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Once Upon a Time not that long ago there was me:
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
published a 
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
