Entitled Fans Ruining Stories
As of lately, I have noticed a disgusting trend of companies bending over to the wills of the fans to compromise their stories.
An example would be this cover of Batgirl, where it shows her being held hostage by the Joker. The artists received many death threats for it, because it was Batgirl being portrayed being damaged by the Joker. Because of all the flack, they decided to move for a different cover. And yet here is a picture of Robin being beaten to death by the Joker, and no one said shit about it.
I even hear that the company is doing everything it can just so that such an incident never happened. That Barbara Gordon was not sexually abused and physically broken by the Joker in the older comics.
Which makes me really angry.
Why? Because it’s not fair to the character of Barbara Gordon. This was her struggle, this was a tragic thing that built her character throughout the series that transformed her into the all seeing Oracle. And even then, she was still kicking ass helping out Batman and can fight for herself I mean look at these! Look how fucking BAD ASS she is! And she’s PARALYZED!
The fans are making it sound like they can change how a story is written but that’s not fair, because everyone else cannot change their own story of tragedy no matter how hard they try. I understand if it’s the choice of the writers to completely reboot the story maybe because it wasn’t selling well or popular but ugh, I hate stories that are being rebooted because the fans demand for it.
You know what happens when stories get compromised due to demands of fans?
The story starts to suck, and it doesn’t come out as a good story anymore.
I also despise how fans feel so entitled to a particular show.
Yes, I understand that this show is your number one fandom or whatever,
but that doesn’t mean you can get away with demanding shit from the author and from other fans.
And since some fans feel particular ownership over certain shows, I hate when they try to exclude others from enjoying it. Like I’ve heard of fans trying to shoo away people because of who they are, and claiming that the show was made for them like shut your trap and let other people enjoy the fucking show god DAMN.
These are the same fuckers who think they can threaten people because of their freedom to interpret characters how they like.
Like seriously, if people wanna draw, write, cosplay their characters a different way, then stop being a bitch and let them draw, write and cosplay the character however they want. Don’t be bitchy just because you are probably shit at drawing or insecure bout your writing and insecure about your cosplay.
Here, an example of a scandal where a fan artist was pushed to suicide due to harassment over an interpretation of a character.
THAT TUMBLR THAT THREATENED THIS TEENAGE GIRL, @matriarchalmuffin IS STILL UP. AND THAT’S DISGUSTING PEOPLE. REPORT HER FOR HARRASSMENT. I KNOW I DID.
People need to remember why stories are stories, and not autobiographies.
These are meant to be stories about fictional characters and their fictional lives, and how these fictional characters proceed through their fictional world. If you wanted something that related to you, might as well have written a personal journal about your everyday life you can look back to. Because I look to shows, comics and games for stories of characters, not stories about myself.
If you relate to the show, then that means that the author carefully made sure that these characters were as human-like as possible, and it’s fine to be able to relate to them.
Like for me, I have watched Zootopia recently and I can say that I relate a lot with Judy Hopps because we have a similar way of dealing with things. But that doesn’t mean I will be bitchy and say that Judy should have been an artist so that I could relate to her more. That shouldn’t be the case, because I know she is a fictional character with a human-like quality to her. She has her own struggles, and I love seeing her deal and battle with the different situations at hand. That doesn’t mean I want her to have dealt it in another way since I understand the kind of character she is.
If you want a story about yourself, go and make it yourself. Make the story of how oppressed you are, of how you live your life, how your weight affects you, whatever.
Do it via comic, art, writing, game, whatever. Just don’t keep thinking you have the right to the stories these authors made for the enjoyment of everyone. Stop pushing people out for liking a certain story because of their gender and skin color.
It’s not just about you. So get over yourself.
