It's still wild to me that I'm so old that I remember a time when fic comments were usually just on the person's LJ or maybe that one obscure fandom archive! As much as I appreciate having a larger archive, it feels sometimes a little too public where someone might be scoping out tags/pairings just for the purpose of leaving asshole comments. :/

Although I totally get the appeal of private Discords, it sometimes worries me that it fragments fandom into even more faraway places when the fun is having fannish discussion on DW. Yet at the same time, maybe that's just a part of the ecosystem that is growing bigger fan bases and more excitement about a fandom/media then that's good too? But for me personally, I like consolidating my fannish stuff on DW because it is all helpfully in one place.

It definitely saddens me when a fan feels they can't write the fic (or the relationship) that they love to write about. I suppose I've been lucky to only get the random "I wish X had been paired with Y instead of Z." If the pairing tag is Y/Z, why would that person even read the fic?? Boggles my mind to no end.

I'm also a big fan of low-pressure events and fannish discussion! Glad to see a bit more of it these days.