#im writing for a niche audience
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
in a ruby brainrot mood and i need to write a fic about her inspired by maneater by nelly furtado bc that is such a ruby coded song its insane
#daisy yaps <3#ughh i need her so bad#im writing for a niche audience#but i need to feed the niche audience LOL#you can't sit here and tell me that maneater isn't a ruby coded#bc i will not accept any other argument LOL#ruby baby#ruby#ruby supernatural#ruby supernatural x reader#ruby spn#supernatural#spn
1 note
·
View note
Text
Honestly I've been trying my best to be charitable and not hate Firefly the character (she's fine. I think if she's supposed to be soooo important to us Aventurine's 3+ hour backstory should have gone to her instead but she's fine), but the whole TBxFirefly romantic subplot shlock contained pretty much every clumsy trope that I despise in a romantic subplot so I didn't think it was cute, I hated it.
On top of that there's the ongoing trend of games letting you choose your player character's gender but not the gender of your love interest, which is basically the developers saying loud and clear "WE ONLY CARE ABOUT STRAIGHT MALE GAMERS" and I'm tired of every single game doing this. Honestly if it continues and we don't have the choice to either reject FF or choose someone else it'll just be too cringe and I'll probably drop the game.
#star rail is fun but the writing is just not good enough for me to put up with such a cringe inducing romance#my honest opinion is that if a game is going to let you choose your gender#it needs to let you choose the gender of your love interest or have no love interest at all#im disappointed because hoyo KNOWS half of their audience is people who would prefer a male LI#theyre well past the point of making niche games they have a huge audience#and genshin does a good job of having both female and male characters express interst not just the girls#its too annoying#rant#star rail get better writing please you have so much potential
22 notes
·
View notes
Text
WIP Wednesday
Mysterious lotus casebook (Fanghua)
“Curses dont exist, Fang Xiaobao, I’ll be fine.” Li Lianhua waves dismissively, taking a bite of the scallion pancake, “this pancake tastes like any other pancake.” “They use the freshest scallions, plucked from their own field, and it’s fried with the minimum amount of oil so- don’t try to change the subject!” Fang Xiaobao scowls, “are you sure you feel fine?” “Its placebo, don’t you think? As long as you don’t believe in luck, you won’t have bad luck. People’s so-called curses won’t work on you either.”
A journey to love/I am Nobody crossover (Qian Zhao & Xu San centric)
clarification that Xu San is basically Qian Zhao, who has been cursed with immortality
Xu Si still remembers the name that Xu San had introduced himself with when they first met. Sun Yuanzhou. He had searched it up in historical records, online, had pleaded with Er Zhuang to look into it only to turn up with nothing. It confirmed his suspicions that it was a fake identity, if nothing else. Just as Xu San was not his real name, Sun Yuanzhou was not either. He briefly wonders just how many identities his “San-ge” had cycled through, how many people he had sent off in his very long life.
Tiger and Crane (Wang Yuqian/Xiao Yunzi)
“have you made up your mind?” It was not the first time Xiao Yunzi had asked Yuqian the same question. He knows that his Prince was a flighty person, easily swayed and prone to acts of spontaneity. He could let most things slide– going along with the Prince’s pace was easier than trying to stop him– but there were certain things he had to draw the line at. Especially when it came to matters of the state. The first time he asked the question was when his Prince had voiced his wish to escape.
