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all debates abt the artistic merits of fanfiction fail to recognize the purpose of fic. you don’t write fic to be published or to learn how to construct a narrative although you can use it to develop style. you write it so that your friends will message you “bestie you’re utterly deranged for this one im eating dirt”

readerofthewilderwest

#you know those ppl who are like ‘fanfic can be good to get started but it’s bad because then you never learn how to write your own from#scratch’ ? lmao#like imagine walking up to someone planting flowers and being like ‘that’s a START but ultimately it won’t teach you how to genetically#engineer your ideal fruit tree’#like. you have extrapolated a goal that was never implied here

tags courtesy of @the-knights-who-say-book

allthingswhumpyandangsty

kudos and hits do not indicate the quality of the fic, by the way.

I’ve read so many fics, that aren’t as popular, that are so professionally written that I immediately know the authors even know the characters better than their original creators, respectfully. and so many of those fics made me cry and I’ve always come back to reread them because they’re that good, even if they don’t reach many people. they’re literally in my heart and I even think about them during the day because they’re that special to me.

the bottom line: the number of kudos and hits do not represent whether the work is good or bad.

and if you’re an author, don’t let it discourage you if you think your works don’t get enough hits or kudos.

sometimes the best fics that have ever been written are like a rare treasure, not many people will find them, but I promise you, those who do will cherish them very dearly ♡

whippysan

soft and flirty

whippysan

matsusuga in the afternoon 🍂

a birthday gift for my dear friend @miminiac. go check out their fics!

misscrazyfangirl321

Ship trope I'd love to see more of: "Are we in love? I mean, yeah, probably, but that's a problem for future us. Right now we're just trying to make it through the Plot."

flametrashira-deactivated202505

my dream as a fanfic writer is to write a story which people want to talk to me about and send asks about afterwards and discuss things the characters did and the symbolism and meanings behind certain lines and I'll be all "hehe thanks" but irl I'll be in literal tears because I wrote something that means something to someone

cevansbaby-dove-deactivated2025

Please give me feedback! :)

Heyo people, I've decided to give twitter a go, so you can just head there . I try to be more active there (I'm so bad with social media these days) and update my writing process. however I'll still hang around the trusty ol' tumblr as well.