i really, REALLY dislike how the fandom scene has changed ever since carson did the stupid serious stream.
the way boundaries are all of a sudden hailed as rules to never be broken, because if you do its suddenly ok to harass you and call you out for being a weirdo freak, when boundaries are shit you put up with people you know because you can trust them, and not something to be used as a rulebook for strangers.
like we all know boundaries originated from carson, right? infamous predator? THAT guy?
not to mention how much shit fanfic writers get nowadays, when they're as awesome artists as people who do visual art. shoutout all the fic writers. i love you. i see you. it hurts me to know you guys are shunned and usually seen as weirder.
i'm just tired of boundaries being used as this "YOU SHOULD NEVER DO THIS!" when boundaries were always "i don't want to see this, so i'll avoid seeing it to the best of my abilities".
like ccs are all "youre not my friend" but then they treat boundaries as something extremely important and as clear-cut rules that MUST be followed, when thats never been the case, and is also weirdly parasocial.
a lot of ccs just CANT respect the histories of ao3 and tumblr, that theyve always been fandom sites. and ao3 is literally BY FANS FOR FANS. you WILL see content that makes you uncomfortable here and i hate how some of the ccs that are on here act like they should never have to see it, when tumblr is literally THE fandom site. that and people tag their shipping so you don't have to see it! you know you can filter tags, right?
or you could give us a tag that you'll filter so everything we'd prefer you not see, or stuff you don't wanna see, can be tagged that! so you don't have to see it! wouldn't that be so easy?
i hate hate hate hate how so many parts of fandom have to be on discord servers that are now hidden away that you have to be TOLD even exist before you can ask about joining. maintags used to be so active and populated, but within recent years, theyve died down quite a bit (and in mcsr especially, because of a situation some months back), due to people being shunned and harassed out of public spaces that used to be safe spaces.
but now it isnt, because ooohhhh boundaries this and that. ao3 has a tagging system! so does tumblr! its easy as FUCK to avoid stuff you dont wanna see on those sites! your boundaries ARENT rules, and never will be! and not everyone will know your boundaries either!
"my boundaries have been public for years" yeah where can i find them? ohhh, as a screenshot of a message on an invite-only discord server? as a 5 year old tweet with 20 likes? as an old twitch clip i have to be linked? in a twitch vod thats now deleted? great! everyone's totally gonna know about those boundaries of yours, uhuh!
i just wish fandom spaces were still safe for fandom. i'm not even someone who'd be readily breaking anyone's boundaries, i don't do ship art, or gore, or other generally 'controversial' and 'boundary breaking' art, but i have quite a few friends that do, and it hurts to see how much they have to hide themselves away because otherwise they'd be hounded and harassed for just expressing love and joy in their own ways for something they appreciate so deeply.
nobody here is forcing the ccs to see all the art that breaks their boundaries, especially not the artists and writers. "but i get sent it so often-" yeah, but not by the artist now, is it? the artists often state themselves that they dont want it sent to the cc, and yet here we are..... like whatever man. i'm just tired. i don't like how fandom has changed over the last few years, it sucks and it makes it less fun.
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