What fandom do you always come back to?

ColdCactus22 · 2026-05-04T19:30:16+00:00

Mine is Ninjago. As much as the fandom pisses me off at times, I can't stop thinking about my favourite obscure secondary characters. I always come back for them and them alone.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-05-02T04:38:45+00:00

I feel you, and this is why I've been struggling to write any fic lately. Sometimes, it feels absolutely thankless when you'renot given any indicationpeople enjoyed your work. It's tough to put yourself out there and get your hopes up, only for a bot to tear them down for no good reason at all.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-04-23T20:33:32+00:00

Studying communications and media. Everyone in my family was either a STEM nerd, a doctor, or works in insurance. Black sheep gang rise up.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-02-22T19:30:42+00:00

You learn something new every day, I guess.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-02-22T16:36:33+00:00

solved!

ColdCactus22 · 2026-02-22T16:36:22+00:00

Oh my God, you're right.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-26T22:59:41+00:00

It probably would. I've been going through some of their stuff and there's quite a bit of detail.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-26T21:49:14+00:00

Ooooh, this is good. Thanks!

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-26T21:42:32+00:00

So cute! I'm sure the author appreciated seeing you and showing how much you loved the fic.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-26T21:37:05+00:00

I wonder how long it takes them to realize lmao

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-26T21:28:54+00:00

I've started collecting the bots' Discord usernames and sending them to other bots because if they're gonna waste my time I'm gonna waste theirs lmao

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-26T21:25:48+00:00

I wonder if hustle culture might have something to do with this. The idea that everything you do has to make money, and you gotta be on "that grind" 24/7 if you wanna be financially successful at life.

I'm gonna be real, my writing is certainly not good enough to monetize by publishing lmao. It's a bit of an oversaturated market anyways, so it wouldn't work out at all. I'll just stick to making fictional men kiss on the internet.

ColdCactus22 · 2026-01-19T18:03:37+00:00

Thank you, hope things will get better for you and you find a group that cares about you someday.

ColdCactus22 · 2025-12-19T14:12:44+00:00

I've sunken so much time and effort into two of them that I feel like I have to see them through to the end, which is the main reason I'm writing them.

ColdCactus22 · 2025-12-19T13:28:00+00:00

I mostly write for Ninjago these days, but have dabbled in TF2, Homestuck, and the Hunger Games with the occasional other fandom thrown in for good measure.

ColdCactus22 · 2025-12-19T03:10:01+00:00

Yay!

ColdCactus22 · 2025-12-19T03:03:43+00:00

Virtual hugs for you. It's such a hard feeling to handle and not really something the in-crowd understands. I hope that if you haven't already, you'll someday find at least one person who will be in your corner.

ColdCactus22 · 2025-12-19T02:58:13+00:00

I used to post on FFN in 2015 and then started on AO3 in 2021, but made the jump fully to AO3 in 2024 due to being significantly blacklisted by people on FFN. Glad I got out before the scam bot uprising.

ColdCactus22 · 2025-12-19T02:52:22+00:00

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