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Hi Pia
Do you have any advice on how to deal with antis or fandom backlash?
I want to write about a pairing within my fandom but one of the characters is canonically very 'innocent', ie they're described as having a childlike personality/nature even tho they aren't actually a child. But other creators have been cancelled by the fandom for putting this character into sexual situations and I'm worried this will happen to me also if I write this story.
Any advice?
Hi anon!
So, some advice I can give:
Get really friendly with the block and mute buttons, wherever you are putting your fic. AO3 now has a block function, and also, you can delete any comment that doesn't feel right.
If you're super worried, lock the fic on AO3 so that only registered members can comment. It's almost the anons on AO3 who dogpile (same as anywhere) and it's harder to register multiple sock puppet accounts there. This will mean less views, but you can always unlock it down the track.
Mentally prepare in advance for what you will do to protect yourself if you do attract some antis / backlash. For example you might decide to release the fic as is and then decide to lock it down if you get negative attention. Don't leave any negative comments up on AO3 if you can help it, and don't indulge antis. 9 times out of 10 it's not even close to as bad as what you feared, and often it's not bad at all.
But when it gets bad, it's good to know that you're already prepared. If you need to, write down a list of emergency steps you'll take to deal with trolls (antis) and bullies (antis) and put it with the rest of your story so it's easy to find. This can include blocking, muting, reporting (remember - anything that threatens you as a person can be reported directly to AO3 and that person if they have a registered account generally experiences consequences for that, same on Tumblr), deleting comments without replying to them - deleting is a really underused resource on AO3 as far as I'm concerned, connect with the people who know who you are and love you for who you are, antis are good at attacking the person and not the fic, so at times like that, it's good to remember that there are people out there who like you as a person, and know you're not a terrible person because of some fiction you're writing.
It's worth keeping in mind that there will be people in your fandom who want fic of this character, even if they're quieter because they're scared of antis as well (I've noticed that people are less likely to comment or associate their usernames with certain fics in fandoms if antis are very active in that fandom, which is infuriating). But you are 100% not alone in wanting this content and feeling like reading this content, and you being brave enough to put it out there might also encourage other writers to be brave enough to put theirs out there as well!
I remember something kind of similar happened re: the Dragon Age fandom (though not quite as bad, because the proto-Fascist antis hadn't really come into their stride quite yet, but oof they were getting there), and a lot of folks dealt with it by just like, 'ignoring the children' and putting the content out there. Not all antis are children or teens, but a lot are. Not all antis are under-educated Americans who don't understand nuance (due to the aggressive and systematic de-education of US youths for like two decades now that you have to put actual effort in to overcome - it should be a crime imho), but a lot are. Not all antis are into filthy stuff themselves that they can't actually justify and that they feel secretly extremely ashamed of, but a lot are. And no antis have really solid science behind a single thing they're saying, which renders a lot of what they say as meaningless bleating noise informed by evangelist and right-wing and TERF rhetoric, even if they themselves are queer.
Treat them as you would treat a pornbot on Tumblr - just get rid of it. Most of what they have to say is utter nonsense, and the white noise doesn't deserve to be honoured, because it's toxic.
#asks and answers#antis and fan police#purity wank#anti anti#moral puritanism#moral panics of fandom#literally everything an anti says can be traced back to christian science#rooted in misogyny#TERF and SWERF#and alt-right rhetoric#they like to pretend it doesn't#but they literally stand with these people when they talk about these subjects#so while i understand fearing what might happen anon#it's more like if you find mould on your fic#you clean the fic up#but you don't give the mould much of your emotional time#because it's fucking mould
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The entire world is designed around men and their degeneracy, yet misogyny isn’t acknowledged as the serious problem it is. People always throw in other issues which are results of the fact that males put themselves into a position of power where they don’t belong, but women‘s issues are usually treated as an afterthought or as something that "might be bad but not THAT bad".
