"Jesus Buck," Sam says, "I leave for three days. Three days, and I come back to find you half dead in our kitchen."
Hopefully by the time this post goes up, AO3 will be back online.
AO3, for those unfamiliar, is the primary place for fanfiction on the internet - it's the most user-friendly, covers the broadest range of fandoms, and has the most people (as far as I can tell,) actively uploading fanfiction.
It's also where I read 99% of my fanfiction - because of said user-friendliness, and also because I can download to my e-reader - and so 99.99% of my fic recs are from AO3.
This is not the first time that AO3 has gone down unexpectedly.
Last year, they went down due to a DDOS attack - reputedly by a terror group. No, really.
Check out Coleydoesthings's video on YouTube here (run-time: 17.57) for the full explanation.
But basically: LGBTQ+ friendly media is always at risk, and fanfiction is some of the Queerest media there is.
Support LGBTQ+ creators and organisations - please and thank you.
Anywho, I'ma rec. the thing, and hope that people can actually get to the thing 😅
This fic is actually not Queer *gasps*
- this must be some form of oversight, but we'll soldier on regardless. 😅
I thought this fic was gonna be a standard mission fic... I was wrong.
And you know I love it when fanfiction surprises me!
(Fandom notes:
A mission fic is a piece of fanfiction that's based around an episodic-style storyline - not dissimilar to a monster-of-the-week/murder-of-the-week style narrative.
They're usually (but not always) written about fandoms which involve a lot of action/adventure - especially if they contain characters who are in the military, or are military-adjacent.)
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This is a The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) fic where someone from Bucky's Winter Soldier past comes along and kicks his butt to kingdom come.
And while there's action, and superhero-shenanigans aplenty, it turned out to be a really interesting look into some of the ethical issues around the way governments use people as weapons.
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...I know. It escalated quickly.
I don't really wanna say more, because I feel like this fic is best enjoyed as it unfolds, rather than with a load of info. known before-hand.
I was impressed, so make of that what you will.
Some Content Warnings for this one:
- GRAPHIC violence, bordering torture
- severe injuries
- blood
- hospitals
- references to murder and war
- loss of autonomy
...I think that's everything, as always, please be careful.
This week's fic, which you can hopefully actually access, is:
ARTEMIS by spinachgarden
Were you aware of the AO3 issues?
Do you like it when fics get surprisingly deep?
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