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birdsofshoreFirst of all, THREE of my prompts at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hp_kinkfest have been claimed (one for fic AND art *flail*), and one at dracotops_harry, and I'm so bloody excited! I don't know who you are but I love you a lot already. Are you OK, mystery creators? Do you need anything while you're busy with that? I mean, can I get you a glass of water or a back rub or anything? No? OK. I'll just sit here very quietly in the corner. Waiting. WAITING AND FLAILING.
So, comments. \o/ This was inspired by a great post from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blithelybonny which made me realise that writers of different genres might value different types of comment.
I think my own favourites are basically the ones where the commenter claims to be too sexually aroused to attain coherence. I'll let this one remain anon but I was extremely pleased to be told:
I think I can't brain.
I would have been happy with even ONE of the following sentences in a comment, but to have all three was a bit of a joy.
If I was male I would have turned gay for this fic. This is so disgustingly arousing I can't even describe how it made me feel. My limbs have literally fallen off !
Disgustingly arousing. LITERALLY FALLEN OFF. She typed it with her nose. I'm so happy.
This next one was actually on a bookmark, so not really intended for my eyes at all, but oh boy, I like it. :D
HOLY BUCKETS
I also remember certain comments from when I was new, and someone lovely said something really encouraging. Or how about the first time a writer I utterly fangirl over commented on something I wrote? GOD. That was the flail to end all flails. I'll keep the details of those ones private for now, sorry.
Some people leave the most wonderful detailed feedback. Those comments are pure gold. They feel like a gift - no, they ARE a gift. A gift of time, and love, and kindness. I have wanted to write since I was a little girl, and never had the confidence to properly try until a few years ago. I thought I was probably going to be pretty crap, and when I post something new, often I still think it's pretty crap, and I'm sure sometimes it is, but then - it's like magic. Someone comes along and takes a chance on what I wrote, and then they take the time to TELL ME they enjoyed it, and why. It's the most incredible thing. There are some people, and they know who they are, and they leave these comments by the bagfull. And I love them for it.
I also love making people late for work or school, or made them miss a train because they didn't want to stop reading. I REALLY like that. Or when someone was laughing so much they frightened their cat / baby / spouse. Probably half of these people are fibbing to me, but I don't care.
Any comment is great. Some people say they feel anxious about commenting, but even a little phrase or an encouraging word is lovely to receive. But I can't help having my favourites. So, to sum up, my dream comment would probably be something like: "This was so hot my eyes fell out. Reading this made me miss my own wedding, and then my whole neighbourhood was evacuated because I was laughing so hard."
What are your favourite type of comments? Do you remember your first ever comment? Do you have certain comments that you'll always remember?
hp_kinkfest have been claimed (one for fic AND art *flail*), and one at dracotops_harry, and I'm so bloody excited! I don't know who you are but I love you a lot already. Are you OK, mystery creators? Do you need anything while you're busy with that? I mean, can I get you a glass of water or a back rub or anything? No? OK. I'll just sit here very quietly in the corner. Waiting. WAITING AND FLAILING.So, comments. \o/ This was inspired by a great post from
blithelybonny which made me realise that writers of different genres might value different types of comment.I think my own favourites are basically the ones where the commenter claims to be too sexually aroused to attain coherence. I'll let this one remain anon but I was extremely pleased to be told:
I think I can't brain.
I would have been happy with even ONE of the following sentences in a comment, but to have all three was a bit of a joy.
If I was male I would have turned gay for this fic. This is so disgustingly arousing I can't even describe how it made me feel. My limbs have literally fallen off !
Disgustingly arousing. LITERALLY FALLEN OFF. She typed it with her nose. I'm so happy.
This next one was actually on a bookmark, so not really intended for my eyes at all, but oh boy, I like it. :D
HOLY BUCKETS
I also remember certain comments from when I was new, and someone lovely said something really encouraging. Or how about the first time a writer I utterly fangirl over commented on something I wrote? GOD. That was the flail to end all flails. I'll keep the details of those ones private for now, sorry.
Some people leave the most wonderful detailed feedback. Those comments are pure gold. They feel like a gift - no, they ARE a gift. A gift of time, and love, and kindness. I have wanted to write since I was a little girl, and never had the confidence to properly try until a few years ago. I thought I was probably going to be pretty crap, and when I post something new, often I still think it's pretty crap, and I'm sure sometimes it is, but then - it's like magic. Someone comes along and takes a chance on what I wrote, and then they take the time to TELL ME they enjoyed it, and why. It's the most incredible thing. There are some people, and they know who they are, and they leave these comments by the bagfull. And I love them for it.
I also love making people late for work or school, or made them miss a train because they didn't want to stop reading. I REALLY like that. Or when someone was laughing so much they frightened their cat / baby / spouse. Probably half of these people are fibbing to me, but I don't care.
Any comment is great. Some people say they feel anxious about commenting, but even a little phrase or an encouraging word is lovely to receive. But I can't help having my favourites. So, to sum up, my dream comment would probably be something like: "This was so hot my eyes fell out. Reading this made me miss my own wedding, and then my whole neighbourhood was evacuated because I was laughing so hard."
What are your favourite type of comments? Do you remember your first ever comment? Do you have certain comments that you'll always remember?
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Date: 2016-01-27 08:15 pm (UTC)"I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN."
"i'll read this if i ever feel like wanting to rip my heart out and smash it to pieces, then take those pieces and douse them in gasoline and set them on fire."
"i don't have feelings anymore"
"I think I threw up my heart. But fuck was this good"
...and my personal favorite which I just got recently, "Combine harvesters couldn't scrape up enough soil to bury me deep enough in the soil. I want to go to an aquarium and commune with all the sharks about this."
Why sharks? I really want to know, why sharks?? Why does AO3 not have a messaging system I could use to ask this person about the sharks? People leave wonderful amazing detailed comments and I adore every single one. Oh, my first multi-comment comment because there was too much flail to fit in one and had to be split into more. The comments that read like bookreports. The ones that border on literary analysis. All comments are good comments, even just the "I liked this." But some just get you, you know? Where you can tell that a reader really *connected* with the story and totally got what you were trying to say.
I'm going to get all sappy now so bear with me... because I have especially tender feelings for one comment in particular. When I started posting fic again after a five year hiatus, I was super nervous. And of course I thought the best fic to make my return to fandom with was 2k of Harry wanking with a potato masher stuck up his bum. XD So I posted and promptly started flailing, like omg what am I doing, this is the stupidest thing ever, i should just go live under a rock for the rest of my life and never post anything again because filthy porn of kitchen utensils, what on earth was I thinking, who the heck is even going to read this?? And then I was surprised to get a very nice comment right away from someone with a very stylish bird icon, and I was all, "Who the heck is this birdsofshore person who thinks I'm funny?" and clicked over to their journal and marathoned their masterlist and flailed more and then didn't comment on any of it because I was like, be cool, FTS, this person is INFINITELY MORE AWESOME THAN YOU WILL EVER BE CALM DOWN AND DON'T ACT LIKE A STALKER. (Clearly I had not figured out yet how fandom works...) But yes, that very first comment means a lot to me. <3 <3 <3
Aaaand now that I've shown what a weirdo I am, I am going to go hide under a rock now. XD
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Date: 2016-01-27 08:23 pm (UTC)I love fandom! \o/ ♥
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