#normalizefanartforfanfics

[innerenigma]

•Normalize Fanart for Fanfics Again You Fools•

It's not cringe anymore (it SHOULDN'T be cringe anymore), just do it. You're doing something you enjoy, who cares what anybody else says! So spread the words my fellow internet brethren.

Spread the Word :)

[innerenigma]

wdym normalise??? like 8/10 fics i read have fanart for them linked in half their chapters

In most cases I've seen this has been generally only the norm for Wattpad more than any of the other fanfic websites such as Fanfiction.Net, Archive of Our Own, Quotev, RoyalRoad, SpaceBattles, DeviantArt, etc.

I believe the reason for this being is due to the fact that the general audience for Wattpad tends to run on the younger side. Teenagers basically, and they're unapologetic for what they make, do, and feel.

Which I completely respect, if more than anything that statement "Normalize Fanart for Fanfics" is intended specifically to my other fellow adults in the internet. Adults/Professionals don't tend to like doing things for free, and who can blame them (especially in this economy)?

However Fanfiction in itself is work/content being made entirely free for the public to consume and by complete strangers no less (for no compensation whatsoever mind you). Who get some if any recognition at all to begin with for their work/works. Most authors I've seen personally pay for artists to make fanart of their fanfics. It's only the teens that I've seen that put out fanart at a continuous steady rate for absolutely nothing in return. You go kids >:D

To summarize my point I think everyone, from any background of any age, can make fanart for fanfics.

Heck I encourage it from all of us. The more stories that can be spread to help us, as humanity, connect, learn and grow with/from each other THE BETTER!

Thanks for reading ^_~

[innerenigma]

hey 8/10 fic guy here. i have not touched wattpad since like 2017 and am also technically an adult (though i don’t feel it). i exclusively read on ao3 and have also never seen fanart linked on wattpad when i read it. also sorry if my ask came off as rude i was feeling rude. but i’m not anymore and feel bad now. but also like genuinely i see fics with fanart all the time but maybe im just in more popular fandoms?? regardless tho you’re right in the end people definitely need to make more fanart for fics i imagine there’s nothing like receiving it

Hey again hun, mad respect for you coming back and being sweet. ^_^

It takes a lot of courage to own up to one's mistakes on the internet, but I imagine while being behind the screen it's almost euphoric in a way to be able to do things anonymously or something idk

I'm not an expert on the topic, so I won't say anymore. Thanks again for the apology, it's appreciated (I honestly can't tell when someone is being rude or not anymore hahaha) 🤍

I also main Ao3 as well, it's very interesting because I see fanart for fanfics always shifting through the years. Sometimes a lot of artists want to make stuff for their favorite fanfic/fanfics, and at other times the wave of creation just completely halts. There's no pattern to it? As far as I'm aware of anyway?

Hmmm, maybe TikTok might have something to do with that??? Who knows?? Heck, even reviews for fanfics have gone to all times lows from what I've noticed, I just deeply hope that fanfics never die and that authors/writers don't loose inspiration in creating fanfics with their respective fandoms.

There's just something that tickles me fancy with seeing somebody else being inspired enough by a fandom's story to make another story for it all together (AKA Fanfiction), writing is a media that I find much more difficult than drawing.

So authors/writers have my heart, mind, body, and soul in their clutches to do with as they wish. Cause damn, do they make it look easy hahaha =)

[innerenigma]

Please get a life

Bro I wish, nice callback to my Wattpad Description though and here I thought nobody read those hahaha ^^

[innerenigma]

that ask was probably really disjointed but it’s 12:30 am and im probably slightly iron deficient so im really tired. sorry again for being rude like that sometimes i just get confrontational for literally no reason it’s something i need to work on

No worries hun, you wanting to change for the better tells me all I need to know. You're a good person at heart, keep trying and all the best wishes 🤍

Sincerely, a fanartist for fanfics.