Creator Boundaries, Interpretation and Death of the Author
I really don't want to get into all this, (they say, then proceeds to write 5 paragraphs lmaoo) but this MYCT boundary thing is lowkey fascinating on an interpretive level
Like, to some degree, I can sympathise with CC's who make boundaries, especially for more RP focused things. Like, I can understand getting annoyed at people making an interpretation different to the one I intended, especially if it makes them uncomfortable. (like, don't forcibly show NSFW stuff to creators, that's lowkey sexual harassment, and you'd understand why they'd be uncomfortable with interpretations afterwards)
But, the thing is, what we are dealing with here is Death of the Author - not how it's used a lot in a sense to distance a work from a problematic author, but the view that the author or creator has no exceptional authority over the work. Some say disregard the author entirely, others say that the author is just one among many interpretations.
The most fun parts of fandom is interpretation, little character analyses, filling in the gaps to create backstories, or fanart, or fics. To be bound to the creators interpretation is, at least to me, limiting.
(This isn't even getting into the fanart boundaries stuff - yikes is all I'll say for that. Also I LOVE FAT PEOPLE)
My big media opinion is that fans do not need to be able to talk readily to creators. I don't know if there's been a piece of media improved by the ability to contact the creator of it. Good can come out of it, QnAs and stuff, but fans need spaces to exist beyond the creator.
(This could be due to me liking Elden Ring, which basically means you have to piece it together yourself, the game is the only information you'll get)
