nemesis | soulmate

this drawing has a target audience of like... five ppl maybe lol

We need to bring back fic rec lists but like, everyone needs to be so normal about it.

This will only work if you don't get publicly upset about your fic not being included on fic rec lists or people having frank reviews/warnings on their fic rec list (eg. I greatly enjoyed this fic but X was very OOC).

This will also only work if you're normal about clearly labeled content for fic recs. So none of the "you included a fic with implied incest side ship on a fic rec list for my otp and therefore we can't be friends anymore and I have to make a callout post" drama.

A rec list is from readers to other readers. (Even tho I'm a fanfic writer, when I make a fic rec, it's from POV of a reader to other readers.)

And it's important for everyone to have this distinction, because if a rec list says "7/10 great read but kinda slow" the rec-er is not speaking to the author or offering criticism, the rec-er is warning other readers. It's distinctively different from comments, which are directed at the author.

An author can "choose not to use archival content warning" and the rec for it can have detailed cw for everything. A fic can choose to have no spoiler in the tags but the rec-er can choose to decide actually knowing the couple broke up is pretty fucking important. This too is an important part of fandom and adds layers to ways people can engage with fan-fiction.

Come home. We miss you.