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sytokun · 1 year

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Hey this is KaiYeti. I am going to be sending you this same exact message off of anonymous after sending this one so you know its me. Okay? Okay. Now if all of this anonymous hate that you are getting is in fact from the same asshat, Why don't you just turn off anonymous to fully block them. If that are a coward that can only attack when hiding behind a mask, Take the mask away. I know you won't get to answer other anonymous questions but hey, its better they giving attention to an asshole. That said have a nice weekend. *yetihug*

Thank you.

Yes, I've mentioned wanting to keep anons on so others can use it. That said, there is also much to be said whether something is just "feeding a troll" vs. "making everyone aware of who Canonseeker is".

Many, many people have been affected by Eren. People whom they would very much like to be silent, so they can go hide under another fake identity, infect another Discord server or subreddit, spread their toxic shit, get banned, and repeat the cycle.

There is a thin line between a troll and an actual malignant influence on the RWBY fandom, and Eren inches enough into the latter to warrant action. I know trolls when I see them - they come and go, squirm like worms and are summarily banned. Eren is far more than a random shitflinger in someone's comment section. Trolls lose all their power once you ignore them and don't give them attention. Eren is not the same.

Go to nearly any RWBY video, and you will see Eren there, often posting on their two dummy accounts and having arguments and piss fights with commenters there, often having conversations with themselves just to gang up on commenters. I've seen it enough times that it becomes sickening.

Eren has made it their business to plant themselves like a weed and creep into every facet of the RWBY fandom, even after being banned and being told in no uncertain terms by multiple communities that they are not wanted there. They make new accounts so people don't recognise them, so they can return to the same spaces that they've been banned from.

If I turn off my anons, then Eren is just going to target someone else. And really, I'd rather they be wasting time focused on someone actually aware of their actions and with thick enough skin to call their bullshit, than for them to prey on the ignorance of some random innocent fan who wouldn't know what kind of shit they'd be getting into if Eren has them in their sights.

All of us targeted by Canonseeker were those once - we trusted Eren when they came into our DMs pretending to be a friend or concerned fan, when they give us fake praise looking to buy commissions or tell us to "give Answerseeker a chance while hiding behind their mask. Then one wrong move and this fucker will backstab you and will use their fake accounts to spread lies and turn people against you.

At that point, ignoring them and staying silent only gives them more power to lie to more people and get their fake story about you into peoples' ears first. And you can't fight back because it just looks like 5 different people are saying you're a bad person, when it's really one person puppeteering 5 accounts. But most RWBY fans don't know that, so they're going to believe the 5 "people" over you.

Finding out that these were all lies, that all these multiple separate people were just one person, a person who's been DMing you and been on your server for months or even years, fucks with you. It makes you distrustful of others and leaves you feeling like you've been played as a fool and completely disrespected as a person. It kills your love for the fandom knowing what someone out there is capable of just because you wanted to make stuff you enjoy and you happened to be in their radar.

Eren is a cancer on the RWBY fandom, and if me answering their asks makes another person aware that such a person can and does exist in the fandom, and may one day DM or tweet at them looking for favours and acting friendly, only to backstab them the moment their true identity is outed or they disagree on something as trivial and stupid as a ship choice, then that's just how it has to be.

Eren is a special type of fandom disease, who only profits from people not calling them out and identifying their behaviour. The less people are aware of them, the more they can invade their spaces and evade bans.

If the RWBY fandom is more sick of me talking about Canonseeker than they are of Canonseeker themselves, then their priorities are fucked, but if it gets them sick enough that they have to acknowledge Canonseeker exists and is no one they should associate with, then good.

#syto asks #canonseeker #answerseeker #rwde

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izanyas · 11 months

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Hi Ro! I'm a "long" time reader, not really in there grand scope of things, but I've been around since March 2020 and that feels like ages in social media time. And my question actually wants to address that if that's ok? Maybe it is not a struggle for you, but how do you manage keeping your artistic vision and taking time on your art? I'm sure there are people who started reading atc and by now are not even into danmei. I myself have a "long" fic (just over 100k words) that has taken me over two years and it's only around 70% done, and it sometimes gives me grief of how many people that would've been interested about it are not even now, or dropped it, or moved on with their lives. I write for me yeah, but I haven't found my "community" that likes what I write outside of ao3's comments. So sometimes it's discouraging. Sorry for the long ask and I may not be making sense. I love atc and know that whenever the story is concluded, I'll be there for it even if I'm not into wgxn anymore ❤️

hello, thank you so much for sticking with me for so long! ❤️

i think i understand what you mean. i'm not sure i have a good answer for this unfortunately... in truth, i'm not actively into mdzs fandom anymore and haven't been for several years, but it doesn't mean i can't write for it :) just like i haven't been following bsd in years but still enjoy writing fics for it. sometimes people go back to fandoms they've left behind (like me right now shoving fma fics into my mouth for weeks now lmao) and people who love your fics will not hesitate to come back and read them again, even long after leaving the fandoms they're for.

i don't know if there's any good trick to finding a community who likes your work specifically... but making this very blog that's dedicated to my fics has been such a nice experience! people will follow you for that if you give the link at ao3 because they want more of your writing :) and they can send you messages or otherwise communicate with you in ways they can't at ao3.

i think tumblr is better than twitter or discord if you wanna make a space for your readers to follow you and interact, since it allows for anonymous messages, and a lot of people are too shy to go out and say things openly. i can't guarantee that it'll be a huge success or anything but this blog is my favorite space online. make it strictly for fanfiction business (this one is a sideblog, my main blog @tahwan is where i do regular blogging) so you don't overwhelm your followers' dashboards with posts that aren't what they follow you for. allow anon asks. don't hesitate to post links to all your fics with proper tags and everything so more people on here can see them. or straight up post them on tumblr as well! there's no rule saying you can't post the same fic in 5 different places if you want to.

i hope this helps... i know it's very difficult to find a real regular readership for your work with fanfiction. i'm extremely grateful for all my followers here and how lovely you all are. but with time i'm certain that you'll find fans of your stories who want to read everything you write, even for fandoms they're not a part of haha, and who'll want to build a community with you.

#the people who've told me they read all my fics even without knowing anything abt the source material...#you are braver than US marines #answered

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