How Sad To Watch Him Grow

"you read a lot, right?"

"yes!"

"what are some books you've read recently?"

"uhh i don't remember"

Reader Appreciation

I’ve been seeing a lot of amazing posts lately thanking fanfic writers for that good, good content that we’re all disappearing into right now. And I love these posts, and FUCK YES, the healing power of art during these rough times, it can’t be said enough. But I feel like there’s something missing from these posts, and that’s the readers.

A lovely friend of mine recently shared something with the caveat that they “contribute basically nothing to fandom” and I was fucking floored. Like. This person has made playlists for fic, and shared art, and reached out to me to talk about my stories and other stories and like - that is the Work. They made me feel like my shitty writing was good enough to share, and that made me write more, and connected me with more people, and that sort of contribution doesn’t get acknowledged enough. I don’t write fiction because I have to, or for the likes or hits or whatever; I write it because I have a story I want to tell. On the days when my brain is cooperating, writing is a pleasure. On the days when my brain isn’t cooperating, comments from readers make my words feel meaningful anyway. This isn’t a one-way street, a producer/consumer situation. Or at least, it doesn’t feel like that to me.  And my best writing has been done when people are holding me accountable, or are pushing me to do better and I’m so grateful for that. And so grateful for you.

So. To the readers who comment on every chapter. To the readers who leave thoughtful essays in the comments and the readers who leave 😭❤️😱 or keysmashes. To the readers who are inspired for the first time to make art or write something themselves. To the readers who leave kudos. To the readers too anxious to comment (I’ve been there, sat in a space where I had no idea how to express how a story made me feel) and the fandom ghosts who dip in and read and vanish.

To readers who like or reblog or share or rec or send messages or don’t do any of these things.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for building this community.

Thank you for reading.

gen z has to reckon with its radicalization problem. you are not a morally pure and superior generation of youth come to save the world, your men and boys are radicalized at an unprecedented level and you ignore it because it’s too hard to address but you have to. these boys are in your classes, they date your friends, you know them and you cannot continue to pretend this is an “old white guy” problem

umm yikes ok OP of the post you just reblogged believes in nuance and grey areas so i'd delete that if i were you

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Three ships: Lapidot (Lapis/Peridot), Klance (Keith/Lance), Zukki (Sokka/Suki/Zuko)

Last Song: Living Room by David Maxim Micic

Last Movie: uhhh... Avengers Infinity War? maybe? It was before The Plague-

Currently Reading: All the fanfiction you ever did see

Currently Watching: oh, um. Doctor Who, Camp Camp, The Owl House, Sweetness and Lightning, Stars Align

Currently Craving: Mint

Me when I when Life when I me when- yes.

which minecraft concept you made if your favorite

I'd have to say the Visitor! I just love greys so much, and an excuse to make an alien mob was too much for me to pass