but don't the suit fit nice

"You should create for yourself" and "it's okay to feel discouraged when creating your own original projects if no one interacts with them" are two sentences that should be able to co-exist with each other

On the one hand, you should kill that capitalist in your head that tells you to make art only for the enjoyment of other people. On the other hand, it's totally fine to be disappointed that you spent hours or even days on something that only got 4 notes. You can feel both ways.

Humans are expressive, social creatures. Art allows us to express ourselves and is best done for the joy of it, and one of the most natural ways for humans to enjoy things is to share them with others.

For your consideration: a voyager shitpost episode called Seven of Eleven where Tom Paris attempts to introduce the crew to Slurpees and the ancient earth concept of a convenience store on the holodeck because he thinks it’s neat. Seven’s response is of course “the high sugar content and subzero temperature of the beverage is illogical. However I understand why humans used to consider these delectable”

honestly one of my favorite things about fanfic is when you can see the canon influences come out in really subtle ways. like a canon line thats mentioned once as a throwaway is suddenly the entire premise for a fic or it influences the characterization or something. its just so cool to see how people weave their ideas around a source material, especially if its not a detail i'd thought about before