#I call myself pro-ship exactly because i don't care what people ship i am so beyond this tired discourae
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coffinsister Ā· 9 months ago
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Mate how am I supposed to take for real your call out document if one of the offenses listed there is "Pro-ship"
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growling Ā· 8 months ago
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for the ask game (with either raincode or danganronpa) :
šŸ‘› your favorite rare pair?
šŸ’•a ship youā€™d defend with your life?
ā™ ļø favorite protagonist?
(from this ask game)
šŸ‘› your favorite rare pair?
I don't think much about danganronpa shipping anymore (my brain is now just permanently rotating enoshima, kamukura, komaeda, ouma and kiibo there like rotisserie chickens instead, i am TOO BUSY!!!), so rain code it is: yumayomi/kokohell/the japanese side calls it yumayomi ig and the english side does not call it anything because no one except me and like 2 other people care. yuma & yomi are just so objectively hilarious as a duo and the possibilities of putting them in Situations are fucking endless nobody does it like they do it. every day another yuma and yomi au idea establishes itself in my mind i am running out of storage room i have so many other things i should care about that aren't wacky rain code yaois but guess what i cannot they won't let me
(also fubuyomi honorable mention. I have to mention fubuyomi they also drive me but I have zero words to describe it. oh and worshipper x priest despite me keeping silent about it for a solid few months i did not forget religious serial killer toxic sludge yaoi anyway have you listened to we will commit wolf murder by of montreal for no reason in particular)
šŸ’•a ship youā€™d defend with your life?
zero hesistation ougoku danganronpa like what is you people's PROBLEM??? "it's abusive" jesse what the fuck are you talking about. Ouma did not "manipulate" him Gokuhara knew exactly what he was doing. Ouma explicitly told him his plans for the Insect Meet and Greet in the FTE's right before the event, and Gokuhara got mad at him because he lied about liking bugs, (which Ouma had to do because you've all seen how Gokuhara reacts to people that don't. you've seen it) NOT because he suddenly realized he was being manipulated or something. So many people dismiss the sheer amount of agency Gokuhara actually had in chapter 4, in favour of painting the situation as just "poor stupid baby gonta got tricked into murder by the big bad ouma :((((" while. he is not STUPID (HE IS LITERALLY A SCIENTIST??) he was not COERCED into his crimes, he was a WILLING ACCOMPLICE!!!!!! I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY GODDAMN MIND!!!!! He did it in a misguided attempt at mercy killing his classmates after finding out the world got fucked and everything sucks now. There are multiple pieces of dialogue that highly imply Ouma did in fact also want to mercy kill the class - which also makes sense as it would end the killing game (you know his. main. true. goal.) This would mean that he only started his plan to become the ā€œmastermindā€ after Gonta told him to not die with him <- this one's quoted from my favourite dr theory blog jacksmusesdrv3 hello hava good day I couldn't find another way to word this myself. "Ouma faked being sad Gokuhara's about to be/got executed in front of him" his reaction literally parallels Kuzuryuu's to Pekoyama's death buddy. buddy. Ouma's entire thing is that he lies about lying about lying about lying WHY are you taking his word at face value why are you believing whAT THE LIAR IS TELLING YOU?????? WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING. PUT ME OUT OF MY FUCKING MISERY I CANNOT TAKE THIS. People treat Gokuhara like he's stupid (which is "funny" (he said through clenched teeth) since isn't that the entire thing everybody ingame severely underestimates him and then. i can't) while he and Ouma are two of some of the smartest people in the game. And! Gokuhara is perfectly capable of lying and having ulterior motives we've all saw him do that right :)))) multiple times right :)))))) Gokuhara even SAYS Ouma didn't trick him BECAUSE HE DIDN'T. HE DID NOT. These two have the some of the most genuine dynamics in dr, and the best in ndrv3, and you dare disrespect them like this. shame on you. SHAME. People always assume the worst in Ouma, and the best in Gokuhara. This is my personal hell. I am not okay.
