I've learned a lot of really fascinating things about my own writing in the process of the years (God help me) it's taken to write INJ, both what I'm capable of and good at, and what my audience loves most, and how those do and don't overlap. I've got a whole audience that never in a million years would I have imagined I'd capture, and I'm very grateful.
But there's absolutely nothing that's surprised me that is or ever will be funnier than the fact that by all accounts my audience is largely lesbians, NB people, and Trans/genderqueer women - and that in my toxic Yuri/bisexual polyamarous queen romance, with a largely queer audience, the UNANIMOUS fan-favorite of all the supporting cast; from both comments and DMs I get, is a heterosexual middle-aged business owner guy with a John Waters moustache who lost the kids in the divorce and kinda looks like a Japanese Steve Buscemi
Cannot believe how many people are like "never mind the toxic yuri, when do we get more of the OLD MAN" lmao