Potato. That Is All

Potato. That is all

It's always

"When will fanfic writers update their stories?"

And never

"Does this fanfic writer have adequate enrichment to engage in writing behaviours?"

Fanfiction writers (Scriptor fictus) are intelligent animals who need plenty of enrichment as well as encouragement! If they're stuck in poor conditions (e.g. have studies, work, have to actually write to have something written) then they require the proper enrichment to engage in more healthy behaviours, like writing. Remember, due to poor breeding and socialisation, over half of all fanfic writers suffer from low self confidence and executive dysfunction so take care of them!

Give your fanfic writers proper care. Fanfiction writers are a life long commitment.

Hiiii

12 and 28 from the fanfic author ask game?

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12. Do you have a playlist for your current WIP(s)? Share it!

I do! It’s just called “Red is a pretty color, but Theseus your golden” (I’m very creative with title as you can tell)

It is on my iPod (No I’m not ancient)

I’ve recreated it on Spotify for convenience :)

I’ll talk a bit about the songs here 

The ones that have gold in the title, fairly obvious why I chose them.

RISE is a very revolution anthem to me, Lion also falls into that category for me, along with Glory, Fire, and Champion

Play with fire is just a vibe in general.

Bounty hunter is a Niki song full stop.

Reaper, is a pure call back to canon

Bury me face down, Tommy just won’t die despite a few Gold’s best efforts

RUSH…it’s a little explicit in its lyrics (obv none of those lyrics relate to the fic) but it was a high energy song I wrote the final battle chapters to on repeat.

Also fun fact, one of the lyrics in another some of his I took as the title for another fic :) just thought that was interesting.

IF THERE IS A GOD ITS ME, kinda both a Tommy and Dream song in my opinion, both kinda have an ego, again with the theme of death and power over others.

RAGE just felt like a Technoblade kinda song to me I’m not entirely sure why, but it just fits to me.

I’m realizing some of these lyrics are…suggestive, just want to reiterate not be of those lyrics relate to the fic :/ guess my asexual self just has a music type lol

28. Have you ever tagged a fic “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat”?

I have not! TYG doesn’t really qualify for it even during the final battle, and I doubt my other fics will (Maybe the terminator one but idk)

You know exactly who you are :) (You’re the best)

Shoutout to the dedicated cheerleaders of wips who comment on each chapter and motivate the poor fic writer to keep going you are crucial to the ecosystem

Jared Hopworth.

that is all

Bones bones bones bones.

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.