ā™ ļø favorite protagonist?
Easily Yuma, beating literally all of dr's protags (though dr1 Naegi has second place. I love you Naegi Makoto). Where do I even start? I think I'm too tired after the above rant to articulate myself anymore and I think if I wasn't that essay would take an entire week to finish lmao.
Thanks for the ask anon :3 !!!
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whitmerule Ā· 3 years ago
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So, I hear (once again) that I have been making minors and other people 'uncomfortable'.
I am a little tired of this, as, to my knowledge, the only thing I've ever done to any of the people who keep maligning me with extravagantly vile accusations is to... er... (checks notes)
say I'm pro-ship, i.e., don't approve of harassing people over their choice of ships but strongly advocate for proper tagging and organisation of sensitive content, and
... continue to exist in fandom and make many posts and therefore keep popping up on their dashboard, which doubtless amounts to targetted and personal harassment.
I suspect that what I've actually 'done' to make minors uncomfortable is 'be accused of heinous shit by other people'. (Gotta love a conveniently passive verb construction.)
To be clear: to the best of my knowledge, the only parties 'making people uncomfortable' here are the people who are stirring up shit and building it into non-existent strawmen.
If anybody can contradict me, please feel free. Tell me exactly what I've done: give me instances of my behaviour when I have been anything less than courteous and thoughtful and respectful of individual boundaries. Especially where kids are concerned.
No, seriously. Tell me.
I've been putting up with this since January 2020 - and by 'this shit' I mean vicious anon attacks and threats of doxxing but, more importantly, seeing more vulnerable people around me attacked for not regurgitating the right party words of the day.
I have seen many people from ages 14 to 40 driven away by this toxic nonsense. I have had many people come to me and say 'Oh thank goodness you said x, I thought I was alone, I was afraid to speak out as neutral in case of being targetted'. Many of those have subsequently left. Some have picked one side or another.
I never picked a side. I was neutral until a side was forced on me.
I am ship-neutral because I'm a damned adult who doesn't care about what you like to fantasise about. But I call myself pro-ship to avoid confusion.
And if you're a kid? I especially don't care. Fantasise about anything - sexual or non-sexual - just don't tell any adults about it. Please.
And don't buy into the idea that you must submit your desires fantasies (OR your friendships) to an internet tribunal of judgemental strangers.
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redxblueihateloveyou Ā· 5 years ago
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Actually for me it's pretty weird that the most popular ship in Free! is Makoharu. I mean, they give me like zero romantic vibes, if not Rinharu I would've definitely shipped Sourin. It's the main reason I hated Sousuke when I watched 2nd season for the first time - I saw him as a threat for Rinharu (now I just don't like him that much, but I decided to let Rin has his best friend, lol). Maybe it's just me loving rivals to lovers :)
Well.. for me Free! was never that kind of anime where there are other ships, but honestly after several years of watching anime and lately discovering that people ship Wei Wuxian with Jiang Cheng I kinda lost my faith in people lol And yes, I also truly donā€™t get those ships, where there are zero romantic vibes, but I got used to seeing this already.
I think Iā€™ve talked about Makoharu only once, I usually donā€™t do it cause as a ship itā€™s so illogical to me that I just donā€™t see the point of wasting time on this lol I feel like itā€™s gonna be long answer so Iā€™ll split it and after ā€œ***ā€ Iā€™ll talk about my bro-rinharu-shipper Sousuke.
