im going to say the thing i shouldn't BUT i fully admit my worth as a writer is 100% attached to how people respond to what i write!! like i get im supposed to do it for me but a lot of the joy i get is in reader response +

i think it's a bit weird that i cant say i wrote this because someone else wanted to see the idea, almost ALL of my fics are only written because someone other than myself wanted to see the whole idea! +

for every headcanon that becomes a wip, a thread on twt, a fic on ao3, or all 3 is 100% connected to how people reacted to the idea when i first shared it. it's a confidence booster and the best feeling in the worls when someone appreciates something you spent HOURS trying on