Warning: Oral sex (female receiving) | Smut! Minors DNI!!!🔞
Intended Audience: Female Audience
Word Count: 1,785
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Author’s Note: Yesss, I finally got this done!! Yay, me!! Once again, very late, but what can you do, am I right? Enjoy day 19 of @xxsycamore’s Visions of Temptation event!
Fandom: Ikémen Sengoku
Reader-insert: Gender neutral
Pairing: Hideyoshi Toyotomi x reader
Genre: Erotic Romance
Warnings: Adult Situations | Sexual Situations | Explicit Content | Read at your own risk | 🔞 Minors DNI 🔞
Additional Warnings: Masturbation | Sensory Deprivation (Blindfolding) | Nipple Play
Word Count: 290+
(a/n): This man deserves to be spoiled rotten 🙈
Fandom: Ikémen Vampire
Reader-insert: Female
Pairing: Leonardo da Vinci x reader
Genre: Erotic Romance
Warnings: Adult Situations | Sexual Situations | Explicit Content | Read at your own risk
Additional Warnings: Semipublic Sex | Vaginal Sex | Spanking | PWP
Word Count: 590+
omg, i'm so shy to be asking this, but if you're ok with it, a drabble about Ikesen Kenshin getting oral and accidentally giving MC a facial (and maybe he feels guilty about it, but it doesn't mean he didn't like it.)
I am sooooooooooooo okay with this, thank you for asking for it! This is a brilliant scenario for Kenshin! I put in some MC-wooing-him talk to carry the scene through, because I could see his sweet bun[s] having trouble, uh, letting go. I hope you’ll see this and enjoy.
(Requests are closed, readers, but there are a lot to be filled in May and likely June, too! Feel free to follow along or just check in and enjoy as many as you like. A masterlist will go up when they are all completed.)
She had never thought much of worshiping a man. Maybe because Kenshin worships her she feels safe to return his ardor in kind? She’s certainly doing that now, curling long trails with her tongue and kissing him every time she finishes. He feels good under her tongue, he feels good in her hands, he smells good and he tastes good, and it makes her want to bow formally before him. But she’s not going to stop what she’s doing.
The thing is, as long as he is certain she is safe, he lets her do what she wants. If there was a way for Kenshin to comb through the entire country and then put it under a dome of glass, like a prize cake, he would probably let her walk around unguarded.
Well. Maybe not completely unguarded. But she has come to realize that when he knows she is as safe as he can make her, he relaxes considerably. And he always says yes to her requests, seemingly calm and pleased to be able to indulge her. Which is why they are here in his room and he has his elbows on his desk and his kimono undone and his beautiful throat-- his whole beautiful front-- is exposed to the air. And to her, on her knees between the strength of his legs.
Not that she can spend much time looking at the beauty of all of him, since she is very focused on what he gave her when she asked for it: an opportunity to put her mouth on him and just love him for awhile. This precious chance to touch him and show him how much she adores him without having to withstand his own overwhelming attention is rare. When she glances at his beautiful hands, she can see the tendons of them flexing... but he keeps them to himself, because Kenshin is a man if his word and his word was he would let her have her way.
He is all beautiful masculinity before her. Those hands, hanging tense off the edge of his desk; the black cuffs artfully (and only partially) hiding the strength of his wrists; all the lovely strength of his chest and stomach. He’s mouth watering. She’s grateful for that, because a wet mouth makes it easier to move her tongue over him and give him the kisses she knows he likes. It feels nice to have this kind of permission to drool over how gorgeous and glorious he is in her hands. The skin of his shaft is the most perfect, malleable warmth over his unforgiving hardness— she has poked herself inside her cheek many times expecting him to somehow bend. He doesn’t. No wonder she cries out every time he puts himself inside her. His intensity is one thing, but his body is a true marvel.
There is no crying out now. She’s been noisier than she meant to, though. It just feels so good to love him! She is so glad he let her do this! It’s everything to her, to be able to mouth at him, breathe him in, use her tongue and suck to draw forth his pleasure the way he endlessly seeks hers. Even now, she feels like he has only paused his constant search for ways to make her moan... and she is moaning anyway.