Iā€™m not gonna throw a debate if itā€™s the most popular ship or not, but I just want to say that I donā€™t think that it's really called shipping Makoto and Haru, sinceĀ firstly,Ā letā€™s talk about Makoto as a character (which is the main problem in this whole thing tbh) cause from what I saw the Makoto the MH fandom created has nothing to do with the real Makoto. Like the dude is scared of dogs, ghosts, bees, water and I forgot what else;Ā covers his eyes when he sees anyone even in swim trunks and gets embarrassed easier than a nun (apparently you canā€™t even unbutton the collar of your freaking jacket!!!!!!!!!!! oh lord!!!!!!);Ā crumbles under everyone in this anime including Hiyori and canā€™t even talk back.Ā 
And suddenly like half of this fandom thinks that Makoto is a dominant top apparently. We seriously laughed our asses off seeing that, I mean even my mom (whoā€™s a teacher btw). Iā€™m like... I have a sister whoā€™s majored in psychology and I myself in literature (like I seriously promise we ainā€™t stupid) and we just seriously donā€™t understand.. In what Tarzanā€™s ass does he suit this description? Dude canā€™t even answer properly while being offended. Like maybe they like Makotoā€™s twin brother? Because real Makoto does not have any dangerous dark side, seriously, this ainā€™t ā€œ8 dogs of the eastā€ lmao.
I appreciate their friendship at times, but I never was a fan of him, because I donā€™t really like people who treat everyone equally (friends and strangers) and think that some asshole deserves as much love as the closest friend. I just donā€™t understand this life position and donā€™t like those ā€œworld peaceā€ guys anyway. I mean, that fish died moment in the books was when my brain died honestly. Like I get it, dude is sensitive, but... seriously?
And for me being kind is not really a personality. I mean, hell, sometimes itā€™s no good to be kind. There is a fine line between being kind and being a mop you know.
And sometimes his behavior is really cringy to me. Like during the funeral and during Haru passing out in the book and during many things that are very serious. I just donā€™t think heā€™s the person you can rely on at times. I mean at first I thought heā€™s a steady shoulder, but somehow in all serious situations he doesnā€™t do anything useful.
Like I might be in the minority here, but to me when you know very well that you panic in the ocean you donā€™t go there trying to save somebody, itā€™s not brave, itā€™s just plain stupid (like itā€™s not like the tent was far, it was fucking next to him, all he had to do is wake up a pro) so by the end we had to rescue two instead of one, just because heā€™s dumb af.
He also panics a lot which I really hate on people. Iā€™m sorry but like panicking ppl are the only worst. It reminds me of one of my life situation when my sister was badly hurt and we needed to keep our heads cool to act quickly and do what was necessary asap. And Iā€™ve seen ppl behave like Makoto in situations like this and man itā€™s seriously no fun, itā€™s annoying. Like when you need to help somebody and someone panics beside you it pisses you off. And he does it even in little things like when he yelled Haru in the ear while driving JUST BECAUSE A CAR IN FRONT OF THEM BRAKED I mean omfg I would seriously yellĀ ā€œshut the fuck up, you pussy!ā€
And it all honestly keeps getting worse and worse like the way heā€™s written, his behavior just buffles me so much. Makoto in s3 just murdered me tbh. Like he didnā€™t help with anything, he didnā€™t bring anything to the plot, you can just erase him, he only sat there anyways. And the way they pulled hisĀ ā€œdreamā€ out of his ass was just a second-hand embarrassment tbh. And heā€™s not even Haruā€™s emotional support anymore. Heā€™s just... I donā€™t get it. There were literally scenes where he was third-wheeling or just forced into that looked laughable.Ā 
Which brings me to the second point. From what I saw many of Makoharu fans are mostly Makoto fans, so they just want whatā€™s good for him, and since he has no life goals whatsoever (like after he dropped his ā€œI dream of making children like swimmingā€ thingy like a hot potato and was like ā€œtraining children.. but look at Rin and Haruā€ I really lost my last marbles watching him) they apparently donā€™t care for what Haruā€™s dream is and that he said openly that he wants a future with Rin.
