diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py
index 653b73f1..2c45bf3a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from . import booru
 from .. import text
 
-from xml.etree import ElementTree
 import collections
 import re
 
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ class AgnphExtractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
             params["page"] = self.page_start
 
         while True:
-            data = self.request(url, params=params).text
-            root = ElementTree.fromstring(data)
+            root = self.request_xml(url, params=params)
 
             yield from map(self._xml_to_dict, root)
 
@@ -109,5 +107,5 @@ class AgnphPostExtractor(AgnphExtractor):
     def posts(self):
         url = "{}/gallery/post/show/{}/?api=xml".format(
             self.root, self.groups[0])
-        post = ElementTree.fromstring(self.request(url).text)
+        post = self.request_xml(url)
         return (self._xml_to_dict(post),)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index b5cce47c..60a0f2c8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import logging
 import datetime
 import requests
 import threading
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 from .message import Message
 from .. import config, output, text, util, cache, exception
@@ -252,6 +253,23 @@ class Extractor():
         kwargs.setdefault("allow_redirects", False)
         return self.request(url, **kwargs).headers.get("location", "")
 
+    def request_xml(self, url, xmlns=True, **kwargs):
+        text = self.request(url, **kwargs).text
+
+        if not xmlns:
+            text = text.replace(" xmlns=", " ns=")
+
+        parser = ElementTree.XMLParser()
+        try:
+            parser.feed(text)
+            return parser.close()
+        except Exception as exc:
+            fatal = kwargs.get("fatal", True)
+            if not fatal or fatal is ...:
+                self.log.warning("%s: %s", exc.__class__.__name__, exc)
+                return ElementTree.Element("")
+            raise
+
     _handle_429 = util.false
 
     def wait(self, seconds=None, until=None, adjust=1.0,
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py
index c34c1520..e24b6435 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 from .common import ChapterExtractor, MangaExtractor, Extractor, Message
 from .. import text, util
-from xml.etree import ElementTree
 import re
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?dynasty-scans\.com"
@@ -143,9 +142,8 @@ class DynastyscansAnthologyExtractor(DynastyscansSearchExtractor):
     example = "https://dynasty-scans.com/anthologies/TITLE"
 
     def items(self):
-        url = "{}/anthologies/{}".format(self.root, self.groups[0])
-        xml = self.request(url + ".atom").text
-        root = ElementTree.fromstring(xml.replace(" xmlns=", " ns="))
+        url = "{}/anthologies/{}.atom".format(self.root, self.groups[0])
+        root = self.request_xml(url, xmlns=False)
 
         data = {
             "_extractor": DynastyscansChapterExtractor,
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ class DynastyscansAnthologyExtractor(DynastyscansSearchExtractor):
         }
 
         if self.config("metadata", False):
-            page = self.request(url).text
+            page = self.request(url[:-5]).text
             alert = text.extr(page, "<div class='alert", "</div>")
 
             data["alert"] = text.split_html(alert)[1:] if alert else ()
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py
index 2c1174a3..953bd4ec 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from . import booru
 from .. import text, util, exception
 
-from xml.etree import ElementTree
 import collections
 import re
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ class GelbooruV02Extractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
 
     def _api_request(self, params):
         url = self.root_api + "/index.php?page=dapi&s=post&q=index"
-        return ElementTree.fromstring(self.request(url, params=params).text)
+        return self.request_xml(url, params=params)
 
     def _pagination(self, params):
         params["pid"] = self.page_start
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ class GelbooruV02Extractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
         while True:
             try:
                 root = self._api_request(params)
-            except ElementTree.ParseError:
+            except SyntaxError:  # ElementTree.ParseError
                 if "tags" not in params or post is None:
                     raise
                 taglist = [tag for tag in params["tags"].split()
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/vipergirls.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/vipergirls.py
index 1dd3482c..c3f8af8b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/vipergirls.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/vipergirls.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ from .common import Extractor, Message
 from .. import text, util, exception
 from ..cache import cache
 
-from xml.etree import ElementTree
-
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?vipergirls\.to"
 
 
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ class VipergirlsThreadExtractor(VipergirlsExtractor):
 
     def posts(self):
         url = "{}/vr.php?t={}".format(self.root, self.thread_id)
-        return ElementTree.fromstring(self.request(url).text)
+        return self.request_xml(url)
 
 
 class VipergirlsPostExtractor(VipergirlsExtractor):
@@ -147,4 +145,4 @@ class VipergirlsPostExtractor(VipergirlsExtractor):
 
     def posts(self):
         url = "{}/vr.php?p={}".format(self.root, self.post_id)
-        return ElementTree.fromstring(self.request(url).text)
+        return self.request_xml(url)