#fanwork problems

Fandom Problem 4215:

A fandom problem I’m seeing a lot of lately is minors refusing to curate their online experience and avoid things that make them uncomfortable. You’re all absolutely allowed to be uncomfortable with something—adults are too. But that’s why tagging exists. It exists on tumblr and AO3, and it should honestly exist on every fandom majority space. If a ship makes me uncomfortable, I block the tag for it. If a user I follow consistently does not tag the ship that makes me uncomfortable, I unfollow them. It’s that simple. The block button also exists.

Fandom Problem 4221:

Fandom Problem 4216:

Not everything you dislike is a "trigger". Not everything that makes you uncomfortable "traumatized" you. Not everyone you don't get along with is "toxic" or "abusive". Stop watering down the meaning of serious words.

Fandom problem 4230:

Saw a post on twitter from a so called "critic" who has it out for one ship in particular in the show he "critiques" (i put those in quotes because this guy only skims bits and pieces of the show and complains about it). He has such a hate boner for the ship that every time the voice actors of that ship make a post about it he always jumps on it and tries to tell them "You're a professional voice actor. Stop talking about your ship and voice act."

for the last time creating content and engaging with content other people make are very different experiences and one is not a substitute for the other, i'm honestly tired of the "if it doesn't exist just make it" argument, it's not actually a solution to there being little content for the thing i'd like to read about, it's a problem that either can't be fixed or is helped by more people choosing to make said content, you simply cannot experience something new as a reader for the first time if you're also the writer it just doesn't work like that! and people complaining about there being little content for one thing isn't saying anyone is obligated to start doing so or that what they're making instead is bad just that it would be nice if more people did create what they liked because they'd appreciate reading it, is that so hard to get? like yes, i create the type of content i like because it's enjoyable to write about but the enjoyment i get out of writing and the enjoyment i get out of reading something (someone else wrote) are different things to me

In most fandoms I'm in I almost aways end up getting into the really "controversial" ships that cause a lot of discourse. It's always "ughh ew why would you ship THEM when you could ship this pure fluffy wholesome ship instead??"

Well, I finally get into a fandom where I LOVE the pure, fluffy, wholesome ship. Except, it seems the entire rest of the fandom has unanimously agreed that "well, they're ALRIGHT but they're just kinda boring :)" Fancontent for them is basically nonexistent.