Like I get that everyone has their tastes, but like what.. two people who are crazy about each other since twelve and blossomed a dream of having a future together and the thought of being with each other got them through and they finally have what they wanted.. this is not a trend anymore? Mutual romantic love is not a trend anymore? Like I even without novelization can see that (and I quote Rin word for word here) that ā€œevery time he sees Haru his heart beats so fast he canā€™t calm downā€ and quote ā€œHaru sees Rin and heā€™s shaking, he closes his eyes desperately trying get rid of the image, but the pain in his chest doesnā€™t go awayā€.
I am personally very happy that Rinharu are finally together and will be doing what they wanted in their life by each otherā€™s side, cause theyā€™ve been dreaming about it for too long, theyā€™ve been thinking about it forĀ  years. So not wanting them to have that is very weird for me. And the argument that Makoto somehow better than Rin for Haru is so invalid, I always laugh. I guess it depends on what you want for yourself. But honestly like you guys better find someone who make you want to reach for the stars and make you heart skip a bit everytime you see him.
So I as a huge fan of Haru want my boy to fly and now I have all the canon proof for those who were blind that Rin is the only one (been said) who makes him feel that way. So all those anons who kept writing to me how relay with Sosuke, with Rei and what baffled me the most swimming with Ikuya was just as emotional for them can finally shut it (lmao Iā€™m sorry).
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Now... Sousuke, my bro, the first Rinharu shipper on the village who helped them to get together is a threat? Okay. Well, I actually like s2, there are some dumb episodes but s2 actually to me showed how rinharu relationships are different from anyone else. There are literally two whole episodes and several scenes of how the bROMANCE prevails over BROmance.
Sousuke and Rin have typical brothers relationship. From their secret handshakes ā€œparent trapā€ style to the fact that they draw them exactly the same with his real brother. I mean I donā€™t know if anyone noticed, but in 3x11 they drew Sousuke doing the exact same teasing move with Rin, that his older brother did to him in 3x01, and itā€™s definitely not a coincidence. Which means he treats him like his little bro, and not just that. I have lots of proof.
You know, I had a friend back at university who had an older brother who she was very close with and she kept telling me about how he kept testing her boyfriends if theyā€™re good enough... I mean Sousuke was doing it with Haru since Rin has told him that he has found his one and only. And it never ever looked like he was possessive of Rin and was like ā€œheā€™s mineā€, it was always like ā€œheā€™s yours so make sure you make him happy you loserā€, he even stalked Haru to see if he still swims alright which is really funny (like okay dad), so by the end of the season when Rin lovingly looks at Haru and says it was all worth it, Sousuke looks very content like he was sure that theyā€™re all good now.
And that moment like in Yakusoku where Rin dropped Sousuke as soon as he saw Haru, I honestly donā€™t think itā€™s the kind of jealousy people think it is. Itā€™s like if I asked my sister ā€œdo u want to see the new avengers movieā€ and sheā€™d answer ā€œsorry, I already promised to go with my boyfriendā€ (not that this would ever happen, but letā€™s imagine that she found herself her nanase) I would be fucking upset too, but I would kinda get it (if itā€™s a love of her life I mean).Ā Or like literally imagine you lived with your best friend for years and suddenly she wants to move in with he boo. I mean it happens sometimes. But itā€™s not the jealousy really, heā€™s just sad because he knows that he needs to let Rin go and he wonā€™t spend as much time with him as he did before. Sousuke knows how much Rin loves Haru, plus after he saw that Haru is as good as Rin told him, he started to like him himself so he was worried about both of them.Ā 
And I love Sousuke, heā€™s our godmother. Iā€™d rather have him on the international team than Ikuya but he sadly he doesnā€™t swim breaststroke or back and we only have one butterfly and one freestyle spot xD
Iā€™m sincerely saying as a person with two siblings that I really donā€™t see it. Itā€™s just thereā€™s a huge difference between brothers and lovers. And you canā€™t call Harurin bros. Itā€™s just laughable. Even if you havenā€™t read anything and just watched the anime.
I mean I think itā€™s easier to see if you try to imagine Haru in Sousukeā€™s place in any Sourin scene and see how it wouldā€™ve went then. Like do you remember when Sousuke asked for cola and Rin went to get one and there was only one can left so they rock-paper-scissored it and Rin won and drank it?
