#I've read fics with less than 100 kudos that changed me as a person forever | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

queerofthedagger · 1 year ago

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go crack open an ao3 tag of a fandom that aired/got published 10-15 years ago, realise that after sorting by kudos/bookmarks most fics on the front page may be good and solid but not any more or less earth-shatteringly rewiring your brain chemistry as the occasional gem on page 10, 50, 100, 1873, and maybe you'll calm down about popularity dick measuring contests

#mona rambles #on fandom #on ao3 #almost as if popularity and numbers are relatively arbitrary #like. i do think there's a weird trend to be mean-spiritedly dismissive of people's work just because they get some numbers #but there's also absolutely fics lauded as fandom classics that did Not do it for me at all #so much of all these pointless lil numbers comes down to luck and coincidence and timing and what have you #like. pls calm down how do we keep having this discussion #I've read fics with less than 100 kudos that changed me as a person forever #and I've seen fics with over 30k (!!) that i could not make it through the 1st chapter of #which doesn't mean the author of the latter didn't put as much work and heart into it as the author of the former!#it just means that numbers don't mean shit and i neeeeeed people to stop trying to turn fandom into instagram #anyway #*mine

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