So I joined a new fandom a few months ago and initially it felt nice. I started writing & drawing again and the hyperfixation was a good distraction. But fucking hell social media is just a fucking hellscape so instead of talking about headcanons or fanfiction it's been 6 nonstop months of smear campaigns, seemingly just rotating through the cast and crew. Like it's not just my perception, official publications are writing about how poorly these people are behaving.
However, the vitriol against the original author of the series is so widespread and baffling stupid that you can't even say "I think the author knows their characters pretty well" without someone someone telling you your wrong. Today was my last straw- I had made one post defending the author, then the algorithm was like "oh you like this author? Cool here's every negative post about her." I just deleted all the stuff from my blog and pulled down all my fanfic. Originally I had a twitter acc for it but then it got so insanely racist and homophobic I went to tumblr thinking it would be better. No it's the same bullshit, just longer shittier text posts harassing a women with Parkinson's.
I still love the show and the books but I wish there was like a normal community of mature adults to discuss about it with :/ tumblr was my last hope at finding a 'normal' online community and it barely lasted 3 months. Maybe by the time s2 comes along things will have died down but idk. It seems like any media these days comes with a default "hate the person who made it"
I thinks it's frustrating cause the one thing that could make not wanna die is selling my animated pilot- but holy fuck if this is how y'all treat creators I don't want that at all.
However, the vitriol against the original author of the series is so widespread and baffling stupid that you can't even say "I think the author knows their characters pretty well" without someone someone telling you your wrong. Today was my last straw- I had made one post defending the author, then the algorithm was like "oh you like this author? Cool here's every negative post about her." I just deleted all the stuff from my blog and pulled down all my fanfic. Originally I had a twitter acc for it but then it got so insanely racist and homophobic I went to tumblr thinking it would be better. No it's the same bullshit, just longer shittier text posts harassing a women with Parkinson's.
I still love the show and the books but I wish there was like a normal community of mature adults to discuss about it with :/ tumblr was my last hope at finding a 'normal' online community and it barely lasted 3 months. Maybe by the time s2 comes along things will have died down but idk. It seems like any media these days comes with a default "hate the person who made it"
I thinks it's frustrating cause the one thing that could make not wanna die is selling my animated pilot- but holy fuck if this is how y'all treat creators I don't want that at all.