She had never thought much of worshiping a man. Maybe because Kenshin worships her she feels safe to return his ardor in kind? She’s certainly doing that now, curling long trails with her tongue and kissing him every time she finishes. He feels good under her tongue, he feels good in her hands, he smells good and he tastes good, and it makes her want to bow formally before him. But she’s not going to stop what she’s doing.
Instead, she tries to articulate the feeling in a way he will understand. It’s important to be direct with Kenshin. “I love how you feel,” she murmurs. “Thank you for letting me do this.”
His sound is strangled by his own throat, but she understands him perfectly.
“Do you want me to keep talking?” She’s careful to whisper the question right onto the tip of him and make her breath gentle and warm before she slowly takes him back into her mouth and as far into her throat as she can.
The dragon of Echigo hisses and his thighs flex beneath her hands. “You know I love your voice. Speak if you wish to speak,” he manages to say.
She sucks, lets her tongue drag along him until distance parts their bodies, and then she goes right back down. When she comes back up she whispers, “I love you,” and kisses, then sucks, the tender space below the head of his cock, just as beautifully as the rest of him. “I love you, Kenshin.”
His entire body stiffens against the desk, and his legs flex again-- more powerfully-- below her hands and around her body. She’s on her knees, tucked into him like a swallow in a nest. “It makes me happy to give you this attention,” she says slowly. It makes her feel very powerful to use her tongue on him. “It feels good for me to love you this way.”
Kenshin is always, always elegant, but he makes a noise that is not. It fits perfectly in her soul, like a jewel he ordered to be cut just for her.
“I know you are so, so strong,” she whispers, kissing him again, “And I’m grateful that you would let me take over.”
She slides one hand over the bump of his knee and brings it to her own body. “Do you know,” she asks, “That when I have you on my tongue I feel it here?” She pushes herself onto her hand to show him exactly where she means.
“Woman,” he says hoarsely. “Why would you feel such a thing?”
“Because I love you,” she whispers. “Because your body is perfect, and every time I touch it I want you. Sometimes just to hold me. But right now I want you so much more than that.”
His beautiful face scrunches up in disbelief, pleasure, and confusion. It’s no small thing to send a god of any kind into such a tizzy. “This is torture,” he manages to grit out.
“It’s not. I love you,” she tells him again.
He stutters over a curse and clears his throat. The sound is very low, not a growl but not far from one, either. “Let me touch you,” he demands. “I need to touch you.”
“Soon,” she promises, slipping her hands all the way to his, palms open and up to supplicate him as she laces their fingers and squeezes him. “I will. Please give me just a little more time.”
He lets her take him back into her mouth, slowly and fully, even lets her love him with her tongue again before he speaks. But when he does, it is too late.
“I don’t have—nrgh—”
Kenshin cuts himself off with a cry of her name, and pulls back his hips to splatter his cum all over her face instead of in her mouth. She catches a glimpse of his cock standing so proud and beautiful, and she wants to watch it, but she closes her eyes and opens her mouth, gently putting out her tongue to catch what she can.
It’s not as though he’s never come in her mouth. But he’s never done it without touching her— usually she is coming along with him, licked and lapped to senseless pleasure by his tongue while his hands keep her safe as her soul tries to fly.
There’s warm wet on her face. Enough that she knows there’s a lopsided mask of it across the tops of her cheeks and nose, and a thick, slow dribble flowing down the side of her face. He seems to be done, so she opens her eyes. His are narrowed and lusty, and that little bit frustrated he gets when she one-ups him sexually. She does not think it is possible to love Kenshin any more than she does right now.
“Thank you,” she says, cupping her hands to catch his cum before it drips onto the floor.
He gasps, or perhaps he’s only winded. “How could you— why would you do that, why did you stay there instead of moving?” he demands. He pushes her hands away, then touches the slow-moving fluid on her face. His eyes get wider. His tongue darts out to lick his bottom lip and she can’t tell if he’s so quick about it because he’s trying to hide the movement or if he doesn’t even realize he’s making it. But he is definitely into this like she is, and that makes her burn even hotter for him, that steady fire stoked so much higher.
She puts her hand carefully over his, because even when his interest is clear to her, it helps to be clear about it right back, so he has many chances to see it. “Because I wanted you to do that,” she tells him. “I like making you feel that good.”
