I've just ended up in the abyss of goodreads, and honestly, I am speechless.
I have seen the odd comment about fics being put on there before, but I never looked much into it until now. Since when did people think that this is okay? To review fics like they are an £11.70 hardback book they purchased from Waterstones and then decided they didn't like, even though it had a pretty cover? They are created for the author, no one else, and the option to close the tab is ALWAYS there. Nobody is forcing you to read it, so your unnecessary comments are just that. Unnecessary!
I am honestly trying to work out whether the people who upload/review/hate on fics are completely oblivious to the effect this has on authors, of if they simply don't care? Like honestly, I am one of the luckier ones in this aspect but even what I experienced was enough for me to take my fic down and my motivation to edit and get it back up has literally obliterated. Every time I open the document, I just can't be fucked, and it has affected my desire to write in general as well as my mental health.
So genuine question - do you realise what you are doing to the authors behind the fics that you are shitting on? Does it bring you joy to make them feel like this, or are you genuinely oblivious and think that this is okay???
Everything that has already happened, combined with everything today, makes me question if I even want to keep fics up, let alone stay in this fandom. And i would not be surprised if every other author out there feels exactly the same.
Don't like it? Don't fucking read it!!!!
