my dream as a fanfic writer is for one day, one of my fics to be someones comfort fic. like the fic that they reread when they don't feel good and want to be happy. i want my words to comfort someone one day

I had forgotten this line. Definitely going to include it in a fic I'm working on.

It didn't really occur to me until I started writing, but comments/kudos fuel writers. And it is a completely free way for readers to encourage more content from their favorite writers. No where else in society can you offer someone a compliment and they be so pleased they turn around and hand you a small book.

the self-indulgent fanfiction will continue until morale improves

Yes, I do comment on every single piece of fanfiction I enjoy because that's the social contract I was raised in fandom under.

Omg please stop it's so unsettling