“I would never dishonor you with this mess,” he breathes. But he is not looking at it like it is dishonorable. He looks like he wants to pin her down, and like it will be a matter of seconds before he does. “Your beautiful face,” he insists. He looks so wonderfully torn between distress and arousal.
“I’m kind of hoping you’ll do this to my face again sometime,” she confesses.
His eyes get even wider and he launches himself from the desk, catching her back and leaning her down to the floor like they are in the middle of a battlefield dance instead of his room. His cum immediately begins to slide toward her ear and she fidgets from the tickle.
“No,” he says, swiping it gently away with his hand and flicking it off with the same finesse she has seen him use to throw blood from a blade. “Take off your clothes. Now.” He is already yanking at her loose robes and stroking the skin of her belly with his knowing, oh-so-skilled fingertips. And one is just a little slick on her, his cum clinging like an oil. It makes her shudder.
“I will do anything you ask,” Kenshin says, pulling one of her legs out, then the other, so she can rest more comfortably on the floor. “Even that, if you wish. But another time. Now it is your turn.” He is so solemn and fierce it is hard not to grin, knowing what she is in for. Already there is the hazy look in his eyes that means he is planning her pleasure. “It is only right for you to make a mess of my face,” he tells her, wiping tenderly at her nose with the edge of her clothing.
He sees to it with all the precision of a god, and in the process makes her feel like she is receiving heaven’s every blessing. When she is a lax heap of limbs on his floor, he crawls back up to her mouth. Their kisses are sweet and slippery indeed. But the mess is manageable, and well-appreciated.
Fandom: Ikémen Vampire
Reader-insert: Female
Pairing: William Shakespeare x GreaterVampire!reader
Genre: Romance
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1230+
(a/n): This piece is my contribution to the Unloved Characters Month event that @the-moonlight-dreams is hosting! 💜
Day 4 - Prompt: Love
Special thanks to @tsukisukiworld who helped me finish this story. I’ve been working on it for a week! Wtf bruh! Honestly, most of the credits go to her, honestly. The ending is all her doing! And I have no words to describe how much I love it! 💕 It’s… perfection trespassing! 😍
Hi! I saw your requests were open again and I got too excited 😊 but I was wondering if you could just make like random nsfw hc for Comte , Leonardo , Arthur and Theo. Could range from anything. I’ll let you decide. Thank you so much 💕
Ahh thank you so much for this request (and your patience)! This was so fun to do; I just went with some of my main headcanons for each character, so I hope you enjoy! 💓💓
Comte:
- Tries so hard to be a gentleman because his inclinations are so decidedly vulgar (although he will cling to the facade with every ounce of his self control until you rip it from his grasp)
- Truthfully, he wants you all the time; clenching his fists to keep from tearing at your clothes, the thump of blood at your pulse points causing an unholy ache in his throat that cannot be quenched
- He wants to destroy you in the best way imaginable; if you manage to push him to this point, he’ll fuck you with near-desperate mania (exactly in the way you crave, like he’s stripping you down to your most base desires and then piecing you back together)
- After, when some semblance of rational thought reenters his conscious, he’ll kiss every mark left on your body of which there are many
- It’s also nearly impossible for him to edge you on purpose, preferring to instead make you come until you’re shaking and gasping his name in a shivering loop
- Life is just so very decadent with him, and he turns you into a wanton thing by just the brush of his fingertips
Leonardo:
- The most cocky, incorrigible man, and it’s so fucking attractive
- Knows exactly the effect he has on you; smirking from across the table as he watches you shift in your chair, unable to find a position that doesn’t remind you of how hard he was pounding into you the night before
- Will croon in your ear about how easy you are for him, even as he’s knuckle deep, kissing your cheek sweetly - a direct contrast to the utter depravity leaving his mouth, the slick twist of his fingers inside you
- Describes in detail how your body feels, how you’re gripping him so tightly that you must not want to let him go
- Of course he’s aware of how you love the sound of his voice, the low curses he lets slip out the longer he fingers you sloppy
- It’s maddeningly easy to give control over to him; he’ll tease you about it at first, get you blushing and almost shy
- It’s always worth it though, because you know firsthand how lewd he’s going to make you feel later on
Arthur:
- You genuinely worry that you’re never going to want to do anything other than have sex with him ever again
- He will absolutely dedicate entire afternoons just to eating you out; and holy fuck is he good at it
- Touches you everywhere, his seemingly tireless tongue working in firm, controlled circles until you’re grabbing at his hair and nearing full-on screams
- Makes it his own personal mission to discover how many times you can orgasm back to back
- However, he sometimes gets so caught up in bringing you pleasure that you basically have to pin him down to return the favour
- For all of his big talk, he is so easily undone by you; a slow pace makes his eyes go hazy, hands gripping onto your hips for dear life, blotchy red staining his cheeks and spreading all the way down his neck
- Say his name like a prayer and ask him to fill you up; he’ll shoot almost immediately, head tilted back into the pillows, sharp groan tearing out of his chest
- He bites your neck with brutal gentleness when he’s recovered, and each heavy swallow of his throat has you rubbing against his thigh, mind going blank
Theo:
- God he is such a bastard, and he just adores when you give it right back to him, eyes blazing, angry flush high on your cheeks
- It makes him want to fuck you. Immediately.
