The Devil Works Hard But Fic Writers Work Harder

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We are Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). We provide vital medical care for the people who need it most in more than

Help those in Gaza and Sudan ^

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I mean it was a scheduled surgery, so I knew about it. But… within days of the muse hitting me with fic ideas and frantically writing them down at 2 am, my partner had to go to the hospital to get brain surgery and had complications before (the surgeon didn’t want to operate because of a healing heat blister and risk of infection) and during the surgery (had to get a blood transfusion).

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I forgot about ao3 because I had a homeless scare, purely just isolating myself for a bit, and becoming a music producer??? It feels odd, I want to write again.

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HIII So basically I hadn’t updated my fic for a while, just was too busy to finish, when I did started writing again, planning to publish my next chapter, I get a cut on my TOE of all places, faint and have a mini seizure, then the next day I also cut my leg on a CHAIR. When I say I put my blood sweat and tears in my writing I mean it.

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AO3 curse got me. About 2 months after I started writing I had my abusive ex break up with me, almost three weeks later started dating a friend that I'd known for well over a year. Then got married for healthcare.

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I was just about to write a reverse comfort fic and now I have a fever. Wtf. And my birthday is tomorrow. This is homophobic💔

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I actually know this author IRL, and trust me, this was only half the stuff that went down in those 2 years.

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I recently went back to finish a fic that I started and abandoned 11 fucking years ago. That is completely insane.

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i feel like this is some kind of coping mechanism

(also, here's the fic, even though i don't think sources are required: https://archiveofourown.org/works/76995686)

😳

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posted a chapter of my fanfic,

days after i get a cold that still hasnt gone away.

(its been like a week or so.)

stupid ao3 author curse.

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a couple days ago as I was finishing the first chapter of my rewrite for one of my favorite shows ever, my dog was diagnosed with a tumor at the vet and only has a few months left to live now :(

ain't that fun? /sarcastic

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Around the time I started posting on ao3, in like late 2020, I got into the start of a long line of abusive relationships. I'm now in a healthy one and our two year anniversary is coming up, but during that time to now, I've written over 100k words and posted a lot of fanfiction lmao

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currently suffering from a mystery illness (mild) that is making me feel absolutely miserable. can barely be upright today but by dog I wrote and posted the chapter

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authors note on the (fantactic) fic im reading:

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The tone shift with this one was amazing

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Since we started writing we realised we have: severe endometriosis, EDS, probably FND, ovotestes, dysphoria from things we didn't think could cause it, and a whole bunch of mental health issues, including plurality and maybe PTSD. Fortunately diagnostic process for most of these is started, or we can start it during our next appointment.

We also realised this or last year that we have been groomed by three different family members, and have been coming to terms with it for several months now. It is getting better, but it's still very hard at times. We are also working on eventually cutting contact with said family members.

While we like the jokes about the AO3 curse, the reality is that after we let ourselves ask questions and not just blindly obey those around us in one area of life, it slowly became easier and easier to do so in others as well.

And we have been writing on and off this entire time of course. Fanfiction is probably one of the reasons why we are still alive and didn't try doing anything permanent or reckless.

Thank you for this blog!