I stopped writing Clexa fanfics because people are toxic af and cutthroat, and I got tired of them arguing in my comments about how I chose to write my fics. It’s going on a year and someone’s come out of the fucking woodwork to argue with year old comments of me having to defend why I chose to write Clarke’s character a certain way after Lexa faked her death in my fic.
Here’s the thing.
If you don’t like someone’s fic… DON’T FUCKING READ IT.
It’s too goddamn early for me to defend myself against assholes who have nothing better to do but remind me why I left this fandom.
I always hate hearing someone left a fandom over toxic people. I’ve never understood this whole I dont like the way you write a character so I’m going to harrass you and leave hurtful comments. Grow the fuck up people. If you dont like something walk away when it comes to reading fanfic. Not everything requires a comment or a so called constructive criticism.
People arguing in my comments weren’t the only reason I left the Clexa fandom, but they played a large role in it. I got tired of having to defend the way I wrote Clarke in one of my fics, so I just stopped working on it. They took the fun out of it.
The comments weren’t / aren’t hurtful—they’re more, “how you wrote Clarke is wrong, she would never act like this, it’s not fair, it’s bullshit, I don’t like what you’re doing, and I feel the need to whine about it until I get my point across.” My response is always along the lines of, “if you don’t like it, don’t read it,” but I feel like an asshole saying it.
I think that some readers fail to realize that there are living, breathing people who write these fics for them. If you don’t like how we’re writing them, either stop reading, or write your own story.
Either way, writers shouldn’t have to defend how they write a character. It’s how you are interpreting the character. Nobody should come behind you and whine that you are not writing a character correctly. If they interpret a character as a certain way only read fics that are written that way then. We all have a choice about what we read. I know if I am not feeling how someone wrote something I stop reading. It’s such a simple thing. No need to say a single word to the author and I just move on to the next fic in my marked for later list. I’m really sorry your passion for writing Clexa got smashed by some people who didn’t the learn the golden rule.
I agree, no one should have to defend how they write a character! Especially when the character has a valid reason for acting and responding the way that they are to another character (i.e., Clarke is pissed that Lexa “faked her own death” and was left out of the loop).
Unfortunately this person doesn’t comprehend, “if you don’t like it, don’t read it.” They’re still arguing in my comments, and their excuse for doing so is, “it’s called a comment section for a reason.” I’m tempted to just take the fic down.
Clexa was fun to write about, and I might write one-shots in the future, but people do indeed suck the fun out of it. Like I get the fandom is passionate, but so are the people who write the fics. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have bothered.
There is passionate but some people don’t understand they are being complete assholes. To continue on about something they don’t like in a fanfic story is bullying. Trying to reason with a bully gets you nowhere because they will never listen to anything you have to say.
I always hate saying this because I love this fandom but if walking away from Clexa fanfic is what you need to do then do it. Your mental health and happiness are more important.
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