[Lots of strong language in the beginning, sorry.]
Okay get out of my fucking face with all the shit about Lost Dad.
People are calling it "too unrealistic" but that's what FANFICTION IS ABOUT. Fanficton is a CREATIVE ART where the writer can do WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY WANT.
I've gone on a similar rant before, but I really hate it when people PM me with this bullshit and then I check their profile to attempt to roast them back and THEY HAVE A BOOK TITLED "BOUGHT BY ONE DIRECTION" and I'm like bitch, why do you have to be so pathetic that you rely on goddamn hypocrisy to "prove a point about how my fanficton is irrelevant." It's like, you're not even in this fandom. You just feel like being a fucking bitch and pulling out this shit to just try to ruin my already shitty day.
SOME. PEOPLE. WRITE. TO. COPE. WITH. PROBLEMS. THEY. FACE. IN. LIFE.
I don't give a fuck if you don't like my material. I write to basically absorb in another life. I know I have it a lot better off than Laura. I don't have to struggle "for a reason." People at my church give me shit about "Oh, People have it worse than you. You should be happy." And I'm like "Oh well fuck, thanks! MY FUCKING DEPRESSION IS CURED. MY SKIN IS CLEAR. MY GRADES ARE STRAIGHT A'S. MY CROPS ARE FLOURISHING. I GET FRIES WITH MY MEAL." Just stop.
I know people deal with struggles in life that are much worse than mine.
I know people have to deal with so much and can't take it.
I know people who are not doing great and "they have a reason"
I? DONT? NEED? A? FUCKING? REASON?
I don't think that people should say that "somebody has it worse than you." That's like me saying "Don't smile. Somebody has it better than you." DO YOU SEE WHERE I COME FROM.
While I'm on the topic of this whole rant, I want to mention that Laura's life in Lost Dad were a small, exaggerated version of what I personally deal with. Yeah my parents are split. Laura's struggles with mental health later in the work reflect my views at lows in my life. I sometimes don't feel like a "full person" and feel like nobody would care too much if I died or hurt myself.
This brings me back to the whole purpose of the rant.
SOME PEOPLE WRITE TO COPE WITH SOMETHING IN THEIR LIFE.
If you think of a lot of musicians, you'll notice this.
Dan Smith.
He writes about things that trouble him, and that's how he gets his feelings out. If he's particularly upset about politics, he'll write The Currents. If he's feeling nostalgia, he'll write Winter Of Our Youth. You get it?
THESE ARE MY "SONGS"
I have a friend who makes pottery. He says that the clay on his hands makes him feel useful in the world, as well as less alone.
I have a friend who write music. She writes about her anxiety, and it helps her beat that.
I have a friend who paints. He uses colors and shapes to express what's going on in his brain to tell whoever looks at his work what he was feeling at the time.
I have a friend who writes poetry. Her rhymes help her become centered and calm down, as well as work her brain to find solutions to problems.
I have myself who writes fiction. I use characters to express how I feel and give them the emotions I feel at the time of writing.
We all have our creations that make us feel less alone and more wanted in this world.
I think it's beautiful.
So don't insult somebody's work if it seems surreal.
Thank you.
