#or shit people blew out of proportion because they like moral grandstanding? dog piling onto others? being a dick??

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

God, I am so sorry for poking the wound. I don't blame you for feeling so burned by this fandom. There is so much negativity, and people can be awful with other fans, as you probably know. To be honest, I hope things go better for you in DA because that fandom is worse than TWDG fandom, but thanks for telling me and to be fair,I like your fics and essays. Hard to explain, but I am glad someone shares my opinion. Saying things like you like Jane and letting Lee turn can cruficy you in this fandom

No, it's all good, anon. If it's a wound, it's one that's healed over. After distancing myself from the fandom and letting myself stop writing fic for it, I can look at things differently with thicker skin, y'know? Plus, I'm so over the crowds of fans who thrive on the negativity and grandstanding.

And I definitely feel you about certain things that the fandom will crucify you for. To be fair, there are a lot of chill people left who just want to enjoy their things and make fandom buddies and have a good time. But then there are Kennys, and the reason I call them that is because they are physically incapable of being disagreed with and can turn hostile at the drop of a hat, like Kenny himself. They're not fun to interact with, everyone else just wants them to go away but they won't, and they can easily ruin your experience.

Like... it's a video game, guys. It's not the end of the world if someone has a different interpretation of the story or characters.

Let's take Louis as an example- at this point, I've written everything there is to write about him and his vote. I'll be honest and say it used to bother me a lot whenever I'd see someone call him a shithead for his vote and I'd write yet another rant explaining why he voted them out, his trauma, etc..... now I see it and I'm just like "Alright. Moving on." sksksks like I don't care if you don't like Louis/clouis anymore, to each their own, it's not worth my time anymore. It's only when you try to guilt/manipulate/invalidate others for liking Louis [or on the reverse, do it about Violet/violentine] that I have an issue but that's seemingly calmed down a lot here on tumblr. Less so on reddit and other places.

And hard agree about the DA fandom being worse. I browse a lot of the tags on here for characters I love and it's like a fucking warzone sometimes, it's absurd. I mean, it makes sense since DA has a lot of fantasy politics and y'know how people get about those, but holy shit. For a fandom that hates the chantry and templars, they sure do a lot of policing and harassment.

I hope it works out for me when I begin releasing things but I dunno sksksks I'm a very bitter, serial andersmancer and that is Not Good For Me™ in almost every way possible soooo..... we'll see.

Anyway, thanks for the messages and kind words, anon. I don't write TWDG fics anymore, and only release essays when I get the itch to write one, but I'm glad you like my older stuff. It's very appreciated!