woah, that's neat

[solarbird]

Levelled up in writer today, apparently - got a comment from a guy on AO3 that I'd kept him up all night as he binge-read on overcoming the fear of spiders and Old Soldiers.

Also, I turned a game completely around yesterday by showing up as Widowmaker, much like I often do by showing up as Tracer. They were getting steamrolled, and then I replaced someone, and then they weren't, and we won. I've also now made an enemy Widowmaker retire from the field. My scoped percentage isn't climbing much lately, which bugs me, but my critical hit per game count most definitely is. Widowmaker play is showing up in more of my highlights, and I'm occasionally getting Plays of the Game.

I'm getting close to being willing to take Widowmaker into competitive play. I'm not there yet. But... I'm closing in.

Comments

[alatefeline]

Yay levelling up! :)

[solarbird]

Thanks! :D

[shadesofmauve]

"You kept me up all night binge reading" are the BEST fanfic comments. <3

[solarbird]

holy shit

a second one, on tumblr

("Just read your latest creation in tumblr during my break and... oh. My. God. You are going to make me lose my sleep tonight ... Now I got an itch to read that AU which I was planning to read after Old Soldiers, but nope! My brain have now latched onto this AU and would bug me until I've read it all.")

[shadesofmauve]

Yay!

I'm so happy for you I'm actually beaming. Really. I remember how I felt when my best friend -- someone I actually know, someone who therefore feels REAL -- admitted she stayed up until 3 a.m. reading my fic. It's the best feeling.

[solarbird]

Huh, interesting - whereas I expect nothing from people I know, but find stranger praise higher valued, because they have no reason to bother.

(Tho', being me, I tend towards speculation about what they're trying to achieve via this route - what they want from me. That, of course, is my trauma history for you. :/ )

[shadesofmauve]

It doesn't help with responses instilled by trauma, of course, but I've found that when fic commenters want something from you they're obvious and obnoxious about it.