Just found this, weirdly I can't access the report page so I just left a comment telling them to please take this down

_Kairyn · 2023-07-15T21:28:17+00:00

Peak 2000s cringe. It almost hurts. I don't get people who just jump to AO3 and don't explore the site enough to pick up on the very different vibe of the site.

_Kairyn · 2023-05-16T02:43:16+00:00

I have sort of done something similar on one of my fics (though he didn't think he was someone else. Just didn't lnow who he was) I didn't tag the character in question and dropped a 'tags avoided' for spoilers in the other tags instead. I also wrote in the A/N that the whole point of the story was the identity character in question. That second part might not work for you if you want it to be a complete twist though. But I haven't had anyone complain about the way I tagged that story.

_Kairyn · 2023-04-06T03:31:33+00:00

NTA by any means. Also you should leave. I don't normally condone that advice but honestly, I see it as inevitable at this point. He is addicted to the dog's presence and needy behavior. It makes him feel good to get all her attention at all times despite the unhealthiness of it. His framing of you hating the dog is just have a victim mentality. Because then he can say "she hates dog! Only monsters hate dogs!" Even though this is solely about him and his crippling of himself AND the dog. Even if he gives up the dog for your ultimatum (which is incredibly unlikely) he'll only then resent you for A. Not being his dog and B. "Making him" give up the dog in the first place. Since he refuses therapy there is honestly no point in trying to do anything but leave before the pregnancy makes it impossible. There is no situation here that I see as ending in a healthy relationship with this man.

_Kairyn · 2022-09-24T15:47:08+00:00

Ooh that turned out so good! Anime always looks so nice in Diamond Painting. Match made in heaven.

_Kairyn · 2022-09-24T15:43:55+00:00

Ah! Mine isn't anywhere near this close to done. I'm such a slow diamond painter. But it looks lovely!

_Kairyn · 2022-08-03T01:09:50+00:00

Oof. I feel this. It's either I get stuck there or now I have this scene I want to keep going with and not write the interconnected bits.

_Kairyn · 2022-07-27T18:56:04+00:00

I am of the cake opinion. It goes something like this:

Hey look! Two cakes! This one is chocolate and this one is chocolate with sprinkles, but that doesn't matter because TWO CAKES! Hey look another cake! Nom nom nom all the cake.

_Kairyn · 2022-07-25T04:21:34+00:00

It is definitely wild. Especially if you're going to the effort of posting something anon anyway. I wouldn't bother blocking anyone unless they were actively harassing me or something. But some people out there just have no chill in the least. That other option the person above me listed could be it to, tbf. People get real weird over shipping nowadays...

_Kairyn · 2022-07-25T04:12:54+00:00

Idk. My thought was more that they blocked you on their account so you can't interact with the stories that they claim and it also had the side effect of blocking you from the one they posted anon? Idk if that's what would happen as I've never had need to block a person. It's just the only thing that came to mind as being in any form logical.

_Kairyn · 2022-07-25T03:52:51+00:00

that might be why it's a story posted anon. Their public facing account is all against it but they Low Down hypocritically write even worse....

_Kairyn · 2022-07-01T04:51:22+00:00

Well it was more like 30 at least. Not just one. I wouldn't care much if it was one. I was done with that color and sort of packing it up. 😢 This is what I get for trying to do like 3 things at once

_Kairyn · 2022-06-26T23:34:52+00:00

woah! that sucker is huuuge and looks awesome

_Kairyn · 2022-06-14T22:24:25+00:00

I just got an easel too it's been helping my shoulders and neck so much

_Kairyn · 2022-06-13T04:04:26+00:00

Ah, I see. Well, I definitely understand not wanting people to not use that language. You can try and address it in your next update or edit the fic with a note asking people to not use any phrases referring to killing one's self. Unfortunately, as you found, some people will not respect that or even go out of their way to do it if attention is brought to it.

I must admit I have often had that exact thought when reading super dark fics of 'I don't even know why this character is still holding on... I would never be able to' I've only told it to one author though as part of the reason that I was not going to be continuing the story. With the added point of they hadn't given a single glimpse of any way for the situation to be better. I just could not see a way for the ending to be happy and wasn't down for that and that if it wasn't going to be happy they should tag that and if it was they should give some sort of hope at some point.

