a Yoonmin fic that was so fascinating and so interesting just updated to say they won't be finishing it because they felt like they were losing readers with every chapter and weren't getting enough comments.
They had 200+ comments on 17 chapters!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT???
My fic, which is at 23 chapters "only" has 112 comments. and I've been writing it for like 4 years now! (oh gross, I've gotta finish it, lol)
I get wanting comments to help spur you on. Chapter 23 was a tough chapter with a big emotional moment and I've gotten 1 comment, which sucked. But I've been working on this fic for 4 years and I'm not stopping.
I wish writers would learn to not need comments to keep going.
I get why they're moving on to something else but I'm so unbelievably disappointed that I've muted them on AO3. They sucked me in to such a beautiful fic and now it's done without an resolution. I don't think I could trust their fics again.
(I say that as I have several unfinished fics, 1 in this fandom, because I lost interest in the story. I've never not finished something because of lack of comments or kudos. That's never been what drives me to write.)
I wish them well in their writing, but I won't be there.