Now imagine if Haru was there in Sousukeā€™s place. I can tell you 100% that Rin wouldā€™ve just given him the can. And then he wouldā€™ve looked at him with that face he makes when heā€™s content just by watching Haru eat, you know.
I mean it just how I see it. And there are a lot of comparable scenes in s2 that bring me lots of evil joy, but I wonā€™t tell lmao.
But as I said before to me thereā€™s a huge difference between bromances and bromances. So I mostly donā€™t get most of these ships. I donā€™t understand anything in this world apparently lol but I only see Rinharu since the first time Iā€™ve watched it, and then Iā€™ve read everything and realized that Iā€™m right, so Iā€™m ok with all this xDĀ 
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sagemoderocklee Ā· 6 years ago
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Oh what's this about "the only valid fic thatā€™s ever going to be written for gaalee"? You don't have to tell the name of the fic I'm just curious about what happened? Like what's the deal with this fic?
oofā€¦ well, this is a conversation Iā€™ve had many a time, but be forewarned, I have a lot of feelings on this matter and this willā€¦ not be short.
Iā€™ll just use [redacted] but in all honesty whether I give you the name or not, I promise, it wouldnā€™t be difficult to know what fic Iā€™m talking about (not least of which because Iā€™m one of the few people who has been vocal about that fic and when asked I make it known I have No Interest in it). But literally everyone in the GaaLee fandom knows about this fic that was writtenā€“after careful researchā€“just over 13 years ago. THIRTEEN! Thatā€™s quite a long time for a fic to maintain such acclaim, but the GaaLee fandom is small and a bit of a fic desert when it comes to content, and in a way, I think thatā€™s to blameā€¦.Ā 
From my perspective, this ficā€“which published itā€™s first chapter in September of 2005 on Livejournal, then posted in April 2006 to a lesser known fic hosting websiteā€“has remained a staple in this fandom for so long because it was, by and large, one of the only decent novel length fics in the fandom at the time. And that time was a long time. If you look at the GaaLee tag on any fanfiction hosting website, you wonā€™t have an easy time finding novel length stories with quality writing, characterization, plot, etc.Ā 
[Redacted] was, ostensibly, the first GaaLee fic with any real substance: it had good pros, and, seemingly, it had a plot (though if you ask me the plot wasĀ ā€œget gaara and lee together, and forget about any and all conflict outside of them once they bone downā€, but I digress).Ā 
People loved this fic. So much so that there are a number of depictions of scenes from this fic drawn by talented fanartists, there are podfics, there are probably translations, thereā€™s a fucking TV Tropes entry. But the real impact this fic has had on the fandom? The reason I always vaguely complain about it?:Ā ā€œI wonā€™t read anything if itā€™s not [Redacted].ā€Ā 
As a writer, myself, Iā€™m sure itā€™s obvious why I might have grown bitter about this fic over the course of my time in this fandom. Unlike other fandoms Iā€™ve been in, such as the Harry/Draco fandom, which upholds the classics that helped shape the fandom but still allows for new, fresh takes, the GaaLee fandom holds on to this singular fic as the Pinnacle Fic. According to this fandom, you will never come across a greater gaalee storyā€“never mind that this fic is 13 years old, is ableist in its depiction of Gaara, actually does forget the plot partway through, not to mention the grossĀ ā€˜sand rapeā€™ scene, and of course doesnā€™t hold up 13 years later with canon specifically because of mischaracterizing at least Gaara (itā€™s been a while since I read it, so Iā€™m sure Iā€™m missing things). Never mind that we, as individuals and communities, should be able to look at something more critically and sayĀ ā€œyes, this was good at the time, but now I see that it is not perfect. Yes, this helped shape a small and lacking fandom, but it does not have to be the be-all end-all.ā€Ā 
