Judging from this fanwriter's specific tics I'd guess she's from Appalachia

[conuly]

The trouble is that her* characters are English.

Now, most people with the needs washed construction have no idea it's regional, and I can see how both "come with" and the plural prounouns who all and what all snuck in there without notice (but not any form of a plural you, so I guess she caught that one herself!) - but I'm a little surprised that nobody ever told her that "drug" is a nonstandard past tense.

(Why don't people with "needs washed" ever recognize that it's a regionalism?)

* Well, you know what I mean. The characters in the fanfic.

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[rmc28]

"needs washed" used in the UK would indicate a Scottish speaker (or someone who hangs out with one). I have colleagues from Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands who all use it, and so when speaking with them, sometimes so do I (despite being thoroughly non-Scottish).

[conuly]

Yes, that's hypothesized to be where Pittsburgh specifically and the surrounding area generally got it.