With AO3 down, fanfic readers are in survival mode
When the internet’s biggest fanfiction repository vanishes from reach, there’s one thing you can still count on: a network of fellow fans.
Just ask the massive community of Archive of Our Own readers, who in the past few days have gone from panic to ingenuity after their beloved fanfic haven went dark.
AO3 is home to more than 18 million works, including many sexually explicit stories (affectionately referred to as “smut”), and writing inspired by popular IP, such as “Harry Potter,” “Twilight” and “Heated Rivalry.”
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