As soon as we threaten men‘s status quo, we‘re exaggerating and a million things they project onto us.
#radfem#radblr#women deserve better#radical feminism#feminism#radfems do touch#radfems do interact#radfems please touch#womens rights#sex based rights#womens health#misogyny is the ultimate evil#and patriarchy is the root that needs to be eradicated
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genuinely embarrassing how blossomfall gets more fandom sympathy than breezepelt. “boohoo my sister is disabled and my mommy is emotionally abusing her paying more attention to her than me and i hate my stupid ass sister for getting herself disabled and wish she died. also im a grown ass woman.” vs “my dad hit and neglected me as a child and isolated me from my clanmates and it left me maladjusted and seeking validation from terrible sources and its implied hes like this because he’s drooling after the one that got away” like how is this not cut and dry. you cant even soak in the shitty “well breezepelt was a shitty kid” excuse because blossomfall was also shitty before and after the incident. tbh, id argue she’s shittier because breezepelt actually did change his behavior while blossomfall is just as bigoted as ever.
#i was gonna make a joke like ‘’damn fandom misogyny would actually work here why cant you all do that here’’#and then i remembered this is actually kinda stemmed in misogyny in a backwards way#bc the one who hurt blossomfall was millie. the dumb bitch who broke up the silvergray ship and is annoying and entitled bc she kept her na#name#and briarlight is a shitty snd bad character bc ‘’shes unrealistic’’ and she ruined berryhoney or something#meanwhile crow is a wonderful character bc he has the most unique plot ever (manpain)#and every character who speaks against him doesnt understand how amazing and well written he is#so breeze sucks because he threatens the idea that crow is a wonderful person and character#and thats not to say you cant hate millie or anything bc she does legitimately suck in oots#but idk….. blossomfall sympathy always felt like it was rooted in millie hate from shipping culturr#millie bad because she ruined childhood ship. breeze bad because he also ruined childhood ship#wow it really sounds gross when you break it down to just that huh
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Having more thoughts about Shen Jiu because of course I am.
I don’t think he has the capacity for empathy or genuine selflessness.
He spent the entirety of his formative years deep in survival mode, and because of that, he evaluates people solely based off of how they might threaten or ensure his safety and/or comfort. As far as individual people themselves with their own perspectives… honestly I don’t think he even thinks of that.
Maybe a controversial opinion, but I don’t think even YQY is exempt.
Shen Jiu doesn’t have a moral code. When every day is spent on surviving, a moral code is a luxury.
And really, he just never got out of that mode. See, the thing is, once you’ve had enough adverse experiences it only takes a little bit to trigger you back into that mindset. Shen Jiu was used to being scolded and then beaten or abused, so for him, even a simple chiding is a precursor to abuse— even if he DOES recognize that nothing more will happen, his body and mental patterns will still go into that preparation time.
So of course he never left survival mode, because even if nothing is actively happening, your mind will keep reinforcing those patterns.
For someone with a normal upbringing, as far as I can tell, empathy is something you learn and develop from those around you. Many seem to think it’s something innate and natural and if you don’t have it then there’s something wrong with you from birth. I think Shen Jiu falls into exactly this category of thought— and so he doesn’t even consider that he could try to learn and develop it as a skill he can perform, even if it doesn’t come naturally.
Of course, would he even try? He hasn’t been given any incentive. Any time he has tried to do something good, he ends up getting hurt (saving Yue Qi leading to being taken by QJL) or misinterpreted and admonished (the well ghost incident, keep in mind my earlier point about scoldings perpetuating the same patterns).
So he stays in that same vicious cycle, perpetually in survival mode and unable to escape, even in a relatively secure position (see: his paranoia).
Now, this is all relevant to the discussions of SJ’s feminism, misogyny, and/or lack thereof. I feel like a lot of discussions aren’t really getting the full picture.
SJ sees people, no matter who they are, as solely how they can affect him. Just because this isn’t exclusive to women, or because if comes from a reasonable place, does that really mean it doesn’t play into misogyny?
