Sometimes I wish I’d gotten involved in fandom a lot younger. Maybe then I’d have been there writing queer ships for Harry Potter, writing about how Merlin should have ended (obviously Merthur would have got together and Morgana gets a girlfriend) and later head cannons about Six of Crows and The Raven Boys.
I love the connections people make in fandom, the graphics makers and artists and writers who all follow each other, the communities that arise around it and how everyone knows who’s best to go to for what.
And maybe it’s not too late for me to get involved, maybe I could make graphics and write one shots. But I feel like it’s so much easier to build your community on here that way and then write your own stuff (even if some of your followers never want you to leave fanfic).
I don’t know, I just think it would have done my writing and my confidence good in many ways and I’m sad I missed out on that.
But on the other hand, I do love what I have now. After all, you guys talking to me about TSS all the time and sending me all the asks is amazing and I wouldn’t trade you all for anything, you sticking with me and wanting to read my stuff means the world.