Hi! I was wondering if you could explain why readers subscribe to my fics but don’t leave kudos. Also, why do some readers subscribe to a fic that won’t be updated? Sorry if you already answered these questions! I didn’t see them when I was scrolling through some of your answers, but that could just be me being blind XD

destinationtoast:

I am afraid I don’t know the answer.  I can speculate.  I expect it’s a combination of the following (but insert a “probably” in each of these statements, as I don’t have empirical data):

  • Some readers subscribe because they started reading a story, but only leave kudos if/when they finish the story.
  • Some readers subscribe with the intention of keeping track of a story and reading it after it finishes, but never get around to reading it.
  • Some readers only leave kudos on their very favorite stories.
  • Some readers don’t leave kudos at all (I suspect there are many lurkers who never leave kudos, for a variety of reasons – that’s not just the case on AO3, but on most online platforms that allow any kind of interaction).
  • Some readers have kinks or other interests that they don’t want to reveal to others, so they don’t leave kudos on those stories.  (One option such readers may not have thought of is to leave kudos as a guest in that case, which works unless the story is locked & only available to AO3 members.)

I personally have a bunch of subscriptions to stories that finished since I subscribed, but I haven’t returned and read the end of them, so I haven’t left kudos yet.  So I can vouch that that’s a thing.  But other people will have to chip in and tell me if there are other reasons I haven’t thought of!

About your second question: I subscribe to fic that I know is abandoned if I’ve gone back to it at least three times, and refuse to deal with the frustration of finding it again. Or if I am emotionally unready to leave the world it created, and subscribe to leave myself a small connection. Basically, I loved it too much to let it go.

About the first: I usually do comment or give kudos, but sometimes if I’m going through an archive I’ll only do so on some of the stories, even if I love them all.

Also, sometimes my mental health is really bad, and any form of communication is beyond me. I read a lot to cope when I’m like that, but thanking the people who wrote the stories isn’t always possible.

A final reason that some people might have for subscribing but not giving kudos: they might feel that subscribing is already more of a sign of love than kudos would be. I don’t always give kudos if I’m commenting, because I assume that the comment means more. Maybe people feel the same way about subscribing and/or bookmarking?

fireflysummers:

Another sick day chibi (after a long nap after posting my last one), this time featuring Oaxa from @insertdisc5‘s VN, Serre.

I love OCs you guys. 

I love them so much.

[Image is a red and yellow bee-like figure. She has no mouth and either 4 or 6 eyes. (The top set may be eyebrows.) She has two puffy antennae, fluffy fin-like protrusions from her cheeks, and red hair similar to a mane. Her head floats above her body, and her legs look like striped cones.

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catnippackets:

stimmy business

[Comic starts with a person who is glowing golden and flapping their hands. Little flowers seem to be fluttering out of their hands. Text:

When I get really excited about something, I stim by flapping my hands around.

They’re now in a crowd of grey silhouettes, and their hands are tight by their sides. While they’re still golden, there are no flowers: I I don’t do it in public though, because I get embarrassed.

They start taking big steps, the grey shapes moving slowly around them. Flowers and dragonflies flutter around them: Instead, I start walking really fast to try to stim it out in a way that’s less noticeable.

They’re running, a big smile on their face. Flowers and butterflies are a cloud of gold behind them: Sometimes there’s a little too much (smiley face)

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averagefairy:

there’s such a small and specific little margin of people in the timeline of human existence who will ever know who metro station was. old people don’t know…. future generations won’t know… it’s just us. we lived through shake it and shake it will die with us 

I like this post because I have to assume that it is about music? Of some type? It is assuming I am part of this select in-group, and the fact that I am not makes the in-group seem even smaller.

Feel free to ignore this if you don’t know or don’t feel like answering, but it’s bothering me. I’m sure I’m autistic but I worry sometimes because I seemed hyperverbal and very mature as a child, and I didn’t obviously stim. I always had social and sensory issues but I, for example, started flapping as a teenager, have more trouble with speech now, and seem to struggle with adult things more as an adult than I did as a child. Do you know if this is at all normal or common among autistic people?

lysikan:

I don’t know. Regression typically happens around 2-3 years old, but there might be nother reasons than autism that could explain it that I don’t know about. Might even be autism but suppressed until the anxiety of being a teen was overwhelming. Dunno.
BUT – I gots lots of followers who knows stuff. So let’s see if they gots some ideas.

I know this was my experience with ADD. And fits a lot of my Autistic son’s experiences so far.

