Yeah that sounds incredibly toxic, speaking as someone outside the specific fandom.
I’ve noticed a trend of antis trying to control what people do in the fandoms of smaller creators (Spooky Month, Friday Night Funkin, etc) to an even greater degree than in corporate fandoms.
I have also heard that apparently the creator of Welcome Home is being stalked or doxxed? and I have not heard any antis talking about THAT!
One thing every creator needs to realize is that once your art is outside of your head and expressed in a public way, you cannot control the reaction the audience has to it.
This includes people making horny fanart and fanfiction.
Apparently they aren’t even upset about the nsfw shit, they’re upset because someone is doxxing them and antis just made some shit up again, but it’s hard to tell for sure since I can’t find any official posts about either complaints. Either way, antis getting their panties in a twist over horny things they can’t personally control is nothing new
This is the first I have heard about doxxing, which tells you what the internet’s (fancops) priority to post about is :T
Obviously creators have the right to be upset when they’re doxxed/stalked. (i would love some more information on this if you have it)
Okay, I’ve finally read up on the Welcome Home situation, and here are my thoughts since I clogged up your dash asking about it!
@botanicbones provided me with the links to the relevant content, thank you! 🙂
- As someone who works in comp-sci, my first thought is this is the sad reality you live in. If you post pictures of your house, people can find out where you live. Hell, if you post pictures of anything near your home people can. I do not intend to victim blame here, just to stress the importance of internet security. Once information is out there, you can’t take it back.
- This is a crazy invasion of privacy by fans. Stalker behavior. You do not go into someone’s fucking house.
- That being said, I think the creator made a questionable choice by being so open with their emotions on the subject. Instead, I would have told the internet at large that this sort of behavior is not fucking okay. I would have filed a lawsuit, money permitting.
- As for the NSFW situation, I think the creator made a bad call from a good place. Not wanting kids to come across adult content is reasonable, but I don’t think the creators should ever have a major say in any fandom. It erodes the boundaries between creator and fan, which is already seen to be a problem in this case.
- Instead of telling everyone to hold off on posting, they should have just made a tag up on the spot. #welcum home. Thats what I call a job well done.
- While their mental state to NSFW content wasn’t explicitly stated, it was highly implied.
- All in all, this seems like a really naive person that might be new to fandom. I don’t think they made good choices, but I also don’t think they intended to cause bullying. That being said, I won’t willingly join a fandom where the creator doesn’t respect the fans space and vise versa.
One thing every creator needs to realize is that once your art is outside of your head and expressed in a public way, you cannot control the reaction the audience has to it.
This includes people making horny fanart and fanfiction.