The GaaLee fandom, as indicated by the shit I was fielding thanks to daring to call out homophobia in the fandom, does not like change. It has certainly changed, even grown Iā€™d like to think. But the fandom itself is stagnant in many ways; it does not want to let go of its old ways which is easily seen by some of the GaaLeeā€“oh, excuse me, LeeGaa blogs out there (itā€™s very important to remember exactly who is putting it up whose butt, because heaven forbid we treat these characters genuinely and not depict mlm couples with gross fetishistic tropes like seme and ukeā€“i hope that the tone ofĀ ā€œiā€™m rolling my eyesā€ comes through strongly here).Ā 
Now, I havenā€™t read this fic in about 4 years, roughly. I put off reading it for a very long time while working on Alliance because I, like so many people in the fandom, held it up on a pedestal. I worried over comparing myself to the author, I worried over the potential to be influenced in a way, that Alliance would seem too much like [Redacted]. Then, in the midst of depression and wanting desperately to read a GaaLee fic, I re-read it. I hadnā€™t touched it in four yearsā€“at that timeā€“and thoughtĀ ā€œwhat the hellā€. So I read it.Ā 
And I didnā€™t like it. The pros are good, Iā€™ll give you that. But other than the pros, I wasnā€™t moved. In fact, I felt only relief.Ā ā€œMy fic is nothing like this. I donā€™t agree with this authorā€™s interpretation here and hereā€“oh my god thatā€™s rape what the fuckā€ and so on. Now, it has been a long time since my last read through, so I may be missing things about the fic, but ultimately itā€™s not really about whether or not I like the fic, itā€™s not about whether or not the fic is good. Itā€™s old. It shouldnā€™t really matter anymore because we should all have matured enough to sayĀ ā€œThis fic was good, it did a lot of good for the fandom, but looking back I realise itā€™s not what I thought it was and has some gross elements which we will not allow to continue to propagate in our fandom.ā€Ā 
But unfortunately, this fic is still relevant; unfortunately this fic still matters and still shapes this fandom in far too many ways. If the common theme of this fandom wasnā€™tĀ ā€œoh my god, have you read [Redacted]ā€Ā ā€œ[Redacted] is the best fic and the only one Iā€™ll readā€ then maybe Iā€™d never say a peep about this fic. It would fall to the back of my mind, a fic I read and enjoyed once upon a time, when I was young and less rounded as a person. But unfortunately, the fandom does not take the stance that other fandoms takeā€“it is notĀ ā€˜a classic we appreciate for what it did for this fandomā€™, it is now a weapon used against new authors. I donā€™t think itā€™s necessarily intended to be, but it is. Who wants to write a fic for this pairing when all they hear isĀ ā€œIā€™ll never read anything but [Redacted]ā€? Who wants to write anything when they know people wonā€™t give them a chance? Hell, who will read things when theyā€™re told that the only thing worth reading is [Redacted]? When theyā€™re told that everything else in this fandom is trash? And listen, I know thereā€™s a lot of trash in this fandomā€“and I donā€™t mean writing skill, I mean actual trash. Writers who manipulate minors into a cult following while their writing features a relationship between a 16 and 25 year old; writers who write A/B/O; writers who writeĀ ā€˜soft stalkingā€™; writers who turn Shukaku into ā€œa voice in Gaaraā€™s headā€ā€¦ The list is long and ugly. But that doesnā€™t mean write off every writer, that doesnā€™t mean refuse to move past a fic thatā€™s 13 years old.
