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#there's no accounting for several things actually. taste��� bias‚ lore-knowledge‚ differing levels of chronic-online-ness‚ etc
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not even gonna tag this properly bc i don't wanna get Involved but i do have some Thoughts i need to get out into the void so here we go
(aaa quick edit: CW for mention/discussion of Boothill leaks)
#today's gone Badly and i'm upset but instead of venting abt it i'm gonna channel that energy into doing a bit of tag rambling abt Boothill
#well. less abt Him and more abt uh. self-analyzing my anxiety surrounding contributing to fandoms. he's just today's catalyst
#like. i know it's mostly a me thing. i'm hypersensitive to criticism and very conflict avoidant + socially anxious + perfectionistic etc.
#so I'm the one that keeps myself from posting more stuff out of fear of being criticized or called-out for what i've made
#bc inevitably Someone's gonna see it and think its OOC or a problematic take or they'll misread my intent. etc etc what have you
#but like. that's inevitable. there's no way to communicate every single thing with all of the nuance required to avoid misunderstandings
#and other times it's not a misunderstanding it's just a difference of opinions and that's Fine!! there's no accounting for personal taste
#there's no accounting for several things actually. taste‚ bias‚ lore-knowledge‚ differing levels of chronic-online-ness‚ etc
#so this isn't me complaining abt the state of fandom culture (although i do think. sometimes. ppl take shit a bit too seriously)
#but anyways all of this is mostly just anxiety-fueled. it's not like i very often actually even receive negative feedback or anything
#if anything ppl tend to tell me that i'm overthinking it and killing my own fun and worried that my stuff is more OOC than it is
#which like. yeah. Yeah u right :) but that's just the way that i am! always losing the idgaf war i suppose
#anyways what's Boothill got to do w this ur wondering. well. i've been thinking abt the quickly emerging concept that he's illiterate.
#and it just. has me feeling a lot of ways. and watching ppl disagree over it has me feeling some Bad ways. bc it's def a loaded topic!
#if you'll pardon the pun there. and i don't rlly have anything new to add other than that i'm conflicted abt it.
#like yeah i saw the leaks days ago. of him mentioning 'not hitting the books' much as a child when we ask him why he sends voice messages
#or voice Transcriptions ig. ykwim. and like. *braces for impact* ...i liked it? like. it doesn't feel right to call it endearing
#i'm not trying to infantilize him. ok that's not the right word either but ugh. you know? what i mean?? who am i kidding even i don't know
#it's not quite right to say that it feels like Representation either. but it's something close i guess
#as a southern person myself who didn't receive a 'complete' education due to factors that weren't to do with my intelligence
#the concept of seeing him as a capable force to be reckoned with and respected who also happens to have not received much formal education
#i like that. i do. but there's so many issues w it at the same time. like. as i said‚ being southern myself has me Wary of the way Hoyo is-
#writing him. as well as of the way that the fandom is taking the bits of his lore and running away w them. and i'm Very aware of how ppl-
#will see a southern character and be All Too Eager to agree that they're lacking intelligence based on our Redneck™ stereotype
#sigh. and before we even go too far with this. it's not even confirmed that hes completely illiterate. which is a valid criticism i've seen
#there's Multiple reasons that could make him prefer voice to text. but regardless. i'm just worried that ppl will misconstrue my intentions
#like. example: that edit i made the other day of him saying 'no thanks i can't read'. wasn't me playing into the stereotype of-
#'haha dumb country boy can't read!' it was. in my eyes. something he'd say as a joke to make light of a potential insecurity
#like. i think there's far more depth to Boothill's character if ppl could look past the surface. and i dont wanna contribute to the problem
#but sometimes ppl Will have stereotypical traits and i wish the same could apply to characters as long as it's done Thoughtfully.
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