this whole post is a dumpster fire ofc, but i feel a burning need to nitpick how ignorant and outright laughable the “what if wally is ace” thing is. the wording gets me immediately. it reads as a *i hit you with my critical attack, no dodge* “gotcha!” which i find rlly funny on its own. the way op thinks that the headcanoned sexuality of a fictional puppet man is the be-all and end-all to whether or not you can make porn of him; it single-handedly made me realise that antis seriously value the thoughts and feelings of a fictional character on the same level as, if not above, real people’s.
then uh, the powerful, ignorant aphobia that seeps from that one sentence. not news to many people, but asexuality is a spectrum. i’m nitpicking ofc – i assume op knows that ace is a spectrum, they were just referring to an absolute state for effect – so i’m putting the sentence under more scrutiny that it needs, but i feel like i need to exhaust the point:
ace people can enjoy sex. like i said, asexuality is a spectrum and it is not an “absolute”. so to suggest that the prospect of the character in question being ace automatically makes them impervious to being “lewded” by fanwork creators, is a totally ignorant thing to imply. the whole post reeks of op trying their hardest to come up with reasons as to why adults shouldn’t be allowed to make porn of fictional characters, but that line sure does get me!
You cannot produce fiction, art, or any kind of media and make it public unless you are prepared for it to gain a fandom, and unless you are prepared for what it having a fandom will mean.
When you make your creations public, you are opening them up to public reaction.
You cannot control the reaction your audience has to your art.
When you share your work with the world you have to be ready to lose the completeness of your ownership of it.
People will always create fandoms for media they enjoy.
That means if you are a creator and you share your creations publicly on a wide scale you need to be prepared for:
critical reactions,
harsh and negative reviews,
fanfiction,
fanart,
horny fanfiction,
horny fanart,
and for people to wildly misunderstand your intentions with your work.
fair enough but clowns feeling like ass and I think we can stop being openly horny about the puppets
Clown is free to stop being a public media creator if they don’t want to have a fandom. 🤷♀️
I’m a fellow creator, and I’m sympathetic to having your creation get bigger than you intended but when you make work public you have given it to the public to react to.
Next time the person I’m now calling ’manipulative emotional language’ anon who is “disappointed in me” for a words I didn’t say and arguments I didn’t make comes into my inbox they’re getting the ban-hammer.