#mysterious lotus casebook#i am nobody#tiger and crane#rose writes#revisiting some old docs to dust them off#only to stumble across some stuff that made me go like ??? what is the meaning of this past me??#the ajtl x yrzx crossover is incredibly niche but im excited to write it all the same#once im done with all my fills#also t&c fandom??? also an incredibly niche audience but i enjoyed writing wangxiao or whatever their ship name is
9 notes
·
View notes
Text
I feel uninspired and lack motivation for art again so I thought of an ask game for me :)
Send me(or comment) a number from 1-34 and I will draw my corresponding oc
I mentally struggled over whether I should make this post, because ik ocs are niche and probably not many people care for it, but I realized I could have been using those hours to y'know. Actually draw something. So I might as well just post it
#i would do it with AUs but i would actually have to yknow think of a narrative#<- but tbh if you have any requests for au art i will take them 😭😭#also w that and this i cant make any promises if ill actually finish them so please put up w me thanks 🙏#i want to draw but#ive gotten into a bad mindset again#about measuring self worth w outside validation#which is very irritating 😾 stop it brain.#but yeah idk i reblog those posts often abt niche audiences#which im very okay w btw :)#but its still a very difficult thing to engrain that: ah people do care for my art!#and ik its unhealthy to seek validation#and i can and do draw for myself#but its not always fun to me if i cant discuss it yknow :/#if catie makes a piece of art in a silent room does the art really exist? blah blah blah#i need to go suffocate myself in the snow#im happy my winter break is so long but at the same time i think it just puts me in a bad place mentally#lack of social interaction and lack of enrichment and no motivation ig :/#and every night i mean to actually go to bed earlier and boom suddenly its 5 am#and i keep staying up in hopes ill actually yknow start something. art. writing. movie even#and then i just languish UGH#catie.rambling.txt
8 notes
·
View notes
Note
your literary vocabulary is scrumptious, i will be taking it (it has me googling lots but its very worth it (i was not aware gooseflesh was a word))
you can pick it up in 2-5 business days <3 /j
WJXBKWDNAKDKSND 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 GODS THE GOOSEFLESH BIT IS SO FUNNY ITS TRULY JUST ME BEING TOO PRETENTIOUS TO SAY GOOSEBUMPS..... or gods forbid goosepimples.....😭😭😭😭😭😭
Im honestly so glad people seem to like my vocab??? My writing style has become something very very distinct over the years and like . Your honor i love the fancee words..... i love how they look with my synesthesia 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 a lot of my writing is just focused very specifically on both musical rhythm in the way that its read (which makes it REALLY satisfying for me to read out loud to other people) and how the words LOOK on the page, both colour and texture-wise from my pov. Its fun to literally be painting with words :]
Actually its been such a huge relief that people have been so kind about the complex terminology i put in my writing-- its something i used to worry about a lot, in terms of accessibility and reading immersion, and if it was just. Too much in general??? But honestly, ive gotten so attached to this writing style, and im too much of a fan of being esoteric to try and change it.... im happiest when i get to throw in big words and paint very specific images with them :]]] and the fact that people keep commenting on it in such positive ways is just very nice and validating for me, which is a huge bonus :DDD
#shouting speaks#asks#compliments#tbh this was an aspect of my writing i had always been so utterly nervous about#bc there have absolutely been people in my life who have complained abt my style and its complexity#but people being so excited about it has made me feel like the niche i sorta hit is.... a good one????#it has an audience it has people who appreciate it#and thats more than enough for me#i hope the commenter who referred to my writing style as being similar to epics knows JUST HOW MUCH BOOSTING they did for my self esteem#with that one compliment alone#i could ramble abt this all day akdjskdjjsdk so im cutting myself off here WHEEEZE#txt
5 notes
·
View notes
Text
sorry to everyone who followed me for gbgb or wgoin and realised you will probably forget abt the series before you ever find out the ending bc i just take MONTHS between updates and the scope of these stories are So Long itll prolly take years to finish wgoin alone and instead of writing either of them im writing an Even Longer Story im 85% sure i'll literally never finish because Holy Fuck Its So Long but alas i have some of the most severe adhd you will ever see and i can only write what Sparks Joy. i am at least granting yous the mercy of no longer posting chapters of these other stories until i have more of it written so you dont have to wait as long between updates.
#i feel like im killing most of my already niche audience by doing this lmfao#but also i havent really been writing at all in months#been going thru a lot of shit in my personal life but#i think im getting better now#feeling like writing again#maybe if im lucky ill actually do smth abt it#LMFAOO#mischiefing time
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
i just realized i havent posted here in weeks oops
i have a youtube and a tiktok where i post mostly everything but i keep forgetting to post it to here too 😭 so if you like my stuff maybe you should follow me there instead of here
honestly i dont know if theres even like a community or interest for voice acting on tumblr or anything but im still here just less active here than other places!
[lots of rambling in the tags...]
