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BODY ONCE TOLD ME
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tumblr people will get this but that's not my point.

My point is that loads of people are saying all this stuff about taking breaks from Hetalia and the fandom's all troubling and blablabla

go read these journals:
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.::Don't change history just so you can ship.::So I noticed that many people do this, and its' rather sickening. Either they disregard the proper course of historical events, immensely misinterpret it, or 'alter it' to fit their ships. Three main 'ships' that this occurs with are ones I happen to dislike with gusto.
For me, I majorly dislike JapanxPhilippines, JapanxCambodia, and FrancexCambodia.
Lets' get started on why, shall we?
Japanese Imperialism in the Philippines and Cambodia was nothing short of horrific. The Japanese killed enormous amounts, burned villages, raped women, the whole nine yards. Though this was primarily occuring in the Philippines and they are in reasonable terms current day, it doesn't change the fact that this pairing could be considered remotely offensive. As for French colonization in Cambodia, many Khmer ways were oppressed and almost stamped out.
However, this does not go to say that Imperialism, Colonization, and 'Invasion' are synonymous with rape.
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these were the journals I woke up to okay, so I'll let you wake up to them too, idk

but they all contain various points and stuff

and basically my point is that while I'm going through a hard time irl, I am going to be a bit more absent art-wise but here's the thing

there will always be those shitty fans that do all that annoying stuff. There will always be the hater fans like seriously no matter which fandom you walk into, you will find dramas everywhere.

Let me tell you a story about one of my previous fandoms to Hetalia. It was the Pokemon fandom and I was quite a prominent member of Serebiiforums, at least when it came to the shipping community. One day a good friend of mine (let's call her Crystal) left me in charge of the Shipper's Community Awards, meaning it was up to me to host and create the thread, organise the categories and all that shit.

One day I wake up one morning and this other member (let's call her Yvonne, why not) from out of nowhere starts up the thread instead, essentially taking the responsibilities that were given to me (and it was Crystal who came up with the awards idea in the first place) and has been sucking up to the moderators all along behind people's backs. One of the moderators (let's call her Chelsea), who I thought was one of my closest online friends at the time, started favouring Yvonne and then had the gall to say to people, "it's just as well Mel didn't get to host the awards, I think she's getting too much of a big head". Um... excuse me?? At the time I was really hurt because me and Chelsea were good friends and stuff, but to hear that's what she thought all along? Wow.

Anyway, so the awards themselves go up in shambles and it gets to the voting and instead of anonymous voting, Yvonne goes ahead and decides on public voting and there's the category 'Best Overall Shipper'. And the two main nominees became me and Yvonne. We were becoming very equally tied and I realised then that the entire shipping community on this forum had been divided in two over this issue with one half favouring Yvonne and the other favouring me. But then Crystal came back and demanded the awards thread be shut down and she was hella pissed off that Yvonne took what wasn't meant for her, made a mess of it and started a fandom drama explosion.

So then it became Yvonne VS Crystal and all the other members of the Shipper's Community started taking sides. Me? I was on Crystal's side but doing my best to be civil with Yvonne. Hell, I was even being civil with Chelsea. A lot of hate was going on there and it started to shift to other parts of the forum too. Soon we were all becoming notorious members of the forum just because we hated on each other.

Then someone decided to make a Serebiiforums Wikia. And on there, people made profiles of other members, using them to spread vicious lies and bash the hell out of them. Articles were getting constantly edited every day - either someone removing something horrible that was said about them, or to add more and more hurtful things about them. It was absolutely disgusting to watch.

I mean. We were all Pokemon fans. Some of us had our ships, some of us disagreed on ships... and some of us took it way too far. By the way, I never used the wikia articles to write hurtful things. And a page did get made about me, but nobody ever put anything bad on it. It was my one relief in amongst all that drama to be honest. And btw, I've left a lot of details out of this story I'm telling, of the horrible arguments and things said between members of the forum, They were even trying to find out about each other's personal lives and make attacking comments based on those. It transcended so badly and there was just no stopping it.

Eventually the Serebiiforums Wikia got shut down, because it just became a place of community hate. That was one of the biggest fandom dramas I'd ever witnessed... and to think it started because someone beat me to making an awards thread and Chelsea didn't give a shit about it.

Even after all that though, I actually remained at the forums a little while longer. I still had fun with the show and there were still some people I liked throughout all that. But ultimately, I did move on from that fandom and left those forums. I just didn't see enough reason to stay, so I shifted. That's when I came to Hetalia fandom, but I'll stop the story at that.

So basically, until I wind up in a drama that is any bit as bad as the drama I was in during the Pokemon fandom years, I'm perfectly content with remaining in Hetalia fandom. I am not surrounded by drama, I have good friends here. Even if not everybody agrees with my ships or w/e, I kind of don't give a fuck?

It's a shame other people are taking a break, but hey, that's up to them. I mean, I've been dabbling in Fairy Tail and Glee a lot lately outside of dA. But I'm ok with sticking to APH as my main for dA, I don't mind! I don't give a flying truck about the bad fans and stuff, I seriously don't. As far as I'm concerned, the old online dramas I used to be a part of? They gave me a weird sort of strength. That's why I don't heavily engage in drama, why I consider things that happen to become old news fast... but seriously, I don't see the point in dwelling on other people's shitty behaviour. Just remember the awesome people and why you love doing what you do and keep going with that.

Besides... I got doujinshi to finish, no? XD If I left the fandom now, I'd be leaving you guys with a lot hanging!

Just... in regards to the dramas and whatever, just do what you feels best. But let me tell you that in every fandom, there are the good and the bad. And I want my friends to know that I have been as genuine as I can possibly be whilst knowing you. I'd have all you guys' backs when you're feeling down. I don't see the point of vicious drama in fandom. And I'm not the only one. Look around you, who you mostly interact with, the people that matter the most to you. Have they hurt you so badly in some way? If they haven't, then that means you have found a good crowd and a good circle. Treasure that.

You don't have to lay low. You can express yourself however the fuck you like, because the people that bash are the people that shouldn't matter. Take constructive critique in stride, but the bashing? No. Fuck that shit. Don't even bother with them because from my experiences, the more you respond, the worse it gets.

Just do you. Let nobody ruin that for you.

I'd say more but I have to run off to the dentists now, lol