Date: 18 Jan 2025 06:17 pm (UTC)
astrogirl: (Shipper)
From: [personal profile] astrogirl
That obscure ship for a canon that has no fandom and nobody has ever written or will ever want? Well. Somebody has to do it

Honestly, this is my attitude about niche fic stuff in general. Yeah, it's probably not going to get you showers of kudos and catapult you into BNF-hood (although I have sometimes been surprised at there being more of an audience for certain things than I expected). But, the way I see it, a) fanfic writing is (or should be) mostly about having fun, having a creative outlet, and externalizing whatever it is that's currently taking over your brain before you burst from it, not about achieving internet celebrity, and b) no matter how weird and obscure the thing you're writing is, some day, someone is going to come along who is craving that exact thing, and when they find it, you will make their freaking day and both of you will know, if only for a moment, the warm feeling of encountering a kindred soul. Which, IMO, makes it entirely worthwhile. (Mind you, as someone who's mostly written at least somewhat more popular stuff, maybe that's hypocritical of me. But, then again, I did, at least once in my life, write the very first fic on AO3 for a particular thing, so maybe not. :))

Very much looking forward to being the meme-sheep on this one when I have time. Just reading over the questions, I find I have some surprisingly rambly opinions forming in my head.
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