#idk#i just have fun with it even if i can barely find an audience#maybe its the fact that im so late to it?#i watched mlp from like 2013-2015 then fell out of it and only got back into it last year#and only started ''voice acting'' since february#and all the mlp voice acting videos i see on youtube are from like 2016-2020 when i was not in the fandom#so maybe i just missed the height of popularity or whatever#but people in the mlp discord servers im in seem to enjoy it so i like that#i would like to join servers specifically for mlp voice acting communities since i want to make friends who do this kinda stuff too#but idk if those even exist?#is this like a niche interest and hobby now idk#i just like doing it because it brings me joy#and ive been happier than i ever was before these past few months ive been doing this#and ive become more confident#not cringing at listening to my own voice anymore#not as scared to post my voice to the internet#ive found something i enjoy doing and even if other people dont care thats fine because i care and i have fun doing it#and i know no ones reading this and im just writing this for myself but its good for me to write all of this out somewhere
10 notes
·
View notes
Text
crazy thing about writing is desperately wanting to share what you're currently working on but not doing so because you want your mutuals and readers to be organically surprised and perhaps even delighted by the work once it is complete and published, but also that desperate want to share does not leave you, not one single time, so you are left staring at your document like this
#i wanna share so bad but i am refraining out of respect for my future self#the fad discord has seen some of it but only my mutuals would really get it...#im also catering to a pretty niche audience with this stupid thing so like. i dont think anyone is going to go as insane over it as i have#writing
1 note
·
View note
Text
𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝕿𝕬𝕶𝕰 𝖄𝕺𝖀𝕽 𝕿𝕽𝕰𝕹𝕮𝕳 𝕮𝕺𝕬𝕿
𝐎𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮 𝐃𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐢 𝐱 (F)𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: drinking/alcohol, older ages, the reader is titled Lady Name.
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐈 𝐃𝐎?: if you want more writings like these just pop off in the comments and tell me. i’m very very nice and approachable!!. although. i will only be able to do that during long breaks in school. reblog, like, to help me reach my audience because i reject having no likes when i spent so much time on a work (T U T) this is episode one, i will be doing maybeee three to four episodes>3< separated because im lazy and school is coming aagaaaainnn:( these have many simple clues of the next chapter! i got lazy too at the end im so srry!
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊
A man was fumbling in his room while monotonous evening crooned in fervid rays whilst the sun marred against the window sills, the luminescent lights flickered cowardly against the walls as the remaining delinquent scurried off. He abruptly avails from the door with chiseled locks pruning against his belt. The nagging case nestled between his nimble fingers, his skin was strained with distended flesh along the creases of cold fanning out of his breath as he strode over the wood. The tavern was awfully prepended, vice classes chattered loudly with unbridled laughter as various whispers slipped past while he was seen amongst the sea of men and women bickering to themselves.
The jar shook against the sachet, the rays of light humming on the ritz of expenses. His shoes grimly tapped on the floor, his hands reached out to push out the door with a flashy bang.
It was around 2 o’ clock in the evening, carriages were strolling by the streets while various villagers were pleasantly enjoying their daily coffee, some were permeating their rage to the coffee shop owners in pure disdain. It was a usual day, a common day for most folk. But for Dazai? Oh no, no. It was a cycle of dread and fear despite his very joyful advances. While he was flocking by, his gaze instantly set on a bar nearby the coffee shop, he recently had gave into his partner’s shenanigans of blubbering him into work (in which he had 42 pieces of documents unfinished) and the drunken man thought measly: ‘Perhaps a small sip of alcohol wouldn’t hurt later, afterall. I must reward myself since I have buried myself into bulbous amounts of work yesterday. Kunikida won’t pester me about it. Since it’s the weekend… Yes, yes. That does sound excellent!’ A gleeful smile came across his face, a shine of some relief was sprinkled onto his eyes. He pulls out his rotary dial phone, skimming through his contacts.
He walked over the pavement, his case swaying against the rigid air. It was empty and foul, the scent of beggars pleading by the wall while people simply passed by. Dazai finally reached the antique shop he hoped looking for, he recently found an artifact settles on the news. A poster was stuck into the wall with various other posters but only one he was looking for. A niche book, it was frigid with dull golden interior, a white and empty cover, only lacing the title it shows; in the news a subtext proclaimed: ‘Fellow Folk! A Merry Christmas to you all, we claim the jolliest applauds for our new findings in the temple. We present to you The Book, the everlasting artifact that holds the most powerful and dangerous power. Our artifact is sent to our Lady Name for her to keep. We trust in her that she will be the guard to this accomplishment. At the Lady’s Art, it will be stored in the box of glass. It will be prohibited from being touched.’
