Someone recently asked me on AO3 if they could support me in any way, so I made a kofi just in case you'd want to support me! 🧡
https://t.co/BvFxQqfPzL
I am stepping away from writing for this fandom for now.
I don’t know when I will be back. Thank you for the good moments.
For now, the journey is paused.
Seriously people, it's not hard to press the "go back" button if you don't like a fic. It's not hard to be kind. Instead of writing a bad comment/saying something mean about a fic/fanart, instead try and spread love and encouragement when you see a great fanart/read a good fic!
I've seen a lot about "problematic" fics, etc. lately.
All I really have to say about that is:
"I don't like it so it shouldn't exist" is censorship.
We're all very lucky that AO3 has been such a defender of its users' right to creative freedom.
Just. Use. The. Back. Button.
And as a lesbian who struggled w comphet until I came out in my twenties, it’s extremely disheartening to see so many ppl trying to strip lesbianism away simply bc we struggled for a bit. And btw, comphet doesn’t mean a character is bi so I don’t wanna hear “comphet is erasure”Like stfu no it isn’t.
And just because you haven’t experienced something like comphet (congrats to you rich McGee over there) doesn’t make it invalid to explore in writing (for the like maybe 3 fics that exist with it).
I’m gonna say this really slowly for some of you: if you don’t like the way an author writes a character, simply 👏stop 👏reading👏. Nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to read. But I am begging you to stop harassing creators who make these things FOR FREE
I’m taking a step back from this app for this very reason. I’ll just post updates and perhaps the occasional snippet.
Everything I want to say has been said by Dina in the tweet below, so that’s all I have to say for now.
@0002Mecka WW2 Au. Strong independent woman Caitlyn. Confused lesbian Caitlyn (she realises soon). Pilot Vi. Soft romantic Vi. All of this in "Cerulean eyes for the damaged soul" by @loveshazelAO3