Im A German Writer And If You Publish On Mainly English Sides You Do Not Get A Lot Of Comments. I Mean

I’m a german writer and if you publish on mainly english sides you do not get a lot of comments. I mean espically on AO3 they are very rare. I have a lot of amazing readers on my german pubishing page that give me for each chapter comments and I just love there readers but I still appriciate any other comment that they like my work. I mean, I sometimes just write an auther a sentence that I liked from his work, just to tell him, how amazing that sentence was, because it’s appritiation and that is what we authors need.

August 21st: Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day

It is not surprising news that fanfiction writers are highly underappreciated.

There’s something wrong with the numbers: let’s take a popular fic with almost 4k hits. For let’s say 700 readers, it will get about 50 comments and 300 Kudos (those numbers are just an example, sometimes it’s worse than that). Maybe I’m being too kind, maybe not, but things stay the same; there’s something wrong here. Can you see it?

It takes us days, weeks, sometimes months to write a story for you. We write for ourselves yes, but we also write to share. We write to offer you content about your favourite characters. We write to bring our and your ships to life. It takes you a fraction of second to leave a Kudos, ten seconds to one, two or a few minutes to leave a comment.

And here lies our problem: there’s no proper sharing if there’s no proper feedback. An author not getting comments is generally a sad author. If I didn’t get feedback I’d wonder what’s the point in keeping on writing. A comment makes a writer’s day, most of the time even motivates them to write more.

Another important thing thrandythefabulous and I noticed: why on Earth do so many readers don’t comment (even kudos) if the fic has been up for a little more than a week or two? Why? Your feedback is still welcomed and much appreciated.

We write for ourselves, but also we write for you. And sadly, many readers are being quite… ungrateful, when giving feedback is the least they can do to thank the people offering them stories for free.

So, before we get started on our little day, let’s talk about comments:

It doesn’t matter if other readers already said what you wanted to say, we’ll still love reading it again in your words.

It doesn’t matter the fic has been up for weeks or months or years; comments on those ones are unexpected and so, it makes them ever better.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have much to say, we’ll be glad anyway.

Most authors leave the comment section open to people who don’t have an AO3 account, which means you can still… comment! How amazing is that.

That brings us to our little Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day.

The point of this day is simple; on August 21st, writers and readers alike would go on AO3 (or any fanfiction website really), on Tumblr, and leave a comment on their favourite fics (even the fics they enjoyed!) and/or send their authors a message about their works.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve already or never commented. It doesn’t matter if the author doesn’t know about this post. It doesn’t matter if the author already knows how much you love their work.

Just let writers know you love the fics they write for you, simple as that!

And well, don’t forget to keep leaving a Kudos and a comment in the future, and make writers happy!

cliques and friends

From the 5 cliques in Bullworth I always had the feeling that the Greasers are the closest.

In their missions they are mostly all there. I mean you try to escape with Algie and Chad, that tried to hit on Lola, and well she’s Johnnys queen and even if the Greasers don’t respect her, they respect Johnny as their leader and are going after you. All of them. And they go up again, as soon as you get them off their biked and go after you again and again and don’t give up, no matter what.

You don’t see that much commmitment in other cliques around Bullworth.

The Preps do not seem to care that much about each other. Derby didn’t even care to tell Pinky he wouldn’t come to the date and everyone is looking away that Tad is getting beaten up by his father. They are so much into being Preps and what other people think of them, their friendships are on a nearly nonexistent point.

The Nerds seem like they are only a clique because this way they have a little bit of power and stength. But Earnest seems to care only about porn and the others try to do whats best for them, instead of looking out for each other. They don’t go themselfes if one of their friends need help, they always send Jimmy. They value themselfes over their friendships.

The Jocks seem to be closer but they kicked Mandy basically out after her pictures were all over Bullworth. Instead of standing up for her and Ted even dumped her. The Jocks actually had a reason to beat up the Nerds, but they didn’t do it. They ignored one of their own and basically threw her out like trash when she wasn’t the perfect cheerleader anymore.

The Bullys are a lot better to each other. They do not seem as close as the Greasers and often act alone, but they seem like a bunch of friends who happen to be a clique. Just like accidentally they were one, since they do not care about the clique politics anyways.

But the Greasers really stand up for one another.

I guess it’s because they come from the same neighboorhood. A place where you need real friends and it’s not important what you look like, because everyone is poor. So you only have your friends and that why you value them so much.

Killvervibe yes! But...

I’m a huge Killerwave fan, BUT I want Killer Frost and Heat Wave not Caitlin and Heat Wave.

Like season 2 Killer Frost from Earth 2 (or whatever) comes to Central City and she and Mick totally hook up and Ronnie and Caitlin totally freak out, because this is REALLY weird for them.

And well Ronnie is Frosts Ex in her universe.

And the Rouges love the fact, that they have their own doctor Snow now. And after the first time of: that’s wo weird, they just love her, because it freaks Team Flash out as hell, if Frost and Heatwave are flirting.

Sometimes

I have the urgent feeling that teen wolf is a horror show.

Season 5 is really into that part of the show right now.

I have this headcanon, that it’s Gideon Ramon. Gideon like the computer. Because Gideon is an absolute genius like her dad and she hacked the thing because she is part of the new Rouges. But like much later, that the point right now but in the future. Because it was fun and they could track down the Flash or other heros like that, making it easier to work.

17 and 14 year old kids show up at Star Labs one day asking for help and they all can’t help but think “Why do these kids look so familiar?”

Until they introduce themselves as “Michael Snart” and “______ Ramon” who have accidentally traveled back in time and needs their help.

And they are all pretty confused at the prospect of Len having a child. Wondering who the mother is.

Not to mention the fact that Len and Cisco’s kids are friends.

The kid being Lisa’s wasn’t even an option. His tanned skin and curly hair was a dead giveaway.

Then they get confused because they aren’t exactly “friends” with the Snarts. Why do those kids look like they’re close? Like they’ve known each other forever?

Michael laughs because “You’re uncle Cisco! Of courses I’d come here first!” And Little Ramon (I really need a name) says “You’re my dad! And the smartest guy I know!”

Which confuses the hell out of them even more because “Uncle Cisco”?

And maybe Leonard and Lisa happen to show up because they need help with a meta human but stops talking and can’t move when they see Michael. He looks too much like Len and it freaks them out.

“Dad!”

“Mom!”

“Wait,” Cisco interrupts, walking around the group to get closer to his… son. “Are you telling me I have a son with Lisa Snart?”

And after getting told the story, Leonard asks the question the Star Labs team was too afraid to ask.

“Who’s your mother? Did I raise you by myself?”

Which causes Michael to laugh again because “HA! If you raised me by yourself, I’d be dead. I don’t know who my mother is, but it’s okay. My other Dad helped raise me!”

“Other Dad?”

“Yep!” Michael says, turning towards Barry. He smiles up at him with arms wide open, “How do you think I accidentally traveled back here! You know anyone else who can do that?”

Lisa and Cisco laugh, Caitlin blanches, Barry blushes, and Len looks way too guilty.

Is there anyone in the Teen Wol fandom, that doesn’t want to punch Scott horrible-alpha-and-friend McCall right now?