Crazy Cat Lady in Training

Fandom Problem #14,443:

*goes to AO3 into the search*

*filters a certain tag that squicks me*

*looks at the fics*

*puts another tag into the filter, that is basically the same as the first filter but with different wording*

*looks at the fics*

*puts yet another tag into the filter, which is again basically the same but with different wording*

*looks at the fics*

*puts one more tag into the filter, which is also basically the same but with different wording*

*looks at the fics*

*clicks on one fic that sounds interesting*

*has the thing that squicks me in there, which did not get fucking tagged*

Fandom Problem #14,456:

Why does every media where the main message is about love and acceptance have the most toxic fanbase?

Actually, I think I know why.

Fandom Problem #15,112:

"Why is there no complex, strong, independent, with lot of character development, lesbian, main character, woman in my man loving other men romance novels? It is sexist that there is no woman main character."

Seriously, why do you think there is no woman main character in a genre about men falling in love with, loving and fucking other men? Really think about it. Just deeply for a second, I think if you really really tried to do that, you would get why a story about men in a genre about men, does not have a woman as its main character or focus point.

Fandom Problem #15,114:

Fandom Problem #15,115:

Tumblr: WE WANT MORE MORALLY COMPLEX CHARACTERS!

Morally complex character: Exists

Fandom Problem #15,125:

"This character (A) is a much kinder person 😇 than this other really awful character (B) 😒"

"Oh, you mean the character who has had a loving family and never had any struggles in their life, compared to the child abuse victim who is suffering from trauma? Oh, yeah, such a struggle for A to be a more kind and trusting person than B has grown up to become. 🙄"

"But you do not understand, if A has had B's upbringing they would still be as kind and loving as they are now, because they are at the core a good person unlike B. 🥰"

None of the signup methods require a password. It only takes email and birthday. Minimizing time on the signin or signup screen makes it harder for people quitting to avoid relapse.

"Characters" on the website will send messages "on their own" (prompted by the site) to try to invite inactive users back after as soon as 1 day of inactivity. This is likely to force FOMO, or make users feel more like they owe the bots a response. Unhealthy attachment stuff.

Account deletion is an essential part of every service that should go smoothly, right? Right? Wrong. It takes 1-2 weeks for a Character AI account deletion to be finalized, and account deletion requests have a high chance to not go through if you're not using the app.

Rephrasing: People leaving Character.AI are pushed to download the app in order to delete their accounts, if they haven't already. This makes it harder for people to quit and stay gone. Failing to quit an addiction makes it harder to quit successfully in the future, so this feels like a feature, not a bug. On top of that, the delete account menu reads like this:

Fandom Problem #15,103:

Let women be flawed.

Let women make mistakes.

Let women be mean.

Let women be spiteful bitches.

Let women be cruel.

Let women be the villains.

Let women be ugly cryers.

Let women be weak.

Let women be feminine.

Let women be soft.

Let women be angry.

Let woman be human.

And stop with the women must be perfect little angels and flawless warriors bullshit. We women are humans just as flawed and inperfect as every other human being.