u/Specialist_One_6418

I write a Lord of the Rings slow burn that's still in progress (over 150k words at this point). It's not a popular fic, it doesn't even have 200 kudos, but a handful of people comment chapter by chapter and keep coming back.

Today I found out one of them printed the whole thing and bound it just to have it on paper. They even posted the whole saga of fighting their printer for fifteen minutes to get it done — ink-stained hands and all. I literally cried.

I know kudos aren't everything, but it's so easy to feel like no one's really reading when the numbers are small. This was the reminder I didn't know I needed. Happiest thing that's happened to me all month 💚

My parents at 29: yeah, let’s have our second child.

Me at 29: mom, can you hand-knit me a Gondor sweater? 🌿

Anyway. I already have my favorite piece of clothing for the winter that’s about to begin in Argentina.