’s ascending. (Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t) but I got “Where Do Lannisters Go?” by Arianne_Martell posted on 01 Jan 1950, although this doesn’t make much sense because A03 was made sometime in 2000, and with the whole “it doesn’t work” it’ll give me “Dense Like Chocolate Cake” by Ice is Blue (ice_is_blue) which was posted on 13 Sep, 2008.
Anyways, here are some other random things: 1.) You can probably use the “sort by date uploaded” and “ascending” direction to find the first or one of the earlier fanfics in a certain fandom or whatever on A03. 2.) “I searched “What is the first fanfic ever?” and it says “While pinpointing the absolute first fanfic is difficult due to the lack of clear documentation and the evolution of the concept, The Aeneid by Virgil, written between 29 BC and 19 BC, is often cited as a potential early example as it expanded on Homer's Iliad from a Trojan perspective.” Have fun with this information, if you find any earlier fics (on A03 or anywhere else please tell me). 3.) There’s a “secret”/“fun fact” about the 1950’s fic that I won’t mention, but I’ve told one person (you know who you are).