Below are two messages to TMI fandom:
So mortalacademy and I decided to write our own personal ‘letters’ to TMI fandom due to the current uproar. We advise you read them both and reblog this post, because now all has been said, what is left now is for it to be heard.
Recently I saw that there was a load of crap and controversy going on in the TMI fandom, and I had to find out what the hell was going on. So now after finding out, I don’t know what to think really, never would I have thought the FANS within this fandom could become so mean and fall into such a dark hole. Though the things that have really got under my skin are;
1: People saying that the books BELONG to the fans now, and not to Cassie. Right no, this is not the case, they do not belong to us FANS, they belong to Cassandra Clare. She wrote them, therefore they are hers. We have just taken things away into our own lives and happiness from them, not suddenly claimed ownership of them.
2: How apparently Cassandra is choosing sides between those being negative and those being positive. This, once again, is not the case. If Cassandra has been following someone-whether it be for a long time or not-and something that is apparently bad happens on their account, it is not Cassandra’s fault. Nor is she siding with what they are saying, just because she is following them. Nobody can judge another on who they follow, because I bet on everything you do, or everyone you meet in life, there will be something that you don’t agree on with them.
3: The specific fansite accounts and things they post; Yes, they probably find out things and hear rumours about the TV Show and the script or whatever. Though what you have to think and understand-which I see people post time and time again-is how the script and the show itself is bound to change, so even something that is completely official could be false and be lies; since things might change in the future.
Yes, it isn’t right to be posting things that are not true, but at the same time it’s not exactly fair to retaliate in comments by complaining how all these are lies. If you know they are lies, just ignore them and tell your friends in the fandom it’s not true. I’m sure it makes people feel so small when someone comments saying how they are liars and what not, so be the bigger person and leave it alone.
4: Now onto the movie and TV show, and all this babbling about it. Think of it this way; you wrote this best-selling book series, then had the opportunity to make it into a movie. You wouldn’t say no, you would go for it no matter what. Yes, there was so much mix up in the movie and Cassandra probably did know this, but even so if it was YOUR book being adapted you would promote the shit out of it! You have to think it’s a bias opinion when someone who has read the books is saying the movie is trash, yet for example people who haven’t read the books wouldn’t see the faults, and may have actually enjoyed the movie. So it’s not exactly fair to penalise someone on promoting something of their own. If she had said “Oh by the way the movie is trash, nothing like the books, go watch it anyway” there is a chance that nobody would of gone and seen it!
As for the TV show, yes things will be done differently, but as Cassandra has said time and time again; she has no control in what happens on the show. Which is more than likely what happened with the movie; just like us FANS, she is in the same boat. So her opinion, just like ours needs to be heard, but Cassandra is trying to see our opinions and pass them on. They are more likely to listen to her, than they are us.
All in all, everything that has occurred within the fandom has actually resulted in the ACTUAL AUTHOR to leave the internet out of distress and being upset over all the attacks. Nobody should have to face or deal with that, especially from those who deem to be her FANS.
Okay, this is hella long, but it needs to be said.
As most of you are aware, there is a war going on in TMI fandom right now. For those of you who have no idea what’s going on I advise you message me and I will happily get you up to date. I think exposing the blog to the entirety of my followers will make it much worse than it already is, and no one wants that. So message me individually.
Firstly, I would like to note that this turn of events has put me in a very despairing mood. Suddenly I have writers block, snap my parents heads off when they talk to me, and now I’m listening to really heavy metal music which I never do because I’m trying to work out my anger. My TV is making a racket and I want to attack it with a sledgehammer, but I have Revenge to watch tonight and TVD on Wednesday, so I can’t.
I have been targeted by anons since yesterday declaring that I am wrong, and that Cassie is wrong, and that she is a bully, and that I am going to lose a load of followers because I stated my own opinion on this situation.
You will find I am an extremely logical person. I listen to every side of conflicts like this, and the majority of the time I don’t pick sides. But when I receive hate, when no one takes notice in my opinions, it’s supremely difficult to lean toward that side and to notice them back. Generally I don’t acknowledge insults as such; I tend to brush them off. But when you are attacking something I am passionate about–a united family–there is no question of whether I am going to be stung or not.
Secondly, feel free to message me. I don’t mind. It doesn’t really faze me, because your anger is not directed at me, but that does not make it right (I’ll get to that.) But when you do message me, please, for the sake of alien babies everywhere, come off anon. Please? I don’t know if you’ve read the Hunger Games, but if you have, you are evidently aware that you cannot, under any circumstances, start some form of rebellion without a face. Sure, you can fire hate on anon, but what does that make you? A coward. How am I supposed to take you seriously if you can’t reveal who you are? You are anonymities. I do not know who you all are. How many of you there are. Your intentions. You are nothing but a bloody computer screen.
I haven’t personally messaged a single soul since this occurred, and I have no reason to. If I did I would not go on anon: how are you supposed to listen to me otherwise? Don’t be cowards and type away behind your lavish keyboards with an arrogant smirk on your face; show me who you are, otherwise I’m just going to assume you all look the same, given the avatar on anon is a head with glasses on. There is a reason why the head doesn’t have a mouth, you know: because you might as well not have one.
You have a name. All you’re missing now is your courage. Perhaps if you roll your eyes enough you might find your brain.
