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the concept of "boundaries" have been being weaponized by content creators against their fans for years now. it was the most prevalent and wild in the case of, like, dream smp (I wasn't there but I've been around, I know)

a "boundary" is not a rule that you set to enforce on other people.

what a "boundary" should be: if you make this thing, I will not look at it. I will block it. I do not want to see it, and if you put it in my face (i.e. dms, discord, twitch chat, etc) it will be removed.

you cannot go around trying to enforce a ruleset onto your fandom, especially when a huge majority of said fandom is literally ONLY HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE OF THE THING YOU ARE NOW ATTEMPTING TO OUTRIGHT BAN.

it is not enforceable. you are not a fucking cop. you're a guy on the fucking internet, who has cultivated a fanbase with a significant focus already put upon the exact kind of stuff you're now claiming makes people "wrong and evil" if they dare support, much less contribute to. the only legitimate form of "enforcement" here is TARGETED HARASSMENT CAMPAIGNS. DOXXING. AND LITERAL THREATS. and for the love of GOD. I hope I do not need to explain why that is BAD.

I say this because I see SO much hate for Scott Smajor in general, but in particular a lot of the flight fandom is upset that the majorscythe plotline there got so big. WHICH IT'S VALID TO BE UPSET!! However, I'm seeing too much hate directed at Scott and not enough talking in the fandom about how people can work on this. Dont go after the creator for telling a story, he is simply having fun and it isn't his fault.

Also with this, I would like to point out how Avid and Watermunch's statements about uplifting female and marginalized creators turned into a 'let's all go after Scott' situation. With Avid he definitely used talks to direct hate towards and try to cancel Scott, with water it doesn't seem as direct but with the fact that they apparently were showing similar behavior to Avid and were so close to Avid in the flight, the comments about "everyone's favorite white boy" seem more sinister now.

There ARE internalized misogyny issues that need to be worked on but there is also A LOT of internalized homophobia towards Scott specifically, Id argue that Scott gets some of the most hate online. We should uplift marginalized creators but that includes ALL marginalized creators, Scott doesn't get excluded from that just because he's cis. He's still gay.

Also people need to stop being so mad about his flirting, thats who he is as a person and if you don't like it you can shut up and leave

one of these teammates is grian, of whom she's frequently mischaracterized as the "responsible older sister," especially in hermitcraft and evo smp fanworks. in fic she frequently shows up to coddle him and help him work through his trauma (which she also experienced Btw). or she shows up in the background of fics to be a cheerleader for the blandest m/m ships imaginable (again always involving the man people insist is her brother). this is Unspeakably ooc, of course.

she can never win. she's a crazy bitch; she's the older sister character; she's the dead wife; she's in an f/f ship in the background that the author doesn't focus on but threw in so that they can say they care about women. name a negative stereotype about women in fandom and she's been called that enthusiastically by a decent percentage of the fanbase.

They are listening to Heimweh by Ewigheim!

"i'll be back as soon as i can." "please hurry. don't take too long."

Propaganda

If you're new, welcome to the MCYT QPR Ships tournament!! Starting tomorrow, June first, 3PM CST, I will start posting the polls for the most loved QPR ship in the MCYT sphere!

For the first day there will be four (4) polls posted, but every day after that it will be six (6) until we complete the first round. Each poll will last a week.

The bracket is shown below. The characters and fandom of each ship are not listed here, but they will be mentioned in the polls so no one is confused!

Please note!

I will be discouraging voter fraud during this tournament. If I find out a ship won due to voter fraud I will not rerun the poll, I will simply disqualify it. What do I mean by voter fraud? I mean creating or using multiple accounts to the vote for one nomination. Encouraging others to vote the same as you, and offering bribes (ex: offering art or written works in exchange for votes) are acceptable and encouraged!! I will give a reminder of this on each poll.

Also, this is about QPR ships! I won't tell anyone how to vote but I would keep in mind that this is not about who your favorite romantic ship, or platonic duo/trio/group is. If you think a nomination is better as only a platonic or romantic relationship, maybe consider the other option <3