SapphireLibra3 Rants: I hate bullies · 3:30pm Jul 8th, 2016
So I get on fimfiction today and see that a series of stories that I really enjoyed have all vanished. They were a part of something called "The Steam Series" which were all 2nd person stories about various unnamed male OCs getting in relationships with the human 6. What made them interesting was that they weren't vulgar or explicit in the slightest. In fact, they were very clean, yet still the sexiest stories I had read in a while.
Why were they gone? I'll tell you.
You see, the author of those stories, LightningSword, was the victim of a bunch of passive aggressive cyber bullying. I won't go into full detail, but he's very sensitive as he suffers through intense depression. It eventually got to the point where the only way for him to feel safe was to pull all of his work off the site. He says that he's going to give people he trusts the password for his stories, so they can still read them, but this is still a shame. His works are really good, but now no one new can read them, and I can't even prescribe them to anyone.
Who's at fault here? Honestly, no one was right. I feel that LightningSword isn't handling this well at all. In fact, he just gave them a major victory. They don't have the confidence to show their face or PM him, so they just use passive aggressive means, and they just won. This means that they're going to probably move on to someone else and ruin their life, because it worked on him.
However, most of the blame goes to the bullies.
I'm a very serene person usually. I've suffered through bouts of depression myself, but these days I've begun meditating and it really helps. I've made rants before, and while in those rants I was mad, I wasn't every TRULY mad. Just annoyed.
No, this time, I'm fucking pissed as hell.
The only reason this happened was because some talentless hack felt inferior to LightningSword because he writes such good material, and instead of enjoying good writing or trying to make themselves better, they felt a need to tear him down, because they feel like shit themselves.
I'm going to reveal something about myself here: I used to do that stuff too. I felt bad about my life, and in order to cope, I tore others down to give me the illusion that I wasn't so messed up. But all that did was show how much of a bitch I was, and I thank God that I had good friends and family to tell me "Victoria, stop being a bitch."
So when I see someone doing that sort of thing to someone else, I have no sympathy for them. I was a horrible person then, and they're being a horrible now. Look, I'm a part of a Yugioh Dueling team called Team Kuriboh. We're a small time team at the moment, but we have some great duelists. Back then, I was one of the worst ones on the team. I had two choices: I could either A) make everyone better than me feel like they were the worst duelists on the planet, or B) I could actually take the time and learn how to play, so I could join them. I took the second option, and now I'm one of the top three members on the team.
The other thing that pisses me off about this is the passive aggressive nature of it all. Here's my thing: if you hate me, fine. I don't care. I have enough people online and offline who love me. But if you have something to say...
SAY IT TO MY FUCKING FACE!
Don't hide behind an anonymous identity where I can't get a good look at you. If you do that, you're nothing but a coward, and you probably know that if I ever get my hands on you, I'm going to make you wish you hadn't crossed me.
Oh, and if the asshole who did this to LightningSword is read this, I hope you're happy, because it's all going to be downhill from here. One by one, you're going to lose everything that you have and love. Your friends are going to leave, you'll lose your house probably, your job, your girlfriend/boyfriend will be sick of you, and your life is going to be torn apart beyond repair. And you're going to look back at your life and realize that you didn't do anything to lift anyone up. Instead, you just made others hate themselves. You were a part of the problem. I don't hate YOU as a person, but I hate you as a bully.
I'm Victoria,
And I need a glass of water. (Lily's not getting this back)
well shit she told the truth out right i get bullied but not be like im fucking bring you down atitude i take it like the man i am
testify girl
Well apparently we have bullies who are cowardly assholes...
This the kinda shit i don't like for i have experience facing this since that caused me to change schools when i was thirteen. Sure i had bullies who did it in front of me but also ones who were cowards. Didn't help that i had temper issues also back then.
But i got better and i hope LightningSword gets better too.
I could check his stories too if i can. You make them sound interesting
4077630 Damn straight.
Damn straight!
*snap fingers*
Preach the truth siser!
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Oh boy. Don't get me wrong I mean, I LOATHE bullies, and even at my worst, I'm an annoying jerk, but I'm not going to be a bully. Mostly because A, I'm a decent human being, ergo mostly above it, and second of all, I frankly can't bring myself to comprehend WHY someone would willingly take time out of their day to actively harass other people when they could easily do something far more productive.
I now respect your family a lot. Mostly because odds are, they probably said that verbatim if they're anything like you.
I suppose that's fair, but that's the thing about bullies, they're ultimately cowards who pick on those weaker than them, hiding behind Internet anonymity whenever they can because they know that they won't fight back or if they do, they can break them down. Which is why I despise them. Yes, fear is a natural part of things, but when you let it consume you and you become a coward who does nothing more than tear others down for a brief "giggle", then that is when people, myself among them, take issue with it.
She probably has her own stash of glasses of water.
I'm honored to have someone as passionate as you supporting me. Thank you.
Amen, sister.
I hate it when people make others feel like shit just because they're shit themselves.
4078304 You're welcome. I was afraid that this would eventually happen, and when it did, I just exploded.
Just remember, regardless of what some faceless, voiceless, talentless hack has to say, you have people like me and others who love your work. You have a real gift. Don't let the hatred of others stop you from sharing that gift. If they want to get bent out of shape, then that's on them. It doesn't have anything to do with your skill as a writer.
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/651641/yet-another-reminder-about-bookshelves-you-should-really-keep-to-yourselves-also-a-reminder-about-the-tomodachi-hiatus
This.....did not help your mood did it.
(Sigh) Bullies......Cancer if I've ever seen it. But just like cancer they never seem to go away. I HATE it when good people are put down just because some fucking losers need a good laugh! In this case it upsets me horribly to hear this. I never got to read his stories and never will no thanks to some jealous motherfucker! However bullies will never go away. As long as someone is different or thinks differently they're will always be those people who will put them down for no reason what-so-ever. I hope he can find the courage to post them back up and face these idiots.
BTW: In other news, I seriously recommend A Changling Invasion. It's a hardcore clopfic but a good read that has sparked good debates for those who read it.