#responding to reviews

[gayvampyr]

no offense but you guys need to learn the difference between someone implying their experience is universal and a post simply just not being about you

#i’ve seen people respond to my personal posts venting about my own experiences and say that it’s ‘not universal’ or ‘needs more nuance’ #like??? no it doesn’t ?? it’s a vent #i don’t need to pass it through peer review #text post #10k #top posts #15k #20k #25k #30k #40k #50k #60k #80k

[anincorrectpetunia]

I guess I’m writing an epilogue to ‘All In Love Is Fair’

#olitz fan fiction #scandal fan fiction #responding to reviews

[good-pokemon-center-reviews]

#gshdjrhfeh;jk lfjfjjffh #pokemon #stuffed animals #toycore #plush #rowlet #pokemon center reviews #i’ve never seen them respond like this before. this one really caught them off guard

[wutheringmights]

Chapter 26: The Peaceful Days & The Hero's Gamble Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Additional Tags: Linked Universe (Legend of Zelda), Alternate Universe, Character Study, War, world building, Trauma, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Political Intrigue, Found Family, Angst and Humor, Warriors is a very complicated person, Warriors also does not know Time is Mask, Warriors (Linked Universe)-centric, Canon-Typical Violence, Heavy Angst, Manipulation, Morally Ambiguous Character, Please read content warnings before each chapter, Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Physical Abuse, Implied Sexual Content, Power Imbalance, Implied/Referenced Torture, Blood and Injury, Disabled Character Summary: “You are going to hear a lot of terrible things about me. Most of it is going to be true.” Being the hero who saved Hyrule from a bloody war was a thankless job that left Warriors with more regrets than he cared to remember. He only started to heal after meeting his fellow heroes from across time and joining them on their quest to defeat the black-blooded monsters. But when his time-hopping journey takes him back home, he finds his kingdom on the brink of war once more. This war threatens to ensnare not only Warriors, but his newfound family as well. Warriors will do whatever it takes to keep them safe, even if that means becoming a traitor to the kingdom he gave up everything to save. But the harder Warriors works to protect his family, the more the secrets of his dark past come to life. Who is Captain Link Walton, the Hero of Warriors? What happened to the two other heroes he had once fought alongside all those years ago? When this is over, will Warriors even have a family left to save or is he doomed to repeat his past mistakes? (Once, there were three brothers: the captain, the engineer, and the child. Their story did not have a happy ending.)

Hello! Welcome to a new chapter! Sadly, this one is not filled with the worst people you know making terrible decisions. Instead, this chapter is a set-up to enable those people to continue being Certified Hot Messes!

I hope this chapter is a satisfying read, even if it's not everything I was hyping it up to be. Nonetheless, it's as good as I could make it and I hope you enjoy reading it.

In this chapter of my very niche fanfiction that would get me canceled by BookTok:

Link learns how to enjoy peacetime

Warriors grapples with his role in the kingdom's political struggles

Everyone's favorite DILF is back!

📚 READ THE NEW CHAPTER 📚

#i will finish responding to reviews to last chapter tonight i apologize for being a mess #lu ctb #linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu warriors #lu #legend of zelda #lu sky #lu four #lu twilight #lu wind #lu legend #lu hyrule #lu wild #lu spirit #linked universe fanfic #lu fanfiction #loz #the legend of zelda #legend of zelda fanfiction #loz fanfic #lu call them brothers #update announcement

[foursaints]

Your Rosekiller art is the only reason I breathe

omg you are too sweet.... here is some old/abandoned stuff for your troubles lolol. just for you

#a #I HAVE A LOT OF ROSEKILLER STUFF COMING oh my god I keep fantasizing about it through studying for finals #its so embarrassing ive been reviewing my notes all week like My Beautiful Sons.... ill be there soon #its my reward #same thing for asks if youre stuck in my inbox. well its bc you've compelled me and im waiting to respond in length

[coquelicoq]

WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT VERSION CONTROL omg i am losing my mindddddd why do editors have so much trouble with this concept??? if you send someone comments on a document and ask them to revise even though you know more comments on that version are coming, they're going to submit a revision and then you're going to give them comments on THE OLD VERSION THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE WHAT ABOUT THIS MAKES SENSE PEOPLE. i spent half an hour explaining this to someone yesterday and i thought she got it and then today she did something EVEN MORE NONSENSICAL than what she was planning to do originally! o glorb stay my hand i am about to do something unwise!!!

