#im crying ao3 is down

[depressed-orchids]

AO3 is down for maintenance T^T just when i was reading terukane

Ajskksksksks

Im gomma scream and cry i swear

[bonemarsh]

screaming crying throwing up literally combusting

[lesbianasfuckwomen]

ARCHIVES DOWN

[pocketsizedcat]

me rn

[moonshade45]

Its been a year (1 hour) since my lover (ao3) left me for another (its down)

[magicallymarvelous0306]

My heart is breaking right now. Please let this go by quickly so I can have my outlet back 🥺

[marz-barz143]

:(

[raspberrysmoon]

ao3 is my husband off at war. hes MIA. our infant twin boys are going to grow up fatherless

[hhhh-snakes]

god needs to take me off his 'strongest soldiers' list cause this might b it for me

[aeipathy-dendrology]

AO3 is down for maintenance

me: damn I forgot to download any fics and I can’t nap yet and wait for it to be over

me: …

me: *remembering that I’m a fic author with 200k words worth of fics*

me: IF YOU CANT OUTSOURCE YOUR FICS YPU GET THEN FROM IN HOUSE

[unstablequeerbitch]

IT CAME BACK AND DIED AGAIN?

Ao3 is back from the war. To get hit by a car. But made it out okay, then got hit by an airplane?

[depressed-orchids]

AO3 IS DOWN WHAT WILL I DO???????????? I NEED MY TBHK AND MHA FICS IM GONNA CRY

[veveisveryuncool]

my life has collapsed upon me, my happiness stripped from my very soul, as i watch my last vestige of love in this barren life fall into the depths of struggle and turmoil, becoming a mere whisper in the wind, unsure if they were ever really here and fearfully awaiting to whenst they shall return, if at all. i fear i cannot survive this downfall, my life balancing on the edge of sorrow, ready to take the plunge to join my true love. 

anyways ao3 is down for a couple of hours i am not okay

[donutdisturblivball]

i just finished loki (i usually wait for all eps to be out and then i binge) and like fuck me. i have a 16 minute video of me sobbing to the last bit of ep 6, 5 more crying photos added to my album, and 13 new ao3 bookmarks and i fear i will simply just never recover

[phantomskeep]

When AO3 goes down for.... UP TO FIVE HOURS?!?? WHAT ABOUT MY BEDTIME STORY 😭

[ninjafuuzz]

Hoffstrahm AU kinda thing idk

CW for mental health issues and su!c!de

OK LISTEN

What if post-glass coffin Hoffstrahm AU where Hoffman spares Strahm bc he pussies out at the end and couldn’t bear seeing Strahm die after his arm was starting to snap. Hoffman fixes him up (does a lowsy job at it ofc), Strahm miraculously survives the injury , he gets kidnapped and thrown in some cabin in the countryside where Hoffman feeds him and stuff, keeping him alive. Peter, still shell-shocked and helplessly incapacitated, stays with him. So Strahm lives but is so PTSD-ridden he can’t even function normally, he gets paranoia and panic attacks and practically depends on Hoffman like a little child.

LIKE okay I know this is kinda another typical “Strahm-survives” kind of premise for a fic but listen. While Hoffman, who is, at the time, still the cold-blooded selfish murderer that he is, initially treats Strahm like a dog and lets him live out of mere pity, he SLOWLY realises, through his actions, that he actually wants to care and protect this utterly broken man who’s a result of his doings, and inevitably falls in love. (cue the florence nightingale effect) Hoffman begins cooking him meals, from imprisoning him inside the home to walking with him everyday when the sky’s clear, washing his hair, showing him his favorite films or music, letting Peter sleep in his arms whenever he has a nightmare.

I suppose we could imagine Strahm being so traumatised and wounded he’s drained of his usual rationality and temper and that’s why he lets Hoffman baby him. But of course Strahm isn’t COMPLETELY broken. His symptoms lessen, he gets better but still has frequent attacks. After some time he regains his usual wit and nature. At one point of course he simply realises what’s been happening and goes batshit angry. Hoffman sympathetically and patiently works it out with him. Strahm resists at first, perhaps by trying to kill Hoffman and escape or even attempting k!ll!ng himself. After trial and error and lots and lots of blood sweat and tears, Strahm starts realising that Hoffman genuinely cares… and not out of pity, but love. His mental instability and wanted status leaves him crawling back to Hoffman whenever he tries to run away.

Eventually Hoffman stops killing and cuts ties with Kramer. All his resentment and vengeance now replaced by his attachment to Peter. As for Strahm, he takes a tad longer to give in, and to accept the fact that he’s actually content and at peace when he’s with Hoffman and break through the moral boundary(aka the fact that Hoffman used to be a reckless bloodthirsty killer). Hoffman pretty much retires and wants to pursue a different way of living with Strahm.

And after everything, they end up becoming two runaways living in a wooded cabin surrounded by forests and mountains, secluded from a tiny town where they work together among the locals, indifferent to the past they’ve left behind. They’d go hiking and fishing, watch all the shitty films Mark would bring home, plant a garden, cut lumber, play-fight and cuddle in grass fields. Mark tending to Peter whenever he gets a panic attack, Peter learns to get used to receiving such solace. Slowly it becomes this usual, domestic thing between them. Perhaps one day one of them would propose to the other. Perhaps they’d grow old together, too.

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P/S i was listening to The Bug Collector by Haley Heynderickx when I had this thought. i suppose i kind of saw this poetic analogy between “the bug” and Strahm’s chronic issues and inner conflicts that Hoffman wants to get rid of while Hoffman is the “bug collector” so to speak??.. idk interpret it however you will but this song truly inspired the whole mess. kinda fitted the misty earthy mountains vibe i was going for with this prompt too. really suggest you guys give the song a listen its beautiful. i also suggest checking out the genius annotation of the lyrics