Writing for a dead/small fandom
So I stopped writing 3 years ago and I've only just returned this year. Recently, I've been writing for this series that ended in 2024. It's small in which it only has 20 fics on AO3 with more than half belonging to just one user and the most recent fic (besides mine) being posted a year ago. I still see people talking about it in 2026 but I'd consider it less active than it was when the series was ongoing. I've written 2 fics for this fandom this month (one of them I actually started it in 2023 and just finished it lol) and I'm currently writing a third one. I'm basically the only person active in the fandom right now so I get 0 hits and kudos.
The thing is, I'm not upset about it at all. I'm such a shy person on the internet that posting 300 words for another fandom of mine makes me anxious. I have lots of drafts that I can't get myself to finish cause I'm just imagining my writing being perceived before I even publish them. But with this fandom, getting zero interactions is a guarantee and it feels very freeing. I get nervous about situations that I know are most likely not going to happen to me (fic getting ridiculed on Twitter, getting hate comments) but at least I know for sure what the outcome will be with this fandom. I feel less self conscious and I don't lose sleep over wanting to check my email for notifications.
Just wanted to post my thoughts about writing for an inactive fandom.