To prevent this from being called 'vagueposting', this post is about The Lorets, how i think there should have been more separation in the power structure of the fandom, the current drama, and how i can see a pattern about to exert itself.
Perhaps the ones who place themselves as the unquestionable authority on The Truth (of the setting) should not have complete impunity and dictatorial control over nearly every space related to the setting.
Perhaps having those who define The Truth (of the setting) also have unchecked ability to censor or control anything they deem as Harmful (to the setting) in discussions about works in the setting should have been a very obvious limit.
Perhaps it is not surprising that when those who have the designated duty of defining The Truth (of the setting) also pick up the duty of limiting What Is Harmful (to the setting), they drop the last part and start deciding What Is Harmful in general. Of course, it is reasonable. It is a small, vulnerable community, and this is in the interest of protecting everyone. It is undeniably reasonable that someone yelling slurs and attacking others and showing no interest in collaborating or caring about the setting should be kept out of the setting for the safety of others, that makes sense.
But now you find you have a collection of very few individuals who police both The Truth (of the setting) and What Is Harmful, unchecked, with control over what is deemed 'official' in relation to the setting with a greater expanse than just the lore. Oh no.
Now these individuals have the ability to keep the community safe from What Is Harmful, while being able to set the definition for What Is Harmful, since they define The Truth (of the setting), and you find that there really is no more distinction between what they find Harmful and What Is Harmful to the community.
But it's okay. They're just here to protect. If you participate in that other branch of the community, you are supporting What Is Harmful. Sure, that user that was banned might have brought up a good point, but the way they said it was Harmful. If you bring up what they were talking about, you are supporting What Is Harmful.
They are a Bad Actor. We exist to protect you from What Is Harmful. You disagree? But we maintain The Truth, remember? It's our duty, it's the whole purpose of our role. What do you mean it was just meant to be The Truth (of the setting)?
That is all to say, it's insane to see the lorets preparing to frame Glitchy and Teagan as Bad Actors doing What Is Harmful, the same way they have a hundred times previously to others.
The worst part being that there are some that are actually defending them and believing them, because they just accept that they define The Truth.
Perhaps you should stop and check when they are starting to say the original creator doesn't understand her own work or its impact.
Don't reblog those "Oh I love HDG as a collaborative setting, it's all a big play space!" posts that they are all very inconspicuously making at the same time. They are going to use it to frame the original creators of the setting as a Bad Actors who 'won't let others play in the sandbox how they want.' They are going to frame the ones who made the setting you supposedly love as being What Is Harmful.
Bonus fun fact: The HDG.wiki site said it was the 'official site' up until a few weeks ago, where it was changed to say 'the community site'. What an innocent and inconspicuous change. I'm sure this won't lead to any foreshadowing in how the lorets define themselves in response to criticism or pushback.
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