And Now to Wait for the Dislikes to Roll In · 1:56am Nov 16th, 2023
Deadline for The M/M Shipping Contest III was closing in, so Electro Swing went on the backburner for these two.
Deadline for The M/M Shipping Contest III was closing in, so Electro Swing went on the backburner for these two.
I've seen different people do different things with the upvote and downvote counter. I've seen people liberal with them and conservative with them. Personally, I have my own policy regarding downvoting. It's pretty conservative.
I never, ever, ever, downvote a comment directed at me or my stories, no matter how mean, unjustified, etc.
I never, ever, ever, delete comments on my stories, criticism is criticism, I don't want a hugbox.
I just realized if I want to get a bunch of fresh new downvotes on
, I just have to temporarily make the title, cover art, and story description super saccharinely pro-trans and then drop a link on /mlp and /pol and a few other spots on 4chan and associated sites. And the salt will flow.
No really. I have this innate ability to not care crap about something. It's...actually more of a blessing than a curse. I have gone through some hardships, though not as bad as some so good luck to them and may they stay happy. But because of this ability of mine, I can literally not care about it and my brain can process it better than most people. Almost like a job, I think. This is also how I can take such...bad...crazy...almost horrifying things that happen or look at. I mean, look
Well, all those downvotes were probably inevitable given the subject matter. C'est la vie.
On a more upbeat note I can say that I have surprised myself with this story in that I set out writing something that I thought would be really porn-y and has ended up being something more like an anthropological social study on the dynamics of the sexual expectations of the Alpha, Beta, Omega society which also happens to feature gratuitous sex scenes.
Yesterday I updated Daring Documents for the first time in over a year.
[Edit: I should clarify I'm not complaining about lack of upvotes or favs. If you're reading this, y'all are great. Thanks for reading!]
Good news? Well, I sure got a nice big pile of likes! We're not even twenty-four hours into this thing and it's hit 34 likes. That's pretty decent! Far short of the feature box but not bad. A Gentleman's Price didn't feature on launch either and this story outpaced that one which only managed 32 likes over 24 hours.
Look... I tried.
So I found a thread talking about FIMfiction, and they happen to have a list of stories they recommend as a place to start,
I can personally say The Best Night Ever, Hard Reset, Mendacity, and Arrow 18 are all great fics, so the list is promising to me. Consider checking a story you haven't read, especially if it's in a genre you favor.
... and there it is!
... go me? Go... us? You guys apparently really liked this story. I don't know what to say about it beyond being embarrassingly flattered. So... hurrah?
There are certain chapters of TSJ that are... special, for a particular reason. The three most prominent examples are The Dinner, Family, and The Clubhouse. There are a few others, though.
She just looks so happy!