#ao3 problems

[thenerdyindividual]

So if you’re in a fandom like mine that has a shitty dad character, chances are you have come across the tag “[character]’s A+ Parenting”. I’ve used it multiple times, and it’s one that I’ve seen used across fandoms.

However, in the last weeks if you’ve tried to use that tag on your fic you may have discovered it missing. I recently tried to tag a fic A+ Parenting, and it didn’t come up. It remained on my other fics but I couldn’t tag my new fic with it.

I reached out to AO3 support asking about it, and this I was I received back.

“Hello,

Thanks for writing to us. There has been a general push to rename tags like this because the sarcastic use of "A+ Parenting" might not be clear to all users. For this reason, the tag "Uther Pendragon's A+ Parenting (Merlin)" has been made a synonym to "Bad Parent Uther Pendragon (Merlin)", and you should be able to find it in the dropdown under the new name.

If you prefer to use the other tag, you are welcome to copy/paste it into the Additional Tags field when you post a new work. Because it's a synonym of the new canonical tag, it will show up under the works listing at

https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Bad%20Parent%20Uther%20Pendragon%20(Merlin)/works

Please let us know if you have further questions.

Warm regards,

AO3 Tag Wrangling Support”

Personally, I find this frustrating. It seems like a pointless consolidation that takes away nuance. For me, “Bad Parent” implies active bad parenting, or that the character’s bad parenting is going to be a core tenant explored in the fic. Whereas “A+ Parenting” acknowledges, with a comedic tone, that the character should be doing a better job. Or is behaving in a way that is contradictory to good parenting, but the parenting isn’t a focus in the fic. It’s passive.

Regardless, given the proliferation of the tag, I think most people are aware of its use. It’s a fun linguistic quirk in fandom that is now being wrangled away.

But you can tell me your opinion.

[writer-of-worlds]

When someone makes a rude public bookmark on a fic of yours:

[notfeelingthyaster]

things that unduly irritate me: when people use "rouge" instead of "rogue" in fanfic consistently

[wisteriagoesvroom]

idk if it's meant to feel this sisyphean

[fan-girls-r-us]

When AO3 is down right as you’re reading the last chapters of a fic

[artaxlivs]

Can I please have a filter search thingy on my Ao3 Marked For Later and on my History? It would save me so much time and undue stress. My Marked For Later is 49 pages long because I can’t search it so I just go looking for new fics and OF COURSE I find ones I don’t want to pass up so I MARK THEM FOR LATER. Ugh. It’s an endless cycle that could be solved with a search engine menu filter thingimabob. Please. Who do I have to blow for this to happen?

[star-41306]

ARCHIVE WAKE UP. WAKE UP ARCHIVE. AO3 CAN YOU HEAR ME?? AO3?? AO3?!?! CAN YOU HEAR ME?? ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN. ao3?? I don't know if you can hear this but, but if you can, I want you to know I'm here, okay? I'm right here. and, I LOVE YOU. ao3, do you hear me? I love you. I'm sorry I don't say it more, it's not because I'm scared of you. I'm not. I've never felt that way! never! *lightning crash as a reminder that some of the most immoral fics ever created reside on ao3* but I am scared that one day you'll realize that you don't need me anymore. and I thought that if I said how I felt it would somehow make that day, hurt more. *camera pans to wattpad and tumblr* but the truth is ao3, I DONT KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU. I feel like my life started that day I searched you up on Google Chrome. you were still in light mode, and it burned my eyes. and I knew right there and then, in that moment, that I loved you. and I've loved you everyday since. I love you on my good days, I love you on my bad days, I love you on dark mode, I love you on light mode. I love you even when you're under attack. YOU'RE MY SUPER HERO!!! and, I can't lose you!!! okay? I CANT LOSE YOU. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. you can make people laugh and sob uncontrollably, you can get through this. I believe that, I really do. but right now, you just have to fight. okay? ao3, do you hear me. you need to fight. you have to fight. fight!! FIGHT!!!

[firesmokeandashes]

All the fanfic readers/writers, after finding out they can't read their before-bed fanfics, and escape reality for a little bit, because ao3 is down:

[libby-for-life]

When this pops up, my day is ruined.

Sobs....

[hold-on-a-little-longer-whump]

"The Mortifying Ordeal of Checking Your Inbox to Find No New AO3 Updates"

(i.e., Pain™)

(A mutual experience for both ao3 readers and writers alike)

[miriadalia]

ao3 when I don't have time to read or write anything:

ao3 the day I have to update my two fics and have all the time in the world to read:

[writer-of-worlds]

Hey has anyone else with an AO3 having trouble with their new fics as of yesterday not being updated on their fandom and other tags, no hits, and even not having their works number going up?

It's been happening to me with my own fic that I posted yesterday. It's been several hours now. No hits even with a comment and kudos, it doesn't count towards my works, and it's not showing up in the tags I put in.

I did ask around on my Discord and others said they have similar issues, but I'm wondering if it's a server wide problem RN.

[asarajaa]

Is anyone having this trouble too?

@ao3org

[buddiedaydreamer911]

unpopular opinion:

i wish ao3 had a dark mode for their website

this bright white background is not helping my headache but i don’t want to stop reading😂😂

[redvexillum]

I love my readers. Hence why I always cross-post both on ao3 and tumblr for this exact reason.

[sak-supernatural]

Ao3 what's wrong? I promise I'm not a robot, please let me in!!!?! @ao3org