Hey, fandom side of Tumblr, I need help workshopping a reply to this comment:
I love this story mainly for the superbat but I hate Tim drake so it’s been hard reading some parts especially parts with Jason since I love him. After this chapter I’m not sure I can finish this story which sucks because I do enjoy it. Can you please tell me if Bruce and Clark make up and get back together again?
This comment was left on the 13th chapter of the THIRD (3rd) installment of a fic series.
The series is a Tim/Kon ship fic. Meaning that Tim Drake is one of the main characters. Jason, the character the reader says they love barely even appears in the series and, in fact, isn't even tagged as a character in the second two installments.
In the first fic in the series Jason was tagged as a character.
Jason was the last character tagged.
In my own fandom experiences that implies that the character is not a central character but just ensemble cast.
In the third installment, the fic this reader left the comment on, Jason isn't even tagged at all!
I just do not understand why this reader picked up reading my fic in the first place. Yes, they said they're into Superbat and that is also a ship in this fic. But Superbat is one of the most popular ships in this fandom. I refuse to believe that this reader couldn't find a fic that ship's Superbat in which Jason is a more pivotal or central character. Like, come on!
Anyway, that's why I need some help workshopping a reply to this comment. I do not understand the commenter's motivation and so don't know what kind of response to send.
I don't even understand why they stuck with the fic for so long (three installments totalling 200k words), they could have dipped out at any time.