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the out of body experience of describing the plot of your fanfiction to a well-meaning but not-fandom friend
me: "it's about the inherent evils of capitalism in the canadian oil industry and it's based on a gay chinese fantasy drama"
friend: ".... you know what I don't get it but I support you"
friend: ".... you know what I don't get it but I support you"
side note: my self-prediction is in, patent au is gonna be at 95k +/- 2k words
a well-meaning, not-fandom person in my life: oh, you write? that's cool! Can I read something you wrote?
me:
me:
I love connecting with fandom ppl over things I write it's so much fun, but if a coworker/family member came up to me and said "I read that thing you did! It was really good!" I'd just quit on the spot and move to canada
thanks for vibing with this thread friends, now read the fic that prompted this, my mdzs Canada-set modern office au https://archiveofourown.org/works/23884834