Let’s take another angle.
I think his abuse of LBH and other talented disciples also is rooted, deep down, in this same issue. He’s not just hurting LBH only to hurt him, his aim is specifically to stunt his cultivation. There’s jealousy at play there of course, but there’s a bit more layers to it too— SJ doesn’t think he’s capable of goodness. So reasonably, he’ll be a bad teacher. He already knows what happens when someone becomes more powerful than their oppressor. LBH may be a child now, but a part of SJ whether he acknowledges it or not sees him as a future threat that needs to be treated as such.
It’s rooted in fear— because everything is with SJ.
So does that mean it’s not actually abuse?
No. The behaviors he shows are still abusive, the reasoning just gives a lens for understanding.
Now, with his views on women— I mentioned in the tags of my original post that I don’t think he views women as people. This is based in that earlier idea of how he interprets others based off their risk and benefit to him. For women specifically, though, there’s another layer.
Shen Jiu grew up in a society where women are inherently lesser— and he grew up in an extreme version of this. He saw women being treated as property firsthand(both as slaves, as well as QJL’s views on his sister). Your worldview is shaped by the world that you view during those early years. Whether he agreed or not, SJ would still take on the patterns of his environment. This, though, is just the same as general societal misogyny and ingrained bias. I don’t think he’s any different than anyone else in this way.
But where SJ’s particular flavor comes in is that to him, women are a source of comfort. For various reasons— positive past experiences, less threatening (or at least don’t carry the dangers men do). He craves comfort— needs it really, because he doesn’t get it and his cortisol levels are always so high they’re poisoning his body. Women are the best source of that comfort for him.
It’s not that he likes them— at least, not any more than someone would like drinking water, or a coat in the winter. They’re fulfilling a survival need for him.
That is what the objectification is where SJ is concerned.
So… is it misogyny?
I’d say yes, in a way it still is. It’s not violent, and it doesn’t come from some inherent sense of “superiority as a man” but at the core of it all, he’s still not viewing women as people, and he has no interest in changing the status quo, because it benefits him to be able to go purchase comfort at a pleasure house, even if it’s not what people usually do there. The picture is bigger than just misogyny, but the traits taken as themselves are misogynistic nonetheless.
I could go into his specific relationships with women and how that informs his character, but this post is already long enough. We know that he mentally divides people by sex, and that distinction has a lot of weight in his judgment of them. Even if it comes from a place of trauma, even if it comes from a general worldview that applies to everyone, he still views women as a commodity— so on some level, and from an outside perspective, he is misogynistic.
In the end, though, it still all comes from him being stuck in survival mode. His lack of empathy, his viewing others as risks and benefits— these things themselves aren’t moral failings— it’s just a consequence of his environment. He’s a bad person because he won’t confront this, develop a moral code, and act on it, not because he doesn’t experience empathy.
But in his circumstance, there’s not really a chance for him to choose to be good. Because he’s still trying to survive, and goodness is a luxury he doesn’t realize he can afford now.
He’s scum, but pitiful, you know?
#svsss#svsss meta#zhuixing meta#shen jiu#listen I’ve been through a lot of shit and I project on this dude a lot#so ymmv on how you interpret the character but this is just how I see him#and honestly that’s ok! characters aren’t people so everyone can interpret them differently and they CAN be different from person to person#but also… I think the ‘is sj misogynistic’ answer really comes down to what you consider misogyny#is it the motives or the actions 等等#I think the way it affects those around him is most important and therefore yes he is#but others may say the source is too different and the motives are different#and tbh other views are valid#it’s a grey line area#anyway#none of the replies to my post really encapsulated the root to it as I see it#also before you come at me I literally AM the ‘no empathy and views people as risk vs benefit’ in the post#I just try really hard to have a moral code#and consciously think about not harming/helping others#sj is just someone who DOESNT do that
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I’m deeply curious why people think Taichi is a selfless hero for forcefully defending Kohei against people whose actions are potentially or actively harmful to him but Maya is a bitchy villain for defending Kohei (with less force and malevolence) when Taichi’s actions are potentially or actively harmful toward him, even if that was never Taichi’s intent.
