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I just saw something which really irked me. There was a video and it was like “what’s the worst marauder fic” and then everyone was saying what they think the worst fic is in the comments….
PEOPLE WRITE THESE FOR FREE. IN THEIR OWN TIME. Like I’m not being funny but: they write it for free, edit them and make sure they are good enough for people to read (even if they don’t edit them they are still writing pieces of work for your enjoyment with 0 profit for what they produce or for their time they spend on it).
If you don’t have anything nice to say about a fic or anything someone has produced (especially if it’s made for other people without the creator charging for the works) then just don’t say anything 🤷♀️
If you really don’t like it then stop reading? Maybe don’t interact with it? Maybe block the creator/mute the account if you really want to.
There’s never an excuse to critic a piece of work, whether that be publicly or to the creator in private, keep it to yourself! And even if the creator asks you for constructive criticism keep it nice and civil because it’s supposed to be CONSTRUCTIVE!!!!
And really, how do you think the authors of these works feel seeing you slam the work they produce online for everyone to see, blatantly calling it the ‘worst fic’ or that you ‘hate the fic’ purely because ‘the ship is a red flag’. THAT’S YOUR OPINION. IT’S NOT EVERYONES. So keep it to yourselves!
Your little comment being horrible about the fic and shaming the writing can:
A) influence people not to read the fic simply because they don’t feel they should because of your comment.
B) they may end up stopping writing altogether.
They create these for fandoms, for our enjoyment. Please be grateful. Authors have feelings too.