I need all baby fandomers/people new to fandom to stop treating other fans like the creator(x2)!!
I understand watching/reading/playing something and becoming obsessed then finding out thereās a fandom for it. Itās like movie? Movie has second movie?!?!
But itās not a second movie. Itās a fan having fun in the same way you are.
(if you arenāt getting it, then letās get a scenario out)
Imagine, you and your friend go to a professional restaurant that serves one main dish and you & friend get the dish, right? Itās so good! You guys talk about it all the time, and friend(in this case, fanfic writers/fan artist) decided that they want to learn to make this dish.
For fun. They are not a professional. Maybe they burn the onions or the sauce is has more garlic cuz they like it better like that. Whatever.
Something about how they made it doesnāt taste like the professionals.
You can tell your friend it doesnāt taste the same, which they know. They ate the same thing as you. They know. This was their version, the way they wanted to have it.
maybe they switched red wine for white or they used tomato sauce instead of paste.
But they like it better that way. Or maybe itās just how they wanted to try it today.
Then friend tells you they found a cooking class focused on the dish(aka tumblr/ao3/youtube/whatever you interact on). They invite you to come to the class for the day! Maybe to try cooking yourself or just to taste test.
Everyone in the class knows what the dish. Maybe even been to the restaurant and have eaten it.
But none of the dishes taste the same. Not to the one you ate and not to each other.
Maybe one or two taste the same kinda ginger but one is spicy and one isnāt.
Maybe one has couldnāt afford to go and is going based on just the recipe and what they like.
Maybe one has been to restaurant but remade the dish entirely. Just to see how it would taste.
Maybe all the changes are ones you hate. Maybe the dish was just perfect for you. Thereās one or two chefs in the corner making exact copies cuz they like to. Go to them, not the others.
The point is, what right do you have to come and tell them that they did the dish wrong? Who said they were trying to do the dish right?
What right do you have to judge their personal preferences?
If you canāt barge in on a restaurant when theyāre closed for the day, why do yāall get mad when a creator canāt post? They are a human being too. They deserve the human respect of a fucking break.
AND!!! If a restaurant changes recipes and you donāt like the dishes anymore, you donāt go on TikTok or Twitter saying that their dishes are fucking awful because they use cumin and you HATE cumin with a passion. You donāt get to yell at the owner to change back to the recipe.
You know what owners usually do? They ban you. They tell you to leave or to eat something else or not to come back. If you donāt like, donāt interact. Simple.