My Immortal is perhaps the most infamous fan fiction work ever written. Its pseudonymous author Tara Gilesbie has become a byword for every sin attributed to fanfic: the Mary Sue archetype, constant narrative digressions, poor spelling and grammar, and an overriding obsession The chapters of My Immortal to fanfiction.net under the username XXXbloodyrists666XXX from March to June 2006 before a long hiatus. In November 2006, Tara's account was hacked