I’m not an artist, but I’m decent at writing stories. So I like to use what skill I have to write stories as free gifts for content creators I like, using their OCs or canon characters they enjoy.

The problem is that while I may have a vague understanding of some of these characters from watching their shows as a kid, or seeing lots of fanart and maybe checking an episode or two these days, I don’t actually watch a lot of TV or movies period. I don’t have a good baseline understanding of the characters or their lore to write them, and checking their wikis and watching their shows to understand lore, details, personality & speech wastes not only time, but a lot of my energy.

I want to write something immediately, but if I have to slog through however many episodes and read however many pages, by the time I have a good enough grasp of things to accurately write them, I don’t have as much (if any) interest in sitting down and writing anymore.

It really sucks, but maybe it’s just a tough motivator for me to actually watch stuff in my free time so when the motivation to write DOES come, I’ll finally be prepared?