#honestly if you're a silent reader sbd u thjnk writers wre selfish YOU'RE the selfish one <3 interact !! rb!! our inboxes are open most of

[blueprint-han]

I'm gonna add my own rant to this because it has been a fucking DAY for me. Now I seriously don't care if you want to unfollow me after these points thinking I'm “selfish for likes and reblogs and feedback” because quite frankly it proves that *you* are the one who's lazy to do those things and just consume content that we writers put so, SO much effort to make. Quite frankly, if you think that we're being selfish asking for feedback, interaction, YOU are the ones who are selfish about the content you consume. Face it.

I don't have to elaborate on the topic more as furat has done that perfectly, but I do want to point out something: when we ask for likes, reblogs, interactions on our works; this trend of going on anon and calling us selfish has resurfaced a lot lately. People say “bUt ArEnT yOu dOiNg tHiS fOr yOuRseLf yOuRe bEiNg tOo sElFiSh”. Well yeah, we do produce content, for ourselves, but YOU consume it. You, the readers, consume content that WE'VE made with so much effort. We make content to entertain you, yet we don't get any sort of return. We're not paid for this.

There are writers here who write NOVEL worthy stories, and yet their fics struggle to reach 100 notes. And don't even get me started on the sfw community. The like to rb ratio is growing more and more trash by the day, yet when we writers point it out, we get rude anons in our inbox. Don't tell me “yOu nEeD tO sTop WoRryInG aBouT nUmbErS” because NO, how else am I gonna feel validated on my writing? I'm no machine or robot that can write, and quite frankly, a large chunk of the reason I haven't been putting out written work lately is this reason. Because none of y’all silent readers bother to think that we writers have feelings and that we need validation to produce content.

It's been said countless times before, and I'll say it again: this site is NOT instagram. Your likes do NOTHING except telling me “hey I read this but I'm not gonna bother giving feedback or an rb :D” and before you tell me "hEy wHaT iF I juSt dOnT LikE yOuR wRiTinG" well then why are you even following me? This isn't about you. This is about those people who CONSUME out content, like it, but then think that's sufficient and don't bother to rb or leave feedback.

You're adorable? That fic u wrote in like 30 minutes? It has almost 500 notes, and none of them bothered to add feedback. Desert rose? I had so much feedback in the form of asks, reblogs, comments— it is the fic I'm most proud of even though it doesn't have a high note count. That's what your feedback does to us. It makes us feel happy about our writing and makes us want to work harder.

Another thing furat pointed out: our follower counts reach hundreds and thousands, but our fics BARELY get 50 notes. Why do you follow if you don't want to read my content, give me feedback and interact with my fics? Now before you take me wrong, I don't mean that you have to read every piece of content and give feedback because we all have our own lives, but there are people who follow me and have not even interacted with one (1) piece of writing of mine. If you wanna follow just for the sake of following: it's actually demotivating when our follower counts hit thousands and our fics don't even hit hundred notes, and don't even get ANY sort of feedback. Trust me, good feedback and interactivity with our fics is so, so much more worthy for us writers than any sort of milestone in notes. I'm serious.

I'm so, so tired for having to beg for validation, interaction, and there are writers who've had it worse than me. Seriously, interact with fics. Reblog. Leave comments in the tags. YOUR interactivity is what drives us to create more content to keep this fandom alive. If one day all writers, especially the sfw community, deactivate, it'll be because of this. Why spend time into a hobby that gives you NO return whatsoever? Hobbies are supposed to give you joy, and our joy is feedback and interactivity. Think of it that way.

Now that I've said stuff about this issue, this is your cue to not be a fool in my inbox. If you have problems and if I've worded something wrong here, tell me with manners <3 I'm way too tired to deal with stupidity rn, sorry ♡

guys, i hate to be doing this but it’s either i do, or i deactivate out of misery.

i’m done.

i’m done and tired, alright. i don’t know who do you think i am. maybe you think i’m some kind of machine, but i would really appreciate it if you interacted with my writing. and not just a tad bit more because i’m already only getting crumbs. i’m disappointed, okay, and i will hate myself for writing this but i have to. for those of you who comment on my work, inbox or in the tags or replies, or just reblog, thank you, i see you, and i love you. for the rest of you, who only come here to like and reblog my reblogs of gifs, why are you following me? i appreciate your follows, i really do, and they make me happy. i don’t want to sound like i’m pressuring everyone to do something they’re uncomfortable with, but it’s becoming unbearable. the more followers that arrive here, the less and less you guys interact. are you, by any chance, intimidated by me? because i honestly can’t find any other reason you would personally follow me then ignore me when i post. 

look, i don’t want this to sound like some selfish attention seeker crying out for attention. i never speak about this. i don’t reblog posts about how people should interact more because i don’t want to appear annoying. but waking up today, i realized that if i don’t let my thoughts out there, they will ruin me. ever since danse macabre, and the major disappointment from tumblr, i’ve been finding no will in me to write. i want to write. there’s so much i want to share with you guys. but i can’t do it when it feels like i’m talking to a wall.

and no. don’t tell me i shouldn’t mind the numbers and should write for myself. that’s bullshit, okay. not when i’ve been around for this long and have accumulated a decent audience. i’ve seen it with my own eyes. that dumb felix blurb hit 200 in 24 hours. it took me 30 minutes to write. it is now at 600 notes. the minho fic that required hours of worldbuilding and research then two months and 20 days of writing? it has been up since october and it’s at 177. you tell me. is this fair for me? i know people have a preference, but you chose to follow me, knowing that this is the kind of content i mainly write. make it make sense.

we don’t write for free. we write at the cost of our time and energy. those things aren’t free. i could be doing so many other things instead of writing, but i do it because i love it. when i see that people are following me for it, showing interest in it, i expect something in return.

if you’re a reader, then please, hear us out. stop trying to shut us down and call us dramatic. stop saying we’re assholes or attention seekers for talking about this. if you aren’t a content creator, you have no say in this. if you consume, then you must give back in the form of feedback. or at least a reblog. i appreciate your likes but frankly, they do me no good. 

i apologize for my outburst but if you don’t want to read my things nor even interact with me then be my guest and unfollow me. i was happy to hit 1k but i don’t see the charm in it anymore.

if you want to reblog this and aren’t a writer i want your complete silence in the tags. you either show support or you stay silent.