iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid:
“should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics” i don’t speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme
this whole thing with people discussing a fic in secret, on closed discord servers, instead of leaving a nice comment, is such a loss for fandom. we’re losing fic writers with every fic with hundreds of hits and barely a comment.
writers publish to be read. fanfic is meant to be a conversation.
as someone who has been growing distant from all my old fandoms, “fanfic is meant to be a conversation” hit like a sack of bricks. I miss the days when nerds would be passionate about their hyperfixations instead of feeling they are cringe and must be hidden
As a Minnesotan I don’t give a damn if people who hate me talk trash about me behind my back, because it’s their problem if they have a problem with me and I’d rather they keep that shit out of my earshot anyway
BUT as a narcissistic artist and author with a starving ego I DEMAND that you NOT say NICE THINGS ABOUT ME BEHIND MY BACK without also TELLING ME