I write sometimes

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Carry On | Simon Snow Series - Rainbow Rowell Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow Characters: Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Sick Character, Sickfic, Vomiting, References to Depression Summary:

Simon is sick. Baz is useless. They'll figure it out together.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Jeremiah (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Markus Alexander/Erin Characters: Markus Alexander, Erin (Jeremiah), Jeremiah (Jeremiah) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Sick Character, Fluff, Sickfic, Vomiting Summary:

“Markus, you’re sick. Different rules apply to sick people.”

“Not these days,” he countered. Things were different. Every day was one closer to their vision of a better world, or a collapsing one.

[beemovieerotica]

PSA: bot comments are taking over ao3

The above examples have been provided with the authors' permission to demonstrate what these look like.

Basic rundown:

They are all 3 sentences long

Perfect grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

Like absolutely flawless English teacher-style writing with only a single exclamation mark, ever

No mentions whatsoever of character names, settings, situations, or anything that could be tied to the story

The usernames may be identical to people who exist on ao3, but the name is not clickable, and no profile is associated with it EXCEPT when you directly search for that name. What this means: the comments come from an unregistered (not logged in) reader, bots scrape the site for real usernames, attach that to the comment, and post

Please spread the word about this so authors can filter comments and report them accordingly

There has been some speculation about why this is happening at all, and the best guess is that this is a feature that AI-training story-scraping tools are implementing to try and make their browsing traffic look legitimate

[zigzag-wanderer]

what fresh hell is this?

[botchedexperiment]

I've had to enable comment moderation among other things on a single random fic I have on ao3 because I keep getting weird comments almost definitely written by AI. Technology has gone TOO FAR.

[allthewhumpygoodness]

Just. Hm. The word 'bedridden'. 'Sick in bed'. 'In bed resting'. 'They're resting right now.' idk little things.

[warmblanketwhump]

someone sitting in front of a crackling fire, hair damp from the rain, a thick blanket draped around their shoulders. a hot water bottle’s clutched to their chest, and their feet are soaking in a steaming tub of water. still they shiver, unable to shake the chill they’ve caught. in the next room, someone’s running them a hot bath and preparing a soft bed with clean, dry sheets and warm quilts. closing their exhausted eyes, they slump forward and hug themselves and the water bottle tighter, focusing on the occasional pop of the dry firewood and counting down the minutes until they can finally rest for real.

[head-colds]

“I don’t feel good” <- cute lovely phrase

“I’m not feeling well” <- another cute lovely phrase

[head-colds]

(via @ethereousdelirious )

[snzzenby641]

I absolutely love when someone goes through the five stages of grief before finally letting others take care of them/resting.

Denying they have a cold

being pissed off at the poor bastard who gave this to them

Thinking maybe they have a cold but it couldn’t possibly be that bad

Wallowing in self pity because it most certainly IS that bad

Finally crawling into bed and calling in sick the next morning.

[botchedexperiment]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Encanto (2021) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bruno Madrigal & Everyone Characters: Bruno Madrigal, "Abuela" Alma Madrigal, Julieta Madrigal, Pepa Madrigal Additional Tags: Family, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Sick Character, Sickfic, Vomiting Summary:

They weren’t kids anymore.

A rush of guilt ran through him. He was far, far too old to need anyone to take care of him. He hadn’t needed it for a decade, after all. It was unfair to rely on them so heavily the moment that they welcome him back.

What if it became too much? What if he was forced to exile himself once again?

[botchedexperiment]

Someone who's forced to work when they're sick and grumpy. Everyone else knows they don't feel good, and also knows not to mess with them. Let the poor thing get their work done so they can go home and go to bed.

(Maybe there's one person who can approach them without getting their head bit off. Maybe they can convince them to rest)

[botchedexperiment]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Bright Sessions (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Joan Bright & Mark Bryant Characters: Joan Bright, Mark Bryant Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Sick Character, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Fluff and Angst Summary:

“He probably just didn’t want her to worry, but she was going to worry anyway, because that was who she was.”

OR

Things are different, but they might be alright.

[legendarywhump]

"I've got you." The caretaker gathers the whumpee up in their arms, whispering reassurances against the top of their head. "I've got you."

The whumpee closed their eyes, struggling to remember how to breathe.

[caringsatan]

ok listen a character being given their favorite food/warm drink as a Small Comfort after they’ve been crying?? and them just. dutifully eating/taking sips with a tear-stained face as their Good Friend/Partner rubs their back? and they have to really treat themself with kindness and think soothing thoughts so that they don’t start crying all over again………… very sweet

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mollymauk Tealeaf & Caleb Widogast, Mollymauk Tealeaf/Caleb Widogast Characters: Caleb Widogast, Mollymauk Tealeaf, Nott | Veth Brenatto, Beauregard Lionett, Jester Lavorre Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Sickfic, Sick Character Summary:

"Alright, I'm now realizing I probably should have asked you first, but-"

"Yes, Mollymauk! You should have asked!" Caleb snapped.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Schitt's Creek Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Patrick Brewer/David Rose Characters: David Rose (Schitt's Creek), Patrick Brewer, Marcy Brewer, Clint Brewer Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Sickfic, Sick Character Summary:

Patrick spent a week preparing for Christmas at his parents’ house. He talked about it constantly and told David about all the fun traditions they had to look forward to. It was starting to get David excited for Christmas too, and he wasn’t usually one to look forward to holiday gatherings.

So of course Patrick had to wake up with a sore throat the day that they left.

[botchedexperiment]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Schitt's Creek Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Patrick Brewer/David Rose Characters: David Rose (Schitt's Creek), Patrick Brewer Additional Tags: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Sick Character, Sickfic Summary:

“It’s a can,” David said before he could ask questions. “It’s just a can of soup.”

“Don’t sell yourself short,” Patrick kissed his cheek. “That’s more than we’ve cooked in two weeks.”

[mai-blossom-deactivated20210810]

ALSO hear me out, someone asking their psychic friend to take a peek into their future and the friend touches their fingers to their hand and all the friend sees is the next few days, the next few days when they're going to get sick and they can almost feel the pre-emptive fever heat and see them tangled with their bedsheets and scattered tissues, and they ask the friend what they saw and they just say, "hmm. nothing too dramatic"