Fucking hell, Tumblr!
Seriously this is such a fucking problem and every time I think I have the tagging sorted so people see my works, Tumblr comes along and fucks with something so that people don't see them.
Yesterday's chapter of Not All That Glitters is Gold isn't even showing up in my #ladykailitha writes tag at all. Actually none of the story is. And I'm betting I know the why on that one. The whole sex worker aspect of it all. (God, I hate purity culture so fucking bad.)
But a lot of my most recent posts for longer stories is barely hitting 80 notes when previous chapters did at least 140+.
Well Met By Moonlight and Never Hold Back Your Step (Werewolf Steve and Boy w/a Bat respectively) in particular are hardest hit. The majority of the people liking and reblogging aren't those being tagged, they're people who have seen it on their dash or even the steddie tag and liked.
So I guess this is my check in with you all:
Are you seeing my stories when I tag you? When I tag #ladykailtiha writes?
Is it when I post that makes it so hard to interact with? I post 10am EST if that's not a good time, let me know and I'll change it.
I thought it was because I was posting so often but my last two standalone stories both hit over 400 notes. Both The Rockstar and the Teacher and Musical Genius Steve did high numbers fast.
So is it posting fatigue? Am I posting too much, too fast? Are you just tired of the stories I'm writing?
This isn't a "YOU HAVE TO INTERACT WITH MY STORIES BY REBLOGGING AND COMMENTING ROARRRR!!!" post. I'm just seeing a huge drop in numbers for a lot of people honestly. Even the insanely popular steddie writers aren't getting the numbers they used to get (I stalk the steddie tag, so sue me).
So what's scaring people off? It is just a busy time for people? Help an anxious writer out here.
@mira-jadeamethyst @rozzieroos @itsall-taken @redfreckledwolf @emly03
@spectrum-spectre @estrellami-1 @zerokrox-blog @gregre369 @a-little-unsteddie
@chaosgremlinmunson @messrs-weasley @chaoticlovingdreamer @maya-custodios-dionach @danili666
@goodolefashionedloverboi @val-from-lawrence @i-must-potato @carlyv @wonderland-girl143-blog
@justforthedead89 @vecnuthy @irregular-child @bookbinderbitch @bookworm0690
@anne-bennett-cosplayer @yikes-a-bee @awkwardgravity1 @littlewildflowerkitten @genderless-spoon
@cinnamon-mushroomabomination @dragonmama76 @scheodingers-muppet @ellietheasexylibrarian @thedragonsaunt
@useless-nb-bisexual @disrespectedgoatman @counting-dollars-counting-stars @tinyplanet95
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Fall Out Boy lyrics that make me want to write fics because I'm unhinged and always thinking about middle-aged gay men ᵇʸ ᶠᵃˡˡ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵇᵒʸ
Take This To Your Grave
• "And I can't forget your style or your cynicism" - Homesick at Space Camp
From Under The Cork Tree
• "Why don't you show me a little spine you've been saving for his mattress, love" Dance, Dance
• "Can I lie in your bed all day? I'll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake" - Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner
• "I found the cure to growing older and you're the only place that feels like home" - I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
• "I'm the first kid to write of hearts, lies, and friends and I am sorry my conscious called in sick again and I've got arrogance down to a science" - I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
• "So douse yourself in cheap perfume, it's so fitting, so fitting of the way you are" - I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
• "I used to obsess over living, now I only obsess over you. Tell me you'd like boys like me better, in the dark lying on top of you" - Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)
• "I'm casually obsessed and I've forgiven death. I am indifferent yet (I am a total wreck)" - The Music Or The Misery
• "I'm every cliché, but I simply do it best" - The Music Or The Misery
Infinity On High
• "I thought I loved you, it was just how you looked in the light" - Hum Hallelujah
• "We're so miserable and stunning... Love songs for the genuinely cunning" - The Carpal Tunnel Of Love
• "Best friends, ex-friends to the end, better off as lovers, and not the other way around" - Bang The Doldrums
• "Do you remember the way I held your hand? Under the lamp post and ran" - I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears And None On My Fingers
Folie à Deux
• "Say my name and his in the same breath, I dare you to say they taste the same" - I Don't Care
• "Does your husband know the way that the sunlight gleams from your wedding band?" - Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet
• "I will never end up like him, behind my back I already am" - What A Catch Donnie
• "My head's in heaven, my soles are in hell. So let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well" - w.a.m.s.
