#hate comment

A bit of a different post today.

TW: bullying, harassment, and mentions of suicide.

So I have been very lucky in my time on both A03 and Tumblr. I think, in the last 8 years, I can count on one hand the number of actually negative comments I have had. Constructive criticism doesn't count - that, I will always encourage.

But then this slid into my inbox today. And I'm making no effort to hide the username of the person who left it, if they are even real (could well be a bot), then hell yeah I'll name and shame. I don't give a shit.

It was translated from German, so it may not be 100% accurate, but here is the original comment, my response, and the translation.

But why do I post this? Well, for one, it made me laugh. I got dragged up in a British secondary school, this shit doesn't even touch the sides of what I've heard and been told in my life. At the end of the day this is some sad little lowlife hiding behind a keyboard, and being in my late twenties and very secure in myself, this doesn't change a thing about my life.

But for two, it's to raise an awareness. Now, I don't know if there is a real person behind that screen, or if it is a bot account. If it's the latter, then picking a Jack Daniels fanfic to roast someone is...a choice, to say the least. But whatever, you do you, you string of 0's and 1's. It does beg the question of what information you're being fed to achieve that kind of comment, but that's a conversation for another day. I don't greatly feel like getting into the generative AI debate now, and the negative impact that's having on our world and, on a smaller scale, fandom.

But if you are real, then fuck you. You landed in my inbox today, and I shrug you off and name and shame you. No real harm done. Fanfic Writers 1 - Hate Commenter 0. But had you ended up in the lap of someone vulnerable, perhaps younger, maybe even on their first ever fic - I dread to think where this could throw someone's mental health. And why do you get joy from trying to stop people writing? (or, living, in this case). Piss off, seriously.

If by some chance this person reads this; put the keyboard down and do something productive with your life. You don't belong here.

If anyone receives anything from them: delete. delete. delete. Remember that fandoms are a place for kindness, zero tolerance, and wherever you look you will find support. These lowlife trolls don't deserve your tears.

Some folk might ask me why I don't moderate comments if this is the type of thing that comes through, but to that my answer is simple. This is a one-off, whereas genuinely nice comments from guest accounts are not. They happen on most my fics, and I'll never deny someone the ability to say what they want to me. I like to remember that I was once a guest account scouring A03, learning very quickly that I wasn't going to be leaving the platform anytime soon. People's interactions with me are what led me to make it official; I'd like to one day be that person for someone.

So what I’m hearing is…we predict that he’s gonna get hate…and then he does…so we are right but we are also the reason he’s getting hate because…how exactly?

I dislike people like you so much who have no nuance on things but I’m going to tell you something. People who read energies, get all of it, the bad and the good and sometimes the bad is really bad. What we tell you, is what we see, not what we want to be true.

The hate both of them have received is NOT a joke. It is horrendous and I have never joked about it.

really?

@theoldaicri if you think i’m gonna stoop down to your level… you’re wrong.

i could argue and argue and argue… but i’m not going to.

you really think telling me to kill myself is gonna do anything? you really think i’m that weak? you think that i don’t realize my opinions are already controversial enough?

believe me, i know i have controversial opinions. i know people are gonna hate me for it. hell, i’ve gotten numerous anonymous asks where people are hating on me for my opinions. and guess what? i don’t give two shits.

props to you for at least making it known who you are. at least you’re not hiding behind anonymity.

but if you think your words are gonna do anything… you’re wrong.

it’s not a threat.

do fucking better.

But like, no joke, please don’t leave hate. Obviously there are going to be points where it’s ORV, but this is also fanfiction, posted as fanfiction, and advertised as fanfiction. I’ve never claimed I wrote this.

I THINK IVE MADE IT GUYS

IM A REAL WRITER NOW.

Lol

For the record. Im not responsible for you misinterpreting my tags. Or your inability to figure out half way through that a fic leaning heavily towards Sevmione from literally the start of the fic would end up with that as end game. Especially when I never tagged it triad and tagged it love triangle.

Mind you they admitted to reading the WHOLE DAMN THING.

Thanks for the views.

Bite me.