Speaking of fanfics, my English teacher once said the following to me.
"You can write. You truly have a gift. I don't feel like strangling myself when I read your work.
Promise me you'll never waste it on fanfiction."
I've never tried but it can't be THAT bad?
Or am I underestimating the internet again?
there's good fanfiction and there's bad fanfiction just like with everything
there's good ice cream and there's bad ice cream
there's good blockland users and there's bad blockland users
etc