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Need to write an essay. I was reading stangst instead. Now ao3 is down. I should be glad I can write my essay without temptation of distraction but I'm just sad. I don't have an excuse for procrastination anymore.
y’all?????????????????
is ao3 down????????????????
pls tell me it’s not
Nononono please no. I just finished studying.
This was supposed to be my break time fun- my reward?!?!??
Dear Reddit and Twitter refugees:
You've probably already been told to change your icon, post and reblog stuff you like, Tumblr has holidays, etc.
But in case you weren't aware before....
When AO3 (Archive of Our Own) goes down for any reason, Tumblr flips the fuck out and panics. AO3 starts trending almost immediately.
Do NOT try to calm your neighbors down! Panicking with them until AO3 goes back up is the correct course of action.
Thank you and have a day.
When ao3 doesn't work...
God, I never realized how much time I spend on ao3! Now that I'm dying of boredom, I appreciate the ao3 volunteers even more. Pray to our god of fanfics to support them in this war guys!
Guess what?
Ao3 is down again after this temporary job. :( Good thing I was smarter this time and downloaded some fics :D
Something to do
Ao3 still doesn't work, so I'm wasting my time looking at screenshots of "Web server is returning an unknown error" to see what city people live in. Quite interesting, especially since I don't know ¾ of these places.
Like what am I supposed to read tonight 😭 A real book?!
Send help 😭
...the heavens have closed and God has abandoned us (ao3 is down)
The second day of the AO3 DDOS attack and I’m really am bored because I can’t read my fanfics. ☠️
Welcome to the Internet I guess. /(0,0)\. But at least I have patience but I’m sad that the hackers are denying this. I can’t read any dead dove do not eat nor male pregnancy fanfics. Just why did the hackers attack AO3?!
Here I just did it using the power of Picsart.
and now ao3 is... back on? honestly i think the situation is kind of on and off, so until it stops or we get some official updates it's no use to keep posting here, see y'all when something else comes up
In honor of ao3 being down 🫡 i give yall…
CHAPTER 1 of God’s Plan (1.7k words)
main pairing: Lloyd/Javier
tags: time travel, mlm, minor original characters, dual pov
Back in time
All was going as planned. Developments were swiftly underway and some new cargo was set to arrive in a few days. Lloyd couldn’t help but grin himself silly. Things were finally looking up, looking stable. About damn time! A hum escaped his mouth, satisfaction plastered on his face.
He shouldn’t get too comfortable though if his past life was of any remembrance and indication. It’s at times like these where he should work himself to the bone. To ensure his future. His life. His wealth.
This was no time to slack off. Lloyd was ready. Ready for whatever life had to throw at him. He would face it head-on.
He and Javier were entering the manor when a sudden alert came through. He was used to randomly seeing them but this one was different. Instead of its usual blue or red color, it was purple.
Ding!
[You have been selected to carry out three major ‘canon event’ tasks. Denial of participation costs 179 RP points but a successful completion rewards you x100 your current points. Would you like to participate?]
“What’s this? So suddenly?” Lloyd muttered under his breath. No, the system had always been random. He was used to expecting the unexpected. He glanced over his current RP points and laughed. He had exactly 179 points. If he were to reject the offer he would be left with zero but if he were to accept and complete it…179 multiplied by 100 would be, what, 179000 points? Whoa. He’d be able to do so much with that amount.
Still, he needed to make the best decision. He didn’t have much and couldn’t risk it all for some PR points. Or could he?
“Can’t I at least know what the three tasks are?” Lloyd asked curiously.
Ding!
[Nope! Haha.]
He frowned, “Tsk, I should’ve known…”
“Master Lloyd, is everything alright?” Javier, who was holding the door open, asked. Mild concern was painted over his striking features. Though if anyone else saw his knight, they wouldn’t know any better. He and Javier had been around each other so much so that he could, without fault, read him like the back of his hand.