Since it was his privilege, he stepped in the antique shop. The bell’s clapper dinged as it echoed throughout the room. The walls were painted with the liveliest shades of blue (no, of course not. It was rather lifeless), the sides were stocked with many antiques. One that caught his eye was a light brown basket that was sheered off into brittle pieces was put together in a globe, if it wasn’t odd enough. It had freckles of dried-out flowers that obviously glued to the basket. It was perhaps an attempt to shed a dash of symbolic meaning into the piece. There were ornaments nestling in a bag, a glass fountain that was tipped over by the wall as spurts of water was dribbling down. Usually the water around here was lacking. It was rather unsafe and dirty, and if it were clean. It was most likely it would just be a drop.
He browsed over the rest of the materials delicately swinging off the ceiling, he glances towards the woman exiting the backside. It was to his expectance, Lady Name. “My Lady,” He bows. “May I have your consent to visit the newest artifact? I have came across by it on the news, I surely didn’t expect for an empty line-” He was suddenly cut off by your tone of voice. “Yes, Mister Dazai.” The man was unexpectedly surprised you knew his name so quickly, perhaps it was the hat he “borrowed” from Chuuya, and the coat that was flowing onto his shoulders that gave it off. Especially his signature pendant casually being shown off into the public was a careless act of him. He huffed exaggeratedly, pestered as he was troubled with his thoughts before he heard you picked the lock. You hastily pocketed the key in your dress, brushing off the dust speckled onto your collar.
You click the door open, greeting him into a parade of artifacts that was hidden discreetly into a hall of golden fabrics simply dragging over the glass. The man quickly followed you inside, pushing him in as you swiftly locked the door. Pulling the curtains down for privacy. “Come here, quickly. Don’t be a quarrel.” You scold him; for Dazai, everything was so hurried! Were you in a struggle? Was someone watching you? It was all a mystery, again. He was snapped out of his thoughts in a manner of fact—astonished when yoi pull the cloth to the ground, his eyes excitedly gleaming at the precious artifact. “Woah, Lady Name. What is this artifact? What is it that is so special about this particular book?” He crosses his arms, leaning forward as his gaze was latched onto the object. You glance towards him, “I’m not sure,” you mutter. “I haven’t been told much information.” You add, he simply nodded in response to your declaration.
For now he’ll keep his suspicions hidden. You weren’t too bad, perhaps close to the field. Either way, you were oddly odd.
#bsd x reader#bsd x you#bungou stray dogs x reader#dazai x reader#dazai x you#dazai x y/n#dazai fanfic#mybabyboydazaihessoprecious
27 notes
·
View notes
Text
okay y'all sometime in december im going to write about the holidays, and since the Pine's are canon Jewish i wanna do some audience research. im putting this out now so it has some time to circulate before the holidays start
it would mean the world to me you guys could tell me your favorite Hanukkah traditions/celebrations. it could be what you do or what you think the Pines would do, either way. i would love something super niche and specific to make it feel real. im atheist but my family celebrates christmas. so i don't want to write a really detailed christmas and leave Hanukkah lacking by including just the basics 😭
please let me know if this is disrespectful in any way, my only intention is to create better and more inclusive writing.
much love 🫶🫶
#my favorite thing is making the details in my fics specific and accurate#it irks me to just put something random down#gravity falls#stanford pines#stanley pines#hanukkah#canon jewish character#my fic#writing research#gravity falls fic
42 notes
·
View notes
Text
I never want to see discourse about fuyume's gender again btw i remember the discourse half a year ago about an interview where it was stated yume was designed androgynously with the japanese x gender in mind and people jumped because how dare they say yume is the only androgynous character (they didnt say that. But it's also worth noting enstars hadnt been made with such a playful attitude about gender from its conception, a lot of it came through akira's writing along the way. So yes, im not surprised yume was the first character where they Conscientiously from its conception were designed to embody themes beyond the gender binary). And now i see discourse of whether yume is transfem or just a crossdressing boy etcetc. Godddd. Arent you tired. Arent we all tired. I am the first defender of crossdressing characters being uniquely different from transgenderism but equally important in playing with gender presentation, but we knew from day one yume's story isnt that of a cis boy crossdressing, but a non binary one. Once again i think people dont know that transfem doesnt mean trans woman, and can be used for nonbinary people who identify more with femininity without being a woman. But alas. We will never surpass the "enstars is made for female young adult audiences who want to see guys" mindset of some fans. Female young adult audiences could not fathom themes of gender struggles, right? We're just here to turn off our brains and imagine kissing pixels, right? Once again i wish my dearly beloved story was a niche vn and not a widely popular gacha game. Never stop gatekeeping...