Why does a disabled girl calling an abled boy out on his lack of care or understanding upset you so?
#i hear the sunspot#deeply curious#because they bring some similar energy#in defending him#and trying to keep him from harm#i mean i know why#its the ableism and the misogyny#but does anyone have an answer that isn’t rooted in that
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the complete and utter irony of aegon waging war against a woman to be the ruling monarch, along with the only two battles he fought in being against women (well, one woman and a child); then being left with just a little girl as his heir at the end of it all, unable to produce any more sons and refusing to name his daughter as his successor. every decision he made, from agreeing to usurp the throne to murdering rhaenyra, concludes with her son being declared king, and his life ending due to a woman’s weapon. poetic justice if i do say so myself.
#fire and blood#rhaenyra targaryen#rhaenys tqwnw#baela targaryen#team black#anti aegon ii targaryen#anti aegon ii stans#anti team green stans#anti team green#not to mention that his only living son was a declared bastard#he really shot himself in the foot by the end of it all huh#lady tyrell ate with her ‘feeble womanhood’ reply#his entire cause was rooted in misogyny#it’s only fitting what he’s left with by the end of it all
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If I said I didn't understand all the llorumi hate in the ninjago fandom would yall burn me at the stake
#not evne gonna put this in the main tags actually#like that ships not even my favourite and i didnt evme think abt it much but#yall. talk so much about loving toxic yaoi/yuri. hello ???#sketti rambles#if i wanna get deep into it id say that it has a lot more to do with villifying harumi (which is rooted in fandom misogyny)#and woobifying Lloyd#tbh
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I know it's a joke usually, but I just despise the term "girly" as a noun so much
it feels infantilizing. it feels disrespectful. and no matter how many times you say it's Ironic or Just For Comedy, I will always cringe inside when I hear it and refuse to be called referred to that way
#slang#like I know it probably didn't start OUT rooted in misogyny. the point is usually the sharp contrast between a cute fluffy term and#the context. like Depression Girly#or War Crimes Girly#or whatever#but some people have started using it seriously and on a personal level I still just hate it even when it's ironic
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I might be wrong but tbh I've noticed that a lot of people in the queer community like to be mean to trans men for no reason
#I'm not saying that trans men are more oppressed than any other group or anything#but I feel like we're the butt of a lot of not so well meaning jokes#and it annoys me#I think it's rooted in both transphobia and misogyny but idk if we're ready for that conversation yet#anyways just an observation#trans#transgender#transandrophobia
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I hope the new female characters on ofmd are buffoons like the rest of ‘em. Just absolutely nonsense disaster people like everyone else.
#screw competent women I want idiot women representation (that isn’t rooted in misogyny)#ofmd spoilers#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd#our flag means death
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years ago i remember someone saying about dave strider that either he’s gay or he’s bisexual but deep down too misogynistic to actually have a fulfilling romantic relationship with a woman. anyway. this is how i see dean winchester
#i truly do not think dean as we know him could ever be happy longterm romantically with a girl#whether that’s because he’s gay or because of a mix of mommy issues and deep rooted misogyny. who knows#maybe both#hes sexually attracted to women in canon for sure but#sexuality’s complex. honestly he’s gay to me#coming out as gay dean truther#then again like. Can i really see him settling down romantically with a guy either#not really.#am i a gay dean truther. i dont fucking know. his problems are too complex for me to talk about in the tags of this post#oliver talks#spn#dean winchester#supernatural#also#with dave it’s like. he means well hes not an awful misogynist but re like. his treatment of jade. him being into her isn’t actually him#being into Her as so much as it is him being into the idea of this girl he can protect#what’s that line. where he’s like ‘jade would probably just be a liability if she got it in her head she wanted to take le down’ or somethin#idk i don’t go here anymore. but#anyway that’s what deans like with lisa he isnt actually in love with her he just likes the idea of the family she symbolises
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You can take basically any anti-shipper rant, remove the ship specific details and replace it with homosexuality, and suddenly the point proshippers are trying to make becomes really clear.
