writing or drawing or editing or what creative form you please, doing so for x thing and then seeing people wish that there was more people making for x thing and it's like
are you looking? are you making the effort to find past works for x thing? are you showing appreciation that the maker can see? do you share the work, fanwork or original, so others can also see and enjoy, so the creator knows 'hey, i thought this was good and i want others to see it too'?
cause i promise you there's people there who have made what you want, or would. but do they know there's people appreciative of the time and effort they put in, who want to share in that interest?
course it's not a mandatory thing. but people make and share what they make for it to be seen. if you aren't able to make it yourself, for whatever reason, then be a person who helps get those works in front of someone else's eyes.
the light-hearted personal version of this is like
fan: oh man i hope with this people will make more friskarm
me looking up from my arknights google doc: ...alright who was joking War's dead again