#so the probability of this needlessly cruel post finding its way onto the author's dashboard is pretty damn high | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

thevioletcaptain · 4 months

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y'all get that screenshotting fic to publicly make fun of it is straight up bully behavior, right? like. it doesn't matter if you redact the author's name. this is no different to a kid taking someone else's art off the wall in a classroom, walking out into the playground, and holding it up to say "haha look how shit this is"

#accidentally opened the explore tab #and immediately saw a post going around that consisted of an ao3 screenshot and several thousand people talking shit about it #and all i can think is that the person who wrote that fic is engaged in fandom #likely the same fandom as the person who screenshotted it #so the probability of this needlessly cruel post finding its way onto the author's dashboard is pretty damn high #and i can't imagine how crushing that would be #especially for a young or inexperienced writer #who is probably not yet used to taking constructive criticism they've asked for let alone flat out mockery from strangers #taking criticism is a SKILL and if you don't have thick skin or a lot of confidence it can be debilitating as a creative person #and even if you DO have thick skin and ARE used to dealing with criticism #this sort of thing is just plain cruel and not remotely constructive #and nobody should have to worry that it will happen to them when they share their writing with fellow fans for fun and for free #anyway people stop thoughtlessly jumping onto bullying bandwagons 2k24 #fandom problems #wank adjacent

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