Top tier comment: "I don't usually read this kind of thing, but I like your other stuff so much and I trust you, so I took a chance on this story"
Like, no matter whether you ended up liking it or not (and absolutely no shade if it turned out not to be your thing after all!), even just the fact that you trusted the author so much you checked it out? That you enjoyed their other stories so much that you took a chance on something you usually give a pass?
Getting a comment like that is fucking incredible. For me, it surpasses even comments that say "I don't know this fandom/ship but still read the story because it's written by you" - jumping into the unknown is one thing, but jumping into something you typically purposefully don't read? Maybe even something that makes you uncomfortable? For me??
Reader, we shall have a summer wedding. I appreciate you more than words can say.