Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/BDSM and rape/reply (21)

The remarkable thing about My Immortal is that to this day we're not sure if it's a Poe or not. If it is a Poe, they would have to have written a very, very long fanfiction, made up accounts for not only Tara but her friends, and maintained them... as well as maintaining an entire 'offline life' for Tara; within My Immortal, spats with her friends can be seen. For example, she has a falling out with a friend she wrote into the story and graphically killed the girl on-page, only to forget about it a few chapters later when they'd made up. Not only that, but no one ever stepped forward to claim the story, even when it was at the height of its popularity... something that doesn't really fit with a troll looking for attention.

So while it seems incredibly likely to be a Poe, nobody really knows for sure.

But yeah, it's the Worst Possible Thing that fanfic has, containing all sorts of unmarked things nobody ever would want to see, ever. So writing good summaries, tags, pairing notes, and other stuff is very important in the fic community... to avoid running into stuff like this when you don't want it: not so much the quality, but just the... content.