#carolxdaryl

[bubblygiggles]

A best friend thing (CAROLXDARYL TICKLE FIC) Season 10 SPOILERS WARNING

as per requested, i hope you enjoy <;3 @rwateringcan03

The revving of the motorcycle’s engine roared through the forest. Upon Carol’s request, Daryl and she were on their way to a spot where they could hunt. She rested her head on his back, wrapping her arms around his waist, trying to engrave this moment into her traumatized memory. Being away from him for so long felt strange, lonely almost, even though that’s what she intended to find comfort in when she sailed across the sea on her small boat. Their friendship, his presence, and dog made her feel safe. Lost in her thoughts, she played with the folds of his shirt, hugging him from behind. She would have never thought the redneck squirrel eater that she shared a camp with would become her closest friend. What would he have done to her ex-husband if he was still alive now? Would they have been friends had he lived? she felt Daryl move her hand away from his stomach. 

“Don’t tickle me when I’m driving woman” he barked over his shoulder.

“Sorry” 

She forgot that he was ticklish there. One of her favourite things was to tease Daryl and make him crack a smile. He’s always so grumpy and serious, especially since losing Rick. She didn’t blame him, they lost so many people along the way, it would drain anyone from their last drop of joy. 

They finally arrived to a spot near a river, where they hunted for little critters and fish. Carol spotted a deer which she hit with an arrow, but it escaped into the territory of the Whisperers. Daryl had to stop her before she crossed the invisible line. She had so much vengeful hate for that horrible woman, calling herself Alpha like she’s someone important. Daryl had to bring her back to reality, away from the enemies’s ground. 

They sat down on a fallen tree, surrounded by shy bird songs and the echo of the forrest. 

“Let’s runaway together.” Carol broke the silence.

“On your boat?”

“Yes, you and me.”

“And dog?”

“And dog.”

“The sea ain’t my thing… You could come home instead?” He glanced at her reaction, which saddened at the thought of going back to the place where she lost her son. She shook her head as to shake out the bad thoughts from her head. 

“Fine, let’s take your bike instead. Drive into the unknown!” 

“We ain’t got enough gas for that. We’ll just end up stranded somewhere.”

She rolled her eyes. “Since when did you become such a party pooper?”

“Since I haven’t seen my best friend for too long.” 

They looked at each other, exchanging a slight smile. 

“Are we going to have matching bracelets?” She teased.

“Shut up.” He playfully pushed her, chuckling.

“We can make a matching one for Dog too.”

“Yeah, we could.” 

The silence returned, making itself comfortable between them. She felt the distance that she created in their connection by leaving him for so long. He has been alone, and so has she, it’s almost as if they forgot how to be around each other. She didn’t like that, not at all. 

“Why are you so quiet?” She kicked her legs slightly, saying it while she looked at the ground.

“What do you want me to say?” 

“I don’t know..”

“Yeah, my point exactly.”

“Well, you can sing or something..” a smile formed on her face from the thought of him singing 

He looked at her with the most dreadful look possible. It’s the silliest thing he heard her say in a long time. 

“Or laugh at least!” She poked his stomach, making him crunch up in defence. 

She kept on poking with one hand until she slipped in her other, now clawing at his sensitive belly. The sensation was too overwhelming for him to handle, forcing him to bring his knees to his chest, hoping to block her evil fingers. But all that did was make him lose his balance and fall backwards onto the ground, legs hanging over the fallen tree. She laughed out loud in surprise. Oh how she missed their tickle fights.

Dog got up and delivered an abundance of wet kisses onto Daryl’s face, giving Carol the perfect opportunity to attack. She lunged at him, clawing gently at his exposed stomach, his shirt rid up a little from the fall. 

“NAHAHA CAHAHAROHOL STOHOHOP!” He desperately tried getting a grip of her hands, but she was too quick for him to catch them. He wiggled around like a worm on a hook, throwing her off and getting up as fast as he could. 

“Oh no we aren’t done here” she got up too, a playful grin on her face.

“Carol…” he backed away slowly, as she followed his steps.

“Do you remember how I used to wreck you back at the prison?”

“It’s not fair… You’re not ticklish.”

“Well, sucks for you.” 

