#ao3 back online

[sadnessunderthebridge]

For anyone reading this, it is about hour 10 and still no Ao3. Not sure how much longer we'll last here, we're getting desperate, we've already lost some to Wattpad and Fanfic.net. Wish the rest of us luck.

Update: we have finally gotten access to our beloved Ao3. We shall rise once again.

Update #2: It's been also 24h with out Ao3, we managed to make minimum contact last night, but this morning, we again lost contact. Our readers are struggling, praying to your gods or deities, or whatever you believe I have a feeling we're going to be here for a while.

Update #3: After over 24 hours, we are finally officially back, and we have been rescued by our great Ao3 gods.

#ao3 #/j mostly #guys i was in the middle of some heavy smut 😭 #steddie #ao3 is down #ao3 issues #a big fuck you to the dicks who tried hacking Ao3 #go fuck yourself #what did we do to deserve this #this is why i can't have nice things #this is why im gay #ddos attack #we shall make it through young warriors #edit: I manged to get it to work last night but I feel asleep before I could finish the story #ao3 back online

[gildedphoenix]

AO3 is back up! I can live again!

And by live, I mean snuggle under my covers with my body pillow reading far too late into the night and pissing off morning-me by not getting enough sleep.

#ao3 back online #ill regret this in the morning

[teleport-warning]

Day 2: Rebirth

#soriku week 2023 #soriku #sora #riku #kingdom hearts #fanart for fanfic #okay buckle in y’all I’m about to be a huge sap #so this is based on a scene from can you still hear me by ao3 user bigdykeenergy #which fits the prompt because it’s kind of about riku’s rebirth after kh2 #anyway that’s my story and I’m sticking to it it works if you squint #however it’s also one of my favorite kh fics ever and when I first read it a couple years back after coping with world events by #playing all of kh in a row #and I wanted to draw a scene from it #and I wanted to share that with the author #and folks I had not done fanart or posted art online for maybe fifteen years and this was the fic and the fandom and the ship #that brought me back so I guess it’s kind of rebirth for me too #anyway thanks to that author and to the folks I’ve met through kingdom hearts #teleport warning draws

[stiltonbasket]

Hi, I love all your fics and adored the one with fem!Wei Wuxian who seems even more of a chaos goblin than her canon counterpart and tries to break apart her engagement to LWJ. Could we see some more of what of what happens after LWJ moves into the Burial Mounds, perhaps how Wen Qing realizes that this man is hopelessly in love with his oblivious fiancee and maybe tries to prod them together (bonus points for LWJ being so obvious Wen Ning, Granny and the rest of the Wens notice XD).

"They need a chaperone."

"They don't need a chaperone."

"They do," Popo insists, watching with enormous eyes as Lan Wangji glides up to Wei Wuxian and offers—for what must be the eleventh time that week—to take over her chores in the vegetable field, presumably so that Wei Wuxian can spend her time improving the wards around the Burial Mounds instead. "Oh, good heavens. I'm nearly eighty years old, and I've never seen a man looking at a maiden like that."

"Be that as it may," Wen Qing says doggedly, "they have no need of a chaperone. Wei Wuxian ended their engagement before she seceded from the Jiang clan, and neither she nor Hanguang-jun chose the betrothal to begin with."

"They don't need a chaperone because Wei-guniang doesn't know that Hanguang-jun is in love with her," Wen Ning mutters, from the grimy depths of the lotus pond at Wen Qing's right. "When Lan-zongzhu visited last week, he told me that Hanguang-jun cried like a baby after Wei-guniang refused to marry him. I think she likes him, too, but she doesn't seem affected at all."

Two tiny fingers pluck at Wen Qing's skirt, and she glances down to find Wen Yuan trying to stand on her shoes, grasping a fold of her gown in one hand and a grubby stuffed tiger in the other.

"What is it, A-Yuan?" she asks. "Are you hungry? Xian-jiejie will feed you in just a little while, so be patient until the congee finishes boiling."

"A-Yuan's not hungry," the little boy says, before putting Hu-shixiong's tail in his mouth. "But, jiejie—Lan-gege loves Xian-jie very much! Gege told A-Yuan!"

At this juncture, Wen Binbin materializes at Wen Qing's right with Uncles Three through Six trailing behind her.

"How long were they engaged, Qingqing?" she asks, in a conspiratorial whisper. "We never heard much news from the other sects in Dafan—but you and A-Ning went to school with them, so you must know something."

