I recently got on a fic "Hey, I liked this story even though I'm not familiar with the canon!" to which I said, being complimented, "Thanks, if you liked it, you might like the canon."

To which they replied, and am I being oversensitive? "Nah, but keep writing more, I want to read it!"

Also a fair amount of "I don't usually read this pairing, but-" which at first was flattering and by the end was sort of O.o