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what happens to your fic after you die?

It depends. Like anything else on the internet, it could just sit on the Archive forever.

But if you want something more than that, then you might want to look into a Fannish Next of Kin (FNOK). This is a person you choose to get control of your account if you’re ever incapacitated or if you die. 

How do you choose them? They can be a real life friend or family member. They can be someone you know in fandom. Whoever it is, it should be someone you trust because they’ll be given access to your account in the event of your death. You’ll need to be able to talk to them about how you feel about your fanworks and what you want to have happen to them. Do you want them to stand just as they are? Do you want them added to the orphan_account? Do you want your entire account deleted?

After you have chosen your FNOK, both you and your chosen person will need to send a message to the Abuse team - they’re the team who also manage next of kin requests. Both of you will need an AO3 account in order to do this, so if the person you choose isn’t involved in fandom they’ll need to get an account first.

You don’t have to be next of kin for each other. It’s fine if the relationship is just one way. But, you can only have one next of kin. If there are 2 or more, there is the possibility of disagreements about what you want done, and AO3 has no way to arbitrate those disagreements.

You can end the agreement if you want to. If you have a falling out with your friend, or if they leave fandom and you lose touch, or if you want to end this part of the relationship for any reason, either one of you can send another message to the Abuse team and provide both usernames of the people involved. They’ll send you both a message to let you know the FNOK relationship has ended. 

How does AO3 know you’re dead? Your FNOK will tell them by submitting another report to the Abuse team. The Abuse team will then send an email to the address they have on file. If you don’t reply back within 10 days, they’ll pass control of your account over to your FNOK. It is important that you keep your AO3 account email up to date so you don’t miss this message. Remember that AO3 doesn’t know your real life identity, so if the person you trust says you’ve passed and you don’t tell AO3 that you haven’t, then they’ll believe them.

If your account is transferred but you’re still alive, submit a form to the Abuse team and let them know! They’ll do their best to get your account back to you.

You can read these and more details about Fannish Next of Kin over at the AO3 Terms of Service FAQ. Live long and prosper - and plan for the future 🖖

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Editing this post with an update! As of January 12, 2023 you should contact Support and Feedback instead of Policy & Abuse

Life is writing the most unexpected scripts. Seconds decided about my life. I am happy I am here, able to write it down.

After we found out that our baby bean died doctors told m I can go home and wait for the miscarriage. So we did and nothing happened for 7 days. My doctor sent me to the hospital to induce the miscarriage with pills. I was scared, I have to admit. I was sure I will die and never go back home. My experiences with hospitals in the past were not good - anaphylactic shocks, complications during simplest procedures, etc.

I had no choice. I had to miscarriage so I went to a hospital. They gave me pills for 3,5 days - they didn't work. They had absolutely no effect on me. After almost 4 days doctors decided we can't wait any longer and they informed me that they will perform curettage of the uterus - the simplest procedure.

It was on the 27th of October. I had a bad feeling. I was scared like a baby. Still, I had no choice. My uterus was sick with 30 myomas. 30! I said goodbye to my mother, and to my fiance - I was sure it was my last chance to tell them I love them.

The curettage of the uterus went very bad - seconds after they started I had a massive genital hemorrhage. I lost almost 2 liters of blood in 7 minutes! My doctor called the head of the ward who did all he could to stop the hemorrhage - nothing worked. My myomas were bleeding hard. They took me to the operating block and woke me up. They informed me they cannot stop the bleeding and that the only way to do it is to remove the uterus. I agreed.

Today I am at home, lying in bed, writing this whole story down, trying to sort out my life, and my thoughts.

I am on sick leave and not able to work asking you, good people, to find a moment to read all of this and consider helping us out.

We both have only each other now and we want to pay our debts and start over - we have scars we need to heal but reality doesn't help us do it - I lose 20% of my salary now, and I lost additional jobs I had because of the surgery.

My fiance was taking care of me for the last week when I was mainly laying in bed - he had to take a sick leave too.

So please if you can, help us. Thank you. I wish you all the best in life.

Six months has passed and some things has changed - we are still mourning, still trying to live as we did before...

We faced few new problems - Paul's health problems (which are gone now), me loosing one job, leaving another. Last three months were decent, today we are facing another issues.

Today we need 360$ to pay our rent. If you can help please I'll be grateful. Even a small amount counts.

I offer screenshots of your Inquisitor in return - that's all I can do. If you can't help that's ok too - just share it please.

Thank you.

You can help via PAYPAL or KO-FI.

You all know how I love to take screenshots in DAI, let me take some for you :)

Don't hesitate and request screenshots of your OC!

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