My equally petty thought about FFFX is that we need to start keeping a list of sparse longfic commenters the same way we do for noncommenters.
I'd honestly rather write for a noncommenter (or people who leave a decent comment one day before the next round's sign-ups) than someone who says some version of "Yeah this is a cool thing you've spent months working on and editing and refining and tailoring to my likes. Thank you I liked it!", give or take an extra sentence.
IDC if that's entitled. Writing a longfic for someone feels personal, and comments like that feel painfully impersonal. It's just such a buzzkill, especially when you can't expect much in the way of driveby feedback.
Re: fffx
I'd honestly rather write for a noncommenter (or people who leave a decent comment one day before the next round's sign-ups) than someone who says some version of "Yeah this is a cool thing you've spent months working on and editing and refining and tailoring to my likes. Thank you I liked it!", give or take an extra sentence.
IDC if that's entitled. Writing a longfic for someone feels personal, and comments like that feel painfully impersonal. It's just such a buzzkill, especially when you can't expect much in the way of driveby feedback.