Something I felt needed to be said

underfellfangame:

Let me make something clear: this is not calling out anyone in particular, because you know who you are. You know exactly who you are, and it’s more than one. It’s many.

This is about creators and usage of their creations in fan contributions when given permission, and their reactions when something is represented incorrectly.

When someone works their hardest to ensure your character is written and is represented correctly, that’s more than enough. When they try their hardest to ensure it’s satisfactory as much as a human possibly can, that’s more than enough. When we flip through hours and hours of past history related to said character and study for days, that’s more than enough. When they even consider your character for anything, that’s more than enough.

When you give them shit for not writing or representing it correctly after they’ve poured their heart into trying to get it right: that’s not, under any circumstances, mature or okay for you to do. When you’re passive-agressive about their representation and writing after they’ve studied for days and asked you questions upon questions before it’s finalized:
that’s not, under any circumstances, mature or okay for you to do.

It’s not growth. It’s not feedback. It’s being disgusting; don’t you dare try to disguise it.

Appreciate the people who care about trying, because continuing to force perfectionism on others who have tried hard enough to get it perfect for you or another person will leave you alone with your own thoughts and cold, pointless anger in the end.

We’re in this fandom together. Don’t put others down or verbally abuse them because someone who tried hard “didn’t do enough,” to do your or another character justice. They tried, perhaps they got some attributes here and there wrong, but they tried and that’s what matters.

You, however, have not tried enough to be a decent enough human being if you’re being abusive and need to start taking your attitude seriously and considering the impact of your words and actions on others when representing and writing history on the most important character of all:

Yourself.