#SuperFan

[tampire]

#Good for Angie

[hey-u-weird]

Yaelokre, boundaries and superfans

I didn’t actually want to reactivate this account, but as I watched the whole Yaelokre thing unfold I just wanted to say my 2 cents

Stating that you don’t want people to make nsfw of your characters is a completely fair thing to say, and it sucks that people aren’t respecting your feelings

but ultimately you can’t control what people do with your own characters and how they will interpret your work, you can’t control thoughts, feelings, triggers and boundaries other than your own

which brings me to the next bit: boundaries. What are they? They’re something for you to set up and control. A very valid boundary is saying things like “I’m extremely uncomfortable with erotic works of my characters, please don’t send it to me”

But that is not what Keath (Yaelokre) has done

Yaelokre has asked their majorly underage fans to go out of their way to send and to report them “inappropriate, offensive material and or misinfo” about their work.

This is incredibly unprofessional and dangerous, as they’re sending minors into adult spaces to report nsfw and to play vigilante and go “pedo hunting”, as if this is a fun thing minors can do as a hobby.

Sure, the artist most likely didn’t intend this to happen, and they didn’t specifically say minors should report nsfw media, but the post was seen by more than 90.000 people, so of course minors will take it as a call to action to “hunt” for it, bringing themselves in danger.

What’s worse, not only is Yaelokre abusing copyright laws (even if they registered their characters for copyright, other people can still create fan works of their characters under “fair use”), they have been completely silent about their fans’ behavior, essentially greenlighting harassment, violent and graphic threats being sent to anyone who is or might be upsetting Kaeth

TW // disturbing threats , mention of violence and genitalia mutilation

it’s really interesting, Yaelokre wants control over the fandom and people who make art, yet it is superfans who accuse people who made those (currently 6) erotic artworks and those who defend the right to make such art as unable to control themselves.

this begs the question, why isn’t the creator saying anything? Because they’re currently blocking everyone who even mentions those threats. This confirms Yaelokre is aware of what is happening, but they will not control their violent fan base because they’re helping them take control of their boundaries like “vigilantes”

And while these toxic superfans have only gone after the artworks of erotic nature which exist in the fandom, since the artist has stated that “misinfo and offensive material” also upsets them, it will only be a matter of time before even genuine, sfw only fans are going to feel the wrath of them eventually

Because as long as something exist that could make someone uncomfortable, it’s bad, which also raises the question why art is made at all then since any art can make someone uncomfortable

I would also like to mention that this is an incredibly toxic way of handling your own work. Original characters might be your own, but they are merely an extension of yourself and not you, nor your “children”. Yaelokre has implied that this mistreatment of their OCs is akin to actual child abuse. This will absolutely lead to people sending “offensive” art to child protection organizations too, hindering their job

And I completely understand how upsetting it is to see material you don’t like, many big and small artists have voiced their feelings about it, but this attempt to coercively control people who make art the or an artist doesn’t like will only lead to them crashing and burning out.

It is far easier to avoid nsfw, fanart/fanfics and pretend it doesn’t exist because you really can’t fight against it, once you make art for others, once your work is “famous” enough that it accumulates millions of subscribers and fans all over the world and go on tours, then it’s no longer your own little project

And if you can’t handle the responsibility of being tactful with your fandom (stop treating total strangers in the fandom like they’re your friends, they are NOT) and attempt to control them because your feelings were hurt, then maybe you should step back from social media, let someone else take care of it and focus on creating what you like away from all the triggering things that can upset you

and really though, was it really necessary to go nuclear over 6 pieces of erotic artwork?

needless to say however, please leave the artist alone. We can’t force them to see how damaging this behavior is to themselves and to the existence of (their) fandom as a whole, they’ll have to come to this realization themselves.

once you, as creator, attempt to sue someone for an idea, headcanons, theories or art you don’t like, then there will be no fandom left

[ofthemorningstars]

My Ghost home stuff part 1!

If you can't tell, I'm really big on fan merch and fan art! Support your small creators 💖

Let's not even get into wearable stuff (yet)

[lilyystarr]

MY MUSIC RECAP LAST WEEK IM LITERALLY REMUS LUPIN INCARNATE

[doomlazy]

Tails As FanBoy Or Buddy Pine/Incrediboy.

Hey Guys, I'm About To Make A Parody Animation Video, With Sonic Characters, The Incredibles AU, Tails As Buddy Pine Aka Incrediboy, Or Just FanBoy Tails, To Idolize His Own Hero?

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Incredibles AU

[kevinsdsy]

oh this weekly recap is perfect to perceive me y’all

[computadora51002]

POV - you can’t afford to go the to Miami GP - so you work it!

[autistic-ranpo]

everyone say thank you mr montgomery. we love you

[xndrmusix]

How dare you make me cry again Ricky Montgomery/pos

"If I set my hair on fire, would you notice then? Would it make a difference? Would you be my superfan? If I sang the way you wanted, if I played pretend, would you love me then? Would you be my superfan? Cuz I'm your superfan, cuz I'm your super fan"

These lyrics mean so, so, much to me, because this is how I've grown up my ENTIRE LIFE.

"I grew up a lonely kid on Elliot Smith and Radiohead but now all my heroes are dead or get the news from Joe Rogan they showed me my new business plan and said: "Be more like Ed Sheeran" but, he's not me and I'm not him, and no offense, I love that song he sings~, and that looping thing~"

SOBBING WHY DOES HE UNDERSTAND ME SO MUCH AND I KNOW HE DIDN'T WRITE IT BECAUSE OF ME BUT I'VE NEVER FELT SO UNDERSTOOD

RIPS HEART OUT

TAKE IT PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[rednexxsaysthing]

RICKY IM YOUR SUPERFAN 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏

I grew up a lonely kid on Elliot Smith and Radiohead, but now all my heroes are dead or get the news from Joe Rogan; They, showed me my new business plan it said "be more like Ed Sheeran" But he's not me and I'm not him, and no offense I love that song he sings~.... And that looping~ thing~, if I set my hair on fire, would you notice then? Would it make a difference? Would you be my superfan? If I sang the way you wanted, if I played pretend, would you love me then? Would you be my superfan? Cuz I'm your superfan

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah1]

Oh

[taste-in-music]

It's been weird to miss you Hits me at the strangest times Seven years will cut through Other people like a knife

how do you know how to love me

[blue-boulder]

if i had a nickel for every time this music tracking app insulted me like this i’d have two nickels. and i don’t appreciate contributing to the coin shortage by having them.

[unblissfulawareness]

[flugame-mp3]

HAS ANYBODY HEARD ABOUT TJIS. DO YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT. THE. OUGHHH

[lailasdermotts]

got called out by my vibe this week omg 😭 but who am i without my weekly superfan update

((the way it feels like i’ve only been listening to these three songs this week LMAO))