32 notes
·
View notes
Note
im writing a nonbinary character with the pronouns he/they, in third person. should i switch the pronouns out or stick with one. they're okay with either, but i feel like if i do switch it out it'll get confusing.
There are so many different ways to approach this sort of thing!
I think when it comes to characters where the pronouns are switched up, it can be helpful to develop different rules about when to use a given pronoun just to make it clear who the pronoun refers to. Like if someone is talking about the Multiple Pronoun Character (to be called MPC here on) and another character who always uses he/him pronouns, using they/them can help make it clear you're talking about MPC without being too confusing.
Something I've thought about doing in my own writing is, when I rotate perspectives, I will label the chapter with the pronouns the character is using that chapter, alongside their name.
Another way to approach this would be to have a character use he/him in specific settings and they/them in another. I've known some people who only use they/them around other trans people for instance. It's also pretty common for some people who have multiple pronoun sets to use one set to correct people with, and one when people take initiative to ask what pronouns they use. I've done this for years by using they/them to correct people, and ey/em/eir when people specifically ask, because I see the ability to abide by the more niche pronouns as a sort of honoured position. It also signals to other trans people in my social circles who meet these people, what the situation was with these people and how they learned of my pronouns at all. I also know people who will correct people by saying he/him or she/her because a stranger might understand that more than they/them. Not pronouns, but I also have 5 different names I go by in different settings. (I also know of friends who have a home name and a public name as a cultural thing, not related to gender.)
You could also use very specific parts of different sets of pronouns. Like he/they/theirs/himself, but not switch between them within each grammatical niche. That might be confusing to an audience but there's ways to clarify it.
One idea for clarifying is in the beginning with a sort of character list or descriptions thing, the names of characters and their pronouns, to help readers keep track more easily.
But I don't think that a character using multiple pronouns should be too too much more confusing than if someone is talking about multiple people who use the same pronoun, needing to specify that they're talking about Rose and not Blanche.
All that said, if you're really struggling to write this, you don't have to be a pioneer about it. It's fine to just have one pronoun set. Nonbinary people are widely varied and any pronouns you use for this character, will not diminish the fact that you are still representing a nonbinary character.
-mod nat
#mod nat#nonbinary#nonbinary character#nonbinary characters#writeblr#writing advice#trans#pronouns#multiple pronouns#multiple pronoun sets#writing multiple pronouns
37 notes
·
View notes
Text
okay guys so. here's some updates!
-my grandma died. (not sigma.)
-i got the infinite hours glitch at work (im working sm now)
-i'm broke af still cause i honestly genuinely truthfully laurv grocery shopping too much (the horrors of the economy are incomprehensible)
-i love homicipher!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyways. that's basically it. i'm trying to get back in here cause i feel so bad for all the unanswered prompts and asks in my inbox. i know i kinda flopped. im doing my best!!
also small announcement below the cut!!! especially considering ive been experimenting more with dead dove/nonconventional topics and themes.
first thing; i made a side blog for my dead dove and other extreme fics. the reason why i'm doing this is bc some people don't want to see that kind of stuff- and that's totally okay! and ik the filtering/blocking tags thing doesn't always work, especially for more "niche" topics.
i plan on branching out my repertoire by writing about topics that are "scary" or "new" to me- so this little counterpart to my blog will make it easier for me to post things that aren't typically sought after by the gen. pop. things like sickfics, whump, noncon, and other graphic or heavy themes.
in addition/addendum to that:
idk if this is common knowledge for any of my followers, moots, etc, but i have a severe phobia of vomit. like. huge. and at my big ass age of 21 (lol) i think it's time to start...getting through that fear. i've struggled with contamination OCD for a really long time and it's something i never thought id even try to overcome- but then i came across a creator on here who makes fetish art- which def wasn't something i was looking to encounter. but like a car crash, i couldn't stop looking at their work and i ended up coming across a post of theirs where they explain that they do what they do to get over their fear. at first i was fucking baffled as to how they couldn't manage to do that, but i get it now. taking something innately fucking horrifying and flipping the narrative so casually can be cathartic, and i finally after over a year of contemplation, gave it a whirl in my own writing. i mean, what better way to get over something by attacking it from my best angle??
