Writings of a Mad Mind

so I just watched the teaser trailer for Avengers Agen of Ultron.... I have so many feelings about this flick already and it isn't even out yet!

I will admit that I am a shamelessly proud Tony Stark fangirl. I adore Tony, I adore Robert Downey Jr. as Tony, and I know this film is going to hurt my heart so freaking much. Just the sheer amount of Tony!feels I get from the trailer.... Just kill me now!

But I'm also a masochist when it comes to things like this. I'm really looking forward to this film, and I'm impatient for it to be here so I can see it. Also the fanfics are going to be epic! The angst, the fix-it, all the fic!

Oh I don't even know what I'm feeling right now. A mix of excitement and dread, maybe... But right now, as in right this moment? I mostly feel like

I couldn't agree more.

Dear everyone involved with the Archive of Our Own,

Thank you.

Thank you to everyone who's ever written a line of code, fixed a bug, wrangled a tag, answered a support ticket.

Thank you to the back-end coders and thank you to the front-end coders.

Thank you to everyone who's ever brainstormed about what the archive might do, and thank you to everyone who's poured their hearts, souls, and spare time into trying to make the archive do all of those things and more.

I use the AO3 every day. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for building it for me and for everyone who uses it -- and for everyone who doesn't use it yet but might use it someday.

This archive isn't something to which fandom is entitled. It's a labor of love. You make the archive as your gift to fandom, and I appreciate that gift so, so much.

Even though it isn't finished yet. Even though it isn't perfect yet. It's still awesome, and your hard work is tremendous and admirable, and I just want to say thanks.

(Dear everyone else: if anything in this post resonates with you, feel free to signal-boost or repost.)

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