the ratio of how long it takes to complete a fic/chapter and how long it takes to be read is so humiliating fr i felt so small the other day when i realized my three weeks of work were a readers 30 minutes
i yearn for comments, reactions, crashouts over my fics it’s something so special to me that i might go smiling the whole day even from just one. please comment or even go to my strawpage to send me your reactions i’d die smiling
i kid you not, i open my ao3 inbox every fucking day just to read recent and old comments for hours. i AM. greedy, i WANT comments, i WANT engagement in my fics #sorrynotsorry it is a huge motivator it l, literally lights up a FIRE ON MY ASS to keep writing
fic readers are so entitled sometimes they expect writers to share their work for free and act like writers wanting people to comment in fics is some kind of moral failing and not the bare minimum you can do to thank someone for sharing a story that you love
this ravenous consumption without community is also why authors are leaving the fanbase lol you can only write so fast and create so much, and when people don’t care about you or your work outside of the speed they can consume it, it ends up draining your passion to write
I have only just realised that my first ‘crush’ in my entire life wasn’t even love at all i was just envious of the guy to the point i genuinely wanted to wear his skin and this has admittedly made an impact on my writing and perception of love. wow.
consuming tremendous amounts of media and somehow correlating it back to the ship
(the amount of ideas I have rn in my list is genuinely terrifying me)