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I don't like Fireheart x Sandstorm because Fireheart is always juxtaposed to Sandstorm in a way that makes me feel that she should be the protagonist instead.
Especially, as I'm rereading Rising Storm I can't help but think, "Sandstorm deserves better!" when something doesn't turn out for her.
Unpopular Warriors opinion, but I think Tigerheartstar in ASC was fine, actually. I think he was just doing what he felt was right.
And while I would've preferred if the whole arc had been about the interclan conflicts—Rather than have Frostpaw travelling on a StarClan quest for two books, that's just me and my preferences.
They're just book characters, guys.
It's okay to say you hate Dovewing and Tigerheartstar as a couple or that they're your favorite Warrior Cats couple. Any really vocal opinions you see on Tigerheartstar with a hundred plus notes, are just that, opinions.
Take everything you read online with a grain of salt.
I don't care for anyone on social media who compares their lives to others, unprompted, as some sort of 'gotcha' moment.
This is the Internet, if someone online says they are struggling, it is not for you to say otherwise. Have some courtesy.
If it were face-to-face, I guarantee your reaction would not be, "Well, I have it so much harder!" It is precisely because we are online that you can throw those opinions out there emboldened by being behind a screen.
Shame on you.
I know I don't usually mention things that I dislike about the books but probably one of the all-time "that was dumb," moments that I think about fairly often is the outcome of the Firestar and Bramblepaw " trust " arc that happens in the first series.
They have this whole arc where Firestar goes from being afraid of Bramblepaw to gradually accepting him.
And then— the Erin's ruin it by deciding that Firestar named him Brambleclaw.
Yes— Nothing says, "I trust you," like naming Bramblepaw after his father.
This father, mind you.
It makes the entire first arc relationship between the two, moot. Honestly one of the worst writing decisions the Erin's have made.
UTAU fan artists, cover artists, original song makers, fanfiction writers, consumers / merch buyers, etc. typically consume or produce content (blog posts, fanfiction, music, art) about other people's UTAUloids, usually popular ones like Teto, Ritsu, Ruko, etc.
This is a poll about them because I'm very curious! So, if you're one of those people, please respond!
This isn't about releasing one, I'm only asking if you've ever recorded one.
By the way, fanfiction isn't the place for reviews or criticism.
When you're a published author, it's like you're preparing a meal in a food competition. You expect a rating and to be told what worked and what didn't to improve your craft and embark on your career.
When you're a fanfiction author, it's like taking some of your free time to enjoy the process of baking cookies and then offering them to someone to be kind.
If you take a cookie from the plate, you don't spit it out and tell them it sucked.
Unless the writer asks for your opinion, you can keep it to yourself.
Adding this to clarify, and you don't have to agree with this by any means, I cannot force you to, but the reason Ao3 and Fanfiction isn't the space for criticism and ratings...is that it is a fan space created by fans for fans.
It isn't school.
It is a space where people with the same interests can congregate and enjoy the same fandom.
When you think about commenting on an fanfic authors fics, don't think if it as fishing around in your pocket to give them a compliment.
Compliments are nice. Most everyone likes compliments.
"I like your character development."
"You paint wonderful imagry."
Those are comments that are compliments. Speaking for myself as a fanfic writer they're nice, but they're not what my fan heart craves.
I want engagement with my readers.
The best comments I get aren't talking about my skill as a writer, but what just happened in the story because you and I (the reader) are already fans of the world created.
Comments like:
"NOOOOOOOO!"
"Did she actually just do that?"
"EXCUSE me?!?!"
None of these comments are compliments and none are critical. They are emotionally aligned with the story. They are engaged and with this engagement we create a little community in this tiny little space we get to call ours.
I cannot stop people from saying cruel things, but I can inform those people of the "dangers" so to speak when people treat fandom spaces like Ao3 as if it's Goodreads.
Writers, who write for themselves and offer it to you out of kindness, can decide that if people are just going to spit out their cookies they don't need to post about them anymore and that is how fandom spaces die.
If you don't like the flavor of cookie they made, or you're allergic to one of its ingredients...don't eat the cookie. Put it back for someone else to enjoy and then go find the flavor you do like.
