[ SECRET POST #6439 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6439 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

When a piece of art or body of work speaks to you, and helps you, you can't beat yourself up when the creator(s) turn out to be horrid-- that's not the fault of your current self, let alone your preteen self! All you can do is remind yourself you're not responsible for their shit and carry on.

It's up to you and how you feel whether you can hold onto what was once meaningful to you while not supporting their future endeavors, or if it feels so tainted that you just need to kind of put it aside for a while-- maybe in the future you'll be able to come back to it and enjoy that thing on its own merits, maybe not.

I've been through similar stuff-- for me it was The Smiths that made me feel seen and validated and able to explore my identity at that age, only for Morrissey to be a racist twat. For a while I didn't want to go back and listen to songs that had really pulled me through some rough years. Eventually I was able to go back to the music I already had and just say 'look, I wouldn't want to support this person further because of shit he's said and ways he's behaved, but I didn't know that when I was a depressed gay kid in a small town, and the feelings that I had when I listened to this, those were all real and valid, and when I re-interrogate the songs I love, I don't find anything gross in THEM, and they still have the power to speak to me'.

BUT-- I've also had the other experience (though not with music specifically), of a creator being so horrible that not only can I not support their future work, when I go back and look at the things I already had, I see them in a new light, I see flaws I didn't notice or tried to shrug off when I was younger and I realize they were always part of a pattern that's only gotten worse. And not only did it make it impossible to enjoy the thing, but any fanworks relating to it I can't take any joy in. So... sometimes, the love does just die and that's okay, too-- it still isn't the fault of your younger self for finding something that spoke to you and loving it! The meaning it had for you and the part it played in you becoming yourself isn't tainted just because the creators are assholes!

[(Anonymous)]

BUT-- I've also had the other experience (though not with music specifically), of a creator being so horrible that not only can I not support their future work, when I go back and look at the things I already had, I see them in a new light, I see flaws I didn't notice or tried to shrug off when I was younger and I realize they were always part of a pattern that's only gotten worse.

That happened to me with Dave Sim. I still remember a panel or two fondly from Cerebus (mostly the ones with Lord Julius) but eventually they not only didn't spark joy but in fact sparked the opposite of joy, so out the volumes went to free up a couple linear feet of shelf space for something else.

[(Anonymous)]

The only way I can tolerate reading stuff by Sim & Gerhard is if I buy their books for charity. Otherwise, forgeddaboutit.

Capeesh?

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, I'm a DA.

Eep.