AO3 is down and all hell broke loose in the fanfic community   Last week, the nonprofit behind Archive of Our Own (better known as AO3) announced that AO3 would be going offline for 2-4 weeks following a “security incident.” And to put it mildly, readers did not take the news well. AO3 is home to more than 18M fan-created works, including praised fanfics across thousands of fandoms. With 11M readers relying on the platform, the possibility of going several weeks without access has sent its massive online community into a frenzy—and the reactions quickly became viral content of their own. ...