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twinkuraba · 10 months ago

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NGL I hate the way "They wouldn't say/do that" has basically become 'you can only write something if you adhere to canon at all times' 2.0

Man, sure makes me want to engage with fandom when I feel like people are going to be looking at everything I make with a magnifying glass to make sure that it's 100% canon accurate (or fandom agreed accurate) and never deviates from it.

#umbral chats #It's barely one step removed from shit like 'you can't ship that char with someone else they have a wife in canon'#or 'the char never SAID they were X so you can't headcanon that'#And I feel bad for new fans who're faced with this pressure of 'get it right or don't bother creating anything at all'#when all they wanna do is have fun and participate by write/drawing these new characters they're excited over #And people wonder why folks are so hesitant to create fan art/fic

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