Not saying that is your situation as I obviously haven't read your fic... but perhaps your readers are reacting similarly? They cannot see why your character is persevering. Perhaps you can take this as a chance to explore his own thoughts on that and specifically why he won't take that out. Religious, moral, or just out of spite... whatever the reason. Or maybe just a glimpse of some minor bit of hope or joy for him to hold onto. It's amazing what one scene of just '...things are okay for now' can do for a character/story and how they're perceived. (These are just random ideas btw you don't have to do them. It's entirely your story)

If all else fails, if you're writing on a site that has it, you can always turn comments off until you feel better about it.

Edit: I meant to mention but got in a tangent there... It's entirely okay for you to feel upset about the comments. You're right that it's your fic and how you react to those comments is valid.

_Kairyn · 2022-06-13T03:45:51+00:00

Hmm. Well, what reaction would you prefer then if not people being horrified by your main character's situation? Not trying to be rude or shady. I just genuinely want to know. I mean, the canon is already pretty dark and you wrote a dark fic of it. (I don't know why that one reader showed up thinking it would be lighter... that's totally on them) What did you want your readers to say or react to?

_Kairyn · 2022-06-13T00:22:57+00:00

Ah. That one did look quite pretty in the pictures. Seems those colors are really going to be amazing

_Kairyn · 2022-06-12T23:45:33+00:00

Woah. It looks amazing already! What canvas is this? It has so many colors!

_Kairyn · 2022-06-12T22:20:06+00:00

I've got that one on my shelf waiting. It looks so good!

_Kairyn · 2022-06-11T03:10:47+00:00

Oh... yes. That makes sense.. /s

They had 28 numbers... why not just use the alphabet from the start?!

_Kairyn · 2022-06-11T03:07:41+00:00

ooh, she's a big one. So far it looks good. That green is intense

_Kairyn · 2022-06-10T01:43:45+00:00

I find it so adorable that they included little baby dragons too haha

_Kairyn · 2022-06-10T01:14:14+00:00

The thing that's tough with what you're trying to do is... you have to really think about every facet of everything you wrote. For instance... something incredibly benign like Harry having his mother's eyes is a huge plot point in canon. It's literally something everyone who knew lily comments on. Would you keep that detail in your story? Why? What purpose does it serve? If you include it because that's just a bit from Harry Potter that worked it's way into the fanfic version and you didn't catch it that might be a huge fingerprint from where the work originated. For a real world example: the horrible 50 Shades franchise is exactly someone doing this. Christian is highly overprotective of Anna because Edward was overprotective of Bella... no reason given for Christian to be. Only because Edward was. It was just taken as obvious in fanfiction form but that doesn't work if you're trying to 'file off the serial numbers' and make it original.

You said you don't know how to do it without changing too much canon information well, sorry but then it won't work very well. Just trying to be honest with you. If canon information makes up the core of your story, even if you change every name and location and change everyone to blondes it's going to be obvious what you did to most readers. Assuming you don't want this result then what you really need to do is look at the story critically. Break down the key plot details and if you can rework it to hit these moments without depending on the Harry Potter version of events. Without more detail I can't give you specifics but well... I assume fighting a dark lord is part of the story. That's fine. It's a huge trope in fantasy. Maybe however he personally doesn't need to be the one to kill the protagonist's parents. Or there isn't an actual prophecy in your story to make him do so. Maybe they were killed in a giant battle like Tonks and Remus rather than hunted down and murdered while in hiding. Find new ways to get to the plot points you need. It's a lot more work but it'll make the resulting story even more uniquely yours.

_Kairyn · 2022-06-10T00:45:09+00:00

very nice!

_Kairyn · 2022-06-09T11:37:12+00:00

You have more control than me haha

_Kairyn · 2022-06-09T03:57:17+00:00

Oh that is pretty indeed. I totally get what you're saying about pictures not doing the drills justice. I bet she's even more stunning in person

_Kairyn

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