apparently there are plugins that help with added fields, discovered during my research into this problem.
However, I’m not sure if they are easier or harder in the long run.
Still hoping this is the correct way to go about it.
genius… thanks esmi that worked.
thanks for taking the time to help me out.
there is a simple yet ugly fix i know of. I could put a spacer with a big height in my pages that aren’t long enough. but this wont fix short blog post commenting in the future (if i ever make a short blog post). and honestly feels like a duck taping fix.