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Hello chat…. I’m new to Tumblr.. Here’s some drawings of sebastian i did. FEAST!

synopsis: sometimes it matters that you are his wife.

pairings: Alhaitham, Ayato, Diluc, Kaeya x fem!reader (separately)

tw: fluff, established relationship, a little bit of bullying, a bit of unwelcome drunk flirting, characters are whipped for their wives

word count: 5.4k+ words

a/n: part 2 can be read here!

Alhaitham 

Your husband is… Truly something. Honestly, that’s the best way to describe this epitome of nonchalance, smugness and sarcasm, sprinkled with sharp glares and served with a smartass sauce. No one would be able to swallow such a nasty pill, yet you somehow managed. But that’s what doctors say, right? The medicine might be bitter, but it’ll get better. And it did.

Hard to believe, but the Akademiya’s Scribe is enamored by you - it took time to realize, many interactions for him to see that you do not rise annoyance in him, multiple times sharing the eye contact and hundreds of hours being your interlocutor to cognize the beauty of you, but when he fell - he fell hard, and the realization didn’t make him feel repulsed. On the contrary, it brought him inexplicable peace, and, being an efficient and straightforward man he is, Alhaitham faced you the very next day and asked out on a date.

The rest is history. You dated, you moved in, you got married - the sequence your husband perfected in its briefness to be over with quickly anytime his colleagues or anyone asked about you and your relationship. You, of course, would give a more detailed summary to your friends, speaking of him so tenderly, always witnessing the same reaction - disbelief. And you get it where they come from - after all, your partner is known to not be the most cordial person. He prefers it that way though - he is bothered much less and can dedicate that free time to his lovely wife.

He makes it a point to not leave the house unnecessarily early, just exactly enough to get to his office on time, and same with finishing his work, bluntly rejecting anyone who tries to approach him with stuff. This way he doesn’t waste a second with you, quite on contrary, sometimes a couple of hours can be added, if you visit him during the afternoon to go grab lunch together, or enjoy the one you brought with you, and then rest somewhere in a private spot with your head on his shoulder, holding a bigger hand that is resting on your thigh, while his other one is occupied with a book. This is enough to power you both up to push through the rest of the day, and Alhaitham really appreciates it, never failing to give you a kiss on the lips and murmuring the soft words of reassurance, before parting your ways till the evening.

everyone: jesus that sucks

tencent: also here’s an AI art generator that can turn your selfies into anime!

everyone, apparently: fuck yeah let me get in on that

Likes aren’t feedback. What I want on my work is feedback.

I define serial-liking as reading through a series or masterlist and only liking each work, giving no other signs of life. I know some people like fics to come back to later, but there’s no reason I should see “So-and-so just liked As It Was Part1, Part2, Part 3 etc” in that case. You would just like the Masterlist or the first chapter NOT each part and the extras too.

This post isn’t even about reblogging (which readers don’t do enough of either but that’s a whole other post for another day), this is about a complete lack of communication from readers.

I write for myself but I share it because fandom is a community. This should be a two-way street! I’m here to meet and talk about the things I love with other people who love them too!

When you serial like my series or my masterlist and say nothing, what I’m getting is “I like this work but I don’t appreciate you for writing it. I like this but not enough to make sure you continue it.” A like doesn’t even automatically translate to “I like this” anymore! More like “I saw this”. I can’t infer that you read my work much less what you thought of it. It’s disappointing and disheartening.

And since the common rebuttal to any writer who complains about the lack of readers doing the bare minimum is “not sure what to say/too shy to say a lot” here are some suggestions of short replies that I’d be thrilled to get (more than welcome to copy and paste these if you need my permission for that):

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Tx 4 the fic op :)

Luv this!

!!!!!!!!!

Agsjflalfjslfkdlsls

A reaction gif/meme

Nice job!

Super cute!

Literally anything you’d find on those encouraging stickers you give to elementary students

Cuz that’s what we want!! Encouragement!!

We’re spending hours, days, weeks on chapters that will take you minutes to read. All we’re asking as that you show you care about the person behind the fic and aren’t treating us like content machines.

Too often writers have to say they’re considering leaving before they get feedback! SHOW US YOU CARE NOW! I promise it’ll get you even more because it won’t feel like we’re posting our work into the ether. Treat us like people or you’ll slowly lose us all.

If you’re shy, THAT’S what the anon feature for asks is for! (Since a lot of ppl like to use it to be trolls and need to be reminded of this) Anon is where you can say all the ooey-gooey things about a fic you liked but not have your username attached! That’s where you can give us feedback and encouragement anonymously!

Problem: I can’t leave kudos again.

Beginner: This is a second/third/fourth Kudos

Advanced: This is my second/third/fortieth time reading this, I still love it so much. Here are a few new things I noticed. I like the way you personally do x, y, z compared to other authors I’ve read (in this ship/genre/fandom).

Problem: I don’t know what to say :(

Beginner: Just list what you did to read this fic. “I stayed up late reading this”, “I read this on a crowded train”, “this kept me company while sick”. 

Advanced: X,Y,Z parts made me get butterflies, and I had a physical reaction to this part of the story, I squealed outloud when characters did x,y,z. I blushed at this part. I laughed out loud here. Whatever. 

Problem: I’m embarrassed to leave a comment (what if I annoy the author?)

Beginner: Short answer: you won’t EVER annoy the author (unless you’re needlessly mean) But to start, be generic, you don’t have to spill your soul in the comments section. “I liked this” “I enjoyed reading this” “nice fic”.

Advanced: This really meant a lot to me that you wrote this. This is something I feel like I’ve always wanted to read. This fic hit me in all the right places. Etc. 

Problem: I don’t know how to express myself/my experience