He didn’t want to explain himself so he shrugged, “Yup, let's get going. Dinner’s getting cold.” Lloyd prompted himself to decide after eating. A full stomach made for better decisions, no? That’s what he said but a voice in the back of his head kept nagging at him. He took in a deep breath and opened the message box again, forcefully pressing ‘Accept’.
Ding!
[Talk about having no self-control! (Laughs) – Anyway, your side quest journey has begun!]
This was it! Lloyd continued walking as the messages kept popping up. The waning light of the sun fully disappeared as he entered the manor. The door shut with a force behind him.
Ding!
[RP System is being updated. You can now earn RP points by correctly following the given steps. Failure to do so will result in ‘???’]
Lloyd nodded, urging the system to continue.
Ding!
[Current RP Total: 179]
That was the last message he saw standing up.
Lloyd’s surroundings turned blurry as he fell to the ground with a heavy thud. Both his arms and legs turned to jelly, heavy almost. His vision tunneled and his eyes threatened to close shut on him. Shit! He shouldn’t have trusted that fucking system!
His breaths came out ragged, Lloyd didn’t know when it had become nearly impossible to breathe. Shit shit shit! Speaking took extra strength, and his voice threatened to crack but he forced words to come out, “Javier...” His whisper went unheard as his bodyguard also crashed next to him. Or at least it sounded like he did. Lloyd couldn’t even crack his neck to the side to reassure himself.
If his knight had spoken back to him, he didn’t hear. He could barely hear his own heart throbbing in his chest. Unconsciousness took over his body as a terrible headache throbbed its way into his head. ‘Is this how I die? No way.’
One final notice came through before he passed out. Barely audible.
Ding!
[Good luck Lloyd. You’ll need it.]
Lloyd was ready for whatever life had to throw at him, right?!
Lloyd awoke in his bed with a jolt, his bedroom looking the same, nothing out of the ordinary. Birds chirped outside as the sun shone through his window.
Had everything been a realistic dream? His throat was a bit dry but aside from that he patted himself down, and he felt pretty damn alive. In fact– he felt light. Too light actually…
He instinctively called out for Javier. His voice sounded foreign to his ears but that wasn’t what concerned him the most. His knight, his most trusted person, was nowhere in sight.
Whatever, maybe he was taking a shit or something. Lloyd shook his head, he wasn’t some baby that needed his knight after a stupid nightmare. He wasn’t…
He leaned back into his pillows but something still didn’t sit well with him. Lloyd’s eyes widened as he finally felt it. His chest wasn’t heavy. It was very very light.
Always, his summons would sleep right on top of his chest. Always. Ppodong had started that trend and the rest of the summons followed suit. Lloyd gritted his teeth the first few times they did so but quickly accepted his fate. His user manual said to ‘treat them with kindness’ anyway.
“Guys? Are you playing hide and seek?” Lloyd began patting around the bed and finally looked down at his hands and began chuckling nervously. “Did I shrink overnight or something? Haha, this must be a joke.” His hands seemed to belong to those of a kid. A small fucking kid.
Something was wrong.
He rushed to the nearest mirror he could find and gasped. Staring right back at him was the ugliest fucking kid he had ever seen. “My god…” Okay, maybe the kid wasn’t the ugly one, but the facial expression he was making made him pretty fucking horrid.
He pinched at his cheeks, full of baby fat, and groaned at the pain. He wasn’t dreaming, this was the real deal. Lloyd’s mind ran. It began filling to the brim with theories.
The system's final words rang in his head, ‘Good luck Lloyd. You’ll need it.’
“By ‘good luck’, is this what you meant?!” Lloyd nearly pulled his hair out as he screamed, “GAH! DAMN YOU SYSTEM!”
The family’s physician burst through his bedroom door at his screams. Lloyd nearly gave himself whiplash as he turned to face him. The physician also looked younger, his hair still brown with only a few grays. A white coat hung from his shoulders and a smile bloomed over his stressed-ridden face. What was his name again? Damn, Lloyd couldn’t remember for the life of him.
“I thought my ears were deceiving me! Young Master Lloyd, you’re finally awake! I’ll be right back with the baron and baroness so get back in bed!”
