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[addsalwayssick]

i just got a hate comment on my fic (in which i deleted) but let me give you the exact comment:

“This shit is absolute ass. I don’t know why you would write this, or why you thought it would be good to post this. All the kudos and comments on this shitty fic is lying to you. Do everyone a favor and delete your works, and fucking delete yourself from the earth”

Okay, let’s talk about all the things wrong with this.

1. my writing, contrary to popular belief, is not for everyone else. it’s something i do because i like to write, and if i get to share it with some of you all, it’s a huge plus. but it is NOT for you all to criticize.

2. telling me that people are lying to me is not only offensive to me, but it is also offensive to the people who commented and kudoed. You are calling them liars. I will not tolerate hate on those who enjoy my works. I will not tolerate hate on those who have never read my works, yet are still kind human beings. Knock it off.

3. Telling me to kill myself is NEVER appropriate. Especially since i am a minor, though you should never say it to anyone ever. If you hate my fics and you comment this stuff on mine but nobody else’s, you do that. Id rather it be me than someone who thinks worse about things like this.

Leaving hate comments is never, ever okay. Authors and artists in the marauders fandom, do not let these affect you. It will never be good. The art that these beautiful people create is not for you to criticize. Telling someone to end themselves because of something they created is and will never be okay. (To anyone who has gotten recent hate comments and needs to talk to someone about it, My Dms are always open)

[laviejaguardia]

Respect to people in fandom who'll do and read whatever and have no need to curate and filter unfortunately my cup of tea is this size

[jerzwriter]

HEED THIS.

[liliotl]

who can relate

[animentality]

[catchymemes]

[spockderangementsyndrome]

I know "60s housewives who invented slash fanfiction" has taken on a life of its own as a phrase, but Kirk/Spock didn't really exist until the 70s and THOSE WOMEN HAD JOBS. They were teachers and librarians and bookkeepers and scientists and they damn well spent their own money going to conventions, printing zines, buying fanart and making fandom happen. Put some respect on their names.

[boreal-sea]

I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

[bronzetomatoes]

Why dont we all look at Andy

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[yeehawpim]

a comic about fix-it fanfics

[mycroftrh]

Far worse, in my opinion, than the famous “he wouldn’t fucking say that” is “he WOULD fucking say that, as part of his facade, but you seem to think he would mean it genuinely”

[t00thpasteface]

literally so embarrassing to have someone go "i don't go here" or "what's this from?" on my art and it's a rarepair/crackship that is in no way representative of the source material... and i have to be like. well you see, the rest of the restaurant's menu is not like this. i'm doing my own thing eating black olives right out of the can in the back-of-house. whether or not you want me to throw you a can, you have to understand that's not what they serve out front

[snailcubezz]

fandom wiki simulator

[brawnie]

*grabbing mlm shippers by the shoulders* guys nobody needs to be the twink. nobody needs to be the sub. nobody needs to be the femboy. they can both be big fat hairy men who bask in each others masculinity or they can both be unspeakable monstrous creatures with inhuman genitalia it’s okay I’m holding your hand. Let me show you the way

[dmsr-art]