The Dark Knight Rises: a series of cerebral questions

Okay, so it's been said that this is the end of the Batman movies, and since Bane is in it, a lot of people are speculating that they will go with the whole "The Man Who Broke the Bat" storyline, and Bane will break Batman's spine and leave him a paraplegic. How much would I pay to see Tom Hardy beat up Christian Bale? Fucking millions.

In the story, Batman then passes on the mantle to Azrael, who is a ruthless sonovabitch (and a computer science grad student by day. Coincidence?) that disconnects Bane from the Venom and lets him go into severe withdrawal and then viciously injures him. Who else do I want to play Azrael but Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Because I think I waited through the entirety of Inception for Eames and Arthur to bare-knuckles brawl, and this is my only chance to get my fix.

( Either this is happening or I am writing the fanfiction... )

Note: This is the best angry gif ever and will be my default for all the things

It's here!

I've been meaning to get this off my chest for a while now

So here's the thing about long fics (fics in general, but long fics especially): I feel like if you've liked it enough to get to the end, you should comment on it.

The author has put a lot of work into this, so I think you should expend just a bit of your time to write something back, even if it's something like, "Thank you for all your hard work." I feel this is just the thing to do, and to just Favourite it or do a Kudos or whatever without saying a word seems very...flippant to me.

And of course it's not just about getting compliments or criticisms, it's about building relationships within the fandom, and I think we can miss that when we don't take the time to comment. We can disillusion the author, who thinks he or she has put a lot of effort into a fandom that doesn't give a damn. (This is also why I disapprove of not reading or commenting on a story till it's completed, but I think the TVTropes Firefly Effect page explains this a lot better than I can.) 

I know many times I've written fic simply as a way to get to know people in the fandom, and I've become disappointed or felt cut-off when no one talks to me. I don't mean to be ungrateful, and thank you very much for taking time to Fav or Kudo stuff, but it feels very hollow. I remember randomly Googling one of my fics (yes, I admit this was a very narcissistic thing to do) and only finding out that the fandom loved it because I found it being talked about with other people, but never to ME. What I found was very heartwarming, and it finally made me feel like all the effort I put in was worth it, but I don't think this should be the way writers find out how fandom feels about them.

I feel the worst when I see this with other stories, and I try to tell them that YES, it's not fair, and YES they deserve more feedback within the fandom, and I try to promote this fic to others, but I'm not sure if it's enough. There are some fandoms who are wonderful about giving feedback, so I'm not sure if some fandoms are more absent-minded (to put it lightly) or rude (to put it honestly) than others and whether this has to do with what kind of people are in the fandom. 

Thoughts? Personal stories? What do you think causes this, and do you think it's getting worse?