Wen Qing sighs.

"A-Xian's parents contracted the betrothal before they passed away," she replies, "but they didn't meet until the year Lan Wangji turned eleven."

Popo clasps her hands in delight. "Were they childhood friends, then?"

"Of a sort," Wen Qing acknowledges, frowning. "I once heard someone say that Hanguang-jun started sewing toy frogs for their future children when he was only a boy, but that can't possibly be true."

She feels another soft tug at her skirt. "Qing-jiejie, A-Yuan wants a frog."

"Hanguang-jun can make you one, Yuan'er. And the part about the frogs is true," A-Ning pipes up, tossing a seed-filled lotus pod to Wen Binbin. "She had one of them with her in the dungeon at Bu Ye Tian when I went to bring medicine to the prisoners during the indoctrination camp."

"Really?" Fourth Uncle gasps. "She carried Hanguang-jun's gifts all the way to Qishan, so that they could comfort her in her time of need?"

"Zewu-jun had better be thinking of a way to have the betrothal reinstated," Wen Qing says, crossing her arms in frustration. "Why did Wei Wuxian break it in the first place? Hanguang-jun would have honored the engagement no matter how the jianghu dared to slander her."

"I suppose that's why," Wen Ning says morosely. "She's afraid that Hanguang-jun will stand by her, no matter what she does—"

"A foolish thing to be frightened of, if you ask me," Wen Binbin mutters. "There are worse things in the world than a devoted husband."

"—and that he might suffer for it. It's difficult to tell, but she loves him just as much as he loves her."

At this, A-Yuan beams like a miniature sun and toddles over to the edge of the pond.

"Really, Ning-shushu?" he asks, enchanted. "Can Jiejie have a wedding?"

"I suppose she can, if Hanguang-jun asks for her hand in marriage again."

Fifth Uncle nods and strokes his chin. "But how can he muster up the courage to ask if Wei-guniang treats him so coldly?"

"I saw her sneaking a second helping of chicken into his porridge the other day," Liu-shu mutters. "If that is a cold woman, Langdan, then I've never met a tender-hearted one."

At this juncture, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji bow to one another and go their separate ways, having reached some kind of agreement about the wards and Wei Wuxian's daily chores. Wei Wuxian gathers up the powdered cinnabar she was sunning and retreats into the cave that serves as her workshop and bedchamber; and Lan Wangji goes off to fetch the laundry from the patch of grass by the potato field, where it had been hung up to dry early that morning.

The Wens disperse as well, not wishing to be caught gossiping in broad daylight by the very subject of their discussion. Popo takes Wen Yuan back to her little house for a bath, dragging A-Ning along with her; and Wen Qing dives into her little infirmary, leaving the door open a crack so that she can eavesdrop on the would-be couple if Lan Wangji seeks A-Xian out again.

And since Wei Wuxian and Hanguang-jun could not avoid one another if their lives depended on it, Wen Qing overhears them discussing the subject of A-Yuan's education less than a quarter-shichen later.

"After all of this is over, I suspect the Wens will be sent to the Cloud Recesses," Lan Wangji says quietly. "I do not think they would be at ease living in close proximity to Jiang-zongzhu, and Xiongzhang has set aside three living compounds for them close to his Hanshi. What is more, A-Yuan would be allowed all the privileges of an inner disciple if he were educated there—and he would not have to surrender his family name, either."

"You'd take him in as an inner disciple?" Wei Wuxian's voice is both louder and more indistinct than Hanguang-jun's, somehow, floating back to Wen Qing in bits and pieces as if it had passed through a veil of thick fog on the way. "I suppose that's for Popo and the others to decide if Zewu-jun has already made the offer, but what if the other disciples mistreat him? I won't stand for it, Lan Zhan."

"He will be my ward, since his parents have passed on: so that should be sufficient to keep him safe. And if you join the Wens in Gusu, Yuan'er will have your protection as well."

A moment's silence, and then:

"Do you mean to return to Lotus Pier when the Dafan clan is granted amnesty?" Hanguang-jun inquires, sounding positively heartbroken. "I—how will they go on without you, Wei Ying? A-Yuan scarcely leaves your side now that he is beginning to forget the horror of the camps, and Wen Ning—"

"I don't intend to go back to Yunmeng," Wei Wuxian says at length, after a pause that lasted the span of about seven perilously sluggish heartbeats. "My place is with the Wens now, I think. There should be someone at the Cloud Recesses who can guard them night and day, out of love for them and not under orders from you or Lan-zongzhu; so wherever they go, I will follow."