- Any banter at that point has the ability to set him off, and he’ll give you no warning before taking your mouth, hands sliding to your waist, thumbs pressing at your ribs (and it’s simply not fair how right his touch is, how his big hands get you so hot under your skin)
- The fiery chemistry you have needs no coaxing to consume you both, and he’ll often just shove you into any semi-private location and bend you over the nearest flat surface
- Grinning like he’s won when he finds you already dripping down your legs, chuckling low against your shoulders when you tell him to shut the fuck up and get inside you
- And he loves to look, spreading you open to see how well your hole stretches for his cock (you get lightheaded if you think on that for too long, he’s so thick)
- Often runs his thumb around where you’re wrapped snug on him - you both have to stifle moans at that
Fandom: Ikémen Sengoku
Reader-insert: Female
Pairing: Masamune Date x reader
Genre: Erotic Romance
Warnings: Adult Situations | Sexual Situations | Read at your own risk
Additional Warnings: Masturbation | Cunnilingus | Rough Sex | PWP
Word Count: 510+
(a/n): It is of utmost importance that you do pay attention to the warnings. This is a tiny bit more disgusting than the other fic! You have been warned, don’t come at me later~ ♥
Thank you all so much for the lovely comments you left on Medical Treatment (Leonardo x reader) ♥ I was honestly hesitant to post that fic and now, thanks to everyone’s support, I’ll be posting more content regarding this subject!
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Special thanks to @tsuki-no-usagiii, @luzda and @scummy-writes for being so patient with me considering this fic has been in my WIPs for over two months!! 😭
Fandom: Ikemen Vampire
Reader-insert: Female
Pairing: Arthur Conan Doyle x reader
Genre: Erotic Romance
Warnings: Adult Situations | Sexual Situations | Graphic descriptions of menstrual discharge | Explicit Content | Read at your own risk
Additional Warnings: Cursing | Red Wings | Cunnilingus | Tongue Fuck | Begging | Period Play | Praise | Fingering | Aftercare
Word Count: 2.4k
Hi! If you’re still taking alphabet asks? Can you do F and H for Leonardo and Comte? Thank You!❤️❤️
Hiya, Nish! 💜 I hope you meant NSFW alphabet. Otherwise, I’m sorry ;;;;
Fandom: Ikémen Vampire
Featuring: Leonardo da Vinci & Le Comte de Saint-Germain
Warnings: Sexual Content | Explicit Content | Read at your own risk | Minors DNI
🌸 F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)
It doesn’t matter whether you are the one in charge or not, Leonardo loves it when he’s under you
He loves to have you on top of him with your body flushed against him
It’s really intimate and he just melts under your gentle ministrations
He also enjoys fucking you from behind too
Have you heard of The Hound position?
He loves it!