#anti shipping mentality is steeped in misogyny and rooted in fundamental Christian values#anti shipping#pro shipper#shipping discourse
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me: yeah i have a vagina and uterus and all but my testosterone levels are naturally pretty high-
jk rowling, already loading a shotgun: some crimes can never be forgiven, son of man
#shitposting#jk rowling#misogyny#obviously this is rooted in transphobia but i am not in fact a trans woman#as far as i know i'm not intersex i just have a lot of testosterone#this concept that you're a man if you have high testosterone but a woman if you take hrt to get high testosterone is whack#yes i'm still talking about the olympics bc what the fuck was that
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all my favorite pieces are hyper feminine and cutsie and I used to be rly insecure abt liking that stuff but now it’s my favorite thing in the world to draw about 🩷🩷
#going back to my roots from middle school#I was very scared of drawing like this come high school bc#a lot of men around me influenced how comfortable I was in my femininity … and if it’s even a Good Thing to be#I know now that was internalized misogyny and I’m very happy to be unlearning it and drawing things that#my 12 year old self would be in love with
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if you hate on kaboodle for doing the same shit guys on this server have been doing for years, know that i truly believe you fucking suck.
#i'm not even a stan i just like her vids but holy shit it has gotten CRAZY. people are going in twitch chat calling her a bitch#mcyt's deeply rooted misogyny hits every smp the same and it sucks to witness every time#kaboodle
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honestly when i tried to figure out why some fans are so mad at ivypool these days i was looking through avos and. the scene where ivypool apologises to twigpaw for not supporting sending a patrol for skyclan is genuinely very sweet??
i actually saw someone characterize this as "ivypool forcing twigpaw to forgive her". is it crack you smoke. is that what you smoke. you smoke crack?
#she apologises THREE SEPARATE TIMES#she acknowledges that dovewing and tigerheart's situation made her ignore twigpaw's feelings#she reassures twigpaw that this is the right thing for the clans. she tells her she's proud of her & tc is lucky to have her#you guys do understand that to apologise you have to Do Something Wrong?? or is that the part that's so unforgivable?#i am fASCINATED by the treatment of dove and ivy by the fans in recent years#i'm still pondering it but i think there are a few root causes#1) I think a lot of people read oots as kids and hated dove & identified with ivy because of the underdog storyline#maybe this fandom worship of dovewing is kinda part of that? wanting to feel like you've grown out of fandom misogyny?#but i also feel like 2) tigerdove has really increased dovewing's popularity#and i think because ivypool is so staunchly opposed to their relationship people then have to villainise ivypool#3) is maybe too spicy of a take but to be honest#i think people are subconsciously way more comfortable with a woman whose story ends in heterosexual marriage and childrearing#dovewing's mom role in TBC to shadowsight probably helped her popularity#so ivypool whose relationship w Fernsong & her kits is much less of a focus. and is mUCH less maternal#and who still exhibits Ugly Female Emotions like anger and hurt#and who God Forbid now holds a position of authority...#is too complicated to fit into :) she's such a good mom :) she's such a good mate#dovewing is easier to like because she tends to be a victim of circumstances (🤫 and often lacks agency in her storylines)#since ivypool regularly uses her agency to Fuck Up#fans revert to idealising dovewing because not only is she too good to do bad things. she also doesn't do Things in general#never mind that ivypool is the one who sacrifices and apologises#anyway <3 i think if i made a full analysis of ivy and dove post OOTS i would get too many spicy anons so i will cower in the tags
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