https://www.tumblr.com/spikedfearn/788629573238718464/not-to-be-rude-but-its-honestly-kind-of-wild-how?source=share (my response to this anon and to your response!)
iām gonna be real, i completely agree with what that anon said before. like genuinely, i donāt get the hype. your fics are okay at bestā readable, sure, but theyāre nothing special. itās wild watching you act like youāre doing something revolutionary when all you do is write the same three dynamics over and over with. and somehow people eat it up like itās art. itās not. itās just decent formatting and a lot of self-promotion. thatās it.
and the way you carry yourself? like youāre the face of the fandom or something? you talk like you invented jack oāconnell fanfiction. you didnāt. you just got lucky. letās not pretend this is about skill. if brittany broski hadnāt posted your fic on her story that one time, youād still be sitting at 200 followers begging people to reblog your stuff. and you did begā constantly. you talk a lot about āwriting for yourselfā but your entire presence revolves around people hyping you up. every time someone posts praise, you reblog it with a 4-paragraph essay about your process. itās exhausting lol. (and please donāt say iām jealous of you, babe i aināt).
there are so many writers in this fandom who actually put in effort, who write complex stuff, who donāt rely on the same three trauma tropes or a sad boy aesthetic to get clicks. but they donāt get attention because theyāre not online 24/7 reminding everyone that they exist. you post a half-finished wip and somehow your followers act like itās scripture. the most mid lines get treated like literary genius. and yeah, maybe thatās not your fault, but you definitely lean into it like you believe the hype.
not saying you donāt deserve any followers, but people need to broaden their horizons. the echo chamber around your fics is just getting embarrassing at this point. like, congratulations on branding yourself successfully, but donāt confuse it with being the best writer in the room. youāre not. not even close.
((part 1 of my response, and please respond back for both parts cause i rlly wanna see what ur response is on this one thanks.) š
bro, i could name so many people in this fandom who actually deserve to have their work seen. people who write with depth, originality, and actual heart ā not just surface-level angst dressed up with a few aesthetic lines and a soft header. like real writers. people who care about what theyāre doing. and yet, somehow, itās always your stuff getting reblogged into orbit. itās like everyoneās allergic to quality until you drop something ā then suddenly the standards vanish and mediocrity becomes brilliance.
and the worst part? your newer stuff doesnāt even feel like you wrote it. itās giving ai. like be real ā thereās no voice, no real emotional core, just these perfectly structured paragraphs that read like they were generated off a prompt. no oneās buying the whole āwrote this in one sitting at 2amā thing anymore. itās stiff. overworked. flat. no one writes that much that fast without either burning out or using tools. and if you are using ai, then thatās even more of a slap in the face to writers who actually bleed over their drafts and still get ignored.
and itās honestly wild you wanna write a real book and plan on publishing it, girl š like, do you really think the publishing worldās gonna swallow the same recycled, basic nonsense the fandom does? the standards there are a whole different level. you might wanna get real about that before you start dreaming so big.
the fandom has such a weird obsession with clout over craft, and youāre the perfect example of that. the way people trip over themselves to reblog your posts while genuinely talented writers sit in silence? itās depressing. youāve basically turned fanfic into a performance ā not storytelling. everything you do is curated for attention, and the sad part is, itās working. people donāt care if somethingās good anymore, they just care if itās you.
but hey. keep playing the game. just donāt pretend itās about the writing.
(no hate ofc but itās just my opinion in this whole situation but overall im not saying you donāt deserve the attention, like hey congrats.)
Hi anonāthank you for taking the time to write all of this. I know it probably took a lot of energy to put your thoughts into words, and even if they were hard to read, I do appreciate the honesty.
Itās okay if my writing doesnāt resonate with you. Not everyoneās going to connect with the same style, voice, or emotional beatsāthatās the beauty of storytelling. Itās subjective. I know there are many incredible writers in this fandom who deserve recognition, and I agree that fandom should uplift a variety of voices, not just the loudest ones. I hope they get the love they deserve too.
As for meāI am proud of what Iāve made. Itās not perfect. It never will be. But itās mine. Iāve written from a place of joy, of grief, of love for these characters and for this community. Iāve shared my work because I care. Not because I think Iām better than anyone, but because writing has always been my way of showing upāeven when Iām scared of being misread.
And yeah, Iāve been lucky. Iāve had support, signal boosts, kind reblogs, and moments I never imagined. But Iāve also worked hard. Iāve spent late nights obsessing over rhythm, over a single sentence, over whether a line would land emotionally. Iāve cried at kind comments. Iāve panicked over posting. Iāve learned as Iāve gone. Iām still learning.
I write because I love it. I share because it brings me connection. I talk about process because people ask and seem to care. And I stay online because communityāeven flawed and messy and loudāmeans something to me.
If I ever come across as performative or pretentious, Iām genuinely sorry. Thatās never the goal. But I wonāt apologize for caring deeply about the things I make, or for being proud of the space Iāve carved out through a mix of luck, hard work, and vulnerability.
I hope you find work that does move you ā maybe even your own. Because the fandom needs all of us, in our different styles and voices. And truly, I wish you peace, fulfillment, and good stories. š¤
No hard feelings. Weāre all just out here trying our best.