He presses himself against you as he slides into you from behind
He starts by moving his hips at a slow pace, thrusting deep inside you
And eventually, he speeds up, and his thrusts become shallow and quick
He adores skin-to-skin contact
Not to mention he has easy access to your clitoris and breasts
Leonardo whispers dirty and sweet phrases in your ear before giving your earlobes a gentle nibble
He also licks the shell of your ears and gently blows air on them just to watch you squirm
🌸 H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)
Leonardo has a fair amount of hair down there, it’s not a jungle, but he’s a hairy man
Hair doesn’t bother him, it’s the most natural thing to have
So he doesn’t see why he should trim it
His hair is thick, dark and curly
He also thinks pubic hair is rather hot, so there’s no way this man would ever trim it
In fact, he’s more than okay if you don’t trim your hair
Not to mention, it’s your body, so he doesn’t really have a say in that
But he does like your pubes
He often plays with your pubes when the two of you cuddle naked after having had sex
🌸 F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)
Unlike Leonardo, Le Comte prefers being the one on top
Having you underneath him gives him the feeling that he possesses some sort of power over you that no one else has
Not to mention that seeing you writhe under him riles him up
It will take a bit of persuasion from your part to get him to willingly relinquish that power
So if you want to top him, you better convince him
And if you want to dom him, well, that’s a whole nother story
If you’re persistent he will, eventually, humour you
Show him how good being the submissive one can feel and he might let you be the one in charge more often
Another thing he enjoys a lot is bending you over his desk and taking you from behind
Especially when you’re on your period
You just get so docile during those days and it drives him insane
🌸 H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)
Le Comte doesn’t have much hair down there, so there’s no reason to trim it
After all, hair is the most natural thing in the world, pubes included
His hair is soft and thin and so very satisfying to the touch
He loves it when you play with his pubes as you snuggled up against him in bed
Just like Leonardo he doesn’t care if you trim, shave or wax your pubes
He’ll still go down on your regardless of your choice
And he makes sure to worship your pussy like his life depends on it
A bit of hair won’t be enough to scare this vampire away
Requests are CLOSED!
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Mlqc victor and lucien + nsfw J and U please? Ur writing keeps my lonely ass alive during quarantine 😂😂 tysm!!
OML! Really? I’m so happy to hear that, love! I hope my writing keeps making you company during this trying times! 💜 Thank you so much for your kind words and for sending in your requests! I hope you enjoy this one as well! 🥰
Fandom: Mr Love: Queen’s Choice
Featuring: Victor & Lucien
Warnings: Sexual Content | Explicit Content | Read at your own risk | Minors DNI
🌸 J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)
Victor’s sex drive is lower than the average
This doesn’t mean he doesn’t get aroused or that he doesn’t enjoy masturbating
He does enjoy it, but he doesn’t feel like acting on his carnal desires as often as the average man
He masturbates once or twice a week tops.
Usually, he jerks off as a means of relieving the stress that has been building up all week
So he makes sure to do it when he’s alone
Preferably in the bathtub, while revelling into the feeling of the hot water soothing his weary body
He takes his precious time, slowly teasing himself till he’s fully erected
Then, he pumps his cock up and down at a steady, low pace at first
At some point, he switches hands enjoying the different sensation as he builds himself up
He gently fondles his scrotum as he pumps himself up and down
After a while, he starts bucking up his hips, thrusting into his hand
Grunts fall from his parted lips and several strokes later he reaches his climax with a restrained groan
He stays in the water for a moment longer, enjoying the after-effects of his orgasm before resuming his bath
🌸 U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)
Victor is not much of a tease
He’s very doting, so he always wants to give you exactly what you want
However, if you’re into that, he will tease you to your heart’s content
He enjoys ghosting his fingers over the sensitive skin of your back and watch you writhe and moan in delight
He also loves leaving feather-light kisses all over your inner thighs as he slowly gets closer to your crotch
His lips avoid caressing the places where you need him the most
Hearing you beg and watching as your legs tremble under his touch rouses a wild hunger inside of him
🌸 J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)
Lucien’s sex drive is higher than Victor’s
And even though he’d rather fuck you, he still enjoys having his alone time
He usually masturbates in bed and he often uses his fleshlight
He imagines it’s you riding his cock
He gets so into it
Lips slightly ajar as he moans and whines
Your name rolls off his tongue a lot as he pumps himself with the toy
His toes curl as he spills himself inside the toy, head tilting back
His groans fill the room
On other occasions, he enjoys humping his mattress or pillow
And if he’s feeling rather feral, he places his fleshlight on his desk, holding it firmly in place with both hands and he pounds mercilessly into it
He pretends he’s pounding into you from behind
His moans and grunts turn more animalistic when he gets like that
🌸 U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)
This man is a complete SM, alright?
