#venomtalksfandom

[venomwrites]

You will never regret remembering there is another person behind the screen.

I think this is one of the big universal truths in fandom. And it's something that I can see slipping away. That doesn't mean you have to engage with everyone or like every piece of content. It doesn't mean you can't criticize or discuss things. On the contrary I think remembering there is another person you're engaging with is fundamental to doing all of that. Because when you forget that, things become cruel really quickly. You will regret being cruel but you will not regret remembering you are dealing with another person in your fandom interactions.

[venomwrites]

Warning to all of my fellow writers/fic enjoyers out there. There is an app being released called ao3learning that is using AI to translate your fics.

This is bad for a multitude of reasons. Telling someone you're feeding their fic to ai is a favorite insult of fandom trolls for good reason. But beyond that if you want to learn english, ai translations of an archive that hosts fics with no standards for editing is not the way to do it.

Finally, the app is being promoted by russian/israeli accounts and I wouldn't believe any of their promises not to store your data.

[venomwrites]

There's something particularly shitty about seeing fandom drama spewed all over fics that people have been sitting on for months and are really excited to post.

Those writers deserve to have guest comments on and get all the praise/feedback about their fics after putting in so much work and waiting so long.

[venomwrites]

It's been a really rough few days in the fandom for fic writers in particular.

So if you have a writer whose fics you like, maybe take a second to tell them.

[venomwrites]

remember when u faked "death threats"

Sending me this 20 seconds after this one is really something anon.

[venomwrites]

what are u writing for rape friday? i know u got a wip ready

If someone can explain to me why I deserve three months of this off anon I will listen.

[venomwrites]

I have not written noncon. I don't even write a lot of smut.

And yet a complete stranger felt fine coming into my inbox to say otherwise. This accusation is completely baseless as anyone who has read my fics is aware.

My anon has been off. But I think this fandom needs to take a hard look at itself and consider why this kind of anon interaction is normalized. If you're sitting there thinking well this is just how it is, I promise you that it's not. Getting around my block with a vpn to continue to ask me why I'm writing things I haven't and am not comfortable with writing is not normal and it shouldn't be.

[venomwrites]

kill yourself dog

Two in one day after being blocked?

It's not even nonconsent friday!