#sometimes i just want to be an ASSHOOLLLEEEE and that's what a personal blog is for lol

[asymmetricboys]

am i the only writer who does not find comments of “please continue!!” or “we need another chapter!!” to be a compliment on a fanfic and lowkey find them deeply grating instead

like how do i make it clear in my author notes at the start that i don’t write serialized things, i am writing a complete story where the word count is the fucking word count and the chapter count is the FUCKING CHAPTER COUNT, and warn people i get insulted if they ask for more... like it feels like im a chef who made a perfectly portioned meal designed to be the exact correct balance and serving of those ingredients and then someone loudly tells me (usually without even actually complimenting the food first) that I should bring them seconds. and im just standing there like the chef in that murdering chef movie like ‘if u question my fucking JUDGEMENT ON LENGTH u question me as an artist’???

i for real for real 100 per cent know it is not that deep but i cannot help it, my brain goes ‘u think i don’t know when THE END of my own story is???’

like unless i explicitly state in the final author notes that i am thinking about writing an epilogue or a sequel, i just straight up don’t want to see people asking for more. like i KNOW you’re trying to give me a compliment, but please just learn how to tell me something you actually liked about the thousands of words i ALREADY WROTE, i am looking for a crumb of validation here!!!

i understand that there are loads of fic writers who genuinely write more or less of a story based on the demand, because their writing flow IS that they like writing a serialized piece and they can expand forever on the concept until they decide they would like to wrap it up -- but that is not me and i guess i just need to be blunter in my author notes and be like ‘THERE WILL BE NO CONTINUATION’ like if that’s the only kind of comment you know how to leave, just say ‘looking forward to reading the next thing you write!!’ and we’re chill!!

anyway i’m never ever posting a story in more than one chapter ever again, it’s oneshots only for me babe, the commenters know how to ACT in those comment sections

#there's a read more because i KNOOOOOOW im being a bitch lol #only click that if ur also a salty perfectionist who gets insulted too easily #sometimes i just want to be an ASSHOOLLLEEEE and that's what a personal blog is for lol #ace babbles #also to be clear.....if someone leaves a detailed comment on a fic and then also adds 'if you wrote anything else in this verse i would #absolutely read it in a second!' #that person is 100 per cent valid and that's a lovely comment #i'm mostly talking about people who say nothing about the fic and then go 'you need to write more chapters pleeeeaasse' #like do you have any FUCKING manners you're not 8 years old you can give a bitch a compliment before you ask her a favour first at least #like it's not gonna work im not going to write more of a story that is already done but i will see the request as a compliment #instead of a rude comment #if it is at least swaddled in a demonstration of genuine appreciation for the fic that shows you actually read the words #it just.....i know im being irrational #but it just feels like i sculpted something out of a piece of wood and then someone looked at it and went 'hmmmm...can you make it taller' #like????? no i fucking can't i'm out of wood??? do you not know how sculpting works??? #and they're like 'oh i saw that dude's clay sculpture and he keeps making it taller' #and im like 'THEY'RE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCULPTURES MY GUY' #sorry yall it's just i miss the 5sos fandom yall left great comments from my recollection #and i recently posted a two chapter thing in a newer fandom and im swamped with the most disappointing three word comments #just demanding more #blah