I was just browsing MUNCLE
And it's mindboggling to observe that there're nearly two hundred members. The MFU fandom has moved online (by that I mean LJ, of course) in a pretty big way here - I'm guessing most of these people came along within the last couple of years. It's all good, of course, but it's very startling.
Re: Sympathy :-(
I wonder how common it really is? I mean - they love writing and making movies (usually bad) about artists who suffer insanity or illnesses, struggle with poverty or are caught in war. Can't think offhand if I've seen anything ever on frequency of this type of loss/disaster, and the impact.
(Reminds self to ask artist sister who seems to know Everything about Art.)
(Reminds self to go get that DigiQuest backup drive, even on the expensive credit card, lest own laptop data be suddenly lost. Too dreadful to contemplate.)
Re: Sympathy :-(
*Goes to back things up right now, just in case...*