But we're talking about Yultide here. People write 1k+ *fics* for characters that showed up in half a sentence or for commercials. I understand your POV but how is it any less o.O to want fic that "excessively", or to sign up to write that fic. If you're in a small fandom with nobody else to talk to and someone gives you any number of k then you really can't see why or how someone could have a lot to say about the fandom and the fic?
Personally I o.O when someone requests a fandom of one and all they can say is a line or two. Upgrade that to a full O.O if they only have that much to say on a 3k+ fic. But that's just my POV! I can see how it's intimidating but it's no different than wanting to write fanfic in the first place. You saw something you liked and you liked it so much you wrote about it. They liked your fic so much they commented on it. Not everybody has this feeling (lol which is why lots of people find the idea of spending time writing fanfiction for free as insane).
That aside...even though it's long *for you*, there really isn't any subjectivity. That's why you had to qualify your statement as "for you". For someone who never comments at all a single comment = super long. That doesn't make it long. Comments don't exist in a vacuum and something that nearly hits the character limit or takes multiple comments is a long comment. You can squabble over where the line between 'small' and 'medium' but long isn't really up for debate even if you think long = excessive.
Your short/medium comments are never gonna get confused for a long one.
Re: Ways in which you are petty
But we're talking about Yultide here. People write 1k+ *fics* for characters that showed up in half a sentence or for commercials. I understand your POV but how is it any less o.O to want fic that "excessively", or to sign up to write that fic. If you're in a small fandom with nobody else to talk to and someone gives you any number of k then you really can't see why or how someone could have a lot to say about the fandom and the fic?
Personally I o.O when someone requests a fandom of one and all they can say is a line or two. Upgrade that to a full O.O if they only have that much to say on a 3k+ fic. But that's just my POV! I can see how it's intimidating but it's no different than wanting to write fanfic in the first place. You saw something you liked and you liked it so much you wrote about it. They liked your fic so much they commented on it. Not everybody has this feeling (lol which is why lots of people find the idea of spending time writing fanfiction for free as insane).
That aside...even though it's long *for you*, there really isn't any subjectivity. That's why you had to qualify your statement as "for you". For someone who never comments at all a single comment = super long. That doesn't make it long. Comments don't exist in a vacuum and something that nearly hits the character limit or takes multiple comments is a long comment. You can squabble over where the line between 'small' and 'medium' but long isn't really up for debate even if you think long = excessive.
Your short/medium comments are never gonna get confused for a long one.