I've been working on a longfic for a few years now, it's pretty niche and I abandoned it for a while so I totally understand why it's not popular. I had a couple regular commenters for a while and then they dropped off, and I get the occasional one off comment now and then but mostly I'm just powering through because I want to finish the story.

A couple days ago someone left me a really lovely comment several chapters into the fic, and it totally made my day! They've kept commenting every few chapters and are now through 20 chapters of the fic! Sometimes they mention specific lines or jokes that they like, or ask questions, one time they pointed out an error so I could fix it, sometimes they just say that they're really enjoying the chapter or story.

It's honestly blowing my mind. Is this what it's like to have people who are truly invested in your story? It feels amazing and so validating that someone takes such an interest and wants to interact with me!

It's given me real motivation to keep writing and see this story through to the end :)