of course

[nanslice]

Wow, Dream Daddy fandom has already sent a fanartist into hiding by sending her death threats, all because she drew the daddies genderbent. The DD twitter account commented on it.

Why is fandom like this now? :\

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[nimueth]

Ugh, crap like this is why I don't participate in fandom on a larger scale anymore. I've never been targeted with such vitriol, but watching it happen to others has taught me to keep a low profile, which is sad, 'cause I probably miss out on a lot of fun stuff.

Fandom can get really scary.

[nanslice]

I shipped the wrong ship in Teen Wolf fanom and received some vitriol (mostly of the "you should kill yourself" variety), which didn't bother me too much, but it's ridiculous that it happened in the first place.

Fandom has turned into such garbage. I'm sure it used to be garbage in different ways, but the main difference between then and now is that tumblr is such an open platform, there's no closed communities and mods to cull bad behavior so it just festers. :\