diceerickson:

STOP CALLING THE LEAKIRA AU A REBOOT

Time to sink my feet into quicksand. :’)

To anyone who calls captainlumin’s AU a reboot needs to stop addressing it as that. Why? Because it’s not a reboot at all it’s an AU.

What’s an AU? Alternate universe. That means that it’s just headcanons and characters in an alternate universe doing things. Such as there is an AU of Klance being college students on earth or them being mermaids. It’s just fictional fun stuff. AUs are fan-based, free, and fun. You know what they also are?

Not canon, not a reboot.

If you didn’t catch that when I said free and fan-based, you are totally missing the point. Maybe this is why you’re making their AU toxic. Let me break this down for you.

This person and another creator are merely people who are making just that: an AU. They are still in high school even.

Stop calling it what it isn’t. When you call it a reboot everyone freaks out and they attack this poor person. I wanted to ask them about their AU just out of curiosity and their last asks said they refuse to answer any other asks.

Why?

People are attacking them because their fans are calling it a reboot. They’re making rumors about them going to buy VLD, but what you don’t understand is they still in high school. They don’t even want to buy it. Just go on their page and they say just that. Yet even in the notes you guys are still calling it a reboot.

Stop.

You’re causing this person mental harm and you might just get them in trouble. This person is merely making a fictional, non-profit project. That means it’s just fanart. That means that they aren’t doing anything wrong.

But you toxic fans are! You are taking this way too seriously. It’s driving people, like me, away. I honestly thought this AU was a reboot because of the rumors and I was disgusted. I thought it was made out of spite and it was very controversial UNTIL the Creator said something. It’s very sad that they had to address it and still have to clarify themselves because you guys can’t use proper wording.

I’m sorry if this sounds rude, but no one is getting this through. Just go to their page, they are under so much stress it’s making me sad. They might even shut it down. They might say, “to hell with this,” and there you go. Is that really what you guys want?

And for those are using it as spite need to calm themselves or leave. And I’m not talking just about the AU, but VLD fandom in general. You are making everything toxic. No one can ever go into this fandom feeling happy at all. It’s been that way since after the second season of Voltron. I’ve had artist leave this fandom because of the toxicity of this fandom. It’s making me wonder where I stand in life being in this fandom.

I understand your disappointment in season 7 because you Klance to happen and Shadam/Adashi to be more on screen or to see them kiss or something. What you guys don’t realize is that we did get some Klance build up on season 7 and Adashi is canon, just not shown. I understand you want representation that shows kissing, but they can’t do that. They can only go so far with their project and it’s aimed at an audience of different ages. Legend of Korra didn’t even have a kiss scene because they didn’t get permission to. It was on Nickelodeon, a kid and teen channel. However, it did show in the comics. Why? Because I don’t think the comics were targeted at a young audience. Besides, what 8 year old reads comics? Kids that age barely like reading. My point is, you guys might think it’s unfair because you want the whole world to know Shiro is gay without looking at the interviews. As an LGBTQ+ person, that’s pretty natural to hope for, but in the world we live in it’s not going to happen because of how the audience is targeted. You guys don’t understand how a project runs, you guys are being so ungrateful and you look so entitled when you’re not. That might sound mean and I’m sorry, but that’s just how some of these fans are. They feel as if Voltron owes them. Voltron promised LGBTQ+ representation and we got him. It’s not their fault they can’t make it as explicit as they want to. If you’re mad about it get mad at the world, that’s where it started.

My point is, using this innocent and creative AU as a way to flip the bird on VLD is disrespectful, toxic, childish, unwanted, and uncalled for. You are ruining the fun of everything by using this to be rude. This AU was meant to be fun, it was meant to be like just any other AU and you guys are blowing it out of proportion. You’re giving this poor person hate with your toxic love. I don’t know if it’s because you guys are young or what, but this isn’t healthy. If you are that invested into a fictional relationship, then you need serious help.

If you think I’m being mean, I’m not trying to be. I’m actually very concerned about the mental state you guys are in. Never in my life have I ever experienced something like this being in any fandom. We kind of just dealt with what happened and didn’t try to do anything. You guys are going crazy over nothing. At the end of the day, Voltron does not affect you. Whatever happened to the show does not affect how you live. You still live the same life as you did before.

Stop making fun projects toxic.

Stop saying this is a reboot, because it’s not. It’s an AU and if you say it’s a reboot then you’re contributing to the toxicity of the fandom and you’re sending indirect hate to captainlumin. How? You make people think that captainlumin is being toxic as well, when really it’s just the people who can’t understand the difference between an AU and a reboot.

And stop using this AU out of spite.

Those are the three things you need to do right now if you are the problem. If you are offended by this then you probably are the problem.