gswritings replied to your post “I don't know whether to laugh or cry or...?”
O_o Dude.... that’s obviously crap. Don't mind it. If they don't like Derek and Sterek they can. But we also can so that. So never mind, honestly. How weird... o_O
Oh, I don't mind it. I actually ignore most hate that I get. (People don't notice because what little hate I don't ignore tends to get a lot of attention.) There's a reason I just deleted these asks without answering or publishing them.
I just find it funny, given the kind of wank I've been drawn into over the last year.
I started out extremely pro-Sterek. But over time, I started to get more and more disconcerted by a lot of the attitudes I'd see in the fandom (and how they manifested in fanfic). I eventually got frustrated enough (mostly due to depressingly well-intentioned anti-Scott comments on my Stiles/Derek fanfic) to actually say something. Wank ensued, and I got a reputation for being "anti-Sterek" and a "Scott-stan". (Because apparently, being pro-something now automatically means you stan it? Ugh, I'm too old to keep up with the new definitions.)
Recently, though, I got into a lot of wank with some Sciles BNFs by defending Derek. The gist of it is that I don't think past abusive behavior (that someone regretted doing and reformed from) automatically make someone an abuser (as a character identity/description), and that I have issues with people clumping together disparate crimes under a blanket term. I wouldn't characterize shoplifting as being the same crime as armed robbery, or trespassing on someone's yard to be the same as breaking into their house, so I don't characterize sexual harassment as sexual assault. The person who was calling Derek a rapist disagreed with me.
Now some anon just sent me a bunch of asks calling me a hypocrite and a liar for defending Derek after being pro-Scott for so long.
Teen Wolf has become so polarized that even though I'm just pro everyone, this means people interpret me as being anti everyone. I'm pro-Scott, and therefore anti-Sterek. I'm pro-Derek, and therefore anti-Sciles. I'm pro-Malia, therefore I'm anti-Stydia. I'm pro-Lydia, therefore I'm anti-Stalia. etc. etc.
And now, being pro-Derek means I'm anti-Scott, despite the fact I got my anti-Sterek reputation in the first place almost entirely by being pro-Scott.
(Side note: I predicted that fandom culture would become like this years and years ago, back when Tumblr was still a feed-service that most of fandom ignored. Sometimes, I hate being right.)
It's all shit I've gone through before, but I'm impressed that it only took a bit over a year for this to come full circle like this. I'm not sure if this circular wank is actually happening faster, or if it just feels faster because I'm getting older. I’m a Millenial and I've already become a fandom grandma, wtf.