//Hey guys!! As you might know, I've been gone a lot from Tumblr here as of late due to a lack of motivation. While I am attempting to come back as of now though (and trying to remake an older blog in the process) I've realized what exactly has killed said motivation and figured I should probably make a post about it, because this is a heavily important topic and I think a lot of it is happening unintentionally.
I want to preface this by saying that I am not targeting anyone, and I don't think any of this is malicious at all. But it HAS caused me and multiple other muns I know and I'm really close with, that have been here for just as long as me (if not longer), to also lose motivation. So it's important that it's brought to light here, and that I especially establish this as a boundary.
I've been in the Rotomblr community for a little over two years now, and there've been multiple instances where I've been debated about my own worldbuilding, or where I have gotten asks straight up trying to deny my own lore, and I've seen it happen to other muns on their blogs as well. This is not okay.
I enjoy hearing different people's takes on things! It's one of my favorite things about this community, because I absolutely adore seeing what other people create. But there is a difference between sharing lore respectfully, and straight up arguing with muns about their own stories. There is a major difference between going “Oh, hey! This is a really neat take on this, here's how it works in my universe!” and going “Well you're WRONG. It doesn't work that way, and you can't be right.” and shutting the owner of the character down on their own blog. Not to mention instances of trying to tell a character information they're not supposed to know yet, which is also deeply frustrating.
This is the leading cause in my recent lack of motivation. There's been a quite few instances on one of my other active blogs, but the most relevant is the fact I had to completely deactivate one of my previous blogs because of it a few months ago. Instead of being about the character, I felt like it became more about other blogs and their events than the story I wanted to tell. I don't mind having my characters remark about things they see or are told, but it's not fun when it feels like my own lore is being sidelined in favor of that.
And once again, I'm not the only person who has experienced this. I've seen it time and time again through my own experiences here, and especially with other muns, even driving some to leave completely. Which is why I want to bring this up so badly and want to prevent this from happening as frequently.
It is okay to have different lore and explanations than other people, and it's okay to share your own too! But it is insanely demotivating to be told constantly over and over that your ideas are wrong, and that other people's takes are better. Even if it's unintentional, it drives people away.
This isn't a competition of who's the greatest at things. We're all here to share our love for this franchise, and our stories we make with it. I hope this post can shed some light and establish some boundaries. Once again, I doubt that any of this is meant maliciously, but I want to bring it up as a warning for the future.