At that, he made a run for it, using the trees to pivot faster and try to throw her off his trail. But she was in a playful mood, there was no winning for him and he knew that. She chased him around a little more until he slipped on muddy leaves, landing right on his back. Next thing he knew, her weight pinned his torso down and he felt his shirt being pulled up.

“AAAAH HAHAHA”  his husky scream was followed by a hoarse laughter.

She blew a raspberry right on his belly button, making him kick his feet in the air. God he hated when she did that. 

“Another one?” She teased.

“NononoOnoOnono PLEASE just gentle tiCKLes” his voice jumped with every tickle he felt.

“Okay Pooki” She resumed her attack, lightly scratching his stomach underneath his shirt. He bucked, he rolled from side to side, he squeaked and yelped and kicked, but he never stopped her. Seems like he missed their tickle fights too.

His raspy laughter soon went silent, laying on the cold ground as waves of tickles tormented his body. He couldn’t even open his eyes he was laughing so much. Carol eased up on him, pushing his sweaty bangs covering his eyes. He wrapped his arms around his stomach, exhausted laughter gradually stopping. She lay down beside him, resting her face against his arm. 

“I missed you.” She gently said.

“I missed you too.” 

[theteasetwrites]

Do you and haru (autocorrected to Gary and I nearly left it) ever have discourse over carolxdaryl?

HAHAHAHA @haruhey

GARY omg um anyway I like to think we have friendly banter over it. I feel a little bad sometimes bc I don't want to hurt Haru's feelings by being negative about caryl, but then again if you see the torment Haru puts me through on Discord then you would understand.

But fr we are mortal enemies and I would not hesitate to fight Haru to the death if we met in person. However, I am open for an enemies to friends to lovers arc between us. Haru x Abbi aka harubi <3

Does that answer your question?

[ayyworld]

I'm a fan of norman reedus... and daryl dixon ofc. I'm caryl shipper too,but I know that caryl won't ever be endgame... despite they gave us hope when daryl say ' i love you ' to carol. I love Donnie too, I re watch this S10 where carol ask daryl about Connie, I see daryl had thing for Connie but that time he didn't know about Leah. Maybe he still think that leah will come back. That's why he said to carol that his feeling wasn't like as what carol thought . And things happens, with whisperer and commonwealth. And he gone for rick and michonne, he didn't confessed to Connie because he think of bring rick and michonne home.

#daryldixon #twd #carolxdaryl #conniexdaryl

[nowherespirit]

In my imagination caryl is in the prison,everything is fine. Everything that goes foward is after season 3 ends, Carol and Daryl keeps getting closer and then comes the inevitable canon.

And thats it.

The end

[nikoshi9]

Our beautiful angel Carol Peletier 🌷✨

[emsnavy-blog]

[teamcarylmundial-blog]

FANART FRIDAY / VIERNES DE FAN ART 🎨 Carol 👑 and Daryl 💪 CARYL 😍 By: @annie_syreythikova 💎 . . . #fanartfriday #fanart #twdfanart #thewalkingdead #twd #carolpeletier #twdcarol #daryldixon #daryl #caryl #carolanddaryl #darylandcarol #carolxdaryl #darylxcarol #carylforever #melissamcbride #normanreedus #twdfamily #teamcarylmundial ✨

[hempera]

暖炉と涙と嘘と二人の夜

His lie.

 "Is everyone all right?" (I'm sorry if I make a mistranslation) 

 I think that she felt that he was telling a lie. I wonder if his lie will torment her either. Because she believes that she has to kill people as much as she has lost loved ones. I want Daryl to release from his spell with his love. I think he can only do it. Then I have something I want to say to Rick. He is thinking only of Michonne and he is lightly distracting Carol. And I also want you to think that Morale of Daryl also Carol is the key. It is that she has a great influence on Ezekiel. I think Rick should stay in the kingdom with Daryl and have persuaded Ezekiel. Since we try to accomplish a number of things at the same time, we have to distribute the ability persons and the plan fails. It was so far. (Although there is no choice because it is a drama, but) If you do not hurry, Carol which is crazy about Daryl's lies can sneak into Negan's sole alone. Will not Negan self-destroy without dyeing her hand any more?

