lillie

1. i feel like throughout the 2 hr boundaries talk, he made some very contradictory statements, and when asked specifying questions, it left me with even more questions than answers, for example:

- characters shipping art okay-ish, unless its full on nsfw/smut

- is characters kissing art okay then? (in a non sexualised way) - "if it's a peck on a cheek or on a hand then it's fine"

- how do you understand nsfw/smut? - "smut as in constant constant sex throughout the entire story"

and this is where i am getting so confused, because between "a peck on a cheek" and "constant constant sex" there's this grey area which gets addressed kinda vaguely and inconsistently in my opinion.

so like is ship art of characters kissing on the mouth okay due to the fact that it is not smut by the definition of "constant constant sex" or is it not okay due to the "if its a peck on a cheek or on a hand its okay" statement?

and this is not coming from a place of malice, i just do not know where the line is specifically and as an artist who has made some (in my opinion) very tame, wholesome nonsexualized ship art, i'm just genuinely confused what's okay and what's not okay anymore

i would be genuinely really thankful if it was possible to define the line not to be crossed more specifically and more consistently, as the quotes provided above make it somewhat contradictory in my opinion

2. something that got me really worked up when mentioned on the stream is the "dead author theory"/"the death of the author" theory, and i assume it just came from genuine misunderstanding of the term, so as a person who holds a degree in english literature/linguistics, i feel like it is my place to respectfully inform that the definition abolish provided on the stream is not the correct one.

the "dead author theory" does not mean that the author is LITERALLY DEAD and therefore can be disregarded. it means that according to this theory the author SHOULD be treated AS IF they were dead, once they release their work. (i'm not arguing whether it is wrong or right or claiming that his requests are not valid due to this, it just bothers me that this specific idea was incorrectly brought up as an argument in the first place)

some more info about the theory: source

"Barthes' essay argues against traditional literary criticism's practice of relying on the intentions and biography of an author to definitively explain the "ultimate meaning" of a text. Instead, the essay emphasizes the primacy of each individual reader's interpretation of the work over any "definitive" meaning intended by the author, a process in which subtle or unnoticed characteristics may be drawn out for new insight."

as always, please do your own additional research if needed

3. it is worrying to me that even on this particular stream 80% of his chat seemed to be this hivemind agreeing with everything that was being said, even after abolish requested (again) not to blindly follow his opinions and not to put him on a pedestal, and whlist i really appreciate the effort abolish makes to constantly state that it is okay to ask questions and correct him if he's wrong etc, the approach of his chat sometimes makes it really terrifying and difficult to do so

4. i feel like it may be a "me" issue, but abolish mentioned that changing the character too much or misrepresenting them causes the character to stop being said character, and i just want to highlight the fact that possibly 85% of character interpretation will be "changing the character" and it's usually not done intentionally or out of malice, just because of the fact that while the creator has one idea of their character, the audience does not have the same idea/is not aware of every aspect the creator is aware of, unless the creator states every aspect of said character, which is (frankly) impossible. therefore, i'm just really concerned by this belief and how it was stated

once again, as i mentioned at the beginning, no hate to the creator, all above comes from a place of genuine respect and concern, and i hope it can be seen and treated as such, if the post causes any drama, it will be deleted immediately