The Water Lily Ninja Diaries

by Eilwynn

In both worlds, pre-canon Naruto desperately needs to be noticed and puts up the tough face that he thinks will get himself best noticed. Male Naruto is a class clown troublemaker. Female Naruto is a weird girl. This is the beginning divergence. Fem Naruto. Strong Naruto. Smart Naruto. SasuNaruGaa. Sasuke/Naruto/Gaara. Mangaverse. I DON'T WRITE HERE ANYMORE.

5. I'm Not Writing on FF (Still on Ao3)

I have discontinued this story on FF, but will be continuing it on Ao3. My Ao3 account is Lyn_Laine for anyone who is interested in checking me out.

Quite frankly, it's not worth it to continue this story on FF. It's getting no attention and nothing but dumb or pedantic reviews. That sounds rude, but you know what? I'm 24 with a job and a degree and I have gotten to the point where I just don't care. I carve time out of my day to write things that matter to me, I work till eleven every night, and I come back to FF to find a bunch of completely fucking idiotic reviews and no feedback even in the positive variety. And FF messages me personally every time I get a new dumbass review, so I'm bombarded with them all the fucking time. Ao3 does not do this.

I'm tired of putting up with the bullshit on FF. I work till eleven every night and I come back to find reviews that say things like "Don't use English language for jutsu" and "I'm confused" and that's all they have to say. One reviewer posted about inconsistencies in a jinchuuriki seal without taking into account gender differences, and completely ignored all the character and plot nuances in the story. Still others won't wait for me to get to the chapter where I actually explain my viewpoint. My absolute favorite just summed up everything good about the story with "Is okay." Then they spent an entire paragraph quite frankly bitching.

Ao3 readers provide more limited feedback, but what they do provide is nice and lengthy and helpful, sometimes even in critiques. Ao3 readers are almost always polite, they don't get impatient, they don't get pedantic, and people actually seem interested in my story in Ao3 terms. It's a nice, chill, low-stress experience. And that? That's what fanfic writers post for. It's why this story isn't just languishing somewhere on a word document on my computer.

So... sorry if you can only follow this story on FF, I guess, but I'm really not sorry. In comparison to Ao3, this has been an incredibly shitty experience and I'm not even upset. I'm just irritated, frustrated, and done. I've blocked enough people that I'm just done.

I'm checked out. See you later, guys. I'm not even sure if I feel like posting on this account anymore. Consider this goodbye at least until I get up the gumption to put up again with the rampant stupidity that permeates every aspect of FF.

Thanks for the wild ride. I guess.

She shouts into the void and no one pays any attention.

~ Eilwynn