Whole thing with the “Dead fandom” thing, it's not really dead, the mechat & lovelink fandoms are just extremely toxic in general, and it's not even fanart or fanfiction, it's literally just the lerky fans bringing down other creators in the fandom and forcing them to move on from making content for the fandom. Between Tumblr, Ao3 and the reddits I have seen multiple fans bring down others and push them put I the fandom, by force.💀
is that so 🤔… tbh I didn’t get the impression the fandom is that toxic!
on tumblr it’s definitely dead. only a handful regularly post under the lovelink tag because everyone else has played the game like two years ago already. but even those who didn’t out themselves as a dating simulator enthusiast interact with my posts, write funny and insightful comments in the tags and are just in general totally chill. thank you btw i love it here ❤︎
ao3? tbh I’ve never seen someone comment hate under a fic! I didn’t even think that was possible like why would you look up a fic with tags about your notp or what not?? just close the tab dude
in between the sprinkles of update announcements, mc mondays, “give me joão the sexy firefighter!!” and screenshots of crack mc dialogue choices, that sometimes are actually funny, on reddit I only see people complaining about how “toxic” salvatore and stefan/oliver are and how lovelink is romanticizing blablabla (🙄) while others are thirsting over them a little too much haha
I guess reddit is the platform with the most annoying fan base (surprise) where they condemn you for playing certain plots, but I just keep away from them 🤷🏻♀️ Let them waste their time on lecturing strangers on the internet what’s morally right and wrong. I’m an adult; I know how to differentiate between reality and fiction. I don’t let 16-year-olds get to me and ruin my day. in fact, I have short phases where I read dark fics with worse characters and waaay worse scenarios. salvatore is nothing against those ahahaha
on another note: mechat, tried it for three minutes but didn’t like the art style. they all look so pale, skinny, and evil? where are my thick himbos? also can’t stand bad grammar.