comments
it's a bit strange seeing authors comment on my comments how astute they are. feeling a little bit vain now :) but mostly, i'm glad the authors appreciate my comments for the most part. i've had some authors react badly when i point out traits of their characters i didn't like and basically threaten to stop writing because i was criticizing their work. in all honesty, i used to lurk and not comment at all on any of the fics i read no matter how amazing. i still don't comment on bb_shousetsu even though i read everything there (i'm sorry you wonderful authors, but i have no excuse besides the fact that don't have much to contribute). i only started commenting after i started writing because you really have to be on the other side of the writing to understand that comments are very much appreciated. it makes me happy that my comments can make someone happy even just a little bit for their work ^^