I am not too thrilled with how I have seen some people are talking about me. Though I very much appreciate the support and advice. I will be taking it. Thank you. I am not some stupid idiot that doesn't know how to avoid things I don't like. But I'm not gonna let myself get fucked by assholes or lick butthole to keep the peace. A lot of people are, imo, way too comfortable platforming and rubbing noses with people who look down on them, talk shit, hold disdain for them due to fictional preferences and stoke discord in the fandom. I am not going to do that.
I do try to be an active participant in fandom, and to me that first and foremost is interacting with others. Now, I can't help what people send me in my Dms and asks. The public doesn't see everything. I want to encourage discussion, but I am sooo tired of the topics. I might sound like I am being short and overly frustrated. Maybe it doesn't seem that bad on the surface but its been years of this for me now. Why have I kept doing it? Idk I have higher expectations and misplaced faith in people I guess. And I do want to talk to people. But its gotten monotonous and I have a limit. So I will not be doing that anymore.
It is really disheartening that after 2 years so many people are so hung up on the same stuff. I get that there are some newer people here too, but it still astounds me what people think is important about RoV and worth spending their time on. Also the general inability to read, connect dots, identify themes and common motifs, or look up information like dates, is wild to me. This is a manga for 12 year olds, that has been around for over 50 years.
It also bugs me that the fandoms sentiments seem to be that there is this pitying fault that lies with the person reacting to the bad behavior but no consequences for the ones behaving badly. "she should have done this, she should have ignored it, she should have done that". I don't need this. I get it.
I also don't think people understand that if everyone just shuts up and "keeps their peace" then the only opinions out there are the ones of people lying and spreading misinformation, those lies become accepted truth; see the past few years here. I feel like I contribute plenty to be allowed to have an opinion out there. I can even occasionally share it with someone I don't agree with. They do it to me all the time. Of course my opinions are going to contain bias, but I really do try to be objective with them. I am not trying to hurt anyone’s feelings or insult their personal tastes. But I am not one for imaginative alternative readings or writing fanfiction. I really truly do not think there is enough wiggle room in what we are given for them either. While I enjoy fan work, my blog is a space of canon compliance and official media. So when I interact here that is the place I am coming from. Because I am a collector of these specific things.
I am also not a fan anachronistic literary analysis and fandom is obsessed with this. I find little value in this type of analysis and even less in the fandom space, it is a horrible place for it. People use this to refuse to interact with the work in good faith or to force things that don't make sense. And this always comes at the expense of what is actually there. It’s a huge shame and really doesn't go anywhere, as the reasonings and criticisms do not compute with the source material and quickly fall apart or result in a resounding 'you don't like this work'. To which I ask, why are you here then? While I do think a healthy amount of criticism is good and everyone, even myself have things I don't like. There is a level of criticism beyond which, I do not think you can call yourself a fan. It is irritating to have to deal with people like this, who have nothing nice to say.
I just want to take a break. I do this blog because I like doing it and it’s fun for me, a way to catalog and enjoy my collection and I still learn new things going through it all. But I am also not a commodity that is here to share everything I have but comply and keep my mouth shut or validate everyone's random opinions. If people don't like the way I go about myself, idk what to tell them.
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