I think you should stop worrying about pleasing people, it is very difficult and you are not free.
The artist is you, the others adapt to your content, that is, if you like the fan art, keep creating it, don't worry about the comments or the number of favorites, that's something you can't control
I hope it helps you 😁

Thank you! You have given me much to consider.

You are welcome 👍

I agree with TOA93 on "if you like the fan art, keep creating it,".

Maybe the favourites/views ratio for TheBadGuys fanart will increase when the movie comes out (apparently in USA theaters on April 22).

But I wouldn't torture yourself about fav/view ratios:
Good Boy seems to be doing better now at least in terms of views.
Good Boy: now 485 views
Day on the Beach: now 362 views
So maybe some people are looking at Good Boy a couple of times a month?

Also, only one piece in your fanart folder,
potentially add https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28232362/ "Twilight Sparkle" to your fanart folder?

Typically fanart is a futile mess unless the thing you're making fanart FOR is already the current trend or you make it specifically to impress somebody more famous than you who's obsessed with that specific thing and it succeeds. In general I wouldn't bother. You -can- get more attention by making the same crap everybody else does, but you'll also be spending all your effort to support IPs that couldn't give one single shit about you and contributing to a chain of what is basically parasitism.

If what you want is for somebody to REALLY appreciate you, then just... make fanart for somebody actually in the fandom. With fanart of already famous IPs you're either providing something that people can already get by the thousands or serving an audience that doesn't exist, depending on just how popular it is. In this specific case I have no clue what 'The Bad Guys' is and neither do I think a lot of people, so it ends up as the latter.

Thank you too! This has gotten me thinking.