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clockwork haters are so fake. “her creator sucks” valid, but not very consistent if they also even tolerate lj, jtk, or many other characters for that matter. “she’s a mary sue/her story sucks” these characters aren’t written by professionals, they were mostly created by tweens who make vent art who also had too much access to internet at a tender age, don’t read creepypasta if you have that big of expectations, and AGAIN, jtk literally turned white after being burnt for a good bit instead of having burn scars all over. the concentrated hate on clockwork isn’t on the same level as any of these characters. “she was always a btch in reader x character stories” are you 10 years old. people have a tendency to punish female characters harsher than male ones who have the same problems. that’s misogynistic. none of THOSE clockwork haters will admit that to anyone including themselves though.

i saw a comment abt her once on tiktok abt her story being just shock value, her sa not affecting her story at all, and i have a few comments on that. the story itself consists only of her origin, not really her tendencies in the future. that’s mostly due to her story being based on the creators own trauma. criticizing a story and it’s writing is totally fine but that’s no excuse to go under so many posts related to the character and relentlessly going “oh i hate her.” then clearly these posts aren’t for you? it’s gotten to a point where i can encounter a post with her, especially ticciwork ones, that will be along the lines of “i HATEEEE clockwork sm btw. ew ew ewwww. lovely art though!” such a buzzkill and it feels so backhanded. and also, hating on a character bc they did not ‘react’ to their sa based on your ideals is disgusting asf.

and with her ships, the bullshit is still there. under most posts abt her in a relationship it’s either “her creator said she isn’t shipped w (character)” “it’s not canon” “she’s not lesbian” “she’s not with toby” y’all realize the artists within this fandom aren’t stuck on invisible laws where they have to abide by creators rules, especially problematic creators. the entire “canon” characters are oc’s themselves. headcanons exist. that’s where creativity stems from! it’s dumb to go under someone’s post and say stuff like this because not only is it disrespectful to the artist or the op even if you’re just stating “facts”, it’s also bullshit. the entire community bases itself around headcanons.

and again, the people who comment this kind of stuff seem to have no problem being such know-it-all’s when they encounter a post that satisfies their taste. for example, no one goes to a toby x oc post and says “that’s NOT real, NOT canon, i love toby, his creator said they’re not even together. awesome art though🫶🏼” . with ticciwork it’s all the same fuckery of “not canon” “the creator said-“ “i always hated clockwork” etc etc. or even a less absurd example, if the same type of people see “canon x canon characters” ship art (again, no one is canon LMAO) but they happen to favor the ship the same standarts aren’t upheld.

this happens to many characters and artists of course but i’ve seen a highly concentrated amount of this type of behavior when clockwork is involved. y’all love hating women, especially ones that don’t cater to your taste or get in the way of your dumbass fictions about you getting it on with equally flawed (mostly male) characters.