Mercury Strikes Again: AO3 Is Down
Breaking News Report
Astronomers confirm that Mercury is officially in retrograde, a celestial event traditionally blamed for technological chaos, miscommunication, and emotional instability.
Right on schedule, AO3 has gone down.
Experts say fanfiction readers are not well equipped to survive being cut off mid-paragraph from a 200K word enemies-to-lovers masterpiece. The psychological state has been described as “refreshing the page every three seconds while whispering: no, no, no, please, God, NO.”
We will continue monitoring the situation as readers collectively spiral under the cosmic oppression of Mercury.
Back to you in the studio Jerry.













