#theres like 800 or something swedish fics total on ao3 which is larger than a few years ago like its a huge boost

[shararan]

Types of comments I've gotten on my swedish fics after I started posting them:

I can't believe there's swedish fics in [fandom], and I liked it

I am learning swedish so it was really helpful to read something from [fandom]

I am so desperate for more of this pairing/trope that I put the entire thing through a translator

#and mind you i would marry all of the above i love them all #i sincerely NEVER expect to get even a single read hit on those fics #as theyre a different type of self indulgent than the way ships or tropes are #its a way of going nuts within my comfort zone and just not worry about the things i do when writing in english #which is a combination of the matter of fluency as well as different levels of rigidness in literary expectations #theres like 800 or something swedish fics total on ao3 which is larger than a few years ago like its a huge boost #but to put it mildly its not THE most sought out fic language #but english has definitely taken over as fandom language since many years now #and things dont get translated as much as back in the day cause ''well everyone speaks english so'' #and i mean fine but i hated how my entire validity started to depend on english #it was enough that i risked losing access to basic education because i struggled learning it in school #didnt want to deal with fandom side eyeing anything non english on top of that #sdklkgsd MY POINT BEING it helps me to shake off expectations + get caught up in arbitrary numbers and let those affect my enjoyment #i dont care for clout generally but yeah writing swedish fics helps squash the beginnings of worrying that maybe i should #because no?? it literally does not matter??? #im glad to bond with people and im happy when they enjoy my things #but its good to remind self regularly not to place ones self worth in the amount you have of it #IM RAMBLING WHAT ELSE IS NEW #sharan talks