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chocobox · 3 hours

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on that note, i actually uninstalled tumblr earlier this week and am not gonna be very active for an indeterminate amount of time :)

i think getting hetalia fandom interaction upset me. that being said, it was my mistake for continually exposing myself to the fandom at large when i knew i could never really enjoy or be invested in it. i just find it to be an unpleasant space. i'm gonna focus on respecting my own time for now, and only post here when/if i feel more comfortable just doing my own thing again. thanks!

#sparkletwinkles #also to be honest i've been too busy with real life stuff to think about fictional characters #it just feels really inconsequential right now #still fun but less important #being around a fandom that values fiction over reality so severely (case in point: THAT ASK I GOT?) makes me roll my eyes harder than ever #at the very least there are better fandoms for things i like that i can happily reciprocate engagement with

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chocobox · 5 hours

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Probably because people like Hetalia for the canon characters, not random people's made up ones.

as is true for most fandoms! but i've been in many fan spaces and some are much more supportive of artists and oc creators than others. hetalia fans being unable to engage with fanmade characters isn't a natural conclusion of fandom culture, but is something that comes about due to a lack of appreciation for the love other fans are expressing. smaller fandoms with less content are much more kind and appreciative and genuinely invested in the creations of their fellow fans, and i speculate this comes from a lack of entitlement.

hetalia fans have been kind of spoiled, there are so many amazing, professional artists who have posted over the years, so people get to be very picky. there's less consideration for the artists who are actually making the art. whereas, in smaller fandoms, people are just a lot happier to share the things they love with others.

just because you can't see my oc in the art you may cherry pick, it doesn't mean i'm not present. because the picture wouldn't exist without my love! but people prefer to view fanart the way they view photos. they get lost in their fandom indulgence to the point that they don't appreciate artists, because they favor the narrative that the pictures they see are windows into some world that exists solely for them to consume.

you can pick what art of mine you like and care about and what art you don't, but i'm allowed to be frustrated at the hetalia fandom's inability to care about me as an individual. pretending that's just the way things are is inaccurate, because once again, not all fandom spaces are like this.

i know i personally adore fanmade characters because it makes me happy to see others expressing their love in such a personal way. i don't see other fans as "random people," and i care about the things that make them happy. this outlook varies from individual to individual, so speaking like this is normal behavior is a disingenuous, but convenient excuse. no matter what you believe about the reasoning, there are plenty of people who don't think that way.

there's also a specifically western fandom issue of being incapable of viewing "anime artists" as people, so in anime fandoms like this one, you see a lot less respect for artists as a whole (racism plays into the foundation of it even if it isn't always an implement of its execution.) in a fandom with a history of art stealing, editing, and reposting with scant credit, of course you're going to have a culture that doesn't value the people creating fan content in the first place.

maybe, just maybe, hetalia fans have an entitlement problem. i would posit they do!

#YEAH.#Like who is himaruya if not a random person... making characters

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