So he loves teasing you just as much as he loves getting teased by you
He enjoys watching you squirm under his relentless teasing
He touches you everywhere except where you want him the most
“Hm? You want me? Where do you want me, love?” he inquires with an impish smile, chuckling softly at your needy state
Lucien likes having you sit on his lap and tease your breasts with his mouth as his hands caress your back and fondle your ass
He gets so turned on when you start mewling and grinding against him, begging him to fuck your brains out already
Requests are CLOSED!
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Fandom: Genshin Impact
Reader-insert: Female
Featuring: Kaeya, Childe, Zhongli & Diluc
Warnings: Sexual Content | Read at your own risk
Headcanon: Their reaction to you waking up from a wet dream
The amount of notes this HC has is insane! I have no words to describe how happy this makes me. Thank you guys for showing so much love to this post! I love you all so much!
None of the MCs from the game seemed quite fitting, so please, welcome Zora. I wonder… Should I write more stories with her?
Word estimate: 2,6k
Warnings: none involving the plot; scar mentions
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“ Sly fox, aren’t you?” she jested.
“ I’m unworthy of such praise,” his voice dropped low, mischief playing at the corners of his mouth.
“ Well then, I wonder, shall I improve my spells? If you’re unworthy, then you shouldn’t have slipped past them in the first place.”
“ Only if you please to keep me away.”
“ And wouldn’t you try to crack them again? My, my…” she feigned discontent. He leaned down, his gaze meeting hers.
“ Alternatively, whisper one word and you’ll be free again.”
Hello, lovelies!
Welcome to the first day of Self-Indulgent November or SIN.
Basically, I will try to post one reader-insert, smutty drabble every day!
You can participate too if you want! I’d love it if some of you did!!
To do so, you have to:
Write one smutty drabble or more. It does not have to be explicit, but it has to be suggestive, at least.
Post it with the hashtag “SIN_2020″
Tag me on the post so I can read it
And that’s it! You don’t have to write all 30 drabbles! (Honestly, I don’t even think I’ll be able to). Just write as much as you want!
Remember that this is supposed to be fun and very self-indulgent!
List
Day 1 - Docile (Leone Abbacchio) - JJBA
Day 2 - Make It Better (Victor) - MLQC
Day 3 - Turning Tables (Leonardo) - IkeVamp
Day 4 - That Butler: in Love (Sebastian) - Black Butler
Day 5 - Rise and Shine (Barbatos) - Obey Me!
Day 6 - Feel you (Buccellati x reader) - JJBA
Day 7 - The Beast and the Harlot (Simeon x reader) Obey Me!
Day 8 - Spicy Victory - (Nobunaga x reader) - IkeSen
Day 9 - Evening Relaxation (Diavolo x reader) - Obey Me!
Day 10 - Squeaking Mouse (Mitsuhide x reader) - IkeSen
Written by: @lordsister/@lordsisterxotome (Click here to support me on ko-fi!<3)
Disclaimer: I do not own Ikemen Vampire or any of its characters. All of that goodness is the property of Cybird. I do, however, own the plot of this fanfic. Please do not repost this on any other website.
Other notes: Honestly kind of a mess, but I’m going with it. Sometimes you need kind of a mess. Let’s hope it’s an enjoyable mess.
It’s something I’ve noticed over the past two years of using this site. It was gradual, imperceptible at first, something that most would brush off as a silly concern, or fault Tumblr algorithm for. While it’s true that Tumblr’s engine leaves a lot to be desired, I’ve noticed that even popular blogs have started to dwindle in terms of interaction or motivation. There could be a lot of reasons for this, but the biggest two I’ve noticed, experienced myself, and asked fellow writers about is this: (1) content being stolen, and (2) lack of feedback or interaction. I’ve never seen any logical person defend content being stolen, so I want to address point 2 instead.
