requests are open!

hiiii i got some free time and idk what to write so um! yeah i'm finally opening my reqs! this time it will be 10 request slots, sorry, i know i usually have more, but i don't want it to be too overwhelming for me ^^''

the rules are still the same, so please read my pinned if you haven't and just a note: i know we have new characters now, but i won't write for ferro and gidel since 1) we still don't know much about them and 2) i'm pretty sure gidel is supposed to be a kid and 3) idk man. i don't really want to :'D sorry about that.

two slots left btw!

all slots are taken! thank you to everyone who sent the requests, i'll start working on them as soon as i can <3

requests are open!

hiiii i got some free time and idk what to write so um! yeah i'm finally opening my reqs! this time it will be 10 request slots, sorry, i know i usually have more, but i don't want it to be too overwhelming for me ^^''

the rules are still the same, so please read my pinned if you haven't and just a note: i know we have new characters now, but i won't write for ferro and gidel since 1) we still don't know much about them and 2) i'm pretty sure gidel is supposed to be a kid and 3) idk man. i don't really want to :'D sorry about that.

two slots left btw!

requests are open!

hiiii i got some free time and idk what to write so um! yeah i'm finally opening my reqs! this time it will be 10 request slots, sorry, i know i usually have more, but i don't want it to be too overwhelming for me ^^''

the rules are still the same, so please read my pinned if you haven't and just a note: i know we have new characters now, but i won't write for ferro and gidel since 1) we still don't know much about them and 2) i'm pretty sure gidel is supposed to be a kid and 3) idk man. i don't really want to :'D sorry about that.

just a reminder that there are still open slots left!

Hey, I'd like some input.

Can I ask authors/artists/editors/all fan-content creators and the like for a second opinion?

I know many of us are feeling burnt out and/or frustrated, so i have been wondering if there could be something in common that we all wanted to ask for or talk about. i'd appreciate it if everyone said their two cents.

And I know i've been posting a lot about the massive collective burn out in this fanbase recently, but i think it'd be helpful if everyone pitched in to talk more about what they've been thinking of it.

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Firstly- if you're feeling burnt out (/beginning to feel burnt out) ; what caused it?

Is it the lack of reblogs? (problems caused by ghost audience p.1) Has anything changed within the fanbase thats made things less fun in general? is it the lack of engagement? (comments, actual asks, a real audience) (problems caused by ghost audience p.2) Have you noticed the things you worked a lot on not being well-received? Was there something you noticed in particular? / Anything else? .

Secondly, do you know what you'd like to do? / is there anything you had in mind? (other than rest, ofc)

Would you like to attempt a creative strike of sorts? (it can be arranged and done, with enough people.) Would you like to try and collab/interact more with others ? (i noticed that things have been a little more isolated- but that might be just me? i'm not sure, in any case.) Would you like to form some sort of creative group(s)? (For collabs, to make new moots, to reblog/support each other etc etc)

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Thirdly, but not lastly- is there anything else you'd like to talk more about? It could be about your recent experiences it could be more ideas of a solution/things you think could help -or, about anything, really. .

For me, i had/have a lot of ideas (way too many, all the time. I call myself the chatterbox for a good reason.) ;

Firstly, it was the twst spotlight tag and the orginal post (I am so glad that those did well. I like to think it helped, at least a little bit.)

Secondly, it was the idea of a creative/author strike (I have a draft; if people want to do this, then I will try and find a way to pull this off.) Lastly, i've been thinking of making a blog centered around the twst spotlight itself; the blog would be purely for reblogging content, the ask box would be open for people to recommend blogs or fanfic.

I'd like to know your opinions and input; I'd like to hear what you have to say.

And please rant/vent your heart out too, if you'd like. it doesn't have to be professional, you're not getting paid for it, after all.

hiiii i don't really post anything on this blog anymore and i have a reason for that and uhhh i guess i can talk about it

so, uh, about the first question, yeah, lack of feedback sucks. i actually was shocked when i compared the number of likes and reblogs on some of my posts. like, my "third years reacting to your doodle of them" post is still getting notes and i remember it getting popular pretty quickly when i first posted it, but. um.

it has 1,212 likes and 67 reblogs.

i went through some of my other popular works, like "how twst characters would fall in love with you": 1,679 likes and 142 reblogs. it's a little better, but still. the difference is there.

tumblr doesn't let me see the exact number of notes for "dorm leaders x s/o who loves to give them flowers", but i went through some of the notifications i got for that post and. it's pretty much just likes. like i think i read like 50 notifs and out of all of them only two were reblogs.

and i really don't want to sound ungrateful. it's nice to see the likes of course! but when almost all of your notifs are just likes, it feels.. weird.

i've also noticed something with how my particular works were received. of course, the fandom definitely has its favorites and i noticed that most of my popular works either have the most popular characters like malleus, leona, jamil, etc, or specific groups like the dorm leaders or overblot gang or just all the characters.

and i wouldn't have any problem with it at all if it wasn't for one thing: when i compare those posts with my other ones, the difference in numbers is huge.

and i'm not gonna lie, sometimes i had the urge to just write more posts with all characters included or just write more for the most popular guys even though i don't even like writing for some of them that much. i just really hoped that maybe that way more people will read my writing.

also about the fanbase. to be honest, yeah, i kinda lost interest in twst at some point and the fandom definitely has something to do with that, mostly because it started to feel way too loud and overwhelming for me. and of course, it's good that twst is so popular! but as someone who was interested in the game pretty much since its release.. yeah, the fandom has started to become a bit too much for me.

and about what i'd like to do.. i don't know actually. at first i thought that i didn't want to write for twst because i'm not interested in it anymore, but i am interested in it. i still like it. it's still one of my main interests. like, i love writing for my twst ocs, i like the game, i like drawing the characters, but when it comes to writing imagines.. i don't know, something about it just makes me feel, again, weird.

i think a part of the reason why i feel this way is because i often see people saying things like "twst writers should stop writing (character name) as someone who's so mean/strict/serious/etc" and. well. as someone who likes some characters exactly because they're imperfect. y-yeah, i just ended up feeling lost, like.. what do people want then?

and another reason i think is that. um. maybe i'm just not good at writing imagines. i've always wanted to write x reader content, but i often end up making everything too sad, too emotional or too dark. and when i actually try to write something cute, i just.. don't feel satisfied with it? especially if i don't like those characters.

i don't think i'll delete this blog since yeah, it's my main (i've always had a tumblr acc, but i wanted to start over and i didn't want to make another "personal" acc because i thought that my writing won't get any attention so i thought i'll delete my acc soon anyway) and i also don't really want to delete all my works, so.. tbh i think if it wasn't for me feeling guilty because of all the requests i have in my inbox, i would most likely just let this blog stay, but maybe just.. use it as an "archive" or something? like yeah, this is my old writing acc, you can check out my fics if you want, that kind of thing.

i really try to make myself write something for this blog and i actually want to post more, but i just. can't. it's not even a writer's block or anything, i don't have any problems with writing literally anything else.

so. uh. yeah, that's all i wanted to say, haha.