Meta Monday/Talking Meme: Feedback that I like

[dhampyresa]

This isn't really meta, but it is posted on a Monday, so there you go.

minutia_r : "The one fanfic/other fannish creation that it always makes your day when people leave feedback on, and why?"

It always makes my day when people comment and/or kudos any of my fannish creations. I like knowing I made someone happy if only for a while. (My favourite kind of kudos email is when I see the same person has given kudos to several of my fics, because it means they were happy more than once!)

My favourite kind of comments are the ones that pick up on something specific I did or even just point out what they liked best. I need to get back in the habit of giving comments, but I try to leave these kind of comments too.

On the other hand, once I post a fic, it's done. I'm not changing anything about it, so if someone points out I made a mistake, all I'm going to do is thank them and shrug. I've never been in the situation where I missed a vital element of canon, but I suppose in that case I would pretend the fic was an AU.

There are a handful of fics on my Ao3 I wish I could have written better, mostly exchange fics were I ran out of time for editing, so when I get a comment on those my reaction is "It's not that bad, yay!". The rest of the fics are fics I'm proud of having written, so getting a comment on those makes me go "Nailed it, yay!".

There is no one fic that makes my day when I get feedback on it, because I always get that little "yay!" thrill and they all make my day. (I do feel special fondness for anyone who comments on my Hannibal/Scipio fics, because that is the OTP of my heart and knowing other people ship it makes me feel less like I'm all alone with my feelings.)

Next week, I will talk about Wanda Maximoff and House of M!

Comments

[minutia_r]

You are more generous-spirited than I am, because there are times when someone leaves feedback on a story of mine that I don't think is that good, and rather than "It's not that bad, yay!" my (internal) reaction is "No, you fool, there are much better stories over there!" It's especially bad when I post one story fairly close on the heels of another and the story that I think is better gets significantly less feedback.

But, you know, that's one part of me; mostly I am happy whenever someone reads (or listens to, or looks at, even, though I haven't done much in the way of fanart) something I made and cares enough to let me know what they thought, even when it's a flame. (To be fair, I've only gotten a handful of flames, and they weren't all that nasty; probably I would have less fondness of them were either of those things not the case.)

But I definitely agree that there's an extra frisson when someone leaves feedback on something for a very small fandom, especially one that is close to one's heart. There's an element of "YOU LIKE THIS THING TOO LET ME CLASP YOU TO MY BOSOM"

[dhampyresa]

To be entirely honest, I waver between "It's not that bad, yay!" and "No, you fool, there are much better stories over there!", depending on ow I feel that day, but I've been having some success forcing myself to think of it as a "yay!" thing.

I don't think I've ever gotten any flames. Yay, small fandoms!

"YOU LIKE THIS THING TOO LET ME CLASP YOU TO MY BOSOM"
That is exactly it! Just a giant, LET ME LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

My favourite kind of comments are the ones that pick up on something specific I did or even just point out what they liked best.
I love those kinds of comments too. :)

I am excited for your Wanda post! I really liked her in Age of Ultron.

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

I think everyone does, in my (admittedly limited) experience.

I am also excited! I just need to reread House of M and pull out the relevant images before I start writing it.