[ SECRET POST #3588 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3588 ⌋

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Comments

[eleganceliberty]

I kinda understand the sentiment in regards to some fandom friendships being superficial, at best. Back when I was really involved in fandom, I made countless fandom friends over 15+ years. Out of all of those people and all that time, I've only kept in constant contact with maybe less than 10 people and consider them to be genuine friendships that transcended fandom.

The thing about fandom and fanwork is that, frustrating as it might be, some people are only interested in the fanwork aspect and will move on if you're not doing something they're interested in, and while it might hurt for those on the receiving end, they're within their rights to move on if they wish. I learned this the very hard way when an ex-friend of mine pretty much put me on full-blast passive-aggressive ignore when I got into a certain comic series a while back that they had no interest in, and our friendship completely collapsed not long after that. But I'll freely admit, I've done about the same to some people in the past. I'm so not proud of it, and I deeply regret acting like an ass about it.

That said, your friends aren't obligated to buy your original works or w/e. That's just part of the nature of creating original work in general, especially after you spend so long in fandom-centric environments. I'd at least give them some credit for being supportive in the run-up to it: some people don't even have that much insofar as support systems go when it comes to working on original fiction.

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Ehh... I wouldn't really call it "supportive" to tell someone they should write original fiction and you'll buy it and then not actually buying it or even acknowledging that your friend did this. It's more like blowing smoke up someone's ass. Personally, if I like a fanfic writer but I'm not interested in reading any original work by them, I won't pretend that I am, nor will I pretend that doing so is a kind thing to do.