I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised. · 10:29pm Feb 27th, 2015
I didn't have particularly high expectations for Courtship Behavior when I posted it. It was, after all, a sequel to my lowest-viewed story to date, which initially came and went from the front page in a half-day or so.* However, as of this posting, the story has garnered more than 700 views in less than 24 hours--- a figure that took Apex about six months to achieve. At this point, I really don't know what to say, except, "Thank you."
UPDATE: Whoa... the top spot in the Feature Box. I might be wrong, but I don't think I've had a story reach there since the first chapter of Flash Fog.
* Yes, I'm perfectly aware that most writers on FIMFiction would be overjoyed to even have this level of success. However, as I've said before, the fact that my first MLP fanfiction was a runaway success has more or less permanently warped my perceptions of what constitutes "normal" levels of popularity.
and now you must make more chapters of our dear spirean.
cos you know, That ship sails itself.
I'm not surprised the sequel did better then the original, with the addition of shipping. So has this boosted Apex at all? I for one always try to read series in order.
2836661 - Oh, yeah. By sheer coincidence, the day before I posted this story, Apex got its 1,000th viewer, in about 9 months. Now, it has around 1,350, so that's more than 300 readers in one day.
I'm kind of still surprised at how many views Twilight Sparkle Loses the Ability to Even accrued. While it didn't go up as quickly as your Courtship, it's kind of funny to me how the views and favorites just kept going up and up... they've pretty much long since plateaued by now, and yeah, it really isn't all that much, but compared to my other three stories...