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It feels like this every time I write a fic

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I debated posting about this because I know it will be controversial and because I myself have complex feelings about it, but to quote an intrepid intergalactic explorer: we can talk about this.

A discord fic club recently advertised they would be reading one of my fics. I was actually really excited about this! Hopefully new people get to enjoy a thing I worked hard to make for them, and I was really looking forward to hearing what they thought about it.

Except the advertised date came and went with silence on the actual fic, so I assumed that it got canceled or something.

But, no, it didn’t - I heard later that the group had in fact read my fic and apparently loved it. Quietly. To themselves.

And, like, look — I’m trying to write this with a minimum amount of snark, because on one hand I’m a fic reader too and I firmly believe that people have a right to enjoy fic however they wish. As I writer, I also don’t think I’m entitled to comments, but like 90% of writing fic for me is to be part of a community, and being a part of a community means commenting on fics so that there are more fic and the community continues.

On the other hand, as a writer, I have to be honest — hearing that people specifically scheduled time to read a fic I wrote and then loved it while not sharing any of their thoughts with me? That doesn’t make me feel good. I feel like it should, but it doesn’t. It makes me feel like my fic is just content to be consumed without regard to the effort that went into making it.

The fic in question? I worked on it on and off for literal years. It had to be betaed. It had to be formatted to be posted to AO3 properly, I had to work on the meta bits to properly tag and warn people.

All of that is work, and the only thing I ask for (and any fic author, really) is engagement and encouragement from the people reading the fic.

This isn’t snark or bitterness to say that if the trend is going to be people talking amongst themselves about my fic in a group chat with total silence to me as the author, then I don’t see the point in going through all the effort to post fic publicly. I’ll just send it to my own group chat. If that’s the community now, then that’s where I’ll go. I’ll hate it, honestly, but like. If that’s the deal, that’s the deal.

Anyway, I’m clearly in my feelings about this. I really am truly glad people liked my work. But this really bummed me out.

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it’s really endearing to me when someone inserts themselves into the fic / post / etc. that they’re making so much that it becomes obvious that this whole thing is, indeed, about them and their fictional character. like i love to see it. i’m glad you’re having fun writing your little x reader fluff or smut or angst. love you

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Supper of Late by Takato Yamamoto

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i just saw a tweet and got divine inspiration for an AU-gust fic, with you already know who involved and sirens/mermaids

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A quick redraw of Tomura! I just think he’s neat ☺️

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- reunion

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Please just write.

But your headcanon isn't popular? You're afraid you maybe your portrayal is a little out of character? Maybe you feel like you're not good at it, or never finish anything? You're worried your rare pair won't make sense to anyone else?

Who gives a shit. If you feel the urge to write, if you like doing it, please just do it. You don't have to share it if you don't want to. It can be something fun you do for yourself, if nothing else.

Life is hard enough without robbing yourself of opportunities for joy.

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the point of fanfiction is that you can write whatever the fuck you want forever and no one can stop you. #thepower

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well yeah i have a pet hydra and it only has one head. i'm not going to cut its head off just to make it look cooler, you asshole. that's seriously unethical. and i'm not letting you cut its head off either. if you really want a hydra with multiple heads, you should go for a rescue- but if you want your pet to look cooler at the cost of its physical health, maybe you shouldn't get any kind of pet at all. no, the hydra's not for guarding my evil tower, it's my pet. have you ever heard of a pet? like a puppy or a kitty? you think i can't defend my evil tower by my self?

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How I feel reading smut while being scared of intimacy in real life

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Can I just say something honestly and very seriously to all you writers?

With the Internet going down the "nothing adult, no death, no nothing. Make it kid friendly" route,

Please don't ever stop making art or writing wips that are gruesome, horror, other things like that. Don't let the Internet sanitize how you wanna tell a story. Channel your rage into your art and keep going and don't give up

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Reblog this to support the selfship(s) of the person you reblogged it from!

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rereading my own fics

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all I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life — got a feeling your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with light.

a sweet and simple glimpse at Kiri & I’s first date by the lovely kimchicubed on vgen 💜

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