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Tiktok really is wild and shows just how out of touch with the reality of fiction/fandom so many are these days. I’ve had multiple fics of mine be recced by people on TikTok and each time the comment section inevitably spirals in the same direction. Just comment after comment about how disgusting and deplorable I am as a person for writing pairings like AiDeku, despite all of my works being AUs and clearly tagged with stuff like “No Underage” etc etc (which honestly shouldn’t matter anyways if we’re being honest). While I refuse to let this kind of stuff hit me deeply, people wonder why authors aren’t updating or why so many of us who used to be prolific have died off and let me tell you it’s an uptick in stuff like this right here. There used to be an understanding that so much of fandom was just people playing Barbies, smashing two blorbos together for the fun of it. Now there’s this huge push towards it supposedly being proof of an individual’s personal morality and as a creator it’s exhausting. Do these people think every horror book writer/movie creator/actor condones their character’s actions in real life? Do they seriously not understand how dangerous it is to not be able to draw that line between fiction and reality?
Fandom has changed a lot over the past few years… and not in a good way. There’s a real feeling of entitlement (“why isn’t this written/drawn to MY exact standards?”) and also a serious lack of willing to suspend disbelief.
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