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ziracona · 4 years ago

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In full honesty, serial killer stans and a lot of horror fans in general really need to learn or remember how to be able to accept criticism existing in the fandom spaces they’re in period and also acknowledging the validity in them when someone else highlights something that is wrong.

#it doesn’t mean you have to engage! if you want to be away from all discourse just ignore it and keep scrolling!#but the wild inability to handle it to the point of being like Anti with a Capitol A to all critiques or mentions of a negative or even #personally disliked aspect of a piece of media or a character in someone’s own space or in the public tags is just surreal #you don’t have to engage. but quit throwing molotovs at everybody who mentions an element of something you like that is racist or sexist or #ableist or a harmful stereotype or anything.#and maybe think about why your first instinct to someone not directly engaging with you at all just talking about that elicits such a strong #and specifically lashing out response in you if you do this. why hearing that from anyone is so unacceptable to you #nobody is forcing or even asking you to hate X or totally change your opinion. just to listen to this valid note and not ignore it #and also. you /can/ just keep walking. that’s a free option baybee #but criticism is a good and necessary aspect of media. it’s easy to lean so heavily in all you remember how to do is hate. but the opposite-#-the inability to even /handle/ criticism of a thing you love. and turn a blind eye and begin making excuses for even the most deep or #harmful of flaws in it and rationalizing it forcibly to yourself and everyone around you. is just as bad and unhealthy for people & a fandom #you don’t have to agree but you should listen when you have the energy and consider—at least sometimes. with your friends who bring stuff up #at the least. and consider. When you can. but just quit being unable to coexist with criticism and different opinions rip #you can /always/ ignore or walk away or hit that mfnblock baybee. just quit being an asshole bc you can’t handle someone not liking what you #like. I get it. I don’t like it either. but that’s not their problem it’s mine when it happens.#anyway i like writing essays in the tags so only those who are actually interested have to see them/others don’t gotta scroll through walls #of text. but that’s that on that. anyway! some people enjoy horror but don’t stan or adore serial killers please I am begging you people to #stop reading the fact I don’t like characters who are sadistic murderers as a war cry it’s not I am just /vibing/ and I am valid. u don’t #have to agree with me but I am valid whether you do or not. and I will do blood magic if harassed don’t tempt me ive done it before #personal #horror #this sounds like I am in a fit I am actually really chill rn. I almost only post personal stuff when straight vibing. it’s the anxiety 👈👈😎#the vibing frees me of it enough to journal lol

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