This Piece Is Much Less Risqu Than The Fic That Inspired It But I've Thought About Drawing This Moment

this piece is much less risqué than the fic that inspired it but i've thought about drawing this moment since i read it

from Frankenstein by LongWindedAnswer

So this is what would happen if I could click kudos more than once

mission accomplished 😚

Hi! The response for chapter 1 was so overwhelmingly positive, thank you!

Here’s chapter 2!

“Last thing before we head inside the main hall to eat, please remember that we have a safety meeting in the morning that everyone must attend before you do any other activities.” Beatrice risks a glance and catches JC grinning and giving her a thumbs up towards the back of the crowd and it helps push her through. “Camila is now going to teach you your first camp call, thank you.”

There’s a small bit of applause as she moves over for Camila to come up. As she does she finally takes in the rest of the kids and counselors in the crowd, and her eyes automatically find Ava, who is already staring right back at her. Ava gives a shy wave in Beatrice’s direction and she dumbly waves back.

Ava has changed into a dark green crop top, and short jean shorts. She has her head propped up in her hands and she’s staring, openly staring.

Beatrice’s mouth feels like the Sahara suddenly, public speaking has never been her specialty. It's probably that, she also probably spoke very fast, she needed water, she needed to get out of here.

I think there's something that needs to be said about encouraging readers to leave feedback.

For me it's not about "tell me my writing is amazing and stroke my ego"

It's more about "please engage with me so that I can experience your joy secondhand and foster a connection with you"

I understand that not everyone wants this in their reading experience, some people are shy and a million other reasons why maybe someone wouldn't want to engage and that's perfectly fine!

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

On encouraging reblogs —

I understand that not everyone is comfortable reblogging, especially explicit content. This is ok!

But just consider that the only reason you were able to enjoy a fic or fanart is because someone else shared it, and by not sharing it yourself you are potentially robbing someone else of the opportunity to enjoy it as much as you did.

As OPs our reach only goes so far and this website relies on reblogs in order for anything to truly get seen by a wider audience.

So that's really it! That's why I encourage these two things at the end of every story I post. Not because I'm trying to be demanding and "make people feel bad" if they don't do it.

I know most other social media sites encourage mindless content consumption and that's just the way of the world nowadays, but I am from a time when community was at the heart of fandom and I just don't want to lose that.