This is what’s really discouraging, likes stop carrying meaning because of this. I love writing and while I do it because I want to I also do it for the attention because if I didn’t need that validation as a content creator I wouldn’t post it in the first place. I check every reblog to see the tags, if there are any (usually not), I get so excited when someone I don’t know well posts on my fics. Legitimately around 85% of comments are from my friends, who are constantly supportive of me and understand the need for that validation. No one on here is going to judge you for reblogging porn or freaking out in the comments, content creators love that. Those key smashes or the “oh my god!!!” is a lot for us. We tell you what we need, we straight up tell you the things we want to see happen, you can’t ever say we didn’t communicate it. This is what makes people not want to post, because when no one responds to our posts it makes us think it’s not worth responding to and I’m honestly sick of it. You little gremlins don’t deserve the content we create, you don’t deserve the art or the stories or any other kind. We write so you don’t have to and we go unappreciated for it. If we stop for a long time you ask us to come back but when we do it’s like we’re talking to ourselves. None of you deserve my friends, none of you deserve the hard work and the emotion they put into their work. I am so upset by this you have no idea. We straight up ASK YOU to comment on our fics, even in the tags (we fucking look, I swear we do) and it still doesn’t change anything. I am so frustrated, I am legitimately considering not writing anymore because it’s just so discouraging and honestly a little gut wrenching. I don’t know what else to say to this because it’s all been said before.
The pictures are my actual stories, by the way, actual proof of the neglect we face as writers.
I really have nothing else to say.
I thought about this, and I think it’s because bookmarks/reblogs/bookmarks/likes are, in a sense, empty. They’re not a good substitute for interaction. I made friends with SylvaneVentus at first because she enjoyed my Genji writing. We really connected when we got into long discussions about Genji. Some good back and forth. Some real human interaction. The friends I made (poutypanic especially! I love you!) are the best things I’ve gotten out of putting out fanfiction. It’s actually secondary to writing itself (which was extraordinarily fun at times, don’t get me wrong).
Likes/kudos/bookmarks/etc produce a high. It’s hard to maintain highs. Plus, they’re cheap compared to real and meaningful interaction with other fans within the given fandom. I kind of wish we didn’t have to deal with them, but it’s what we got. More meaningful interaction with you dudes (in the form of comments or whatever) would be great, but I get that people are tired/busy/dealing with their own shit. I dunno. There’s no simple solution to this, I think.
On a less serious note, why don’t half of you tag ur reblogged smut??? Like, why you gotta shoot yourself in the foot when you need fap material later?? lol
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