彼の嘘。 「皆無事なの？」(翻訳間違えてたらすみません)

彼女は彼が嘘をついている事を感じ取ったように思う。

彼の嘘が、いずれ彼女を苦しめることになりそう。彼女は愛する人たちを失った分だけ、また人を殺さなければならない、と盲信してるから。

はやくその呪縛から解き放ってほしい。

そしてそれはダリルにしかできないと思うんだけど。

あとリックに言いたい。あなたはミショーンにばかり目が行っててキャロル���軽んじていないか。ダリルの士気もキャロルがカギだということも少しは考えてほしい。 彼女がエゼキエルに対して大きな影響力があることも。

リックは自分もダリルと王国に留まり、彼らを説得するべきだったと思う。

同時にいくつもの事を成し遂げようとするから、能力者を分散しなければならなくなり、プランは失敗。(ドラマだから仕方がないけれど)

急がなければ、ダリルの態度に悶々としているキャロルが単独でNeganの元へ潜入しかねない。もうキャロルが壊れそうだ���これ以上彼女の手を血で染めることなく、Neganが自滅してくれたらいいのに。最後に、ダリルがヒルトップまでの道のりを無事辿れるのか心配…

（完全な私的見解。）

[asgardianhobbit98]

Getting To Know Me Meme

Tagged by: @honestlyitsjustsam  (Haha, yeah we can call each other acquaintances XD I freaking love your blog, as you’ve noticed, soo yeah XD thanks for tagging me :3 ) 

Rules: tag nine hundred people you want to know better 

Relationship status: single... was searching, found assholes, gave up, preparing to adopt 50 cats and live with them the rest of my life thank you

Favourite color(s): dark purple... violet I guess? idk. Purple. Black. And baby pink! :3 

Top ships: Oh my... I ship so many things that I panic whenever people ask this of me but my favourites (I’ll do my best not to mention ALL my dragon age ones) ---- CullenXInquisitor VarricXHawke AndersXHawke AlistairXWarden CarolXDaryl DeanXCastiel

Last song: What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes. Good song for mental breakdowns btw.

Last movie: Monty Python’s Life of Brian... cause my friends are trying to ‘educate’ me on their British culture and so they showed me this XD 

Tagging: Oh fuck, okay, do I know 9 people? ummm

@falloutthedas @that-dragon-person 

I tried

[zombiesmut]

get to know me

tagged by @notalentdouchebag :))

relationship status: single asf

favorite color: purple and black 💜🖤

lipstick or chapstick: lipstick

last song: how far I’ll go (moana soundtrack lmao)

last movie: thor ragnarok ⚡️

top three shows: twin peaks, dexter, community

top three ships: carolxdaryl, merlinxarthur, theoxliam

you don’t have to do it but I’ll just randomly tag @jaimelannistre @vavaharrison @xxxxmishaxxxx @caryled @empressmcbride

[pheciles]

You know, I think back to when I really liked the walking dead and daryl was my favorite character and I never really liked when people tried to push the carolxdaryl ship on me and it took me a long time to realize why. I was totally headcanoning him as ace without even realizing it but that boy is ace in my mind forever, even though I don't watch the show anymore

[ryanhavwood]

M X Z for the fandom one if that's okay?

M: A person who got you into a fandom and what fandom they pulled you in to - honestly i dont think there has been a person who’s pulled me into a fandom. i just kinda wander around and if i get sucked in i get sucked in yknowX: 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms. - Climbing Class (Until Dawn), Black Sun (RWBY), and Cherokee Rose (i think thats what its called, whatever CarolxDaryl is) (The Walking Dead)Z: What’s a ship that you want to ship publicly, but everyone on tumblr hates it so you keep your mouth shut about it? - i dont think i have any ships like that??? i havent seen anyone who doesnt ship what i do but i keep my ships on the dl anyhow

send me stuff for sleepover sunday!

[ladycumberbunny]

I have been tagged by @eugeniebatch ! RULES - tag nine people you want to get to know better! Realtionship status ~ married Lipstick or Chapstick ~ all the lipstick, I have about 20 tubes in my makeup bag Last song I listened to ~ Way Down We Go - Kaleo Last movie I watched ~ Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie! (ft. This Island Earth) Top 3 characters ~ Sherlock, Dean Winchester, Donna Noble, Harry Potter (I know it says 3, but I couldn’t decide on just 3) Top 3 ships ~ Sherlolly, 9xRose (Doctor Who), CarolxDaryl (The Walking Dead) I am tagging (just in case y'all want to do this!): @mollyhooperish @forthegenuine @dmollyc @kstewmanipulation @mizjoely @hobbitlover89 @lucifersbuddyfromhell @chelseamh98 @strangelock221b

