The one time I wrote to a published author about their book, they wrote back to me. It was in the 00s and it was about a book published in the 70s. They must’ve been grandma age.
Anon has such a mind boggling opinion here. I just never thought anyone would think like that before. I wish I could see a series of slumdog millionaire type flashbacks to see how they got there. Maybe it would make more sense then.
“AO3 is not social media”, um, like yeah, okay, that’s true… but how does this person think fic writers reply to comments? Do they understand “reply” is a feature AO3 chose to include?
They didn’t have to… FFN doesn’t allow you to reply to reviews. AO3 chose to include that feature, and this person is mad that people use it?!?!
Also, like… sometimes readers ask questions… should fic writers just ignore that???
“Fandom is not a social event” ummmm I think they may be doing fandom wrong, tbh 🤣
Like, what if you go to a fandom event like a con? Are you allowed to socialize then? If someone says something to you, to do respond with “I’m not here to socialize! This is not a party! Talk to your family!! Fandom is for social isolation only!!!”
