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onetruesporkbot · 3 years ago

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Apparently, to some would-be gatekeeper, snarky criticism of bad writing, and snarky memes emphasizing those criticisms, are equal to death threats against creators.

I got notified by email that I was mentioned by someone I don't know, in this really long post about Tumblr users attacking creators, one of whom, allegedly, made threats against the lives. The post included some my past posts, some written, some photoshopped pictures I made, voicing my displeasure about James Tynion IV and his writing (specifically, how bad it is). The post was...not well structured (which may in part be because of Tumblr's format), and was not easy to read...or skim, for that matter. I don't think it's right to threaten a creator's life, so on that much we agree, but calling me out felt more like...

I don't advocate threatening writers or artists, no matter how much I dislike their work. If I find a severe lack of redeeming qualities about said work, I will point it out. If someone wants to disagree with me, that's fine. But to equate "here's why this comic/writer/retcon/story is total crap" with "GRRRR, ME WISH DEATH ON WRITER ME NO LIKE"...is intellectually dishonest on its face.

The post included "orders" for people to "leave the fandom" and "stop buying comics". Funny, since DC's been certainly inviting me to do so with so many terrible decisions for the past decade. Setting aside the erroneous attempt to command a complete stranger you took no time to genuinely engage with (regardless of what excuses were made), I have every right to share a viewpoint you don't have (or like), even if it's about a creator you enjoy. Plenty of people dislike things I like, I just don't make a crusade about it.

Don't lecture me about "thinking the characters were real" (but sure, if they were real, they'd TOTALLY think the way YOU think they would, and that's not a hypocritical fallacy at all). Someone did a bad job; his work made a poor-but-lasting impact on characters he never seemed to "get" as well as he claimed he did. He had absolutely nothing new to say or do with these characters, and warped them into something barely recognizable. They would be done more justice by abandoning the restrictions of pointless, reductive changes and hollow narrative ploys. One of my favorite characters was done horribly, and kept to a horrible standard, for inexplicable reasons. I've been told "everything's fine, they fixed things," only to find...that's not quite the case. I'm apparently supposed to be wildly impressed by minimal efforts in course correction, and just like something because it alleges to have a character I like, and if I don't like it, don't say anything. But I guess I'm crazy and evil for having a personal investment in a character and CARING ABOUT COHERENCY AND COHESIVENESS IN STORYTELLING AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

If that's not important to you, random blogger-person, then I can't control that. No more than I can control how you seemed to ignore OTHER posts I made, where I was much more diplomatic. But if you're not going to actually attempt to form a remotely cogent argument, and instead make some "rallying cry" to "kick people out" and lump drastically different approaches together...because you think you make the rules?...then you've already lost whatever argument you started.

I will continue criticizing as much as I please, if the mood strikes me. I will not make or endorse death threats, because I don't approve of such actions. However, if my words get a little...harsh...coarse...vulgar, if you will...that is due to factors that are, frankly, none of your business. You come off as one who, like many I've encountered before, choose not to see beyond their own opinions, and instead pretend to understand the opposing side when they clearly don't. Maybe you wrote this in a particular frenzy of emotion and got carried away (it's happened to me, too). But to suggest some Simpsons images and rehashed memes are the same thing as threatening someone's life? That's when you've need to take a few steps back and reassess.

I don't like the crappy, crappy, terribly awful and crappy reinvention for Cassie Cain. I feel she could be written better without that crappy, crappy, terribly awful and crappy reinvention.

Boo.

Freaking.

Hoo.

James Tynion IV may be a super guy at parties, I don't know. But I find him a barely serviceable writer, most of the time, and pretty bad the rest of the time. That is not me wishing or threatening death on him, or anyone. If you like him, go ahead and like him. Me criticizing HIM is not me criticizing YOU. Anyone criticizing anything you like, is NOT an attack on you.

I challenge you to meditate on that fact.

P.S. I actually haven't used Tumblr much for over a year...haven't much felt like it...but someone went and gave me a reason.

