Your comments on AO3 are more powerful than you know.
A comment on a fic more than once gave me the idea or inspiration I needed to add another part to that fic. It helped me to produce even more of the content that the reader who left it enjoyed so much.
A comment on an older fic reminded me that my fics don’t get lost 24 or 48 hours after posting. True, that’s when most fics get the majority of their hits, kudos and comments, so a writer sometimes feels like if a fic hasn’t done well in that time frame, it’s as good as gone. But some people discover and love such fics later on and that’s incredible.
A comment once stopped me from deleting my AO3 account. For reasons, I was feeling really low, like I had no talent and nothing to offer. Like everything I was posting was banal and worthless. And as my finger was hovering over the ‘delete account’ button, a mail notification let me know that someone left a comment on one of my fics. I went to read it and it was absolutely lovely. And it complimented not just that fic, but my writing overall. It helped me get through a rough moment.
Your comments can mean so much more than you know. You have more capacity to do good and help content creation in the fandom, that you and others enjoy, than you realize.
So this is my little note, as an author, to say THANK YOU to all the people who take the time to leave a comment on AO3 or send an ask on Tumblr or write kind words in the tags of a reblog. It all means so very much! <33333
This goes for reblogs and comments and tags on Tumblr, as well!
What if Obi-Wan actually kinda sucked at negotiating but always got what he wanted anyways because A) Handsome, B) flirting with everyone without even meaning to, and C) Anakin was hovering behind him threateningly smacking his fist into his other palm the whole time while glaring at whoever Obi-Wan was negotiating with
TEAMWORK!
YES EXACTLY 😂
The only way this could be better is if it was when Anakin was like 13 and he’s not yet his growth spurt, so he’s just this skinny little hissing cat that’s like 30lb of rage in a 10lb body and nobody wants to Mess With That because even as barely more than a squeaktoy, he still absolutely radiates I WILL FUCK YOU UP energy on a psychic level, so they just give Obi-Wan whatever he wants.
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yes but for the first few years as obi-wan’s apprentice, Anakin didn’t have to do the fist-smack. He just stood behind obi-wan and did puppy-dog eyes. He looked so sad! Do you want to make him sadder? of course not, so give the mullet man what he wants.
Anakin occasionally forgets that he’s Tall Now and still does the puppy dog eyes for a hot second before he remembers to Threaten People.
@maulusque he definitely knows how to work those baby blues! @gffa oh yeah, the energy would be off the charts. The second the negotiations start heading south, the air in the room starts crackling. Cue the goosebumps.
I’m just losing all my shit at @ahhrenata‘s art, look at the cute baby! Look at the cute baby turn murder baby! Of course it works! He’s a level 300 psychic space wizard who can kill people with his mind! And he’s also precious! How can you say no to that face??
Afterwards, Obi-Wan thinks that he is absolutely killing it at this negotiation stuff, because he got twice the amount of grain for the relief mission to Agrev IV, meanwhile bb!Anakin is just pleased as punch, too. Man, Obi-Wan’s the best at this, he thinks! (He has no idea that he’s even making those faces, he just thinks that’s normal behavior, and also that Obi-Wan is the best so of course he’s the best negotiator!)
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