#I have been ruined by this fandom/nsrs

[gamebunny-advance]

Quick NSR Keychain Poll

I'm sorry that updates about the keychains have kinda been drying up. I've just been busy with more pressing things in my life at the moment. However, there is a question/concern I recently had.

The original plan was to get one side epoxied because I thought it would give them a more "candy" feel to fit with the theme, but I came to the realization that over time, that epoxy is gonna discolor and ruin these keychains in just a few years. I dunno how long people hang onto their fandom merch (I certainly never throw anything like that out), but I do kinda figure that if you're still interested in owning an NSR keychain at this point, that you're probably a ride-or-die fan, and would want to hang onto them for at least another 4 years. I will probably never restock these after the first 2 runs, so it's not like y'all would be able to replace them by the time that happens.

So, here's the question: would you rather they be cool in the moment, or functional forever?

Since they're double-sided, but only one side is gonna be epoxied, then at least one side (the mirrored side) is gonna survive the discoloration...

But if I don't get the epoxy, the price will be a *little* cheaper to produce and thus sell, so consider that too.

[legofemme]

Yknow man I hate to be the one to perpetuate the idea that "one bad experience will ruin an entire thing" for people but good fucking god it can be true sometimes.

Nobody has asked me personally yknow, why i stopped making NSR content and what have you. See, ive had consistently bad experiences one on one with the fandom. The post i made a while back talking about people defending a racist? NSR fandom. I felt like i was the only person with common sense when it came to multiple fronts in multiple servers. It drained me. I stopped writing, and moved on. Nobody has been disrespectful to me for it or begged me to continue. I faded out, and while i appreciate the new followers coming from the fic, I feel responsible to bring up that I probably wont be continuing it. Or, at least anytime soon.

So why do i bring this up and what does it have to do with my initial statement. Well, I appreciate the fact that people haven't pushed me on it. I had a negative experience with the fandom overall, but I know that it couldve been worse in terms of my departure. So onto "one experience ruining an entire thing"

I have had, repeatedly in the past, multiple people try to metaphorically "shove" a media down my throat. It happened with BMC- I mentioned i wasnt particularly interested in it to my friend group who liked it, and didnt plan on watching it. I never told them to stop enjoying it, just to respect my choice. And... They ignored it. to the point where my irl friends would turn on the music when i was around and then go "youd get the context if you bothered to watch it"

This hurt. It hurt! They would bring up inside jokes about the musical and make snide remarks about how I "wouldnt get it". Theyd send me fanart nonstop. I set up a boundary in politely asking they understand that i wasnt interested, and they ignored it and pushed it to a point where i get angry whenever I hear music from it. This same thing happened with MLP and TGWDLM, and while it isnt currently happening with Dream SMP, i feel like it might if i dont bring this up.

I understand being excited about something. But please respect and understand that when people arent interested, they just arent interested. Am i guilty of this? Yes. But i dont look back on it in a good light knowing now how it feels.

Tldr: im glad the NSR community is respectful of my choice despite my bad experience with them, and i would appreciate if people wouldnt push media on me when im disinterested