Lack of feedback and interaction. I’m not saying this on my behalf so much as I’m saying this for friends and smaller blogs who have lost motivation to write. I was looking at my yandere writing blogs list the other day and noticed that a good majority of them no longer write. I usually update the list every few months, and by that point, more and more writers have stopped writing entirely. This isn’t a problem confined solely to the yandere fandom; in fact, there’s less writing blogs in general these days, especially ones that are active. I used to run a very popular BNHA blog with some friends, but that dissolved after our content was stolen and our followers stopped interacting as much. Out of our 8,500 followers, we hardly got 0.015% notes (~128 notes) on an average post. Tumblr is to blame for the lack of eyes seeing our posts, for sure, but that also means that at least 128 people saw one post and didn’t leave a comment or ask. We were considered a big blog; imagine what it’s like on a small blog.
My friend recently made a post that summed this up perfectly:
“I’ve seen people say “Be grateful that people even lurk on your page.” and, while I get the message they’re trying to say, it’s more dismissive and hurtful in my opinion. Like you’re saying, “Oh your writing is mediocre, you should be grateful people even LOOK at it.”
Me personally? I’ve heard the argument that AO3 is a better place to post fanfics, and while that might be true, I’ve had friends experience firsthand the lack of interaction there too. I’ve heard the argument that interacting with some writers is intimidating (me included). I’ve heard that argument that followers might be too shy to interact. I’ve heard the argument that writers should write for themselves and not for views / likes / reblogs / etc, and while that’s ideal, it’s not sustainable for everyone. What works for one writer won’t work for another, but you know what will? Interaction.
That comment or ask that took you 2 seconds to write? We remember it. That reblog with the compliments in the tags? We remember it. Every single ‘named’ anon we get (heart anon, sunflower anon, etc)? We remember them. And the best part is? It’s actually easier to do these things on Tumblr since you have the option to send anonymous asks or make a sideblog specifically for reblogs! Trust me, whether the lack of interaction is the cause of a lack of motivation or what have you, every writer appreciates feedback (don’t be shy to offer some critique or compliments) or even a simple keyboard smash with some emojis. Even sitting down for 5 min a day per week to comment on your favorite writers’ new pieces makes a huge difference. Personally, since Tumblr’s activity feed is beyond terrible and I have over 1,500 posts, I don’t always see new reblogs or comments on my content; asks though? Always see those, can never go wrong with those. If you don’t want to reblog or leave a comment, then you can never go wrong with an anonymous ask.
As my wise friend says: writing is an art, and in order to improve that art, we need other people’s eyes to see what we don’t.
For the sake of every writer (past, present, and future) on this platform, please share this post.
Great post, so great that I’m hijacking it to call attention to the elephant in the room because I think we’re all more than ready to have this talk:
If you’re a writer and you refuse to like/reblog the content of others that you enjoy, take the time to think about why you feel that way. Do you just not read fanfiction that isn’t your own? Do you think the quality of writing here is low? Do you get jealous when other writers get notes? Do you get upset at the idea of someone else benefitting from your following? I want you to ask yourself these questions with leniency because there’s nothing wrong about feeling this way, and you’re definitely not the only one who does. Nevertheless, consider that you may be a part of the problem when you say that no one interreacts with your writing anymore/the community is dying.
There’s a big difference between reblogging a fic on your account with over 10k followers and reblogging it on your side account with 30. There’s a big difference between ‘clout chasing’ and someone wanting their favorite author to read a piece they worked really hard on. If you won’t take the time to respond to the comments that you DO get, are you justified in getting upset that you don’t get more/you don’t get as much as you used to? If you genuinely believe that you are the best writer in any given fandom/niche, your ego is going to make you miserable when your engagement doesn’t reflect that.
I don’t say this standing on a soap box, tsking at my fellow writers. I say this as someone who didn’t even see the value in reading/sharing the work of others until very recently in my writing career. If your ego is unchecked, I want you to know that practicing a little selflessness goes a long way for your confidence in yourself, your writing, your standings in the community, and with your peers.
If you are here for an individualist experience, that’s fine, but don’t get upset when you don’t get the benefits of a collective experience. By no means is anyone saying you HAVE to put the work of others on a blog for your writing, but if you’re only ever taking and never giving, you can’t reasonably expect this community to sustain itself.