How are we supposed to overpower the gross, ugly content if we as a fandom community refuse to give new writers a chance? How can fandom grow and change and get better, if we hold on to something from 13 years ago? (Trust me, it shows that this fic was written thirteen years ago. It is Very Obvious.)Ā 
Yet here we are, holding on to a 13 year old story. Who else do we know in this fandom who writes? Who else has that much acclaim? Who else writes good, quality stories and gets art and a goddamn TV Tropes entry and countless people raving about their work? Do you know what happens when I say I want to read a gaalee fic? I get a number of people asking if Iā€™ve read [Redacted] as if I havenā€™t been here for 11 years. It was literally the first GaaLee fic my friends told me to read so that Iā€™d understand why GaaLee was a good ship. I read it when I was all of 18 and so new to the fandom. I read it again when I was 21. And again when I was 24. I guess the third time was the charm.Ā 
There is a post that floats around sometimes visible in the gaalee or leegaa tag that saysĀ ā€œguess itā€™s time to go reread [Redacted]ā€ or something to that effect with something like 350 notes. 350 notes. This tired comment from years ago that suggests thereā€™s nothing worth reading in this fandom, thatā€™s been put out there for writers and readers of fic to see. Listen, I wonā€™t lie, it IS hard to find good fic content! It is, but itā€™s even harder when you donā€™t give people a fucking chance.Ā 
Do you know what conversations Iā€™ve had with people about fanfiction in this fandom? I literally had someone, point blank, say to me and the other writers on the GaaLee discordĀ ā€œI donā€™t read anything but [ā€¦] [Redacted].ā€Ā 
How disheartening. How unsupportive. How insulting. Saying that to people who you know are writers, who work hard and want support. Thatā€™s ugly. Thatā€™s not cute. Thatā€™s not community.Ā 
There are fresh new takes on Gaara and Lee, and I know that for a fact because I have worked tirelessly to help create some of these fresh takes. I know my fucking worth as a writer, I know Iā€™m good at what I do. Iā€™ll always be learning and refining my writing, but I am a good fucking writer and it is a slap in the face to me and every other writer out there, who dedicates any amount of time to trying to produce good written content for this pairing. We donā€™t need the fic tags for this pairing to be filled with the trash mentioned above (pedophilia, rape, ableism, etc). We donā€™t need to be a fic desert. But if people only ever read one 13 year old fic, then thatā€™s what weā€™re gonna keep having.Ā 
Iā€™m obviously not going anywhere. Iā€™ve got plenty of GaaLee fics to write (something like 20+), regardless of theĀ ā€œIā€™ll only read [Redacted]ā€ people in this fandom. But whoā€™s to say if itā€™ll matter in this fandom? Whoā€™s to say itā€™ll change how people feel about [Redacted]? Whoā€™s to say if I can help make a trend of supporting fic authors other than [Redactedā€™s Author]? I mean, the person who made that post with 350 notes, far as I know, has never read my fic content. If someone is so desperate for content that theyā€™ll re-read something from 13 years ago, then why arenā€™t they also checking the GaaLee tag on tumblr or Ao3 for new fics? Like people actively complain about the lack of fic in this fandom and thenā€¦ do nothing about it. And I donā€™t mean they should write fics necessarily. Like yes, if youā€™re a writer and you want to see fic content in this fandom, I absolutely urge you to write! But first, we need more people who are willing to read fics. Who will go out of their comfort zone and just give us a chance. We need these people who are always complaining about the lack of fic content to do something about it, make other authors feel better about themselves, lift up other authors, share their works, comment like your life depends on it. Thatā€™s what we need. Because there are a handful of people out there who want to write and want to keep writing for this pairing. But without supportā€¦??? They disappear. They give up. They lose interest.Ā 
There will probably be some people who feel like personally attacked because theyā€™ve said these things and not supported other authors, but honestly, if you feel that way then please take that and prove me wrong. Be more proactive. Find a new GaaLee writer, find a story you havenā€™t given a chance. Prove that this fandom can change and grow; prove that fic writers have a place in this fandom.Ā 
Because right now, fic writers donā€™t have a place.
Anyway, Iā€™ve spent the last like hour going on and on about this, and I have things to do and Iā€™m sure you didnā€™t want me to write something this long, Anon. Please, just blame my Aries Mercury ass for being a passionate talker lmaoĀ 
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