[emsnavy-blog]

[teamcarylmundial-blog]

ESCENA CARYL ELEGIDA. 💌 La escena CARYL, que resultó ganadora la semana pasada, pertenece al episodio: TWD 7x10 "New Best Friends" 😍 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WINNING CARYL SCENE. 💌 The CARYL scene that won last week is from the episode: TWD 7x10 "New Best Friends" 💗 #thewalkingdead #twd 👣💀 #carolpeletier 👑 #twdcarol #queenoftheapocalypse #daryldixon 💪 #daryl #crossbowking #caryl 💗 #carolanddaryl #darylandcarol #carolxdaryl #darylxcarol #carylforever #teamdaryl #teamcarol #teamcaryl #normanreedus @bigbaldhead #melissamcbride #teamcarylmundial ✨

[cupkayke]

For the fanfiction questions thing: 1, 3, 6, 11, 17, 21, 25, 27, 36, 40, 41, 46, 50 and 51 (I hope these aren't too many)

 Not too many at all! I like talking about myself lol.

Under a cut because longggggg.

1) What was the first fandom you got involved in?

Oh gosh, definitely Tokyo Mew Mew. I never wrote fanfics for it but I co-owned and then owned an Avidgamers RP site for TMM called MewUSA back in like 2004-2006. Avidgamers was a forum site engine that was pretty damn nice for its time (also FREE, that was a plus) and I spent HOURS creating characters, storylines, and layouts for it. There were TONS of individual in-character boards and I think we may have had up to 100 unique users at one point. The detailed characters/plotlines were BASICALLY fanfiction- I think I did an entire rp with myself between a few of my characters once- and it was a whole lot of fun. Some of the OCs from that site were repurposed into a longrunning rp I have with @liarino on AIM and I am FOREVER grateful that I met them through that site

Fanfic-wise, it was Full Metal Alchemist. I had a horrendous LITERAL self-insert OC fic called ‘Nice of Me to Drop In’ that was based on an RP I did with a different friend. Plot? ‘Fangirl of FMA LITERALLY FALLS INTO HER TELEVISION AND WAKES UP IN THE UNIVERSE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH ALPHONSE’. The end. I never finished it but holy shitballs it got SO MANY REVIEWS. I’m surprised how many people actually enjoyed it- I did get some criticisms but despite the fact that it was so cringe-worthy that I took it down it still got sooooo much positive feedback. I sometimes wonder if people would still be reading it on ff.net if I hadn’t taken it down the last time I overhauled that account. I still have some Ouran oneshots on there that I wrote TEN FUCKING YEARS AGO that still get reviews. Dayum. 

3) What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?

I have to say it’s a tie between the Tokyo Mew Mew fandom circa 2003-2006 and the Ouran fandom from about 2006-2008. My experience with them was limited to RP boards but I had the MOST FUN running MewUSA and a long-running Gaia RP ‘Hosting the Hosts’ because of the warm response to the concepts. The TMM fandom especially was super creative even back in the day- there were so many fan mew mews because the formula was so easy and that was one series that I didn’t mind OCs because the concept was easily applied. In-universe, the creator could have easily made more Mew Mews. So the possibilities were endless. That’s also the fandom I learned the majority of my writing skills from, even if I did get called out a couple times for shitty RPing. I got better and I was so sad when the engine finally kicked the bucket. Aside from the RP sites the TMM fandom had sooooo many fansites dedicated to the show- my other favorite being Neko Tokyo. I think that site might still be up… 

Ouran was limited to that RP I ran but damn I never had one so fun. That group of writers was hysterical and I actually met one of them in person because by sheer coincidence she lived near me. She moved soon after we figured it out but she came back for a convention and we hung out all weekend. Unfortunately I don’t remember her name and I lost her phone number T_T I wonder where she is sometimes. I wonder where a lot of my fan friends from back then are. The problem with early 2000s internet.

Tho I think Boueibu will be my new modern fave fandom.

6) List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.

 Ohhhh dear. I’ll keep it to ones that I actually ship characters in because a lot of my early fandoms were MYSELF AS AN OC X HOT MALE CHARACTER. OTL. I was a weeb. Most of these are fandoms I’ve rped in rather than written fanfiction for, however.

