I get annoyed by those sorts of reviews as well. I'm only a human and can write so fast. I know people who leave those sorts of comments are so into the story that they want to see more soon, but it still comes off the wrong way and can hurt sometimes.
I usually don't have issues with those comments when they are reviews. I've been writing fanfic since... 2008, I think (I was a wee babby writer back then), when I used to write on fanfiction.net, so I've gotten them before. The thing that bothered is they sent it to my Tumblr ask, which could be seen as a more "direct" way to contact me, instead of leaving it as a comment on One Last Hope.
To be clear, I don't mind asks about my OCs (like Kora, Rosa, Sharvi -OC that formed when I got Jack's Platinum Card, Emmaline -The Prince Phillip OC for Silver, Calista, Emyr, and Arianell) or fic asks like for One Last Hope (Idia x Kora), Gather Your Roses (Vil x Rosa), or Eyes on the Stars (Silver X Emmaline). I love chatting about my fics. @avionvadion heard a TON about Silver and Emmaline already.
I do know when I get reviews on Ao3 because my computer alerts me cause I usually binge Avion's Once Upon a Dream or Forest Deep once a week when I'm decompressing from my college courses because they're comfort fics to read -even though Malleus and Sesshomaru are DEF not my favs, the fics help me with processing a lot with things in my personal life. So if I'm left a review on One Last Hope, I do see the alert. You just may not get a response from me there or one right away if you do.
I'm usually on Tumblr or Facebook or Insta or Tiktok to be talking to people or sending fun things or talk fic and give/get advice and information. I will welcome any asks about my fics. I may hide things because I don't want to spoil things. Usually what I'm vague about is tied to Kora and all the things about her that are revealed in Book 6.
The issue I had was the "When are you updating" was in the 'more direct' way to get ahold of me and I got no reviews besides Avion who knew when I updated because I was talking to them when I was finishing it up, or no follow up ask/comment about the fact I did go and update? That made me upset.
I had the idea a random person I didn't know was invested in my fic and I wanted to hear what they thought of the first full chapter. You come into my Tumblr asks to basically tell me that you want me to update faster when you could be asking me fun things like the cute almost romance moments Idia and Kora have due to being a slow slow burn or asking what happens with Emmaline and Silver since they are a Coffee Shop romance fic? Then I want to hear what you think when you push me to update.