Save Rock And Roll
• "I don't know where you're going, but do you got room for one more troubled soul?" - Alone Together
• "You and me are the difference between real love and the love on T.V." - Where Did The Party Go?
• "Anything you say can and will be held against you, so only say my name, it will be held against you" - Just One Yesterday
• "I want to teach you a lesson in the worst kind of way" - Just One Yesterday
• "But even though my eyes closed, I still see you. I just hope that when you see me, I'm not see-through" - The Mighty Fall
• "I wanna see your animal side, let it all out. Oh there you go, undress to impress. You can wear the crown, but you're no princess" - Death Valley
• "Oh, c'mon, make it easy, say I never mattered" - Young Volcanoes
American Beauty/American Psycho
• "She's in a long black coat tonight, waiting for me in the downpour outside. She's singing, baby come home, in a melody of tears, while the rhythm of the rain keeps time" - Jet Pack Blues
• "You are my favorite 'what if,' you are my best 'I'll never know'" - Fourth of July
• "I wish I'd known how much you loved me, I wish I cared enough to know" - Fourth of July
• "The torture of small talk with someone you used to love" - Fourth Of July
MANIA
• "You are the sun and I am just the planets spinning around you" - The Last Of The Real Ones
• "I wonder if your therapist knows everything about me" - The Last Of The Real Ones
• "I got too high again, realized I can't not be with you or be just your friend" - HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T
• "There is nothing more cruel than to be loved by everybody but you" - Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)
• "If you were church, I'd get on my knees" - Church
So Much (For) Stardust
• "You were the sunshine of my lifetime, what would you trade the pain for?" - Love From The Other Side
• "Part-time soulmate, full-time problem" - Hold Me Like A Grudge
• "I will never ask you for anything, except to dream sweet of me" - Heaven, Iowa
• "I like playing dumb, letting you figure me out" - I Am My Own Muse
• "I've got all this love I've got to keep to myself. All this effort to make it look effortless" - Flu Game
• "Self-sabotage at best, under your spell" - Baby Annihilation
• "I think I've been going through it and I've been putting your name to it" - So Much (For) Stardust
• "In another life, you were my babe. In another life, you were the sunshine of my life" - So Much (For) Stardust
• "I used to be a real go-getter, I used to think it'd all get better" - So Much (For) Stardust
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when you said enemy goes to hero because there was nowhere else to go i NEVER expected the emotional rollercoaster you put me through. I was sobbing, I was laughing, I was cheesing, I was crying again. your story means everything to me. i have never felt so many things when reading before. you handled the after effects of the cruciatus curse so beautifully that i wish i had considered it before. thank you for giving us a Draco who says no. thank you for giving us a Sirius who is still alive. thank you for giving us wolfstar who take in Draco and care for him. thank you for giving us soft Harry who helps Draco recover. thank you for giving us such a beautiful story. it's now my all time favorite story and i've been in fandom for years. just thank you
I am not exaggerating when I said that this made me tear up a bit. Thank you so much for this ask. I love that I was able to make you feel things because when I wrote this story, I felt all of those things too, and I always try to have my words showcase my emotions. When people tell me what the story made them feel I always feel like I did what I set out to do—immerse the readers into a bit of my mind.
This story meant a lot to me too and I think it might be my favorite story I've written (although the Dementors' Child is right there too) and I know I'll re-read it myself over and over when I need a good pick me up.
Your ask is so sweet and you don't know how much it made my whole day and my entire week. Thank you!
The Only Hope (was you)
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