#idk i just miss the person i was in 2022 so i'm getting all nostalgic for st4

[mintchanniemint]

yeahhh yknow it’s kind of bittersweet. now stayblr feels like it barely exists. well, save for the smut 😂 that’s thriving. but i do miss all the AUs and the 25K word one shots and the different series… man, they were something else. wish they’d come back :’)

and yeah i feel you. not getting feedback is rough. i think the way i deal with it is that… if something isn’t getting a lot of interaction, i go back to see if there’s anything i can improve. i’ve learnt that tumblr isn’t just about good writing. it’s about smart writing. certain concepts do better. certain writing styles do better. even the format of fics and the way they’re arranged matters. so i kinda just play around with it until i find something that sticks.

and i think maybe a part of why stayblr is changing is because we, as individuals, are changing. and so are our lives. like… you always look back and remember the happier parts of life, ignoring the good things in the present. i suppose one day we’ll miss 2022 stayblr too because it too, holds associations with fond memories we are yet to make/don’t know we’ve made.

i do wish there was more feedback here though. so many of my fav writers left because of the lack of feedback. and i really do miss all of them so so much 🥺 they’re like friends i never spoke to, but always saw around. plus all their fics were so cute and high quality too! like… they made stayblr seem so… idk what’s the word… i guess fancy, in a sense? like there were really good fics being uploaded. they felt like legit bookworthy stories. i miss that. and i guess i miss the comfort those stories brought. so many of them are gone now :(

Not only we are changing, but I think the majority of readers here now are more into a different type of content,,, nothing wrong with that, but let's say it kinda feels like we're all on the same stage but the light on those that write long fics and series is not as bright as the one on those that write other types of fics!! This is the internet after all hahah but it's fine, as you said it can also be seen as a way for someone to explore the different types of writing anyway, though feedback is appreciated no matter what♡

as you said, we might end up in full nostalgia over 2022 (how tf is it 2022 already) stayblr in the future but tbh I'm in constant 2020 stayblr nostalgia so😂 probably because that's when I was the most active ever

I'm glad I haven't deleted this account, since not only I'm struggling on a personal level but bc I lost interest in kpop at the moment (as usual, my interests are in constant rotation and I can't have 2 hobbies at the same time ugh) even if I might leave one day I'd love to leave it as some sort of archive in case anyone was curious enough to go explore the skz fics tags hahah AND if my nostalgic ass will ever feel like appearing here from time to time

BUT ENOUGH WITH THE EMOTIONAL TALK, I DONT WANT TO CRY— or maybe I do, gosh stayblr back then was really nice, I have to admit I feel a bit intimidated seeing how many many users got to make friends with each other and I'm just here being my awkward self as usual jshfjshdj soz I'm rambling now