Just coping with it because I _know_ I write unpopular stuff. I'm not writing popular ships, my main fandom is half-dead and I'm not writing on English so it cuts like majority of my potential readers
Writers: How do you overcome the disappointment of a fic (or fics!) you worked really hard on ‘flopping’ (getting significantly less hits/kudos/comments than you’d expected)? How do you find the motivation to write again and get past the fear of future fics performing similarly?
So yeah. I just cope and dream someday I'll have these readers who'll shout in the comments or on twt "OMG IT'S AN UPDATE TO THIS GEM!!!". If not today, then tomorrow.
Sometimes I dream of writing shipslop (Saiouma for example) to examine how horrible the gap in the feedback between popular and unpopular ships is, but. But I once wrote something like this (Akiren from Persona 5) for a friend and it has MORE feedback than stuff I usually write
girl idk how to make a thief look like an S tier between a peasant and a NOBLE but heres my take on Kai's essence if the theme was instead medival times (around 15th century? ish?)
#identityv
Kirukiyo are overrated hetslop. Also yeah, Korekiyo is femicider and isn't allowed to have even at least some pity because he also abused his sister, I can't help but HATE this fucker sm
@SlothDamage Adding salt on the Rodya's wound
Faust look a little like Sonya both visually and in behavior (a bit of superiority, "trust the process and me" type of shit, etc)
Me caga que cuando digo que no hay fics de “x cosa” salga alguien de la alcantarilla a decirme “pues escríbelos tú✨” YA LO HAGO, RAMIRO, Pero a veces QUIERO LEER, NO ESCRIBIR