Being neurodivergent and hyperverbal isn’t uncommon. And it isn’t contradictory to also struggle with speech. Sometimes neurodivergent people have atypical speech – sentences are too long, they use words more precisely than neurotypical people, or maybe have odd sentence structure. My son can’t summarize or speak short sentences. I have a large vocabulary, but struggle to use the correct names for people, or find simple words. Called my husband “Sister’s name-Mama-I give up” a few days ago. Sometimes I have to point at things, because the word won’t come. But I constantly surprised people with how articulate I was as a kid.

I think stimming becomes more noticeable as you get older. As a kid, playing with toys is normal, and you are expected to sit quietly and attentively all the time. I stim now; as a kid I just did normal things like pick holes in all the furniture.

And adults guide kids. When you’re an adult yourself, everyone expects you to just pick up on things! This is dumb, and hard for neurodivergent people. So you seem less functional as an adult, because you’re no longer getting prompts.

In summary: your experience sounds pretty familiar to me. ADD and Autism are related, so I assume that it could be natural for an Autistic person, as well.

slothmaggedon:

>be me

>about 13 years old

>basically naivete incarnate still

>just discovered the world of fanfiction.net

>have an account and a few stories posted so far

>currently working on a fanfic of Spirited Away

>get a comment one day

>commenter asks if I can put lemons in my story

>I think it’s an odd request but will do anything to please a fan

>write the next chapter acknowledging the lemon request and say that the chapter WILL CONTAIN LEMONS

>about halfway through the chapter I wrote a giant duck running past the protagonist with an armful of lemons

>duck says “MY lemons” then runs off

>feel pleased with myself at having granted my fan’s request

>years later I find out there’s another meaning for lemon in the fanfic world

>lemons are sex scenes

>my commenter was asking me to put a sex scene in my story

>at 13 years old I unintentionally trolled the shit out of some random person

>whoops

missgreeneyart:

Lolopalpalooza

[Image is a comic featuring Pearl and Amethyst. It starts with Amethyst looking excited and Pearl backing away.

Amethyst: Alright, let’s fuse!!

Pearl: Now just hang on a minute, Amethyst.

Pearl pulls a pen from her gem: You know how we are when we’re Opal. We need to stay focused.

Close up of a To Do list being written:

  1. Beat up guards
  2. Rescue Garnet
  3. Find Steven
  4. Return (obscured)
  5. Have …

Pearl sticks the list to Amethyst’s chest: There!

Amethyst: Why did you pin it to Me?

Cut to Opal, with note still stuck to her chest, running at high speed. She’s thinking: Beat up guards … beat up guards …

Opal leaps at two Amethysts, screaming: Rraaaaaaghhh!!!

Amethysts: Fuck.

There are now four bubbled gems floating around Opal. She smiles as she writes on the list, thinking: Okay … beat up guards … check! Wow, this was a really good idea!

Opal runs past a cell, repeating in her head: Rescue Garnet … Rescue Garnet …

Voice from cell: Opal!!

Opal looks to the side in surprise: Wh – Steven?!

Steven, from out of panel: I’m over here!

Opal hugs Steven through cell bars: Oh, you’re okay!

Steven: So are you guys!

Opal thinking, while pressing the release button: Found Steven … check!

Opal pulls pencil out of her forehead gem and looks at the list in confusion. Steven is held in one arm. She Thinks: Waaaait a second …

Steven: What’s wrong, Opal? 

Close up of To DO list:

  1. Beat up guards (checked off)
  2. Rescue Garnet
  3. Find Steven
  4. Return Home
  5. Have Fun

Opal thinking: Did I already rescue Garnet … ?

End ID.]

oatmealartistry:

mickeydraws:

ultrafacts:

morwenpost:

ultrafacts:

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That sounds about right for Mythbusters.

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– Blendo was put together before Mythbusters was a thing
– Blendo was so strong and dangerous (for throwing debris into the audience) that The Boys were asked to withdraw it in exchange for a co champion title
– they re-entered Blendo years later when the protective wall was much higher. It was once again asked to be withdrawn for a co champion title for the same reason.
– copy cat Blendos started appearing and would tear each other apart
– Blendo is in the robot hall of fame
– Blendo is too strong and powerful

OOOOH POWERFUL BOT.

[Image from Ultrafacts Tumblr, showing a man crouched behind a dome shaped robot covered in stickers. Two sharp, thin pieces of metal fold up from the edges, near the ground. Text:

Jamie Hyneman, co-host of Mythbusters, created and designed a robot for Robot Wars named ‘Blendo’ with the help of Adam Savage. This robot was so powerful, it tossed bits of enemy competitors out of the arena, and damaged arena walls.

Below is a gif of Blendo in action. The entire dome spins at high speed, and the competing robot rolls on top, bounces a couple times as it’s underside is damaged, and then flies away upside down.

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