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This situation is not exclusive to rpf. I have watched this happen in pretty much every single major fandom. Klance Byler Mcyt, ect, they have all had a fic go extremely viral which then results in a downward spiral where fandom etiquette is thrown out the window and the author inevitably ends up pulling their fic from the internet and stepping away all together.

To be honest with you I am not surprised that this has happened again. I have been noticing for a while that the way people have been treating Rose and her fics has been absolutely terrible. Even people who were well meaning let their excitement about her fics cloud their judgement and cause them to be quite rude to her and disrespectful of fandom and rpf etiquette.

Therefore I would like to give some reminders to everyone about fandom etiquette. Because it's not just "keep all rpf discussion to ao3 and tumblr." those are important and those rules being broken certainly played a role in this particular scenario, but there's a lot more to it then that and as a fan you need to be more aware of how you interact with content.

Authors are not celebrities. They did not sign up for having an audience to deliver things to. They are fellow fans and creatives who are passionate about what they do. Because of this, I urge you, no matter how good a fic is, no matter how much you love it, you cannot treat it like a grand monolith for the fandom. When that happens the fic gets pulled out of its intended context and the author will inevitably be put under extreme strain and scrutiny. If you love a fic the best thing you can do for it is keep your interactions with and discussion of it purely to the ao3 comments and the authors askbox. I understand that creating a separate fandom for someone's works is done out of love and admiration but I have never ever seen it end well. When you create a fandom for a fic you are inviting typical fandom problems in and pushing them onto an author who did not ask for this.

You also need to stop treating authors like they are gods or something. I know this is usually done with the intentions of being complimentary. But an author is a real human being who deserves compassion and kindness. When you treat them like something to be worshipped you are inevitably dehumanizing them and making people feel more comfortable saying horrific shit to them or just generally being disrespectful. While it is also bad to get too parasocial and act like an author is your close personal friend, going towards the other extreme is also harmful. It is also just uncomfortable in general to have people act like you are not just a normal average person existing in the world. Authors are amazingly talented of course and that should be appreciated, but that does not rank above the fact that they are a normal person who would just like to interact online like anyone else.

The most important thing to remember is respect above all else. Because authors are human beings who deserve it. Being talented at something should not exclude them from that right. I ask that you take the time to reflect on the way you talk to/about authors and double check that you aren't accidentally forgetting about that.

sub Oscar, dom lando activities lol

i literally can't believe such a perfect video exists i could not be more thrilled i COULD NOT HAVE MORE EVIDENCE FOR THE DOM LANDO AGENDA.

just like the fact that lando gives such good instructions and then such good praise!!!!!!!! "i like that" "yeah nice perfect" "niiiiiiice" "GORGEOUS" like the way he's so thrilled with how oscar is following instructions

and oscar following instructions! he's doing such a good job and he's trying so hard. when lando says to take a big step, oscar takes the biggest step that anyone has ever taken! he almost loses his balance trying to step so big BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LANDO SAID TO DO.

even at the end, like lando says for oscar to keep running forward and oscar clearly knows the track is done and he's about to run into the wall and is moving carefully but he keeps going! because that's what lando said to do! and his big OUCH even though - from my numerous rewatches of the video - i don't think he actually was moving enough to hit anything hard. so he was just doing that to make lando happy!!! and he succeeded!!! Lando was freaking thrilled. oscar takes off his blindfold, huge smiles all around.

also it's like that video where lando and oscar drove together and make the same noise about the gearbox falling off, like any time you're reminded that they're both race car drivers who think and speak the same way, it's just so adorable. lando not saying, you're close to the line, but FIA ARE INVESTIGATING. stop, why was that the cutest thing in the world? because it's exactly what oscar would understand.

"You only like Lando because he's hot"

drinking games - landoscar slow burn piss fic

chapter 2

what the actual fuck