[ SECRET POST #3861 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3861 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. But by throwing those characters out into the world, you're giving up some measure of control over how others connect to them. If you don't want anyone to touch the things you've laboured over, keep them in a box where no-one will ever see them. But if you want others to love and connect to your work, accept that you won't be able to control the way they do that.

Being invested in your creations is definitely a thing. But if you're so invested that you can't stand the idea of others playing with them, maybe don't send them out into the world in the first place.

[diet_poison]

This. This is very well-said.

[esteefee]

This is the truth right here, and why I've always side-eyed when butthurt authors refer to their characters as their "children." Well, yeah, and so: when your children are "released" into the world, they have their own lives, and do whatever the hell they want, and you don't control them or who they fuck, am I right? At least, you really shouldn't try. That way lies Tony Perkins with a carving knife.

So there you go. Otherwise, lock your kids in the attic if that's the way you feel. You can't have people know and love and live with your works and not interact with them in their own way.