What’s happening with AO3? Fan fiction readers are not okay as outage drags on longer than planned

The world of fan fiction is bracing for an apocalypse as one the world’s largest repositories of fan-written stories has gone dark—and may not return anytime soon. The panic began on October 29 when Archive of Our Own (AO3), the online library for fan-created stories ranging from Harry Potter and Heated Rivalry to K-pop and boy band fandoms, announced it would take the site offline for maintenance. The website housed around 18.8 million stories across thousands of fandoms, and is ope...