I think sometimes with writing fanfiction it's so easy to forget that it's supposed to be self-indulgent and not a game of statistics.
Of course it's nice to have people like your work, and it feels good to be appreciated for how much effort you put into it. But fanfiction writing is often a thankless job, so write what you would want to read. If people like it, they like it. If people don't, oh well. Write for you and no one else.
new development in my life as a self indulgent fic writer: im obsessed with batman x catwoman bc i watched the batman the other day despite knowing nothing abt the universe or comics so of course im writing a batcat fic
spent like 20 minutes tonight trying to explain to my roommate the plot of apocalypse despite her never even finishing murder house…. and let me tell you, ryan murphy made me sound like a fool