#Cassie Cain #Batgirl #Cassandra Cain #Blackbat #Orphan was a dumb reinvention #criticism #false equivalence #dc comics #comics #personal attack

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ohariadnes · 4 years ago

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A Masterlist of My Bellarke Fics

the sea is a good place (to think of the future)

Private Clarke Griffin was presumed dead in the act of saving her squad during their deployment in war-torn Azgeda. For six years and seven days, Bellamy believed he’d lost her, never saying how he truly felt about her. But then, a miracle. Bellamy discovers that Clarke’s alive, and coming home, and she’s not alone. But six years in captivity is a long time, and there’s so much for the both of them to confront. It will take everything they have to do it, but there’s hope. There’s the possibility for them to heal. And hopefully not only that, but to heal together.

devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

Josephine and Clarke see Gabriel and Bellamy as just one more mark in their long list of victims as their lives of con artists living in the moment. But then everything goes to hell when the worst thing imaginable happens. They like them.

i’ll stop the world and melt with you

Bellamy didn’t plan on taking Clarke Griffin to Homecoming and saving the world all in one night. It just happened.

Or: The Sky High AU that wouldn't leave me alone.

For the History Books

It's Clarke's idea to keep the fact that her and Bellamy got married over the summer a secret. She figures it won't be a problem, and it's not. Until Bellamy starts auditing her class.

the art of imprinting on “platonic” soulmates

In the wake of Sheidheda, Russell's attack, and the mess of what remains of the human race on Sanctum, Clarke and Bellamy adopt an orphaned toddler. Platonically, of course.

got a lucky one

Clarke Griffin moves to Dublin, gets robbed, is taken in by Octavia Blake, and has an awful first encounter with her brother, Bellamy, who she eventually starts sleeping with. It's a mess, but here's the thing, she might not be Irish, but her dad was, and she thinks some of his luck might've worn off on her.

Rock Bottom

Echo and Bellamy get engaged, and it sets off a series of events Clarke could never predict. One moment, she’s sobbing about her supposed unrequited love for Bellamy, and the next, she and Murphy are kissing. It turns out while she’s been pining, so has Murphy, for Raven. The two decide if they’re gonna be heartbroken, then they might as well rely on one another at the same time. In a move that will impact the entire group in unexpected, drama-filled, and wild ways, the two decide, “fuck it,” and become friends with benefits. After all, what’s the worst that can happen? As it turns out, a lot.

the worst thing you ever heard

Pop star duo Clarke Griffin and Josephine Lightbourne are at the top of the world, but then their manager, Charmaine Diyoza, insists that they’ve got no choice but to reinvent themselves in the public eye. Enter Bellamy Blake and Gabriel Santiago. Seemingly perfect, yet struggling teachers. Clarke and Josephine have to fake-date their way back into the tabloid’s good graces while Bellamy and Gabriel cash in on the only opportunity to come their way. Hopefully they won't kill each other, or do something even worse, like fall in love.

brokenness is a form of art

An impulse. A prayer. A hope.

Bellamy stays behind with Clarke as Praimfaya hits. And everything that happens after.

Send Me on My Way

Clarke and Raven despise Bellamy and Murphy in college. But that doesn’t stop them from sleeping with them when a party plus a round of Dance Dance Revolution leads to a whole lot more. 12 years later, Raven and Clarke are raising their daughters, Robin and Madi. They hope to keep the secret forever, and have accepted being alone in return.

Of course, their kids, and fate, have other ideas.

my sky’s not blue, it’s violent rain

Bellamy's a spy for Mt. Weather, damning his soul in exchange for keeping Octavia alive.

Then his latest assignment to infiltrate Griffin's Laboratories and get close to one Clarke Griffin changes everything. Suddenly, he doesn't have just one person he'd do anything to protect. If only she didn't hate him once she discovers the truth about him. To his utmost surprise though, she agrees to work with him to save his sister and bring down Mt. Weather.

Betrayal might keep Bellamy and Clarke apart, but regardless of the lies and whirlwind of emotions, if they're going to succeed, they're in this together.

Walking with a Ghost

Bellamy's never been to a pumpkin patch, and Clarke's resolute in changing that. Not that this means that they like each other. At all.

#bellarke fanfiction #the 100 fanfiction #m: fic masterlist #m: fic

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