Though Wen Qing cannot see him, the soft, stricken pitch of Hanguang-jun's voice is proof that his heart had come very near to melting.

"En, that is good," he murmurs. "It is settled, then."

And with that, the two of them depart together, their footsteps fading away down the old dirt track that leads to Sishu's favorite apple grove.

They belong together, Wen Qing thinks fondly, before turning towards the heap of dried herbs awaiting her attention on her desk. And I pray that some day soon—Heaven willing—A-Xian will realize it, as well.

#wangxian #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #the untamed #fem!wwx au #my fic #@wangxian fandom here's a little something to tide you over until ao3 comes back online #also it's been almost a year since I last wrote for fem wwx au #pls reblog if you liked this hehe

[xhanisai]

hey lads if you’re not gonna comment on a fic you enjoyed, at least leave a kudos man

#delete later #on like half of the stories i've written on ao3 or more #i don't even get 10% of the viewers leaving kudos on my work and that's just kinda tiring man #we've come so far from the fanfiction.net days where writers solely thrived on comments and private messages to KNOW if their work is well #received by the online people #now you can just press a BUTTON to know that you enjoyed a story and it only takes like half a second! #there are so many people online who are constantly BEGGING everyone to PLEASE comment or review or let them know somehow that you've enjoyed #their work because we get so little feedback often and it is demotivating af #but if you're not gonna comment AT least leave a kudos rather than staying silent and consuming the stories like it's nothing #one thing i loved in the beginning of the ml fandom was how interactive everyone was with fanfics and how it had such a positive status #people were happily reblogging and leaving kudos and commenting LOADS back then #now???? it's literally SILENCE #back when my writing was worse prepandemic i easily got hundreds of kudos in a few days #but now i'm struggling to reach even 200 kudos in three months on my newer oneshots #engagement rate is soooooo bad now and it's demotivating af #i think this is why i prefer to write and send drabbles on discord because people there do respond and react to my works and it gives me the #push to keep going

[justwhy-not]

#ao3 funny #meme #fanfic #why #AO3 was down so I made this meme waiting for it to come back online

[dghdabigbang]

DGHDA Bang 2023 Masterlist

There were so many incredible artist and author contributions this year, and we've compiled them all in one post just in case you missed any!

Five Weeks Later: Part Two by @corvidiss with art by @h3rmitsunited here

Spinning Earth, Beating Hearts by @dogdogdog with art by @dont-offend-the-bees here

With Your Hand by @h3rmitsunited with art by @potato-lord-but-not here

Bet On Losing Dogs by @agent-p-writes with art by @beanomatica here

What Would You Think (If I Sang Out of Tune) by Jumpin_Bean with art by @clockworkcheetah here

o sweet rot by @rustystars with art by @goatyoat here

Flimsy Plastic by @lemonlinelights with art by @kat3797 here

I'm so sorry that you have to have a body by @confused-android with art by @rouge-wall-enthusiast here

Holistic Assassination by @abolethsoup with art by @dratiniwasbluebefore here

Dirk Gently's Holistic Adventuring Party by @7crowsinadress with art by @mowi0205 here

Safe Spaces, the Pleasure Principle, and Other Lies from the Chaise Longue by @lavinialost with art by @marizetta here

Manufactured by @buttonbright with art by @goatyoat here

call it a hunch by @filthy-lil-bugger with art by @wolfbird14 here

a preview of @urlocallesbiabs fic with art by @imjustgonnastayinmyownlane here

Dungeons & Dirk by @sonichtheheghodge with art by @firebloodmayhemred here

Thanks again to everyone who participated!

