I know I shouldn't speak out. I'm not even a supporter of OC ships as much as I once was when I first started writing fan fiction. But I need to speak out. Which is huge as I normally a very passive person. Heck I'm so scared Im using a dead account for this!
im sure many of you know about the troll/Cyberbullying notanakin speaking about these stories... For those who don't three stories (Struggle Within, Runaway, and To Burn your kingdom down) have been targeted by a troll who originally stole two and is now on a crusade to stop them.
I need to say a few things about that...To me this reminds me of an event that happened in the Star Wars Rebels fanfic group a few months ago. a writer named xEPICxBULLSEYEx(I'm sorry for bringing you into this) about things to get more attention I believe. It caused an uproar very similar to what is happening now.
To the writers affected: I love each and everyone of these stories. They are better than I could ever hope to be able to write and...Don't give up. Stay strong. I know so many people are behind you in these times. I no I don't review much and I haven't favorited some of those stories but I love them all the same.
notanakin: You've gone into cyberbullying. This...your acting like we see only the victims you've made side when you don't listen to us in our reviews. You've done plagrism and identity theft, now you are doing cyberbullying. This...This is not only ver illegal but very, very rude...Please I'm asking you nicely now. Please stop. As a former bullied person I know how this hurts, even more so when you do it online. As a writer, as a Star Wars fan, and as a former victim, I ask you to please stop.
To people telling notanakin to kill themself: Even though they are being extremely rude, telling them to die make sis no better than notanakin. We are all human, we are all Star Wars fans, we are all Fanfiction reader/writers/reviewers. Why become the bully ourselves?
To every bystander: Help the plagiarized authors stand strong, even the tiniest bit of kindness helps people stand strong when things like this happen.
To anyone else reading this: Why do we keep dvding ourselves? Are we not all one fandom? Should we not stand strong and support those affected? No matter what we think of the animated series, what we think about Disney owning Star Wars, what we think about the prequels, what we think about The Force Awakens. What we believe about Rey's ancestry one thing is clear to me. Stand together, for we are all one fandom.
May the force be with each and everyone of us.
- Snow