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Starfire2 Since: Jul, 2023

Sep 18th 2023 at 2:20:07 AM •••

It seems whenever I get *really* into a fic, it ends up as one of these... when will I ever find a fanfic that is ongoing, that I stay interested in, follow through its development, and actually get completed? Excuse me while I go cry in bed now

Virtual Insanity... you were the first... even after this long... I never forgot you...

Please... I want to read these... It's never going to happen, is it...?

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DancouMaryuu Wow… '*Everything* is depressing! Since: Feb, 2019

Wow… '*Everything* is depressing!

Jul 22nd 2023 at 2:51:43 PM •••

Does it still count as this trope when the author literally dies?

Does anyone else here actually know Fighbird beyond the "Is this a pigeon?" meme?

ProgenyExMachina : The Musical Since: Dec, 2009

: The Musical

Dec 31st 2012 at 2:22:58 PM •••

Should we remove fics if they come back to life? The author of "Bad Boys: JEDI Style" resumed writing it quite a while ago.

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harryhenry Since: Jan, 2012

Feb 13th 2014 at 10:46:06 PM •••

Do It!

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Feb 14th 2014 at 1:44:04 AM •••

Sure, go ahead and remove them.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

DancouMaryuu Since: Feb, 2019

Jul 22nd 2023 at 2:51:04 PM •••

Posted to wrong thing*

Edited by DancouMaryuu Does anyone else here actually know Fighbird beyond the "Is this a pigeon?" meme?

wwjdtd Since: Aug, 2014

May 19th 2021 at 5:14:28 PM •••

What is the common duration a fic must be left for it to be considered dead? Does it change?

Consider the following scenarios: (All real)

Fic is dormant for 6 months (Dead?)

Fic is dormant for >1 year (Dead)

Fic is dormant for >1 year but author page has a update from 1 week ago saying that it's not dead (Dead or just in Hiatus?)

Fic is dormant for >1 year with other fics being updated more recently (dead?)

Fic is on a monthly schedule but misses the last two months (dead?) what if it were weekly and missed the last three?

I'm honestly interested as to opinions on these examples.

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REV6Pilot Since: Jan, 2011

Feb 7th 2022 at 9:14:05 AM •••

Personally I treat any fic as dead if it has at least 2 years since the last update and no word from the author.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Mar 20th 2021 at 9:57:16 AM •••

Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Duplicate Trope, started by Korodzik on Feb 3rd 2016 at 10:21:20 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

ATricksterArtist kiby :] (Not-So-Newbie)

kiby :]

Aug 29th 2019 at 9:42:35 AM •••

"Last update... May 24, 2006. "Sniff". " Is the "sniff" part really necessary?

(Don't) take me home.

Emptybee Since: May, 2013

Nov 26th 2015 at 4:49:57 PM •••

Should Dead Fic categorized as be Trivia? The related tropes of Schedule Slip and Series Hiatus already are.

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Nov 27th 2015 at 12:12:18 AM •••

That'd be a question for this thread.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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