#just don't have them submit a revision until you're done with that version!!! you are creating two alternate timelines here!!!!! #i can't do my job in parallel universes please help a broad out oh my god IT'S NOT HARD!!!!!! #yesterday i was like how about. you send them the comments you have so far. and tell them more comments are on the way. #and then AFTER they've gotten and responded to all the comments you have them submit a new revision? #and she was like yeah that makes sense! #then today she sends them the comments but is like 'revise this and send me the revision outside the system while you're waiting #for the rest of the comments' NO!! BAD EDITOR!!!!! THAT'S WORSE NOW IT'S ALL OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM WHAT IS #WRONG WITH YOU!!!! #if you want to get a revision sooner then just tell the other people who are reviewing to hold off & do their review of that future version #i don't understandddddd oh my god i should have just not said anything to her yesterday. this is worse than if i had just #let her do the stupid thing she was originally going to do. now she's gonna do everything outside the system #why though!!!!!!! #my posts

[a-freemaniac]

I keep applauding them!!!!

A show so richly filled with excellence is a rare gift!

Via Modern Collective IG

#martin freeman #the responder #the Responder2 #review #cast #acting

[xhanisai]

hey lads if you’re not gonna comment on a fic you enjoyed, at least leave a kudos man

#delete later #on like half of the stories i've written on ao3 or more #i don't even get 10% of the viewers leaving kudos on my work and that's just kinda tiring man #we've come so far from the fanfiction.net days where writers solely thrived on comments and private messages to KNOW if their work is well #received by the online people #now you can just press a BUTTON to know that you enjoyed a story and it only takes like half a second! #there are so many people online who are constantly BEGGING everyone to PLEASE comment or review or let them know somehow that you've enjoyed #their work because we get so little feedback often and it is demotivating af #but if you're not gonna comment AT least leave a kudos rather than staying silent and consuming the stories like it's nothing #one thing i loved in the beginning of the ml fandom was how interactive everyone was with fanfics and how it had such a positive status #people were happily reblogging and leaving kudos and commenting LOADS back then #now???? it's literally SILENCE #back when my writing was worse prepandemic i easily got hundreds of kudos in a few days #but now i'm struggling to reach even 200 kudos in three months on my newer oneshots #engagement rate is soooooo bad now and it's demotivating af #i think this is why i prefer to write and send drabbles on discord because people there do respond and react to my works and it gives me the #push to keep going

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Sorry if this is an invasive question, but have you read any specific fics and/or would be comfortable sharing which?

I don’t have an ao3 account so I don’t have a way to keep track of what I have read. But it’s really not that many. Probably like 10-15 in total.

Not really the person to ask for refs as ive barely read any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#I pretty much only read em if it was posted by someone I’m following on tumblr #it’s gotta be peer reviewed by either someone recommending it or from someone I already trust has taste #I just don’t have the time or energy to read stuff at random #that doesn’t mean you can’t send me a suggestion but I can’t promise that I’ll get to it #also you guys can message me my dms should be open #if you’d rather do that #I am terrible at responding tho SORRY… #anyway.. if you want to make a rec but are worried about the content #I’ve been online since I was 4 there’s not much out there that could shock me at this point tbh #<- actually I might as well mention?? if anyone. hasn’t bothered to check my main yet. im 23. #alright who is still reading this far uhhh I need to say something uhhhhhhh what can I say #quick say something #UHHHH #[redacted] #non voice post #asks #ask

[northern-passage]

one thing i find really difficult about navigating the IF space is the direct line of contact between readers and authors. we share the same space, and i think that plays a big part in this weird blurred line we have in this community and overall lack of boundaries.

for a lot of people this is a fun hobby and while i personally try to keep it... semi-professional most of the time, it's easy to get wrapped up in having fun on tumblr (or the forums, or reddit, wherever it is that you mainly post/interact) and have a lot of personal interactions with both readers and authors alike - which is fun! i like it more often than not, but i also think that's why a lot of comments in this space can end up being really entitled, over-familiar, and inappropriate.

it's no secret that most authors get really weird messages on here, and while this is also a problem on social media at large and not just specific to IF tumblr, it is still definitely a big problem in this community.

and to be clear i'm not saying that you can't be friendly with authors or readers (i've become friends with a handful of readers myself) and i definitely don't mean to imply that there needs to be a huge divide between us; that's silly - again, most authors are readers, most readers are authors, we’re just people on the internet sharing the same space. but all of us deserve to have our boundaries respected. this is my story, and we are strangers. as a general rule of thumb: if you wouldn't say it out loud to someone you just met, you probably shouldn't be saying it to a stranger online. especially anonymously.

