#And realizing the maladaptive harm this attachment is holding over your very soul
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Really funny to try to deliberately oust and purge the worst subsection of your fan base so when you do, actually, do the second season of the thing they wanted, you won't have to deal with them
#Being on the peripheral of this is very interesting#It reminds me of how upset people got during say last jedi#Where they had wrapped their own fanon versions of events so tightly that even going off script ofFANON was met with disgust and vitriol#Obviously that's not a 1:1 but this kind of entitlement for a creators work because you personally have found attachment to it....#And I get and sympathize with that! As someone who projects and introjects heavily on the media I consume I know the feeling#But... This is one of those 'that's maladaptive' moments where.... If you are genuinely on the verge of tears / genuinely mad at a#Let's play streamer for having a goof in a fan base based on. Having goofs. Then yeah duh have your emotions but consider taking a step back#And realizing the maladaptive harm this attachment is holding over your very soul#And trust me when I say I've been here and had to make the decision to step back and de construct how entwined I was with something that is#At the end of the day. Not real and for fun no matter how much influence it has over my real brain#Anyways I still have to finish the first season of hlvrai and it's fun so far.
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