Twst Fandom, You Really Need A Wake Up Call

As a writer I wanted to ask if numbers (specifically likes or reblogs) matter to you? I want to start posting on Tumblr (reader-inserts for TWST too) but I'm scared I'll end up getting demotivated due to a lack of traction :( I know people say to just write for yourself but what would the point of posting it be then? I just wanted to know your opinion on this.

Oh my answer is going to be a little lengthy! I'll be answering this based on my own perceptions so it's totally fine if people think differently than me :>

Short answer: mostly yes, and i don't think it's a bad thing to care about numbers 😌 but dont let it consume you and as much as possible try not to let it discourage you from writing what you want!

Long answer: Personally, above all, feedback matters to me the most! Hearing what people think/if people enjoyed my fics is much more important that seeing numbers go up.

However in most cases feedback does count towards the numbers— other than feedback through asks, feedback tends to come in the form of reblogs (both reblog in text and tags) or in replies on Tumblr, which contribute to the notes count. Plus, because the tagging system isn't always... working, reblogs, which also contribute to notes and therefore numbers, are incredibly important in getting your work out there, thus getting feedback, which in turn usually gives fic writers the motivation to keep writing and posting. Likes, well, don't really do anything to get your stuff out there even though your notes will mostly be comprised of likes, but they're kind of cute to see, especially when it's a name you recognize like a "it's you again!" or a "wait that's someone i follow they liked something i wrote?"

Plus, I'm just a really big fan of looking at numbers, which is why I said my perception might be different. I like math and love statistics, so it's kind of satisfying seeing something go from 8 notes to a hundred.

Still, I honestly think the TWST community (even with some bad apples) has a lot of very supportive people when it comes to writers, who love giving writers attention, especially newer blogs. The community isn't perfect but it's a community consistently growing and a community that can never get enough of content, so there's always room for more fic writers, and artists in general, you know?

I think it never hurts to at least try and dip your toes in writing and posting! See I think the key thing when people connect writing for yourself to not caring about the numbers is to actually write for yourself and at your own pace? In my years of experience writing there were a few things that got me to stop. The first was just losing interest in the fandom, it's normal and it's okay, the second is lack of feedback, which if you've put out work you're happy enough to post it's on the audience's part to provide it, and the third is burnout from requests.

The thing is when you get requests, you work on it and there's this added pressure of getting it out quickly and making sure it has to be good enough for others to like it and not just yourself, and then if it gets little feedback and numbers, it feels like a double whammy? basically awful. of course writing for yourself doesn't mean never take requests, go for it especially if it's something that motivates you and you enjoy! but what i'm saying is try not to be too harsh or give yourself too much pressure so you enjoy the writing process and you have less regrets overall...

and well, sometimes you just have writing slumps and that's normal. If you ever encounter it I promise there's no harm in taking a break, maybe do other things until you find the motivation to write again. Most people do not have the motivation to pump out fics regularly without pause and you shouldn't pressure yourself to do the same! Some days you'll probably find yourself writing a lot and some none at all and that's normal!

Anyway this post is getting long haha but yeah, I think just find a healthy balance— it's okay to care about the numbers but try not to stress too much over it, try your hand at posting, and if you do find yourself demotivated then remember to take appropriate measures whether it's to take a hiatus or writing for a different fandom or whatever you need to do

Plus, you know, general reminder that many writers leave due to lack of reblogs replies and feedback in general, and seeing people leave might discourage others from even starting, so as much as possible show your writers love even if it's just an ask 💖

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬:

ᵁⁿˡᵒᶜᵏᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵃ ᵏᵉʸ ᵖʳᵒᵛⁱᵈᵉᵈ ᵛⁱᵃ ᵖᵃⁱʳⁱⁿᵍ ᵗʷᵒ ᶜᵉʳᵗᵃⁱⁿ ʷᵒʳᵈˢ ⁱⁿ ᵃ ᵖᵒᵉᵐ ᵘˢᵘᵃˡˡʸ ʷʳⁱᵗᵗᵉⁿ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳⁿᵉᵃᵗʰ ᵃ ᵗᵉˣᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉⁿ ˢᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ⁱᵗ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ⁱⁿᵇᵒˣ. ᵀʰᵉ ⁿᵘᵐᵇᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵏᵉʸˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵇᵉ ˢʰᵒʷⁿ ʰᵉʳᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵇᵉ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉᵈ ʳᵉᵍᵘˡᵃʳˡʸ. ˢᵒᵐᵉ ᵏᵉʸˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵇᵉ ˢᵖᵉᶜⁱᶠⁱᶜᵃˡˡʸ ᵗⁱᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᶜᵉʳᵗᵃⁱⁿ ᵗᵒᵐᵉˢ, ᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ⁿᵒᵗ.

𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐬: x2 [🔑]

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬/𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 [📝] 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 [📖] 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲.

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❁ I have the right to delete a request if it doesnt interest me, goes against the precepts, or as mentioned above, is sent when my requests are closed.

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𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭: "Many chapters of a person often goes unnoticed, unseen by passersby as the pages were ripped from its books and scattered throughout the world in secured tomes. Perhaps if you find and use the correct key, you'll learn of the bits and pieces behind a person that drove them to be where they stand today."

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"𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚"

“A reflection is unique to every person when their hearts speak louder than their thoughts.”

Mira is a second year student at Night Raven College. An odd girl who harbored no name and lived in a glass prison until her mirror was given to a student at NRC and was set free.

