it’s not weird to find fanfiction from 2021, or 2017, or 2014 that you’ve never read and actually taking your time to read it.
it’s not weird to love it and comment and leave kudos because the author will probably still see it someday and it will make them happy.
it’s not weird to like said author’s work so much that you want to go look for other fics from them.
it’s not weird to go through the authors profile and look for other fics from the ships you like (or maybe some that you’ll give a chance because you liked the author) and maybe bookmark them for later.
it’s not weird to read these other fics and like them too and comment on them because you actually like them and you want to let the author know.
it’s not weird to read fanfiction from 5, or 8, or 10 years ago and actually enjoy and engage with it because it’s perfectly normal to relate to something that’s less than a decade old!
let’s stop treating fanfiction like they’re instagram posts that stop being interesting in 24 hours! fanfiction is NOT social media, fanfiction is art!!! and art doesn’t get old in one day, one year, or even a decade!
read fanfiction! write fanfiction! comment on fanfiction! let’s not let fanculture die people!!!!!
I've sent emails to ppl from x-files fansites that stopped being updated in like 2005 because I liked their fics and let me tell you the one person who did reply was ECSTATIC their fic was still being read in 2026 and sent me a bunch of pics of cool memorabilia they'd collected over the years
I have English language fics going back to 2008. If someone commented on those now... Okay, first I'd be mortified, because those seem really bad now, from where I'm standing. But I'd also be ECSTATIC that people still find joy in them.
