Hello Sana. I haven't been paying attention to your fics and I've only read a couple of them recently because of the whole issue about your lack of warnings and all. I must say that what started all this was just your lack of warning because really, rape is not a topic to be taken lightly of. And since you're sharing your works with the public, the content might trigger some of them. The whole oh, it's the author's right to do whatever she wants just because it's her work excuse is crap too. ~>
YOU are responsible for the contents of your work, and how it affects others. A warning shouldn't be too hard to type, right? Will it take you more than five minutes to write one? I doubt so. I don't see why you're victimizing yourself, just apologize and get it over with. I had no bad impression of you previously, but now your image's getting tainted from the way you're handling the whole situation. Man up, be responsible and apologize. You're making yourself look bad, pity talk and all. ~>What started out as a small issue got fired up just because of your response. And since we're on the topic of your ignorance, could you please just spend a few seconds and scroll through Taiwan's wikipedia? Yeah? It doesn't hurt to read up about what you're planning to write. The least you could do was to do some research and save yourself from the embarrassment. There were historic conflicts between countries and some of your readers might be offended by it. ~>I doubt Taiwan was even called Taiwan in the late 19 Century. Let's not get started on how you wrote about the Taiwanese and overlooked their culture. Your ignorance is truly baffling to the point that it's unbelievable. You're obviously not majoring in history or anything of that sort but honestly, educate yourself if you're gonna write something about it. It's basic. ~>Overall, I'm really sorry about people ganging up on you. It's unfair and it shouldn't have came this far but that doesn't mean the way you're responding to it is all right. Instead of defending yourself and hurling insults back at others in defense, why can't you act more maturedly and take the whole situation like an adult? If you're gonna write stories of triggering events, there are bound to be haters so yeah, stop it. You're not a kid. Just my two cents but have a nice day.
First of all, Anon, I DIDN'T know the major issue was about my lack of warnings at first. No one told me or informed me of this as I was posting my fics in public. It would have been nice to get a heads up a long time ago. If I knew that, I would have added warnings, which I said to that previous person who messaged me that I would. So I'm not sure why you're bringing this up. Why should I apologize for something nobody informed me of beforehand? Because I assure you, Anon, I don't take rape lightly IN REAL LIFE, so I would have done it if someone politely told me about it.
I'm sorry my image is getting tainted because I'm having these HUMAN moments of depression for finding out that a few people were talking about my work behind my back. It's one thing if you tell me to my face, but when you stumble upon these things which you NEVER considered about your work before, let me tell you, it takes time to get over the shock and hurt. I am NOT trying to victimize myself. I felt hurt, pure and simple. I can't, and you can't, and no one, can tell me how I should have felt.
Why did it get fired up? Because those people stalk my LJ? I have every right to rant on my Lj. No matter what it is, that is MY space. So, then a person comes on my blog to hurl accusations in a way that leaves no room for politeness. You expected me to swallow everything and apologize then? Well, I couldn't.
Taiwan's history. *sigh* I have no idea what you expect me to say to that. It's FICTION. An author can take liberties. Not sure what sort of warning I could have put on that. Any culture, at any time, is capable of doing what I wrote about. I'm not targeting the Taiwanese. Seriously. It's a setting for story, that's it. If people were offended, I'm sorry about that. I don't mean to disrespect anyone.
Don't worry. This fandom has taught me not to be a kid. You think I acted immature, that's fine. Don't care. I spoke my mind. I'm sorry if that wasn't the 'right' thing to do.