Thirdly, given that the fandom is literally splitting in two over this massive exaggeration, I would really like to know just where the bloody hell ‘Team Good’ have scurried off to. I understand that maybe you don’t want to get involved, but apparently, according to __________ “if you stand beside a bully it makes you a bully.” Cassie is getting bullied by thousands of people, and there are so many of us that are not doing anything about it. Jesus Christ, we used to be a team. What happened to that? Surely everyone–and I mean everyone, both Team Good and the Ignorant Duck Squad–have opinions just waiting to burst free inside them, so why abstain from voicing them? I don’t care if you lean toward the Squad; I don’t care if you don’t want to get involved; I don’t care if you are afraid. You are free to speak up. You are entitled to a voice. You will discover those who disagree and those who agree, but that’s what life is: people love you and people hate you; you are judged for doing what you love most and you are praised for it. There is no in-between. Sitting back and watching things unfold when you desperately want to scream what you think to the universe will eat you up inside. It will not make a difference if you speak up; it is just that you will be recognised and acknowledged, and you will receive both admiration and hate for it.
You know, when people battle, they verbally batter each other until they have to peel themselves off the floor. But I think that so much war in this world could be prevented if people just listened to each other. You wouldn’t have to rebel against one another because of your desperate need to be heard, to say “I am right! Why isn’t anybody listening!” And do you know why they don’t listen? Because you don’t return that favour. You meet fire with fire; you meet blade with blade; you meet war with war. Peace only comes afterward, and even then it isn’t truly peaceful, because you realise that all the two parties ever desired was peace, and that the destruction wrought could have been avoided if they just went “Okay, stop! What’s your problem, man?” And then they actually talked and listened to one another.
I don’t know if it plays only in Britain, but there was this TV commercial over Christmas. It was of these two countries warring against each other. One boy worked up the courage and bravery to walk out into the firing line with his hands held aloft, and he continued to walk even as the opposing army fired at him. And then a boy from said opposing army walked forward and met the other boy halfway, and do you know what they did? They exchanged names and shook hands, and then both armies stopped trying to kill each other for an hour and they played football! Football!! After the hour was nigh they returned to killing each other, but the message was clear: war doesn’t solve anything.
I have said most of what is needed to be said last night; I was up till half 2 this morning ranting about this. So please, search through my blog and you will find my replies to the anon asks. I’ve just gotten several more while writing this, actually.
All are stating the mistakes Cassie made nine years ago. How she told a girl she should have been aborted. How she was a bully and a manipulative bitch. And if all of that is true, it is disgusting. But my point is still that you cannot hold someone accountable for their previous actions, for something they did nine years ago, if they have changed. If they haven’t changed, that’s something else entirely, but I believe Cassie has.
Nine years ago. Has she bullied in the past nine years? She makes one infinitesimal mistake, she has a history of bullying, so therefore she’s a bully now? Your definition of “haven’t changed” is off-kilter.
Example: my brother is an alcoholic. Two years ago he went to prison and was evidently prevented from drinking; when he was released he was immediately back on the drink. That is the definition of someone who hasn’t changed. If they don’t learn from their previous mishaps and do it again within a short period of time.
With this incident involving Cassie there is a nine-year time gap in-between.
Another example is something I said to the boy I am bloody in love with. I told him to do something, as I’m sure you can all guess what, and he looked at me as if I’d slapped him across the face. I swear I wanted to get down on my knees and beg for his forgiveness, but instead I said “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that,” and he laughed it off, but I could see it had wounded him, you know? It’s been two years and it is the last thing I think about before I go to sleep at night, how wrong it was to say such a cruel thing, how much I would give anything to take that back. It’s been eating away at me ever since. People always question why I refer to myself as a bitch, or unlikable, and now you have your answer. There’s this dating website called Skout–yes, I’m on it because it’s refreshing to meet new people–and in my bio it says “I’m soulless because I’m a redhead. Also, just a heads-up: don’t expect good, because I’m not a very likeable person.” Because what I said to that boy two years ago has scarred me for the rest of my life.
I know I have changed since then, but sometimes it hurts so freaking much I just want to go back in time and banish those memories with new ones.
My point is that while some of you cannot see beyond what Cassie has done in the past, while some of you are hating on her because of what she didn’t do (standing by the bullies) and what she allegedly did do (accused someone of threatening her) does not make her a bully. She has changed.
By exploiting her like this, you all are becoming the bullies. Because she now is receiving death threats. Because she now is feeling violated and threatened and unsafe.
Everything has blown completely out of proportion. It’s an unnecessary conflict that needs a bloody ceasefire.
Here is a paragraph from an article by TMISource and Fangirlish:
We also believed we owed the fans honesty. We have never lied to this fandom. We have never said we read a script we did not read, and giving opinions on script drafts is not, as we have seen people suggest, “lying.” It is just giving opinions on early script drafts. There is no such thing as a final draft in television, changes will be made up until the last day of shooting, so there is no other way to be able to give opinions. Drafts are all that exist.
They have also apologised for any inconvenience:
We are happy to mend fences with anyone who feels hurt by us. That was never our intention. We really hope that this fandom can come together and move forward. We have all worked too hard and too long and supported this fandom, and we all deserve better.
And don’t we all deserve better? What makes this sad is that I know some of you and have conversed on numerous occasions with you. Are we all really going to let this drive a wedge between us? Aren’t we stronger than that? Do we not read books? Do we not cry over characters? Do we not destroy ourselves when we read and put ourselves back together again?
Yes. Because we are a family.
