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thank you for the flattering words, but i don't want to disrespect the person that asked a genuine question about my opinions or shut down more chances for conversation. i understand why they brought up harry potter, and i'm glad this discussion has opened up! i have a lot of opinions on this as well.

comparing support of "cancelled" and controversial creators does, in theory, make sense, and fanworks for harry potter, a series made by a horrible person, are often condemned as being immoral to create so it makes sense that fanworks inspired by AvidMC should also be condemned. however, people don't usually give the actual reason for why supporting JKR through fanworks is bad, and just say "because the creator is bad, making stuff relating to her works is bad". and that's not the reason why you shouldn't support JKR. this lack of understanding the why of not supporting JKR, and only thinking that you shouldn't create fancontent about "bad people"'s stories, has led to some genuinely terrible takes and widespread beliefs in the mcyt fandom as a whole, and to the belief that fanworks that relate to controversial and terrible people actually supports the harm they've done.

the reason you should not support JKR and harry potter is because she is actively politically involved with nazis and is trying to kill trans people, and she uses the popularity of harry potter (produced through people engaging in both her canonical works and fanworks) and money made off of the series to achieve these goals. there is no ethical consumption of harry potter, because anything that further elevates her platform and audience is directly contributing to her horrific goals and ideologies which are ACTIVELY being acted on and continuing to harm real-life people. however, people never say this. people only say "don't support JKR because she's transphobic", and don't give the context and reasoning of "she's transphobic and is actively harming trans people using her fame from harry potter, and to stop her we need to stop talking about harry potter". this has led to a widespread belief that morality is the main reason you should stop interacting with and creating fancontent for someone's characters and stories, when this is just not true.

minecraft youtube cancelling and discourse is different. AvidMC has already hurt their victims, and has already retired from the internet. even if they attempt to return to content creation, nobody is waiting for them. they will never be able to get their platform again, and will never be able to hurt people through their popularity and content again. they are gone, they are done, there is no space for them. they have no platform that fanworks can support, no actionable and ongoing harm they are acting on to hurt people that would be encouraged and platformed by fanworks. somebody drawing or writing avid will not bring them any closer to those they harmed or anyone they would wish to harm in the future.

AvidMC is still a terrible, terrible person in real life. if you do not want to make fanworks involving him, that is completely understandable; it is difficult to divorce the character from their creator. however, it is NOT a valid argument to claim that the entire fandom should entirely cease creating fanworks of him "because it supports him and his actions" or "because he's abusive in real life". fanartists are free to make what they like in this context, because there is no way--apart from monetary donations, which you obviously shouldn't do--to support AvidMC in any meaningful way. despite what he has done to people, and despite how terrible of a person he is, drawing his characters does not support him, and does not cause any more harm. morality does not matter when it comes to who you chose to create fanworks of.

even though both JKR and AvidMC have hurt people and are terrible people, there is this fundamental difference. one has a platform which she uses, fueled by fans, to kill trans people. one has done irreparable harm to their friends and community using their platform, but no longer has any platform or connection to those people at all; it is, in my opinion, obvious which person would benefit from fanworks continuing to be made, and who would not be affected at all.

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