》 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

Full Name: "Mira"

Other Name(s):

Mimi (Yuu, Kalim, Mr. Kowalski)

Miri (NRC)

The Looking Glass (Emyr Gethin & Previous Caretakers)

Moonglade (Pen Pal)

》 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

Gender: Female

Age: Unknown (Chronologically), 17 (Physically)

Birthday: Unknown

Starsign: Unknown

Homeland: Unknown

Family:

Unknown Mother

Unknown Father

Unknown Caretakers

Emyr Gethin (Previous Caretaker)

》 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒

Dorm: Pomefiore (Canonically), Ramshackle (Yuuichi)

School Year: 2nd

Class: 2-A

Occupation: Student

Club: None

Best Subject: Art

》 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒

Dominant Hand: Right

Favorite Food: Red velvet cake with white chocolate mousse

Least Favorite Food: Stale Food

Dislikes: Being useless and worthless

Hobby: Glass Sculpting

Talents: Visual storytelling through stained glass

》 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

A rather soft-spoken lady who prefers the company of a few people and literature over a crowd. While appearing distant from others, she is actually quite introverted and doesn't know how to properly speak with new people without stumbling over her words after minutes into the conversation. In her eyes, the world is palette of colors varying from different shades depending on the person. She tries to be patient and think about options other than rushing in without hesitation, not wanting risk a glass arm. Other than her social skills being less than perfect, she is a relatively sweet person looking out for others and hopefully the good in people. Being a talker isn't her strong suit, as she prefers to write things down, but she's willing to lend an attentive ear for anyone who needs it. Even when running her small business of helping others, Mira carries an air of fairness when it comes to charging her customers despite how often her stomach rumbles in displeasure.

Although usually a kind-hearted person, she does have a bit of temper should someone get on her nerves, or even insult a friend of hers. Maybe a bit too rash, but sometimes she yeets a glass feather at that person's direction, not to hit them but frighten them at best. However, she might end up feeling ashamed and apologize through a letter because the words won't come of her mouth. There is also the insecurity of feeling uselessness whenever she couldn't help a soul, or the ghost of worthlessness haunting her because she was mistreated too often. But she never shows such thoughts on her face, concealing such pain with a picture perfect smile and joyous laugh because the scars from them run so deeply that they still make her bleed.

As for responsibilities, oddly enough with her constant daydreaming, she is at least a dependable person who "speaks" honestly about feedback and her personal opinions.

》 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃

No one really knows where Mira came from other than the fact she was trapped inside a beautiful antique for many years. However, a few truths have come forth and shed a bit of light on this glass mystery, telling very little but enough to knowledge. She bore no name other than "The Looking Glass" for majority of her life, and any memory of her childhood are severely blurred like constant ripples in water. Regardless whoever she might be, it is a known fact that she willing to lend a hand to whomever needs it for a reasonable price.

》 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂

Mira's Unique Magic is called "Desires Be Shown". It allows her to reflect someone's desire from glass and temporarily bring them to that location from exact memory, however, will be unable to interact with living beings for the time frame.

"Look within the looking glass, open your heart. Unveil your silent favor and let it be reflected in me... Desires Be Shown.."

》 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀

Mira has an obsessive habit of covering up her arms with long sleeved gloves, even when it's extremely hot outside. The reason behind this is currently unknown, however, many speculate she isn't comfortable wearing short sleeved shirts or dresses in the open.

Most of her previous wardrobe were ragged hand-me-downs until an overly generous man replaced them with high quality clothing. Her personal favorite is the bluebird themed half gown and harem pants because of a poem she read about the blue feathered avian.

Despite having a room with a cozy bed for herself, Mira never quite uses it and instead sleeps in her hand mirror unless she's grabbing something from her wardrobe or safe. Funnily enough, she tucks in the hand mirror before going to bed in it.

As she has difficulty expressing herself through words, Mira often sends gifts and a letter to people she wishes to befriend -- preferably at their dorm since confronting them personally is overwhelming for her own heart. Most of the time she's ignored, but for the few that took her offer of friendship, she's grateful for them.

When she isn't preparing for any dorm activities/routines, classes, or her small business, Mira frequently writes to a pen pal of hers called "Nightlight". From Rook's countless compliments, she is quite fond of the person and enjoys writing to them whenever she could.

She isn't a fan of shoes, or rather the shoes Vil gives her to wear with her outfit. To avoid wearing them, she alters her feet to appear as a bronze talons and floats around to get to her classes, or any location. This isn't full proof, however, as she still wears shoes during formal occasions and P.E.

She was given the name "Mira", a poorly made pun based off the fact she came out from a literal mirror. However, she didn't really mind since it was her first actual name other than "The Looking Glass".

》 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐘

𝙲𝚛𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 (Half Body)

????? (Memory yet to be colored

Understandable, have a nice day. He won't take offense, maybe little bit on his sister's side but it'll be fine.

I was bored and I wanted to share this with you. Hope you enjoy, milady

I'M SORRY BUT I WOULD NOT STAND WITHIN 2 METRES OF THAT YANKEE BECAUSE I'LL BE PISSING MYSELF

Also you really had to expose my discord pfp

The more I write this snippet part 2 with Chao, the more I wonder if I'm going to need holy water because the words I'm putting in there is making me feel a certain way 🏃💨

You know those times where you unintentionally reuse an old oc and don't realize it until much later?

This is one of those times, I unintentionally reused Julie Ausleape for Luscinia when I joined a game... at this point I should just merged them like i did with Iola and Viola dhdjdhdhd

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Leaked video of baby Gorou

Not fake