#anyway anon peace and love i hope the good outweighs the bad for u! this hobby can be rough sometimes eh ❤️

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yes I agree that you’re implicitly required to rec a fic you’re involved in which is why it HURTS WHEN PEOPLE DONT like oof. you said yes to work on it but then you didn’t like it that much hey. obviously I’d rather that than people rec something they don’t actually like, I’m not saying it should be disingenuous, it just hurts you know? ouch

nahhh i don't think ppl should feel obligated to do marketing for a fic they've already put time and energy into helping the writer with!

#anon it sounds like you've had a rough experience tho and that does suck i'm sorry ❤️ #i mean it sounds a little bit like *i* was the one who beta'd ur fic and then didn't promo it? #and if so i encourage u to jump in my DMs bc anon messages aren't the way to resolve feelings 😅 #but sometimes people really are just busy #or they didn't realise the expectations u had of them #or they don't use social media v often so they missed the post #or they beta so many fics that they don't keep up what is uploaded and when #so many factors that could be at play in situations like this! #not necessarily anything to do with your fic! #(and tbh sometimes people really just don't like a fic they've agreed to beta #i have had some exceeeeedingly underwhelming responses from betas lmfao #did it suck?? did it make me want to delete my entire fandom existence?? absolutely!!! #but did i expect them to pretend to like it once i posted it?? heck no) #(actually now i'm thinking abt it i don't think many of my betas have rec'd my stuff at ALL 😂 #some have for sure! but probably like? 40%? maybe less? #so either i personally traumatise 60% of my beta readers or the post-beta promotional circuit isn't as common as u think!) #(i very much might traumatise my beta readers tho so. do keep that in mind.) #anyway anon peace and love i hope the good outweighs the bad for u! this hobby can be rough sometimes eh ❤️