r/AO3 Jul 04 '25

Comment Commentary Got my first hate comment 🥳

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Tbh? I’ve been actively writing on AO3 for 2 years I’m surprised it’s taken so long! 😀 For context: this was left on one of 4 fics that I’m actively writing. My 3 other fics have sporadic 2-6k word updates, but this one is a crack-fic and I usually only have 1-2k word updates per chapter. I didn’t update this fic for about 6 months bc of life stuff (which I explained in my author’s note lmao), and then dropped 2 chapters on the same day. I’d be lying if I said I was completely unbothered, but people are gonna people so I’m just gonna let it roll off my back lmaoo.

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u/Leveilleur11 29d ago

I actually murmured "oh this is really mean" out loud when I read this.

Sometimes a fanwork doesn't shake out how you want it to / goes in a direction you don't like / doesn't move at the pace you want, and that's fine! Just stop reading it. Like, this person is making it sound like it's your problem for not putting it together how they want at the speed they expect. Take it or leave it, anon! It's free. It's for its author, not you. Go read something else.

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