typically this isn't something i'd ever consider doing. but...here we are. and i feel like im doing myself, and other people who feel the same way, a disservice by hiding this type of content in my notes app, never to be seen by anyone but me.
my blog has always been a safe space for the freaks and weirdos, and i want to keep facilitating that space while also keeping it enjoyable for all crowds. so by keeping a little separation between the two blogs, it'll ensure i feel comfortable, and others do too. i'm not gonna force everyone who follows me to come across some crazy fetish content they didn't sign up for, especially when previously i'd stated i don't write that kind of stuff. but alas people change and grow and i don't want to stifle myself from writing good things because im too afraid of judgement or my own insecurities.
i think kink is a very important thing in the fanfic world, because it allows the writer, as well as the audience, to connect on an even further level through the delivery of fetish content. as someone who hyperfixates on the development and accumulation of fetish and kinks, especially from a psychological level, this is something i was considering in the past- but not to this level, yk? like yeah, i could continue to just write sweet little hcs of softgaraki, and i love doing that, but also...like, i need these freak ass men to live their truths, and i need to live mine.
with that all being said, @compendiumofdecay is where these nasty fics will be for any and all who are interested.
9 notes
·
View notes
Note
hiya 🙂 i love your nanamin fics and i followed you for them way back when you wrote the pregnant reader one (and I still think about it). thought id ask you cos you seem to answer questions like this pretty wisely 🥲
i started writing fics for a pretty niche character in a fandom (not jjk) a while back and a friend/moot started then too. this character doesnt have lots of readers and thats fine im just here for the writing.
but since then ive noticed my friend has stopped reblogging my fics even tho they did before and even tho they obvs read and reblog everyone elses fics for this character (there really arent many of us).
they also seem upset about notes/likes a lot of the time. but I know they read my fics because I see lots of the same word choices and styles show up in their fics the next time they post.
its upsetting me lot tbh. i still read, like/comment/rb fics i like and its starting to feel like they do it because they think i have more readers than they do and mb theyre jealous.
anyway i dunno if you think i should raise it with them or just leave it?? they dont talk to me much anymore either after I didnt rb one of their fics i didnt really love.
First of all, well done for starting to write, and writing for an 'unpopular' character too, it looks like it's hard having a niche audience in the Tumblr-sphere. I'm always really grateful when someone writes for a niche character I love, every fic is like finding a diamond!
Second of all: I'm really really sorry this is happening to you. It has happened and still happens to me, too.
Thirdly: While I'll give my thoughts on it straight after this, one truth is that the other person maybe simply doesn't like your writing, and there's nothing mean-spirited about it at all.
Saying this, in your case, there seem to be too many little factors that actually makes me think... 👇
I have Thoughts™️💬 about Toxic Tumblr Reblog Culture...
There is a little phenomenon I've noticed with a lot of fic writers, where they seem to stop reblogging the fics of others who they view as competition. Even if they often read and reblogged another writer's fics before they themselves started writing.
They seem to think that if they reblog the work of you, their "competitor", then your work will get more attention than theirs. It gets even worse the more 'popular' you get, sadly.
I understand, because it's hard to see someone reblog most other peoples' fics about a character, and then pointedly ignore yours. You're not mad for feeling targeted. It can feel this way.
Equally, there can be a cherry-picking of moots' work, and a high school clique attitude to reblogging. Do two or three people band together and constantly reblog each others' work, making a huge fuss whatever it is, but leave you out even though you've historically been part of the circle before? Again, it's not as uncommon as you think.
A real "if we become moots, that means I reblog all your stuff, and you reblog all my stuff" as an unspoken rule. While that might work nicely for some people, it can also foster an air of pressure or entitlement, or of reblogging things even if you didn't really like them, because they're your friend. While fostering growth and circulation in the art community should be celebrated, I'd hate to think someone reblogged my work out of obligation, as opposed to passion.
I've had followers who loved my stuff, always commented and reblogged etc, but when they started writing for the same characters themselves, just stopped. I've also noticed a lot of the things you mention (them using similar word choices, stylistic choices etc to mine, in their new fics).
So, you know they're there reading in the background, and it doesn't make sense that they liked your writing one day, then just stopped liking it overnight, right?
