Work Text:
What Shall We Do During Archive Downtime
to the tune of
Drunken Sailor (the sea shanty)
What shall we do during archive downtime?
What shall we do during archive downtime?
What shall we do during archive downtime
when we crave fanfiction?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
Then we'll read fanfiction!
Look through Ad Astra for Star Trek fanfic,
look through Sunset Archive for femslash fanfic,
look to Sqidgeworld and fanfiction dot lol
for general fanfiction!
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
Then we'll read fanfiction!
Get a public version of Dante's Inferno,
get a public version of Dante's Purgatorio,
get a public version of Dante's Paradiso -
that's basically fanfiction!
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
Then we'll read fanfiction!
[instumental part]
[that you can listen to on the video platform or music streaming service of your choice]
[I personally like the version by Nathan Evans]
[the version by The Irish Rovers is also very good]
[the instrumental part goes on, like, a little bit longer than you would expect it to]
Put down Reddit and disengage from fandom drama,
put down TikTok and disengage from fandom drama,
get off X and delete that app forever
to enjoy fanfiction!
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
Then we'll read fanfiction!
Go through your stash of unread print and ebooks,
tune in and get caught up on your TV shows,
kick back and rewatch an old favorite movie,
then write some new fanfiction!
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up
for which we write fanfiction!
That's what we do during archive downtime,
that's what we do during archive downtime,
that's what we do during archive downtime
when we crave fanfiction!
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
When will our site be back up?
Then we'll post fanfiction!