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Anon who commented above about low expectations and writing for yourself here again. :)

This is a well thought out response. Regarding a poorly written fic with 40 comments vs. a long, well-written one with only a few, I think you also have to take fandom likes and dislikes into account.

For example, if I wanted to pander and get a lot of comments from people here, there are definitely certain types of prompts that clearly everyone goes nuts for (like stories about Stick, or Matt/Foggy fluff, or Foggy whump). And there's nothing wrong with those - I've filled a couple of prompts like that, and they can be fun. But if I wanted to write a great Ben-fic, or a fic that gets into Karen's complexity, or a Marci fic, I bet you I'd be lucky if it got half the attention that something more fan headcanon-y and frequently discussed would, even if it was epic and worthy of the show itself.

Sometimes people aren't there for the writing itself, so much as the concept, or the romance, or the straight-up smut. Which is fine, because it's why new, young, or amateur writers can feel so comfortable in the fanfic community.

I've found that as someone who generally writes PG or teen-rated stuff, and dislikes crazy AUs, and loves to explore gen relationships and stay canon, I'm just kind of stuck hoping that the rare people who are actually are into those types of fics show up. My favourite fics I've ever written that I'm the proudest of always seem to be the ones that people comment on the least. Which I have learned to be okay with, because I write fics that interest me and that I find fun to write. Otherwise it just wouldn't be worth it to me to do.

Doesn't mean that sometimes I don't spend the first couple of hours after a fic goes up on AO3 refreshing my inbox thinking "Why don't you love me?" though.

Yep, this is true. As the person who writes the Daredevil selfcest in this fandom, I have incredibly low expectations (because I know most people aren't into it) and it's mainly me writing for myself. It's always a surprise when people tell me they've read the thing though.

(I for one am dying for good Ben or Karen centric fic, anon! I'd read and comment the hell out of that, lol)

DAYRT - Ha, I'm thinking about filling a Karen & Matt prompt that I'd like to tell from Karen's POV. That'd be a first for me. Not sure just how Karen-centric it'll be, though. Sometimes I have trouble hearing her voice in my head when I write.

Karen is really difficult to write for, I think. Especially because we still know so little about her.

SAYRT - Another "trick" how to get more comments is to post longer stories in chapter-increments, so that people comment on each chapter separately. But I don't like doing that, so normally I don't, screw the comments. Yes, of course I love getting feedback as much as the next gal, but after, what? -- 10-plus years of writing, I'm fairly confident and comfortable with what I write.

Agree on the fandom preferences, and I know what you mean. I think some authors also have kind of a "following", if they're very prolific and have written in other, popular fandoms before. If you've already got your own little fanfic clique around you, it's easier to get more comments. (FYI: That's not me.) :-P

I'm not sure who you are, but it sounds like I might have read some of your stories, since I'm a fairly uncompromising gen type of person. Canon-compliance is my thing, and I seldom venture outside the areas that are clearly canon-divergent. AUs don't normally interest me, and neither does the smut or the non-canon slash. I will read Matt/Foggy if it's not explicit or "weird", but gen is really my go-to place.

And I'm not saying there shouldn't be a place for any of that. Your kink is not my kink, and that's okay, right? To each their own, we all know how to skip certain fics and not click those that we don't fancy.

And don't get me started on my pet peeve of grammar, spelling and formatting. I can literally not read a story that doesn't have proper line breaks. I just can't, no matter how well it might be written otherwise. Luckily, I've seen very, very few in the Daredevil fandom that weren't top notch, so hooray for that! I'm also super happy that there's such an abundance of wonderful fic in general in this fandom. You don't find that very often. I'm having the best of times with all the great stories, be reading *or* writing.

Person up top who initiated the convo on fandom likes/dislikes here again.

If you would like to read some good, gen and fairly canon-compliant DD stuff I've written, I am here on AO3:

http://archiveofourown.org/users/enthusiasmgirl/

Also some fluff (because like I said, that's fun) and a mutant!Foggy WIP (which is kind of an outlier for me and why I love this meme!)

YOU, you're the one who made me loose words when reading World of Emotion. Don't worry about comments, you're making people speechless because of how good the fic is.

Awwww... thanks so much. *blushes*

I LOVE YOUR STUFF!!!! I already do comment, but I wanted to say it here because you're stuff is so good and you post semi-regularly and yeah. <3

SAYRT - Haha, don't I know you? I wrote "And So Our Ways Part" for you. And that second chapter is done and just waiting for the beta before I post it. I really should go back to some of your other stories, I'm not sure I've read them all. I know I've read "Mothers", not sure I commented on it. But I very much liked that one -- that I do remember.

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