if you dont want to ignore the comments for asking for more, youre very welcome to just say thank you for reading and sorry i dont plan on writing more. its flattering to get asked for more, but honestly to me its started sounding like demands (unless its worded respectfully and isnt the main point of the comment), so i go the route of simply ignoring them. (but im also not answering to many comments lately so dfkjhgjkdgh but i swear id ignore those specific ones)
-> and im like pretty sure you knew this already.

its inevitable to get more engagement on shorter (and smutty) stories that are accessible to read (simple language, light themes) and maybe are also trope heavy. i hope you understand that! its nice that you felt loved by the higher engagement but i also hope that you can recognize that the dopamine that you get from higher numbers and more comments really doesnt compare to having someone like your actual passion projects. i hope it doesnt sway you from writing what you actually want to write, even if the engagement there is lower. i know thats easier said than done.. and wanting more attention on the projects you pour so much hours of effort into is perfectly normal--
oh wait i just realized that you could use those fics in your favor. if you go off anon, the people that like your oneshots might inevitably check out your other works. and i know you put it on anon because "theyre low effort and not your usual style" but consider that a lot of those people lured in by your writing might be really happy to discover your longer fics in a different style (even if the ships arent even the same). also theres no shame in having "lower effort" fics on your profile, and it kind of makes me sad that it feels like you dont allow yourself to have a bit of fun on your ao3 account? even if you usually just write minsung or something and you decided to write some polyskz or something!! like who cares. curating your profile in a specific way really is a bit of a killjoy and maybe makes you take things a little too seriously.

gonna talk a bunch about myself now lmao
this is the part where i would promise you to post even sillier and more hentai brained stuff in solidarity with you but thats kind of my brand so dfjghkjdgsh. or maybe i should promise to write something completely different than the usual Cloud tropes ......hm. but theres also literally nothing that i could write that would make me feel like its "not my style", since any style that i write a fic with is my current style (does that make sense lol), unless its about specific dynamics and ships which you know i wouldnt have fun reversing. anyway im just talking about myself now... i was just wondering if there are fics that i would feel like i have to post on anon because of whatever reason. a year ago i thought id post a bestiality fic on anon because i was scared of the reception, but people have shown me they would receive that very well, and since then i dont fret it anymore. also the more time goes on, the longer i am in this fandom, i realize i fucking hate hiding. even if i write something that i personally deem as bad or if i tackle uncomfortable topics like necro or ageplay or underage i want it to be on my ao3 profile with my username big and proud under the fic title. cloudrages more like cloud ranges. i want people to see all of me, even the parts i deem to be bad... i should work on that... i should work on writting and then publishing something that i think is bad. i was very anxious about headbutt your hyung but a few days after i uploaded it i reread it again and i was like oh !!! i actually like this, this is fun!! its so much easier to like things once some time has passed. i struggle with feeling a sense of achievement often, but sometimes it comes very delayed after i see a new finished fic on my profile.. like its not perfect and maybe its very silly, but at least its Done and its Mine and therefor i have to choose to love it during the times that im strong enough to do so. and i always worry about being unable to finish things ever and yet theres 16 entire fics uploaded on my profile that are finished. how silly...

anyway . good luck kitty !!