Speaking of comments on fic, I was surprised to get a comment on a fic written two years ago from someone who had commented on it when I first posted it. Although, they didn't kudo either time. ::shrugs:: It just made me happy that the story made that much of an impression on them, that they felt the need to come back and leave an even more detailed comment than the first time around. It's nice to know that the story really hit them where it counts.

Comments on old stories are terrific. I love that people are still discovering my stuff and liking it.

It made me even happier that this time around, they also bookmarked it. Then I really know I achieved what I set out to do.

First instance of reading "mind field" I chalked up to some kind of authourial pun. It kinda fit in the context. No, second instance and it's definitely an "intensive purposes" blunder.

"laundry shoot"

Also, I'd never say this to her face because I don't want her to stop writing, but for awhile now scifigrrl47 has become too infatuated with her OCs and with writing witty banter. Yay her for getting unique and original but these are not the reasons why I started reading her and liked it. And yet these stories exist in 'verses that in invested in. Or was. But now I think I must finally unsubscribe from the tertiary characters and their dry repartee.

The OCs weren't why I signed up either. But I'm quite fond of them now, so I've been enjoying the focus on them. Eh, different folks, different AO3 subscriptions.

and these here are narcissuses," turning to another patch, "and here's daffodils.

No! Ach! That's the same fucking thing! One way to make this worse is to include the mention of Jonquils.

To be fair, at a nursery, the narcissus and the daffodil are considered different beasts, albeit siblings.

Someone has just discovered my fics over on ff.net and is favoriting nearly everything. Bless you, little new fan.