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Logs on to check something, immediately gets already fragile vibes smashed. Back to wondering if I should just quit writing Side Quest. Time to log out and go back to bed ~ Yeehaw

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The 'write for yourself uwu' culture shift has done real damage to fic writers imo. I recently had a post on the importance of strategic commenting break containment and I'm surprised by how many strangers who rb it in agreement feel the need to reassure in the tags that they do write for themselves, but...

There is a kernel of truth in the heart of this sentiment--if you only chase stats, you are unlikely to find joy in your writing. At the same time, I think we've veered too far in the other direction.

It is only natural to want engagement and the write for yourself crowd often overlooks how communal an effort fic writing usually is. So many story ideas are born from casual discussions about h/c's and favourite scenes and what ifs and the comment box is a cornerstone of this process. Not only can the discussions in the comment box be a hub for idea generation on their own, but even when the said idea generation takes place in DMs or Discord chats, commenting is often the first/easiest way into befriending authors; it's where community building starts.

Further, the write for yourself crowd similarly overlooks that the things a writer can write for themselves are often vast and many at any given time, and relative engagement levels across fandoms/ships can play a large part in which of those ideas a writer chooses to pursue--or whether they choose to publish their finished work at all.

In sum, I don't think we need to be this apologetic as writers for wanting feedback and engagement for what we post -- writing is hard work and it's only human that we want something external out of it in turn, however rewarding the process might intrinsically be.

#I hope my one frequent commenter on side quest knows they're a big reason why I keep going. #I've already told plenty of stories where no one listened or no one saw.

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Loose sketch commission for Gemma over on le twitter!

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((I never want this to leave my mind. Ever.))

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Aymeric: why are Lord Haurchefant and WoL sitting with their backs to each other

Tataru: they had a fight

Aymeric: but they’re holding hands

Alphinaud: Lord Haurchefant gets sad when they fight

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The boops have ceased, and we are blessed with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.

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A boop post for all my friends who cannot be booped, because they have passed away and thus, their blogs remain un-boopable. I know you all would be at max by now, and some of you probably would have made new accounts just so you can keep booping. I love you, and miss you. *boopboopboopboopboopboopboopboopboopboopboopboopboop x infinity*

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Hilariously, I did this nose booping ages ago, how appropriate for today.

#thancred #gpose #himi #wolcred

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Bonus Poll: Most Boopable Scion

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HOW IT FEELS WHEN A MUTUAL DOESNT HAVE A BOOP BUTTON

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im not an emet wol shipper myself but there's a deep tragedy in being immortal and the love of your life being shattered into itty bitty pieces and you meet these pieces of them over the course of thousands of years and its them, you can sense it, but the rest of them is unfamilliar and uncanny.

and you try living with the sundered and loving the little pieces of your wife but you eventually begin to loathe them because they keep coming out wrong.

#NGL same brain cell and it was this thought while playing shb that made me go 'i should write a whole fic that has this as one of its theme' #and OOPS 89 chapters later and still in arr i'm gonna be writing this for a hot minute

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He is risen

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Still obsessed with Arthur Conan Doyle’s letter to Bram Stoker gushing about how wonderful a book Dracula is, but particularly how it makes such a good template for leaving fic comments, so I’m gonna to a BREAKDOWN:

Just say you loved reading it - “I am sure that you will not think it an impertinence if I write to tell you how very much I have enjoyed reading Dracula.”

Comment on a detail of the craft or structure that impressed you - “It is really wonderful how with so much exciting interest over so long a book there is never an anticlimax.“

Comment on how it emotionally affected you - “It holds you from the very start and grows more and more engrossing until it is quite painfully vivid.”

SHARE YOUR BLORBO FEELINGS - “The old Professor is most excellent and so are the two girls.”

Show appreciation for them as an author - “I congratulate you with all my heart for having written so fine a book.”

Next time you don’t know what to say on a fic you enjoyed, just use the ACD method~

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I realized I completely forgot to upload Ducktales Y'shtola DKJSHDKS Who shall I turn into a duck next? Histories Mysteries.

#y'shtola #ffxiv

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X’rhun Tia I First Appearance

You came to lend your aid? My apologies. Had I but known, I would have spared you a villain or two. 

#I love him your honor