i remember when i was 12 and new to fandom, new to rping, new to omegle. i remember that year, the year i started, being on omegle with a shitty prompt (cmon, i was 12) about two men because i was exploring my sexuality in a way i could accept.
and i remember sitting down one day, ready to make up these stories on omegle with someone else, ready to share this intimate part of myself. and i remember pasting in my prompt (and im not joking when i say it was bad) and just. waiting. on the other person to reply. and like, half an hour later, when i actually get something out of this jerk, you know what they send?
they send some snarky, short answer, making one of the characters their mouthpiece for their thoughts, not critiquing but actively shitting on my work.
looking back, i know that opening line was shitty. I take full responsibility for that. i do. but, wtf. i was 12. and you know what? that was the last time i set foot into omegle to rp, that was the last “”“contribution”“” i publicly made to fandom. ever.
idk. i honestly don’t know why, but some people have such a problem letting kids enjoy themselves. like, fine, don’t like something that isn’t hurting anyone?? just leave. but these weren’t just characters when i was 12. these were pieces of me. and you made them talk and be hateful to someone trying to figure out who they were.
idk man. fuck people who don’t let kids have fun. im tired of seeing people be just plain cruel to kids who are just fucking being kids and discovering themselves through fandoms. fuck yall.