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Or, rather - links to pictures. Remember when i posted about my books being mostly unpacked and bookshelves up? And i had pictures of said shelves?
Some of you were all 'i can't read the titles!' and i said i'd take pictures that showed the titles. I did! Of a few shelves. But they're *very big*, so i'm only putting the links here, rather than actually putting the images up. So click at your own risk! :)
Shelf one.
Shelf two.
Shelf three.
Shelf four.
And now...and observation. Or, the question. And this is not - let me be clear, *not* - a plea for more comments or a whine about how 'nobody wuvs me!'. It's just something i noticed and thought was interesting.
When i posted the first installment of Aftermath, it ended up with an astonishing 221 comments. Now, take out half of those for my replies, and say another ten for back-and-forth, that's still a *very*, very amazing 100 positive comments. The second and third parts, respectively, earned 133 and 95, or - 60 and say....42. Very, very nice. But why such a drop?
Was it because the second part didn't immediately follow on the first part, and people felt cheated? Was it because even though the header says Sam/Dean, there isn't any actual sex and in fact, only one brief kiss? Is it because it's 'unfinished' in that i don't have a number of parts and they can see how long until the end? It's odd.
And like i said - not begging for more comments, i'm perfectly happy with the amount that i get - my flist is amazing and wonderful and strokes my ego *quite* nicely. But the difference between parts one and three is really just...thought-provoking.
Any thoughts?
:)
Some of you were all 'i can't read the titles!' and i said i'd take pictures that showed the titles. I did! Of a few shelves. But they're *very big*, so i'm only putting the links here, rather than actually putting the images up. So click at your own risk! :)
Shelf one.
Shelf two.
Shelf three.
Shelf four.
And now...and observation. Or, the question. And this is not - let me be clear, *not* - a plea for more comments or a whine about how 'nobody wuvs me!'. It's just something i noticed and thought was interesting.
When i posted the first installment of Aftermath, it ended up with an astonishing 221 comments. Now, take out half of those for my replies, and say another ten for back-and-forth, that's still a *very*, very amazing 100 positive comments. The second and third parts, respectively, earned 133 and 95, or - 60 and say....42. Very, very nice. But why such a drop?
Was it because the second part didn't immediately follow on the first part, and people felt cheated? Was it because even though the header says Sam/Dean, there isn't any actual sex and in fact, only one brief kiss? Is it because it's 'unfinished' in that i don't have a number of parts and they can see how long until the end? It's odd.
And like i said - not begging for more comments, i'm perfectly happy with the amount that i get - my flist is amazing and wonderful and strokes my ego *quite* nicely. But the difference between parts one and three is really just...thought-provoking.
Any thoughts?
:)
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It's possible. Silly people - be more attentive! This is important!
*rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
:)
Missed the second part! Oh noes!
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*g*
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:)
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but yeah, I like 'em.
and I'd like to see Dean in a better place. Will go read.
and comment:)
I usually comment if I like something, even if all I can think of to say is "Ditto" after everybody and their dog said it!
Harder to comment on something you want to critique instead!
I think I understand your organization- and that worries me.
Maybe there's a bar somewhere and 'Robin Hood', Keats, and 'My Antonia' are hanging out together because....they're not?
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Yeah, i hate reading something, loving it, but not being able to come up with anything more than guppy noises, heh. I try, though! I *spell out* my guppy noises!
Heeeee.
Yes! A bar! And Zappa and the chick who wrote 'Fried Green Tomatoes' are in the kitchen, cooking. Pancakes and tomatoes...
*snickers*
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As to the drop in comments . . . dunno. I figure when it comes to multi-chap fics, people wait to do all the gushing in the last installment. I've seen it time and again. The first bits don't have much, the middle even less. but the last installment? Two and three pages worth of comments! It's happened to me a few times--I'd had no idea that many people were reading till the last bit went up.
::shrugs::
Pictures aren't opening. My poor, tired computer has been spamjangled!
But yeah, first and last parts will get the most comments.
Aftermath still rocks socks, though--exponentially with each installment.
::hugs::
::loffs::
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I've read A Little Princess, Good Omens, Lord Of The Flies, Frankenstein, Dracula, A Christmas Carol--tried to get into Gibson, but wasn't smart enough--at least as of a few years ago :)
I'm gonna hit every book on these shelves--or die trying!
::is filled with determination::
::and spaghetti::
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Oh, dude.
*smooooooch*
You are silly and wonderful.
:)
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People are, then, essentially, just *lazy*. OMG! People!! Wake up and hit me with the texty lurve!!!
*shakes lj*
:)
Heee.
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Not to mention the odd cheesey romance that occasionally sneaks in and the cookery books that migrated from the "To Go" pile when my mother was on a chucking out phase.
Maybe people commented on the first one and thought that because they'd commented on the first one their opinion was already know? *is guilty of not commenting enough...mainly due to a non-linear thought process caused by 3 jobs*
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:)
But you're supposed to tell me your opinion *every time! every!!!*
For i am needy.
*snicker*
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eeeevery time? butbutbut... *caves*
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As I'm not completely convinced about Wincest I was rather glad there wasn't any sex. Furthermore I think sex just wouldn't fit into story.
I would really like to read wolfpack (and all your other fics). I hope I'll find some time to read them in the next months.
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:)
I feel that a lot of stories don't really need to have big bits of explicit erotica. Sometimes, just a hint or an intimation is much better.