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and
and 
and:

This was quite distressing for a lot of people (no, not the muscles) and so:

said we should have an Archive of Our Own and that

(except probably pithier).
At the time

looked at the whole thing and thought ‘what a mess!’ then went on reading
and 
and 
and occasionally
and 
and lets face it, anything else that crossed the radar.
Time passed and
went to 
except, you know, prettier and
of the proposed Archive.
In a fit of curiosity and enthusiasm

thought ‘that’s pretty darn organised’ and volunteered to be organised too

In a flurry of emails
met 
and

and spent a lot of time gathered around
and 
discussing Archives. It turned out there were a bunch of committees such as
and 
who were filled with

of great enthusiasm.
Then
and
and 
from around the

met at odd hours
(for an
)
to discuss weighty matters including




and 
This went on for many months and
was still in 
except, you know, prettier.
All the friends got sick of hearing about the

but sometimes they got all

as well and supplied lots of

After many
and 
(and no small amount of confusion as to whether we were creatures of the night).

The Archive looked like
then
then 
and finally

which was very exciting!
Now we can
with
and 
which is awesome!
We can also
and of course 
We have cool features like
and
and 
The

has cautiously made the Archive available for beta testing (this is internal only to start with)
and we are ready to polish the Archive until it is

Now I'd like to end on

but the thing is we've barely started this story.
As to what happens next? I suppose that's up to


