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TW: Fandom wank, darkfic, vague mention of nonconsensual vore
There are two types of people I loathe in fandom: the ones who read tagged warnings, disregard them, and then go on to leave wank all over stuff because "wawaaaah my mental health/bad things in fic/stuff I don't like exists", and the people who don't tag at all and then complain about people wanting tags/not interacting.
Especially on the Archive, but just in general.
Group A sit in their glass houses, throwing stones and then whining when their house gets broken -- you hurt me by writing this, I know you put up a big sign that said pointy writing don't touch without gloves but then I touched it without gloves and you are now personally responsible for the spines in my finger. Like wow. Unhealthy mental projection up the ass, and, in addition, so much entitlement. They've fucked over so many fandom spots: Tumblr's a big one, that finally caved to the pressure of "nothing that can hurt the infant babies, what if children see" despite under-13 being banned from the site in the terms of service. I'm a MorMor fan, okay, there is NOTHING healthy and good about two serial killers/criminals/general douchebags fucking around together, and of course I got these attacks on the reg.
On the other hand? Group B? Just as bad. These guys sit on their thrones of "long-term fandom" with an attitude of, "Get over it, if you don't have a thick skin yet, you're just too baby of a fan." Like those assholes who bulldoze waitstaff with the excuse of "I was a waiter, once they work here a while they'll get used to it." Uh. Or maybe we could just be kind?
I'm not saying stop writing darkfic, like no, uh. I've written it. But just fucking tag your things, people. "It's too much effort." You just wrote 50k words about Hannibal noncon literally eating Will, and you can't type "nonconsensual vore"? Two words??????? "I feel like less people read my fic when they know what's in it." Uh, yeah, you get more hits when there's no 'nonconsensual vore' tag, because some people don't like nonconsensual vore, got halfway through and noped out.
But let's say you're on the Archive, which is excellent because it forces you to do at least a few major warning tags, and gives you an out, that says Author Chose not to Use Archive Warnings. Great, you think, and you hit that. Awesome! Good job!
Then I fucking better never see you complain on any platform ever about decreased readership/engagement. Even obliquely, and yes I do mean those goddamn Twitter polls "I haven't seen much on my last fic, what do you think I should try next??" You chose not to warn, and people went, "Aha, this area has been unmarkéd on my Quest Map, I shall hereforwith give it a wide berth" and now you're whining.
Also, it turns out that tags have an actual primary use, that's secondary to all this nonsense: helping people sort things! And you're not helping! At all! The Archive is working really hard to keep records organised and you're just sitting there, happily whiting out the front cover so nobody knows where to shelve you. Ugh.
I see a lot of whining about Group A, then whining about Group B, and then fandom swings back to Group A every few years, like a pendulum of Dumb Shit, and I'm just.
Tag your shit, read the tags, don't like the tags, don't read the fic.
Don't shout "don't like don't read" and not tag. I didn't know I was about to read something I don't like or I wouldn't have read it, that's the point of tagging.
And lastly? If you sit there all "tags ruin my plot reveal"? Then you're just a bad writer, buddy, and bad at tagging. You don't have to tag "Tony Stark dies horribly." Just tag "major character death" and "gore", yadumbass.
Endrant.
There are two types of people I loathe in fandom: the ones who read tagged warnings, disregard them, and then go on to leave wank all over stuff because "wawaaaah my mental health/bad things in fic/stuff I don't like exists", and the people who don't tag at all and then complain about people wanting tags/not interacting.
Especially on the Archive, but just in general.
Group A sit in their glass houses, throwing stones and then whining when their house gets broken -- you hurt me by writing this, I know you put up a big sign that said pointy writing don't touch without gloves but then I touched it without gloves and you are now personally responsible for the spines in my finger. Like wow. Unhealthy mental projection up the ass, and, in addition, so much entitlement. They've fucked over so many fandom spots: Tumblr's a big one, that finally caved to the pressure of "nothing that can hurt the infant babies, what if children see" despite under-13 being banned from the site in the terms of service. I'm a MorMor fan, okay, there is NOTHING healthy and good about two serial killers/criminals/general douchebags fucking around together, and of course I got these attacks on the reg.
On the other hand? Group B? Just as bad. These guys sit on their thrones of "long-term fandom" with an attitude of, "Get over it, if you don't have a thick skin yet, you're just too baby of a fan." Like those assholes who bulldoze waitstaff with the excuse of "I was a waiter, once they work here a while they'll get used to it." Uh. Or maybe we could just be kind?
I'm not saying stop writing darkfic, like no, uh. I've written it. But just fucking tag your things, people. "It's too much effort." You just wrote 50k words about Hannibal noncon literally eating Will, and you can't type "nonconsensual vore"? Two words??????? "I feel like less people read my fic when they know what's in it." Uh, yeah, you get more hits when there's no 'nonconsensual vore' tag, because some people don't like nonconsensual vore, got halfway through and noped out.
But let's say you're on the Archive, which is excellent because it forces you to do at least a few major warning tags, and gives you an out, that says Author Chose not to Use Archive Warnings. Great, you think, and you hit that. Awesome! Good job!
Then I fucking better never see you complain on any platform ever about decreased readership/engagement. Even obliquely, and yes I do mean those goddamn Twitter polls "I haven't seen much on my last fic, what do you think I should try next??" You chose not to warn, and people went, "Aha, this area has been unmarkéd on my Quest Map, I shall hereforwith give it a wide berth" and now you're whining.
Also, it turns out that tags have an actual primary use, that's secondary to all this nonsense: helping people sort things! And you're not helping! At all! The Archive is working really hard to keep records organised and you're just sitting there, happily whiting out the front cover so nobody knows where to shelve you. Ugh.
I see a lot of whining about Group A, then whining about Group B, and then fandom swings back to Group A every few years, like a pendulum of Dumb Shit, and I'm just.
Tag your shit, read the tags, don't like the tags, don't read the fic.
Don't shout "don't like don't read" and not tag. I didn't know I was about to read something I don't like or I wouldn't have read it, that's the point of tagging.
And lastly? If you sit there all "tags ruin my plot reveal"? Then you're just a bad writer, buddy, and bad at tagging. You don't have to tag "Tony Stark dies horribly." Just tag "major character death" and "gore", yadumbass.
Endrant.
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