I got my (now 18-year-old) daughter into Ao3 back in 2021. I taught her she should always comment - even if the fic looks old or abandoned or whatever. She did.
Well - she got this email this morning:
The fic was written in 2014 and essentially abandoned.
Bethy read and reviewed in 2021 (and was actually the only person who had commented at all).
Today in 2025 - the final chapter was posted by the author and this was her reply to Bethy’s comment.
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Never question whether a fic is too old to comment on.
I can all but guarantee that the author had been sitting on that ending for all those years and had wanted desperately to sit down and get it written and posted but just never found the time, and your daughter’s lovely comment was the nudge they needed to finally make it happen.
I’ve been in the same position myself many times, lmao.
