hi! thank you for the kind words, i'm happy you're enjoying the fic. but i also want to use this message as an opportunity to talk about something/set a boundary that i haven't really known how to discuss, and i've blocked out your name because even though i'm not angry or upset with you, i want to make sure i'm not sending any hate back your way. 

i know that this message is well-intentioned, and i know you likely think it's nothing but a compliment to ask me to write more--after all, you're only asking me to write more because you enjoy the story so much! shouldn't that be a nice thing for me to hear? 

and like. i think that's why this is difficult for me to talk about. i don't want to come across as ungrateful or overly sensitive or like i don't appreciate the compliments, because i do. but at the same time, hearing someone say, "please write more of this fic for me, i love your writing so much!" is still hearing someone say "please write more of this fic for me!" like. 300,000 words is incredibly long. most novels are between 70k-100k words. a 300k word book usually takes years to write--years, and hundreds of hours of labor. maybe you chose that number randomly, or you're exaggerating for emphasis; but no matter how nicely you're phrasing it or how facetious you're being, ultimately this sort of message still puts pressure on me to produce a massive amount of writing in a short period of time. and even if you meant it as a compliment, it doesn't feel nice to me. being pressured to churn out hundreds of thousands of words makes me feel as though i'm being seen as a content-creation machine for the entertainment of others, and i don't like that. writing is a labor of love for me, but it is still labor--hours of time and effort that i'm putting into these works which i share for free, with no expectations of anything in return except maybe a few kind words from those who feel like reaching out. when i get messages or comments like this pushing me to write more, to write faster, it makes me feel as though my time and labor are not respected at all; as if there's absolutely no consideration for the amount of effort it takes to write the stories. which, again, makes me feel like i'm being viewed as some sort of fic-writing machine that can just pump out hundreds of thousands of words on demand for others' entertainment.

and none of this is helped by the tongue-in-cheek comment about how you're "suffering" waiting for updates. again, i understand that this was well-intended and maybe even a playful exaggeration that's supposed to be complimentary. but there are ways to tell me you enjoy my writing and eagerly wait for updates without telling me how much you dislike waiting between chapters. posting once a week is already a difficult schedule for me to maintain, and it's entirely possible that i'll need to take another break in the future or skip a week or something. i've been very clear about the fact that my update schedule is subject to change since i started writing the fic; that's just part of reading a wip. but when i get messages or comments like these with people telling me how they don't like waiting for updates, or comments directly asking me to post more than once a week, or--back when i did take a break--comments begging me not to take a break, it all adds together and builds up and creates this pressure to write more, write faster, post the new ch now now now. if you were the only person making this type of comment, it probably wouldn't bother me and i'd just respond and go "thanks lol" and move on. but the problem is that you aren't the only one--since more people have started reading the fic, i've consistently been getting comments like these, where the backhanded pressure to write more or write faster is couched in compliments. it's just so hard to wait for updates because i love your writing so much! i just want you to write more and post now and write faster because i love your writing so much! i know it's all well-intended, but none of it makes me feel good. it just makes me feel a mounting pressure to produce produce produce.

i feel like there are so many conversations happening in this fandom about how we need to treat writers better, where people go "the fandom is so shitty" and everyone goes "yeah!" but no one ever thinks they're part of the problem. and i think it's because everyone thinks the problem is like...really blatantly rude and entitled messages. and like, i get those too--people telling me they don't like a certain characterization and asking me to rewrite the fic; people repeatedly demanding that i write a certain fic for them; people just outright shitting on things i've written because they don't like it and for some reason think i want to know that. but none of that is super common. what is super common is the steady stream of comments and messages like this one, where they are so well-intended and don't see anything wrong with what they're saying because they think they're giving me a compliment. but all these "compliments" build up and create this pressure that hangs over my head to be constantly producing and writing, which is ultimately what leads to burnout and also makes me feel like i'm not being seen as a person so much as a machine. 

