#(or shoving your own lore headcanons at me expecting me to one hundred percent accept everything you say without clear sources)

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

#relatable #i dont know who needs to hear this #fandom issues #commenting #typos #just dont be like cruel pointing out my typos and grammar mistakes thanks #(or shoving your own lore headcanons at me expecting me to one hundred percent accept everything you say without clear sources)#i know im autistic #you dont need to keep rubbing it in #as something 'bad'#(that 'kills!!1!' my ficstuff or blogging)#(or whatever)#also please stop blatantly insulting my cultures holidays in my comments as some unusual form of trying to encourage me to 'update more'#as long as you dont do that i might just actually update a little more when i feel up to it #im pretty sure ao3 mods wont want to have to deal with my reports on that kind of thing again either #and i still never received any apology whatsoever about that if its someone who was around+active during 2020~ era doing that #at this point id really just love an honest apology because seriously there were only so many of us around including in txk fandom side #(but i still highly doubt they were actually part of txk fandom because almost all of us around knew what was going on then)#(including with the person reposting others old fics to 'finish' them who we are pretty sure was from another ships fandom too)