#dghda bang 2023 #dghda #dirk gently's holistic detective agency #in honor of ao3 being back online <3

[mywitchcultblr]

#ao3 #its back again online #archive or our own #archiveofourown #memes #meme #ao3 memes

[castyells-yeehaw]

ABOUT AO3

LISTEN TO THIS

#ao3 #everyone reblog #LET’S TRY TO GET IT BACK ONLINE BY STAYING BACK FOR A WHILE

[books-and-dragons]

interesting to me that when ao3 goes down it's always 'number one trending topic', 'thousands of people talking about missing reading fics', and all sorts of other fanfic withdrawal symptoms, generally just feeling, and being impacted by, the Absence of Fanfic

but it's never 'leaves a comment on fanfic', 'gives kudos and recommends to friends', 'follows author/interacts with them in any way shape or form and otherwise lets them know how much you value their writing and fanfiction in general'

#books talks #okay to reblog #every time ao3 goes down it's this again #and look i too always have big fanfic withdrawal that isn't the issue! #over the years fanfic definitely gets less appreciation and thanks than it used to #which can in turn affect author productivity and want for engaging in fandom #fanfic and fanart are both ways for fans to reach out to other fans for connection #so connect! #i think this phenomenon of 'wanting fan content but not engaging with fic/art/etc' is part of a bigger issue of consumerism in fandoms #specifically this being on the rise #but those are bigger conversations #and as fascinating as this topic is i am rambling #ANYHOW #once ao3 is back online go leave a comment on the fic you were just reading! or the one you'd been about to read! #make a fic rec list for your followers to check out once the archive is back online #go check out and reblog some fanart in the meantime! #ao3

[chaos-worm-on-a-string]

AO3 Volunteers are braver than our troops. Thank you for your service.

#ao3 #reminder to donate once ao3 is back online #i need my silly bedtime stories #ao3 down #ao3 update

[youaretheunicorn]

they said it might take WEEKS for ao3 to be accessible again WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO FOR WEEKS???? MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE????? FUCK YOU

#ao3 #ao3 down #we're in the trenches boys #see you on the other side of the war #to be completely clear the fuck you is at god not ao3 #i hope ao3 gets better soon i miss you babyboy #a big fuck you to the people responsible for the attack #and a big thank you to the people working to get the site back online #i lovs you sm ao3 people

[too-many0-0fandoms]

With Ao3 being down currently there's only one advice I've left to give;

Download your fics!

This is both f-ing handy and f-ing great, because what if your favourite fics gets deleted? Or, god forbid, the site is ofline?

I personally also have an ereader to store everything and keep all my notes, etc. But you don't even need that. OneDrive, Google Drive or even on your own computer;

Download your damn fics!

#ao3 #wise words #i feel so smart right now #I can still read my favourite fics while i wait for the site to go back online

[wistfulweaverwoman]

With AO3 down I'm so bored I'm reading my own WIP in my google drive.

#ao3 come back online #we miss you so

[sincerelyscrunkly]

Premature updates. I regret to inform you I have opened wattpad. I have a fic pulled up already and I am unsure if I will read it. I do not know how much longer I can remain in denial about the current state of my sanity.

#ao3 #destiel #bring ao3 back online #do I trust the wattpad fic?

[unchartedcloud]

Light's Long Shadow - Final Chapter

A Clexa Star Wars AU

In the finale of Part 1, Clarke and Lexa come face to face with the person who put the bounty on Clarke's head. Everything goes according to plan...just not their plan.

Bad guys are always one step ahead.

"You're the one behind all of this?" she demands of the human man. Nia stands at his elbow, and seeing the difference in the way she lingered by Titus versus the way she lingers now, Clarke can finally identify what was so weird about her interactions with the former. She looks a lot more like a bodyguard now, and a lot less like a jailer. "You're the one collecting Sith relics?" "Guilty," he answers, splaying both his hands in the air in a kind of shrug, a cocky grin tipping his lips. Clarke thinks she'd very much like to punch that grin right off his face. "After I was exiled, I needed a way to continue my research. Congratulations—you've found it." Not only are the people on the stage now decidedly more threatening-looking, blasters raised and fingers twitchy on the triggers, but a quick glance around the theater tells Clarke that this man has no intention of letting them leave. All around them in the pod balconies, droids in various states of repair rise as if summoned and train blasters on both her and Lexa. "You two know each other, I take it?" Clarke asks, eyebrows raised. Lexa doesn’t respond, but the man does. "We do indeed. I would say we were actually quite close. Wouldn't you, Lexa? "It really is unfortunate you got caught up in all this," the human man says. He stands from the chair, claps his hands together in front of him, and Clarke knows what he's about to do a split second before he says, "But you know how it is. Farewell, Woods."

Read on Ao3.

#clexa #clexa fanfic #the 100 #the 100 fanfic #clarke griffin #lexa woods #commander lexa #swau #star wars au #my fic #just in time for ao3 to come back online!