PoppyLocks

Just nerding around. I like writing.
To My Darling O, Love Your Loyal A

[yun ☁️ @rivercloudss]

Once you realise the beauty of epubs you will never again download a fic as a pdf

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

Okay but lets be real, in Ao3 downtime, this is where having fandom friends who RP is absolute golden because you basically get real-time updates on a story😂

[fluetytooty🍞 @fluetytooty]

I miss you my wife (ao3) please come back! the children miss you too

[Nitka @nithaellaa]

Now repeat after me:

✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
(I don’t want to wait 3 more weeks 😭)

[mandi✨💃 text TATYANA to 21523 @hermioneindisg2]

One thing this AO3 outage has taught me - I should never try to be organized again. I usually have a ton of already loaded tabs of fic open on a browser on my laptop at all times and the ONE time I decide to just clear it all out cause "they're bookmarked I can find them later"

[elun @eluuupp_]

tengo un solo fic descargado de ao3 y el pdf tiene 172 páginas o sea que solo puedo leer 6 páginas por día

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

YO WAIT UP Ao3 WAS AT LONDON COMIC CON??? AW MAN IF KNEW THAT I'D HAVE MADE A DAYTRIP NOT BEEN IN YEARS

[Organization for Transformative Works @OTW_News]

In October’s newsletter, #AO3 introduced translated notification emails, #OTW volunteers tabled at #MCMComicConLondon, and the Membership Drive ended with 7,623 members renewing or starting membership and US$314,000 raised. Check our news post for details: https://t.co/y7UoZkAkpG

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

Well crap... you know what's worse than wanting to find a fic you cant remember the name of that was recced to you?

Wanting to find a fic you cant remember the name of that was recced to you FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FANDOM so you have no way to pinpoint it 👻

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

Okay people be tweaking about their bookmarks...I'm absolutely raged with myself that I can't remember any of the fics I marked for later and therefore can't see if they're on the wayback machine

[✨fahren✨ @7fahrenheit]

when ao3 first went down i was like “okay i’m gonna try really hard to have this fic finished to post right when it’s back up” but now i’m just so discouraged i haven’t been able to write all week 😮‍💨 i’m gonna keep trying but woof, it’s hard rn lol

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

I BEG YOUR FATTEST PARDON? I'VE BEEN ON FF FOR OVER 18 YEARS??👻

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

@ROSBER63 Film Studies! We covered a multitude of things related to Fandom Culture and History! One of my essays was studying the popularity of fanfiction in comparison to "traditional" literature actually! Honestly I have so many academic papers stashed to do with fandom I love it haha

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

Literally same, even if I have to whack it on credit card because holy crap

[brubru 🪐 @ibrubru]

quando o ao3 voltar vou até fazer uma doação pq percebi que a vida sem ele não é pra mim

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

@thamepogirlie Okay so I went down a massive biological rabbit hole about this and honestly its fascinating to explore of a biochemical level 😭

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

You know the authors who I feel most sorry for in this whole Ao3 stuff? Those who posted original works
I know Tapas authors are having a hard time because of the shutdown and are locked in to contracts and other who want to publish but can't because their works have been scraped

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

@ROSBER63 Honestly as cynical as it sounds, god I wish this had happened while I was doing fandom culture studies at uni because I would have been all over deep diving this shiz academically

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

@ao3Learning oh man I can only give you ONE?😭 I have a whole stack that literally altered my brain chemistry

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

'our original return time estimate remains accurate' that feels like a blessing and a curse in just seven words.

In all seriousness though sending all the love to the team!! And thank you for your hard work!!

[AO3 Status @AO3_Status]

While #AO3 remains down, we wanted to share that work to restore AO3 and make changes to prevent future incidents is ongoing and proceeding well. We believe that our original return time estimate remains accurate. Learn more at https://t.co/xzGXE5HyaB

[AO3 Status @AO3_Status]

While #AO3 remains down, we wanted to share that work to restore AO3 and make changes to prevent future incidents is ongoing and proceeding well. We believe that our original return time estimate remains accurate. Learn more at https://t.co/xzGXE5HyaB

[PoppyLocks @Its_PoppyLocks]

@notthatdeepz_ I find it quite cathartic shouting into the void 😂