Did love and toleration disappear in the fire of hypocrisy? · 10:21pm Sep 28th, 2013
Okay everyone, time to gather around for a story!
Once upon a time a bored college student decided to write a fanfiction story about a popular boy band. It seemed to be a good idea: some people like boys, some people like bands, and some people like ponies! Right?
Wrong.
Very, very wrong.
It seems as though many people detested the story. At once, hate comments streamed in, And yet interestingly enough, not one of those comments had anything to do with the author's general writing skill. So like any normal person wishing to increase their writing skill, this author curiously asked if anyone actually read her story. Almost immediately the comments she received were positive, letting her know that her writing is well done despite some errors here and there.
Everything seemed to be going well.
Or so she thought.
One day she was roaming around when she saw a comment by the username "splashy." It said the following:
Kill you're self
She squinted her eyes. Was this grammatically incoherent user asking her to end her life? She shook her head. "No, no," she concluded. "It was probably a troll."
Then she saw another comment by the user, but for some odd reason was removed:
Comment posted by splashy deleted at 1:36pm on the 28th of September, 2013
And then finally this user decided to comment again:
;( don't delete my comment
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And this is the part where I should be mad. I should be SCREAMING at the top of my lungs and cursing. I should be infuriated because similar comments were made to me in the past.
But I feel none of these emotions. Instead, I feel pity.
Not for myself... But for the user "splashy." See, splashy did not ask. Oh no dear reader, splashy COMMANDED me to end my life. Now to be fair I had no idea what the second comment was. It was removed when I got to the comments section of my story. But splashy gave yet ANOTHER command:
;( don't delete my comment
Now let me tell you what my bias on this is. Cue the sad dramatic music.
Like any other person, I was bullied. From second grade to twelfth I was name-called. Cussed at. Poked at. Pushed and shoved. I had my hair pulled. I was forced to cut my hair because it was starting to look uneven from all the locks I chopped off due to gum being stuck onto it. Notes in my locker often asked me to die. There were online websites just to talk about me. To make matters worse, a childhood friend died during the worst year of my torture (8th grade). Classmates came up to me, telling me how glad they were that my friend died and how they hoped that I would be dead as well.
So why am I telling you this? Splashy's comments do not faze me, nor do they stir up any suicidal emotions. I'm typing this because I want to address how horrendous and terrible suicidal-inducing comments are.
I sit here and contemplate if I should even post this entire post. Is it worth it? Will it make someone stop for a moment and wonder if they did a similar thing?
Bronies. That's what we are, right? (or pegasisters, whichever you like) Do we vow to "love and tolerate" those in the My Little Pony community or even outside it? When I see comments like this, it honestly makes me wonder: Where's the love and toleration? Has it died?
Well... That's all I have to say.
Ugh. It's one thing to dislike a fic, but that's just ridiculous and immature.
This fan base has a lot of great people, but some of us are just idiots. Sometimes it makes me ashamed...
And to think I made fun of the fic without even reading.....this is just something else. People like this.......this is how far some take it. I just joke around, being an immature 15 year old sometimes and insta nope fics without even reading them, but unlike some (splashy), I know what crosses the line. Stay strong Scarlet, show those trolls who's superior.
Way to hang in there, Scarlet. You did excellent in making point that it's only the story that's getting you all these negative comments from self-endulgent pieces of shit *cough*spashy*cough*, and I really think you are a fantastic writer when it comes to laying out a concept, and writing it well.
Cootos to you for rising to the challenge and taking action. Good luck as always, and keep up the good work.