You're missing something. Obsidian is amazing for writing and research because of all of the automatic linking between things. If you're already using markdown

You're missing something. Obsidian is amazing for writing and research because of all of the automatic linking between things. If you're already using markdown and git for writing, then Obsidian is worth another look because you can pick and choose to enable what options help your workflow. As an example, let's say you tagged every time a character is mentioned (will be done automatically as well with 'untagged references' for proper names). Or you have all of your backstory and timelines in sections that are linked to your writing, but you can output the finished writing without all of those links in there. So as an author you get a full timeline with metadata. You can also use additional tools for research with Obsidian plugins, including Zotero for academic references, Markdownload Browser Extension for shooting MD and images straight into your vault, git plugins inside Obsidian, etc. Sorry I'm rambling, but absolutely go look at it again!