probably could have phrased that better but like the Nature of Posting Fanfic rather and like no there isn’t anything inherent to it that causes misfortune but it has happened often enough to popular enough fans since before both you and I were born that it’s a bit of a meme

it probably owes much to Authors Notes being very much so tradition and almost as much of the fanfic itself where someone could go “oh sorry I couldn’t release this on time because of [xyz]” compared to comics or illustration where while those notes and descriptions exist they are less often taken into consideration or even looked at at all.