#the JJK fandom is mostly active there and on TikTok so I didn't have much content to see on Tumblr

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I have two more Beetlejuice posts in my drafts I have yet to finish. I've decided that after I post those, I will not be writing any more theories, analyses, and spec posts. Not just for Beetlejuice, but for any other fandom I'm in. Just little fangirling posts and maybe even fic. But no more meta of the kind I just mentioned.

The reason is that I put a lot of thought and effort in those type of posts, and maybe I am too thin-skinned, but it just bothered me a little too much when I saw people spreading one of my Beetlejuice theories on reddit without linking to me or at least saying they read it on Tumblr (they just said they read it "somewhere") and yes, they could have lost the link or just forgot where the heck they read it, but like I said, I'm thin-skinned. I don't mind if someone writes a fic with the same idea I wrote for a fic myself, as long as they aren't like plagiarizing my words (ideas are ideas and no one actually owns them, is what I mean), but I do mind when my analysis, theories, etc are referenced or reposted and spread and then everyone's like "I read this interesting theory on reddit", when that reddit person didn't come up with it; they just got it from my blog post and wrote about it and said "I read this interesting theory somewhere".

I know it's just fandom stuff and it doesn't really matter, but I guess, like I said, I'm thin-skinned 🤷🏻‍♀️ And I don't want my fandom work to be reduced to "something interesting I read on reddit" because someone on reddit decided to post it there without crediting the source. Again, it doesn't really matter, this kinda stuff is common, whatever. But I feel personally it's very annoying, you know? Because just like in fandom there's people who create fanart or fanfiction, there's people who create meta posts; who create analytical and theoretical posts of the text and subtext of the work of fiction, and just like it's accepted to respect and credit a piece of fanart, it should be the same with meta posts like theories, analyses, etc. Because all of it constitutes fanwork. Just what I think.

I won't even tag this because this is just me venting and probably being too emotionally attached to my meta. But yes, let's always credit people's creations, and if you don't remember, then just say something like "I read this on Tumblr, but I don't remember who it was", someone reading the post might know who it was and tag the person. It's not complicated. 🤷🏻‍♀️