[ SECRET POST #6042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6042 ⌋

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Comments

[selfcrownedqueen]

"What if I horribly misinterpreted the story and my comment makes them doubt their skill?" What if I managed to pull-quite the line they hate and regret putting in?

Obviously, I can only speak for me, but I like when someone, unbeknownst to them, quotes a line that I was unsure of or didn't like much. It helps to quell my own anxieties and second-guessing, in a way. Also, I enjoy seeing works from someone else's point of view, because my intent isn't the be-all and end-all and it's cool to see what other people might get out of it.

That said, that's me speaking as a writer, as reader? I totally get it. I'm usually too nervous to leave many comments myself due to some of the things you mentioned.

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt As an author, sometimes it is great and reassuring! But sometimes it's the "oh no I didn't realize how cringingly fatphobic it was at the time I wrote it and commenter clearly doesn't either and now that it's quoted in a comment I can't even quietly edit without it being weird" sort of line.

[selfcrownedqueen]

Ohhh, okay. Yeah, I can see how that would be an awkward (to say the least) spot to be in. I'm guessing that actually happened to you, so how did you handle it? Though if you don't want to get into it, that's okay.

[(Anonymous)]

Died on the spot, obviously.

No I usually leave a bland thank you and then agonize over it. That exact scenario is a bit anonymized but I've had everything in a range from "that's an embarrassing typo and I don't think the commenter noticed either" to "oh nooooo I didn't know that was a slur ten years ago and I forgot I used it". I also have one rarepair porn short that's about a seriously abusive relationship - like name a bad thing and it's there - and every other comment I get is about how hot and sweet it is. Which you do you, death of the author whatever, but I approach comment notification for it very carefully.