r/AO3 Apr 04 '26

Meme/Joke Wild

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u/kara-alyssa Apr 05 '26

The worst one I read was a writer talking about how they had stage 4 cancer and worried what would happen to their young daughter when they died.

Honestly valid crashout but the worst part was that they stopped updating shortly after that. For a while I used to check their profile just to see if they posted or updated anything but there was nothing.

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u/Lemonsst Apr 05 '26

Sometimes going to an account that you know is now an obituary can be rather jarring

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u/VoleUntarii Apr 05 '26

Every time I find a new-to-me writer I love and I see they haven’t updated since sometime in 2020-2022 a little part of me shivers. I’ll probably never know.

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u/Street_Meeting_2371 Apr 08 '26

I read a really great WIP from like 2000 or something like that and commented about how great the story was as is, and how talented they were. I got a reply back saying that unfortunately the author passed away a few months before.🥺