[ SECRET POST #7018 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7018 ⌋

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OMG yes

[(Anonymous)]

In my fandom (perhaps because it is centered on children's media. Like, they market little boys' bedding and pajamas with these characters) I see this to a maddening degree. A popular series with in the larger franchise has sacred cow status in the fandom.

The creators are former fans, which may play into some of the parasociality. Far too often, I see fans of the series jump to assuming that critiquing how the creators write the characters or handle their arcs means they want the creators to get fired. There's also general guilt-by-association, strawmanning, Goomba fallacy, etc, to lump normal critics in with a handful of serial harassers. (e.g., "Fans like you say you don't support harassment, then turn around and send the writers death threats". "Oh, you dislike how this character is characterized under the new writers? I guess you would rather this character stay a [flanderized interpretation] like how the old ones wrote them?")

I appreciate good meta, and have been wanting to write some myself about this series, and be less of a people pleaser in general. But I see how frequently reasonable critique, that isn't padded out with fluff, turns into mud-slinging on platforms like Twitter and Tumblr. Even if it's on Dreamwidth, only linked on a small social media platform (think Bluesky/Mastodon size) where likely few other people will see it, I'm a little anxious. The way other people view me is important to me. I want to set a good example, and I feel bad for the fans on big platforms who get smeared because of their views.