As a historian, I can actually say without a hint of irony that nearly everything humanity has created has historical value and purpose. I& #39;ve worked in physical archives before. You would not believe the incredible historical value of the most boring, inconsequential shit. https://twitter.com/oj_wilk/status/1253868936082403329">https://twitter.com/oj_wilk/s...
Ao3 actually IS an archive. It seeks to compile historical and contemporary transformative works to save them from purges which would cause us to lose whole histories of culture and dynamic human creativity.