Well a big thing has ended for me today, in a way. @madgirlspoem said it perfectly and I won't try to reiterate what that brilliant post captured, but I'm done making excuses for them. I'm done feeling like a child with my open hands out and having them be slapped away. I'm tired of enduring outright hostility over something that hurts no one and if anything expects better out of popular content and content creators. I'm tired of having a possible gay reveal be Soooo Important that you condemn the people who love your work the most. Now, instead: I'm committed to fandom. I'm committed to fanfic. I'm committed to writing it and reading it. I'm committed to art and videos and everything else that is transformative and brave and bold and not afraid to be what it is. I'm committed to creativity and discussion and thinking bigger and expecting more. Do better. Be better. We must set the bar higher now.