Tokyo Mew Mew- PuddingxTart. I like to read IchigoxKisshu fanfics sometimes but that ship is highly problematic looking back on it lol

Code Lyoko - THROWBACK. JeremiexAelita. Adorable.

Ouran HSHC - I’m fond of HunnyxHaruhi (as evidenced by my mostly abandoned ff.net account) but basically AnyonexHaruhi is super cute. I think I read a fic once where Haruhi was in a relationship with ALL of the guys and it was actually super interesting. I don’t think I can find it again, tho.

Harry Potter - Drarry.

Walking Dead - CarolxDaryl FTW. and Richonne. I’ve toyed with the idea of writing fanfics for WD but never quite get up to it.

Mass Effect - Shakarian. Fuck yes. Fun fact I have an unfinished smutfic on the mass effect kinkmeme livejournal that I will EVENTUALLY FINISH ONE DAY AND PUBLISH UNDER MY NAME buuuut for now it will remain an anonymous abandoned fic.

Boueibu - …All of them? OTL I can’t pick one ship… tho if you force me… IoRyuu and BeppuMoto OT3.

YOI - I think everyone’s OTP is Victuuri.

11) Who is your current OTP?

Victuuri.

17)  Who was your first OTP and are they still your favourite?

Since Boueibu is my current fandom- I immediately was drawn to Enatsu since s1 had a relatively large focus on them but I’ve kind of fallen out of actively shipping them. I like them as a couple and I think they’re def boyfriends material but they’re definitely a comfortable ship. Their personalities are just… drama-free, so their relationship to me just seems like a quiet background relationship. IoRyuu is a little more volatile and I really like ships where there is a lot of between-the-lines interpretation and potential for conflict. Also I just really like the Beppus

21) What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The aformentioned ‘Nice of Me to Drop In’ FMA OC Mary Sue Self insert fic. Definitely the first one I ever published on the interwebs. Although I think TECHNICALLY my very first one was a Pokemon story that I was writing for a little kid neighbor of mine back when I was like… 11. I think I had just gotten a computer in my room and I remember typing it up and drawing some cover art for it… it was basically an expanded version of the episode where Meowth and Pikachu were handcuffed together or something… except there were more Pokemon involved and ALL of the characters were friends. Like Brock and Tracey were both with Ash and Misty and all of the Team Rocket people were friends for some reason. Idk I was a weird child.

Ohhh maybe a tie for the FMA fic was a Code Lyoko one I wrote around the same time called ‘Desert Rose’. I can’t remember now which was published first because I deleted them all. Another Mary Sue OC fic but I actually am still kind of proud of how I expanded the Lyoko universe in my head. I came up with new areas to Lyoko and like a central region and how they all connected. Nevermind the fact that the girl with a CAT THAT COULD OPERATE THE COMPUTER was the main character and obviously I shipped her with Odd because YumiUlrich and JeremieAeilita were OTPs. It was weird.

25) What’s your most popular fanfic?

If the story was still up it might have been ‘Nice of Me to Drop In’ because that fic still haunts me. Buuut it’s either ‘Naptime’ or ‘Desire’, one of my two Hunny x Haruhi fics from my Ouran days that I left up on ff.net for posterity. I have no desire to go read the cringe and find out which one has more hits but I bet it’s the G-rated ‘Naptime’ cuz ‘Desire’ is a) the first M rated Hunny x Haruhi fic on ff.net EVER and b) really really bad porn written by like, 16-year-old me. Oops. It’s a smidgen OOC on the part of Haruhi if I remember right buuut I actually still stand by the idea that Hunny is not as childlike as he seems.

Oh dear maybe that’s why I like Yumoto so much. Similar character type. OTL

27) What do you hate more: Coming up with titles or writing summaries?

I feel like I’m horrendous at both but lately it’s titles that are giving me trouble. 2 of the 3 Boueibu fics I’ve written had different working titles that got changed the second the story went up to be published. I’m having a brain fart and can’t remember them but both ‘All the Pretty Little Horses’ and ‘Completely’ were titled something really stupid. And your giftfic was ‘?’ until I decided on the central theme lol.

36) What’s your favourite genre to write?

