oh man i feel this so hard; even when i've made art/content that got a lot of reblogs/attention, i've still always felt like such a bystander in most fandoms. and a lot of the time i'm thankful for that depending on the fandom, but yeah, sometimes i wonder what it's like to really feel like you're in the core group.
I know!! It’s not really about the popularity of the stuff you produce or even the followers you have in social media or anything like that, it’s a sort of thing that I guess naturally happens? Maybe? Which is another layer of fandom content creation, your place in the fandom determines a lot in how your content will be received. For example, when you post a fic you know that things that have nothing to do with the content itself and that you have no control over, like an AU that is or isn’t popular, or a companion ship, or a lack of romantic relationship you depict, or even if a fandom famous person posted immediately after or before you, all those things affect how your stuff will be seen. And it’s not something to worry about because nobody can control all that, but it is something to take into account before feeling down about the results or feedback you get or don’t get on your art. But anyway yeah, I’m ok with the place I’ve had in the fandoms I’ve been in, but I’ve always wondered how you get to be one of those chosen people lol