"I Just Wish People Would Be More Careful What They Post Here" AO3 Is A Site Where Lots Of Lots Of People

"I just wish people would be more careful what they post here" AO3 is a site where lots of lots of people have written dark variants of good people/beings, and even more people read them and enjoy that stuff.

I wouldn't take the comment too hard, love and I wouldn't take is as criticism either. Good criticism sees what's in the story and helps you enhance or improve it (even things such as dark elements).

I think the commentor might have just been a poor pure soul who stumbled across the fic, for whatever reason decided to read it and didn't like what they read, which is down to just their interests.

They're on AO3 and you were very, very clear in the tags with what was expected in your story (reread those tags just to confirm that).

If you want to make people extra aware, maybe put a warning/disclaimer underneath your summary like: 'This story contains dark elements, please heed the tags.' because sometimes people for whatever skip over the tags. But see tags they like so they decide to read the story but don't see other tags which would warn them about things they may not like.

This commentor:

everyone else:

Dotie Rambles

I got an AO3 comment today on my fic A Small Act of Kindness that said "why would write Dream this way he is a good character, and I normally don't leave comments if I don't like the fic, I don't read it, but this fic upset me and this is not an attack on you, I just wish people would be more careful what they post here" those are just some of the things I could remember because I removed it immediately lol and one other thing where it was a waste of my writing abilities etc

Listen I know Dream of the Endless is a beloved character and despite his many flaws, he is in his heart, a character that cares deeply and tries to do good especially after that 100-year-long confinement.

That being said, I am torn between thinking ah maybe I didn't put enough tags on or maybe I could've been more specific with my summary and on the other hand, thinking I write what I want to write and I'm not at all attacking his character, that's just how I wanted to write him because...I can???

I like writing dark fics and dark characters, and maybe this type of feedback comes with the territory?

Like, is that a bad thing lol and no hate to that commenter and those who don't like their beloved characters portrayed in a darker manner, I get her point, I just want to know what I missed here because I'm new to writing fanfiction and this is the first comment I got in that vein...I'm probably not handling it too well either, am I?? 😅