Following a controversy around its most recent board election, the non-profit group that runs the fanfiction hub Archive Of Our Own (AO3) announced on Sunday its entire board had resigned.

Now the leadership of the Organization for Transformative Works is up in the air.

Andrea Horbinski, a current member of the seven-member board, was up for re-election to two open board seats, but she came in last in the members election. The membership, made up of roughly 8,000 fans who paid a $10 membership fee, voted for Matty Bowers, Atiya Hakeem, Alex Tischer, Katarina Harju, Aline Carrão, and Horbinski in that order.

During a public board meeting on Sunday, the OTW board appointed Horbinski back onto the board to fill an unfinished term on a third open seat not included in the election. Horbinski voted in favor of the motion to re-appoint herself to the open seat, rather than abstaining from the vote. The board meeting came to an abrupt halt after several OTW members voiced their opposition to the decision, pointing out that other candidates got more votes than Horbinski in the election.

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This is kinda a mess, but considering a lot of people regularly give over 500K twice a year to the organization, I think it’s important to pay attention. OTW effects not just people with an AO3 account.

@fangirlandiknowit101, @kizukatana, @prince-puri, @uchihanochidori, @offansandflames keep an eye on it and save your stuff locally, please

@nee-saan, @cinnamonrollwannabe, @maybeillride-changemylife, @daxii

Plz save yo shit. 

@liazim @kuramisawa @southpaws-catcher @starrwinter @daiyafordayz @redeyessharplies @avianlacie save your things please

@daiyascenes and for EVERYONE SAVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL WRITINGS

TO EVERYONE WHO WRITES ON AO3:

PLS SAVE EVERYTHING

@cinnamonskull @ryuusea :(!

@kiokushitaka @foreverautumnblog @sciencefictioness @fearthekeira @bfketh @erengayer Please save your works, we can never know what might happen q~q this goes to all the other writers on AO3 too 

oh shit, thanks for tagging me. reblogging for all my writer pals. this is worrisome. i do have docs saved of all my work though and i’m working on backing them up on google.

@aureateparalian @ancestors-lullaby omf please save your works they are too wonderful

WELL FUCK

@andromedaprime

Oh christ. The new board (all two members of it) are taking over Dec 15 and if they’re smart the first thing they’ll do is hold emergency elections to get other members with them. Your works should be backed up in any case but I doubt much will happen to AO3 so long as they keep paying the server bill.

And people laughed at me for preferring fanfiction.net. Jesus.

Holy shit mama

@endorathewitchwriter @suzie-guru @pereprinthings

@artbymaureen I can’t name all of the Stranger writers right now, so please tag them and have them back up their writing just in case things go down Q-Q

CRAP. Thanks for the tag @geibaar. Hopefully this is resolved quickly and the threat of dissolution ends up being an overreaction. I volunteer for the board? I DON’T KNOW? @endorathewitchwriter @todisturbtheuniverse @megamegaturtle @gigiree and anyone else who I think publishes to AO3, just be aware of what’s going on.

Oh, God…

This is making my heart jump into overdrive…

Oh boy…