ok since you left this on anonymous and i felt like i need to address it im gonna respond here
Guest chapter 1 . 12h ago
(This isn't hateful)
You may not like Chuck but writing him as the bad guy because you ship blerena doesn't make him bad. He was a villain at first, but grew up as their friend and wad there for both blair and Serena even if the show is ... not that clear about the s/c relationship that seems paradoxical.
Anyway, he did grow up and change a lot. More than anyone else in the end and he turned out to be the good guy.
and you don't have to tag Chuck, no. You are hurt by mean comments, I am hurt by finding stories by people who hate Chuck, just reading that doesn't feel good for a fan. So why not just tag the other three ?
I didn't write Chuck as "the bad guy" because I ship Blair and Serena. I didn't write him as "the bad guy" at all? I wrote him as I see him presented in the show. You see him differently - that's cool! Each to their own. We all consume and view media in different ways. I see Chuck as misogynistic - which he has been on the show so it's not like I have a totally skewed perception of him based on shipping preferences - so I wrote him that way because every-time he was in my fic I feel like that's how he'd respond to the situations. I don't think you can call Chuck a villain when Gossip Girl isn't set in a fantasy universe. He's just a representation of your average misogynistic guy? Ones I encounter all the time? It's not even like super amplified despite his wealth and privilege? He's literally teenage boys I go to school with? So, yeah, he sucks, but calling him a villain at first feels like taking away the fact that his terrible qualities aren't something you don't ever really encounter IMO. Yeah, I see nothing about what you're saying about the Serena/Chuck friendship. Maybe I don't remember it, which is very possible and they did have a friendship and he was there for her but I don't remember it. I wrote him as he had grown up/changed? I mean I never really enjoyed that SL of his lousy redemption arc but I didn't ignore it in my fic? I mentioned it? I just think he would react badly if Blair divorced him because she wanted to be with women - maybe he wouldn't, but that's MY view of the character and situation. It's cool for other people to see things differently. I mean...I don't really see him being a "the good guy" in the end but each their own! It's totally easy to read the situation like that I guess? I disagree but yeah.
I mean I did have to tag Chuck if he was a huge part of the story? I don't have to tag any characters but I think it would be weird if I hadn't. I gave warning before hand so if you don't like reading/finding stories by people who hate Chuck then that warning should have made you click out of it. I'm more than just hurt by mean comments though...like I personally think there's a difference by finding someone who doesn't like the same character you do (a character that isn't really a like-able one for many reasons?) and having hate directed not only at your writing but at YOU. Especially for someone who uses that hate as reasons to kill themselves and has that hate bring on suicidal thoughts/actions. It's not avoidable and you find that stuff wherever you go, but it still affects me in a very different way than I think someone hating Chuck would do for you. I could be wrong! But that comment rubbed me the wrong way because it's a very serious issue for me and there's maybe a handful of characters I'd get very upset over someone not liking? And most of those are because the reasons they dislike a character are attributed to misogyny, homophobia, racism and because they don't like the character because the character has a mental illness. There is only one character I'd get seriously upset over because I just love them SO much and some of those reasons are attached to dislike I've seen for the character. Or if I relate strongly to a character but I acknowledge with that that other people have different opinions and such? I think you'd have a right to be upset (not a right to be rude or horrible to me, which you haven't been so thank you!) if I hadn't given warning that it was an anti-Chuck fic.
Anyway, I think I've rambled long enough. I hope you see this and I hope you come off of a guest reviewer and you PM me! Because I'd love to talk to you about it some more.