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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-03-10 06:44 pm

[ SECRET POST #3354 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3354 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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09. [ warning for homophobia / transphobia / misogyny take your pick, people seem to be divided on this one ]













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(Anonymous) 2016-03-10 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
This is one of those things where I understand, but we also risk entering a weird conjoined loop of silence. Before I ramble, your solution isn't a bad one.

The only 'legal' currency at play in reading and writing fanfic is time - the writer has given their time to create something, and you're giving your time to read it. Everything else is optional trade. You can't really be faulted for not wanting to give your time to a WIP without some assurances - at the same time, the writer sees a fic that might be DOA and loses the heart to continue.

Your option of at *least* saying something isn't a bad one. A bookmark, a follow, something. That's at least something to say hey, go you.

It's the silence that really hurts the WIP in the long run.

Tangentially, I'd also consider if it's a WIP from an author I've followed before - if they're generally consistent, dive in and give 'em the hits, you know?

But I understand. It's not that easy.