#maintagging so people get the god damn message and let me write my fanfics in peace

[okaihauexpress]

Right,,, im sick of people to cowardly to not voice their opinion publically.

Here's the thing about fanfic in the jetlag community. THEY FUCKING READ IT!! its not like the flipping mcyt fandom,,

If the boys have boundaries, they need to communicate that with the wider fandom,,, with the information available to us its 'we know it exists don't spam us'... I am terrified of ben doyle reading any of my fanfic,,, and as long as you don't send it to them its fine!! I am not doing the MCYT flashbacks where we send creators are E-rated fanfics again. I'm going to write my cute alien fic and QPR Ben and Adam even tho I know they are both presenting as straight... nad you can fight me on that.

Well first of all, they are 100% fine with fic. I haven't been in the fandom proper for a while now, but when the OG Twitter Discord was made I joined for a couple of days and the boys did too. Ben said they were fine with fanfic being written:

Brian quoted the fanfics written at the time:

and then pretended to be the author of said fanfics. They literally do not care.

But also, just a lesson in what a boundary is:

A boundary is not a restriction on what other people can and can't do. A boundary does not prevent people from doing anything. A boundary is a personal thing, which you yourself have to uphold. If any of the boys have boundaries against fanfiction, that doesn't mean we all have to stop writing and enjoying it, it means you don't shove it in their faces. Don't send it to them, don't post it on platforms like Twitter or Reddit that they actively and frequently use, but that's it! And frankly, even that is more than is necessarily expected. If you wanted to post fics on Twitter or Reddit you could, and they could block you so they don't see it.

The internet is a vast place filled with all sorts of people. You cannot make everyone happy. Everyone will be uncomfortable about different things. It is your responsibility as an individual to cater your own online experience. It doesn't matter if you're famous, it's still your job!