#i also think this is why some criticisms get so messy in this space as well #authors should not always be in the same space as the readers/reviewers #and readers shouldnt be able to directly @ authors with their extremely negative reviews esp when it's subjective #(‘’i hate this’’ as opposed to pointing out genuinely harmful content or other criticism) #for everyone's sake #& on a kinda related note: speaking as someone who has been receiving targeted harassment for *checks watch* over two years now #some people really need to reevaluate the way they interact with certain media #i think IF feels very personal due to the interactivity and the customization of the mc #but not everything is written for you. and it's fine to just not like something #without sending weird harassing anonymous messages for 2 years straight to a stranger on the internet. lol #honestly criticism is another can of worms and that's not really what i'm talking about here #but i do think that's also part of the entitlement and overfamiliarity as well #so imo it's connected a little bit. something to think about #at the end of the day my advice to other authors about this is to know your limits and know when you need to extract yourself #and know that you don't have to respond to every ask #especially if it makes you uncomfortable #and im definitely not trying to sound like the authority here this is something i've struggled with as well #like i said it is hard to navigate #and authors can be guilty of this too. wanting to defend yourself or insert yourself into conversations where you shouldn't #i've done that myself #and i've also had other authors i dont know be way overly familiar with me in the past #all of this is just an unfortunate part of online community i think. but im trying to be more mindful about it #anyways. this post brought to you by the weird messages in my and my friends' inboxes lately #i just think you should not be telling authors about pesonal bodily functions in anonymous asks #as an example. lol #personal

[kingkatsuki]

Do you guys remember back in the day when authors had conversations with the characters at the beginning/end of a fic? Like breaking the fourth wall— we should bring that back.

#jo talks #you’d be reading a multichap and then the author would respond to flames and reviews at the start of every new chapter #and the characters would also throw their comments in #it was so cheesy I loved it😩😩😩

[dad-friend]

ok listen. i know hbomberguy said he doesnt wanna become the type of youtube who spends their time doing drama videos or ruining ppl careers but like. if somebody doesnt start doing crazy detailed research on ryan hall, yall then i will

#hbomberguy #meteorology #ryan hall yall #like his info is good and he generally seems like a good gug but theres. some weird stuff #*guy #the lack of clarity regarding his education #the giveaways #the almost unnecessarily high production quality #the way his mods behave during livestreams #(theyre biased when regulating politics they link weather.gov when ppl ask for forecasts but respond negatively when other meteorologists #are mentioned/linked etc) #occasional thoughtlessness (magenta polygons instead of red are more visible but they confuse ppl and studies say theyre less effective) #the fact they he claims to live in kentucky but said the us had very calm weather while there were wildfires throughout the south&appalachi #(also i could be forgetting but if i rmember right he mentioned the drought maybe twice until he retweeted that video from james spann) #the fact that he used to review vapes #the shady sponsorships and sometimes downright untrue info regarding those #the guilt tripping asking ppl to donate #like theres def good faith interpretations available #he himself says that theyre trying to reach as many ppl as possible w warnings so they have to play the YT algorithm game #but like. some of its looking kinda weird man

[anincorrectpetunia]

Thank you for reading and leaving a review on both versions 🙂.

I was a little nervous about the 7 year time jump, but I enjoy playing with time…as folks who read A(A) know. But I understand if people don’t want to read and ‘spoil’ themselves though I was extremely careful to indicate the kinds of seeds being scattered (more than one kid, their ‘fave’ person, Olivia’s expansion, a turn in Fitz’s career, parenting philosophies, etc.) without spoiling any of the details of what’s been happening in those 7 years. Because A(A) will make those seeds properly bloom .

This one-off episode was my way of doing a pre post-post script to A(A), or in TV terms…a ‘Very Special Episode’ 🙂. And…pushing the Olitz sex in this version, even if posting this made me feel a bit vulnerable.

#responding to reviews #olitz fan fiction #olitz

[daechwitatamic]

You can’t go to bed at 5pm, Jo. You can’t go to bed at 5pm, Jo. You can’t go to bed at 5pm Jo. You can’t go to bed at five pee em, Jo! You can’t!! Go to bed!! At 5pm!!! Jo!!!!

#this post brought to u by post travel exhaustion #will start reblogging and responding to of ruin reviews tmrw!!

[milktearosethorn]

untreated adhd got hands this week 🥲

#there is one specific project that we have major budget and timeline issues with rn #and that makes the executive dysfunction 10x worse because I feel sick with anxiety just looking at it #which just makes everything else worse lol #I feel like I’m always just barely scrapping by and ‘getting away’ with poor performance #that despite having outstanding performance reviews and feedback it’s just a matter of time before I’m ‘exposed’ for my weaknesses #AHHHHHHH #anyways time to work myself up into responding to this email explaining that I finished the task last Friday but ‘forgot’ to let them know #when in reality I felt so guilty about how long it took that I just. didn’t want to look at it when I was actually done.

[chicago-geniza]

There are many reasons for my "in 2024 Stefania would probably be bisexual" hypothesis and not least among them is the way she writes about Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn lmfao

#She had Types #RIP Stefania Zahorska you would have loved The Women but it premiered on September 1st 1939 #There's one review where she's like. It's vulgar when Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich do trouser roles #But when Katharine Hepburn does it? Exquisite #Like I am so interested in how she'd respond to gender nonconformity. For her it's almost purely a question of carriage and aesthetics