And with that the physician left, leaving Lloyd to his thoughts again. Seriously, what was his name?!
“Did he say ‘Finally awake’?! Where is Javier?! Just what the hell is going on?! Hey stupid system! Mind filling me in?!” He dragged himself back to his bed and lay there.
Ding!
[You have been sent back in time to complete three major ‘canon event’ tasks for the recompense of 179000 RP points. Complete all tasks to successfully return to the present!]
“WHAT?!” Lloyd fell out of his bed, just what the hell had he gotten himself into?!
He took in a deep breath and analyzed the situation. Ignoring the whole 'time travel' thing, all he had to do was complete three easy tasks. Right. No biggie. “Alright! I have no time to waste. Let’s see, how hard can these tasks be…?”
Ding!
[First canon event: Destroy Javier’s precious wooden sword and maniacally laugh in his face!]
He dragged his hands down his face, “Shit.”
Lloyd didn’t even have enough time to process what his parents started saying once they frantically entered the room. Even as they hugged him tight, all he could think of was Javier. Javier, Javier, and Javier.
Were the three ‘canon events’ just Lloyd tormenting Javier three separate times? His chest tightened at that thought. Hopefully, he was wrong.
His parents left once they saw his complexion better. They were busy during this time of the year and Lloyd was thankful for that. He needed time to process, plan, and execute.
But this damn physician wouldn’t leave him alone.
“You heard what they said, right Young Master?” The physician asked for the millionth time. Lloyd couldn’t help but roll his eyes, “Yes, I heard them loud and clear.”
Little kids are stupid. The Original Lloyd surely would’ve drowned if it wasn’t for Javier’s rescue. What made a little kid who couldn’t even swim jump into a large body of water? Delusion maybe?
The physician still looked somewhat skeptical and Lloyd huffed, “I promise I won’t go anywhere near water.” Lloyd reassured. Even though he wasn’t the idiot who couldn’t swim, he still swallowed his non-existent pride and made empty promises.
"And?" The physician raised an eyebrow.
Lloyd sighed in a defeated tone, "And I'll thank Javier." It was the least he could do for the physician as he had nurtured him back to health.
The physician hummed, “Good.” He turned his back to Lloyd and began packing his medical stuff.
Fucking finally!
Ding!
[Good boy!]
Lloyd whispered, “Oh shut up.”
It was all the damn system's fault for not explaining things properly.
Ding!
[I just wanted to remind you that there’s a time limit on this task but, (sigh), it seems as if you want me to ‘shut up’.]
“I apologize. Please continue.”
Ding!
[Every task has a time limit. This one has a 48-hour limit. You were asleep for 28 hours. Do the math.]
48 minus 28 was 20. In other words, he had less than a day…
Lloyd swatted at the blue floating square in front of him. “Why didn’t you tell me beforehand?!”
Ding!
[I tried to but you were asleep!]
As if that were a good enough reason. First things first, he needed to find Javier. To make sure his stupid face was okay. Then his wooden sword and then– and then…
The door to his room slightly opened and someone peeked through. The action was done very discreetly but Lloyd still caught it. He dryly swallowed. Never mind, there was no need to look for the boy. It seemed as if Javier had come to him.
ao3 being down means all of us are forced into our own found family trope through the depths of the #ao3 tag on tumblr. coincidence?
I think not!
i have a theory that every time i leave the ao3 website it shuts down. because i have been an avid reader of ao3 for years and have NEVER experienced it being down. basically i’m a good luck charm and everytime i leave everything goes to hell. you’re welcome guys🫶🏻
NOOOOO MY STREAK
i have a theory that every time i leave the ao3 website it shuts down. because i have been an avid reader of ao3 for years and have NEVER experienced it being down. basically i’m a good luck charm and everytime i leave everything goes to hell. you’re welcome guys🫶🏻
Steps to AO3 being down:
1. See that AO3 is down
2. Sigh with great regret
3. Install Wattpad
4. Immediately remember why you uninstalled Wattpad in the first place
5. Check AO3 status
6. Repeat at step 1