I'm only going to speak this one time on the matter.
The shipping situation with Pyroscythe and Maddie has been handled horribly. Point blank.
Maddie is completely valid in being uncomfortable, I will not hear anyone say otherwise. That being said, expecting the entire internet to bend to your whims as a creator is wrong.
Fandom existed before, many of us, myself included, have been here for years. Within the last several years there has been a shift of Content Creators becoming extremely involved in their fandoms, and it has become a detriment to the culture as a whole. This is not just Pyroscythe, many many others are just as guilty.
So to those Content Creators, you are a person just like the rest of us. You have to curate your online experience just like us as well. You do not get to control fandom spaces, you don't control what we create for free. You're characters stopped being completely your own the second it was shown on the internet. If something makes you uncomfortable, you have to take the action to avoid those fanworks. Block tags, block accounts, scroll past. You do not get to say what we can and cannot do. You are in control of the buttons you press, of what you see.
To my fellow fans, do as you wish with fictional characters in your art. You're not doing it for the CCs, you're doing it for you. Rarepairs and crackships have existed for decades. Ships that are strange or wrong or controversial have existed just as long. You are your own person, not everyone will like what you make, but at the same time, someone might love it. Please keep creating. The CCs don't control you. At the same time, don't force your works onto others. Tag properly, don't @ the CCs. That is how you be respectful without giving up what you love.
Fictional characters are just that, fictional. When I write fanfiction, I am taking fictional characters and playing with them like dolls. They are not real, nothing I do with them affects real life.
All of this is to say, I will not stop writing my fics. I am not making them for the CCs to see, in fact, I have never wanted them to see it. So, I will continue to ship V!Majorscythe. I refuse to give up the ship that finally broke a years long writter's block. I will not abandon my in-progress fics. I am expecting a dynamic change on The Flight, so I will not be writing anything with TF!Majorscythe, I will likely still interact with other's works & art though. If this upsets you, block me now. Control is not how fandom works. I saw someone say how this is our house. Fandom is our space. If you don't like it, leave. I will not be pushed out of my space, my home.
I sincerely hope if somehow this is seen by Pyro, or any other CCs, it helps them understand how poorly this was handled. You cannot control fandom spaces. 6+ years ago, you would never know what we talk about, what we shipped. This space isn't for you and trying to control it makes it unsafe for us. You're not above us, block features exist for a reason.
Stay safe, curate your online experience, you are loved.
