We'll rot away together

read ⚔️smooth is the descent⚔️ on ao3

once again I have been overtaken by hubris and made to think such things as "yeah I could render a whole suit of armour" and then I spend 3 fruitless hours and delete everything. gave up but know that a valiant effort was made

is it FUNNY BUT ONLY TO YOU AND A FEW SELECT MUTUALS?

is it USELESS?

is it a COMPLAINT?

will it KILL YOUR FUTURE CAREER?

I knew that intellectually but it never truly clicked until I opened an old favorite last night to get lost in for the thousandth time. But if you’re a fanfiction author, someone out there is reading and rereading your stories. Someone out there is loving your world and words not just once but over and over and over again.

That’s amazing.

So here’s a shoutout to the readers and rereaders. The commenters and kudosers and lurkers and everyone and anyone who has ever picked a fic up and loved it.

And here’s a shoutout to the writers, in case you need a pick me up or a slight bit of love. Somewhere, out there on a screen under a sky you’ve never seen, your story is coming to life.