so like. idk. i'm not gonna try to speak for every writer in the fandom; maybe there are people out there who do appreciate this kind of message, who feel like it motivates them to write. but for me, i want to make it clear: i really don't appreciate being asked to write more or write faster or to write a certain trope/ship/etc; i am not a waiter taking your order at a restaurant. writing fic is not a service i'm providing for you that you pay me for in comments or kudos or messages or any sort of attention, because i am not writing for that attention in the first place. so when it comes to interacting with me, i'd ask that you reevaluate the way you give compliments and think about what sort of pressure you're putting on me, regardless of how well-intentioned your message is. again, no hard feelings towards you--like i said, this message probably wouldn't even register as pressuring to me if not for the fact that i get so many little comments like it, all from equally well-intentioned people who think they're just giving a compliment, all of which builds up together. 

anyway. all that being said. to answer your question: the fic will likely be four parts, not three as i originally intended. it will probably end up somewhere between 100-200k words based on the fact that we're already at 80k and i've only just started part iii, but i am not going to put pressure on myself to write a certain amount of words or hit a certain length. i'm just going to write what i want to write when i want to write, and share it as i want to share it. i'm happy to have you along if you want to be here, but if the cliffhangers or waiting for updates becomes too unenjoyable for you then there's no pressure for you to stay, yknow? no hard feelings on my end either way :•)

How are their still “nice guys” out their did yall not watch megamind growing up

I’m here to say that you may absolutely express negativity about veilguard to me as long as it’s not stupid. hate on it for real reasons, of which there are plenty, most of which I’m ignoring because of the hype but would be glad to discuss in a civilized manner. no forced positivity in this zone this is a safe space. unless your criticism is dumb as fuck then I will point and laugh

I do feel the need to point out David is a little older than Aang and would therefore be able to better recognize complex social cues of girls having a harder time rejecting a guy outright but that doesn’t really help Aang’s case because that would be admitting to that maybe he was a little too young to start a serious romantic relationship. *sighs* Katara really deserved to have a David as her partner…I think he might be the earliest example of modern positive masculinity in characters

I am once again pointing out that Aang's behavior is never treated as an issue in canon. If it had been, I'd agree with your point, but what we actually have is a fictional character created by grown men who is never called out for his selfishness, lack of empathy, and his violent super-powered tantrums. We're not supposed to take Katara's side in his misguided pursuit. We're supposed to root for Aang to "win" her in the end because everything he did to her was in the name of "love". Given the early comics and LoK, it doesn't seem like older Aang is much better. Definitely not to the point where he could ever be a worthy comparison to David.

Luke and valentine’s relationship reminds me of obi wan and anakin

thank you so much for 1k! thanks a lot to everyone who’ve stuck w me all this time and hi to everyone new o/ it really means a whole bunch to me!!

gonna be opening doodle requests for a while! no promises i can get to all of them but i’ll try what i can o9

Ahhh got harassed by a random guy at the concert after-party could y'all just fucking not

AND client support didn't even offer me a discount

dusttale fangame pacifist run roasting:

yeet the child off the mountain. do it. DO IT YOU COWARD

he's gonna push them off. that's my head Canon that this picture was taken moments before disaster 😌

ah yes I split myself in half to make one half evil and the other good so sans trusts my good side... spoiler. he won't :3.

but but IM A "NICE GUY^TM" I PUT FLOWER IN MUFFET GRAVE AFTER KILLING HER!

"IM OBVIOUSLY A GOOD GIY NOW SANS! WHY WON'T YOU TRUST ME! "

my take is that the barbie movie pieces together conversations that girls/women have throughout their lives, and so is not meant to be any more or less feminist or revolutionary than a standard conversation had between girls and women

filler episodes in the 1990s be like

i am once again being manic pixie dream girl-ed

Istfg are they for real right now

You know that your crush not liking you back or rejecting you romantically is not "treating you like shit", right?...It´s very important to me that you know what

Taking advantage of your feelings. Thats treating you like shit

Rejecting you in a cold way. Thats treating you like shit (been there)

Deliberately mocking you, knowing they will hurt you. Thats treating you like shit.

But the rejection alone of not returning feelings ,IS NOT

he's active on Tumblr, but doesn't look at/rb/acknowledge the things I send him or send me anything, he goes online on Discord after I've messaged him a few times casually and doesn't respond to my messages,

when the plot developments hit just ✨wrong✨