#eg: i don’t like short sirius. instead of hassling people who do i’ll just make 15 posts about it of my own. write it into all my fics.

[padfootastic]

like, this might be controversial idk but sometimes you can not like what someone else said but also not confront them about it, ykno?

especially with fandom stuff where everyone has different (often differing) headcanons and opinions and ways of interpreting one scene. someone saying something you don’t believe in isn’t necessarily a challenge to prove them wrong.

it’s one thing to bitch about it in closed circles/on ur blog but if u don’t agree with the poster, there’s no need to go guns blazing into their inbox with anonymous asks about how they’re so wrong, actually, and dont u know xyz. that’s not helpful at all. i know the urge is strong, especially when it’s something u care about, but it doesn’t serve any purpose at all. i promise.

#like i have to stop myself from doing this multiple times a week so i *get it* #especially when it comes to james/sirius/prongsfoot which get the worst takes #and i absolutely hate some of them to the point i hate rant in other places #but like. telling the op that? will do nothing? #it won’t even give me satisfaction bc i don’t think they’ll change their mind #plus it’s just unnecessary stress #what i tend to do if i don’t like something is post/write my own stuff but even more often so it can drown it out #like. i’m a hater. everyone knows this. but i try rly hard to not single people out #and i really think we should all just be. more mindful? of how we interact w people #especially in spaces where tone isn’t easily understood #eg: i don’t like short sirius. instead of hassling people who do i’ll just make 15 posts about it of my own. write it into all my fics. #that works too ykno? and i’m convincing more people this way so two birds w one stone #pen’s whining