9- op, here. It is very disheartening. I have small/rare pairings I love and I can count on one hand others who do. I'd even be happy if they would comment on those, it would keep me inspired to continue writing for them. They don't and those fics sit with no comments at all while my huge fanbased pairing fics get scads of comments.

I've been told I'm an excellent writer (not by the huge fanbased pairing set but by individuals whose judgment I trust not to be blinded by who I write) so it's hard to believe that I may not get comments because I suck as a writer.