I don’t like reading romance novels but I love writing shippy stuff. Tension, build….smut

40)  What do you struggle the most with in your writing?

Pacing in longer works, definitely. Also just… keeping up with it. I am a horrible procrastinator and if I don’t actually have a deadline with external consequences then I never get anything done. I can’t set my own deadlines because I can always move them. I can’t get my family or friends to set them for me because I know they’ll forgive me if I fail (how horrible lol). I have tons upon tons of unfinished fics from fandoms past sitting somewhere in the depths of my word documents folder and about as many original short stories. I have so many ideas but because I get easily distracted and also because I am now working full time and suffer from typical adult exhaustion I can only put a fraction of them on paper. 

My inner critic is also a fucking bitch. I can’t get her to shut her face long enough to write a sentence sometimes. Again, I have to have a deadline looming before I can put her on mute most times. If I have infinite time, she doesn’t shut up and makes me rewrite a sentence 100 times because it sounds stupid.

41) List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading:

Ahahahaha… I don’t have 5 simultaneously because I can’t just… not finish reading something before moving onto the next one. I don’t also read things that are unfinished unless they sound REALLY interesting because I’m stupid impatient. But I guess for my current fandom (Boueibu) I’ll link 5 fics I read recently that I liked! 

1) Pink Blood - @magiccatprincess (okay actually this is one I’m going to read soon because it looked interesting… so it fits the question lol)

2) tuesdays - @vagarius (because how can I not love something written for me?

3) Liar - BlackJoker77 (A whoooole lot accomplished here in not a lot of words. Also, Yumoto character study/reading between the lines? Yush.)

4) ….. ok I ran out of ideas. I don’t bookmark anything OTL. I’ll come back to this question at another time with an ACTUAL answer.

46) If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?

I’m most proud of ‘Completely’ at the moment- I really like how I pulled off Ryuu’s voice and it’s most definitely a scene I wanted to see written… so I’m happy that I was able to provide that scene

50) How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?

It was basically an extention of RPing for the writing portion of it- ‘Nice of Me to Drop In’ was basically a cleaned up RP and when it wasn’t rping it was fan gratification for the other early fics I did. As a kid I used to (and still sometimes do) make up stories in my head when I was about to go to sleep, and a lot of them were episodes of my favorite shows that I wanted to see. So I’d put some of them on paper. And then it moved into the ~romance~ category; I was a hopeless romantic as a teenager and like a lot of teenage girls I was kind of horny so fanfiction was a way to explore my sexuality in the comfort of my own head, basically. I still like me a good smutfic and bonus points if it’s romantic AND smutty. My bf can definitely tell when I’ve been reading something naughty….

51) Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

Okay, Imma do both! And I have 2 things to rant about because I can’t shut up.

Rant: This is more of a thing that I hate about MYSELF reading fanfics, but I hate that I get turned off of fics so quickly because of writing style. When I can push past beginners writing mistakes or mediocre quality writing I can sometimes find gem fics with plots/characterizations I find adorable, but more often than not I click out of fics after just a few sentences because I can’t stand poor writing. And I feel so elitist about it! Fanfics are free, fan-generated content. A lot of fanfics are written by kids or beginner writers. I have to keep reminding myself that not every fanfic author has gone to school for writing. They may not know the conventions of literature. They may not realize that they’re head-hopping in the middle of paragraphs. They may not know the proper way to punctuate dialogue (and I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW until grad school!!!!). If I let mistakes get in the way of content I may miss out on an up and coming writer. And lord knows I was horrendous when I first started. Everyone starts somewhere. I hate that it takes me so long to get out of teacher/writing student mode and truck through some writing that may not technically be the best but their heart is in the right place. 

Rant2: I don’t like how isolated fanfiction can feel sometimes. It seems like people don’t comment on fics as much as they used to, and I see these posts going around on tumblr about how authors LOOOOOVE comments and want more of them but then comments just… don’t appear. It’s not so hard to post one thing you really liked about the story, and even one thing you didn’t like. Comments help authors grow.I also don’t like how it’s so hard to find a beta reader or three to bounce ideas off of and proofread your work.

Gush: I love communities. I love the events fanfic authors put together. I love how when communities get tight-knit how everyone builds each other up and gives one another ideas. I just love fanfiction in general, really

aaaaaand SHEW. That was a lot. BUT DEF NOT TOO MUCH