I don't often muse aloud about "controversial" subjects on Tumblr, but this one really gets me. It turns writing, an already isolating art, into an even more isolating "competition".
It's sad, really.
Saying that, I still read, comment, reblog all the work of theirs that I read and love! It feels petty and ridiculous, but try to be the person that you want to see in the community. They'd probably notice they still get just as many readers as before, and actually, will be forced to address that their writing may be less popular for another reason.
I have wonderful friends here who read and reblog any of my stuff they like, just as I do theirs. I made a post a little while back, r.e. always reblogging stuff just because you're moots, and I'm glad to say I don't have this strange entitled relationship with these friends. It's low pressure and really fun.
Reblog in the best spirit; reblog stuff you love, that you think is great, etc etc. Don't fall into bad intentions! It's meant to be fun. It's not high-stakes. What are people competing about? I feel really bad for you, OP, and I know what it feels like.
Jealousy in the Tumblr fic writer community is strong!
Hang in there baby. You're doing great.
-- Haitch xxx
23 notes
·
View notes
Note
you can totally ignore this but how do you reconcile your need for your creation to be seen with the disappointment that comes with the lack of engagement? and i mean that in any capacity - regardless of what that entails or signifies for you. i strictly post on ao3 and i find myself caring too much about whether or not people like my work. and sure, i do enjoy the process of writing, but it does sting when the things i post are not received the way i want them to be. i know authors talk about creating stuff for themselves, but that can't be all there is to it. even if you tell yourself that you're the only audience, and that any extra eyes are nothing but a bonus, you can't help but expect something else. something more
i know this is probably not the answer you are hoping for but my honest answer is that you have to learn to get past it or writing will become a deeply miserable experience for you rip
it sounds unempathetic but there’s not any like. special tactic or way of thinking that circumvents the process of simply learning to do it over and over again. i understand the disappointment but truthfully that is all there is to it
i never post anything with regards to other people unless they are paying me to do so. everything else is mine. if i wrote for an audience or spent time letting people infringe or my writing or self expression i wouldn’t post again
it helps to be aware of things like scope and popularity to deal with those things. like i know intrinsically any post about gojo will get a truly underserving amount of attention ahsjfns. and me writing about ochako and my sock fetish will be pretty niche etc
but in general you really do have to practice letting go of your expectations. i don’t expect anything from people when i post. i have accumulated a following over some time and i talk a lot so things get notes but i never harbor any expectation they will which is why im thankful for it no matter size or number.
engagement isn’t symbolic of anything. it’s not even symbolic of peoples interest 100%. so much goes into who engaged a work which is why it’s best to simply write For You. and it’s especially not symbolic of things like quality or passion.
i truly don’t expect anything when i post. i don’t think people even perceive me, so im always pleasantly surprised when followers or ppl express interest. if i worried about it i dont think i could be here as like,, earnestly as i am. i know it sucks and i get the feeling of disappointment but its just one of those pesky things that you must work through with time 🥲
it doesn’t make it any less hard but it really is all that u can do to manage it. no way out but through sort of thing. and it’s even more true in a climate where writers are generally treated like a commodity 🥲
i wish u best of luck in the journey. im always willing to talk more about it but yeah it does suck ass and i feel for the struggle. but it gets better w practice
19 notes
·
View notes
Text
I'm thinking about starting to post my hss-related writing on here, but feeling weird about it. Ive never been much of a writer or fanfiction person, but somehow hss found its way back into my life i think to help me get thru some hard times and big feelings like it did when i was younger
I feel like i write moreso just by using characters i like from the story to project on to and process my own shit by writing them going thru Situations that have adjacency to my life. (Some recent themes have been transgenderism, polyamory, anarchist/diy organizing, and being Native. Hence you'll find characters like wes, koh, and autumn recur a lot thru my writing.)
Cuz its just me mainly writing to process my own shit, once shit has been processed or feelings pass i dont feel motivated to continue whatever im working and just start writing another thing when i wanna process a different thing. So its a lot of half finished, stream of conciousness plot lines that cater to a very niche and very transsexual audience (mainly me).
All this being said, i might post some of it here. Im not great writer but id like to improve so if i post anything here soon, yall should definitely let me know what you think! (About the writing at least, i dont care if anyone is mad that i made all the characters trans lol)
7 notes
·
View notes