Ships ahoy!

Anonymous sent: crabkat anon again! it's worth pointing out that the crit is as much for white and red's readers as it is for you, if that makes sense. it would not have gotten as popular as it is without them, obviously. i also want you to know that you should not stop writing—you have great potential! take this opportunity to learn and grow, and consider telling new, thoughtful stories. i'm sure there are people who would love to help you brainstorm those! c:

Thanks for the encouragement but this writing blog is probably gonna be shoved to the side for a little while. I feel a little bad for holding off my other fic for so long but posting writing in the davekat tag will know doubt encourage the less than nice people to send me stuff again, and there’s only so much I can handle pfff.

On another note, the changes to w+r have been made! I guess the only thing to do is say I’m sorry again.

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Anonymous sent: hello! this is the crabkat anon who wrote the crit post you recently reblogged. i'm sure editing white and red would prove a very daunting task, so have you thought, perhaps, of putting up a note at the very beginning of the fic regarding the problematic nature of the story? also, would you consider just completely taking out the racist line because i haven't seen you address that at all :( also i'm sorry people are sending you threats, that was never my intent and i hope youre ok in that regard

Ah, yes I will do this, sorry. I didn’t mean to upset people like I seem to have done with this fic, both in terms of the racist comment and with the issues covered, and I’m sorry for that. I’ll be sure to make these changes tomorrow when it isn’t quite so 4am for me and I’m not a complete and utter wreck hah ha h a.

And it’s okay! It’s not your fault that people dislike me. And if they want to send me messages telling me to hurt myself then they can feel free but I’m not going to respond to them because I’m not entirely sure I deserve such point blank hate over some misguided writing. All in all I’m just very much tired I suppose.

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Anonymous sent: once upon a time i read this superamazing fanfiction where dave was like a kajillionaire and karkat was homeless and dave brought him home for some sexytimes in exchange for dinner but he was actually really sweet and caring and it was so cute and kejfnadjffal and i think i found it by clicking a link on your page so i was wondering if you knew what it was called? i seem to remember something in the title about city nights and the number 30 or something... QnQ

I think the one you’re thinking about is 30th Century Night! I’ve actually not read it but I’ve heard some really good stuff about it.

» time 2 weeks ago

Anonymous sent: i don't think it's fair for people to be sending you hate based on the popularity white and red got, it's hardly your fault people liked it and if they enjoyed it i don't understand how or why its a bad thing

I don’t think it’s the fact that people didn’t like how popular it got, but more the fact that it got so popular with the content and characterisation used in it. The fic covered a lot of sensitive topics which I handled very badly and I know this. I’m genuinely sorry for the people I’ve actually offended/hurt with the fic. But at the same time, for those that are using it as an excuse to send me hate along the lines of telling me to harm myself, then okay, no, that’s not very fair and would kindly ask them to stop.

» time 2 weeks ago

Anonymous sent: If you hate the fic yourself then why don't you just delete it?

Because then I’d only get a load of people who enjoyed the fic sending me messages about me deleting it.

Can’t I just… never write anything ever again and people just leave me alone in return, does that sound like a deal? Okay.

» time 2 weeks ago

denimbrojohn sent: man i can't believe you're getting so much hate about white and red? personally i loved that fic. their relationship was dark and abusive and all-around fucked up and those are my favorite kinds of relationships to read about. i think you're an amazing writer. i love ten feet distance and i was saddened that you hadn't updated in so long, but if you get this kind of hate, i can't blame you. i wish there was something i could do or say that would make a difference but ugh i just love your writing

thank you. It’s really appreciated that you like my writing among all the dislike I’ve been getting pfha. I haven’t been updating ten feet distance for a lot of different reasons, mostly because exams are coming up and my writing has been put on hold until those are out of the way and I’m not feeling quite so stressed. But there’s also the fact that I genuinely feel like the most hated writer in the davekat tag right now, and posting anything new in there is like providing haters with wood to fuel the fire and I really don’t think I’m ready for that.

» time 2 weeks ago

Also, to the person who sent me three different messages essentially saying they wish I could be bullied so that I would know what it would feel like, please stop. I was bullied for 5 years when I was in school, and I know exactly how it feels. I don’t think anyone should wish that upon anyone, even if that person wrote a homestuck fanfiction you didn’t like for whatever reason.

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davekat:

AN ANONYMOUS STEPPES FORWARD TO DELIVER AN EXCELLENT AND THOUGHT-OUT CRITIQUE!! j applauds the anonymous and publishes their words, which go as follows:

crabkat anon submitted:

HELLO J i wish to make many complaints about a certain fic know we have all been complaining about. although maybe “complaints” isn’t the right word; i want to make a serious critique, i think! and you know what, i’m going to be brave and call it out by name, too. i’m talking about the davekat fic White and Red by ships_ahoy on ao3.

(also yes, you may put this in the tag if you want!)

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I’ve gotten quite a few messages regarding this critique and also quite few messages of sheer hate, which I’m not going to publish because I feel it will only fuel the people who felt the need to anonymously tell me what a pathetic piece of shit I am and tell me to hurt myself because of it. Please don’t do this. It’s more than a little hurtful.

I received criticism much like this in a comment on AO3 earlier, and to stop myself from repeating myself, I’m just going to respond to this critique with the same reply.

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» tags #reasons not to write ever again

volkitten replied to your post: did you know that your fic has the most hits out…

Aw ye so prouda you son

thNAKS

» time 1 month ago
» tags #GOSH

Anonymous sent: did you know that your fic has the most hits out of all the Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas fics on ao3. As someone who followed it right from the very start, I'm actually really proud of you, as stupid as it seems.

i checked and you’RE RIGHT IM JUST

whoa gosh, i feel like the messiah of davekat writing and all i did was write that ridiculous fic this is more than i can handle.

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